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The Value of Life
Taylor and Francis 1985; US$ 41.95A critical survey of the issues in a controversial field, The Value of Life explores the dilemmas in current medical practice and research. Harris argues for a radical reappraisal of our ways of thinking about medical ethics. more...
The Social Work Business
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 49.95Social work has become a business. The traditional distinction drawn between social work as a non-commercial activity in the public and voluntary sectors of the welfare state and private commercial activities driven by the market's profit motive has largely disappeared. In The Social Work Business John Harris addresses the introduction and consolidation... more...
Early Language Development
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 37.50Language is of central importance in children's education and development, so providing help for the child suspected of having language difficulties is clearly of vital concern. Providing such help, or advising a teacher or parent on how best to proceed is, however, far from straightforward. Early Language Development draws together in a single volume... more...
On Cloning
Routledge 2004; US$ 24.95In this gripping and controversial book, John Harris presents a deft and informed defence of human cloning. Offering a brave and lucid insight into this ethical minefield, John Harris at last shows that far from spelling the end of human life, more...
Enhancing Evolution
Princeton University Press 2007; US$ 27.95Decisive biotechnological interventions in the lottery of human life--to enhance our bodies and brains and perhaps irreversibly change our genetic makeup--have been widely rejected as unethical and undesirable, and have often met with extreme hostility. But in Enhancing Evolution , leading bioethicist John Harris dismantles objections to genetic... more...
Enhancing Evolution
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 18.95In Enhancing Evolution , leading bioethicist John Harris dismantles objections to genetic engineering, stem-cell research, designer babies, and cloning and makes an ethical case for biotechnology that is both forthright and rigorous. Human enhancement, Harris argues, is a good thing--good morally, good for individuals, good as social policy, and... more...
Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll
Little, Brown Book Group 2010; US$ 36.23Want to learn how to play guitar in two pages? Ever wondered what goes into Marilyn Manson?s backstage rider? Or who wrote the worst rhyming couplet in the history of rock? John Harris?s Hail! Hail! Rock?n?Roll is the ultimate guide to what Spinal Tap called ?the majesty of rock, the mystery of roll?. Gloriously irreverent, it is also satisfyingly... more...
Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll
Little, Brown Book Group 2010; Not AvailableWant to learn how to play guitar in two pages? Ever wondered what goes into Marilyn Manson?s backstage rider? Or who wrote the worst rhyming couplet in the history of rock? John Harris?s Hail! Hail! Rock?n?Roll is the ultimate guide to what Spinal Tap called ?the majesty of rock, the mystery of roll?. Gloriously irreverent, it is also satisfyingly... more...
Why I'm Right. . .
Biteback Publishing 2011; US$ 13.11For a real insight into the bizarre circus that is the Westminster village, look no further... For two and a half years, Tom Harris used his And Another Thing... blog to dish the dirt on the reality of life as an MP. From defending politicians to dissecting Doctor Who, from how to survive a zombie holocaust to what to do when Gordon Brown forgets... more...
The Dark Side of the Moon
Da Capo Press 2006; US$ 16.99Harris's book is an indispensable, exciting read for anyone who's ever wanted to fully understand this enduring, mystifying album. ( American Songwriter ) more...









