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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
What is Biodiversity?
James Maclaurin and Kim Stereleny
In the life sciences, there is wide-ranging debate about biodiversity.Here, Maclaurin and Sterelny explore not only the origins of the concept of biodiversity, but also how that concept has been shaped by ecology and more recently by conservation biology.An erudite, provocative, timely, and creative attempt to answer a fundamental question, What Is Biodiversity? will become a foundational text in the life sciences and studies thereof.
Pbk 336pp 9780226500812 $37.95 2008.06 more detail
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TRANSACTION PUBLISHERS
We Give Our Hearts to Dogs to Tear: Intimations of Their Immortality
Alston Chase
This is the story of a family and their animal companions for thirty years. It is at one level about the Jack Russell terriers Ifrit, Bungee and their own friends as well as the people who nominally owned them and other dogs as well. Alston Chase tells of his search for the immortality of dogs, what makes them special, and why we willingly give them our hearts knowing that someday they'll die and leave us bereft.
Hbk 135pp 9781412807791 $56.95 2008.04 more detail
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SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
SAGE Handbook of New Approaches in Management and Organization
David Barry and Hans Hansen (NZ)
In one edited volume, David Barry and Hans Hansen have commissioned new chapters that will allow readers to stay one step ahead of the latest thinking. Contributors draw on research and practice to introduce ideas that are considered 'fringe' and controversial today, but may be key theoretical contributions tomorrow.
Hbk 448pp 9781412912181 $217 2008.06 more detail
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SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Career, Work, and Mental Health: Integrating Career and Personal Counseling
Vernon Zunker
Individuals seeking career counseling often present with a complex array of issues, and thus it is often difficult for counselors to separate career satisfaction and development from other mental health issues. Career, Work, and Mental Health examines this tightly woven connection between mental health issues and career development and offers practical ways for counselors to blend career and personal counseling.
Pbk 288pp 9781412964241 $71 2008.06 more detail
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Archeaological Oceanography
Robert D Ballard
Archaeological Oceanography is the definitive book on the newly emerging field of deep-sea archaeology. Marine archaeologists have been finding and excavating underwater shipwrecks since at least the early 1950s, but until recently their explorations have been restricted to depths considered shallow by oceanographic standards. This book describes the latest advances that enable researchers to probe the secrets of the deep ocean, and the vital contributions these advances offer to archaeology and fields like maritime history and anthropology.
Hbk 280pp 9780691129402 $65 2008.07 more detail
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NEW SOCIETY PUBLISHERS
Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects
Dmitry Orlov
In the waning days of the American Empire the US administration finds itself mired in political crisis; foreign policy has come under sharp criticism; and the economy is in steep decline. These trends mirror the experience of the Soviet Union in the early 1980's. Reinventing Collapse examines the circumstances of the demise of the Soviet superpower and offers clear insights into how we might prepare for coming events.
Pbk 256pp 9780865716063 $32.95 2008.06 more detail
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MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
Conduct: Sociology and Social Worlds
Liz McFall, Paul du Gay and Simon Carter
This book offers an innovative perspective on how individual behaviour is socially patterned. It draws in part on the massive recent explosion of self-help manuals, television shows, and internet sites designed to produce and sanction particular forms of behaviour. It also taps into the enduring fascination with situations in which extreme and violent conduct is widespread. As such it offers a unique sociological perspective on both mundane, everyday and extreme, exceptional conduct.
Pbk 224pp 9780719078132 $62 2008.06 more detail
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JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Great Answers to Difficult Questions About Adoption: What Children Need to Know
Fanny Cohen Herlem
Why was I abandoned? Why did my parents adopt me? What if I want to meet my biological parents? Children who find out they are adopted have many questions that are difficult for a parent to answer. This book explores children's thoughts and feelings and provides parents with guidance on how to respond to difficult questions.
Pbk 112pp 9781843106715 $25.95 2008.06 more detail
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JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Great Answers to Difficult Questions About Divorce: What Children Need to Know
Fanny Cohen Herlem
Is it my fault that my parents are getting divorced? Do I have to choose between my mum and my dad?Is it normal to feel angry with my parents?When faced with their parents' divorce, children have many concerns and questions that are difficult for a parent to answer. This book explores children's thoughts and feelings and provides parents with guidance on how to respond to difficult questions.
Pbk 92pp 9781843106722 $25.95 2008.06 more detail
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GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
Catholic Moral Theology in the United States
Charles E Curran
In this magisterial volume Charles E Curran surveys the historical development of Catholic moral theology in the United States from its 19th century roots to the present day. He begins by tracing the development of pre-Vatican II moral theology that, with the exception of social ethics, had the limited purpose of training future confessors to know what actions are sinful and the degree of sinfulness.
Pbk 288pp 9781589011960 $41.95 2008.06 more detail
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GUILFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
What Works for Bipolar Kids: Help and Hope for Parents
Mani Pavuluri
In this compassionate and optimistic book, expert clinician and renowned researcher Mani Pavuluri helps guide parents to proven treatments that are right for their child. Based on 20 years of experience with bipolar kids and their families, the book delivers step-by-step strategies for reducing or eliminating problems with mania, depression, aggression, sleep disturbances, and other symptoms.
Pbk 250pp 9781593854072 $24.95 2008.06 more detail
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FLORIS BOOKS
The Human Being and the Animal World
Charles Kovacs
This is a resource book for teaching about animals in comparison to human beings. It is recommended for Classes 4 and 5 (age 9 to 11) in the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum. Charles Kovacs taught in Edinburgh so there is a strong Scottish flavour to the animals discussed in the first half of the book, including seals, red deer and eagles. In the later chapters, he covers elephants, horses and bears.
Pbk 144pp 9780863156403 $25.95 2008.06 more detail
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Zoographies: The Question of the Animal from Heidegger to Derrida
Matthew Calarco
“The question of the animal," according to Matthew Calarco, "is one of the central issues in contemporary critical discourse." Zoographies challenges the anthropocentrism of the Continental philosophical tradition and advances the position that, although some distinctions are valid, humans and animals are best viewed as part of an ontological whole. He draws on ethological and evolutionary evidence and the work of Heidegger, who called for a radicalised responsibility toward all life forms; Levinas, who raised questions about the nature and scope of ethics; Agamben, who argued that the "anthropological machine" is responsible for the horrors of the twentieth century; and Derrida, who began to conceive of a nonanthropocentric ethics.
Pbk 171pp 9780231140232 $36.95 2008.06 more detail
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CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS
To Plead Our Own Cause: Personal Stories by Today`s Slaves
Kevin Bales and Zoe Trodd
There are twenty-seven million slaves alive today, more than at any point in history, and they are found on every continent in the world except Antarctica. To Plead Our Own Cause contains ninety-five narratives by slaves and former slaves from around the globe. Told in the words of slaves themselves, the narratives movingly and eloquently chronicle the horrors of contemporary slavery, the process of becoming free, and the challenges faced by former slaves as they build a life in freedom.
Pbk 264pp 9780801474385 $29.95 2008.06 more detail
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AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Ethics Desk Reference for Psychologists
Jeffrey E Barnett and Brad Johnson
The Ethics Desk Reference for Psychologists is an easy-to-use pocket guide that aids psychologists in identifying and avoiding ethical dilemmas. Authors Barnett and Johnson provide a jargon-free summary of each section of the APA Ethics Code (2002), note common dilemmas and conflicts that are associated with each section, and offer practical suggestions for preventing conflict and for promoting positive practice.
Spb 200pp 9781433803529 $66 2008.06 more detail
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