Books published by Macmillan Education UK

The collected chapters introduce critical and cohesive perspectives on dramatherapy as it is being practiced, developed and advanced in diverse contexts, and also investigate the connections between the discipline of dramatherapy both as an allied health profession, a form of psychotherapy and a traditional form of theatre and healing.

This engaging text introduces the burgeoning and interdisciplinary field of cultural performance, offering ethnographic approaches to performance as well as looking at the aesthetics of experience and performance theory.

This journal takes the fear out of career planning and personal development and provides students with a place to capture their learning and reflect on their experiences.

This easy-to-follow guide is packed with advice for students of English as a second language who are studying, or planning to study, a degree taught in English, either in their home country or abroad.

Whatever stage of the peer mentoring journey your students are at, this engagingly-written book will help them to get the most out of their peer mentoring experience.

Catering to the specific needs of science students, this award-winning guide will equip students of all scientific disciplines with the skills they need to communicate effectively in written assignments.

It is also ideal for those studying related disciplines, including business management, administration, HR, finance, systems analysis, project management, business law and corporate governance.

This concise and user-friendly guide explains why referencing is an essential part of good writing and shows students how to reference correctly.

This textbook caters primarily for MBA students studying modules in Operations Strategy or Operations Management, and is also suited to postgraduate students studying Operations Strategy on specialist courses such as Operations and Supply Chain Management or Logistics and Operations Management.

Whether you are a student or an experienced author, this book will teach you how to write short stories - and reflect on the creative processes involved.

Integrating philosophical, sociological, political and ethical perspectives, it provides a thorough and wide-ranging discussion of the purposes, meanings and justifications of punishment for crime and the extent to which punishment does, could or should live up to what it claims to achieve. Why Punish?

This widely-used and highly-acclaimed text provides a comprehensive and balanced introduction to the main theoretical perspectives on nationalism. The 3rd edition has been revised and updated throughout and includes a new chapter on the practical outworking of theory in the contemporary politics of nationalism.

This new study provides a concise, accessible introduction to occupied Europe. It explores how these terms cannot be examined separately, but are always entangled. Covering Europe from east to west, this book aims to explore the evolution of scholarly approaches to resistance and collaboration.

This highly-regarded text provides a wide-ranging introduction to the social, political, cultural and economic life of South Africa.

Packed full of helpful learning features and engaging case studies, this is a one-stop shop for students studying Early Childhood at all levels. With a strong focus on critical reflection, the book provides coverage of key topics such as child development, socialisation and historical influences, as well as how to become an effective practitioner.

What can social theory really teach us about crime in the world today? This book gives an overview of key theoretical debates alongside explanations of cutting edge research to show how abstract thought relates to everyday experience. Looking at global crime to street crime, it brings together the most significant work on crime and social theory.

Robert Browning's pre-eminent status amongst Victorian poets has endured despite the recent broadening of the literary canon.

This book is full of practical advice and useful examples to help students and engineers write clearly, accurately and impressively. This updated fourth edition features new material on technical notes, inspection reports and business cases, along with abstracts and summaries. It is an essential aid for today's engineers.

This vivid, multi-dimensional history considers the key cultural, social, political and economic events of Australia's history.

The second half of the book equips readers with the skills needed to undertake sociolinguistic research of their own. This is an ideal introductory text for students taking courses in sociolinguistics, language and society, language in use or language variation.

Using some of Browning's most widely studied poems, this book will develop students' close reading technique and help them to articulate their own responses to poetry.The volume is an ideal introductory guide for A Level and undergraduate English Literature students, or anyone studying Browning's poems for the first time.

This is an exciting new edition of a core textbook that explores innovation management from a global perspective. Written by a highly experienced instructor, this is an ideal companion for undergraduate students of innovation as well as postgraduate and MBA students taking modules with an innovation component.

Combining the experience of over a dozen successful graduate entrepreneurs with the latest thinking and research on the subject, this book makes students and graduates aware of the benefits of starting their own business and offers a practical introduction to the world of entrepreneurship.

This best-selling guide will help you get to grips with the larger themes and issues behind historical study, while also showing you how to formulate your own ideas in a clear, analytical style.

A range of representative countries (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines) are used as key case examples throughout and each of them is subject to a detailed full-page country profile. This diverse region is a fascinating area for study.