Represents the first feminist survey of the most significant subject in Western art. It reveals how the female nude is now both at the centre and at the margins of high culture.

The explosion of the use of VCRs in the home has provided the most significant new form of home entertainment since television. Gray discusses the experiences of women using VCRs and the social and ... more »

The Endangered Self focuses on how the discovery of an HIV positive status affects the individual's sense of identity, on the experience of living with HIV and its effects on the individual's social... more »

Stirling includes clinical descriptions and case studies to illustrate various forms of agnosia, aphasia and the split brain syndrome.

Considers friendships and more intimate relationships including why we need them, how they are formed, what we get out of them and the stages through which they go.

Kohut believed that narcissistic vulnerabilites play a significant part in the suffering that brings people for treatment. Siegel uses examples from his own practice to show how Kohut's theories can... more »

The book provides counsellors with essential information on how to understand and best work within a school context. It covers a wide range of problems encountered and includes contributions by expe... more »

Karen Chapman presents education as a political issue, shaped by political decisions. She illustrates the main perspectives on education since the 1940s.

A clear and concise overview of state-of-the-art reasearch into emotion focusing on cognitive appraisal, bodily changes, action tendencies and expressive displays.

In British Cinema in the Fifties, Geraghty examines some of the most popular films of this period, exploring the ways in which they reworked contemporary social issues and themes such as national id... more »

Featuring an outstanding panel of Russian contributors, this collection is a valuable resource for students and scholars of politics, gender studies and Russian studies.

Learning with Computers brings together research that shows how working with others at the computer can be beneficial to learners of all ages, from early school years to the highest levels of educa... more »

Rodney Castledon uses the results of recent archaeological research to produce a readable and comprehensive new vision of the peoples of Minoan Crete, one of Europe's most fascinating peoples.more »

Erica Frydenberg provides a clear account of current research and thinking on coping, which is complemented by the voices of young people throughout the book.

Ancient History from Coins demystifies numismatics, introducing students to the techniques, methods, problems and advantages of using coins to do ancient history, and provides - through numerous exa... more »

This fully revised edition focuses on the major issues and assesses the validity of the different intepretations advanced on the origins of the First World War.

In this clear, concise and practical book John Hayes increases our awareness of those techniques which will help us to manage working relationships more effectively.

The book considers the way in which humans interpret analyse and remember information about the social world. Topics covered include: attribution, social schemas and social representations, prejudic... more »

Robert De Board takes Toad one step further from the famous book and writes an engaging account of him going into counselling. In ten chapters,this will capture the imagination of readers and people... more »

This book is an analysis of the 'danger' involved in various qualitative research settings. A variety of different contributions are considered providing researchers and students with insights into ... more »

Covers the key issues in the field of dialectologies including social and regional variaties and different variations of language.

This study offers new translations of significant parts of his work, critically based on a complete reconstruction of the original Greek in the French series Sources Chretiennes.

Gathers leading contributors from the fields of communication, cultural studies, anthropology, media studies, sociology and psychology to provide a series of interdisciplinary perspectives on the me... more »

Provides a simple method of assessing the degree and nature of loneliness and includes practical strategies for helping clients to manage their social problems. The book will be of particular benefi... more »

This is a simple introduction to the many psychological therapies in use today, including cognitive-behavioural, humanistic and psychodynamic approaches.