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This ground-breaking text offers a comprehensive and penetrating account of how social developmental perspectives and attachment theory can illuminate practice in the field of child protection and family support.

The new edition of this important text has been fully revised and is an essential resource for those working in the field of drug addiction. Drug misuse tends to be encountered in the context of other, often more pressing social problems, such as child abuse, homelessness, domestic violence or emergency relief.

This practical reference for university and senior high school students shows how to read, understand and analyze poetry. Included are sections on narrative poetry and writing essays.

John Donne's poems are some of the most challenging and stimulating in the English literary heritage. Through detailed analysis of a large number of individual poems, Donne's intellectual vitality and unique poetic voice is entertainingly explored.

...every nurse can benefit from reading this. It can teach us all a great deal about our relationships with other people and with ourselves. Buy it.' Philip Burnard, Nursing Times

Throughout, real-world examples illustrate the value of critical thinking in both academia and everyday life, and activities allow students to put new skills into practice. Becoming a Critical Thinker is an essential introduction to critical thinking for undergraduates of all subject areas.

A major re-examination of Habsburg decision-making from 1912 to July 1914, the study argues that Austria-Hungary and not Germany made the crucial decisions for war in the summer of 1914.

An introduction to the Java programming language and related areas such as HTML, JavaScript, CGIscript and VRML. The work also covers fundamental areas such as TCP/IP and the HTTP protocol. The Java compiler, background information and source code is available from the author over the Internet.

It has five basic themes:* Digital Information Sources and Multimedia* The Internet, the World Wide Web and Java* Local area Networking* Wide area Networking* Video ConferencingThe information sources material covers the main standards in digital information on modern computer systems.

Stephen Doyle includes both extension material, and work that students of double science would look for in a Physics revision guide. Suitable for use with all Boards' syllabuses, Work Out Physics GCSE contains syllabus analysis coverage of all you need to know, plentiful worked examples and revision tips.

The second edition of this innovative introduction to urban and environmental planning combines comprehensive coverage of institutions and procedures with detailed analysis of the economic and political context of planning, its historical development and competing theoretical approaches.

* A complete, self-contained course for individual study or classroom use * Investigations to help you explore topics in a more practical way * Problems at the end of chapters to consolidate what you have learned * Explains pencil and paper techniques in full * Illustrations and revision materials for enjoyable learning

The approach taken aims to integrate a qualitative approach - looking at the physical reality of phenomena - with a quantitative approach - one that models the physical reality mathematically.

Fashion is a very popular subject among young people. Despite this, many prospective students and people have little idea what jobs in the fashion industry entail. Fashion Styling is one of the least well researched areas in fashion colleges.

Do books, films or magazines create a corrupting environment which encourages crime and moral decay?Dr. Springhall has written a highly perceptive and entertaining account of how commercial culture in Britain and America has been viewed, since its inception during the Industrial Revolution, as a force likely to undermine national morals.

Public Relations is one business function an organisation cannot decide it does not want. The only option is whether to manage PR as a conscious and deliberate activity, or to leave it to chance and hope for the best - a sure route to bad public relations.

As students of mathematics or its applications progress, courses focus increasingly on mathematical theories and applications themselves, and less on how to study these complex ideas. This text aims to bridge this gap by focusing on the essential skills needed to study these complex ideas.

This text examines the development and implications of nurse prescribing in relation to patients and clients, to nurses themselves, and to the nursing profession in general. New chapters consider ethical and legal issues, and provide case studies of nurse prescribing situations.

Literary Terms and Criticism has long been established as the best-selling guide to the study of English literature. It offers a comprehensive introduction to English poetry, drama and the novel, complete with practical advice and tips on how to analyse texts and how to make sense of the critical terms we employ in discussing literature.

As the greatest imperial power before 1939 Britain played a leading role in the great post-war shift in the relationship between the West and the Third World which we call 'decolonisation'. Was nationalism in colonial societies or indifference in Britain the key factor in the dissolution of the British Empire?

Rejecting fashionable subjectivist and cultural relativist approaches, this important book argues that human beings have universal and objective needs for health and autonomy and a right to their optimal satisfaction.

This introductory text encourages the application of sociological insights in health care. Health processes and outcomes are analysed in terms of social difference, inequality, opportunities and life chances.

This work is intended to examine the main trends in Wales during the century following the Tudor settlement of Wales. The work makes ample use of contemporary sources to examine each aspect of the political, governmental and religious life of Wales.

However much students enjoy their reading of a Jane Austen novel, many find it difficult to know how to organise their critical responses.

A description of the nature and scope of operational research, this book is suitable for students studying for professional stage accountancy examinations and Degree and Diploma courses in the business area. It contains a range of worked examples and additional exercises with solutions.

Managerial Economics for Decision Makingis designed for MBA and final year undergraduates taking a module in Managerial Economics. Ample examples and case studies demonstrate how economics can be used as a tool to tackle issues and problems in a business and management context.