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How Audiences Decide
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 69.95How Audiences Decide: A Cognitive Approach to Business Communication is a comprehensive introduction to persuasive communication in the context of business. ??It summarizes relevant theories and findings from the fields of cognitive science, social cognition, leadership, team cognition, psycholinguistics, and behavioral economics. ?By illuminating... more...
Drug Discrimination
Wiley 2011; US$ 155.95Drug discrimination: a practical guide to its contributions to the invention of new chemical entities and evaluations of new or known pharmacological agents Drug discrimination can be described as a "drug detection" procedure that uses a pharmacologically active agent as the subjective stimulus. Although the procedure does require some effort to implement,... more...
New Visions of Crime Victims
Hart Publishing Limited 2002; US$ 45.00Presents theoretical and empirical research on criminal victimization. The first part of the text challenges stereotypical conceptions of victimization, focusing on non-traditional victims of crime. The second part considers criminal justice responses to victimization. more...
Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain
McGraw-Hill 2001; US$ 99.00Solutions-based approach to quick calculations in structural element design and analysis. Now updated with 30% new material, Roark Formulas for Stress and Strain, Seventh Edition, is the ultimate resource for designers, engineers, and analysts who need to calculate loads and stress. This landmark reference from Warren Young and Richard Budynas provides... more...
Regulating Policing
Hart Publishing Limited 2008; US$ 61.20The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) was an innovative and controversial attempt to regulate the investigation of crime. Two decades on, it now operates in a very different context than in the mid-1980s. Whilst legal advice has become established as a basic right of those arrested and detained by the police, the police service has become... more...
Contemporary Latin American Cultural Studies
Taylor & Francis Ltd 2003; US$ 45.00A collection of new essays by recognized experts from around the world on various aspects of the new disciplin of Latin American cultural studies. Essays are grouped in five distinct but interconnected sections focusing respectively on: the theory of Latin American cultural studies, the icons of culture, culture as a commodity, culture as a site of... more...
The Future of Career
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 34.00A comprehensive analysis of career theory and practice, reviewing the past and considering the future. more...
Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater
Scarecrow Press 2010; US$ 94.99The Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater provides users with an accessible single-volume reference tool covering Portuguese-speaking Brazil and the 16 Spanish-speaking countries of continental Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,... more...
Talking and Testing
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1998; US$ 188.00This book brings together a collection of current research on the assessment of oral proficiency in a second language. Fourteen chapters focus on the use of the language proficiency interview or LPI to assess oral proficiency. The volume addresses the central issue of validity in proficiency assessment: the ways in which the language proficiency interview... more...
Electing Hong Kong's Chief Executive
Hong Kong University Press 2010; US$ 38.00This book is a critical study of the system used to elect Hong Kong's most powerful political leader. Following a historical, empirical and legal examination of the system, the book provides constructive ideas on how the existing system can be developed into one based on universal suffrage and consistent with other constitutional principles and... more...









