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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Rome: A Living Portrait of an Ancient City
Stephen L Dyson
Stephen L Dyson has spent a lifetime studying and teaching the history of ancient Rome. That unparalleled knowledge is reflected in his magisterial overview of the Eternal City. Rather than look only at the physical development of the city - its buildings, monuments, and urban spaces - Dyson also explores its social, economic, and cultural histories. This unique approach situates Rome against a background of comparative urban history and theory, allowing Dyson to examine the dynamic society that once thrived there.
Pbk 488pp 9780801892547 A$63 NZ$84 2010.06 more detail
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HAWTHORN PRESS
Jumping Mouse
Brian Patten
Brian Patten, one of Britain's best-loved poets, retells the story of Jumping Mouse. This Native American folk tale tells how a little mouse had the courage to leave his family's warm nest in the roots of a giant tree, and go in search of the Sacred Mountains. He has many adventures on the way and finds his true name of Jumping Mouse. He makes friends with a racoon, frog, buffalo and wolf, whilst taking care not to be caught by the Spots circling watchfully above in the sky.
Hbk 48pp 9781903458990 A$23.95 NZ$29.95 2010.06 more detail
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COLUMBIA UNVERSITY PRESS
J.M. Coetzee and Ethics: Philosophical Perspectives on Literature
Anton Leist and Peter Singer (Oz)
In 2003, the South African writer J. M. Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for a tradition of work that questioned widely shared ethical assumptions. In his portrayal of racial repression, sexual politics, the guises of reason, and human beings’ hypocrisy toward animals and nature, Coetzee had become, in the words of the prize committee, “a scrupulous doubter, ruthless in his criticism of the cruel rationalism and cosmetic morality of western civilisation.”
Pbk 448pp 9780231148412 A$49.95 NZ$68 2010.05 more detail
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PARADIGM PUBLISHERS
Globalization: The Greatest Hits, A Global Studies Reader
Manfred B Steger
The premier scholar of globalisation studies, Manfred B Steger, has brought together here the “greatest hits” of the field since it emerged in the 1980s. In addition to carefully selecting and editing twenty of the most influential pieces on globalisation out of a vast repertoire of writing, Steger provides an original and insightful introduction that spotlights the gist of these gems while showing how they build on one another thematically.
Pbk 320pp 9781594516627 A$39.95 NZ$52.95 2010.06 more detail
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PROMETHEUS BOOKS
Finding the Zone: A Whole New Way to Maximize Mental Potential
Gordon D Lawrence
In the zone - not just zoning-out - is a great place to be. It is where our best stuff flows together and we find powerful motivation to keep improving. But, knowing the power and deep satisfaction of the zone experience, we have to wonder why we don’t get there more often - and why those of us who supervise, teach, coach, and nurture others are not more successful in helping them get there. In this fascinating exploration of mind and motivation, Gordon D Lawrence shows that the main barrier is the deep-seated, conventional assumption that we are born with unformed, unorganised minds in need of the structure supplied by good parents and teachers.
Pbk 265pp 9781616141615 A$36.95 NZ$48.95 2010.06 more detail
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BIBIKIN BOOKS
An Extraordinary Gift: The Australian Asperger's Resource Guide
Marie Whitrow
In An Extraordinary Gift: The Australian Asperger's Resource Guide, author Marie Whitrow takes the reader on a journey through the labyrinth of information and misinformation that parents of a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder face. This book would be of interest to anyone who loves or works with a person affected by this disorder. The book offers profound insight and knowledge about how to parent and educate children with Asperger's Syndrome, providing sound information and practical support.
Pbk 153pp 9780646522630 A$31.95 NZ$41.95 2010.08 more detail
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MIT PRESS
The Extended Mind
Richard Menary
Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin? In their famous 1998 paper The Extended Mind, philosophers Andy Clark and David Chalmers posed this question and answered it provocatively: cognitive processes "ain't all in the head." The environment has an active role in driving cognition; cognition is sometimes made up of neural, bodily, and environmental processes. Their argument excited a vigorous debate among philosophers, both supporters and detractors. This volume brings together for the first time the best responses to Clark and Chalmers's bold proposal. These responses, together with the original paper by Clark and Chalmers, offer a valuable overview of the latest research on the extended mind thesis.
Hbk 424pp 9780262014038 A$67 NZ$89 2010.06 more detail
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Evolution, Literature, and Film: A Reader
Brian Boyd, Joseph Carroll and Jonathan Gottschall
Evolution, Literature, and Film offers a comprehensive introduction to what has become the most challenging and widely-discussed new approach to understanding literature and film. Featuring thirty-nine essays by pioneering scholars, scientists, and critics, this collection explains how our universal human nature works its way into diverse cultural forms and how this "biocultural" conception can illuminate many narrative works.
Pbk 560pp 9780231150194 A$59.95 NZ$81 2010.05 more detail
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JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Child Trauma and Abuse: A Step-by-Step Approach
Jacqueline S Feather and Kevin R Ronan
This book uses an evidence-based CBT treatment model to assist children and adolescents aged 9-15 years to resolve trauma symptoms and increase their coping skills. The approach is made up of 16 step-by-step sessions to carry out with the young person, and includes worksheets and fun activities using arts and crafts. The model uses four phases: strengthening the child's psychosocial context; enhancing their coping skills; processing their trauma through gradual exposure; and addressing special issues that the child may have and preventing relapse.
Pbk 144pp 9781849050869 A$39.95 NZ$51.95 2010.05 more detail
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SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
City Life
Adrian Franklin
Cities are more important as cultural entities than their mere function as dormitories and industrial sites. Yet, the understanding of what makes a city ‘alive’ and appealing in cultural terms is still hotly contested - why are some cities so much more interesting, popular and successful than others? In this engaging discussion of ‘city life’ Adrian Franklin takes the reader on a tour of contemporary western cities exploring their historical development and arguing that it is the transformative, ritual and performative qualities of successful cities that makes a difference.
Pbk 256pp 9780761944768 A$57.95 NZ$76 2010.05 more detail
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JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Biochemical Imbalances in Disease: A Practitioner's Handbook
Lorraine Nicolle and Ann Woodriff Beirne
Research shows that biochemical imbalances caused by nutritional deficiencies are a contributory factor in chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, auto-immune conditions and cancer. This handbook for practitioners explains how to identify and treat such biochemical imbalances in order to better understand and manage a patient's ill-health. The book examines a range of biochemical imbalances, including compromised adrenal or thyroid function, gastro-intestinal imbalances, immune system problems and sex hormone imbalances, and explains how and why such states occur.
Pbk 384pp 9781848190337 A$93 NZ$122 2010.04 more detail
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MAGINATION PRESS
Bald-Headed Princess: Cancer, Chemo, and Courage
Maribeth R Ditmars
What is a girl with cancer to do? Will her friends still want to hang out with her now that she has cancer? Can she play soccer? How will she deal with being out of school? How will she manage homework from home and the hospital? Can she please get back to a normal life? A life with hair and without chemo? Discover with Isabel that having cancer doesn't have to change who she is - a budding teenager and an awesome soccer princess. Her strength and courage, and fabulous sense of humor, helps carry her though it all.
Pbk 80pp 9781433807381 A$17.95 NZ$23.95 2010.04 more detail
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Santucci
Antonio Gramsci is a giant of Marxian thought and one of the world’s greatest cultural critics. Gramscian terms such as “civil society” and “hegemony” are much used in everyday political discourse. Antonio Santucci warns us, however, that these words have been appropriated by both radicals and conservatives for contemporary and often self-serving ends that often have nothing to do with Gramsci’s purposes in developing them. Rather what we must do, and what Santucci illustrates time and again in his dissection of Gramsci’s writings, is absorb Gramsci’s methods.
Pbk 176pp 9781583672105 A$26.95 NZ$35.95 2010.06 more detail
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History
Thomas Barfield
Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today. Thomas Barfield introduces readers to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the regional, cultural, and political differences that divide them.
Hbk 400pp 9780691145686 A$49.95 NZ$69 2010.04 more detail
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