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Recent Developments in Job Analysis Edited by Kurt Landau and Walter Rohmert, London, Taylor &; Francis (1989). [Pp. 350] £30.00. ISBN 0-85066-790-9.

Cumulative Trauma Disorders—A Manual for Musc14loskeletal Diseases of the Upper Limbs Edited by Vern Putz-Anderson, London, Taylor &; Francis (1988). [Pp. xi+151.] £7.50. ISBN 0-85066-405-5.

Human Skills (2nd edn). Edited by Dennis H. Holding, Chichester, John Wiley &; Sons (1989). [Pp. xiii+334.] £34.95. ISBN 0471 -92076-2.

Living with Stress. A Guide for Ministers and Church Leaders Edited by Sarah Horsman, Lutterworth, P.O. Box 60, Cambridge CBl 2NT (1989). [Pp. 105.1 £5.95. ISBN 0-7188-2772-4.     

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Handbook of Occupational Medicine. Edited by Robertj. McCunney, Boston, Little, Brown and Co (1989). [Pp. xxiv+511.] £15.95. ISBN 0-316-55528-2 (paperback).

Lgestyle, Stress and the Mitchell Method of Relaxation [Video]. By Laura Mitchell, Leeds, International Stress and Tension Control Society (1989). £19.50.

Crisis Intervention Verbatim. By Nira Kfir, New York, Hemisphere/London, Taylor & Francis (1989). [Pp. xxv + 169.] £18.00. ISBN 0-89116-837-0 (hardback).

Total Back Care By Cristopher R. Hayne, Health Right Series, London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd (1987). [Pp. xiii + 144.] £3.95. ISBN 0 460 02439 6.

Adaptive Physiology to Stressftrl Environments Edited by Shlomo Samueloff and Mohamed K. Yousef,Boca Raton, Florida, CKC Press (1987). [Pp. x+212.] £104.00, US$130.00. ISBN 0 8493 6458 2.

Psychophysiology and the Electronic Workplace Edited by Anthony Gale and Bruce Christie, Chichester, Wiley (1987). [Pp. x +351.] £36.50. ISBN 0 471 91373 7.

Environmental Ergonomics: Sustaining Human Perfrmance in Harsh Environments Edited by Igor B. Mekjavic, Eric W. Banister and James B. Morrison, London, Taylor & Francis (1988). [Pp. xiv+412.] £39.00. ISBN 0-85066-400-4 (hardback).     

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Noise and Human Efficiency By Michel Loeb, Chichester, Wiley (1986). [Pp. xiii + 269]. £28.00. ISBN 0–471-10287-3.

Time and Human Interaction—Toward a Social Psychology of Time By Joseph E. McGrath and Janice R. Kelly, New York, Guilford Press (1986). [Pp. viii + 183.] £17.95. ISBN 0-89862-111-9.

International Reviews of Ergonomics: Current Trends in Human Factors Research and Practice. Volume 1 Edited by David J. Oborne, London, New York and Philadelphia, Taylor & Francis (1987). [Pp. 221 + iv.] £30.00. ISBN 0-85066-359-8.

Culture Shock: Psychological Reactions to Unfamiliar Environments By Adrian Furnham and Stephen Bochner, London and New York, Methuen (1986) [Pp. 298 + xx.) Hardback £25.00, paperback £9.95. ISBNs 0-416-36670-8 (hardback) and 0-416-36680-5 (paperback).

Hyperperformance—the A.I.M. Strategy for Releasing your Business Potential By Errol R. Korn, George J. Pratt (with Peter T. Lambrou), New York, John Wiley and Sons (1987). [Pp. xi + 195.] £17.95. ISBN 0-471-85344-5.

The Impact of Working Hours and other Factors on Production and Employment By Yngve Åberg, Aldershot, Gower Publishing (1987). [Pp. viii + 166.] £22.50. ISBN 0-566-05480-9.     

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The Changing Nature of Personnel Management L. MacKay and D. Torrington, London, IPM (1986). Pp. 186. £20. ISBN 0 85292 377 5.

Handbook of Stress, Reactivity and Cardiovascular Disease Edited by K. A. Matthews, S. M. Weiss, T. Detre, T. M. Dembroski, B. Falkner, S. B. Manuck and R. B. Williams, New York, Wiley (1986). Pp. xvi + 527. £46.50. ISBN 0 471 82219 1

Ergonomics in Computerized Offices E. Grandjean, London, Taylor & Francis (1987). Pp. viii + 227. £25: cloth ISBN 0 85066 349 0. £11.50: paperback. ISBN 0 85066 350 4.

New Technology and Human Error Edited by J. Rasmussen, K. Duncan and J. Leplat, Chichester, Wiley (1987). Pp. xvi + 354. £34. ISBN 0 471 91044 9.

Social Work Stress and Intervention S. Fineman, Aldershot, Gower (1985). Pp. 192. £15. ISBN 0 566 00664 2.

Health and Industry: A Behavioral Medicine Perspective Edited by Michael F. Cataldo and Thomas J. Coates. New York, Wiley (1986). Pp. xxiv + 477. £43.20. ISBN 0 471 80921 7.     

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The Ergonomics of Working Postures N. Corlett, J. Wilson and I. Manenica, London, Philadelphia, Taylor & Francis (1986). Pp.ix + 429. £42.00. ISBN 0 85066 338 5.

Workplaces—The Psychology of the Physical Environment in Offices and Factories Eric Sundstrom, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (1986). Pp.xv+456. Paperback £12.50, ISBN 0 521 31947 1. Hardback £32.50, ISBN 0 521 26545 2.

Burnout–The Cost of Caring Christina Maslach, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice (1982). Pp. 192. US $7.95. Hardback, ISBN 0 13 091249 2. Paperback, ISBN 0 13 091231 X.

Stress in Teaching J. Dunham, Beckenham, Croom-Helm (1986). Pp. 192. £8.95. ISBN 0 7099 45329.     

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Recent Developments in Job Analysis Edited by Kurt Landau and Walter Rohmert, London, Taylor & Francis (1989). [Pp. 350] £30.00. ISBN 0-85066-790-9.

Cumulative Trauma Disorders—A Manual for Musc14loskeletal Diseases of the Upper Limbs Edited by Vern Putz-Anderson, London, Taylor & Francis (1988). [Pp. xi+151.] £7.50. ISBN 0-85066-405-5.

Human Skills (2nd edn). Edited by Dennis H. Holding, Chichester, John Wiley & Sons (1989). [Pp. xiii+334.] £34.95. ISBN 0471 -92076-2.

Living with Stress. A Guide for Ministers and Church Leaders Edited by Sarah Horsman, Lutterworth, P.O. Box 60, Cambridge CBl 2NT (1989). [Pp. 105.1 £5.95. ISBN 0-7188-2772-4.     

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A Guide to the Organisation and Operation of In-Plant Occupational Health Services by Jean Spencer Felton, Boston/Toronto/London, Little Brown and Company (1990). [Pp. xi + 571.] £70·00. ISBN 0–316-27775–4.     

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Handbook of Occupational Medicine. Edited by Robertj. McCunney, Boston, Little, Brown and Co (1989). [Pp. xxiv+511.] £15.95. ISBN 0-316-55528-2 (paperback).

Lgestyle, Stress and the Mitchell Method of Relaxation [Video]. By Laura Mitchell, Leeds, International Stress and Tension Control Society (1989). £19.50.

Crisis Intervention Verbatim. By Nira Kfir, New York, Hemisphere/London, Taylor & Francis (1989). [Pp. xxv + 169.] £18.00. ISBN 0-89116-837-0 (hardback).

Total Back Care By Cristopher R. Hayne, Health Right Series, London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd (1987). [Pp. xiii + 144.] £3.95. ISBN 0 460 02439 6.

Adaptive Physiology to Stressftrl Environments Edited by Shlomo Samueloff and Mohamed K. Yousef,Boca Raton, Florida, CKC Press (1987). [Pp. x+212.] £104.00, US$130.00. ISBN 0 8493 6458 2.

Psychophysiology and the Electronic Workplace Edited by Anthony Gale and Bruce Christie, Chichester, Wiley (1987). [Pp. x +351.] £36.50. ISBN 0 471 91373 7.

Environmental Ergonomics: Sustaining Human Perfrmance in Harsh Environments Edited by Igor B. Mekjavic, Eric W. Banister and James B. Morrison, London, Taylor & Francis (1988). [Pp. xiv+412.] £39.00. ISBN 0-85066-400-4 (hardback).     

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Ergonomics in Rehabilitation. Edited by Anil Mital and Waldemak Karwowski, London, Taylor & Francis (1988). [Pp. viii+318.] £30.00. ISBN 0-85066-456-X.

L'homme stresse, by Jean Rivolier, Paris, Psychologie d'aujourd'hui (1989). [Pp. 297.1 175FF. ISBN 2-13-042249-7.

L'illusion prychmomatique, by Robert Dantzer, Paris, Editions Odile Jacob (1990). [Pp. 315.1 130FF. ISBN 2-7381-0069-4.

People and Computers: How to Evaluate your Company's New Technology Chris Clegg, Peter Warr, Thomas Green, Andrew Monk, Nigelg Kemp, Gordon Allison and Mark Lansdale in collaboration with Colin Potts, Reg Sell, and Ian Cole. Ellis Horwood (1988) [Pp. 245.1 £32.50. ISBN 0-7458-0419-5.

Employment, Stress, and Family Functioning By Julian Barling, Chichester, John Wiley & Sons (1990). [Pp. xiii+286.] £39.00. ISBN 0-471-91773-7 (Wiley Series on Studics in Occupational Stress).     

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Stress Master By Kichard Terry Lovelace, New York, Wiley (1990). £9.95 (paperback).

Stressors and the Adjustment Disorders Edited by Joseph D. Noshpitz and R. Dean Coddington. New York, Wiley (1990). £55.15 (hardback).

Personality and Disease Edited by Howard S. Friedman, New York, Wiley (1990). £28.30 (hardback).

Anxiety: Psychobiological and Clinical Perspectives, Edited by N. Sartorious, V. Andreoli, G. Cassano, L. Eisenberg, P. Kielholz, P. Pancheri and G. Racagni, New York, Hemisphere (1990). A37-00 (hardback).

Thriving on Stress, By Jane Cranwell-Ward, London, Routledge (1990). A6.95 (paperback).

Corporations, Businesses and Families Edited by Roma S. Hanks and Marvin B. Sussman (1991). ISBN-0-86656-863-8 [viii+244 pp.] $29.95 (hardback).

A Change of Attitude: A n Introduction to Holistic Health Care By Ckawfokd Kemp, Acme Publishing Co., South Darenth. ISBN-1-85595-000-6 [81 pp.] £2.95.

Career Stress in Changing Times Edited by James Campbell Quick, Robert E. Hess, Jared Hekmalin and Jonathan D. Quick, The Haworth Press, New York, (1990). ISBN-0-86656-956-1 [xvii+261 pp.] $34.95 (hardback).

Occupational Stress in a Caring Profession, By Jocelyn Handy, Avebury, Aldershot. ISBN-0-566-07047-2 [vii+ 246 pp.] £29.50 (hardback).

Homesickness, Cognition and Health. By Shirley Fisher, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hove. ISBN-0-86377-120-3 [xv+ 152 pp.] £19.95 (hardback).

Personality and Stress: Individual Dtgerences in the Stress Process. Edited by Cary L. Cooper and Roy Payne, Wiley, Chichester (1991). ISBN-O-471-93063-6 [xi+289 pp.] £39.95 (hardback).

Efective Problem Solving, By Dave Francis, London, Routledge (1990). ISBN 0-415-05357-9. [ix+ 128 pp.] £6.99.     

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Musculoskeletal Disorders at Work Edited by Peter Buckle, London, Taylor & Francis (1987). [Pp. 262.] £25·00. ISBN 0-85066-381-4.

Visual Display Units: Job Content and Stress in Office Work By Fe Josefina F. Dy, Geneva, The International Labour Office (1985). [Pp. ix + 138.] ISBN 922-105084-X (hardback) £9·20.

Ergonomics at Work David J. Oborne (Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1987). [Pp. xvii + 386.] Hard cover £32·00; soft cover £12·95. ISBNs (hard) 0-471-90943-2; (soft) 0-471-90942-4.     

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Recent Advances in Occupational Health edited by J. M. Harrington, Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone (1987). PP. xii + 350. £40. ISBN 0 443 03577 6.

Occupational Health and Safety in Automation and Robotics edited by Kageyu Noro, London, Taylor & Francis (1987). Pp. xviii + 437. £40·00. ISBN 0 85066 351 2.

Contemporary Ergonomics 1987 edited by E. D. Megaw, London, Taylor & Francis (1987). Pp. xi+387. £25. ISBN 0 85066 365 5, ISSN 0267 4718.

Noise and Human Efficiency Michel Loeb, Chichester, Wiley (1986). Pp. xiii+269. £28. ISBN 0 471 10287 3.

Pilots under Stress S. J. Sloan and C. L. Cooper, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul (1986). Pp. ix + 230. £20. ISBN 0 7102 0479 5.

Towards a Democratic Rationality John Fry, Aldershot, Gower (1986). Pp. xi+281. £22·50. ISBN 0 566 00761 4.     

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Managing Stress Edited by David Fontana, Leicester, BPS/London, Routledge (1989). [Pp.ix + 118.] 5.95. ISBN 0-901715-98-0 (hardback). ISBN 0-901715-97-2 (paperback).

Applying Cognitive Psychology to User Interface Design Edited by M. M. GARDINER and B. CHRISTIE, New York, John Wiley (1987). [Pp.ix+372.] A29.95. ISBN 0-471-91184-4.

Architect or Bee? The Human Price of Technology Edited by MIKE COOLEY, London, The Hogarth Press (1987). [Pp. 193.1 E5.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-701207-69-8.

Occupational Health, 2nd Edition Edited by BARRY S. LEVY and DAVID H. WEGMAN, Boston, Little Brown (Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone) (1988). [Pp. xxv + 640.1 A24.95 (Paperback). ISBN 0-316-52247-3.

Stress Management in Work Settings Edited by LAWRENCE R. MURPHY and THEODORE F. SCHOENBORN, Washington DC, US Government Printing Office (1987). [Pp. viii+ 190.1 $9.50. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 87-111.

Trends in ErgonomicslHuman Factors V Edited by FEHEVDOUN AGHAZADEH, Amsterdam, North-Holland (Elsevier), (1988). [Pp. xx + 1095.1 $208, Dfl. 395. ISBN 0-444-70442-6.

Technology and the Transfarmation of White Collar Work Edited by ROBERT E. KRAUT, New Jersey, Lawerence Erlbaum Associates (1987). [Pp. x + 281 .] A21.50. ISBN 0-89859-633-5.     

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Self development for managers—thriving on stress, By Jane Cranwell-Ward, Routledge, London, 1990. £6.95 (pbk). ISBN 0415-04465-0 [142 PP.].

Causes, coping and consequences of stress at work, Edited by Cary L. Cooper and Roy Payne, Wiley, Chichester, 2nd edn 1988, Reprinted 1990. £29.95 (hbk). ISBN 0-471-94453-X [430 PP.].     

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Cognitive Aspects of Computer Supported Tasks By Yvonne Waern, Chichester, Wiley (1989). [Pp. xxii + 327.] 29.95. ISBN 0 471 91141 0.

Handbook of Psychology and Health. Volume V Stress Edited by Andrew Baum and Jerome E. Singer, New Jersey, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (1987). [Pp. xiv+357.] A29.95. ISBN 0 89859 209 7.     

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Stress in Health Professionals Edited by Roy Payne and Jenny Firth-Cozens (Wiley Chichester, 1987). [Pp. xxiv + 288.] £25·50. ISBN 0-471-91254-9.

Man and Accidents Offshore: An examination of the costs of stress among workers on oil and gas rigs By Valerie J. Sutherland and Cary L. Cooper (Lloyds of London Press: Colchester, 1986). [Pp. xv + 207.] £45·00. ISBN 1-85044-082-4.

Man—Computer Interaction Research Edited by F. Klix and H. Wandke (Elsevier Amsterdam, 1987). [Pp. xiii + 473.] Dfl 225. ISBN 0-444-87910-2.

Stress Management for the Healthy Type A—Theory and Practice: A skills training program By Ethel Roskies (The Guilford Press: New York and London, 1987). [Pp. 252.] £12·95. ISBN 0-89862-692-7.     

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Corporate Assessment, By A. Furnham and B. Gunter, Routledge, London, 1993. £19.99 (hbk). ISBN 0-425-08118-1 [xiii + 293 pp].     

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Clergy under Stress: A study of homosexual and heterosexual clergy in the Church of England. By Dr Ben Fletcher Mowbray, London 1990. £6.95 (pbk). ISBN 0-264-67196-1.

Making Shiftwork Tolerable By T. H. Monk and S. Folkard Taylor &; Francis. London, 1992. vii + 94 pp. £11.50. ISBN 0-85966-822-0.

Diving and Subaquatic Medicine, By Carl Edmonds, Chiwtopher Lowry, and John Pennefather, 3rd edn Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, Oxford. (1992). pp xii + 565. 049.50     

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The Ergonomics of Working Postures N. Corlett, J. Wilson and I. Manenica, London, Philadelphia, Taylor & Francis (1986). Pp.ix + 429. £42.00. ISBN 0 85066 338 5.

Workplaces—The Psychology of the Physical Environment in Offices and Factories Eric Sundstrom, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (1986). Pp.xv+456. Paperback £12.50, ISBN 0 521 31947 1. Hardback £32.50, ISBN 0 521 26545 2.

Burnout-The Cost of Caring Christina Maslach, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice (1982). Pp. 192. US $7.95. Hardback, ISBN 0 13 091249 2. Paperback, ISBN 0 13 091231 X.

Stress in Teaching J. Dunham, Beckenham, Croom-Helm (1986). Pp. 192. £8.95. ISBN 0 7099 45329.