The hilarious story of Thomas' refusal to wear his new snowsuit - despite pleas from his mother, his teacher and even his head teacher - has been making readers laugh since its publication 25 years ago. This new, child-friendly board book edition, with revised text and including new artwork by Mi[...]

Skills in Neighbourhood Work is a practice textbook. It explains the skills, knowledge and techniques needed by community workers and other practitioners to work effectively in and with communities. While the principles and methods it describes have stood the test of time, the political, economic a[...]

New data have come to light through the "Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association Archive" (hereafter, the Archive). This information is drawn from manuscripts and video featuring one of the SF founders, Insoo Kim Berg, MSW. Archive video examples of Ms. Berg conducting supervision, therapy teams,[...]

Thomas refuses to wear his new snowsuit despite the pleas of his mother, his teacher and even his principal. When everyone's best efforts lead only to comedic chaos, they all agree it's best to let Thomas suit himself. About the Annikin Series: "Annikins" are mini books made especially for childre[...]

This social history of protest movements in 1960s Germany departs from the limited and often politically biased reports of participants by placing the protests within the wider contexts of social change and international events. Thomas makes extensive use of archival material, much of which has neve[...]

Addresses the core issues and concerns of intercultural communication by integrating three different perspectives: the social psychological, the interpretive, and the critical. The dialectical framework, integrated throughout the book, is used as a lens to examine the relationship of these research [...]

This introductory level textbook offers students a framework to begin building their intercultural communication skills. "Experiencing Intercultural Communication: An Introduction" provides a number of pedagogical aids to help students achieve fluency in these skills, including chapter outlines, cha[...]

This book provides up-to-date coverage of fossil plants from Precambrian life to flowering plants, including fungi and algae. It begins with a discussion of geologic time, how organisms are preserved in the rock record, and how organisms are studied and interpreted and takes the student through all [...]

The focus of this book is on technology ventures - how they start, operate, and sometimes exit profitably. In short, it covers all the elements required to launch a successful technology company, including discussion of cutting-edge trends such as "entrepreneurial method" and "lean startup," emphasi[...]