Book Publications By  Andreas Sofroniou

 

Andreas Sofroniou is a practising psychotherapist, an executive with international organisations and an adviser to governments. His published books include Information Technology, Management, Psychology, Poetry, Philosophy, and Fiction.

 

1.  Therapeutic Philosophy For The Individual And The State.

ISBN: 0 9527956 5 5                  Year: 1998        USA$49           Price: UK£39

Concepts and didactics of philosophers through the ages. From the Hellenic rhetorics, to recent European schools of ideas. The logic of Therapeutic Philosophy expressed assists in the understanding of human behaviour and the way in which philosophy can contribute to the treatment of the individual and the state.

 

2.   Philosophic Counselling For People And Their Governments.

ISBN: 0 9527956 6 3    Year: 1999            USA$29      Price: UK£19     

The logic of philosophic counselling assists in the understanding of human behaviour and can contribute to the treatment of the people and their governments. Philosophic Counselling has been with us since the times Pericles, the Golden Age of Athens. As such, this book includes the ideas of Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Burke, Hegel, Bentham, Mill, Marx and other philosophers in contemporary counselling.

 

3.   A Town Called Morphou.

ISBN: 0 9527956 2 0      Year: 1998           USA$25      Price: UK£15

The forceful simplicity of the majority of these verses own their existence to the adoration of the opposite sex, freedom, patriotism, the didactics of Aristotle, Freud, Comparative Religion, and the belief in family unity.

 

4.   Experience My Befriended Ideal.

ISBN: 0 9527253 0 4       Year: 1996      USA$17             Price: UK£7.50

This anthology consists of metaphysical poems, verses with philosophical simplicity and romantic compositions.

 

5.   Joyful Parenting.

ISBN: 0 9527956 1 2   Year: 1997          USA$22.50            Price: UK£12.50

The psychology of child culture. Pre-natal, post-natal and all stages of development.

 

6.   The Management Of Commercial Computing.

ISBN: 0 9527956 0 4      Year: 1996                    Price: £25

The development and management of systems and people in multi-national corporations, systems and software houses, government departments, European Union Commissions and academia.

7. Business Information Systems, Concepts and Examples.

 

ISBN: 0 9527956 3 9   Year: 1998     USA$45                Price: UK£35

This book aims to fill a gap in the current business and tutorial literature. It has been designed for the business individual, for the student and the computer professional who need a detailed overview of business information systems. It explores computing in general, the structured development of systems using processes and data analysis; object oriented and other methods. It includes the project planning and testing procedures for the Millennium thread.

 

8.   A Guide To Information Technology.

ISBN: 0 9527956 4 7      Year: 1999      USA$22.50          Price: UK£12.50

The book covers the fundamental aspects of computing and the development of new information systems.  Explains the current systems, structured analysis and designing, management, planning and the year 2000 problems and solutions.

 

9.   Trading On The Internet In The Year 2000 And Beyond.

ISBN: 0 9527956 7 1                    USA$22.50         Price: UK£12.50

Use of the Internet and E-Commerce is a business issue first and foremost. The Information Superhighway will see the consumer having access to a myriad of data through the PC or TV screen. The digital market is so extensive that most retailers will establish the marketplace by designing around a number of architectural models. The design of the system will be based on how the users work and what suits the overall business environment.

 

10. The Sigma Methodology For Risk Management In Systems Development.

ISBN: 0 9527956 8 X      USA$29.50         Price: UK£19.50

The Sigma methodology allows the capture of collective knowledge and expertise from those involved on the project, in a form that facilitates communication of Events, Assessments and the pro-active management of Risks. Sigma can be applied to any type of project, or programme.

 

11. The Management Of Projects, Systems, Internet And Risks.

ISBN: 0 9527956 9 8    USA$60            Price: UK£50

The Programme/Project Management methods described in this book provide a generic structure for the development of IT systems, Project Management techniques and how to plan projects. Useful to Programme and Project Managers, Analysts, Designers, Programmers, Executives, Academics and Students. 

 

12. The Project Management Procedures For Systems Development.

ISBN: 0 9527 253 1 2      USA$22.50       Price: UK£12.50

Projects are conceived and grow from a business need, but what seems clear at the beginning often becomes blurred and confused. In the end projects may not deliver what was expected and costly investment produces few benefits. The Project Management Procedures For Systems Development method described in this book provides a generic model product breakdown structure for an IT system down to the third level, which gives a starting point for project-specific planning.

 

13. I.T. RISK MANAGEMENT.

ISBN: 0 9527 253 2 0     USA$22.50      Price: UK£12.50

A risk is an uncertain event, which may have an adverse effect on the project's objectives. This book explains a proven risk management methodology, which should be very effective in the quest for identifying risks throughout the project lifecycle. It describes the processes, which commence by identifying the enterprise's most important and risky projects, as these must be given priority. The book is, essentially, dealing with a method that permits the collection of knowledge and experience from those involved.

 

14. Moral Philosophy, The  Ethical Approach Through The  Ages.

ISBN: 0 9527 253 3 9                USA$43               Price: UK£33

This book on Moral Philosophy and Ethics deals with moral judgments and moral principles. It explains the applications as an extension of the meaning of ethics. It refers not to morality itself but to the field of study, or branch of inquiry, that has morality as its subject matter. In this writings ethics are viewed as a branch of philosophy and its all-embracing practical nature links it with many other areas of study, including anthropology, biology, medicine, economics, history, politics, psychology, sociology, and theology.

 

15. Front-end Design And Development For Systems Applications.

ISBN: 0 9527 253 4 7               USA$22.50      Price: UK£12.50

A guide to designing and developing the ‘front-end’ for systems applications, including the standards and guidelines for the Graphical User Interface (GUI) and the Human Computer Interface (HCI), through which users communicate with the computer system and the database. Also, dialogue styles in which a user is provided with a hierarchically organised  set of choices pointing to and interacting with visible elements.

 

16. Change Management In I.T.

ISBN: 0 9527 253 5 5                    USA$22.50       Price: UK£12.50

Change Management and the changes to Configuration, Release and Assets as a whole group of activities have traditionally been concerned with finding effective solutions to specific operational problems. The purpose of this book is to look at current problems and new, better methods, techniques, and tools for processing changes.

 

17. The Philosophical Concepts of  Management Through The Ages.

ISBN: 0 9527 253 6 3             USA$25         Price: UK£25

The process of managing a team involves the interaction of people where individuals contribute to the running or completion of a task. As in any State or country, under any government, people live together under various laws, rules, regulations and religions. The people elect or they follow a leader, be it a democratic or tyrannical leadership. People under such regimes follow a type of management. In a business environment such methods of management prevail. A Manager will delegate and lead one or more individuals within the organization by running the business or a system. Management styles can, therefore, be considered as political systems where people participate in the smooth running of a country or a company, whether this is a global organization or a fruit stall in the back streets of any city.

 

18. Programme Management Workshop.

ISBN: 0 9527 253 7 1        USA$29        Price: UK£19

The Programme Management Workshop, as a manual and book, deals with the Management of Projects, where established management procedures and various development methods are explained. This Workshop is intended to give I.T. and Programme Management staff an overview of the Project Development Methods and an indication of how these relate to the various Project Management Techniques. The Workshop explores the fundamental aspects of the Management of Risks, Programmes, Structured Systems Development, Operational Computing and the construction of new information systems.

 

19. How to Construct your Résumé  

USA$19         Price: UK£9.50

The compilation of a résumé is a continuous process. Every time you gain a new experience, a new qualification, or new responsibilities, immediately you must update your CV. To market one’s own abilities, attributes, experience and qualifications, as a job applicant, you will have to convince the potential employer that you are worth it. That possibly you are the best fit for the job requirements and that the organisation will benefit. A well built dossier will open the door for that first step, the interview. It will also show that you are pursuing a career for continuous development. Where a job change is what you are trying to obtain, remember that your Curriculum Vitae must show your own professional portabiility potentials.

 

20. The Towering Misfeasance

PublishAmerica Adventure - General and International Fiction. Year: June, 2006    Price: $24.99

In 1974 a conflict broke out that was to elevate the Easter Mediterranean and the Asia Minor world in sunder. The Turkish invasion of Cyprus lasted a few days, until the sophisticated spirit of Northern Greek Cyprus lay crushed under Turkey’s brutal heel.

During the years of occupation, a young handsome Turk called Yusuf is tossed by fate into the vortex of this bitter conflict. Following his many adventures the Young Turk is forced to continue his quest for his future in unexpected circumstances and places.

What follows is love, lust, violence, philosophy, architecture, battle, poetry, psychology, and politics – from alpha to omega.

Yusuf, a dazzlingly handsome young citizen of a noble family, is captured in battle and delivered into modern slavery and prostitution. Befriended by an academic in London, and adopted by an English Gentleman he rises to prominence in an era of matchless bravery, corruption, and conflict.

21. Freaky Lands

International fiction with Adventure     

ISBN:0 9527 253 9 8                Year: 2006      Price: £9.50

An orphan boy from a remote Greek island, where dolphins thrive, finds his Scottish father. His father, a captain and a commodore always accompanied by a pelican, takes him to Edinburgh, where Basil finds love and security. He graduates as a doctor and travels to New York, meets an exceedingly beautiful American-French soprano and they fall in love.

During their honeymoon, they sail in the Mediterranean Sea and help in the rescue of a family captured by terrorists in Lebanon. The international political involvement of Arab nations and Western governments ensure the release of the shipping magnate and his family.

Together, they explore some unknown parts of the Amazon rain forest. They discover a wild girl brought up by orangutans, bring her back to America and Europe. Adopted, named Fiona, gradually, she learns how to survive and re-adjust - in a civilised environment. Fiona becomes Britain’s foremost primate geneticist.