Suitable for students, especially MBA candidates, this work introduces them to the core concepts and principles of strategy. It includes coverage of internet-based strategies, fresh examples of resource-based competitive advantage, case illustrations in every chapter and self-study questions.

Suitable for NVQ/SVQ students covering both levels 2 and 3, this book presents regulations and standards.

Explains the basics of evidence-based medicine. This text explains the meaning of critical appraisal and terms such as 'numbers needed to treat', 'how to search the literature', 'evaluate the different types of papers' and 'put the conclusions to clinical use'.

Reflects the major changes that have taken place in dental nursing.

Introduces the formation and function of blood cells, and diseases that arise from dysfunction and disruption of these processes. This book explains basic science, diagnostic tests and clinical features and management.

Covers commercial and industrial (or advanced) construction. This book includes modern concepts on site assembly, and environmental issues and safety.

Offers comprehensive coverage of various subject areas relevant to a career in social work. This title covers the reasons for social work, the application of knowledge to practice, the practice context, and its psychosocial framework. It also gives detailed coverage of the perspectives of service users, carers and the Disabled People's Movement.

Suitable for nurses and health care professionals, this guide discusses administrating medicines by injection. It features A-Z listing of medicines for easy reference. It covers intravenous, intramuscular and subcutaneous methods of administration.

A biography of Anne Boleyn that establishes her as a figure of considerable importance and influence in her own right. It looks pays attention to her importance as a patron of the arts, particularly in relation to Hans Holbein. It presents evidence about Anne's spirituality and her interest in the intellectual debates of the period.

Presents rafter dimensions for timber roofs of any span and pitch. This book offers information on wall plate and gable strapping, wind bracing, truss clips and other roofing metalwork, and tools and equipment. It includes roof timber member design tables, information on warm and cold roofs, and their ventilation and insulation.

A text on building technology.

Presents an overview of the nature and history of the construction industry. This book shows how this vast and complex industry operates. It explores its main features - the markets, the principal players, and ways of working.

Features texts by a range of male and female poets, political and philosophical writers, diarists, painters, broadside-balladeers, reviewers and letter-writers.

Presents an introduction to Christian thought. This book features sections on monastic schools of theology, the English Reformation, and Radical Orthodoxy. It includes discussion of women in the early Church, feminist theology, Eastern Orthodox theology and history, and Catholic teachings on the Doctrine of the Church.

Offers an introduction to the core curriculum for medical students.

The measurement of building elements is a core subject for all quantity surveying students. This text sets down the measurement process from first principles and covers the main building elements.

Includes work from politics, law and economics, as well as from continental and analytic philosophy. This work features thirteen texts, taking account of developments in the field and reflecting the pressing concerns in international affairs.

Offers a working inventory of dental instrumentation for common use in dental surgeries. This book includes a clear photograph of each class and many varieties of instrument and describes according to the following principles: name, usage, any relevant features and varieties.

An anthology of statements in literary theory which include influential texts in the areas of Ethnic Studies, Postcolonialism and International Studies. It enables students to familiarise themselves with the developments in literary theory and with the traditions from which these theories derive.

Proposes a series of reforms that could improve the media and politics, and the interaction of the two, in Britain. This book covers regulation, public service broadcasting, managing the news, and training journalists.