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  • TAMING THE MACHINE
    NELL WATSON
    AI promises to transform our world, supercharging productivity and driving new innovations. Taming the Machine uncovers how you can responsibly harness the power of AI with confidence. AI has the potential to become a personal assistant, a creative partner, an editor and a research tool all at once. But it also represents a threat to your livelihood, data and privacy. Taming th...

    $329.00

  • EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION FOR NURSING PRACTICE
    NAOMI ANNA WATSON
    Effective communication is at the heart of the nursing role. From providing person-centred care to collaborating with the multi-disciplinary team, this book will develop your communication and interpersonal skills and support you in finding your own voice. It equips you with key theory and principles and shows how to apply them to practice, from communicating with compassion to...

    $527.56

  • METAPHYSICS OF WATSON UNITARY CARING SCIENCE
    JEAN WATSON, PHD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, LL (AAN)
    Delivers a transcendent worldview uniting science,  metaphysics and a cosmology of Love, in the service of healing humanityThis innovative publication addresses metaphysics as a core consideration and foundation for the evolution of nursing in the context of Watson's Unitary Care Science. If affirms and invites a maturing of the nursing profession and its developing consci...

    $1,153.00

  • ANALYZING MEDIA MESSAGES
    DANIEL RIFFE / STEPHEN LACY / BRENDAN R. WATSON / JENNETTE LOVEJOY
    The fifth edition of this comprehensive and engaging text guides readers through the essential tools and skills necessary to conduct quantitative content analysis research. Readers will find a clear definition of quantitative content analysis and step-by-step instructions on designing a content analysis study, along with examples of content analysis studies and journal articles...

    $1,099.00

  • THE SCIENCE OF ESPORTS
    CRAIG MCNULTY / REMCO POLMAN / MATTHEW WATSON / KABIR BUBNA
    The Science of Esports draws from contemporary research and coach expertise to examine esports athlete health and performance from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including physiology, psychology, sociology, and nutrition. The rapid expansion of the esports industry has elevated competitive video gaming into the realm of high performance, requiring players, coaches, and p...

    $979.00

  • RIPPED APART
    TOM COOPER / JOHN DAVID WATSON / DIMITRIS VASSILOPOULOS
    The ‘Cyprus Problem’ – also known as the Cyprus dispute, Cyprus issue, Cyprus question or Cyprus conflict – is an ongoing dispute between Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots, Greece and Turkey. It has bedevilled not only their relations, but also those within the European Union, NATO and the United Nations, for more than 60 years. Following a long insurgency against British coloni...

    $229.99

  • PRINCIPLED PRODUCTIVITY
    GERALD J. WATSON JR.
    This book demonstrates that ethical treatment of everyone in an organization: 1. Will increase productivity in all the functional activities of the organization as well as its members. 2. Will ensure the growth of the organization as a result of continuous improvements that may have been initiated by management but will be continuously improved by motivated employees. It achiev...

    $1,099.00

  • DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR BUSINESS LEADERSHIP
    GILLIAN WATSON / STEFANIE REISSNER
    Split into the core areas of managing yourself and others, transferable management skills and postgraduate study skills, this is an ideal textbook for CIPD advanced level students and those on non-CIPD business masters degrees. Covering the theory and practice of the key topics needed for successful professional development and practice, Developing Skills for Business Leadershi...

    $1,199.00

  • TEACHING & LEARNING ILLUMINATED
    BRADLEY BUSCH / EDWARD WATSON / LUDMILA BOGATCHEK
    This exciting new book from the bestselling authors of The Science of Learning takes complex ideas around teaching and learning and makes them easy to understand and apply through beautifully illustrated graphics. Each concept is covered over a double-page spread, with a full-page graphic on one page and supportive text on the other. This unique combination of accessible images...

    $639.00

  • A PATH CALLED COMPELLING
    K. BRADLEY WATSON
    While hiking in 2010, an ill-advised, off-trail climb left debut author K. Bradley Watson dangling precariously over the edge of a cliff. Narrowly escaping disaster, Watson then found himself lost in the woods, bushwhacking for hours before he found his way out of a dense canyon forest. The haphazard hiking moment became an epiphany for him, underscoring the importance of follo...

    $391.00

  • ACCOMMODATING INEQUALITY
    SOPHIE WATSON
    Originally published in 1988, Accommodating Inequality provides a basis for a radical re-think of housing policy and provision in Australia from a gender perspective. It explores the way that housing in Australia helped to produce patriarchal family structures and simultaneously contributed to the dependence of women on men. At the time the book was originally published housing...

    $1,339.00

  • IRISH IDENTITY AND THE LITERARY REVIVAL
    GEORGE WATSON
    First published in 1979, Irish Identity and the Literary Revival, through the works of W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, J. M. Synge, and Sean O’Casey, documents the complex spectrum of political, social and other pressures that helped fashion modern Ireland. At least three sets of cultural assumptions coexisted in Ireland during the years between 1890 and 1930, -- English, Irish and An...

    $1,339.00

  • THE HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINER’S GUIDEBOOK
    SIMON WATSON PAIN
    The book is designed to help trainers design and deliver health and safety training in a fun and high-impact way, such that trainees engage with the subject and remember how to apply it in the work environment. It will be useful for managers, trainers, professionals and graduate students in the fields of ergonomics, human factors, and occupational health and safety. The text co...

    $1,939.00

  • MUCKLE JOHN
    FREDERICK WATSON
    Excerpt: "All the world knows the tale of the Rising of 1745. It is a story that each generation cherishes with undiminished affection. Some have called it the last burst of chivalry in modern history, and doubtless for that reason when other more vital aspects are forgotten, the campaign of Prince Charlie will sustain its fascination and its glamour. In an age peculiarly commo...

    $39.70

  • POLICING THE GLOBAL SOUTH
    DANIELLE WATSON, SARA N. AMIN, WENDELL C. WALLACE, OLUWAGBENGA (MICHAEL) AKINLABI, AND JUAN CARLOS R
    Policing the Global South provides scholarship which further transnationalises and democratises ideas about policing practices and philosophies, highlighting renovations in approaches to policing studies, and injecting innovative perspectives into the study of policing from scholars positioned on the ‘periphery’. Criminological knowledge depolarisation underscores a conscious e...

    $979.00

  • RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
    MONIQUE CIKALIUK / LJILJANA ERAKOVIC / BRAD JACKSON / CHRIS NOONAN / SUSAN WATSON
    Responsibly led boards of directors make it possible for modern companies to survive and prosper under conditions of change. Despite the importance of boards of directors, their activities are often lionised or vilified by shareholders and stakeholders which obscures how boards enact responsible leadership. Responsible Leadership in Corporate Governance: An Integrative Approach...

    $1,099.00

  • GRAMMAR AND STYLE CHOICES FOR COLLEGE WRITERS
    OLGA GRISWOLD / JENNIE WATSON
    This textbook provides a practical guide to grammar and style choices for college writers, giving students a basic vocabulary for thinking and talking about language use and enabling them to make purposeful choices in their writing. Each section includes a short overview of a grammatical topic accompanied by exercises for raising the students’ awareness of and skills in using s...

    $979.00

  • HOW DO I QUILT IT?
    CHRISTA WATSON
    Your go-to guide to modern machine quilting Prepare your quilt, choose your designs, and find your path! This comprehensive guide to modern machine quilting uses both walking-foot and free-motion techniques, all done on a domestic sewing machine. Learn how to create a quilting plan, then apply that plan to complete the quilt of your dreams with as few starts and stops as possib...

    $429.00

  • UNDERSTANDING LITERACY AND DISADVANTAGE
    DEBRA MYHILL / ANNABEL WATSON / RUTH NEWMAN / CLARE DOWDALL
    Addressing literacy and disadvantage requires high-quality teaching, first and foremost:  there are no quick fixes, simplistic solutions or silver bullets. Both research and professional evidence from schools have revealed a strong association between social disadvantage and achievement in literacy: in fact, it has been a concern for over 70 years. Yet, many trainee teachers, a...

    $496.95

  • THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO ART AND DISABILITY
    KERI WATSON
    The Routledge Companion to Art and Disability explores disability in visual culture to uncover the ways in which bodily and cognitive differences are articulated physically and theoretically, and to demonstrate the ways in which disability is culturally constructed. This companion is organized thematically and includes artists from across historical periods and cultures in orde...

    $1,179.00

  • NATIONALISM AND COMMUNISM
    HUGH SETON-WATSON
    This book, first published in 1964, collects a number of essays united by the general theme of national and social revolution. They examine features of revolutionary movements, and, particularly, revolutionary leadership in an analysis of the social conditions and personal motives which impel men towards forming revolutionary elites. ...

    $859.00

  • NEITHER WAR NOR PEACE
    HUGH SETON-WATSON
    This book, first published in 1960, is an analysis of the turbulent and revolutionary world politics of the 15 years following the Second World War. It examines the main themes of revolutionary forces, totalitarianism and imperialism, including, in detail, the social questions that lie behind them. ...

    $1,119.00

  • THE PATTERN OF COMMUNIST REVOLUTION
    HUGH SETON-WATSON
    This book, first published in 1960, analyses Communism as an aggressive and revolutionary movement. It examines the factors which produce a successful Communist revolution, and which elements the Communists themselves contribute to the revolution. It also looks at the post-Stalin changes to Soviet politics, the events in Hungary in 1956, and the development of Communist influen...

    $899.00

  • ORIGINS WELFARE STATE V9
    GEORGE WATSON
    First published in 2004. Consisting of both shorter pieces and reprints of entire books, this set restores to circulation a number of key texts from the debate about the future of welfare that took place in Britain following the depression. The collection covers the following areas: The period during which the country felt the full impact of the world depression. A number of so...

    $7,000.00

  • INTEGRATION OF METHODS IMPROVEMENT AND MEASUREMENT INTO INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING FUNCTIONS
    GERALD J. WATSON JR.
    This book emphasizes the need to ask critical questions before implementing tools and their integration into the many applications in which industrial engineers work. This use of critical thinking will minimize the likelihood of mistakes that can result in the wasting of finite resources and the possible loss of life. Included in this book are examples, both successful and unsu...

    $1,299.00

  • PENCILVANIA
    STEPHANIE WATSON
    In this illustrated, modern take on The Phantom Tollbooth meets Harold and the Purple Crayon, author Stephanie Watson beautifully explores grief and creativity through an unforgettable fantasy world. Ever since she first learned to hold a crayon, Zora Webb has been unstoppable. Zora draws hamsters wearing pajamas and balloons and Lake Superior and pancakes and hundreds of horse...

    $162.00

  • A PARENT’S GUIDE TO THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING
    EDWARD WATSON / BRADLEY BUSCH
    Supporting parents in the quest to help their children learn as effectively and efficiently as possible, A Parent’s Guide to The Science of Learning translates 77 of the most important and influential studies on student learning into easily digestible overviews. This book will develop parents’ understanding of crucial psychological research so that they can help their children ...

    $579.00

  • THE NEW CURATOR: EXHIBITING ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
    FLEUR WATSON
    The New Curator: Exhibiting Architecture and Design examines the challenges inherent in exhibiting design ideas. Traditionally, exhibitions of architecture and design have predominantly focused on displaying finished outcomes or communicating a work through representation. In this ground-breaking new book, Fleur Watson unveils the emergence of the ‘new curator’. Instead of exhi...

    $899.00

  • THE RIGHT TO KNOW
    LANI WATSON
    We speak of the right to know with relative ease. You have the right to know the results of a medical test or to be informed about the collection and use of personal data. But what exactly is the right to know, and who should we trust to safeguard it? This book provides the first comprehensive examination of the right to know and other epistemic rights: rights to goods such as ...

    $539.00

  • USING COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE METRICS IN EDUCATIONAL SIMULATIONS AND GAMES
    HAROLD F. O'NEIL, EVA L. BAKER, RAY S. PEREZ, STEPHEN E. WATSON
    Presenting original studies and rich conceptual analyses, this volume explores how cognitive and affective metrics can be used to effectively assess, modify, and enhance learning and assessment outcomes of simulations and games used in education and training. The volume responds to the increasing use of computer-based simulations and games across academic and professional secto...

    $979.00