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Robinson Michael D.: A Contractor's Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: This guide will help the contractor’s staff overcome some of the difficulties encountered on a typical international contract using FIDIC forms. The majority of FIDIC-based contracts use the Red Book (Conditions of Contract for Construction), so this book concentrates on the use of those particular forms. Supplementary comments are included in Appendix C for the Yellow Book (Plant & Design-Build)…

Giddens Anthony: Sociology

Скачать книгу (размер 5 093 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1000) Аннотация: The sixth edition of Anthony Giddens' Sociology is the best yet. Revised and updated throughout, it provides an authoritative overview of recent global developments and new ideas in sociology. Classic debates are also given careful coverage, with even the most complex ideas explained in an engaging way. Written in a fluent, easy-to-follow style, the book manages to be intellectually rigorous but…

Britishness: Perspectives on the British Question

Скачать книгу (размер 922 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 182) Аннотация: Distinguished contributors from a range of disciplines explore the question of Britishness — past, present and future. A lively and authoritative discussion of an important, timely and contemporary issue. Investigates how devolution has brought a new focus on the future of Britain, and the nature of Britishness. Discusses the challenge of a more diverse society, with the search for a basis of…

A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Europe: 1789-1914

Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: This Companion provides an overview of European history during the 'long' nineteenth century, from 1789 to 1914. Consists of 32 chapters written by leading international scholars Balances coverage of political, diplomatic and international history with discussion of economic, social and cultural concerns Covers both Eastern and Western European states, including Britain Pays considerable…

A Companion to Shakespeare and Performance

Скачать книгу (размер 3 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 704) Аннотация: A Companion to Shakespeare and Performance provides a state-of-the-art engagement with the rapidly developing field of Shakespeare performance studies. It redraws the boundaries of Shakespeare performance studies. It considers performance in a range of media, including in print, in the classroom, in the theatre, in film, on television and video, in multimedia and digital forms. It introduces…

Haddock Bruce: A History of Political Thought

Скачать книгу (размер 1 758 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 346) Аннотация: This book is a comprehensive introduction to the history of political thought, tracing the development of arguments and controversies from ancient Greece, through different forms of community, state and empire, to today's global concerns. Bruce Haddock highlights the bewildering variety of contexts that have framed political thinking, yet also displays structural features that have proved to be…

Benjamin: A Brief history of modern psychology

Скачать книгу (размер 1 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 264) Аннотация: No subject captures the attention of people today more than psychology. It pervades television in the form of soap operas, celebrity court cases, police and hospital dramas, talk shows, «reality» shows, and infomercials. It is the stuff of movies, magazines, plays, novels, self-help books, sports, jobs, music lyrics, talk radio, and the Internet. In A Brief History of Modern Psychology, Ludy…

Dyer: Research in psychology

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Doing Research in Psychology is the concise and accessible second edition of Colin Dyer's popular text Beginning Research in Psychology. Entirely rewritten and updated, this introductory methods and statistics text for psychology students: — Presents thorough coverage of key areas and topics — Meets the current needs of undergraduates (particularly those at Level 1) — Provides consistently clear…

Sani Fabio: Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology: A First Course is a concise and accessible introduction to the design of psychology experiments and the statistical tests used to make sense of their results. Written in a straightforward, effective style and making abundant use of charts, diagrams and figures, this book assumes no prior knowledge of statistics and will be of benefit to all…

Buskist: Handbook of the teaching psychology

Скачать книгу (размер 1 911 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 376) Аннотация: The Handbook of the Teaching of Psychology is a state-of-the-art volume that provides readers with comprehensive coverage and analysis of current trends and issues, basic mechanics, and important contextual variables related to effective teaching in psychology.Using concise and targeted chapters, written by leading scholars in the field, the volume explores a myriad of challenges in the teaching…

Benjamin: A History of psychology in letters

Скачать книгу (размер 1 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 264) Аннотация: The private thoughts, emotions, hopes, and frustrations contained in this collection of letters written by key figures in psychology provide rich insight into the development of the field. From John Locke writing parenting advice in 17th century Holland to Kenneth B. Clark responding to the impact of his research on the 19th century Brown v. Board decision, this book illustrates the history of…

Snowling: Science of Reading: A Handbook

Скачать книгу (размер 3 461 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 680) Аннотация: The Science of Reading: A Handbook brings together state-of-the-art reviews of reading research from leading names in the field, to create a multidisciplinary overview of contemporary knowledge about reading and related skills.The volume is divided into seven sections: — Word Recognition Processes in Reading outlines models of word recognition that have shaped the direction of reading research…

Dunn Judy: Children's Friendships: The Beginnings of Intimacy (Understanding Children's Worlds)

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: This latest book in the Understanding Children's Worlds series is a beautifully written account of children's early friendships from Judy Dunn, the leading international authority on childhood development. Drawing on evidence from studies on both sides of the Atlantic, it considers the nature and significance of such relationships for children's development and well-being.The book also features a…

Lew Alan: A Companion to Tourism

Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: This groundbreaking Companion offers readers an opportunity to reassess key themes in contemporary tourism studies in the light of recent theoretical developments in tourism studies and the social sciences, as well as dramatic changes in the operating environment for tourism. Comprising 48 specially commissioned essays, written by more than 50 acknowledged experts from around the world, it…

Keith Oatley: Emotions: A Brief History (Blackwell Brief Histories of Psychology)

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Emotions: A Brief History investigates the history of emotions across cultures as well as the evolutionary history of emotions and of emotional development across an individual's life span. In clear and accessible language, Keith Oatley examines key topics such as emotional intelligence, emotion and the brain, and emotional disorders. Throughout, he interweaves three themes: the changes that…

Ruane: Essentials of research methods

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Essentials of Research Methods is a concise and accessible introduction to research methods in the social sciences. Written by an expert of research methods teaching, this book takes extraordinary care to focus the reader on experiences in his or her everyday life as a way of understanding and performing research methods. The logic and techniques of research methods can be daunting and not of…

Rogelberg Steven: Handbook of Research Methods in Industrial and Organisational Psychology

Скачать книгу (размер 2 727 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 536) Аннотация: Handbook of Research Methods in Industrial and Organizational Psychology is a comprehensive and contemporary treatment of research philosophies, approaches, tools, and techniques indigenous to industrial and organizational psychology. In this volume, leading methodological and measurement scholars discuss topics spanning the entire organizational research process. Topics include, but are not…

Kaptein: Health psychology

Скачать книгу (размер 2 237 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 440) Аннотация: Health Psychology provides students with a critical, thought-provoking introduction to this rapidly expanding discipline. Written by some of the world's leading health psychologists, it clearly and critically outlines the major areas of theory and research. The textbook is divided into three sections, covering Health and Illness Behaviour, Process and Outcome in Illness, and Health Care Contexts…

Smith: Testing people at work

Скачать книгу (размер 2 237 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 440) Аннотация: Testing People at Work is an authoritative, practical text on selection and assessment. It explains psychometric testing in occupational settings and also covers other methods of selection such as assessment centres and e-selection. The book systematically covers all the topics required for the BPS Certificates of Competence in Testing, Levels A and B. This distinctive text: — Covers the whole…

Hatch: Three faces of leadership

Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: The Three Faces of Leadership takes readers inside the minds of CEOs who have been celebrated by the Harvard Business Review over the last decade of the twentieth century. Drawing on interviews with these famous CEOs, Mary Jo Hatch, Monika Kostera and Andrzej K. Kozminski demonstrate how business leaders today use aesthetics, specifically storytelling, dramatizing and mythmaking, to lead their…