This updated course gives comprehensive yet reassuring coverage of the requirements for Media GCSE. The full range of media is explored with an up-to-date focus on rapidly evolving technologies, including all the recent effects that the web has had on the media: weblogs, podcasts, Myspace, itunes an[...]
Our new edition of Collins AS Business Studies will give your students everything they need to succeed in for the new AQA specification. We have teamed up with Biz/ed, a leading provider of online business resources, to produce a brand new edition that encompasses all the changes giving you all you [...]
A-level Business Studies as it should be. New, updated and engaging content
Appropriate for courses in Ritual Studies; Symbol, Myth and Ritual; Anthropology of Religion; Worship and Liturgy.This is the most comprehensive collection of articles on ritual ever assembled. It includes selections by internationally known scholars such as Victor Turner and Clifford Geertz, as wel[...]
An eye-opening critique of the identity-based revolution that has transformed American campuses and its effect on politics and society today.The 1960s and '70s were a time of dramatic upheaval in American universities as a new generation of scholar-activists rejected traditional humanism in favor of[...]
The themes and concepts of Renaissance art are analyzed and related to both classical and medieval tendencies[...]
As the most up-to-date, cutting-edge supply chain management book on the market, Designing and Managing the Supply Chain discusses the problems, models and concepts derived from issues related to effective supply chain management. While many core supply chain management issues are interrelated, the [...]
Boost your confidence for taking the GED test with help from McGraw-Hill's GED workbook series. The newly revised McGraw-Hill's GED workbook series helps you practice the skills you need to pass all five areas of the GED test. Designed to complement "McGraw-Hill's GED" test series and the complete "[...]
Laboratory Studies in Integrated Principles of Zoology uses a comprehensive, phylogenetic approach in emphasizing basic biological principles, animal form and function, and evolutionary concepts. This introductory lab manual is ideal for a one- or two-semester course. The new edition expertly combin[...]
"Case Studies in Finance" links managerial decisions to capital markets and the expectations of investors. At the core of almost all of the cases is a valuation task that requires students to look to financial markets for guidance in resolving the case problem. The focus on value helps managers unde[...]
Ideal for any cultural anthropology course, this brief collection of ethnographic case studies exposes students to 15 different cultures. The groups selected are peoples whose traditional cultures are uniquely their own. Each has distinctive patterns and practices; each has faced the challenge of an[...]
New approaches to tourism study demonstrate a notable 'critical turn' - a shift in thought that emphasises interpretative and critical modes of tourism inquiry. The chapters in this volume reflect this emerging critical school of tourism studies and represent a coordinated effort of tourism scholars[...]
Event Studies is the only book devoted to developing knowledge and theory about planned events. This book focuses on event planning and management, outcomes, the experience of events and the meanings attached to them, the dynamic processes shaping events and why people attend them. Event Studies dra[...]
Case Studies in Food Retailing and Distribution aims to close the gap between academic researchers and industry professionals through the presentation of `real world' scenarios and the application of field-based research. The book provides contemporary explorations of food retailing and consumption [...]
This project started with a focus on measurement, as governments, casino owners, and others are often most interested in the science of gambling. The handbook seeks to serve as a comprehensive reference tool for scholars and professionals who want information about developing viable research strateg[...]
Provides researchers with advanced biological knowledge who are entering the field of genome-wide association studies with the groundwork to apply statistical analysis tools effectively. This book also provides readers with best practice for getting started (design), analyzing, and interpreting data[...]
Enhanced Oil Recovery Field Case Studies bridges the gap between theory and practice in a range of real-world EOR settings. Areas covered include steam and polymer flooding, use of foam, in situ combustion, microorganisms, "smart water"-based EOR in carbonates and sandstones, and many more. Oil indu[...]
"Cybercrime Investigation Case Studies" is a "first look" excerpt from Brett Shavers' new Syngress book, "Placing the Suspect Behind the Keyboard". Case studies are an effective method of learning the methods and processes that were both successful and unsuccessful in real cases. Using a variety of [...]
One of the main duties for reservoir engineers is reservoir study, which starts when a reservoir is explored and it continues until the reservoir abandonment. Reservoir study is a continual process and due to various reasons such as complexity at the surface and limited data, there are many uncertai[...]
Oil Spill Environmental Forensics Case Studies includes 34 chapters that serve to present various aspects of environmental forensics in relation to "real-world oil spill case studies from around the globe. Authors representing academic, government, and private researcher groups from 14 countrie[...]
Hematology Case Studies with Blood Cell Morphology and Pathophysiology compiles specialized case studies with specific information on various hematological disorders with Full Blood Examination (FBE or CBC), blood film images and pathophysiology of each condition. In addition, it provides basic info[...]
A core text for courses in Financial Research Methods or Financial Statistics, and a reference to be used throughout an entire graduate or undergraduate financial program. Unique in both content and approach, this text/reference provides a welcome solution to a problem all to often encountered by f[...]
For junior/senior-level and graduate courses in Computer, Business, Engineering, and Information Technology Ethics in departments of business, philosophy, and humanities. Collection of 42 high-quality, well-researched case studies on information technology ethics and offers a practical balance for [...]
The bully. The unmotivated student. Culture shock. Consequences. These are just four of the forty-eight cases in this powerful casebook, designed to provide readers with rich experiences and ample opportunity to understand educational psychology and its principles in action. Now in its second editio[...]