Neil Harrison

This accessible introductory text addresses the core knowledge domain of biological psychology, with focused coverage of the central concepts, research and debates in this key area. Biological Psychology outlines the importance and purpose of the biological approach and contextualises it with other perspectives in psychology, emphasizing the interaction between biology and the environment. Learning features including case studies, review questions and assignments are provided to aid students' understanding and promote a critical approach. Extended critical thinking and skill-builder activities develop the reader's higher-level academic skills.

This accessible introductory text addresses the core knowledge domain of biological psychology, with focused coverage of the central concepts, research and debates in this key area. Biological Psychology outlines the importance and purpose of the biological approach and contextualises it with other perspectives in psychology, emphasizing the interaction between biology and the environment. Learning features including case studies, review questions and assignments are provided to aid students' understanding and promote a critical approach. Extended critical thinking and skill-builder activities develop the reader's higher-level academic skills.

For the Love of God looks at the humorous, the serious, and, at times, tragic experiences owners share with their dogs. Lyrical and metaphorical, many poems in this collection recount the experiences Harrison has shared with the dogs he’s had the pleasure and honor of knowing through the years. His three Drahthaars were consecutive companions for over forty years of hunting, fishing, and canoeing adventures in some of the wilder parts of Nebraska, from the Sandhills and the Pine Ridge, to the Platte, Loup, Niobrara, and Elkhorn River valleys. Obviously, for this poet, the companionship of a dog is about as close as one can get to the love of God.

This book is a collection of cycle tours accounts based on trips that the author has made in the Alps alone and with friends over the last few years, covering Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Germany and Austria. Each route was chosen with a theme in mind, such as Napoleon's passes constructed to enable him to invade conquer Italy and the Venetian Republic. History and the local geography are brought together from the viewpoint of the cyclist's handlebars. Hopefully these accounts will help to bring the places to life for the reader. The Alps are a wonderful playground for cyclists, not just because of the natural beauty, the diversity of cultures but because they can really test a cyclist's mettle. Maps of the individual stages are provided to guide armchair travelers and saddle borne riders alike.

Neil Harrison's poems are inspired by his love of the outdoors and a curiosity and understanding that derives from being in and appreciating a place. His experiences as hunter and fisherman have led him not to easy answering but to mystical questioning. And your entire concept of time wavers as you question how you know this place. Were you predator here, then, or prey-- For Harrison, the past--those events and thoughts that went before which make us who we are--invites our attention but remains mysterious and ultimately unknowable. you lose yourself once more and begin the dark, difficult passage out to wherever the waters take you. Wilderness, wildlife, friendship, family, humor, and Harrison's patient, thoughtful observations suffuse his graceful poems with the beauty and wisdom of living close to the earth. In response to something like instinct the first word rises, others follow, and a new migration begins the archetypal bid for survival, direction perhaps predetermined back at the beginning of time, soon lines of words almost seem to fly.

Join Neil Harrison in part 2 of the sequel to the Popular High Horizons alpine travel book as he criss-crosses Switzerland discovering its rich and varied history, cultural secrets and magnificent scenery. In this first book he crosses the country riding up the entire length of the Swiss Rhine, discovering remote valleys and reaching high passes. This book offers many insights into how Switzerland came to exist, its resourceful people and its unique achievements, framed in a series of journeys across the country.

Join Neil Harrison in part 1 of the sequel to the Popular High Horizons alpine travel book as he criss-cross Switzerland discovering its rich and varied history, cultural secrets and magnificent scenery. In this first book he crosses the country diagonally following the Lake Route and also crosses from North to South following the great trade route first established by the Romans. This book offers many insights into how Switzerland came to exist, its resourceful people and its unique achievements, framed in a series of journeys across the country.

Join me in this sequel to the Popular High Horizons alpine travel book as I criss-cross Switzerland discovering its rich and varied history, cultural secrets and magnificent scenery. Up and down the Rhine, the Rhone, the Aare, over the high passes and into some of the hidden valleys. This book offers many insights into how Switzerland came to exist, its resourceful people and its unique achievements, framed in a series of 10 journeys across the country. In this colour edition there are 69 colour photos, and 22 maps in colour of the routes taken.

Join me in this sequel to the Popular High Horizons alpine travel book as I criss-cross Switzerland discovering its rich and varied history, cultural secrets and magnificent scenery. Up and down the Rhine, the Rhone, the Aare, over the high passes and into some of the hidden valleys. This book offers many insights into how Switzerland came to exist, its resourceful people and its unique achievements, framed in a series of 10 journeys across the country.

Sustainable development is the central challenge of the 21st Century. How can human civilization continue to develop without destroying the natural systems on which it depends?Environmentalists tell us that capitalism is the problem because it feeds our self-interest. They tell us that we have to restrain ourselves and only consume what the Earth can sustain. Or governments must tell us what we can and cannot buy. This book uses the science of complex systems to explain why governments cannot deliver sustainability or happiness and how self-interest can be used to make society sustainable.Capitalism won the Cold War; until the Great Recession of 2008, it seemed to be the perfect system. But more of us are unhappy even as it has ravaged the planet. The central problem is the paradigm on which our social systems are founded that more (consumption, production, possessions) is always better. Based on research from political economy, philosophy, and psychology, this book shows that the problem is not self-interest. We are unhappy because we have been taught that our interests are material and that buying 'stuff' will make us happy. Yet, social pressure to consume only prevents us from satisfying our basic psychological needs and fully enjoying life. For that we need to pursue our personal well-being. Because this also reduces our material consumption, environmental sustainability comes from each of us knowing what's truly good for our selves. Even without the constant economic growth that harms the planet and damages our lives, capitalism also is sustainable. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of sustainability;civil societyactivists and social entrepreneurs; thought leaders and policymakers..

Sustainable development is the central challenge of the 21st Century. How can human civilization continue to develop without destroying the natural systems on which it depends?Environmentalists tell us that capitalism is the problem because it feeds our self-interest. They tell us that we have to restrain ourselves and only consume what the Earth can sustain. Or governments must tell us what we can and cannot buy. This book uses the science of complex systems to explain why governments cannot deliver sustainability or happiness and how self-interest can be used to make society sustainable.Capitalism won the Cold War; until the Great Recession of 2008, it seemed to be the perfect system. But more of us are unhappy even as it has ravaged the planet. The central problem is the paradigm on which our social systems are founded that more (consumption, production, possessions) is always better. Based on research from political economy, philosophy, and psychology, this book shows that the problem is not self-interest. We are unhappy because we have been taught that our interests are material and that buying 'stuff' will make us happy. Yet, social pressure to consume only prevents us from satisfying our basic psychological needs and fully enjoying life. For that we need to pursue our personal well-being. Because this also reduces our material consumption, environmental sustainability comes from each of us knowing what's truly good for our selves. Even without the constant economic growth that harms the planet and damages our lives, capitalism also is sustainable. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of sustainability;civil societyactivists and social entrepreneurs; thought leaders and policymakers..

For courses in Advanced Software Engineering or Object-Oriented Design. This book covers the human and organizational dimension of the software improvement process and software project management - whether based on the CMM or ISO 9000 or the Rational Unified Process. Drawn from a decade of research, it emphasizes common-sense practices. Its principles are general but concrete; every pattern is its own built-in example. Historical supporting material from other disciplines is provided. Though even pattern experts will appreciate the depth and currency of the material, it is self-contained and well-suited for the layperson.

A spoof on the country house murder mystery story. With a nominal setting and mimed props, the focus is mainly on the gallery of unusual characters which include a wheelchair-bound tranvestite, a madman, and an invisible professor.