(Hardback)

People's capabilities form the most crucial of all mankind's resources. Topics covered include prodigies, geniuses, the acceleration of development in young people, and the influences of family backgrounds on young people.

(Paperback)

The unknown story of the Australian men and boats which helped win the war in the Pacific

(Hardback)

The stories are organized in four sections: Animal stories (Tiergeschichten, largely fables), Comic tales (Schwanke, which range from the silly to the outrageous), Fairy tales (Zaubermarchen, or wonder tales), Local legends (Sagen, which include stories of ghosts and goblins, and religious legends).

(Hardback)

The Social Psychology of Adolescence introduces and reviews major themes in adolescent development, including such topics as sexuality and the risk of HIV/AIDS, school life, teenagers in the work place, mental health issues, and others. It is a review of scientific evidence of the different factors that help shape and mould adolescent behaviours.

(Paperback)

Tells the story of goddess Venus, also known by her Greek name Aphrodite, which begins with her mysterious birth in the Aegean Sea. She emerges on the coast of Cyprus full-grown, shapely and desirable. With one hand she wrings her long, wavy hair, and with the other she pretends to conceal the secret places of her body.

(Hardback)

The second wave of feminism of Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan has given way to the dynamic next generation, the third wave, now 15 years old.

(Hardback)

Ernst Gombrich pays tribute to a varied selection of scholars and critics.

(Hardback)

Adam Joinson provides a summary of the psychology of the Internet, while at the same time drawing lessons from previous technologies as diverse as the early telephone, telegraph and even radio hams. This book provides a vision of the psychology of the Internet, and the implications for the design of future technologies.

(Paperback)

In Vampire Forensics, Mark Jenkins probes vampire legend to tease out the historical truths enshrined in the tales of terror

This timely collection provides a historical overview of violence in American popular culture from the Puritan era to the present and across a range of media.

Few topics are discussed more broadly today than violence in American popular culture.

(Hardback)

A queer exploration of our attitudes to virginity.

(Hardback)

This book brings together papers by voluntary sector scholars which were commissioned to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the LSE's Centre for Voluntary Organisation. The papers address key issues currently facing UK voluntary sector managers.

(Paperback)

compelling account of Australia's intelligence organisations and special forces - from the early days of the commandos during World War II through to the SAS of today and the cyber wars of the future. From the co-author of SAS SNIPER.

(Hardback)

This lovely volume is both a fitting tribute and a stirring reminder of the values we Americans hold dear.

(Hardback)

This text examines the experience of feminists working with the effects of men's violence in a range of key areas: with rape survivors, with battered wives, with women whose children have been sexually abused, with prostitutes and with male abusers.

(Hardback)

This book looks at how youth homelessness is variously defined, measured and explained, as well as discussing the solutions which are usually proposed for it.

(Hardback)

An account of how commercial culture in Britain and America has been viewed, since its inception during the Industrial Revolution, as a force likely to undermine national morals.

(Paperback)

An urgent and pertinent exploration of how and why the suicide bomber has shaped the modern age, written by a multi-award winning investigative journalist and human rights campaigner.

(Paperback, Export/Airside)

A shocking and darkly funny account of the reality of Britain's prisons.