Human Behavior and Environmental Sustainability
Environmental sustainability is a necessity for all countries worldwide, and it is strongly related to human quality of life. Given that sustainability problems largely result from human-environment interactions, social and behavioral research is ...
Handbook of Personality and Self-Regulation
The Handbook of Personality and Self-Regulation integrates scholarly research on self-regulation in the personality, developmental, and social psychology traditions for a broad audience of social and behavioral scientists interested in the process...
Handbook of Structural Equation Modeling, Second Edition
The definitive one-stop resource on structural equation modeling (SEM) from leading methodologists is now in a significantly revised second edition. Twenty-three new chapters cover model selection, bifactor models, item parceling, multitrait-multi...
Structural Equation Modeling for Social and Personality Psychology
Structural Equation Modeling offers a nontechnical presentation of SEM with an emphasis on applications in social and personality psychology. The presentation begins with a discussion of the relation between SEM and statistical stra...
Emotional Climates, Human Security, and Cultures of Peace
This volume deals with the challenge of measuring the emotional atmospheres, climates and cultures that affect humans at different periods of time. Individual articles deal with the emotional climate in different prisons, communities, regions, and...
Greg the Sausage Roll: Santa's Little Helper
THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER The tinsel is up in the bakery, the lights are twinkling and the mince pies are sold out. It's CHRISTMAS EVE! Greg the Sausage Roll is so excited he could burst. And when he's scooped up as a last-minute treat for...
Greg the Sausage Roll: 12 Days of Christmas
Greg the Sausage Roll stars in this hilarious twist on everyone's favourite Christmas rhyme! Greg, Gloria and the mini sausage rolls are rounding up all their friends - 11 elves a-wrapping, 8 reindeer munching, 6 six baubles bouncing . . . Join th...
Negotiating Domestic Violence
This book examines the factors which shape the criminal justice response to domestic violence in the light of policy changes at the beginning of the 1990s which aimed to increase arrest rates. In particular, the book discusses the needs and expect...
Our LadBaby Journey
An inspirational and hilarious autobiography by music chart-topping, social media sensations LadBaby, AKA Mark and Roxanne Hoyle, telling the unbelievable, drama-filled story of how they became the nation's favourite family and the rollercoaster h...
Handbook of Individual Differences in Social Behavior
How do individual differences interact with situational factors to shape social behavior? Are people with certain traits more likely to form lasting marriages; experience test-taking anxiety; break the law; feel optimistic about the future? This h...
Pattern Formation
From the stripes of a zebra and the spots on a leopard's back to the ripples on a sandy beach or desert dune, regular patterns arise everywhere in nature. The appearance and evolution of these phenomena has been a focus of recent research activity...
The Challenge
The Challenge
Knit: Dynamic Patterns and Techniques for Creative Making
A dynamic intermediate/advanced level knitting guide with creative techniques and nearly 15 gorgeous, contemporary projects - including garments, accessories and homeware. The slow, mindful craft of hand knitting is good for the planet and good for the mind. Meditative and fulfilling, it gives crafters a sense of accomplishment as well as a unique final product. In KNIT, knitwear designer and ROWS founder Alice Hoyle shows you how to create dynamic pieces with creative and inspiring techniques. Along with the approximately 15 patterns, this book covers: - Yarn Choice: How yarn choice and color can transform projects. - Stash Yarn: How to easily use leftover half balls of yarn from other projects to create amazing things. - Scrap Yarn: Thrumming technique to use up tiny scraps leftover from other projects. - Upcycling: Cutting up existing materials to create yarn. - Reuse: How to unwind an existing sweater to reuse the yarn. - Interesting and inspiring stitch techniques to use in the
Informal Learning in Organizations
As the pace of change in the workplace accelerates and training budgets are challenged, it becomes essential for employees to learn as they go along. In this connected world, new ways of learning are emerging all of the time, whether the learning ...
Automotive Quality Systems Handbook
ISO/TS 16949:2002 (TS2) will have a huge impact on the whole of the automobile industry as it formalises, under a single world-wide standard, the quality system that must be met by vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers. This handbook is the on...
ISO 9000 Quality Systems Handbook-updated for the ISO 9001: 2015 standard
Completely revised to align with ISO 9001:2015, this handbook has been the bible for users of ISO 9001 since 1994, helping organizations get certified and increase the quality of their outputs. Whether you are an experienced professional, a novice...
Knit
The slow, mindful craft of hand knitting is good for the planet and good for the mind. Meditative and fulfilling, it gives crafters a sense of accomplishment as well as a unique final product. In Knit, knitwear designer and ROWS founder Alice Hoyl...
15 Math Concepts Every Data Scientist Should Know
Create more effective and powerful data science solutions by learning when, where, and how to apply key math principles that drive most data science algorithms Key Features Understand key data science algorithms with Python-based examples Increase...
Thirteen
Adam's thirteenth birthday marks the start of a deadly countdown as a crazed cult leader targets him for sacrifice. Thirteen boys. Twelve dead. One survives. For now . . . Adam was born at the stroke of midnight at the start of a new millennium. H...
Spiders
In this chilling YA thriller from the author of Thirteen, a sinister cult closes in on Adam, putting his life in grave danger once again. Adam may have survived once, but a cult still has him in its sights. And this time he may not escape with his...
Three Classic Novels
In addition to being the man who coined the term 'the Big Bang', world-renowned astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle also produced a fine body of science fiction. This omnibus contains three of his SF novels: Ossian's Ride, October the First Is Too Late &...
The Black Cloud
A select group of scientists and astronomers - including the dignified Astronomer Royal, the pipe smoking Dr Marlowe and the maverick, eccentric Professor Kingsly - engage in a mad race to understand and communicate with the cloud, battling agains...
Quality Management Essentials
From the best-selling quality management author, David Hoyle, Quality Management Essentials is the perfect brief, yet authoritative, introduction to the fundamentals of quality management. Quality in organizations, large or small, is achieved with...
The Andromeda Anthology
In addition to being the man who coined the term 'the Big Bang', world-renowned astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle also produced a fine body of science fiction. The Andromeda Anthology contains the acclaimed duology A for Andromeda and Th...
Remaking of Archival Values
The Remaking of Archival Values posits that archival theory and practice are fields in flux, and that recent critical archival discourse that addresses neoliberalism, racism, and the legacies of colonialism and patriarchy represents a disruption n...
What is Criminology?
Criminology is a booming discipline, yet one which can appear divided and fractious. In this rich and diverse collection of 34 essays, some of the worlds leading criminologists respond to a series of questions designed to investigate the state, im...
Reasons to Doubt
This book reveals what happens to applications for post-conviction review when those in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland who believe they are wrongfully convicted apply to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, the only body that can refer a ca...
The Estates of the English Crown, 1558-1640
This collection of essays is the first full account of the largest estate in early modern England, against which the fortunes of all other estates may be judged. Previous accounts have tended to regard the Crown lands as a resource to be plundered...
Modern Transport Geography
This book should be in the library of every transportation researcher. Ronald Sheck Intermodal and guideway research program director, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of Florida There is no escape from transport. By sea, air, ...
Custom, Improvement and the Landscape in Early Modern Britain
A great deal has been written about the acceleration of English agriculture in the early modern period. In the late middle ages it was hard to see that English agriculture was so very different from that of the continent, but by 1750 levels of agr...
Leadership and Futuring
This updated guide is for visionary leaders striving to lead, inspire, and motivate students and team members toward positive personal visions, successful lives, and fulfilling careers.
