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The Helping Process: An Introduction
1st Edition
By Doug MacLean, Sue Gould
November 02, 2026
Most people at some stage in their lives need professional help. First published in 1988, The Helping Process looks at the nature of the ‘helping process’. It argues that helping can often be destructive and misguided and that it must be based on clearly defined values and directed by ...
The Penetration of Africa: European Enterprise and Exploration Principally in Northern and Western Africa up to 1830
1st Edition
By Robin Hallett
November 02, 2026
In 1750, most of the interior of Africa was unknown to Europeans. By 1830 a large part of the northern half of Africa had been visited and described by European explorers. First published in 1965, The Penetration of Africa, which is based in part on hitherto unpublished material, traces the ...
The Social Contexts of Method
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Brenner, Peter Marsh, Marylin Brenner
November 02, 2026
Originally published in 1978, The Social Contexts of Method explores what the editors considered some basic problems in the sociology of methodology at the time. They felt there were also many others, which find expression and treatment in this book. The contributors, a like-minded group of ...
The Therapeutic Community: Outside the Hospital
1st Edition
Edited
By Elly Jansen
November 02, 2026
First published in 1980, The Therapeutic Community surveys and discusses international developments and deficiencies in the therapeutic community field during the two decades since 1959, with the intention of providing a stimulus for change. It is based on the direct experience of Richmond ...
The Uses of Drama: Acting as a Social and Educational Force
1st Edition
Edited
By John Hodgson
November 02, 2026
Aristotle, Barrault, Brecht, Chambers, Laban, Marowitz, Stanislavski…The Uses of Drama (first published in 1972) contains John Hodgson’s personal selection of writings on the theatre, ranging in time from Aristotle to Brook and covering both critical and technical approaches to the drama. Included ...
The Values of the Enterprise Culture: The Moral Debate
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul Heelas, Paul Morris
November 02, 2026
First published in 1992, The Values of the Enterprise Culture examines the moral implications of a cultural reform programme centered on reviving capitalist production, expanding individual freedom, dismantling the culture of dependency, and restoring personal responsibility. This book aims to ...
Young Readers Responding to Poems
1st Edition
By Michael Benton, John Teasey, Ray Bell, Keith Hurst
November 02, 2026
First published in 1988, Young Readers Responding to Poems adopts a teacher-researcher approach to the processes of responding to poems. It shows experienced teachers exploring how their students, aged fourteen and above, read and respond to poetry, sets their innovative practices against the ...
‘The Trouble with Kids Today’: Youth and Crime in Post-War Britain
1st Edition
By John Muncie
November 02, 2026
Youth crime was constantly in the news during the early 1980s, fuelling widespread fears and anxieties about a spiraling crime wave. Throughout the preceding decade, youth crime was widely believed to have reached crisis proportions, with outbreaks of youth disorder prompting demands for urgent ...
A History of Poland
1st Edition
By Oskar Halecki
November 01, 2026
Originally published as a revised edition in 1983 Oskar Halecki’s A History of Poland remains a classic work in its field through its brilliant synthesis and interpretation of Polish history. The final 2 chapters, added by Antony Polonsky cover the years under Gomulka and Gierek, and give an ...
Communist States and International Change: Romania and Yugoslavia in Comparative Perspective
1st Edition
By Ronald H. Linden
November 01, 2026
When it was originally published in 1987, this book provided the first comprehensive analysis of the ways in which changes in the international environment affected both the domestic politics, economies and the foreign policies of communist countries. Ronald Linden’s comparative study examines the ...
Daniel Boone: The Long Hunter
1st Edition
By Lawrence Elliott
November 01, 2026
Daniel Boone, the most famous of America’s early western pioneers is a figure almost more legendary than real. When he was born in 1734 Americans paid obeisance to the English king: by the time he died in 1820 the United States had come into existence and it was Boone, foremost among an inspired ...
Little Moscows: Communism and Working-Class Militancy in Inter-War Britain
1st Edition
By Stuart Macintyre
November 01, 2026
The Little Moscows came to public attention during the 1920s as industrial localities noteworthy for political and industrial militancy. In such places, the working class displayed unusual determination to improve wages and conditions. Originally published in 1980, the book discusses the experience...