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From the medicine we take, the treatments we receive, the aptitude and psychometric tests given by employers, the cars we drive, the clothes we wear to even the beer we drink, statistics have given shape to the world we inhabit. For the media, statistics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912190027Author Andy OwenFormat PaperbackImprint Insight & PerspectivePublisher Insight & Perspective

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838108236Author Jimmy GriffinFormat HardbackPage Count 188Imprint Jimmy Griffin PublicationsPublisher Jimmy Griffin PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Strengthen and reinforce your student's understanding of the toolkit aspect of the Business Management course with this write-in workbook, which fully covers the revised Guide and the tools needed for success in situational, planning and decision-making...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912190058Author Andy OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Insight & PerspectivePublisher Insight & PerspectiveWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 245mm...

This practical handbook is an essential companion for psychology students. From day one of your degree, it will make all the difference.Based on the authors' extensive knowledge of psychology, it includes: Key approaches in psychology The best ways to...

Infinity is a profoundly counter-intuitive and brain-twisting subject that has inspired some great thinkers - and provoked and shocked others.The ancient Greeks were so horrified by the implications of an endless number that they drowned the man who gave...

Modernism is usually thought of as a shock wave of innovations hitting art, architecture, music, cinema and literature - the work of Picasso, Joyce, Schoenberg, movements like Futurism and Dada, the architecture of Le Corbusier, T.S. Eliot's The...

Martin Heidegger - philosophy's 'hidden king', or leading exponent of a dangerously misguided secular mysticism. Heidegger has been acclaimed as the most powerfully original philosopher of the twentieth century. Profoundly influential on deconstruction,...

Islam is one of the world's great monotheistic religions. Islamic culture, spanning 1,500 years, has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. Yet the religion followed by a fifth of humankind is too often seen in the West in terms of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781919639543Author Jimmy GriffinFormat HardbackPage Count 316Imprint Barnacaf Enterprises LtdPublisher Barnacaf Enterprises LtdWeight(grams)...

Illustrated guide to the controversial sociologist Jean Baudrillard, who died in 2007. Did the Gulf War take place? Is it possible to fake a bank robbery? Was sexual liberation a disaster? Jean Baudrillard has been hailed as one of France's most subtle...

"Introducing Aristotle" guides the reader through an explosion of theories, from the establishment of systematic logic to the earliest rules of science. Aristotle's authority extended beyond his own lifetime to influence fundamentally Islamic philosophy...

Meditation, Karma, Zen, Tantric and Nirvana are some of the many Buddhist ideas Westerners hear of frequently, even if their meaning has been lost in translation. This vast and complex non-theistic religion is woven into the fabric of Asian civilisations...

INTRODUCING guide to the father of existentialism and one of 20th century philosophy's most famous characters. Jean-Paul Sartre was once described as being, next to Charles de Gaulle, the most famous Frenchman of the 20th century. Between the ending of...

The term 'feminism' came into English usage around the 1890s, but women's conscious struggle to resist discrimination and sexist oppression goes much further back. This completely new and updated edition of "Introducing Feminism" surveys the major...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062952233Author Gary John BishopFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

How do emotions affect your basic decision making? Why do certain smells prompt long-forgotten memories, and what makes us suddenly self-conscious?How does the biological organ, the brain, give rise to all of the thoughts in your head - enable you to...

Cultural Studies signals a major academic revolution for the 21st century. But what exactly is it, and how is it applied? It is a discipline that claims not to be a discipline; it is a radical critical approach for understanding racial, national, social...

This CSEC Maths Multiple Choice Practice book is a valuable exam preparation aid for CSEC Maths students. This book provides excellent practice for the multiple choice questions from Paper 1 of the CSEC examination, and has been specially...

"Achieving your Professional Doctorate is a stimulating and very useful book for professional doctorate students, their tutors, researchers and practitioners interested in this form of doctorate and all those with an interest in doctorate education...

Christianity depends on the belief that the Jesus of history is identical with the Christ of faith, and that God in the person of Jesus intervened finally and decisively in human history. But is the historical Jesus the same as the Christian Saviour? And...

How does a Psychology degree work? Where will it lead me? What skills are employers looking for? Psychology is one of the most popular undergraduate degree subjects in the UK, which is no surprise given the wide range of transferrable skills it offers...

This is a superlative graphic guide described as 'warm, witty and wise' by Jonathan Ree to an enigmatic master of twentieth-century philosophy.About the AuthorJohn Heaton is a psychotherapist and was a colleague of R.D. Laing. He studied natural and...

This is a handy booklet for researchers/scholars writing literature reviews. ""Telling a Research Story: Writing a Literature Review"" is concerned with the writing of a literature review and is not designed to address any of the preliminary processes...

Brilliant illustrated guide to the best-known and most controversial continental philosopher of the latter 20th century. Jacques Derrida is the most famous philosopher of the late 20th century. Yet Derrida has undermined the rules of philosophy, rejected...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440189760Author Daniela Muscat & Stephanie Xerri AgiusFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm)...

Covers everything you need for the AQA Biology AS specification, including the skills required for How Science Works and practical assessment. Learning Objectives clearly referenced to the specification throughout tell you exactly what you need to learn...

Shakespeare's absolute pre-eminence is simply unparalleled. His plays pack theatres and provide Hollywood with block-buster scripts; his works inspire mountains of scholarship and criticism every year. He has given us many of the very words we speak, and...

Your step-by-step guide to reflective writing, this book gives you the practical skills to reflect on and learn from your experiences. With a clear framework that works for different situations and types of assignments, learn how to: * Take...

What makes philosophy on the continent of Europe so different and exciting? And why does it have such a reputation for being 'difficult'?Continental philosophy was initiated amid the revolutionary ferment of the 18th century, philosophers such as Kant...

A Master's dissertation is very different from an academic essay, yet all too often post-graduate students are expected to make the transition without guidance. This invaluable guide brings together advice from a team of experts, drawn largely from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939754837Author Angela ThayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 191mm...

Bertrand Russell changed Western philosophy forever. He tackled many puzzles--how our minds work, how we experience the world, and what the true nature of meaning is. In "Introducing Bertrand Russell "we meet a passionate eccentric, active in world...

"Kanji Pict-o-Graphix offers an engaging way to learn and memorize Kanji."-Rocky Mountain Region Japan Project "A fun book for studying kanji. The illustration reveals more of its contents and method than any description ever could."-Japan Times "It is...

What is beauty, and what is truth? These are some of the questions which aesthetics tries to answer. In our everyday life, we talk about the 'aesthetics' of an artwork or a piece of design. But aesthetics goes beyond the simple experience of art. It is...

In 1859, Charles Darwin shocked the world with a radical theory - evolution by natural selection. One hundred and fifty years later, his theory still challenges some of our most precious beliefs.Introducing Evolution provides a step-by-step guide to...

Illustrated revision and practice. Absolute clarity is the aim with a new generation of revision guide. This guide has been expertly compiled and edited by subject specialists, highly experienced examiners and a good dollop of scientific research into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781499556582Author Tony RayFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Trying to make sense of making an argument? This straightforward book breaks down how to build a convincing argument for any type of assessment. Find out what an academic argument is - and what it is notDevelop a toolkit for structuring an argument...