Social Sciences

Learning Abroad

A History of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (Second Edition)

By: Hilary Perraton

£24.99

Since 1959, Commonwealth scholarships have moved over 30,000 people across borders. This book sets out the narrative of the scholarship plan, looking at both the scholars and those who selected them, and examines the policies of countries offering scholarships and the recipients.

Learning Accountancy

The Novel Way Second Edition

By: Zarir Suntook

£19.99

This book takes a unique approach to accountancy. It starts by simply demonstrating the function of cash flow, profit and loss, and balance sheets before introducing double entry, helping the layman gain valuable insight into the theory and practice of bookkeeping.

Learning Accountancy

The Novel Way

By: Zarir Suntook

From £19.99

This book takes a different approach to accountancy. It starts with cash flow statements, profit and loss, and balance sheets before introducing the rules of double entry, helping the layman and student to gain a valuable insight into the subject.

Learning Across Borders

Perspectives on International and Transnational Higher Education

Edited By: Amy Hodges, Leslie Seawright

£47.99

Given the growing numbers of students in cross-border spaces, educators have had to revise their curricula and pedagogical approaches. This edited collection contributes to the body of research in international education by examining globalisation’s impact on higher education.

Learning and Long-Term Illness

Saturated Spaces

By: David Mathew, Susan Sapsed

From £32.99

Nearly 40 years after it was written, Susan Sapsed’s diary was rediscovered. It told a story of personal illness, practitioner misunderstanding, and patient frustration. Using psychoanalytic frameworks, this book invites a mature Susan to reflect on her younger self.

Learning and Personality

The Experience of Introverted Reflective Learners in a World of Extroverts

By: William K. Lawrence

£41.99

How does an introverted student succeed in a classroom built for extroverts? This book documents how socially active methods can harm students who learn best through reflection, revealing a glaring conflict within education and a mass misunderstanding of introversion.

Learning and Teaching with Geomedia

Edited By: Inga Gryl, Thomas Jekel, Eric Sanchez

£47.99

Learning and Teaching with Geomedia is a practical introduction to the field for secondary education. It provides ready-to-use learning environments that foster spatial citizenship and are easily applied in any school with a web browser or mobile phone.

Learning and Using Multiple Languages

Current Findings from Research on Multilingualism

Edited By: Laura Portolés Falomir, Maria Pilar Safont Jordà

£52.99

This volume presents the latest research on multilingual language learning. Adopting a multilingual perspective, it analyzes grammatical, social, and affective factors across diverse age groups and global settings. Essential for both researchers and teachers.

Learning Citizenship by Practicing Democracy

International Initiatives and Perspectives

Edited By: Elizabeth Pinnington, Daniel Schugurensky

£44.99

This volume brings together international perspectives on learning citizenship by practicing democracy. It explores learning democracy in educational institutions, communities, and participatory budgeting, sharing a commitment to deepen democracy worldwide.

Learning Democratic Practices

Political Parties, Media and American Political Development

By: Janet Youngblood

From £19.99

This book examines how democracy works by viewing political parties as “communities of practice.” Through interviews with partisans, it shows how they learn to function, revealing what is happening to “democracy” in the United States and how it got that way.

Learning Disabilities

From Assessment to Intervention

Edited By: Maria Tzouriadou, Sotiria Tzivinikou

From £30.99

While smart, many students with learning disabilities don't know how to learn. This book examines evaluation procedures and intervention programs that recognize student strengths and address their needs, providing guidance for educators and building their capacity to help.

While smart, many students with learning disabilities don’t know how to learn. This book examines evaluation procedures and intervention programs that recognize student strengths and address their needs, providing guidance for educators and building their capacity to help.

Learning from and Teaching Africans

By: Birgit Brock-Utne

From £32.99

Drawing on a life of work in Africa, this book explores cross-cultural communication. It dismantles myths about African languages, arguing that Africans are not “anglophone” or “francophone,” but afrophone. Why do some international projects succeed while others fail?

Learning from Memory

Body, Memory and Technology in a Globalizing World

Edited By: Bianca Maria Pirani, Ivan Varga

£44.99

This book, with contributions from international social scientists, explores the link between body, memory, and digital technologies. It outlines a sociology of memory, throwing light on human behavior and the neurobiological factors that underpin it.

Learning Progressions for Maps, Geospatial Technology, and Spatial Thinking

A Research Handbook

Edited By: Niem Tu Huynh, Michael N. Solem, Richard Boehm

£41.99

This book is a resource for researching learning progressions for maps, geospatial technology and spatial thinking. Featuring contributions from experts, it offers advice and guidance on research methods, data interpretation, and avoiding common pitfalls.

Learning Spaces for Inclusion and Social Justice

Success Stories from Four Nordic Countries

Edited By: Lars Anders Kulbrandstad, Hanna Ragnarsdóttir

£61.99

Stemming from a Nordic research project conducted in Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, this anthology draws lessons from success stories of individual immigrant students and whole school communities in developing learning contexts that are equitable and socially just.

Learning Styles and Second Language Education

By: Patrycja Marta Kamińska

£39.99

This book addresses learning styles in second language development. It explores various models of style and their significance for educators, concluding with a discussion of the practical exploitation of learning style awareness in second language education.

Learning to See the Theological Vision of Shakespeare’s King Lear

By: Greg Maillet

£45.99

Following the recent ‘turn to religion’ that has been so important to English Studies in the 21st century, this monograph builds on many of the recent biographies of Shakespeare that have explored the playwright’s religious views, with a specific focus on his King Lear.

Learning to Teach

Teacher Educators' Stories to Clarify, Empower and Overcome

Edited By: Roseanne Vallice Levy, Leila Rosa

From £32.99

Diverse teacher educators share stories of their experiences as students and teachers. This collection reveals how these experiences influence their teaching, offering effective practices for culturally diverse learners with a focus on social justice, equity, and inclusion.

Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation

Edited By: Thomas Hill Green

£4.99

Thomas Hill Green’s work on ‘the common good’ provides the means to evaluate the conduct of political establishments. One of the most important contributions to political philosophy by any English philosopher, it continues to fuel lively debate today.

Lee Miller, Photography, Surrealism and the Second World War

From Vogue to Dachau

By: Lynn Hilditch

£58.99

Hilditch considers how Lee Miller’s war photographs can be interpreted as ‘surreal documentary’ combining a surrealist sensibility with a need to inform. Each chapter contains a close analysis of specific photographs in a generally chronological study with a thematic focus.

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