This package includes a physical copy of Microeconomics, Global Edition, 11e by Parkin as well as access to the eText and MyEconLab. Get students to think like an Economist using the latest policy and data while incorporating global issues. Thoroughly updated, stripped of technical detail where p[...]
COBOL for Students has established itself as one of the most successful teaching texts on COBOL programming and is now in its fourth edition. The first part of the book concentrates on the fundamentals of the language and takes students to the point where they can write modestly sized programs using[...]
For the principle of macroeconomics course. This book is also suitable for all readers interested in economics. Thoroughly updated, stripped of technical detail where possible, extensively illustrated with well-chosen photographs, enlivened with new applications features that focus on issues at play[...]
Presents a narrative of Sir Ranulph Fiennes' journey across the frozen-wastes of Antarctica with his companion Dr Mike Stroud. This title aims to recount the tensions and dramas on their journey, and is supported by photography and artwork. It also supports the basic need for different text-types (n[...]
Ubiquitous news, global information access, instantaneous reporting, interactivity, multimedia content, extreme customization: Journalism is undergoing the most fundamental transformation since the rise of the penny press in the nineteenth century. Here is a report from the front lines on the impact[...]
Economics touches almost every aspect of life, from climate change to terrorism, taxes to house prices, wages, to how much time to spend studying. Learning to think like an economist will enable students to evaluate economic policies, understand human behaviour, and make more informed decisions.Thi[...]
This package includes a physical copy of Essential Economics, 1/e by Michael Parkin, as well as access to the eText and MyEconLab.
With the recent global financial crisis moving economic commentary from the business report to the front page, the benefits of gaining adeeper understanding of the[...]
This Global Edition has been edited to include enhancements making it more relevant to students outside the United States Parkin brings critical issues to the forefront. Each chapter begins with one of today?s key issues, and additional issues appear throughout the chapter to show the real-world ap[...]
This is an exploration of ways in which psychoanalytic theory can be put to work in the reading of literary texts. Using concepts such as the unconscious, object relations, desire, abjection, the uncanny, hysteria, the masquerade and the death drive, it analyzes a broad range of well known literary [...]
Look for the discussion guide inside. This soaring novel introduces us to Angel Tungaraza: mother, cake baker, pillar of her community, keeper of secrets big and small. Angel's kitchen is an oasis in the heart of Rwanda, where visitors stop to order cakes but end up sharing their stories, transformi[...]
Relates the categories of Weber's social thinking to the intellectual context of legal thinking and theory in which he was educated. As such, this is the only account of the key sources of Weber's sociology of law.[...]
Contains a collection of sources on the topic of the social history of the Roman world during the late Republic and the first two centuries AD. This book covers topics including: social inequality and class games, gladiators and attitudes to violence; the role of slaves in society, economy and taxat[...]
This study of Weber's sociology, written by an eminent authority, is a clear and illuminating discussion of the most important elements of Weber's thinking. The book concentrates on four main elements of Weber's work: his approach to sociological method, ethical neutrality and historical explanation[...]
Describes and depicts the life and times of the South African president who spent twenty-seven years in jail for his political beliefs, and includes interviews by such figures as Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, and Bono.[...]
The first book to apply the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" story-telling approach to everyday training situations.[...]
Storytelling is not just the province of children, stories can be used to re-frame and re-size problems and provide useful metaphors for the boardroom, office and individual. Showing you how and when to use stories to maximum effect, "Tales for Change" will immediately help managers, trainers, educa[...]
Coaching is rapidly proving to be an invaluable aid to personal development and a successful way to enhance performance within organizations of all types. More and more people are also discovering how to use storytelling to bring about change and reinforce learning. "Tales for Coaching" combines the[...]
'This exceptionally interesting study provides an up-to-date and integrated perspective on organizations, violence, gender and sexuality. It pays particular attention to the power wielded by hierarchies of heterosexual men, and the ways in which this produces violence in different, carefully analyz[...]
"Fennema's Food Chemistry, Fourth Edition", the latest edition of an international bestseller, offers comprehensive and cutting-edge insights into topics such as chemical-physical interactions between major food constituents, the impact of biotechnology on food supply and quality, enzymes, lipids ed[...]