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  • UNDERSTANDING YOUR STUDENTS' RELIGIONS
    LIZ WILSON / MICHAEL NICHOLS / PETER W. WILLIAMS
    This concise guide helps educators understand the diverse religious practices that shape students’ school and home lives. Using an encyclopedia-like structure, the authors provide short histories and other essential information on a wide variety of religions as well as atheist practices. Each chapter covers origins, beliefs, practices, and common misunderstandings and stereotyp...

    $860.00

  • UNDERSTANDING POLICING AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
    BARRIE SHELDON / PETER WILLIAMS
    This book outlines the foundations for understanding modern policing. It is an essential introduction for all policing students and trainee police officers to the underpinning aspects of the profession, providing a clear understanding of how the police service is currently organised and how it fits into the wider criminal justice system. Students are encouraged to think critica...

    $680.00

  • BEHOLD THE MAN
    PETER S. WILLIAMS
    After a substantial new essay examining the nature of a properly skeptical historical inquiry into Jesus of Nazareth in the context of contemporary worldviews, from pre-modernism to meta-modernism, Behold the Man presents revised essays on an eclectic range of issues: from how the Epistle of James treats Jesus as Divine within decades of the crucifixion, and an evaluation of re...

    $674.00

  • OPENING THE DOOR
    KATHLEEN JONES / JOHN BROWN / W. J. CUNNINGHAM / JULIAN ROBERTS / PETER WILLIAMS
    First published in 1975, Opening the Door is a survey of policies and problems in services for the mentally handicapped. It describes the improvements which have taken place since 1969, when the inquiry into conditions of patients at Ely hospital in South Wales stimulated public concern into the quality of life of many mentally handicapped people in hospital. The authors discus...

    $840.00

  • AN INFORMED COSMOS
    PETER S. WILLIAMS
    After a substantial author’s preface recounting the author’s life-journey with the question of science and design in nature, An Informed Cosmos pulls together essays that jointly cover the core arguments for a scientific theory of intelligent design. Along with a foreword by philosopher of science and leading design theorist Stephen C. Meyer, and a wide range of recommended res...

    $603.00

  • AN INFORMED COSMOS
    PETER S. WILLIAMS
    After a substantial author's preface recounting the author's life-journey with the question of science and design in nature, An Informed Cosmos pulls together essays that jointly cover the core arguments for a scientific theory of intelligent design. Along with a foreword by philosopher of science and leading design theorist Stephen C. Meyer, and a wide range of recommended res...

    $603.00

  • A UNIVERSE FROM SOMEONE
    PETER S. WILLIAMS
    After a substantial author’s preface recounting Peter S. Williams’s life journey with the question of God’s existence, A Universe From Someone pulls together essays and opening speeches from debates (including the 2011 “God is not a delusion” debate at the Cambridge Union) that jointly cover a wide variety of theistic arguments. Together with a foreword by noted philosopher J. ...

    $461.00

  • APOLOGETICS IN 3D
    PETER S. WILLIAMS
    This collection of papers and other materials from English philosopher Peter S. Williams develops a holistic vision for Christian apologetics centered around a biblical understanding of spirituality. Grounded in two decades of practical experience, here is a vision of apologetics that’s interested in communicating through beauty and goodness as well as logic and arguments. ...

    $408.00

  • HOME OWNERSHIP
    RAY FORREST / ALAN MURIE / PETER WILLIAMS
    Originally published in 1990 and drawing on extensive research, this book provides an evaluation of the impact of the growth of home ownership in the UK, and of the claims and counter-claims made for its social significance. The book examines critically the evidence for and against the proposition that mass home ownership is contributing towards a more equal society. Wide-rangi...

    $960.00

  • OUTGROWING GOD?
    PETER S. WILLIAMS
    Join a cast of characters, with different perspectives, thinking through some of the biggest questions in life, as they discuss atheist Richard Dawkins’s book Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide. Written in the form of a dialogue between members of a student book club, Outgrowing God? A Beginner’s Guide to Richard Dawkins and the God Debate encourages critical thinking about Pro...

    $674.00

  • PLANNING, POLITICS AND CITY-MAKING
    PETER BISHOP / LESLEY WILLIAMS
    Whilst there is extensive literature analysing the design and function of new buildings and places, the actual process through which development proposals are actually fashioned – through complex negotiation and deal making, involving many different stakeholders with different agendas – is largely undocumented. Conventional planning theory tends to assume a logical, rational an...

    $1,199.00

  • REAGAN VERSUS THE SANDINISTAS
    THOMAS W WALKER / HARVEY WILLIAMS / PETER KORNBLUH / EVA GOLD
    The product of research and investigation by a team of sixteen authors, Reagan versus the Sandinistas is the most comprehensive and current study to date of the Reagan administration's mounting campaign to reverse the Sandinista revolution. The authors thoroughly examine all major aspects of Reagan's "low-intensity war," from the U.S. government's attempts at economic destabili...

    $1,060.00

  • SOCIAL PROCESS AND THE CITY
    PETER WILLIAMS
    Contemporary urban studies engages a wide range of approaches in the analysis of the processes at work in urban areas. These approaches derive from anthropology, economics, geography, history, politics and sociology as well as from the professional experience of town planning and architecture. Social process and the city reflects this growing cross-disciplinary engagement. This...

    $1,280.00

  • A FAITHFUL GUIDE TO PHILOSOPHY
    PETER S. WILLIAMS
    A Faithful Guide to Philosophy is the only British Christian introduction to philosophy, a book that will be used as a course textbook and by church study groups and individual readers alike. It covers subjects of central importance to the Christian worldview, discussing the broadest range of topics covered by any Christian introduction to philosophy, and will be prized by many...

    $958.00

  • GETTING AT JESUS
    PETER S. WILLIAMS
    Portraying themselves as challenging blind religious dogma with evidence-led skepticism, the neo-atheist movement claims that the New Testament contains unreliable tales about a mythical figure who, far from being the resurrected Lord of life, may not even have lived. This comprehensive critique documents the falsehood of these neo-atheist claims, correcting their historical an...

    $976.00

  • HOW TO GET BEST VALUE FROM HR
    PETER REILLY / TONY WILLIAMS
    An efficient and cost-effective HR function is essential to the successful running of any organization. And yet for many businesses it is impossible or costly to have HR staff in every office. This is particularly true for companies who have many branches, such as banks and building societies. So what are they to do? Increasingly they are turning to shared services by creating...

    $1,560.00

  • EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS UNDER COALITION GOVERNMENT
    STEVE WILLIAMS AND PETER SCOTT
    Drawing on a wide range of up-to-date research, Employment Relations under Coalition Government critically examines developments in UK employment relations during the period of Conservative-Liberal Democrat government between 2010 and 2015, against the background of the 2007-08 financial crisis, subsequent economic recession and in the context of the primacy accorded to neo-lib...

    $1,320.00

  • DIGITAL HEALTH INFORMATION FOR THE CONSUMER
    DAVID NICHOLAS / PAUL HUNTINGTON / PETER WILLIAMS
    This unique book draws on research that constituted the first major nationwide evaluation of the use and impact of key digital health information platforms which were provided to thousands of health consumers in the UK. The authors offer the first comprehensive and detailed comparison of usage and impact of the three major ICT platforms delivering health information - the inte...

    $1,120.00

  • GLOBAL HR
    PETER REILLY / TONY WILLIAMS
    The HR function is having to adjust itself to the implications of the globalisation of business activity. This has meant adjusting its philosophy, policies and practices to fit new organisational imperatives, as well as creating its own refashioned service delivery model. Peter Reilly and Tony Williams's Global HR explores the key issues of building an international brand, cult...

    $1,020.00

  • STRATEGIC HR
    PETER REILLY / TONY WILLIAMS
    HR has sought to reposition itself as a strategic contributor to organizations. To facilitate this, it has restructured, bringing in shared services, business partners and centres of expertise, simplifying, automating and rationalising processes, and devolving some activities to managers, whilst outsourcing others. HR has yet to give sufficient attention to the capability of th...

    $1,120.00

  • MEANING AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
    PETER MANDAVILLE / ANDREW WILLIAMS
    This innovative volume brings together specialists in international relations to tackle a set of difficult questions about what it means to live in a globalized world where the purpose and direction of world politics are no longer clear-cut. What emerges from these essays is a very clear sense that while we may be living in an era that lacks a single, universal purpose, ours is...

    $1,320.00

  • AN INTRODUCTION TO POST-COLONIAL THEORY
    PETER CHILDS / PATRICK WILLIAMS
    The first book of its kind in the field, this timely introduction to post- colonial theory offers lucid and accessible summaries of the major work of key theorists such as Frantz Fanon, Edward Said.Homi Bhabha and Gayatri Spivak. The Guide also Explores the lines of resistance against colonialism and highlights the theories of post-colonial identity that have been responsible f...

    $2,060.00

  • METROPOLITAN PLANNING IN BRITAIN
    PETER ROBERTS, KEVIN THOMAS AND GWYNDAF WILLIAMS
    Metropolitan Planning in Britain is the first comparative analysis and assessment of metropolitan areas and their strategic planning for almost two decades. Changes in population distribution, styles of local government, business practices, and attitudes to the environment have all had an impact on cities in recent years which planners and other policy makers must take into con...

    $2,000.00

  • DEAF STUDENTS AND THE QUALITATIVE SIMILARITY HYPOTHESIS
    PETER V. PAUL, YE WANG, AND CHERI WILLIAMS
    The difficulty that deaf and hard of hearing students have in attaining language and literacy skills has led to postulations that attribute their struggle to a developmental deficit. Recent research reveals, however, that deaf students acquire language structures, produce errors, and employ strategies in the same fashion as younger hearing students, though at later ages. The ab...

    $1,522.11

  • COTTON AND WILLIAMS' PRACTICAL GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY
    ADAM HAYCOCK / JONATHAN COHEN / BRIAN P. SAUNDERS / PETER B. COTTON / CHRISTOPHER B. WILLIAMS
    Translated into seven languages, Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has for the last 25 years been the basic primer for endoscopy around the world, providing clear, clinical and practical guidance on the fundamentals of endoscopy practice, from patient positioning and safety, how to perform different endoscopic procedures, and the latest in therapeutic te...

    $1,319.00

  • GENTRIFICATION OF THE CITY
    SMITH, NEIL / WILLIAMS, PETER
    The author and contributors of this book seek to present alternatives to the mainstream discussions of gentrification. It does not present a single coherent vision of the causes, effects and experiences of gentrification, but a number of different views that do not always coincide. What the authors have in common is the attempt to escape a naive empiricism which has dominated m...

    $1,540.00

  • THE ROLE OF INFORMAL ECONOMIES IN THE POST-SOVIET WORLD
    COLIN C. WILLIAMS / JOHN ROUND / PETER RODGERS
    Based on extensive ethnographic and quantitative research, conducted in Ukraine and Russia between 2004 and 2012, this book’s central argument is that for many people the informal economy, such as cash in hand work, subsistence production and the use of social networks, is of great importance to everyday life. Formal work is both a facilitator of such processes and is often sup...

    $1,460.00

  • POLICING TERRORISM
    CHRISTOPHER BLAKE / BARRIE SHELDON / RACHAEL STRZELECKI / PETER WILLIAMS
    This is an accessible and up to date text for students on police-related degree courses covering a highly topical area of policing. Terrorism has become a major issue for policing during the 21st century, exacerbated by world events, the emerging new terrorism with its global implications, and a growing need to develop effective counter-terrorism strategies. The book provides s...

    $1,343.04

  • UNIONS AND GLOBALISATION
    PETER FAIRBROTHER / JOHN O'BRIEN / ANNE JUNOR / MICHAEL O'DONNELL / GLYNNE WILLIAMS
    In recent decades, trade unions have suffered major reversals and experienced declining memberships. Transnational corporations and state-owned multi-nationals have increasingly implemented deteriorating terms and conditions of employment, with vulnerable and insecure job contracts. In this context, there has been a wide-ranging debate about the form of trade unionism, the base...

    $1,320.00

  • POLICING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
    CHRISTOPHER BLAKE / BARRIE SHELDON / PETER WILLIAMS
    This text provides an accessible and up-to-date introduction to criminal justice for all those undertaking degrees and foundation degrees in policing. It will also be relevant to degree courses in criminology and criminal justice. The book provides a holistic overview of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) and an exploration of the roles of key players within the system and how t...

    $1,307.22


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