Product Description: Eastern philosophy is the most ancient form of thought known to man. This graphic guide brilliantly explains the complex branches of Indian Buddhism and the traditions of Confucius and the Tao in China, and demonstrates their fundamental differences from Western notions of truth...read more

Product Description: What is psychotherapy? How can we choose wisely from so much on offer?This book provides a valuable summary of the main therapies: the "talking cures" of psychoanalysis, behavioral and cognitive techniques, somatic solutions, humanist gestalt and existential approaches, and individual and group therapies...read more

Product Description: Introducing Genetics takes readers on a journey through this new science to the discovery of DNA and the heart of the human gene map. In everyday life, many of us increasingly have to make moral decisions where genetics plays a part. This book gives us the information to do so.

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Product Description: Introducing Mathematics traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing an accessible introduction to topics such as algebra and chaos theory.

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Product Description: With humor, depth, and philosophical and historical insight, DNA reaches out to a wide range of readers with its graphic portrayal of a complicated science. Suitable for use in and out of the classroom, this volume covers DNA's many marvels, from its original discovery in 1869 to early-twentieth-century debates on the mechanisms of inheritance and the deeper nature of life's evolution and variety...read more

Product Description: "Introducing Buddha" describes the life and teachings of the Buddha, but it also shows that enlightenment is a matter of experiencing the truth individually and by inspiration which is passed from teacher to student. Superbly illustrated by Borin Van Loon, the book illuminates this process through a rich legacy of stories and explains the practices of meditation, Taoism and Zen...read more

Product Description: The Great Sand Sea in Egypt presents the history of one of the large sand seas in the Sahara, beginning with the sand supply by fluvial transport from partly distant areas and also by local sandstone weathering. It also details sand as carrier of information and shows the possibilities of sedimentary analysis in dealing with such a topic...read more

Product Description: What are media? Why are more and more objects being turned into media? How do people interconnect with the media in structuring their everyday lives? "In Media Technology: Critical Perspectives", Joost van Loon illustrates how throughout the course of society, different forms of media have helped to shape our perceptions, expectations and interpretations of reality...read more

Product Description: There are an astonishing number of treatments available to us for all types of disorders. But how can we choose wisely from so much on offer? "Introducing Psychotherapy" is a unique and valuable guide for anyone who wants to understand more about the subject of psychotherapy...read more

Product Description: Eastern philosophy is the most ancient form of thought known to man. More and more people are turning towards the integrated approach of Eastern thought, but often in a vague and generalized way. "Introducing Eastern Philosophy" focuses on India and China, the two oldest and most influential origins of Eastern thought...read more

'The comic book approach to learning mathematics for kids who do not like textbooks is fun, easy, and packed with all kinds of information.'

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The author presents an introduction to this ancient and often baffling religion, presenting its many contradictions while offering coverage of its many traditions, theologies, and deities. Original.

Product Description: Cultural studies signals a major academic revolution as we begin the new millennium. But what exactly is it, and how is it applied? It is a discipline that claims not to be a discipline - a radical critical approach for understanding racial, national, social and gender identities...read more

Brief text commenting on the disciplines known as collectively as 'cultural studies' accompanies cartoon-type illustrations recounting the theories of the major figures in the field in Britain, Europe, North America, and other areas.

Product Description: 1930. The biography of Rembrandt, a painter and etcher of some renown who lived and worked (which in his case was the same) in the town of Amsterdam (which is in Holland) and died of general neglect and diverse other unfortunate circumstances on the fourth of October of the year of Grace 1669 (God have mercy upon his soul) and who was attended in his afflictions by one Joannis van Loon Doctor Medicinae and Chirurgeon in Extraordinary to a vast number of humble citizens whose enduring gratitude has erected him a monument less perishable than granite and more enduring than porphyry and who during a most busy life yet found time to write down these personal recollections of the greatest of his fellow-citizens and which are now for the first time presented (provided with as few notes, emendations and critical observations as possible) by his great-great-grandson, nine times removed Hendrik Willem van Loon...read more

Product Description: This illustrated volume breaks new ground with a pioneering survey of the history of the earth sciences in Suriname. The authors trace the development of earth sciences in the country from Suriname's first explorers in the early seventeenth century through the scientists of the present-day independent nation...read more

Looks at the life of the noted naturalist, explores previous theories about the nature of life, summarizes arguments supporting the theory of evolution, and discusses more recent discoveries in genetics.

Product Description: The question as to whether we are now entering a risk society has become a key debate in contemporary social theory. Risk and Technological Culture presents a critical discussion of the main theories of risk from Ulrich Becks foundational work to that of his contemporaries such as Anthony Giddens and Scott Lash and assesses the extent to which risk has impacted on modern societies...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book presents some of the latest information available about inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and applications of this instrumental technique to the analysis of a variety of materials. Written in a concise, straight-forward manner, Part one includes chapters on the principles, theory, and practice of ICP-MS...read more

Product Description: Ulrich Beck's best selling Risk Society established risk on the sociological agenda. It brought together a wide range of issues centering on environmental, health and personal risk, provided a rallying ground for researchers and activists in a variety of social movements and acted as a reference point for state and local policies in risk management...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)