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Books in Social sciences

The Social Sciences collection forms a definitive resource for those entering, researching, or teaching in any of the many disciplines making up this interdisciplinary area of study. Written by experts and researchers from both Academic and Commercial domains, titles offer global scope and perspectives.

Key subject areas include: Library and Information Science; Transportation; Urban Studies; Geography, Planning, and Development; Security; Emergency Management.

  • Law Relating to International Banking

    • 1st Edition
    • Graham Roberts
    • English
    The author has provided an analysis of the principles of private international law as applicable to banking. This is the first book to provide coverage and analysis of the law and practice relating to syndicated loans, bonds, loan transfers and swaps in a single volume. It will be essential reading for all bankers who require an understanding of international banking law.

  • Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology

    • 1st Edition
    • Edward Bittar
    • English

  • 150 Things You Should Know About Security

    • 1st Edition
    • Lawrence J. Fennelly + 1 more
    • English
    150 Things You Should Know About Security describes current interests, concerns, and needs pertinent to effective security. Several themes have been included, such as management principles and styles, communications, security applications, investigations, technology, physical security, the future, and others. Security and asset practitioners build their professional reputations upon a foundation of measurable achievements in support of a business plan. Specifically, the reduction and prevention of crime, loss, and liability risks are the main issues that influence where and when attention and resources must be focused. Two Internet appendices are included: security-related Web sites in general and missing children Web sites.

  • Cost-Outcome Methods for Mental Health

    • 1st Edition
    • William A. Hargreaves + 3 more
    • English
    Cost-Outcome Methods for Mental Health provides an overview of the choices and judgments used to evaluate the cost effectiveness of mental health treatment. It presents economic concepts of cost, discusses the various approaches to cost-outcome studies, and focuses on the way such studies apply to mental health. It is a practical guide rather than a theoretical treatment of cost-effectiveness analyses. Readers are guided through the process of designing cost-outcome studies; measuring costs, interventions, and outcomes; analyzing study results; and using findings to guide policy and practice. The book introduces readers who do not have a background in economics to apply economic methods of cost-outcome research, and prepares them for productive collaboration with economists in mental health services research.

  • Handbook of Communication and Emotion

    Research, Theory, Applications, and Contexts
    • 1st Edition
    • Peter A. Andersen + 1 more
    • English
    Emotion is once again at the forefront of research in social psychology and personality. The Handbook of Communication and Emotion provides a comprehensive look at the questions and answers of interest in the field: How are specific emotions (fear, jealousy, anger, love) communicated? How does the effectiveness, or ineffectiveness, of this communication affect relationships? How is the communication of emotion utilized to deceive, or persuade, others? This important reference work is edited by top researchers in the field of communication and authored by a who's who in emotion and communication.

  • Intellectual Property Rights and their Valuation

    A Handbook for Bankers, Companies and Their Advisers
    • 1st Edition
    • Peter Groves
    • English
    This book is designed to provide an introduction to an area of the law which even now remains a closed book to the majority of practising lawyers. Bankers are not expected to have an intimate knowledge of the law relating to intellectual property, but they should have, because customers are likely to own intellectual property rights which offer a valuable source of security for lending transactions. The banker dealing with clients who own intellectual property should be able to distinguish patents and trademarks, and appreciate what copyright may protect. This book is a valuable tool in this process. Finally, the impact of the European Union, which will radically reshape intellectual property laws in the UK in the next few years is considered.

  • Practical Digital Libraries

    Books, Bytes, and Bucks
    • 1st Edition
    • Michael Lesk
    • English
    A digital library is not merely a collection of electronic information. It is an organized and digitized system of data that can serve as a rich resource for its user community. This authoritative and accessible guide for librarians and computer scientists explores the technologies behind digital libraries, the choices to be made in building them, and the economic and policy structures that affect them.The most comprehensive book on the subject, Practical Digital Libraries* offers the most wide-ranging overview of digital libraries currently available* analyzes economic and intellectual issues in the emerging digital environment* shows how text, images, audio, and video can be represented, distributed, used, and collected as forms of knowledge

  • The Executive Protection Professional's Manual

    • 1st Edition
    • Philip Holder + 1 more
    • English
    There is a big difference between an "Executive Protection Professional" and a "Bodyguard." This book separates truth from myth. Two authors, both experts in their respective fields, give you the facts and critical knowledge about the field of executive protection. Together they provide a wealth of knowledge about this unique and exciting field. This book not only explains what it takes to be an executive protection specialist but gives other valuable information as well. This includes, tips on defensive tactics, bomb search, searching for bugging devices, firearms training tips, defensive and evasive driving, and advance reconnaissance. This unique book also covers how to select the area of executive protection that you would like to work in, what you should make, the interview, and stories from real life experiences of an executive protection professional. Philip Holder is the creator of the Six Zone Safeguard System of Self Defense (Sometimes called the Sidewinder System after his "Sidewinder Executive Protection Consultants"). He is also the chief Instructor and Grandmaster of the North American Wing Chun Association and its Ying Gi Ga method of Wing Chun Kung Fu. His many years as an executive protection professional (EPP), his work as an executive protection consultant, and as a personal trainer, along with his 35 years in the martial arts and his experience in full contact fighting all come together to provide a true sense of realism in his classes and seminars. Donna Lea Hawley is a retired lawyer who has written a number of books and articles on law, firearms, hunter education, and self defense. She teaches seminars on sports liability, shooting, carrying concealed weapons, the law of self defense and use of deadly force, and self defense for the past fifteen years. She is a firearms instructor who has taught over a thousand people shooting skills and firearms safety. She holds six NRA Instructor Certifications.

  • Domestic Security Systems

    Build or Improve Your Own Intruder Alarm System
    • 1st Edition
    • A L Brown
    • English
    House break-ins have increased by a factor of three in the UK over the last 20 years. Few people have not been touched by the affects, even if only though the experience of family and friends who have suffered a burglary. There is a way to reduce significantly the chances of being targeted by thieves: fit an alarm. But isn't that expensive and complicated? Not if you build your own system. This book shows you how, with common sense and basic do-it-yourself skills, you can protect your home. It also gives tips and ideas which will help you to maintain and improve your home security, even if you already have an alarm. Every circuit in this book is clearly described and illustrated, and contains components that are easy to source. Advice and guidance are based on the real experience of the author who is an alarm installer, and the designs themselves have been rigorously put to use on some of the most crime-ridden streets in the world. To illustrate the principles described in this book, Tony Brown has used two examples of houses, one a typical semi-detached home and one an average three-bedroomed detached bungalow (for which designs would also suit an apartment). Working systems are shown in operation based on these examples. The designs in this book include all elements, including sensors, detectors, alarms, controls, lights, video and door entry systems. Chapters cover installation, testing and maintenance, and upgrading. Better safe than sorry, and you won't be sorry if you use this book.

  • Defensive Tactics for the Security Professional

    • 1st Edition
    • Philip Holder
    • English
    Defensive Tactics for the Security Professional is a unique and comprehensive reference for security professionals will teach self-defense tactics and the legality of using them in various circumstances. Defensive Tactics is a unique and comprehensive reference for security professionals. It covers the psychological, the physical, and the practical aspects involved in training defensive tactics. It stresses the types of situations a security professional could encounter and recommends how to handle them. It draws on the author's almost 40 years of experience. Philip Holder covers it all: from awareness training, liability issues, the psychology of defensive tactics and threat reduction;to applications of hand-to-hand combat, weapons defense, and defending against multiple attackers.Philip Holder is one of the world's top defensive tactics authorities, an executive protection expert, and an internationally renowned martial arts Kung Fu Grandmaster. His teaching encompasses the physical and psychological aspects of personal development. His personal "hands-on experience" gives a true sense of realism to his classes and seminars. He has appeared in many of the world's top martial arts and defensive tactics magazines, on television, on talk-radio, and on videotape.

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