A timely student-orientated textbook introducing the main concepts, theories and research methods needed to study the family. Adopting a global perspective and containing plenty of critical pedagogy (case-studies, think points, key words, glossary) it's ideal for courses studying the family across the social sciences.

John McLeod's book is the only comprehensive guide to the range of qualitative methods used in counselling and psychotherapy. This timely new edition incorporates the last decade of developments in qualitative research methods with eight new chapters, new case studies and enchanced pedagogy throughout.

Gerard de Lairesse (1641-1711) was the most successful Dutch painter of his time, admired by the patricians of Amsterdam and the court of William iii of Orange. An eighteenth-century critic called him ‘undoubtedly the greatest genius there ever was in painting’.After a century of neglect his rehabilitation began in 1970 when the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum acquired a series of his monumental grisaille paintings. In an international exhibition (Cologne, Cassel, Dordrecht 2007) he was presented a...

Deze "sleutel" om de 'Khamsa' te ontsluiten bestaat uit dertien essays door specialisten op het gebied van Perzische Studies. Elk essay richt zich op een ander aspect van de 'Khamsa', een verzameling van vijf lange gedichten geschreven door de Perzische dichter Nizami van Ganja.

Nizami (1141-1209) woonde en werkte in Ganja, in het huidige Azerbeidzjan. Hij wordt algemeen erkend als een van de belangrijkste dichters van het middeleeuwse Perzië. Hij schreef poëzie op het breukvlak mystiek, ro...

Er zijn weinig onderwerpen die zoveel vooronderstellingen opleveren als de boerderij. Het reflecteren op beelden van de boerderij ligt op het snijvlak van cultuur, mythe vorming, erfgoed en beeldende kunst. Dit boek vraagt aandacht voor de beeldvorming rondom het boerenland met twintig (beeld)essays van kunsthistorici, cultuurwetenschappers, kunstenaars, landschapsarchitecten en anderen.

De productie en de beeldvorming van zowel kunst als boer worden belicht. De beeldbeschrijvingen zijn vanui...

Sociology: a global introduction represents a uniquely co-ordinated and complete learning resource for sociology students worldwide. International in outlook and culturally wide-ranging, it also reminds us that sociology is valuable. Unrivalled in breadth, it is a text of passion and sophistication helping you become an active, connected and critical learner.

Based on a new classification of algorithm design techniques and a clear delineation of analysis methods, Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms presents the subject in a coherent and innovative manner. Written in a student-friendly style, the book emphasises the understanding of ideas over excessively formal treatment while thoroughly covering the material required in an introductory algorithms course. Popular puzzles are used to motivate students' interest and strengthen thei...

Most new businesses fail. But most of those failures are preventable.The Lean Startup is a new approach to business that's being adopted around the world. It is changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.The Lean Startup is about learning what your customers really want. It's about testing your vision continuously, adapting and adjusting before it's too late.Now is the time to think Lean.

The contributions to this volume capture the thrill of current work on social influence, as well as providing a tutorial on the scientific and technical aspects of this research. The volume teaches the student to:

Learn how to conduct lab, field and case research on social influence through example by leading researchers

Find out about the latest discoveries including the status of research on social influence tactics, dissonance theory, conformity, and resistance to influence

Discover how se...

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