This Third Edition of Doing Research with Children is practical introduction to the process of designing, doing and writing up research with children and young people. At the centre is a commitment to engaging with children and young people as active research participants rather than as passive subjects. In the new edition, you′ll find up to date information on the fast-changing political and ethical debates around research with children and young people a...

Originally published in 1971, this wide-ranging study illuminates many crucial wage and employment issues by examining the operation of local labour markets and by testing labour market theory against the observed behaviour of employers and employees in different labour market environments. It is based on an empirical investigation of engineering plants both in major conurbations and in smaller labour market areas. There is an emphasis on measurement and quantification, which provides a fu...

The poetry in this book chronicles the emotions in the authors life, from a slow descent into depression to recovering and explaining the events she experienced.

Robert Burns has been a key figure in Scottish identity globally since his death in 1796. But he has always been much more than that. In America, his admirers have included Emerson, President Lincoln, Maya Angelou and many others, for Burns was long held to be a friend to the American way of life, an opponent of kings and tyranny, and someone who proved that the values that built the United States were not extinct in Europe. In Europe itself, Burns was seen as both an authentic voice of th...

The issue of the relationship between cognition and motor processes can be - and has been - raised at different levels of analysis. At the neurophysiological level it refers to the interactions between afferent and efferent information. At the neurological and neuropsychological level it relates to the mutual dependencies between the sensory and the motor part of the brain, or, more precisely, between sensory and motor functions of various parts of the brain. In psychology, the issue under...

Fifteen years ago, he confessed to the murder of his wife and children.As a teenager, Hayley DaSilva walked into a nightmare; discovering the bodies of her mother, twin brother, and friend all brutally slaughtered in her home and her nine-year-old brother missing. Her father, Leonard DaSilva, confessed to the murders, but Ethan was never seen again.He lied. But why?Now, Hayley has fled her dreadful past in Thamespark - unti...

A detective searches for the missing - his ex-wife is nextWhen DI Sebastian Locke gets a call about his ex-wife, Charlie, he fears the worst.Charlie has been a drug addict for years, so Seb has anticipated discovering her death and wonders how he will tell Tilly, their teenaged daughter. But it's Charlie's boyfriend whose body he finds at the squalid flat and Charlie is nowhere to be found.But the case soon ramps up as more addicts go missing from t...

The book has an active table of contents for readers to access each chapter of the following titles: 1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds: Volume One – Charles MacKay 2. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds: Volume Two - Charles MacKay 3. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds: Volume Three - Charles MacKay The book had a considerable impact on the history of social psychology, psychopathology, ...

'When it comes to our future, misplaced optimism is as dangerous as blind faith. What is needed is the courage to face the way things are, and the wisdom and imagination to work out how to make things better.'Australia's unprecedented run of economic growth has failed to deliver a more stable or harmonious society. Individualism is rampant. Income inequality is growing. Public education is under-resourced. The gender revolution is stalling. We no longer trust our m...

A new baby of her own?Nurse Emma Hayes was happy being a surrogate to give her best friend, Abbie, her baby. She has her own daughter, Rosie, and everything she needs. Until handsome ER doc Nixon Wright gets under her skin!Having lost his family young, Nixon is wary of falling in love. But there’s something about Emma… Soon he’s fallen under her spell, with very unexpected consequences!Nevertheless, Emma faces the New Year full of hope for the futur...

Will love pass them by again? Or can a baby give them a second chance? When paramedic Steph's ex, sexy doc Michael Laing, revealed he doesn't do commitment, it broke her heart. Two years later, she's back in town having thought she'd moved on, until she meets Michael in the ER—and their chemistry is as hot as ever! Both are wary of getting burned again, but a little miracle is about to bind them together forever…

The family she's always longed for...Locum midwife Ally Parker never puts down roots and that suits her just fine. A former foster kid, she's used to moving on. Her new job is meant to be just another temporary placement until she meets her boss, sexy single dad Dr Flynn Reynolds!It might have started as a fling but soon Flynn and his adorable son have Ally longing to stick around. Can Flynn persuade Ally that she's finally found her forever family?