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This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz's controversial arguments for the limited use of interrogational torture and its legalisation. Argues that the respectability Dershowitz's arguments...

The unprecedented and tragic events in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania left an indelible mark on world politics. Civilian deaths in horrific circumstances triggered an uncompromising response from the US administration and its allies: an open-ended...

As the UK and many other western societies face up to the consequences of a rapidly increasing prison population, so the search for alternative approaches to punishment and dealing with offenders has become an increasingly urgent priority for government...

STATISTICAL METHODS FOR PSYCHOLOGY surveys the statistical techniques commonly used in the behavioral and social sciences, especially psychology and education. To help students gain a better understanding of the specific statistical hypothesis tests that...

This 400-page tome provides a definitive account of the origins, development and current contemporary perspectives on the practices of learning disability nursing. It aims to illustrate the key primary and specialist domains of practice which learning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847169969Author Sharon FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Straightforward PublishingPublisher Straightforward Publishing

Now in its Ninth Edition, Abnormal Psychology gives students the opportunity to explore the latest theories and research in our ever-changing search for answers to the complex questions of psychopathology. The authors invite students to search for clues,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781877069208Author Surendra VermaFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint New Holland PublishersPublisher New Holland PublishersWeight(grams)...

Tackling environmental issues such as global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain, water pollution, and soil contamination requires an understanding of the underlying science and chemistry of these processes in real-world systems and situations. Chemistry...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915035175Author Roy K. HolcombFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint DawnSignPressPublisher DawnSignPressWeight(grams) 145g

This is the first in a series of four books which form part of the Open University course Child Development. They provide a detailed and thorough undergraduate-level introduction to the central concepts, theories, current issues and research evidence in...

Voted one of the Guardian best books of 2014 by Owen Jones. After coming to power in May 2010, the Coalition government in the United Kingdom embarked on a drastic programme of cuts to public spending and introduced a raft of austerity measures that had...

One of the largest patient populations seen by neuropsychologists are older adults suffering from problems associated with aging. Further, the proportion of the population aged 65 and above is rising rapidly. This book provides a guide to...

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What questions would you ask a doctor at a comedy gig?...Is it healthy to sleep with a pet? What are the side effects of budgie-smuggling? Is horse riding riskier that ecstasy? Do love eggs need to be fitted? Do unlucky beds exist? Do doctors ever...

In a studio just blocks away from Ground Zero there is a one-of-a-kind camera, a 12-foot by 12-foot high Polaroid. It takes pictures that are 40 inches wide by 80 inches tall - larger than life-size - and yields images of striking immediacy and clarity...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904767442Author Victoria WincklerFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Bevan FoundationPublisher Bevan FoundationDimensions(mm) 235mm * 170mm * 12mm

The detective is a familiar figure in British history. This work looks at famous cases such as the Ripper murders and the beginnings of the Special Branch and Detective Branch of Scotland Yard. This history covers various aspects of crime history,...

Bringing together leading writers and researchers in the field, this carefully revised edition continues to offer an exciting blend of the classic and the new. The articles are organised into four sections - Community, Care, Policy and Practice - and...

The chemical sciences and their applications are all around us. Many museums and galleries have scientific departments, and collectors of objects that may not even be "antique" in the strict definition of the word often need to have some scientific...

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Web programming is about more than creating and formatting webpages and websites, though that is often a starting point for many. Using scripting languages such as JavaScript, Perl and PH, it becomes possible to add a lot more functionality to a site. ...

Do you remember what it was like when computers were new? When they seemed mysterious and exciting? Did you ever pass a grotty C15 tape around the schoolyard, or make a shop assistant quietly seethe as you asked them to load 'Manic Miner' on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714528519Author Judith WilliamsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Marion Boyars Publishers LtdPublisher Marion Boyars Publishers LtdWeight(grams)...

This book has two functions. The first is to provide a comprehensive and concise outline of the available human factors knowledge for the practicing pilot. The second function is to provide this knowledge in a way that follows very closely the syllabus...

The Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations presents a wonderfully entertaining and eclectic range of quotations covering all aspects of medicine through the ages. It couples profound statements from famous scientists with witty one-liners from the likes...

Every day millions of people struggle with psychological and emotional problems. The Stressed Sex sets out to answer a simple, but crucial, question: are rates of psychological disorder different for men and women? The implications - for individuals and...

The concept of the body is one of the most recent, and hotly contested areas of inquiry among philosophers today.About the AuthorDonn Welton is Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has served as the Chair of...

Covers iOS 6 on iPad 2, iPad 3rd and 4th generation, and iPad mini My iPad offers a full-color, fully illustrated, step by step resource for anyone using an iPad 2, iPad 3rd or 4th generation, or iPad mini running iOS 6. Each task is presented in easy to...

Drawing on one-to-one guided conversations with disabled children and follow-up interviews with their parents and siblings, this volume takes an in-depth look at the effects of disability on disabled children. Approaching this neglected subject through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781573226813Author Robert H. HopckeFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm)...

First Published in 1983. Designed for first-year graduates, this book provides an introduction to key themes and research in sociology. Written by two lecturers and based on the long experience of teaching the subject, 'The Problem of Sociology' serves...

In 1850 Britain was the most prosperous and industrially advanced country in the wolrd. There were those, including the organizers of the Great Exhibition, who saw no reason why Britain should not maintain her dominance as long as the new advances in...

Everyone is looking for ways to save money these days. That can be hard to do for businesses that have complex needs, such as custom software applications. However, VBA and Macros for Microsoft Excel can teach you ways to customize pre-existing software...

What every beauty queen really wants is world peace, but isn't it just a dream for bikini-clad airheads? Terrorist attacks, the war in Iraq and weapons of mass destruction make world peace seem further away than ever. How can it be achieved? In this...

The single biggest and most difficult question that exists? From early religions through Greek Philosophy and Western Science, man has attempted to discover the meaning of the Universe and our place within it. In the last twenty year these debates have...

With water making up around 70 per cent of the earth's surface and 50 to 65 per cent of the human body, it is only fair to see ourselves as just a little waterlogged. Water is essential to human life and an important component of human history. Humans...

This book aims to help medical staff and carers relate to parents in ways that facilitate their adaptation to their child's illness. The key to this is in effective communication.About the AuthorHilton Davis is Professor of Child Health Psychology at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841742618Author David WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Blackstone Press LtdPublisher Oxford University PressDimensions(mm) 222mm * 154mm * 11mm

The scale of the cosmos can be baffling, with distances so vast and timescales to long that it's easy to dismiss them as being completely divorced from our everyday life. But in this new book Dr Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer at the Royal Observatory,...