David Simon: 105 books

Book cover of Feminist Futures

Feminist Futures

Reimagining Women, Culture and Development

by Amy Lind, Rachel Simon-Kumar, Raka Ray
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016

The first edition received widespread praise, including from eminent scholars such as Gita Sen and Amina Mama (see quotes below) The only book on the subject to cover the Global South as a whole and to bring together such a wide variety of disciplines and approaches. Offers a critical feminist perspective on development. Bridges the gap between development scholarship and feminist activism. 
Book cover of The Handbook of Medicinal Chemistry

The Handbook of Medicinal Chemistry

Principles and Practice

by Simon Campbell, Andrew Merritt, Darren Green
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015

Drug discovery is a constantly developing and expanding area of research. Developed to provide a comprehensive guide, the Handbook of Medicinal Chemistry covers the past, present and future of the entire drug development process. Highlighting the recent successes and failures in drug discovery, the book...
Book cover of Drug Law Reform in East and Southeast Asia
by Fifa Rahman, Nick Crofts, Mike Trace
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013

Drug Law Reform in East and Southeast Asia is a multi-author look at drugs in East and Southeast Asia, on drug policy, patterns and trends, local problems, human rights abuses, treatment prospects, and potential reforms. From the history of drugs in Asia, the book examines recent trends in illicit...
Book cover of The Exchange Rate Environment
by Simon Brooks, Keith Cuthbertson, David G. Mayes
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017

Originally published in 1986. This helpful text sets out what appears to make exchange rates change and shows how these various factors contribute to an explanation of the past. It considers the problems of providing satisfactory forecasts of the exchange rate while presenting the methods used, outlining...
Book cover of Innovations in Social Work Research

Innovations in Social Work Research

Using Methods Creatively

by Jennifer Taylor, Peter Beresford, Cherilyn Dance
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015

A valuable reference to help practising researchers not only to understand but also to apply innovative approaches to social work research. Featuring extended case studies of actual research projects, the book provides an overview of a number of central features and qualities of social work...
Book cover of Power to Change - Keswick Year Book 2016
by Peter Lewis, Jonathan Lamb, Ray Evans
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017

Christlikeness is something God planned from the beginning and will one day finally complete. But now we are in the process of change, becoming more like Jesus Christ. Really? How can we overcome the pull of sin? How can we live godly lives in a world like this? Is it possible to change? These...
Book cover of Quantum Metrology, Imaging, and Communication
by David S. Simon, Gregg Jaeger, Alexander V. Sergienko
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016

This book describes the experimental and theoretical bases for the development of specifically quantum-mechanical approaches to metrology, imaging, and communication. In particular, it presents novel techniques developed over the last two decades and explicates them both theoretically and by reference...
Book cover of The Joke Is on Us

The Joke Is on Us

Political Comedy in (Late) Neoliberal Times

by James Brassett, Marc-Olivier Castagner, Seçil Dagtas
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018

This edited volume brings together scholars of comedy to assess how political comedy encounters neoliberal themes in contemporary media. Central to this task is the notion of genre; under neoliberal conditions (where market logics motivate most actions) genre becomes “mixed.” Once stable, discreet...
Book cover of Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury
by Simon Gilbertson, David Aldridge
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008

Musical improvisation is an increasingly recognised rehabilitative therapy for people who have experienced traumatic brain injury initially thought to be `unreachable' or `non-responsive'. Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury demonstrates how music therapy can be used to attend to the holistic,...
Book cover of Critical Rhythm

Critical Rhythm

The Poetics of a Literary Life Form

by Derek Attridge, Jonathan Culler, Class of 1916 Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019

Will be of interest to those following the recent turn to a politically, socially, and historically inflected approach to literary form, as well as to those in a range of fields thinking about affect, sound studies, and aesthetics.
Book cover of The Democratic Arts of Mourning

The Democratic Arts of Mourning

Political Theory and Loss

by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019

The Democratic Arts of Mourning reflects on the variety of ways in which mourning affects political and social life. In recent decades, political theorists have increasingly examined and explored the themes of loss, grief, and mourning. With an introduction that contextualizes the turn to mourning...
Book cover of The Evolution of the Comprehensive School
by David Rubinstein, Brian Simon
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013

Originally published 1969. This reprints the second edition of 1973, with updated reading list and bibliography.This volume sets the movement towards comprehensive education against its historical background and discuss the main reasons for the decision to establish a national comprehensive system.
Book cover of Lightweight Backpacking and Camping
by Ryan Jordan, George Cole, Carol Crooker
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013

LIGHTWEIGHT BACKPACKING AND CAMPING offers insight into gear selection and techniques that can be used to reduce pack weight and decrease the margin of risk that occurs by taking less weight in the backcountry. This book is an ideal primer for the lightweight backpacking student who desires to build a solid foundation of knowledge about equipment and skills.
Book cover of Mapungubwe Reconsidered: A Living Legacy

Mapungubwe Reconsidered: A Living Legacy

Exploring Beyond the Rise and Decline of the Mapungubwe State

by Shadreck Chirikure, Peter Delius, Amanda Esterhuysen
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015

The Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape is one of the profound treasures of southern Africa's social and archaeological history, appropriately declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in 2003. Contained within this landscape is indispensable...
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