Tamas: 21 books

This book examines ten key issues—poverty, housing, taxation and the economy, child welfare, education, health, criminal justice, civil rights, and global issues—confronting social work professionals and places them in their larger context. The introduction to each issue identifies its genesis...

Elliptically Contoured Models in Statistics and Portfolio Theory fully revises the first detailed introduction to the theory of matrix variate elliptically contoured distributions. There are two additional chapters, and all the original chapters of this classic text have been updated. Resources in...

It has been half a century since the Geneva Refugee Convention came into place, but there is still no comparable international regime which provides for the increasing phenomenon of mobile economic migrants. At a time of global mobility, when migration policies are constantly changing and the security...

Holistic approach to self-protection that allows women to form their own personal safety plan in the privacy of their home Packed with expert guidance and practical exercises Gives readers three key principles for successful self-protection that are explained in terms of simple tools,...

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein What Heidi Knows is the story of Heidi, a Rottweiler and Checkmate, a Basenji.As a puppy, Heidi was an abused dog, rescued by the Friends of the Animals Association and later put up for adoption. Heidi adopts a woman to be her friend but...

The European social sciences tend to absorb criticism that has been passed on the European approach and re-label it as a part of what the critique opposes; criticism of European social sciences by “subaltern” social sciences, their “talking back”, has become a frequent line of reflection in...

Many Christians spend their entire life attending church without discovering what pathway the Lord would have them take on their spiritual journey. This book traces the main itinerary of the Christian journey—a journey of spiritual transformation. I wrote it to give you a much clearer understanding...