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Book SynopsisThis book explores what it means to live an emotionally engaged and morally responsive life in a world increasingly governed by productivity, fragmentation, and emotional detachment. Drawing from a rich interdisciplinary backgroundâincluding sociology, philosophy, moral psychology, feminist theory, and lived experienceâthis book offers a lyrical yet analytically rigorous meditation on empathy, recognition, and the fragile practice of democracy.Structured as a blend of essay, accessible theory, and poetic reflection, this book argues that empathy is not mere sentimentality, but a vital cornerstone of ethical action and collective life. It seeks to revive the moral imaginationâour shared capacity to see, feel, and respond to the vulnerability of othersâby grounding political and social thought in emotional and relational awareness.This book engages both classical and contemporary thinkers such as Arendt, Habermas, Weil, Honneth, Bauman, and Irigaray, while developing a distinct voice that bridges academic clarity with literary sensitivity. It proposes that love, care, and empathy must be reclaimed as active, public virtuesânot confined to the private sphere, but central to justice, democratic participation, and meaningful life.At a time of polarization, performance culture, and relational fatigue, Moral Imagination and the Search for Meaning challenges us to reimagine what it means to be humanânot through control or achievement, but through attention, recognition, and vulnerability.This volume speaks to academics and students in sociology, psychology, philosophy, and gender studies, while remaining accessible to therapists, educators, and general readers interested in emotional intelligence and ethics. It will particularly appeal to readers of bell hooks, Rebecca Solnit, and Martha Nussbaum who seek a lyrical voice that bridges academic theory with lived experience.
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Book SynopsisThis book provides a novel framework for adapting tort law to the challenges of artificial intelligence in all of its forms -- from machine learning to generative models to autonomous and agentic systems.Centred on a liability matrix, this book maps AI systems into four zones according to their private and public risks and benefits and it prescribes tailored liability mechanisms for each. These may range from flexible, fault-based models with safe harbours for low-risk, high-benefit technologies, to strict liability, rebuttable presumptions of causation, and even moratoriums for systems that pose grave public dangers without delivering corresponding public value. Combining rigorous doctrinal analysis with practical policy tools, it addresses complex issues such as fault attribution, causation, compensable harm, evidentiary burdens and distributed responsibility.Clear, concise and globally relevant, this book provides an adaptable approach that courts, policy makers and industry leaders can apply to real-world AI governance. It will appeal to legal scholars, postgraduate students, regulators, judges and AI governance specialists seeking to understand -- and shape -- how tort law can both protect society and enable responsible innovation in the age of AI.
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Book SynopsisThis practical text provides a clear step-by-step guide to observation, assessment, planning and documentation in the early years. Using a universally accessible what, so what, now what approach, it enables practitioners to fully support childrenâs learning and development through meaningful and enjoyable observations and assessment. The uncomplicated methodology, which targets every child, is shown in practice through a range of real-life examples and early years settings. With much-needed guidance on âmaking learning visibleâ, as well as helpful photocopiable masters, it will be essential reading for all those struggling with fully understanding the value of observation-based teaching.
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Book SynopsisThis new English edition of Roman Building makes available the most up-to-date revision of the text to a new generation of English scholars of Roman architecture and technology.Covering every aspect of Roman building techniques from surveying and preparing the materials to decorating and heating the finished structures, this volume offers the most comprehensive discussion of the subject. Placing emphasis on the technical aspects of the subject, it follows the process of building through each stage â from quarry to standing wall, from tree to roof timbers â and how these materials were obtained or manufactured. As well as construction, masonry, carpentry and interiors, this book also examines domestic and commercial architecture in shops, baths and workshops, as well as civil engineering projects such as aqueducts and roads.Illustrated with over 750 photographs, maps and drawings, Roman Building remains the seminal reference work for Roman architectural technology for students and scholars alike.
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Book SynopsisUnderstanding important scientific concepts like matter, energy, force, and species is central to scientific literacy. But how do we learn scientific concepts? This book explains what research across distinct theoretical perspectives has taught us, then cuts through the diversity to offer a novel integrated account and a unified theory of conceptual change.Theoretical perspectives from science education, cognitive science, developmental psychology, the learning sciences, and the history and philosophy of science are often seen as competing alternatives and practical pedagogical recommendations diverge, sometimes even contradicting one another. Learning Scientific Concepts responds by explaining and evaluating prominent theoretical perspectives: the nature of concepts and conceptual development, in general, as understood in cognitive and developmental psychology; and theory change, knowledge-in-pieces, and situated/embodied/distributed perspectives on science concept learning, in particular. It then integrates these perspectives and proposes the Unified Theory of Conceptual Change (UTCC), building on Susan Careyâs foundational account of concepts and conceptual development in developmental psychology and Edwin Hutchinsâ multilevel approach to analyzing cognitive systems in cognitive anthropology. The UTCC outlines a comprehensive modeling toolkit for making sense of how we learn scientific concepts at different levels of analysis.This book serves as a comprehensive guide for researchers, advanced students, and practitioners to the most important research on learning scientific concepts. In proposing a novel theoretical synthesis, it also suggests a way forward for researchers and offers practitioners a coherent and comprehensive story of what kind of instruction and curricular design is effective and why.
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Book SynopsisIncreased knowledge of the number, potency, and importance of bioactive compounds in fermented milk and dairy products has spiked their popularity across the globe. And the trend shows no sign of abating any time soon. An all-in-one resource, Fermented Milk and Dairy Products gathers information about different fermented milk and dairy products, their occurrence, microorganisms involved, nutritional characteristics, and health benefits at one place. The book examines topics ranging from general biology to various microorganisms associated with different types of fermented products available worldwide.This book explores all advanced areas of research on fermented milks and includes the most recent references available. It covers the types of products based on fermentation pattern, indigenous products, the microbiological processes involved, starter cultures involved in the production, nutritional and functional aspects, health benefits associated with these products, an
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Book SynopsisNever has the ability to negotiate globally been more important . The companies and individuals with better than average negotiation skill sets are the ones that have prospered recently. This book supplies a comprehensive overview of practical negotiation tips, strategies, and action steps. It is different from other books on the subject as it provides an outline of various corporate disciplines, including sales, purchasing, contract management, customer service, and supply chain, with specific analysis of the issues relevant to these areas.
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Book SynopsisThis book provides a guide to social work education and continuing learning in Scotland. It promotes an effective learning ecosystem for the social work profession.Split into three parts, specific issues facing Scottish social work learners and educators are outlined. Part one explores the context of social work education and continuing learning in Scotland, part two focuses on the learning journey across career stages, and part three explores how effective learning environments are developed with attention to supporting relationships.The content aligns with the Standards in Social Work Education, the newly qualified social worker supported year in Scotland, and practice education qualifications to offer a comprehensive and invaluable volume that supports effective professional learning at all career stages.
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Book SynopsisRecent crises relating to non-governmental aid organisations have brought into sharp focus the need for a greater understanding of the safeguarding challenges which the international aid and development sector faces, and how to respond to them in a consistent, systematic and effective way. This essential safeguarding guide provides insight to operational, organisational and cultural challenges within the international aid and development sector. The book brings together carefully chosen key professionals who have extensive operational experience of addressing and responding to these issues. In a highly challenging environment, with multiple competing demands, this book is a clearly focused and accessible resource. It sets out what those leading in the field need to be aware of, what responses they need to make and how to maintain necessary change in the long term. In relation to each key issue, through its range of chapters, the book explores what the challenge is, what is current or suggested best practice and what future developments are needed.It provides the sector with an accessible, authoritative and ultimately essential handbook for all those working in the international aid and development sector, whether they are practitioners, safeguarding specialists, senior leaders in governance roles, or regulators. The emphasis is on facilitating sector-wide change, embedding best practice and encouraging work that effectively ensures the safety and wellbeing of the worldâs most vulnerable people.
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Book SynopsisThis book bridges together theory and practice to provide practitioners with a creative toolkit to navigate practice, risk, safety and supervision in day-to-day situations.Each chapter is written by a qualified practitioner, social work academic, or someone involved in social work education and presents an innovative or creative approach to risk in social work practice and supervision. Contemporary and diverse ideas, including supervision and ways to work alongside people with lived experience are explored in a straightforward and innovative way, and allows for reflective and insightful practice to take place.An ideal resource for practitioners looking for quick, innovative, straightforward tools to use in their day-to-day practice.
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Book SynopsisThis practical guide equips teachers and other educators across the age phases with the knowledge, skills and confidence required to fully meet the speech, language and communication (SLC) needs of children and young people. As speech and language development delays increase among pupils, this book links theory to practical aspects of pedagogy, guiding readers to explore the range of factors influencing specific areas of SLC. It enhances understanding of accessibility and observed responses, and identifies reasonable adjustments that make a big difference in practice. Written by a multi-disciplinary team, it embraces sociological, educational, and medical perspectives, encouraging critical thinking and offering a range of case studies that illustrate key strategies and real-world applications, as well as signposting practical resources and sources of further support.
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Book SynopsisAimed at practitioners and students in environmental studies, development, economics and geography, this book systematically investigates how sustainable development can be achieved at the local and global level. Instead of problems, it focuses on practical solutions to take yourself, in your community, and in your career. Based on the latest scientific research, case studies and voices from the Global North and South, the book is divided into five key sections. It reviews why business as usual is no longer an option; how to engage with governance, finance and collective action; where transformation hotspots for achieving sustainable development exist; how local change happens in sustainable development; and finally, what happens next. Chapters take a deep dive into improved human capabilities, just economies, sustainable food and energy production, gender inequality and resilience. It moves beyond merely recognising the challenges faced in achieving the United Nationsâ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), instead focusing on real-world avenues to address these, beyond the 2030 timeline. Each solution is framed within this context and promotes taking complexity seriously, as opposed to ignoring it.Alongside the book, appendix material provides guidance for personal action, and digital resources offer up-to-date opportunities for further engagement.
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Book SynopsisThis key text introduces readers to the underlying knowledge and wider features of inclusion and how they can relate to practice. Taking inclusion as referring to all learners, this new edition explores inclusive practice in its broadest sense and implementation in a variety of educational sectors.Each chapter assesses key theories and concepts along with a range of examples to encourage students to think critically and to reappraise their own experience as learners. The fully updated second edition builds on the strengths of the previous book and considers the changes in social, geographical, historical and cultural contexts over the past decade that influence inclusive education. New topics include: Inclusive education in Indonesia, Norway and Ukraine, Working with parents, carers and children for practical implementation, Specialist provision, and special schools, and how they fit with inclusive education. Illustrated with tasks, case studies, discussion questions and recommended reading, and with terminology updated throughout, Inclusive Education is essential reading for second- and third-year students looking to extend their research and writing, and to develop their critical and reflective thinking.
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Book SynopsisThis accessible and informative book provides educators with a unique approach to supporting children and young people with test anxiety, combining key research and practical guidance to improve wellbeing and test outcomes.The book focuses on three core areas for promoting wellbeing: test anxiety theory, âdesirable difficultiesâ, and self-efficacy theory. Underpinning research is presented in an accessible format and each topic is explored in depth with case studies and reflection points to deepen understanding and bring theory to life. Chapters go on to introduce an innovative, easy-to-implement intervention. The intervention focuses on increasing childrenâs metacognition of their own learning â from how memory works, to knowing how to revise â lowering anxiety around high stakes exams and boosting overall wellbeing and, ultimately, academic success.Including a wealth of examples and tips for tangibly supporting children and young peopleâs learning outcomes, this book is a crucial read for SENCOs, teachers, and anyone with responsibility for the pastoral care and wellbeing of young people.
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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly-revised second edition of Dynamics of International Business provides an in-depth comparative historical analysis of the structural and strategic evolution of international enterprises.Drawing on extensive research, this textbook situates the ostensibly modern phenomena of multinational corporations and economic globalisation within an established and complex history of international enterprises and cross-border business activity. Students will develop a deeper understanding of the global economy and the core forces that have shaped it over time. The bookâs structure has been enhanced for this new edition: it is now divided into seven sections representing specific phases of the global economyâs history, each one consisting of two chapters that comprehensively cover the eraâs âmacroâ framework and its âmicroâ structures respectively. Theoretical paradigms that commonly feature in international business scholarship are also contextualised within the historical eras they emerged from, thus enabling readers to critically engage with and apply these theories. New material has been added throughout, especially regarding current geopolitical tensions threatening to disrupt and even reverse recent globalisation trends in the global economy. Finally, this edition also includes updated case studies based on a diverse range of industries and countries that will complement learning.An essential textbook for economic and business history courses; students and scholars of international business will also find it to be a useful and highly-accessible resource.
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Book SynopsisStorytelling and fantasy play are central to how young children make sense of their world, build relationships, and express themselves. Developed and championed by MakeBelieve Arts, Helicopter Stories is a simple yet powerful way to harness these natural impulses. Rooted in the storytelling and story acting work of Vivian Gussin Paley, and adapted for UK classrooms by theatre director Trisha Lee, this inclusive approach is now used in thousands of early years settings across the country, and increasingly in classrooms around the world.Tried, tested, and proven to have a significant impact on childrenâs literacy, communication, confidence, and social-emotional development, Helicopter Stories offers a unique combination of creativity and structure, allowing every child to become a storyteller, an actor, and an engaged member of a collaborative classroom community.This second edition of Princesses, Dragons, and Helicopter Stories provides a practical, step-by-step guide to using the approach with young children. Covering everything from introducing the idea of storytelling, to scribing childrenâs words and bringing their ideas to life through acting, this book includes: Clear guidelines for scribing stories, creating a stage, and acting out childrenâs narratives Support for exploring taboos and sensitive themes in childrenâs stories Strategies to engage children who are reluctant to speak or act Advice for supporting children with English as an Additional Language Reflections on how the approach supports holistic child development across the early years Full of real-life examples and practical ideas, and featuring a foreword by Vivian Gussin Paley, this updated edition also includes new insights, photographs, and lessons learned over a decade of practice. It is essential reading for anyone working with young children who believes in the power of stories to unlock language, imagination, and connection.
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Book SynopsisThis book offers a framework for understanding and improving relationships through the lens of Gestalt therapy. It examines the paradox of intimacyâhow genuine connection emerges from embracing individuality in a relationshipâand how to navigate the dynamic tension between autonomy and togetherness.Readers will benefit from practical tools, theoretical insights, and engaging case examples designed to deepen their understanding of relationship dynamics. Therapists will find innovative strategies to foster presence, differentiation, and creative transformation in their clients. Couples can uncover ways to turn conflict into connection, discovering how their differences can energize and strengthen their relationships. The bookâs unique integration of Gestalt therapy principles with cross-cultural perspectives makes it particularly relevant for navigating the complexities of modern relationships. With its theoretical rigor and practical applications, the book bridges the gap between research and clinical practice, offering fresh insights into the evolving field of couples therapy. By addressing pressing post-pandemic relational challenges and integrating diverse cultural perspectives, it provides a transformative guide for those engaged in understanding and fostering human connection. This approach enables readers to be able to reframe differences as opportunities for growth rather than sources of conflict.This text is an essential resource for academics, researchers, and students interested in relationship science and therapeutic approaches. It is especially relevant for mental health professionals, including practicing therapists, counsellors, and social workers, as well as those in training programs.
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Book SynopsisEmotions depend on language, cultural practices, expectation and moral beliefs. Hate, fear, cruelty and love are always turning history into the history of passion and lust, because emotional life is always ready to overflow intellectual life. This fascinating study of emotion in Renaissance Italy shows that emotions are built and created by the society in which they are expressed and conditioned. The contributors examine, among others, the emotional language of the court, around public execution, religious practices and during outbreaks of disease.
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Book SynopsisThis book will challenge mathematical skills in a totally different way from the usual geometric puzzles. These 120 puzzles are visually intriguing. Mastering Geometry Puzzles has 5 chapters of puzzles, each one corresponding to a level of difficulty, from the very easy to the very hard.Even if mathematical puzzles are new to the reader, this book is a great place to start. Puzzle solving is not only fun; it will also enhance the reader's understanding of mathematics. More experienced puzzlers will also find very challenging opportunities.There are three types of geometry puzzles in this book:â No shape-based puzzles, i.e., triangles, circles, etc.â General shape-based puzzles, i.e., a hamburger, a bird, etc.â Japanese shape-based puzzles, i.e., a samurai, a bonsai, etc.The first chapter, Solving a Puzzle, offers a typical puzzle, which then is solved step-by-step. It presents how geometry is used to solve it, and the logical thinking leading to the solution.Puzzles should not only be fun in their design, but they should also be fun to solve. Their shape should be appealing to arouse curiosity in the reader. The information given to solve the puzzle should be as minimal as possible, sometimes to the point that the reader might think that it is not possible to solve it. This is part of the challenge of puzzles.All the puzzles have step-by-step solutions. The puzzles can be solved by geometry puzzle lovers of all ages. The puzzler does not need to be an ace in geometry to solve them.A warning: these puzzles can lead to a serious puzzle addiction! Enjoy the challenge!
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Book SynopsisThis book uses rigorous case studies with definitive conclusions and develops a critical Cultural Studies perspective on both the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) and diversity politics.Through examining sophisticated processes through which race is negotiated and produced across film, television, public relations and advertising, this book reveals how these industries simultaneously understand race uniformly while operating through heterogeneous structures that both address and enact racism. This analysis exposes the contradictory nature of creative industries that publicly champion inclusivity while perpetuating systemic inequalities through their operational structures. By examining specific sectors within the CCIs, the book illustrates how racial difference is managed, commodified and reproduced through seemingly progressive diversity initiatives. Nwonka and Keddo call for a radical reconceptualisation of how we understand the CCIs' production and management of racial difference, challenging readers to move beyond surface-level diversity metrics towards deeper structural analysis of how creative industries function as sites of racial negotiation.Race and Racism in the Cultural and Creative Industriesâ critical examination provides essential insights for scholars, practitioners and policymakers working within creative industries, offering frameworks for understanding the complex relationship between cultural production, racial identity and systemic inequality in contemporary Britain.
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Book SynopsisThis book explores how digital crime/cybercrime has been decisively reshaped by the emergence of the digital platform.Online platforms now constitute so significant a mode of wealth production that many argue a new kind of economic order â âplatform capitalismâ has emerged. But the platform vehicle has also provided a new organisational dynamic for criminal entrepreneurs, one that significantly adds to other advantages of digital technology exploited by earlier (cyber) criminals such as hyperconnection and capacity augmentation. The book traces the emergence of a shadow digital crime economy which both feeds off and contributes to the way digital societies now produce wealth and explores the role of the platform in underpinning this. It sets out three modalities of platform criminality; the emergence of criminal platforms; the targeting of commercial platforms and the misuse of platform by key institutional agents such as tech companies and the state. By exploring the reciprocal relations between legitimate and illegitimate platforms, it suggests how platforms have not only changed the practice and organisation of cybercrime but have been instrumental in unravelling key elements of civil society, not least the legal consensus upon which democracy depends. It argues that âpost-truthâ and the crisis of objectivity in which platforms are implicated lead directly into a âpost-crimeâ world, one where the boundaries between the legal and the criminal are becoming increasingly blurred.This book will be of interest to students and scholars of criminology, cybersecurity, technology ethics, and digital economies. It will also appeal to professionals and policymakers engaged with these fields.
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Book SynopsisVirtual Reality Audio: A Guide to Immersive Sound in Virtual Experiences takes you inside the world of immersive sound in VR, revealing how it transforms music, film sound, and game audio through practical examples and rich aesthetic, technical, and historical insights. Readers will discover the perceptual foundations of immersive sound and its development into an inextricable part of virtual experiences today, before diving into hands-on examples that explore cutting-edge applications of VR audio across multiple disciplines. This book is accessible for a wide range of readers, including audio professionals looking to expand into VR, visual and interactive media specialists seeking to harness the power of immersive sound, and multidisciplinary VR creators eager to build their skills in audio implementation.With a blend of theory and applied practice, Virtual Reality Audio offers a comprehensive roadmap for anyone interested in the future of sound in virtual worlds.
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Book SynopsisA Systemic Functional Grammar of Cantonese adopts Systemic Functional Linguistics to describe the grammar of Cantonese, and to push the description beyond the clausal level to the discourse level.The book provides a comprehensive description of the Cantonese language, starting from the social and historical background, and the sound and word structure of Cantonese, including word, group, and phrase, to the grammar of clause and sentence. It then advances into the discourse of Cantonese, examining the compound and complex sentences, as well as the flow of information in Cantonese discourse and the elements which regulate the flow.This volume will be informative for scholars and students studying the Cantonese language, and will provide a good starting point for those researching the language.
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Book SynopsisRethinking the Psychology of Place presents a new approach to Professor David Canter's 1977 Psychology of Place. Providing a unified Theory of Place relevant to human transactions with buildings, cities and nature, the book weaves together psychological, architectural and social perspectives to demonstrate that place is a dynamic phenomenon emerging from embodied experience, memory and social interactions. Central to this are 'place rules' and 'environmental roles' that mediate how individuals relate to and behave within locations, challenging deterministic notions that design directly causes place experiences.Supported by over 160 illustrations, the book advances a nuanced, human-centred understanding of place an evolving, dynamic nexus of action, meaning and form by:â Examining the home as an emotionally layered construct central to experiences of placeâ Positioning architecture as a filter of sensory input and a vehicle of symbolic meaning, shaped by cultural templates, architectural styles and building typesâ Using techniques such as space syntax to illustrate how spatial arrangements facilitate human interactions at both the building and metropolitan scaleâ Critiquing modernist architecture's abstraction of meaningâ Highlighting streets as vital, participatory spaces, while considering how digital culture reshapes how we are present in these environmentsâ Challenging dominant biocentric explanations for the restorative benefits of nature and related explorations of preferences for landscapes and place attachment, offering an alternative that emphasises human agency, culture and context.By integrating concepts such as place attachment, domocentricity and environmental roles, this book will appeal to students and researchers in environmental psychology, architecture, landscape design, urban planning and environmental sociology, as well as the general reader looking to understand our interactions with our surroundings. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the complex relationships between people and their built and natural environments.
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Book SynopsisGrief counseling and therapy have been revolutionized by the recognition that adaptive grieving commonly involves retaining bonds with the deceased rather than relinquishing them, but guidelines for how to integrate this shift into professional practice have been scarce. In this groundbreaking volume, leading bereavement scholars Robert Neimeyer and Edith Steffen provide a rich trove of therapeutic procedures to help grieving clients preserve valued relationships with the dead and address lingering issues with them.With astute attention to clinical and cultural contexts, specific instructions for a great range of approaches, numerous practice vignettes, and transcripts of actual sessions, Working with Continuing Bonds in Grief Therapy is required reading for all professionals who support the bereaved in living through loss while reaffirming or realigning bonds with their loved ones.
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Book SynopsisAlone in the Mirror: Twins in Therapy chronicles the triumphs and struggles of twins as they separate from one another and find their individuality in a world of non twins. The text is grounded in issues of attachment and intimacy, and is highlighted by Dr. Barbara Kleinâs scholarly research, clinical experiences with twins in therapy, and her own identity struggles as a twin, all of which allow her to present insights into the rare, complicated, and misunderstood twin identity. She presents psychologically-focused real life histories, which demonstrate how childhood experiences shape the twin attachment and individual development, and she describes implications for twins in therapy, their therapists, and parents of twins. Unique to this book are effective therapeutic practices, developed specifically for twins, and designed to raise the consciousness of parents as well. Readers will find these practices and the insights within invaluable, whether they use them to communicate with twin patients, family members, or if they are part of a twinship themselves.See also Dr. Klein's more recent books on twin relationships: Twin Dilemmas: Changing Relationships Throughout the Life Span and New Understandings of Twin Relationships: From Harmony to Estrangement and Loneliness (co-authored with Stephen A. Hart and Jacqueline M. Martinez).
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Book SynopsisThis third edition of Designing Tall Buildings is an enhanced and accessible reference that guides the reader through the fundamental principles of designing high-rise buildings.This new edition includes four new chapters, including initial concepts for tall building design, techniques for optimization, considerations for carbon and the use of alternative materials such as timber. The third edition also includes 300 additional illustrations, and current code requirements and equations. Each chapter focuses on a theme central to tall-building design, giving a comprehensive overview of the related architectural and structural engineering concepts. Author Mark Sarkisian, PE, SE, NAE, LEED, provides clear definitions of technical terms and important equations, gradually developing the readerâs knowledge. Projects drawn from SOMâs vast portfolio of built high-rises, many of which Sarkisian engineered, demonstrate these concepts. The book considers the influence of particular site geology, wind conditions, and seismicity. With this contextual knowledge, the reader can develop structural systems best suited for a tower that are not only safe, but constructible and economical. Sarkisian specifically addresses the influence of nature in design, urging the integration of structure and architecture for building of superior performance, sustainability, and aesthetic excellence.This third edition is a must-have reference for students and designers.
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Book SynopsisThe Neural Basis of Religious Cognition brings together leading researchers from psychology, neuroscience, and theology to identify the neural circuits underlying various aspects of religious behavior and cognition. The book presents cutting-edge research in the cognitive neuroscience of religion, demonstrating how brain research techniques can illuminate the puzzles and complexities of religious experience.The work argues that understanding the neural foundations of religious cognition holds both historical significance and contemporary relevance for human understanding, potentially revealing insights into uniquely human aspects of social brain functioning. Through in-depth explorations of diverse topics including prayer, psychedelic experiences, and the impact of neurodegenerative disorders on religious cognition, the book provides comprehensive coverage of this emerging interdisciplinary field. The research presented offers valuable knowledge about how the brain processes religious thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, contributing to broader understanding of human consciousness and spirituality.The book provides in-depth explorations of various topics within cognitive neuroscience of religion, including prayer, psychedelics and the impact of neurodegenerative disorders, making it a must-read for all researchers of the psychology of religion.
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Book SynopsisTeachers often face challenges in managing daily classroom behaviour, resorting to trial-and-error methods that can be time-consuming and ineffective. This guide addresses these challenges by providing clear, evidence-based practices for effectively managing behaviour issues. It empowers educators to create positive, productive learning environments, ensuring that every student has the opportunity to thrive.Organised into twelve accessible chapters, the book equips educators with straightforward strategies grounded in the science of applied behaviour analysis. Each chapter provides step-by-step instructions for implementing proven techniques, emphasising the importance of understanding behavioural functions, reinforcement, promoting self-management, and making data-driven decisions. The strategies are tried, tested, and ready to use, enabling teachers to prevent disruptive behaviours and strengthen academic engagement across diverse classroom settings. Areas covered include effective peer tutoring, choice-making, fluency-based instruction, token economies, guided notes, active student engagement, and classroom management. Readers will also learn how to troubleshoot common challenges, evaluate the success of their strategies, and adapt interventions to suit their unique needs.This is essential reading for teachers, teachers-in-training, teaching assistants, special and inclusive educators, and behaviour analysts, offering a wealth of evidence-based and practical tools that enable positive change to promote student success in the classroom.
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Book SynopsisThe Historians of Ancient Rome is the most comprehensive collection of ancient sources for Roman history available in a single English volume, tracing the history of Rome from the cityâs foundation by Romulus in 753 BCE to the rise of Christianity as the religion of the Roman emperors in the fourth century CE. After a general introduction on Roman historical writing, extensive passages from more than a dozen Greek and Roman historians and biographers as well as coins, images, and inscriptions explore over 1000 years of Romeâs history. Readers will engage with how the Romans wrote about Romeâs climb to world domination and the challenges it faced in the late empire: the defeat of Hannibal; the conquest of Greece and the eastern Mediterranean; the defeat of the Catilinarian conspiracy; Caesarâs conquest of Gaul; Antony and Cleopatra; the establishment of the Empire by Caesar Augustus; the horrors of the reigns of Tiberius and Nero; the âœRoman Peaceâ under Hadrian; and the political turmoil, disintegration, and consolidation in the third and fourth centuries CE. The fourth edition has been revised to include maps, coins, new inscriptions, images, and additional readings, providing a rich anthology that makes visible both the textual and material worlds by which Roman society represented, controlled, and experienced the past.The Historians of Ancient Rome is intended both for undergraduate courses in Roman history and for the general reader interested in approaching the Romans through the original historical sources. This is a book that no student of Roman history should be without.
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Book SynopsisProviding valuable insight on physical behavior of polymer solutions, intermolecular interactions, and the molecular nature of mixtures, each volume in this one-of-a-kind handbook brings together reliable, easy-to-use entries, references, tables, examples, and appendices on experimental data from hundreds of primary journal articles, dissertations, and other published papers. This three-volume set presents hundreds of data sets including VLE/gas solubility isotherms, LLE and HPPE for polymer systems in supercritical fluids, as well as volumetric, enthalpic, and virial coefficient data sets, essential for handling industrial and laboratory processes involving all types of polymer systems. _CRC Handbook of Thermodynamic Data of Polymer Solutions at Elevated PressuresCRC Handbook of Thermodynamic Data of Aqueous Polymer Solutions
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Book SynopsisMastering Mobile Learning Design offers practical guidance for creating mobile learning thatâs clear, engaging, and designed for the way people actually learn. Written for instructional designers, learning professionals, and educators, it goes beyond theory to show how to create concise, effective experiences that achieve real results on mobile devices.Learn how to design mobile learning for real-world settings, using video, graphics, interactions, and storytelling to create engaging moments that capture attention and enhance understanding. The book covers how to integrate learning and performance support into everyday work, use social interaction and gamification to boost engagement, and develop mobile content that is scalable and sustainable. It also shows how generative AI can enhance the design process, with example prompts that help you research, write, and personalize content while keeping creative control. The final chapters look ahead to trends in AI-driven design, personalization, and intelligent learning tools.Drawing on extensive experience in mobile learning design, including over a decade at Apple, Paul Clothier offers practical methods and insights for creating mobile learning that achieves real learning outcomes.
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Book SynopsisLearning Sciences is a cutting-edge interdisciplinary field that investigates how people learn and applies these insights to improve educational practices. This essential textbook introduces the field with a focus on classroom teaching, making complex theories accessible and relevant to educators at all levels. By blending principled understanding with room for teachersâ creativity and cultural adaptation, the book empowers educators to design learning experiences that engage and inspire students.The book explores core aspects of learning - cognitive, constructive, socio-cultural, emotional and motivational, and representational - through a unique metaphor: teaching as architecture. Like architects, educators must balance evidence-based principles with their professional vision and adapt to diverse contexts and needs. Each chapter delves into foundational theories and evidence, drawing evidence from multiple methods and practices, before illustrating practical applications through metaphors and stories. It provides practical insights grounded in research, helping readers understand why their teaching works and offering a framework to refine their practice. The final chapter examines emerging trends, including critical perspectives and the impact of AI on education, offering a forward-looking view of the field.This book is an invaluable resource for educators, teacher trainers, and students of education or Learning Sciences. Whether you are new to teaching or a seasoned professional, it will inspire you to design learning experiences that educate, captivate, and empower your students to reach their full potential.
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Book SynopsisAudiences and scholars alike have long remarked that Shakespeareâs poems and plays record the pleasures and perils of the table. Shakespeare in the Kitchen asks what Shakespeareâs works can tell us about Renaissance culinary recipes, and what these recipes can tell us about Shakespeareâs works.Marissa Nicosia explores how Shakespeareâs works not only reveal tensions within early modern food culture about who should eat, what to eat or serve guests, and when to preserve foods, but also how to undertake the embodied processes of cooking, baking, and serving. The chapters include both analysis of plays and poems, as well as updated historical recipes ready for cooking. Nicosia prepares the recipes that permeate the canonâfrom Falstaffâs beloved capons to the cakes that invite festivity in Twelfth Nightâdemonstrating how the physical act of cooking can transform our understanding of once familiar texts, and asking what we can learn about food history by recreating historical recipes with twenty-first-century ingredients and tools.Shakespeare in the Kitchen is an original and fascinating read for anyone interested in Shakespeare, Renaissance England, Early Modern literature, history, food studies, and the history of food.
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Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive introduction to the broad and developing field of women, gender, and sexuality in the Holocaust. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach that incorporates global, gender fluid, and intersectional perspectives, it examines experiences of Nazi Germany, the Nazi-occupied territories, ghettos, camps, resistance and rescue, and partisan movements.Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Holocaust synthesises fresh approaches and frameworks in Holocaust and gender studies research, addressing topics including female perpetrators, sexual violence, masculinity, and queer experiences. Rose introduces readers to interpretations from a wide range of fields, from film and photography to law and psychology. Recognizing the importance of understanding the events of the Holocaust in their historical context, the text begins with an examination of gender roles prior to the rise of the Nazis and expands to include the aftermath and the legacy of the Holocaust through the lens of gender and sexuality.With timelines and definitions of key terminology, this is an essential and accessible resource for students and scholars of the Holocaust, gender studies, and genocide studies as well as all those seeking a better understanding of this evolving discipline.
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Book SynopsisWith the current climate and economic crises, education for sustainability has never been more critical. This timely and essential book encourages readers to rethink our current values systems and to interrogate common assumptions about our world. Written for all educators with an interest in sustainability, chapters address several possible future scenarios for our planet, allowing readers to make more educated choices about sustainability and to transfer this knowledge to students within the classroom.Each chapter focuses on a specific Sustainable Development Goal. Beginning with a brief historical and theoretical introduction to contextualise the goal, chapters then showcase the practical activities, case studies and exemplars that teachers can adopt when teaching. Topics explored include, but are not limited to: Poverty Renewable energy Climate change Peace and justice Human rights Access to education This boo
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Book SynopsisSports Rehabilitation and Training: Multidisciplinary Perspectives is a comprehensive and practice-informed resource designed to support both students and practitioners working in sport rehabilitation. Blending academic insight with professional expertise, this book integrates key elements of learning, research, and applied practice in a cohesive and meaningful way.Developed by a team of experienced educators, clinicians, and researchers, this essential guide draws on a rich foundation of multidisciplinary teaching and hands-on professional experience. It provides Graduate Sport Rehabilitators (GSRs) with the tools and understanding needed to navigate complex clinical environments, apply evidence-based practice, and develop a confident professional identity.With core themes including clinical reasoning, interprofessional collaboration, reflective practice, and career development, each chapter is underpinned by current research and includes case studies, practitioner insights, and real-world applications. This book supports GSRs in approaching their careers with adaptability, integrity, and purpose.Accessible, relevant, and grounded in real-world expertise, this book is an invaluable companion for students, early-career and established practitioners, and educators alike.
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Book SynopsisQueer Pregnancy in Shakespeareâs Plays addresses a conspicuous absence in queer readings of Shakespeareâs work: the pregnant body. Through discussions of A Midsummer Nightâs Dream, Titus Andronicus, Allâs Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, and The Winterâs Tale, this book dismantles the heteronormative frameworks through which pregnancy continues to be read.Its chapters challenge the assumptions in queer theory that only straight women get pregnant, that every pregnancy ends in the birth of a healthy, legitimate child, and that pregnancy always reproduces the family in a recognizable form. These frameworks not only dull the transgressive force of pregnancy in Shakespeareâs work and the expansive ways in which early moderns thought about the pregnant body, but contribute to the erasure of so many lived experiences of pregnancy in our current, cultural imagination. The concept of âœqueer pregnancyâ not only reorients scholars to pregnancy in Shakespeareâs plays and beyond â it illuminates how high the stakes are for pregnant people who continue to be read and treated through perspectives that do not take queer bodies and identities into account.Through queer methodologies, as well as an explication of early modern gynecological texts, receipt books, and botanicals, this book offers new possibilities for how Shakespeare might have encountered and understood pregnancy, making it a valuable resource to students, scholars and anyone interested in Shakespeare, queer and feminist studies, and early modern culture.
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Book SynopsisThis four-volume collection explores medical women as a global phenomenon during the long nineteenth century. The set explores how British medical women travelled internationally to treat patients who, for reasons of religious, cultural, or social beliefs, were reluctant to seek treatment from male doctors. In this instance, missionary zeal was balanced with concern for women's health and welfare. The collection includes texts written by those who qualified as medical women and practised either in their national context or those educated abroad, who then returned home to pursue their careers. The latter makes widely available works by women of colour, including the African American woman doctor, Rebecca Lee Crumpler, and Indian female medical practitioner, Rukhmabai. Ultimately, this title will place medical women of the nineteenth and early twentieth century in an international conversation about their professional expectations and responsibilities. Accompanied by extensive editorial
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Book SynopsisApplied Theatre and Racial Justice: Care, Community, Change documents and amplifies lessons from practitioners and scholars who use performance to create models of transformation, collective learning, and liberation.The essays and lively roundtable discussions center knowledge and cultural practices developed by Black, Indigenous, Asian, Latine, people of color, and/or people of the global majority, many of whom were doing this work long before applied theatre became an established field of academic study. Building upon frameworks such as Augusto Boalâs Theatre of the Oppressed, protest theatre, antiracist theatre practices, and theatre for social change, the contributors grapple with applied theatre and racial justice from various perspectives as they work towards mitigating and healing the harm caused by racial injustice. These unique essays provide sample exercises, applicable principles, pedagogical tools, philosophical approaches, and models for art-making and research. The range of writing styles includes personal narratives, ethnographies, theatre histories, and case studies on topics such as Indigenous education, Hip-Hop activism, anti-racist theatre, womenâs health, artistic training, ritual practices, Black feminism, state and systemic violence, mental health, dance, and community organizing.Applied Theatre and Racial Justice: Care, Community, Change, part of the Applied Theatre in Context series, is essential reading for students, educators, and theatre practitioners in community, academic, and professional settings who wish to apply performance strategies to imagine and create more supportive ways of being in the world. This interdisciplinary book engages with a broad range of related fields, including education, civic engagement, criminal justice, sociology, ecology, and gender, ethnicity, and race studies.
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Book SynopsisWhat do you think of when you think of the police? Bobbies on the beat? Or perhaps bleaker images of police brutality such as the murder of George Floyd by a serving police officer?For most people, the media are the main source of information about the police. For that reason, being represented positively in the media is an abiding concern for the police.This important new book looks for the first time at the stories the media tell about the police. It looks at the way in which the police have been represented historically across a variety of media, including crime news, police dramas, documentaries, social media and podcasts. But it also breaks new ground by exploring the process as well as the product and how a variety of factors, including police/media relations, shape these narratives.Some of the key themes explored are: Impact of new digital technologies in reconfiguring relations between the police, the press and the public Critical examination of âthe thin blue lineâ narrative The problems of the maverick cop trope Increasing police control over crime information The stigmatisation of certain communities â in particular, Black, Brown, LGBTQ+ and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller citizens â particularly in crime news and reality shows Examining whose stories remain untold in popular representations Ramifications of these themes for public understanding The book will be of key interest to Professional Policing students and researchers, as well as police professionals. It will also be essential reading for students and scholars of criminology, media studies, cultural studies, and all those interested in these intersections.
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Book SynopsisThis book sets out a critical sociological approach to âpersonalised medicineâ (PM), highlighting its limitations and flaws, but also emphasising its hopeful potentialities for a better medicine in the future.Bringing together perspectives from science and technology studies, medical sociology, law and bioethics, the book traces personalised medicine from its historical roots in disease classification and genomics to its data-driven present of digital infrastructures, algorithmic prediction, and precision therapeutics. Across seven chapters, it explores how measurement, classification, and datafication shape medical knowledge; how infrastructures and platforms distribute benefits and risks; how publics are imagined as patients, consumers, and citizens; and how privacy, access, and equity are negotiated in global health systems. The book concludes by outlining possible futures grounded in solidarity, patient-centered care, and democratic innovationâoffering practical ways to shift personalised medicine from a privilege for the few to a shared public good.Written for scholars and practitioners in science and technology studies, sociology of medicine, health policy, and bioethics, as well as for clinicians and policymakers, this book will engage readers seeking to understandâand reshapeâthe social futures of data-intensive healthcare. It will also be useful for policy makers debating the implementation of different personalised medicine projects in local or national healthcare systems.
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Book SynopsisReintroducing Hannah Arendt connects Arendtâs philosophical and political thought to social theory and the social sciences in the 21st century, as individuals experience profound social, political and technological change.Though classifying herself as a political theorist sceptical of sociology and the social sciences, Arendtâs critique of mass society shares much in common with perennial themes in social theory. Indeed, her reflections on the importance of the world and the power of stories, the prevalence of loneliness and alienation, statelessness, cynicism in politics, antisemitism, imperialism, totalitarianism, and the banality of evil, mark her as one of the most original and provocative thinkers of the 20th century. Reintroducing Hannah Arendt links her focus on the unprecedented nature of totalitarianism with the importance of plurality, birth, freedom, responsibility and new beginnings.In addition to outlining central themes in her published work, Siobhan Kattago argues for the acuity of Hannah Arendtâs insights for understanding our century of polarized politics, post-truth, artificial intelligence, social media, and echo chambers. The volume will thus appeal to scholars and students of sociology, philosophy, social theory and politics with interests in the thought of Hannah Arendt and its enduring significance.
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Book SynopsisPublic Affairs Management is a groundbreaking guide to effective, evidence-informed public affairs practice in a variety of organisational contexts, including leadership, politics, communications, public relations, activism and other decision-making.Readers will learn to draw together ideas and processes covering public policy development, political science research, stakeholder engagement, risk assessment, public affairs management, ethical communications, and activist campaigning. Situated within a globalised context, the book will equip readers with the theoretical knowledge that underpins effective and ethical professional public affairs practice, empowering them to research, develop, and evaluate impactful strategies as well as engage non-market stakeholders. In doing so, it aims to provide the conceptual grounding and reflexive frameworks needed to critically examine the role of public affairs practitioners. Organised into five interconnected parts, the bookâs structure will enable readers to navigate its metamodern discussion of public affairs at the macro (political environments), meso (organisational contexts), and micro (practitioner performance) levels and effectively utilise it as a reference text. Across the text, a wealth of pedagogical features such as real-world application, signposts for further reading, practitioner reflections, original conceptual models and practical tools will help to engage readers, build competencies, provoke thinking and encourage sustainable professional development.Valuable as essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Public Affairs, Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Business and Management, Policy and Politics, this book will also be indispensable for practitioners in the field.Online support material for educators includes key slides as well as an instructorâs guide to teaching original models and frameworks.
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