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Beyond the Concept of Sport

by W Robert Griffiths ...

Beyond the Concept of Sport challenges tired assumptions about athletics to unveil sports' underestimated yet far-reaching social impact and philosophical significance. While governments downplay its influence, author Robert Griffiths recognizes that sports – especially cricket – deeply channels the human spirit for participants and fans alike. He eschews cliches to deliver fresh insight into ... Read more

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Beyond the Concept of Sport challenges tired assumptions about athletics to unveil sports' underestimated yet far-reaching social impact and philosophical significance. While governments downplay its influence, author Robert Griffiths recognizes that sports – especially cricket – deeply channels the human spirit for participants and fans alike. He eschews cliches to deliver fresh insight into
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A Legal Mind

Meditations on the Philosophy of Law and Life

by W Robert Griffiths ...

This book provides profound and fascinating insight into the way lawyers think and about the way others, including philosophers, think about their thinking. It also considers the nature of legal argument and the deployment of logic, reason and rationality in the exercise of that skill. And the extent to which intuition and instinct play a major role in legal analysis and judicial decision making. ... Read more

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This book provides profound and fascinating insight into the way lawyers think and about the way others, including philosophers, think about their thinking. It also considers the nature of legal argument and the deployment of logic, reason and rationality in the exercise of that skill. And the extent to which intuition and instinct play a major role in legal analysis and judicial decision making.
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Determined

A Science of Life without Free Will

by Robert M. Sapolsky ...

Narrated by Kaleo Griffith ...

Unabridged

13 hours 42 min

**The instant New York Times bestseller“Excellent…Outstanding for its breadth of research, the liveliness of the writing, and the depth of humanity it conveys.” – Wall Street Journal**One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound ... Read more

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**The instant New York Times bestseller“Excellent…Outstanding for its breadth of research, the liveliness of the writing, and the depth of humanity it conveys.” – Wall Street Journal**One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound
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U.S. Security Cooperation with Africa

Political and Policy Challenges

by Robert J. Griffiths ...

Series series Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
As Africa’s strategic importance has increased over the past decade and a half, United States security cooperation with the continent has expanded. The most visible dimension of this increased engagement was the establishment of the U.S. Military Command for Africa (AFRICOM). Some critics are skeptical of AFRICOM’s purpose and see the militarization of U.S. Africa policy while others question its ... Read more

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As Africa’s strategic importance has increased over the past decade and a half, United States security cooperation with the continent has expanded. The most visible dimension of this increased engagement was the establishment of the U.S. Military Command for Africa (AFRICOM). Some critics are skeptical of AFRICOM’s purpose and see the militarization of U.S. Africa policy while others question its
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Rethinking Secondary Mental Healthcare

A Perceptual Control Theory Perspective

by Robert Griffiths, Vyv Huddy, Stuart Eaton, Jasmine Waldorf, Warren Mansell ...

This book considers how principles derived from a theory of human behaviour - Perceptual Control Theory - can be applied to create mental health services that are more effective, efficient, and humane.Authored by clinicians, academics, and experts-by-experience, the text explores the way Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) principles can be applied within the secondary mental healthcare system – from ... Read more

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This book considers how principles derived from a theory of human behaviour - Perceptual Control Theory - can be applied to create mental health services that are more effective, efficient, and humane.Authored by clinicians, academics, and experts-by-experience, the text explores the way Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) principles can be applied within the secondary mental healthcare system – from
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Adult Social Care Law in England

by John Williams, Gwyneth Roberts, Aled Griffiths ...

Series series Reshaping Social Work
Social work law is at the foundation of all social work practice, from shaping professional boundaries to determining the level of intervention. Every case is complex and unique and therefore requires different legal treatment; this means it is absolutely vital that social workers not only understand the law, but are able to critically analyse the legal framework and apply it to their practice ... Read more

$38.09 USD

Social work law is at the foundation of all social work practice, from shaping professional boundaries to determining the level of intervention. Every case is complex and unique and therefore requires different legal treatment; this means it is absolutely vital that social workers not only understand the law, but are able to critically analyse the legal framework and apply it to their practice
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Exploring Flight! (Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files #1)

by Andrea Beaty, Theanne Griffith, David Roberts ...

Series Book 1 - The Questioneers
A new addition to the Questioneers series, a full-color nonfiction early reader series based on the new Ada Twist, Scientist Netflix series!Why do airplanes look the way they do? Why can’t birds fly when they’re first born? And why do some paper planes fly farther than others?Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files is the perfect nonfiction resource for all these questions and more. Discover ... Read more

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A new addition to the Questioneers series, a full-color nonfiction early reader series based on the new Ada Twist, Scientist Netflix series!Why do airplanes look the way they do? Why can’t birds fly when they’re first born? And why do some paper planes fly farther than others?Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files is the perfect nonfiction resource for all these questions and more. Discover
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Invitation to a Journey

A Road Map for Spiritual Formation

by Robert Mulholland ...

Narrated by Kaleo Griffith ...

Series series Transforming Resources
Unabridged

5 hours 53 min

M. Robert Mulholland Jr. defines spiritual formation as "the process of being formed in the image of Christ for the sake of others." Compact and solid, this definition encompasses the dynamics of a vital Christian life and counters our culture's tendency to make spirituality a trivial matter or reduce it to a private affair between "me and Jesus."In Invitation to a Journey, Mulholland helps ... Read more

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M. Robert Mulholland Jr. defines spiritual formation as "the process of being formed in the image of Christ for the sake of others." Compact and solid, this definition encompasses the dynamics of a vital Christian life and counters our culture's tendency to make spirituality a trivial matter or reduce it to a private affair between "me and Jesus."In Invitation to a Journey, Mulholland helps
... Read more
Slaying the Dragon- An Everyman's Rejection of God and Religion

An Everyman's Rejection of God and Religion

by Robert W. Griffiths ...

A broad critique of the negative role that religion has played in influencing human culture historically along with an updated look at its conflict with the atheist ethos. This goes hand in hand with a personal reflection on why the author became a non-believer. ... Read more

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A broad critique of the negative role that religion has played in influencing human culture historically along with an updated look at its conflict with the atheist ethos. This goes hand in hand with a personal reflection on why the author became a non-believer.
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Deconstructing Health Inequity

A Perceptual Control Theory Perspective

by Timothy A. Carey, Sara J. Tai, Robert Griffiths ...

Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
This book offers a radically different perspective on the topic of health inequity. Carey, Tai, and Griffiths use Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) to deconstruct current approaches to understanding, investigating, and addressing problems of health inequity. In the book, the authors propose that health inequity is not a problem per se. Disrupted control, they argue, is the problem that needs to be ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book offers a radically different perspective on the topic of health inequity. Carey, Tai, and Griffiths use Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) to deconstruct current approaches to understanding, investigating, and addressing problems of health inequity. In the book, the authors propose that health inequity is not a problem per se. Disrupted control, they argue, is the problem that needs to be
... Read more
Infectious Forest Diseases

by J Stenlid, Robert Edmonds, Lilja Arija, Helen Griffiths, Robert Mathiasen, Naoto Kamata, Jean Guillaumin, Kathy Lewis, Caroline Mohammed, Rimvydas Vasaitis, Thomas Harrington, Thomas Kirisits, William Otrosina, Bernard Slippers, Daniel Rigling, Marieka Gryzenhout, Roberto Danti, Thomas Cech, Michael Ostry, Paolo Capretti, Rosie Bradshaw, Tadeusz Kowalski, Matteo Garbelotto, Richard Hamelin, Michael Wingfield, Libor Jankovský ...

Today, forest health and the management of threats towards it are attracting more and more attention on a global scale. This book covers the most recent advances in the management of forest diseases, including the epidemiology and infection biology of forest pathogens, and forest protection based on integrated pest and disease management approaches. A comprehensive range of diseases caused by ... Read more

$251.89 USD

Today, forest health and the management of threats towards it are attracting more and more attention on a global scale. This book covers the most recent advances in the management of forest diseases, including the epidemiology and infection biology of forest pathogens, and forest protection based on integrated pest and disease management approaches. A comprehensive range of diseases caused by
... Read more
Rhino! The Rhinoceros from Africa to Asia

An informational review of this iconic animal—from its past as an almost mythical creature, to the present day where its very existence is being threatened.

by Robert R. Griffith ...

Far from a slow-moving beast that appears to be a survivor from the past, the fast and nimble rhino is hardly the brute that its appearance suggests to many.These incredible animals, capable of running at 30 mph, gentle plant eaters, no threat to their neighboring wildlife—if not threatened themselves—a relic from days gone by, with a gentle bleating voice that so contrasts with their physical ... Read more

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Far from a slow-moving beast that appears to be a survivor from the past, the fast and nimble rhino is hardly the brute that its appearance suggests to many.These incredible animals, capable of running at 30 mph, gentle plant eaters, no threat to their neighboring wildlife—if not threatened themselves—a relic from days gone by, with a gentle bleating voice that so contrasts with their physical
... Read more

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