More objects and devices are connected to digital networks than ever before. Things - from your phone to your car, from the heating to the lights in your house - have gathered the ability to sense their environments and create information about what is happening. Things have become media, able to both generate and communicate information.

This has become known as 'the internet of things'. In this accessible introduction, Graham Meikle and Mercedes Bunz observe its promises of convenience and ...

An accessible introduction to the Indus, an extraordinary and tantalizing ‘lost’ ancient civilization.

Family researcher Lucy Blake pulls apart our expectations about family and shows us how to embrace the messy, beautiful reality.

Including a new introduction on the British response to the Ukraine crisis - the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the scandalous reality of Britain's new position in the world

Providing trainees, practitioners and researchers with a comprehensive introduction to the latest findings in the field, this book sets out, in a jargon-free way, the evidence for the effectiveness of therapy and the factors associated with positive therapeutic outcomes.

This engaging and thoroughly comprehensive introduction to the content and process of counselling training will be an essential companion for new students throughout their study, whether on basic introductory or postgraduate diploma courses.

A new edition of a successful book from one of the biggest names in the field of the sociology of religion. The first edition is widely adopted and cited throughout the world, and readers will be keen to see this revised and updated version.

The clearest and most straightforward explanations of statistical concepts are combined with lots of practical examples from a variety of disciplines, now with a brand new website with additional resources for students and lecturers.

There is a long tradition of comparing cities with organisms as they have similarities in their anatomy. In this book, through charts and maps generated from satelite images various city structures are compared across five different dimensions and their influence on the city's identity through the lived experience of the inhabitants is discussed.

- Gebaseerd op het wetenschappelijke model van de Big Five;

- theoretische onderbouwing én praktische oefeningen;

- geschikt voor alle onderwijsvormen, incl. zelfstudie.

Persoonlijke kwaliteit geeft studenten inzicht in de kwaliteiten die zij nodig hebben in het door hen geambieerde werkveld. Het boek helpt hen om die kwaliteiten te ontwikkelen. Het gaat hierbij om aspecten die in de verschillende opleidingsprofielen worden genoemd en waar bij sollicitaties naar wordt gevraagd.

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