First published in 1974, Social Work Treatment remains the most popular and trusted compendium of theories available to social work students and practitioners. It explores the full range of theoretical approaches that drive social work treatment and knowledge development, from psychoanalysis to crisis intervention.

This treasure trove of practice knowledge equips professionals with a broad array of theoretical approaches, each of which shine a spotlight on a different aspect of the human cond...

A unique introduction to the design, analysis, and presentation of scientific projects, this is an essential textbook for undergraduate majors in science and mathematics. The textbook gives an overview of the main methods used in scientific research, including hypothesis testing, the measurement of functional relationships, and observational research. It describes important features of experimental design, such as the control of errors, instrument calibration, data analysis, laboratory safety...

"Learning Teaching" has been one of the most successful guides to English since it was first published in 1994. Its no-nonsense approach has made it a superb teaching textbook for initial training courses, and also an essential handbook for practising ELT teachers. The third edition has been extensively revised and restructured to take recent developments in ELT into account and now includes a DVD featuring a full lesson being taught as well as demonstrations of practical teaching techniques.

The fourth edition of this highly regarded and successful text continues to provide a clear and accessible introduction to the world of GIS for students and professionals. Focusing on the practical applications of GIS, this book features a wealth of multi-disciplinary case studies and examples of GIS in practice, demonstrating how it is used worldwide and within a variety of different industries.

The new edition has been substantially revised and updated to include coverage of the latest adva...

The fourth edition of this best-selling guide to Prolog and Artificial Intelligence has been updated to include key developments in the field while retaining its lucid approach to these topics. New and extended topics include Constraint Logic Programming, abductive reasoning and partial order planning. Divided into two parts, the first part of the book introduces the programming language Prolog, while the second part teaches Artificial Intelligence using Prolog as a tool for the implementatio...

Veel Nederlanders denken redelijk Engels te kunnen spreken. In de praktijk blijkt dit echter vaak tegen te vallen. Het is niet niks om de kennis van woorden en grammatica vlot toe te passen en te schakelen tussen bijvoorbeeld enkelvoud en meervoud of heden, verleden en toekomst.

Met Taaltempo Engels kun je in korte tijd je gespreksvaardigheid sterk verbeteren. In het boek wordt gewerkt met vragen en antwoorden. Je leest of beluistert een vraag en formuleert dan een antwoord door de juiste gram...

Passie voor kunst is mooi, maar met passie alleen verdien je geen geld. Voor culturele organisaties is ondernemerschap en zakelijk management net zo belangrijk als het artistieke product.

Management voor de culturele sector gaat in op de zakelijke kant van het werken in de kunst- en cultuursector. Het boek biedt een overzicht van belangrijke thema’s waar de (toekomstige) manager in deze sector mee te maken krijgt, zoals cultureel ondernemerschap, projectmanagement, strategisch management, hrm...

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.

This book reflects the wide-spread belief that the twenty-first century is evolving in a significantly different way to the twentieth, which witnessed the advance of human rationality and technological progress, including urbanisation, and called into question the public and cultural significance of religion. In this century, by contrast, religion, faith communities and spiritual values have returned to the centre of public life, especially public policy, governance, and social identity. Rapi...