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  • The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement

    Through an Anthropological Lens

    by P. David Howe ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
    Do the Paralympic Games empower the disability sport community?Like many other contemporary sporting institutions, the Paralympic Games have made the transition from pastime to spectacle, and the profile of athletes with disabilities has been increased as a result. This book reviews the current status of the Paralympics and challenges the mainstream assumption that the Games are a vehicle for ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Compleat Social Worker

    by David Howe ...
    The role of the social worker is to be found lying interestingly between society and the individuals they work with. As a result, social workers often feel pulled between the demands and challenges that each presents. The Compleat Social Worker explores the many debates the profession enjoys, including those between nature and nurture, care and control, thought and feeling, art and science, facts ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Science and Sensibility

    From the Heavens Above to the Earth Below

    by David Howe ...
    In an outer arm of the spiralling Milky Way galaxy can be seen an insignificant speck. This is our home, planet Earth. Its skies, clouds, lands and seas, and indeed life itself have long drawn the interest of scientists and artists alike. Our cultural and scientific history is evidence enough that curiosity and wonder are the twin drivers of both scientific and artistic imaginations. In Science ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Rocks and Rain, Reason and Romance

    The Lake District - landscape, people, art and achievements

    by David Howe ...
    David Howe tells the story of the Lake District, England's most dramatic landscape. Home to vistas of stunning beauty and a rich heritage, it is an area of England that fascinates, inspires – and has bewitched David for a lifetime.With passion and an endless curiosity, he reveals how half a billion years of shifting ice, violent volcanoes and (of course) falling rain have shaped the lakes and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Child Abuse and Neglect

    Attachment, Development and Intervention

    by David Howe ...
    This clear and compelling textbook provides a complete survey of the field of child abuse and neglect from the perspective of modern developmental attachment theory. It starts by describing the ways in which attachment difficulties manifest themselves in children's behaviour, and goes on looking at abuse, neglect, and compound cases of abuse and neglect, backing it all up with empirical research ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Empathy

    What it is and why it matters

    by David Howe ...
    Empathy is profoundly important for understanding people's feelings and behaviour. It is not only an essential skill in conducting successful personal and working relationships, it also helps us understand what makes people moral and societies decent.With this compelling book, David Howe invites the reader on an illuminating journey of discovery into how empathy was first conceptualised and how ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Extraction to Extinction

    Rethinking our Relationship with Earth's Natural Resources

    by David Howe ...
    Tracing our environmental impact through time, David Howe demonstrates how humanity’s exploitation of Earth’s natural resources has pushed our planet to its limit and asks: What’s next for our depleted planet?Everything we use started life in the earth, as a rock or a mineral vein, a layer of an ancient seabed, or perhaps the remains of a 400-million-year-old volcano. Humanity's ability to fashion ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Emotionally Intelligent Social Worker

    by David Howe ...
    Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles, this key textbook offers an insight on the theory of emotional intelligence and its vital practical value. Elegantly and succinctly written, it makes a powerful case for the importance of understanding and managing emotions for effective professional practice.Written for students and practitioners alike across a range of human services and caring ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Sport, Professionalism and Pain

    Ethnographies of Injury and Risk

    by David Howe ...
    Series series Ethics and Sport
    Are pain and injury managed appropriately in the environment of professional sport?Is sports medicine a tool to empower or to disempower athletes?David Howe considers these and other pertinent concerns and questions whether, in the world of modern sport, it is the participants themselves or the sport's administrators who exert more control over athletes' well being. Exploring the historical ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • An Introduction to Social Work Theory

    by David Howe ...
    Social workers need to recognize the critical role that theory plays both in the way they make sense of what is going on and in the way they order their work. Such recognition clarifies practice for both the worker and the client. David Howe's classic text provides a framework to help social workers develop an understanding of the theories which inescapably underpin their thoughts and actions. ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • The Television Companion Vol 1: The Unofficial and Unauthorised guide to Doctor Who

    by Stephen James Walker, David J Howe ...
    Series Book 1 - The Television Companion
    Everything you ever wanted to know about the classic era of the cult BBC television series Doctor Who (1963-1996) is contained in the two-volume set The Television Companion. Volume 1 covers the stories of the first three Doctors, portrayed by William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee.The essential companion for every trip you will ever take into the TV universe of classic Doctor Who. ... Read more

    $5.43 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Brief Introduction to Social Work Theory

    by David Howe, Darren Hill ...
    As a social worker, you must make sense of complex situations and determine the needs of various individuals. As star constellations offer a guide by which to navigate, social work theories offer ways to make sense of practice.Tackling the major theories used within social work, this book gives a concise and engaging overview of how practice is influenced by each approach described. The book ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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