Professor: 3340 books
More than Matter?
What Humans Really Are
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2011
The question of what it is to be a human person is the biggest intellectual question of our day.' Keith Ward has taught philosophy and theology in British universities for the past 40 years, and he is now weighing in on a major intellectual battle: whether human persons are purely materialistic -...
by Professor Brian Cox, Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
‘Absolutely beautiful’ BBC One Show ‘Really impressive’ Eamonn Holmes, ITV This Morning A companion book to the critically acclaimed BBC series. The bestselling authors of Wonders of the Universe are back with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of our Solar System as it has...
The Fertility Handbook
Everything you need to know to maximise your chance of pregnancy
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2017
Maximise your chance of getting pregnant with this up-to-date and authoritative book that provides a clear and holistic approach to fertility.
Areas including:
Understanding your body and maximising your chances of conceiving naturally as well as through complex treatments such as IVF,...
Quantum Leap
How John Polkinghorne found God in science and religion
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
Quantum Leap uses key events in the life of Polkinghorne to introduce the central ideas that make science and religion such a fascinating field of investigation. Sir John Polkinghorne is a British particle physicist who, after 25 years of research and discovery in academia, resigned his post to become...
Tolerating Intolerance
The Price of Protecting Extremism
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Over the years, numerous tragic events serve as a reminder of the extraordinary power of extremism, both on a religious and secular level. As extremism confronts society on a daily basis, it is essential to analyze, comprehend, and define it. It is also essential to define extremism narrowly in order...
Understanding Families
A Global Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
"I don't know how often I've wished for an introductory text on family life which encompassed critical contemporary sociological thinking alongside the basic information students need, and have only found fossilised thinking on a stodgy subject. But now all that has changed. McKie and Callan...
Doing Your Master's Dissertation
From Start to Finish
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Lecturers, request your electronic inspection copy here
'From finding a research topic through to the final write up, this clear guide takes the mystery out of graduate-level research. This book will help your project succeed' -James V. Spickard, Professor of Sociology, University of Redlands,...
Learning Policy
When State Education Reform Works
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Education reformers and policymakers argue that improved students’ learning requires stronger academic standards, stiffer state tests, and accountability for students’ scores. Yet these efforts seem not to be succeeding in many states. The authors of this important book argue that effective state...
Changing Narratives of Sexuality
Contestations, Compliance and Womens Empowerment
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Changing Narratives of Sexuality examines the tensions and contradictions in constructions of gender, sexuality and women's empowerment in the various narrations of sexuality told by and about women. From storytelling to women's engagement with state institutions, stories of unmarried women and ageing...
by Professor Stephen Ward, Ms Christine E Eden
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2009
'Ward and Eden have produced a useful and elegant text which deserves a place on the reading list of any education degree. I certainly hope that its readership goes beyond the most obvious target audience, as anyone involved in education would do well to read and enjoy this text' - ESCalate
'Education...
Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling
Contributions to a Pluralistic Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
This book is for trainees and practitioners across the orientations who wish to incorporate an existential approach into their practice. Using a pluralistic perspective that recognises the diversity of clients and their individual needs, it shows trainees how and when existential concepts and practices...
by Professor Barbara MacGilchrist, Jane Reed, Kate Myers
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2004
***`***This is a challenging book and makes for uncomfortable reading at times because one realises that there is so much more to be accomplished in education. How can the teacher who wants to follow this further find out more? Barbara MacGilchrist, Jane Reed and Kate Myers have given the next step:...
Cases, Materials and Text on National, Supranational and International Non-Discrimination Law
Ius Commune Casebooks for the Common Law of Europe
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2007
This casebook, the result of the collaborative efforts of a panel of experts from various EU Member States, is the latest in the Ius Commune Casebook series developed at the Universities of Maastricht and Leuven. The book provides a comprehensive and skilfully designed resource for students, practitioners,...
by Professor Marcos Cueto, Professor Steven Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Despite several studies on the social, cultural, and political histories of medicine and of public health in different parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, local and national focuses still predominate, and there are few panoramic studies that analyze the overarching tendencies in the development...