Books by John McLeod

Modern Indian, an addition to the Understanding Modern Nations series, is an in-depth and interdisciplinary encyclopedia. While many books on life in India exist today, this volume is unique as a concise, accessible overview of multiple aspects of Indian society and history. It will be a useful background or supplemental text for anyone interested in modern Indian life and culture.Individual chapters address all aspects of life in 21st-century India, from geography and history to economy and religion to etiquette and sports. Each chapter begins with an overview, followed by entries on, for example, major political parties or literary works. Each overview and entry is self-contained and accompanied by an up-to-date Further Reading list.

Written for high school students and general readers who have little background on the world's largest democracy, this second edition of a popular work provides an objective overview of Indian history with a particular focus on the modern nation. Approximately half of the book deals with developments since the beginning of the 20th century, with new chapters covering events and issues that made news between 2002 and 2014.Readers can learn about the Bollywood craze, 21st-century economic growth, and concerns about the safety and equality of women today, as well as about such traditional topics as Buddhism and Hinduism, the Mughal Dynasty, and the British East India Company. Caste politics and the establishment of the Republic of India are covered, as is the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Completely revised and expanded, the second edition features fresh content throughout and includes photographs that were not in the earlier volume. The Notable Figures section, Appendix of Leaders, timeline, and glossary are also updated, and the bibliography now features electronic resources for students.

Not just a book about research methods, this book explores multiple ways in which research can be used to inform and enhance counselling practice.

An accessible, research-informed approach to personal development issues for the counsellor, therapist or mental health practitioner, complete with learning tasks.

As an introduction to the basic principles of research theory and practice, this book is the ideal starter text for any counselling trainee or practitioner learning about the research process for the very first time.

John McLeod's book is the only comprehensive guide to the range of qualitative methods used in counselling and psychotherapy. This timely new edition incorporates the last decade of developments in qualitative research methods with eight new chapters, new case studies and enchanced pedagogy throughout.

This BACP co-pub provides the reader with all the necessary theory and practice needed to engage in case study research

This superb study explores the imaginative transformation of the city by African, Asian, Caribbean and South Pacific writers since the 1950s.

John McLeod examines the role and significance of stories in psychotherapy from within a broad-based cultural and theoretical framework, drawing on research from psychology, anthropology and sociolinguistics, while fully integrating previous theory and research.