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Counterdeception Principles and Applications for National Security
Artech House 2007; US$ 119.00Today, more than ever, the use of denial and deception (D&D) is being used to compensate for an opponents military superiority, to obtain or develop weapons of mass destruction, and to violate international agreements and sanctions. Although the historical literature on the use of strategic deception is widely available, technical coverage of... more...
Neuropathic Pain
OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 23.99Neuropathic pain is increasingly recognized as a chronic disabling condition. It is frequently thought of as harder to treat than other pain types, and it often results in a poorer quality of life. Around 30% of adults in the UK alone have some type of chronic pain and some estimates suggest that one in five of these will have symptoms of neuropathic... more...
The Handbook of Work Analysis
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 147.95This new handbook, with contributions from experts around the world, is the most comprehensive treatise on work design and job analysis practice and research in over 20 years. The handbook, dedicated to Sidney Gael, is the next generation of Gael?s successful Job Analysis Handbook for Business, Industry and Government, published by Wiley in 1988.... more...
The Battle of Bosworth
The History Press 2013; US$ 13.11In August, 500 years ago, Richard III lost his life and the Plantagenet name came to an end. This volume provides the background to the Battle of Bosworth - of the war and politics in the previous years and the various combatants. more...
The Empathic Healer
Elsevier Science 2001; US$ 79.95Empathy has long been regarded as central to the art of medicine and especially to the practice of psychotherapy. The ability of a therapist to appreciate the patient's state of mind and frame of reference is the foundation of a therapeutic alliance and key to the process of healing. However, these subjective aspects of practice are rendered suspect... more...
Concise Guide to Managing Behavioral Health Care Within a Managed Care Environment
American Psychiatric Publishing 2008; US$ 53.00This concise yet powerful volume will jump-start clinicians in their search for effective answers. Unlike other managed care guides, which tend to view the clinician--managed care relationship as inherently adversarial, this groundbreaking pocket guide views resource management as a basic function -- indeed, an ally -- of ethical clinical practice.... more...
Union Jacks
The University of North Carolina Press 2004; US$ 27.00Historians have given a great deal of attention to the lives and experiences of Civil War soldiers, but surprisingly little is known about navy sailors who participated in the conflict. Michael J. Bennett remedies the longstanding neglect of Civil War seamen in this comprehensive assessment of the experience of common Union sailors from 1861 to 1865.... more...
Community, Class and Careers
Cambridge University Press 1983; US$ 38.00A study of Cheshire and Lancashire society in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. more...
Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 85.00Using an up-to-date understanding of Camus' philosophy as a theoretical frame, this work engages the long history of Theatre of the Absurd criticism, performance histories and reviews, the genre of the parable, philosophy, and performance studies, ultimately arguing against a strictly absurd and existential reading and, instead, positions such work... more...
Refiguring Oscar Wildes Salome.
Editions Rodopi 2011; US$ 60.00While Oscar Wildes delightfully-witty comedies of manners receive the most fanfare from the general public and much of academia, Wildes most serious play Salome rightfully deserves an equal amount of attention. Written by emerging scholars, established scholars, and notable Wilde scholars at the top of the field,... more...









