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  • DO WE HAVE A SOUL?
    ERIC T. OLSON / AARON SEGAL
    Are we made entirely of matter, like sticks and stones? Or do we have a soul—a nonphysical entity—where our mental lives take place? The authors Eric T. Olson and Aaron Segal begin this accessible and wide-ranging debate by looking at the often-overlooked question of whether we appear in ordinary experience to be material things. Olson then argues that the dependence of our men...

    $820.00

  • CHINA AND THE ARMS TRADE
    ANNE GILKS / GERALD SEGAL
    First Published in 1985, China and the Arms Trade offers a detailed analysis of Chinese arms aid policy to examine Beijing’s changing nature of foreign and domestic policy. Military aid, like war, is a continuation of foreign policy by other means. The previous perception of China offering special and selfless military assistance seems no longer accurate. The nature of these Ch...

    $840.00

  • MILITARY SOCIOLOGY
    WILBUR J. SCOTT / KARIN MODESTO DE ANGELIS / DAVID R. SEGAL
    This textbook introduces the reader to the field of military sociology through narrative reviews of selected key studies in the discipline. The book provides a guided introduction. In each chapter, the authors set the stage and then immerse the reader in Spotlights – that is, descriptions of essential studies that inform the discipline of military sociology. The goal is to affo...

    $980.00

  • REFRAMING MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS AROUND STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIPS
    SIMON SEGAL / JAMES GUTHRIE / JOHN DUMAY
    Among the significant repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic is escalating public questioning of the desirability and sustainability of the market economy and the societal role of business. These concerns are linked to merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, with significant disruptive consequences for stakeholder relationships and their management. This book explores these c...

    $1,200.00

  • HOMELESSNESS AND DRINKING
    BERNARD SEGAL
    First published in 1991, Homelessness and Drinking conveys multitude of information about a homeless drinking population in Anchorage, Alaska. The data presented were obtained from day-to-day observations of individuals using a Sleep-Off Center. Bernard Segal discusses themes like descriptive analysis of clients using the sleep-off centre; analysis of drinking and drug-taking b...

    $860.00

  • ALCOHOLISM ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT
    BERNARD SEGAL
    First published in 1988, Alcoholism Etiology and Treatment provides a stimulating discussion concerning an understanding of the etiology and treatment of alcoholism. Divided into five chapters, it brings themes like the disease concept of alcoholism; interdisciplinary biobehavioral research on alcohol problems; sociocultural and organizational bases of support for alcohol treat...

    $860.00

  • PERSPECTIVES ON PERSON-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION AND DRUG-TAKING BEHAVIOR
    BERNARD SEGAL, PHD
    First published in 1987, Perspectives on Person-Environment Interaction and Drug-Taking Behavior provides a comprehensive overview of the interactionist approach from both a theoretical and applied perspective. Divided into five chapters, it deals with themes like psychosocial interactionism and substance use; social sanctions, self-referent responses, and the continuation of s...

    $860.00

  • THE SOVIET UNION AND THE PACIFIC
    GERALD SEGAL
    First published in 1990, The Soviet Union and the Pacific provides comprehensive analysis of Soviet strategy in the Pacific, examining both the successes of, and the constraints on, Soviet policy towards the nations and resources of the Pacific rim. Set against the downfall of the Soviet empire, this policy records a departure from the treatment of the Pacific as an arena only ...

    $920.00

  • LEARNING BY DOING
    AARON SEGAL
    Science and technology capabilities are crucial to the economic growth of developing countries and to their ability to compete in the world economy. What factors enable some countries to successfully adapt technology to create indigenous capabilities and what factors cause others to fail? In this first global survey of science and technology capabilities in developing countries...

    $1,200.00

  • WHY WE FLY
    KIMBERLY JONES / GILLY SEGAL
    Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable book in the Young Adult category From the New York Times bestselling authors of I'm Not Dying with You Tonight comes a story about friendship, privilege, sports, and protest. With a rocky start to senior year, cheerleaders and lifelong best friends Eleanor and Chanel have a lot on their minds. Eleanor is still in physical therapy months after a ...

    $364.00

  • SOVIET STRATEGY TOWARD WESTERN EUROPE
    NORMA EDWINA MORETON / GERALD SEGAL
    This book, first published in 1984, carefully examine the political debate surrounding nuclear weapons and superpower polices in Cold War Western Europe. It seeks to analyse a distinctly European view in Soviet policy, as opposed to a superpower view. It examines Soviet domestic and foreign policy, economic and military practice, with the aim of understanding and countering the...

    $1,060.00

  • SOVIET STRATEGY
    JOHN BAYLIS / GERALD SEGAL
    This book, first published in 1981, is an analysis of the Soviet Union’s military strategy, taking in both sides of the ‘hawks’ and ‘doves’ views of the USSR’s intentions. It examines the Soviet approach to nuclear war, defence and deterrence in the nuclear age and the calculation of risk in the use of the military instrument. One of the main themes running through the chapters...

    $1,000.00

  • MYTH ANALYZED
    ROBERT A. SEGAL
    Comparing and evaluating modern theories of myth, this book offers an overview of explanations of myth from the social sciences and the humanities. This ambitious collection of essays uses the viewpoints of a variety of disciplines - psychology, anthropology, sociology, politics, philosophy, religious studies, and literature. Each discipline advocates a generalization about the...

    $1,240.00

  • I'M NOT DYING WITH YOU TONIGHT
    KIMBERLY JONES / GILLY SEGAL
    The New York Times Bestseller! "An absolute page turner, I'm Not Dying with You Tonight is a compelling and powerful novel that is sure to make an impact. " —Angie Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give An NAACP Image Award Nominee, I'm Not Dying with You Tonight follows two teen girls—one black, one white—who have to confront their own assumptions about r...

    $223.00

  • THE SOVIET UNION IN EAST ASIA
    GERALD SEGAL
    This book is concerned with the predicaments of Soviet power in east Asia. It attempts to study Soviet policy not through bilateral relations, but by analysing key issues in the Soviet perspective. The book also attempts to make sense of Soviet–Korean relations. ...

    $1,200.00

  • NATURE-BASED THERAPY
    NEVIN J. HARPER / KATHRYN ROSE / DAVID SEGAL
    Take your therapeutic practice with children, youth, and families out into nature The number of children, youth, and families seeking help for a wide range of mental health concerns is growing at an alarming rate, and many struggle to thrive despite well-intentioned interventions from skilled helpers. Unplugging from technology and reconnecting with the web of life is a powerfu...

    $249.00

  • THE MILITARY IN NEW TIMES
    JAMES BURK / ROBERT J WALDMAN / DAVID R SEGAL / CHARLES C MOSKOS
    What role will armed forces play in a world that is turbulent yet no longer organized by the bipolar conflict of East and West? In this volume, leading experts from several disciplines assess the rapidly changing global strategic and cultural landscape, examining how it will affect the responsibilities and social standing of the modern military. There are provocative disagreeme...

    $1,060.00

  • DRUG-TAKING BEHAVIOR AMONG SCHOOL-AGED YOUTH
    BERNARD SEGAL
    Use this valuable knowledge about drug-taking behavior to plan strategies to prevent or reduce drug-taking among youth. The findings from this unique study have important implications for researchers, educators, practitioners, and local and state policymakers and planners for the development of initiatives for addressing smoking, drinking, and drug use among early adolescents a...

    $640.00

  • CONDUCTING DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH WITH MINORITY POPULATIONS
    BERNARD SEGAL
    Be a better researcher when studying drug abuse among minorities! Conducting Drug Abuse Research with Minority Populations: Advances and Issues brings you the voices of drug abuse researchers who discuss the most important concerns about conducting research in drug-taking minority populations. In this strategy-based book, you’ll find yourself beneficially involved in a discussi...

    $640.00

  • KLEIN
    HANNA SEGAL
    Melanie Klein (1882-1960) was a pioneer of child analysis whose work with children enabled her to gain insight on the deepest states of the mind and thus to make a fundamental contribution to psychoanalytic theory. A pupil and follower of Freud, she investigated what he called "the dim and shadowy era" of early childhood, developing theories and techniques which, although they ...

    $1,100.00

  • PHANTASY IN EVERYDAY LIFE
    JULIA SEGAL
    Over the past fifty years dramatic ideas and discoveries have arisen out of the work of analysts. In Phantasy in Everyday Life the author is mainly concerned with Melanie Klein's contribution to the field and with everyday application of her theories. Central to the author's theme is Melanie Klein's concept of phantasy - the unconscious fantasies which control our assumptions, ...

    $1,040.00

  • INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK OF MELANIE KLEIN
    HANNA SEGAL
    A most lucid and comprehensive introduction to Kleinian theories from one of the leading contemporary Kleinian analysts, including new chapters on her early work and on technique. This is a reprint of a revised and enlarged edition, where the author has added important new chapters on Melanie Klein's early work and on technique, as well as a complete chronological list of her p...

    $1,160.00

  • DRUGS, DAYDREAMING, AND PERSONALITY
    BERNARD SEGAL / GEORGE J. HUBA / JEROME L. SINGER
    Originally published in 1980, this book presents a detailed account of a series of investigations that examined the patterns of resort to drugs and alcohol use in college youth, and how such substance uses are linked to personality characteristics and daydreaming patterns. The Editors chose to emphasize the more "private" features of the personality, because these had often bee...

    $980.00

  • SPINOZA
    GIDEON SEGAL
    This title was first published in 2002. This collection of essays aims to present a wide range of interpretations of central themes in Spinoza's philosophy. Philosophical interpretations of Spinoza divide into three general categories. The first sets Spinoza within what is taken to be his historical context. Special emphasis is laid here on aspects of his teaching that seem to ...

    $5,100.00

  • WITTGENSTEIN’S MORAL THOUGHT
    RESHEF AGAM-SEGAL
    Wittgenstein’s work, early and later, contains the seeds of an original and important rethinking of moral or ethical thought that has, so far, yet to be fully appreciated. The ten essays in this collection, all specially commissioned for this volume, are united in the claim that Wittgenstein’s thought has much to contribute to our understanding of this fundamental area of philo...

    $1,280.00

  • RELIGION OF THE SEMITES
    ROBERT A. SEGAL
    Scottish Semiticist and Arabist William Robertson Smith was a celebrated biblical critic, theorist of religion, and theorist of myth. His accomplishments were multiple. Smith's German mentors reconstructed the history of Israelite religion from the Bible itself; Smith ventured outside the Bible to Semitic religion and thereby pioneered the comparative study of religion. Where o...

    $1,460.00

  • CONVERSATIONS WITH LINCOLN
    CHARLES SEGAL
    A Lincoln book that says something new is a rarity. Conversations with Lincoln is just such a book. In it Charles M. Segal has collected and presented more than one hundred interviews with Lincoln as President-elect and President. As a revelation of the intimate, human side of Abraham Lincoln, it will be a source of endless fascination to every reader interested in the Civil Wa...

    $660.00

  • TWIN MYTHCONCEPTIONS
    NANCY L. SEGAL
    Twin Mythconceptions: False Beliefs, Fables, and Facts about Twins sheds new light on over 70 commonly held ideas and beliefs about the origins and development of identical and fraternal twins. Using the latest scientific findings from psychology, psychiatry, biology, and education, the book separates fact from fiction. Each idea about twins is described, followed by both a sho...

    $531.00

  • FACE TO FACE WITH PRACTICE
    STEVEN SEGAL / CLAIRE JANKELSON
    Coming Face to Face with your own practice is an emerging approach to management and professional research that has a significant impact on management practice. It closes the gap between theory and practice. An existential form of research means that the researcher carefully attends to their experience of researching and managing. This book demonstrates that by bringing an exis...

    $1,460.00

  • MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AND CREATIVE DESTRUCTION
    STEVEN SEGAL
    How do managers and leaders know what to do when they are caught off guard or taken by surprise? How do they create when they do not know what to do next? These are challenges of an organizational world of existential uncertainty; one where the future does not conform to but challenges our expectations and assumptions. Steven Segal demonstrates that creating in a world of exi...

    $1,200.00


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