BLACKWELL

(P/B) THE PHILOSOPHER'S TOOLKIT
The second edition of this popular compendium provides the necessary intellectual equipment to engage with and participate in effective philosophical argument, reading, and reflection. Features significantly revised, updated and expanded entries, and an entirely new section drawn from methods in the history of philosophy. This edition has a broad, pluralistic approach - appealing to readers in both continental philosophy and the history of philosophy, as well as analytic philosophy. Explains difficult concepts in an easily accessible manne...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES
Revised and updated with a special emphasis on innovations in social media, the second edition of Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks stands as the most popular and highly acclaimed anthology in the dynamic and multidisciplinary field of cultural studies. (From the publisher)...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) ADVANCED NUTRITION AND DIETETICS IN OBESITY
This addition to the British Dietetic Association Advanced Nutrition and Dietetics book series is written for clinicians and researchers who work with any aspect of obesity and its comorbid conditions. Featuring contributions from leading researchers and practitioners from around the globe Advanced Nutrition and Dietetics in Obesity offers a uniquely international perspective on what has become a worldwide public health crisis. Chapters cover a full range of new ideas and research on the underlying drivers of obesity in populations includi...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) ADVANCED NUTRITION AND DIETETICS IN NUTRITION SUPPORT
Written in conjunction with the British Dietetic Association, Advanced Nutrition and Dietetics in Nutrition Support provides a thorough and critical review of the fundamental and applied literature in nutrition support. Extensively evidence-based and internationally relevant, it discusses undernutrition, nutritional screening, assessment and interventions, as well as key clinical conditions likely to require nutrition support, and the approaches to managing this in each of these conditions. Clinically oriented, Advanced Nutrition and Diete...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) LANGUAGE AND GENDER
The new edition of Language and Gender: A Reader responds to the wealth of research that has shaped the field since its initial publication in 1998. Retaining many of the foundational entries that have made the volume so popular, the second edition has been fully revised, and now includes 23 new articles and two entirely new sections. - A fully revised new edition of this popular Reader which explores the widening range of language and gender research, both geographically and socially, along with changing theoretical and methodological ap...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) THE ROYAL MARSDEN MANUAL OF CLINICAL NURSING PROCEDURES
Nationally recognised as the definitive guide to clinical nursing skills, The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures has provided essential nursing knowledge and up-to-date information on nursing skills and procedures for over 30 years. Now in its 9th edition, this full-colour manual provides the underlying theory and evidence for procedures enabling nurses to gain the confidence they need to become fully informed, skilled practitioners. Written with the qualified nurse in mind, this manual provides up-to-date, detailed, evide...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
The study of naturally occurring connected discourse, spoken or written is one of the most promising and rapidly developing areas of linguistics. Traditional linguistics has concentrated on the analysis of single sentence or isolated speech acts. In this important new book Michael Stubbs shows that linguistic concepts can be extended to analyze spontaneous and informal talk in the home, classroom or factory, and, indeed, written narrative. Using copious examples drawn from recorded conversations, field work observations, experimental data...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(H/B) WHY THE WORLD DOES NOT EXIST
Where do we come from? Are we merely a cluster of elementary particles in a gigantic world receptacle? And what does it all mean? In this highly original new book, the philosopher Markus Gabriel challenges our notion of what exists and what it means to exist. He questions the idea that there is a world that encompasses everything like a container life, the universe, and everything else. This all-inclusive being does not exist and cannot exist. For the world itself is not found in the world. And even when we think about the world, the world...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) A HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
Incorporating the latest scholarly research, the third edition of A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 323 BC presents a comprehensive overview of the multicultural civilizations of the ancient Near East. - Bestselling narrative of the complex history of the ancient Near East - Addresses political, social, and cultural developments - Contains in-depth discussion of key texts and sources, including the Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh - Includes numerous maps, illustrations, and a selection of Near Eastern texts in translation - I...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) THIRDSPACE
Contemporary critical studies have recently experienced a significant spatial turn. In what may eventually be seen as one of the most important intellectual and political developments in the late twentieth century, scholars have begun to interpret space and the embracing spatiality of human life with the same critical insight and emphasis that has traditionally been given to time and history on the one hand, and social relations and society on the other. Thirdspace is both an enquiry into the origins and impact of the spatial turn and an a...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) ARCHAEOLOGICAL THEORY: AN INTRODUCTION
Archaeological Theory, 2nd Edition is the most current and comprehensive introduction to the field available. Thoroughly revised and updated, this engaging text offers students an ideal entry point to the major concepts and ongoing debates in archaeological research. - New edition of a popular introductory text that explores the increasing diversity of approaches to archaeological theory - Features more extended coverage of 'traditional' or culture-historical archaeology - Examines theory across the English-speaking world and beyond - Of...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) A HISTORY OF THE ARCHAIC GREEK WORLD
A History of the Archaic Greek World offers a theme-based approach to the development of the Greek world in the years 1200-479 BCE. A Thematic study of this crucial formative period of Greek history, from the same series as P.J. Rhodes' A History of the Classical Greek World. Takes a critical and analytical look at evidence about the history of the archaic Greek World. Involves the reader in the practice of history by questioning and reevaluating conventional beliefs. Casts new light on traditional themes such as the rise of the city-state...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) THE HANDBOOK OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
This book explains the principal qualitative methods and applies them to psychological problems. It is designed for use in psychology and also other branches of social science. The books main aim is to increase people's confidence to use qualitative methods in their own research. (From the publisher)...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY
Christopher Mee presents an extensive examination of the material culture of the Greek world from its Neolithic roots in 7000 B.C. to the close of the Hellenistic period in 146 B.C. (From the publisher)...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) SEMANTICS
The 4th edition of this popular textbook provides an engaging and accessible introduction to semantics for students new to the field. - Explores the basic concepts and methods of the field and discusses some of the most important contemporary lines of research - Contains new solutions to chapter exercises in order to familiarize the student with the practice of semantic description - Completely revised and updated to reflect recent theoretical developments - Includes new sections on classifiers and noun classes, as well as conceptual integ...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) CONTEMPORARY DEBATES IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
This collection of 24 essays, written by eminent philosophers and political theorists, brings together fresh debates on some of the most fundamental questions in contemporary political philosophy, including human rights, equality, constitutionalism, the value of democracy, identity and political neutrality. (from the publisher)...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) A HISTORY OF BYZANTIUM
This revised and expanded edition of the widely-praised A History of Byzantium covers the time of Constantine the Great in AD 306 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. - Expands treatment of the middle and later Byzantine periods, incorporating new archaeological evidence - Includes additional maps and photographs, and a newly annotated, updated bibliography - Incorporates a new section on web resources for Byzantium studies - Demonstrates that Byzantium was important in its own right but also served as a bridge between East and West and...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) MATERIALS AND METHODS IN ELT
Featuring extensive updates and revisions, the 3rd edition of Materials and Methods in ELT offers a comprehensive and useful introduction to the principles and practice of teaching English as a foreign/second language. * A popular and practical guide for teachers, teachers in training, and for students studying methods and materials * Features a new chapter on IT in English language teaching, new samples from current teaching materials, plus a new section on technology for materials and methods * Covers how to approach materials and met...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(H/B) THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE WORLD
We live in a world that is increasingly difficult to understand. It is not just changing: it is metamorphosing. Change implies that some things change but other things remain the same capitalism changes, but some aspects of capitalism remain as they always were. Metamorphosis implies a much more radical transformation in which the old certainties of modern society are falling away and something quite new is emerging. To grasp this metamorphosis of the world it is necessary to explore the new beginnings, to focus on what is emerging from th...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) ESSENTIAL MEDICAL STATISTICS
Blackwell Publishing is delighted to announce that this book has been Highly Commended in the 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition. Here is the judges' summary of this book: "This is a technical book on a technical subject but presented in a delightful way. There are many books on statistics for doctors but there are few that are excellent and this is certainly one of them. Statistics is not an easy subject to teach or write about. The authors have succeeded in producing a book that is as good as it can get. For the keen student who does not...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...