Sociology for Pharmacists - An Introduction is written specifically for professionals and students in pharmacy who are newcomers to the study of sociology. It introduces the key concepts of sociology and demonstrates their importance and application to pharmacy practice in the 21st century. It is unique in its role as the only text to introduce sociology specifically to pharmacists.
Archetypes of Wisdom - An Introduction to Philosophy
Featuring lucid and conversational prose and a well-chosen, reader-friendly array of succinct excerpts from canonical primary sources, Archetypes of Wisdom - An Introduction to Philosophy, 7th Ed. brings philosophy to life for readers. Extremely reader friendly, this test examines philosophies and philosophers while using numerous pedagogical illustrations, special features, and an approachable page design to make this oftentimes daunting subject more engaging.
A Guide to Language Testing - Development, Evaluation, Research
This book was originally published in 1987, this post here is the edition reprinted by Foreign language teaching and research press in China with Chinese scholars' introduction. Except several pages of introduction in Chinese at the beginning of this book, the rest of the book is the same as the original edition. As the title indicates, this book is an excellent guide to language testing. Henning makes great efforts to explain technical testing terms in very plain language. He covers almost all important aspects in testing, especially reliability and validity. His analysis is clear, detailed and thorough.
Humor in contemporary culture is generally celebrated as a public good, yet at times is felt to produce misunderstanding and even hatred. Now available in paperback, this collection explores the ethics and aesthetics of humor, in everyday life and in media comedy. An updated introduction looks at the implications of the Brand/Ross controversy.
This new text is a comprehensive introduction to the fast-growing field of corpus linguistics, and provides a systematic overview of pre-electronic and electronic corpora of all kinds.
