Geopolitics: Making Sense of a Changing World (Short John Rennie)(Paperback)

Geopolitics: Making Sense of a Changing World (Short John Rennie)(Paperback)

In this cogent introduction to the state of contemporary geopolitics, Short provides an understanding of the basic themes of geopolitics and an overview of geopolitical issues around the globe. His regional approach to the study of the power relations between states is framed by a discussion of

Probability: A Very Short Introduction (Haigh John)(Paperback)

Making good decisions under conditions of uncertainty requires a sound appreciation of the way random chance works. It requires, in short, an understanding of probability. In this Very Short Introduction, John Haigh introduces the ideas of probability--and the different philosophical approaches to

Making Sense of Critical Appraisal (Ajetunmobi Olajide)(Paperback)

Making Sense of Critical Appraisal provides all the necessary information on how to read and understand medical research publications critically and to decide whether the contents of such publications are clinically useful in the care of patients. Illustrated throughout with medically relevant

Sociology - Making Sense of Society (Punch Samantha)(Paperback / softback)

Making Sense of Land Law (Stroud April)(Paperback)

Taking a fresh and innovative approach to the subject, Making Sense of Land Law is an essential textbook designed to help those coming to the subject for the first time. Practical scenarios and diagrams are feature throughout, making the subject come alive. The Q&A-style of debate in the book is

Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction (Dodds Klaus)(Paperback)

Geopolitics is a slippery term. From great power politics and speculation about resource scrambles, to everyday encounters and objects such as smart phones, it affects citizens, corporations, international bodies, social movements, and governments. Geopolitics is far more than simply the impact of

Making Sense of Your Child's Friendships (Hartley-Brewer Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

The Breakdown: Making Sense of Politics in a Messed Up World (Spiller Tatton)(Paperback)

We're living through The Breakdown. A time of enormous political upheaval and polarised opinion. Many of us feel ill-equipped to understand and debate the issues currently rocking our world. At last, here is a sane voice of reason that cuts through the noise. Brexit: a chance to take back control

Making Sense of Neuroscience in the Early Years (Featherstone Sally)(Paperback / softback)

Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction (Stallabrass Julian)(Paperback)

Contemporary art has never been so popular - but the art world is changing. In a landscape of increasing globalization there is growing interest in questions over the nature of contemporary art today, and the identity of who is controlling its future. In the midst of this, contemporary art

African History: A Very Short Introduction (Parker John)(Paperback)

This Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented, both in Africa and beyond. The author illustrates important aspects of Africa's history with a range of fascinating historical examples, drawn from over 5 millennia across

Making Sense of Secondary Science: Research into children's ideas (Driver Rosalind)(Paperback)

What ideas do children hold about the natural world?How do these ideas affect their learning of science?Young learners bring to the classroom knowledge and ideas about many aspects of the natural world constructed from their experiences of education and from outside school. These ideas contribute

Upside Down Management (Timpson John)(Paperback)

There's a lot of hot air in the world of business. Wouldn't it be nice just to hear some common sense? That's exactly what John Timpson has got. After four decades running his family business and turning it into one of the high street's biggest success stories, he really knows what works and what

A Short History of Financial Euphoria (Galbraith John Kenneth)(Paperback)

The world-renowned economist offers 'dourly irreverent analyses of financial debacle from the tulip craze of the seventeenth century to the recent plague of junk bonds.' --The Atlantic. With incomparable wisdom, skill, and wit, world-renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith traces the history of

John Baldessari (Baldessari John)(Paperback)

A concise celebration of conceptualist legend John Baldessari's wry approach to image-making Over the course of his 50-year career, John Baldessari never stopped exploring the seemingly infinite ways that words and images can be manipulated to create new layers of narrative meaning in art

The Construction of Social Reality (Searle John R.)(Paperback)

This short treatise looks at how we construct a social reality from our sense impressions; at how, for example, we construct a 'five-pound note' with all that implies in terms of value and social meaning, from the printed piece of paper we see and touch. In The Construction of Social Reality,

Who Rules the World? (Chomsky Noam)(Paperback / softback)

Who Rules the World is the essential account of geopolitics right now - including an afterword on President Donald Trump Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist. No one has done more to question the hidden actors who govern our lives, calling the powers that be to account

Short History of Lyme Regis (Fowles John)(Paperback / softback)

Black Mass (Gray John)(Paperback)

For the decade that followed the end of the cold war, the world was lulled into a sense that a consumerist, globalized, peaceful future beckoned. The beginning of the twenty-first century has rudely disposed of such ideas--most obviously through 9/11and its aftermath. But just as damaging has been

Light: A Very Short Introduction (Walmsley Ian A.)(Paperback)

Light enables us to see the world around us. Our sense of sight provides us with direct information about space and time, the physical arrangement of the world, and how it changes. This almost universal shared sensation of vision has led to a fascination with the nature and properties of light

Cultures and Societies in a Changing World (Griswold Wendy)(Paperback)

In the Fourth Edition of Cultures and Societies in a Changing World, author Wendy Griswold illuminates how culture shapes our social world and how society shapes culture. Through this book, students will gain an understanding of the sociology of culture and explore stories, beliefs, media, ideas,

Reckoning (Airth Rennie)(Paperback / softback)

The fourth book in the much acclaimed Inspector John Madden series from the author of River of Darkness, The Blood-Dimmed Tide and The Dead of

Sicily - A Short History, from the Greeks to Cosa Nostra (Norwich John Julius)(Paperback / softback)

A colourful and lavishly illustrated history (fifty years in the making) of the Mediterranean's largest and most turbulent island from much-loved historian John Julius

Race and the Making of American Political Science (Blatt Jessica)(Paperback)

Race and the Making of American Political Science shows that changing scientific ideas about racial difference were central to the academic study of politics as it emerged in the United States. From the late nineteenth century through the 1930s, scholars of politics defined and continually