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Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 61.95This is the first introduction to chaos theory for social science students. It discusses key concepts and shows how the use of complexity theory can transform the study of central issues in social research such as: * urban studies * education * health. more...
Social Exclusion
McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 221.00The second edition of this widely read book explores developments in social theory, social experience and social policy in relation to Social Exclusion. The first part examines the origins of the term and implications of the difference between the ideas of 'exclusion', 'underclass', 'residuum' and related concepts. The discussion is informed by the... more...
Interpreting Quantitative Data
SAGE Publications 2002; US$ 59.00How do quantitative methods help us to acquire knowledge of the real world? What are the do's and don'ts of effective quantitative research? This refreshing and accessible textbook provides students with a novel and useful resource for doing quantitative research. more...
Bicycle Diaries
Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 16.00A round-the-world bicycle tour with one of the most original artists of our day. Urban bicycling has become more popular than ever as recession- strapped, climate-conscious city dwellers reinvent basic transportation. In this wide-ranging memoir, artist/musician David Byrne-who has relied on a bike to get around New York City since the early... more...
Applying social science
The Policy Press 2011; US$ 36.95This important book examines how social science is applied now and how it might be applied in the future in relation to social transformation in a time of crisis. more...
Bicycle Diaries
Faber and Faber 2010; US$ 13.11An enchanting travelogue from a cult figure in contemporary music - Talking Heads frontman David Byrne more...
How Music Works
Canongate Books 2012; US$ 18.33How Music Works is David Byrne's buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about. Equal parts historian and anthropologist, raconteur and social scientist, Byrne draws on his own work over the years with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and his myriad collaborators - along with journeys to Wagnerian opera houses,... more...
How Music Works
McSweeney's 2012; US$ 15.99How Music Works is David Byrne?s remarkable and buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about. In it he explores how profoundly music is shaped by its time and place, and he explains how the advent of recording technology in the twentieth century forever changed our relationship to playing, performing, and listening to... more...
The SAGE Handbook of Case-Based Methods
SAGE Publications 2009; US$ 52.00This handbook provides a clear, critical examination of case-oriented research. It defines case-based social research as a subfield of methodology. more...
Fruit Breeding
Springer 2012; US$ 219.99Fruit Breeding is the eighth volume in the Handbook of Plant Breeding series. Like the other volumes in the series, this volume presents information on the latest scientific information in applied plant breeding using the current advances in the field, from an efficient use of genetic resources to the impact of biotechnology in plant breeding. The... more...









