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Gangs and Organized Crime

Gangs and Organized Crime

In Gangs and Organized Crime George W. Knox Gregg W. Etter and Carter F. Smith offer an informed and carefully investigated examination of gangs and organized crime groups covering street gangs prison gangs outlaw motorcycle gangs and organized crime groups from every continent. The authors have spent decades investigating gangs as well as researching their history and activities and this dual professional-academic perspective informs their analysis of gangs and crime groups. They take a multidisciplinary approach that combines criminal justice public policy and administration law organizational behavior sociology psychology and urban planning perspectives to provide insight into the actions and interactions of a variety of groups and their members. This textbook is ideal for criminal justice and sociology courses on gangs as well as related course topics like gang behavior gang crime and the inner city organized crime families and transnational criminal groups. Gangs and Organized Crime is also an excellent addition to the professional’s reference library or primer for the general reader. More information is available at the supporting website – www. gangsandorganizedcrime. com

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Science Advice to the President

Science Advice to the President

This is a provocative behind-the-scenes introduction to the vital and complex role science plays in United States politics. It includes the first formal statement from former President Clinton's former Science Advisor John H. Gibbons; a fresh retrospective from D. Allan Bromley on science advice in the George H. W. Bush Administration; and a unique viewpoint from John McTague about his brief tenure under President Reagan. Among the twenty-four contributors are former members of the President's Science Advisory Committee distinguished scholars and industrialists. | Science Advice to the President

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Osmotic and Ionic Regulation Cells and Animals

Osmotic and Ionic Regulation Cells and Animals

In the 40 years since the classic review of osmotic and ionic regulation written by Potts and Parry there has been astonishing growth in scientific productivity a marked shift in the direction and taxonomic distribution of research and amazing changes in the technology of scientific research…It is indicative of the growth of the subject that as time passes the number of authors needed to review the subject grows exponentially. The time is ripe for a new survey of the subject and Dr. Evans is to be congratulated on the expert crew that he has recruited. —From the foreword by W. T. W. PottsOsmotic and Ionic Regulation: Cells and Animals not only fills a gap in the literature but delineates the new approaches outlooks and findings that define how the field has changed. Providing the first comprehensive summary of the fundamentally important mechanisms of ionic and osmotic regulation in 40 years it ties the new findings to the older work of Potts and Parry. This book written by accepted leaders in this field dealing with the ecology to the molecular biology of the processes and the taxa provides background information in a broad range of disciplines such as zoology evolutionary biology physiology ichthyology aquaculture marine biology entomology herpetology avian biology human nephrology conservation biology and pharmacology. | Osmotic and Ionic Regulation Cells and Animals

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Public Relations and Social Theory Key Figures Concepts and Developments

Public Relations and Social Theory Key Figures Concepts and Developments

Public Relations and Social Theory: Key Figures Concepts and Developments broadens the theoretical scope of public relations studies by applying the work of a group of prominent social theorists to make sense of the practice. The volume focuses on the work of key social theorists including Max Weber Karl Marx John Dewey Jürgen Habermas Niklas Luhmann Michel Foucault Ulrich Beck Pierre Bourdieu Anthony Giddens Robert Putnam Erving Goffman Peter L. Berger Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Bruno Latour Dorothy Smith Zygmunt Bauman Harrison White John W. Meyer Luc Boltanski and Chantal Mouffe. Each chapter is devoted to an individual theorist providing an overview of that theorist’s key concepts and contributions and exploring how these can be applied to public relations as a practice. Each chapter also includes a box giving a short and concise presentation of the theorist along with recommendation of key works and secondary literature. | Public Relations and Social Theory Key Figures Concepts and Developments

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Abortion in the USA and the UK

Abortion in the USA and the UK

Recent years have revealed the different experiences of abortion in the UK and the USA. The United States has a higher abortion rate accompanied by a higher political profile for the issue. In fact one of George W. Bush's first acts in 2001 was to ban American funding for overseas organizations carrying out abortions. The USA has also experienced a higher degree of abortion-related violence with several people linked to abortion services being targeted and even killed. Compelling and enlightening in its approach this invigorating volume compares the two countries' abortion laws and outlines the distinctions. The usually conservative American society has a much more liberal abortion law than the United Kingdom whose female citizens can obtain an abortion relatively easily although in fact they do not have the right to choose. This stimulating volume examines the comparative positions taken by each country and makes important suggestions for the future. | Abortion in the USA and the UK

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Personality Appearance and Speech

Personality Appearance and Speech

First published in 1957 Personality. Appearance and Speech is an intensive analysis of personality reflected by appearance and speech. It is a most fascinating study of the innumerable outward signs by which the man in the street judges personality. The author considers the effects this has on daily life; for example can a person’s real character be assessed by a short interview in which personality counting for so much can be altered deliberately to no little extent? He describes many investigations which have attempted to discover experimentally the nature and accuracy of personality and character assessments and includes personality sketches of F. D. Roosevelt W. E. Gladstone and of other prominent figures. He discusses the social results of the microphone and the effect on good and bad taste of opinions widely expressed by listeners and viewers. The nature and function of the intellectuals who have increasing opportunities of affecting appearance and speech are examined from the psychologist’s standpoint. This book will be of interest to students of psychology sociology and social behaviour. | Personality Appearance and Speech

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Reputation Management The Key to Successful Public Relations and Corporate Communication

Reputation Management The Key to Successful Public Relations and Corporate Communication

Reputation Management is an established how-to guide for students and professionals as well as CEOs and other business leaders. This fourth edition is updated throughout including: new social media management techniques for the evolving age of digital media and perspectives on reputation management in an era of globalization. The book is embroidered by ethics and organized by corporate communication units such as media relations issues management crisis communication organizational communication government relations and investor relations. Each chapter is fleshed out with the real-world experiences cited by the authors and contributions from 36 leaders in the field including The Arthur W. Page Society the International Communications Consultancy Organization the PR Council CVS Health Edelman and Ketchum. This was the first book on reputation management and now in its fourth edition remains a must-have reference for students taking classes in public relations management corporate communication communication management and business. CEOs business leaders and professionals working in these areas find it a reliable resource for measuring monitoring and managing reputation. | Reputation Management The Key to Successful Public Relations and Corporate Communication

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Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen Making and Applying Prosthetics

Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen Making and Applying Prosthetics

With this new edition of Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen author Todd Debreceni presents the latest techniques and special effects in what has become an industry bible. In addition to genre-specific considerations Debreceni covers the latest gear you will need and details how to maintain your kit how to take care of the actor's skin how to airbrush for HD and much more. With in-depth step-by-step tutorials learn how to sculpt and mold your own makeup prosthetics focusing on human anatomy to create the most realistic effects. This new and expanded edition features updated information on lifecasting prosthetics made using 3D printing advanced airbrushing techniques and new artist profiles and includes updated images and illustrations throughout. A companion website contains artist profiles that showcase some of the world’s top makeup effects artists including Ve Neill Matthew W. Mungle and many others. Also included are detailed tutorials led by experts in the field such as Matthew Mungle Adrian Rigby Stuart Bray and of course the author himself. | Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen Making and Applying Prosthetics

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Arthur Sullivan: A Victorian Musician A Victorian Musician

Arthur Sullivan: A Victorian Musician A Victorian Musician

Published in 1992. This is a revised enlarged edition of a book which on its original appearance in 1984 was hailed as a landmark in the study of Victorian musical life. It presents the figure of Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1990) not only as the celebrated co-creator of light operas with W. S Gilbert but as a composer of all kinds of music from symphony and concerto to ballads such as ‘The Lost Chord’ and hymns such as ‘Onward Christian Soldiers’. A prominent public life with a knighthood in 1883 is contrasted with an unconventional private life involving a liaison of almost thirty years with an American living in London Mary Frances Ronalds. The author’s access to Sullivan’s diary held by Yale University and to letters and other documents at the Pierpont Morgan library in New York gives this book both a unique authority and a deep human understanding. A new chapter updates research to the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth 1992 and incorporates music examples. | Arthur Sullivan: A Victorian Musician A Victorian Musician

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The Middle East and the United States History Politics and Ideologies

The Middle East and the United States History Politics and Ideologies

The Middle East and the United States brings together scholars and policy experts to provide an empirical and balanced assessment of US policy in the Middle East primarily from the end of World War I to the present. Carefully edited by David W. Lesch and Mark L. Haas this text provides a broad and authoritative understanding of the United States’ involvement in the Middle East. The sixth edition is significantly revised throughout including a new part structure and part introductions that provide students with greater context for understanding the history of the United States and the Middle East. The five parts cover the watershed moments and major challenges the United States faces in the Middle East from the Cold War proxy wars and the Arab-Israeli conflict to the Gulf wars and the upheaval in the region post-Arab uprisings. Three new chapters-on the Golan negotiations US-Saudi relations and the US fight against al-Qa'ida and ISIS-make this the most current and comprehensive book on the United States' involvement in the Middle East | The Middle East and the United States History Politics and Ideologies

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Snakes of the World A Supplement

Snakes of the World A Supplement

Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species published in 2014 was the first catalogue of its kind and covered all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 and 2012. This new volume will be a supplement to this important herpetological reference and will include new published data on snakes named and recognized since 2012. Key Features Supplements and updates Wallach et al. – Snakes of the World – the only work to cover all living snakes in the world. Includes updates for fossil snakes named since the publication of Wallach et al. Summarizes the systematic snake literature published since the appearance of Wallach et al. Genera and species are listed alphabetically for ease of reference. Related Titles Wallach V. K. L. Williams and J. Boundy. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species (ISBN 978-1-138-03400-6) Aldridge R. D. and D. M. Sever eds. Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Snakes (ISBN 978-1-57808-701-3) Caldwell M. W. The Origin of Snakes: Morphology and the Fossil Record (ISBN 978-1-4822-5134-0) | Snakes of the World A Supplement

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Multimodal Conversation Analysis and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis A Methodological Framework for Researching Translanguaging in

Multimodal Conversation Analysis and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis A Methodological Framework for Researching Translanguaging in

This book presents the methodological framework of combining Multimodal Conversation Analysis (MCA) with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to interpretively analyse translanguaging practices in educational contexts. Beginning with an overview of the three uses of translanguaging—translanguaging as a theory of language as a pedagogical practice and as an analytical perspective—the book goes on to critically examine the different methodological approaches for analysing translanguaging practices in multilingual classroom interactions. It explains how MCA and IPA are useful methodologies for understanding how and why translanguaging practices are constructed by participants in the classroom and discusses types of data collected and data collection procedures. The author Kevin W. H. Tai shows how combining these approaches enables researchers to study how translanguaging practices are constructed in multilingual classrooms and how teachers make sense of their own translanguaging practices at particular moments of classroom interaction. This detailed and concise guide is indispensable for students practitioners policymakers and researchers from across the globe particularly those working in the fields of applied linguistics and language education. | Multimodal Conversation Analysis and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis A Methodological Framework for Researching Translanguaging in

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US Foreign Policy and China Bush’s First Term

US Foreign Policy and China Bush’s First Term

This work is an exploration of how U. S. China relations were managed by President George W. Bush. Roberts argues that contrary to conventional wisdom President Bush conducted a calculated pragmatic and highly successful strategy toward Beijing which avoided conflict resolved crisis and significantly increased economic and diplomatic ties. Roberts identifies key players and polices of the Bush White House and the specific themes of engagement (successful and unsuccessful) that unfolded during Bush’s first term. Research is based on analysis of primary and secondary documentation as well as interviews with key White House actors (including Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage) and two former Australian Prime Ministers. Topics of discussion include China’s changing attitude toward international engagement China’s rising economic power and the tensions this triggered in the American establishment the nature of U. S. China relations contemporary and ideological understanding of the Bush Presidency as well as the strengths and weaknesses of different sources of information. US Foreign Policy and China will be of great interest to students and scholars of US foreign policy and China Studies. | US Foreign Policy and China Bush’s First Term

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Parents and Children A First Book on the Psychology of Child Development and Training

Parents and Children A First Book on the Psychology of Child Development and Training

By his wide influence as author and teacher C. W. Valentine had established himself as a leading authority in this country on child psychology applied to early training. Originally published in 1953 this was a book for parents who need help and advice in bringing up their children and who were puzzled by the obscure and often contradictory assertions of child psychologists. This book deals with the earliest problems – feeding weaning sleep etc. ; it then goes on to early discipline first school difficulties and adolescence. The great individual differences in children frequently in the same family are stressed so that parents would not be so ready to imagine behaviour to be abnormal. It also sought to help parents understand themselves in their attitude towards their children. As teachers social and religious workers children’s welfare officers and nurses were increasingly brought into touch with parents to discuss with them the upbringing of their children it was hoped that this book would be of use to those groups as well as to parents themselves. | Parents and Children A First Book on the Psychology of Child Development and Training

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Kallitype Vandyke Brown and Argyrotype A Step-by-Step Manual of Iron-Silver Processes Highlighting Contemporary Artists

Kallitype Vandyke Brown and Argyrotype A Step-by-Step Manual of Iron-Silver Processes Highlighting Contemporary Artists

Focusing on three iron-silver processes—kallitype Vandyke Brown and argyrotype—this book will guide readers through how to create prints using these accessible and historic processes in the digital age. Often termed the Brownprint processes author Donald W. Nelson provides step-by-step detail on how to create prints using kallitype Vandyke brown and argyrotype methods including information on the materials needed troubleshooting issues and examples from contemporary artists. The book consists of two parts. Part I is a step-by-step how-to section including all the information that a practitioner at any level needs to achieve successful kallitype Vandyke brown and argyrotype prints. Part II is devoted to contemporary artists who have integrated the process into their creative practice. The book includes the following: A list of equipment and supplies needed Concise step-by-step instructions for creating kallitype Vandyke brown and argyrotype prints successfully Troubleshooting common issues A range of creative ideas on how to use the processes in the classroom Examples from over 20 contemporary artists including their prints and how they came to make them Ideal for students and professionals alike this book is an accessible introduction to alternative process photography. | Kallitype Vandyke Brown and Argyrotype A Step-by-Step Manual of Iron-Silver Processes Highlighting Contemporary Artists

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Educational and Psychological Measurement

Educational and Psychological Measurement

This new text provides the most current coverage of measurement and psychometrics in a single volume. Authors W. Holmes Finch and Brian F. French first review the basics of psychometrics and measurement before moving on to more complex topics such as equating and scaling item response theory standard setting and computer adaptive testing. Also included are discussions of cutting-edge topics utilized by practitioners in the field such as automated test development game-based assessment and automated test scoring. This book is ideal for use as a primary text for graduate-level psychometrics/measurement courses as well as for researchers in need of a broad resource for understanding test theory. Features: How it Works and Psychometrics in the Real World boxes break down important concepts through worked examples and show how theory can be applied to practice. End-of-chapter exercises allow students to test their comprehension of the material while suggested readings and website links provide resources for further investigation. A collection of free online resources include the full output from R SPSS and Excel for each of the analyses conducted in the book as well as additional exercises sample homework assignments answer keys and PowerPoint lecture slides. | Educational and Psychological Measurement

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W.M.Thackery and the Mediated Text Writing for Periodicals in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

W.M.Thackery and the Mediated Text Writing for Periodicals in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

This title was first published in 2000: Thackeray's minor writings remain caught in a debate about what constitutes literature and whether magazine writing and journalism might be construed as such. This debate was present during the inception of the mass periodical press in the 1830s when Thackeray began his career and forms part of the context of reasoning within and techniques of Thackeray's work. Throughout his career Thackeray was enmeshed in critical arguments about periodicals novels realism and commercialism. He was himself both (and neither) journalist and literary artist and was at once a product of and critical of emerging writing practices. This book argues that an understanding of Thackeray's writings for periodicals and the literary and commercial context of these is central to an understanding of his literary achievement. Focusing principally on the foundational part of his career from 1833-1847 but relating this to the novels particularly Pendennis and The Adventures of Philip and the Cornhill Magazine of the 1860s the book explores Thackeray's ambiguous response to the burgeoning periodical press and considers his negotation and critique of the market-place through a variety of publishing media. | W. M. Thackery and the Mediated Text Writing for Periodicals in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

GBP 74.99
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Difference Equations Theory Applications and Advanced Topics Third Edition

Difference Equations Theory Applications and Advanced Topics Third Edition

Difference Equations: Theory Applications and Advanced Topics Third Edition provides a broad introduction to the mathematics of difference equations and some of their applications. Many worked examples illustrate how to calculate both exact and approximate solutions to special classes of difference equations. Along with adding several advanced topics this edition continues to cover general linear first- second- and n-th order difference equations; nonlinear equations that may be reduced to linear equations; and partial difference equations. New to the Third Edition New chapter on special topics including discrete Cauchy–Euler equations; gamma beta and digamma functions; Lambert W-function; Euler polynomials; functional equations; and exact discretizations of differential equations New chapter on the application of difference equations to complex problems arising in the mathematical modeling of phenomena in engineering and the natural and social sciences Additional problems in all chapters Expanded bibliography to include recently published texts related to the subject of difference equations Suitable for self-study or as the main text for courses on difference equations this book helps readers understand the fundamental concepts and procedures of difference equations. It uses an informal presentation style avoiding the minutia of detailed proofs and formal explanations. | Difference Equations Theory Applications and Advanced Topics Third Edition

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Speech Bubbles 2 (Picture Books and Guide) Supporting Speech Sound Development in Children

Speech Bubbles 2 (Picture Books and Guide) Supporting Speech Sound Development in Children

Speech Bubbles 2 is the second set in a series of picture books designed to be used by those working with children who have delayed or disordered speech sound development children receiving speech therapy or those wanting to provide sound awareness activities for children. The set includes 12 beautifully illustrated storybooks each targeting a different speech sound in different positions within words and a user guide with notes on each individual story. Designed to be read aloud to the child in a therapy classroom or home setting the stories create a fun and engaging activity that can be returned to again and again. The full set includes: Twelve bright and engaging stories targeting the following early developing sounds and sounds frequently targeted in speech therapy: /v/ /z/ /sh/ /ch/ /h/ /y/ /j/ /r/ /l/ /w/ /r/ blends and /l/ blends. A user guide supporting the use of the stories with individual notes on each. Perfect not just for therapy but also for encouraging early sound awareness and development this is an engaging and invaluable resource for speech and language therapists and pathologists parents and caregivers and teachers working with children aged 2– 8 years. | Speech Bubbles 2 (Picture Books and Guide) Supporting Speech Sound Development in Children

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Handbook of Personality Disorders Second Edition Theory Research and Treatment

Handbook of Personality Disorders Second Edition Theory Research and Treatment

The leading reference on personality disorders and their treatment this authoritative work is now significantly revised with 80% new material reflecting important advances in the field. Preeminent experts provide in-depth coverage of conceptual and taxonomic issues psychopathology epidemiology and longitudinal course etiology and development and specific diagnoses. Diagnostic issues are explored and available assessment instruments discussed. All available evidence-based treatments are reviewed in consistently organized chapters that cover theoretical and empirical foundations as well as clinical strategies facilitating comparison of the various approaches. New to This Edition *Incorporates more than 15 years of major research advances; includes 21 chapters on new topics. *Critically examines DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. *Chapters on additional treatments-mentalization-based treatment schema-focused therapy transference-based psychotherapy and systems training for emotional predictability and problem solving. *Chapters on dimensional models longitudinal studies and personality pathology in children and adolescents. *Chapters on specific diagnoses: antisocial/psychopathic borderline and obsessive–compulsive personality disorder. *Integrative section introductions by the editors. See also Integrated Treatment for Personality Disorder edited by W. John Livesley Giancarlo Dimaggio and John F. Clarkin which weaves multiple well-established intervention strategies into a systematic modular approach. | Handbook of Personality Disorders Second Edition Theory Research and Treatment

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Coal-Mining Women in Japan Heavy Burdens

Coal-Mining Women in Japan Heavy Burdens

In the years Bbetween the Meiji Restoration in 1868 and the beginning of the war mobilization boom in 1930 collieries in Europe and America embraced new technologies and had long since been excluded women from working underground. In Japan however mining women witnessed no significant changes in working practices over this period. The availability of the cheap and abundant labor of these women allowed the captains of the coal industry in Japan to avoid expensive investments in new machinery and sophisticated mining methods; instead they continued to intensely exploit workers and markets intensively making substantial profits without the burdens of extensive mechanization. This unique book explores the lives of the thousands of women who labored underground in Japan’s coal mines in the years 1868 to 1930. It examines their working lives their family lives their aspirations achievements and disappointments. Drawing heavily on interview material with the miners themselves W. Donald Burton combines translations of their stories with features of Japanese society at the time and coal mining technology. In doing so he presents a complex account of the women’s lives as well as providing a keen insight intoon gender relations and the industrial and labor history of Japan. Coal Mining Women in Japan will be welcomed by students and scholars of Japanese history gender studies and industrial history. | Coal-Mining Women in Japan Heavy Burdens

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