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  • Essential Study Skills

    The Complete Guide to Success at University

    by Tom Burns, Sandra Sinfield ...
    Series series Student Success
    "If you′re looking to be that top student, this book is a must!" – five-star student reviewPacked with study tips, activities, templates and quotes from students, this is your essential guide to university, showing you step-by-step how to study effectively and make the best of your time at university. Whether you are going to university straight from school, as a mature, or as an overseas student ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Psychiatry

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Tom Burns ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Psychiatry is an endlessly controversial endeavour, incorporating emotively-charged questions over the reality of mental illness, the medicalization of everyday life, and the role of nature versus nurture which cause constant discussion today, and on which almost everyone has an opinion. In this Very Short Introduction Tom Burns explores the nature of psychiatry, focusing on what it can and cannot ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Psychotherapy

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Tom Burns ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Psychotherapy and counselling are now widely available to help people overcome emotional and psychological difficulties in their lives. They involve spending time with a professional in an emotionally safe and structured relationship to explore and express the issues that cause distress and difficulty, whether long term self-doubts, relationship problems, or the impact of a trauma or crisis. As a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Psychotherapy

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Tom Burns ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Psychotherapy and counselling are now widely available to help people overcome emotional and psychological difficulties in their lives. They involve spending time with a professional in an emotionally safe and structured relationship to explore and express the issues that cause distress and difficulty, whether long term self-doubts, relationship problems, or the impact of a trauma or crisis. As a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Psychiatry

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Tom Burns ...
    Narrated by Mike Cooper ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 47 min

    Psychiatry is an endlessly controversial endeavor, incorporating emotively-charged questions over the reality of mental illness, the medicalization of everyday life, and the role of nature versus nurture which cause constant discussion today, and on which almost everyone has an opinion.In this Very Short Introduction Tom Burns explores the nature of psychiatry, focusing on what it can and cannot ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • "There It Is": Narratives of the Vietnam War

    by Tom Burns ...
    This book provides a critical survey of the literature on the Vietnam War and is intended both for academic and general readers. Earlier works of this kind constantly recycled criticism of a half-dozen of the same works. In this study, the aim was to discuss a much greater number of works, including a few that have never been discussed. To appeal to non-academic readers, Lit-Crit jargon was kept ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Our Necessary Shadow

    by Tom Burns ...
    In what will be a tour de force in the field of psychiatry in all its complexity and depth, this important new volume explores the essential paradox of psychiatry—and offers a balanced understanding of its history and development in the medical world. Much is written about psychiatry, but very little that describes psychiatry itself. Why should there be such a need? For good or ill, psychiatry is ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry

    by Paul Harrison, Philip Cowen, Tom Burns, Mina Fazel ...
    Widely recognized as the standard text for trainee psychiatrists, the Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry stands head and shoulders above the competition. The text has been honed over seven editions, displaying a fluency, authority, and insight rarely found in textbooks which makes the process of assimilating information effective and enjoyable. The book provides an introduction to all the ... Read more

    $99.89 USD

  • Erving Goffman

    by Tom Burns ...
    Few sociologists have commanded a larger readership than Erving Goffman. From his first book, The Presentation of Self In Everyday Life (1956), to his last, Forms of Talk (1981), his publications were eagerly awaited and his ideas widely discussed. In 1982 when he died at the age of 60, the response was that a figure of outstanding importance had left the stage of modern sociology. In this ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Designing Distributed Systems

    Patterns and Paradigms for Scalable, Reliable Systems Using Kubernetes, 2nd Edition

    by Brendan Burns ...
    Narrated by Tom Beyer ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 33 min

    Every distributed system strives for reliability, performance, and quality, but building such a system is hard. Establishing a set of design patterns enables software developers and system architects to use a common language to describe their systems and learn from the patterns and practices developed by others.The popularity of containers and Kubernetes paves the way for core distributed system ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Outreach in Community Mental Health Care

    A Manual for Practitioners

    by Tom Burns, Mike Firn ...
    Outreach in the community is the treatment of choice for the severely mentally ill in the community. It involves taking services directly to patients rather than requiring them to attend clinics and hospitals. This approach is a significant addition to routine mental health care practice and addresses the needs of marginalized communities and those that struggle to attend appointments. Outreach in ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Teaching, Learning and Study Skills

    A Guide for Tutors

    by Tom Burns, Sandra Sinfield ...
    Series series SAGE Study Skills Series
    ′This is an essential guide for anyone aspiring to teach in Higher Education in the UK. Not just because it is packed with practical tips and even lecture notes but crucially because it explains the nature of university teaching in the wake of the ′widening participation′ agenda... In summary this book is well worth reading′ - Educate JournalThis is a book for tutors, lecturers and teachers in ... Read more

    $70.99 USD