Linguistics of Political Argument
This book examines the relationship between the White House, in the person of its press secretary, and the press corps through a linguistic analysis of the language used by both sides. A corpus was compiled of around fifty press briefings from the...
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If You Sit Very Still
In 1994, 21 years after her disappearance, Lucy Partington's remains were discovered in Fred and Rosemary West's basement at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester. In this powerful and lyrical book, Lucy's elder sister, Marian, reclaims Lucy from the sta...
Stegosaurus
Interaktiv pekbok för alla små dinoälskare! Dra, snurra och peka! Första faktaboken för de allra minsta dinosaurieälskarna. Lär känna stegosaurus - stor som en buss och med enorma taggar på svansen! I den här färgglada kartongboken med rörli...
Essential Skills for Management Research
Essential Skills for Management Research provides an authoritative overview of research methodology for both students and professional researchers in management. Based on management research methods course needs, and written by expert academics in...
Triceratops
Interaktiv pekbok för alla små dinoälskare!Dra, snurra och peka! Första faktaboken för de allra minsta dinosaurieälskarna.Lär känna triceratops - tung som en lastbil och med hundratals tänder! I den här färgglada kartongboken med rörliga delar får du följa med din favoritdinosaurie när den letar efter mat och leker kull!Läs också:Hej dino! StegosaurusHej dino! Tyrannosaurus rexHej dino! Diplodocus
History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder
For nearly 600 years, from the battles of the early fourteenth century to the dropping of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima, firearms derived from gunpowder and other chemicals defined the frightful extent of war. The apparatus and materials used in Wo...
The Language of Persuasion in Politics and the Media
This bestselling introductory textbook examines the relationship between politicians, the press and the public through the language they employ. Now fully revised with new material on delegitimisation, ‘fake news’, disinformation, (self-)censorship, ‘conspiracy theories’ and ‘Zombie’ narratives, key topics include: * Evaluation, the ‘engine’ of persuasion * ‘Spin’, ‘spin control’ and ‘image’ politics * Models of persuasion, including authority, contrast, problem-solution, association, 'garden path' * Pseudo-logical and ‘post-truth’ arguments * Humour, irony and satire * Metaphors: use, misuse and dangers * Election rhetoricExtracts from speeches, soundbites, newspapers and blogs, social media, interviews, press conferences, election slogans and satires are used to provide the reader with the tools to discover the beliefs, character and hidden strategies of the would-be persuader, as well as the counter-strategies of their targets. This book demonstrates how the study of language use
Book Destruction from the Medieval to the Contemporary
This rich and varied collection of essays by scholars and interviews with artists approaches the fraught topic of book destruction¿from a new angle, setting out an alternative history of the cutting, burning, pulping, defacing and tearing of books...
Arise, England
'An absorbing and eye-opening account of what the Plantagenets did for us.' - HELEN CASTOR 'Burt and Partington show precisely and engagingly why the Middle Ages matter.' - DAN JONES Between 1199 and 1399, English politics was high drama. These tw...
Arise, England
'An absorbing and eye-opening account of what the Plantagenets did for us.' - HELEN CASTOR 'Burt and Partington show precisely and engagingly why the Middle Ages matter.' - DAN JONES Between 1199 and 1399, English politics was high drama. These tw...
An Introduction to Hankel Operators
Hankel operators are of wide application in mathematics (functional analysis, operator theory, approximation theory) and engineering (control theory, systems analysis) and this account of them is both elementary and rigorous. The book is based on ...
Categorical Data Analysis
Praise for the Second Edition "A must-have book for anyone expecting to do research and/or applications in categorical data analysis." -Statistics in Medicine "It is a total delight reading this book." -Pharmaceutical Research ...
Destructive Leaders and Dysfunctional Organizations
Organizational behavior and leadership research has traditionally been deeply influenced by positive psychology and appreciative inquiry. Yet, in recent times, a wave of corporate scandals and spectacular organizational failures has forced managem...
Practice of Eating
This book reconstructs and extends sociological approaches to the understanding of food consumption. It identifies new ways to approach the explanation of food choice and it develops new concepts which will help reshape and reorient common underst...
Emergency Powers in a Time of Pandemic
How do we maintain core values and rights when governments impose restrictive measures on our lives? Declaring a state of emergency is the best way to protect public health in a pandemic but how do these powers differ from those for national secur...
Million Dollar Consulting Toolkit
The practical toolbox for readers of Million Dollar Consulting This useful guide provides specific checklists, guidelines, templates, and actual examples for every step of the consulting process. It covers marketing, sales, meetings, implementatio...
Cultural Consumption, Classification and Power
When social scientists in the 1970s began to identify the positive and constructive role of cultural practices in the operation of power, Pierre Bourdieu advanced a highly influential and subsequently controversial account. Most notably in Distinc...
Million Dollar Consulting Proposals
Bestselling author of Million Dollar Consulting shares the secrets of writing winning proposals Intended for consultants, speakers, and other professional services providers, Million Dollar Consulting¿ Proposals ends forever the time-consuming and...
Social Media and Electronic Commerce Law
The ever-evolving nature of electronic commerce and social media continues to challenge the capacity of the courts to respond to privacy and security violations in 'cyberlaw'. Social Media and Electronic Commerce Law is designed to provide student...
Great Fundraising Organizations
Unlock new growth opportunities by transforming your organization's approach to fundraising In Great Fundraising Organizations, renowned nonprofit consultant Alan Clayton delivers a proven blueprint for charities and non-profits worldwide to scale...
Sport Studies Reader
"This anthology provides breadth, depth, and continuity in a thoughtfully presented selection of classic, current, and provocative readings. For instructors it is the "course pack" they've always wanted to prepare, and for students ...
Positive Psychology
The third edition of Positive Psychology is an accessible introduction to this rapidly growing field. It covers all major positive psychology topics including wellbeing, character strengths, optimism, gratitude, savouring, flow, mindfulness, emoti...
Clinical Psychology
Clinical Psychology is for students studying clinical psychology as part of an undergraduate programme in psychology, nursing, sociology or social and behavioural sciences. Undergraduate students who wish to know if postgraduate study in clinical ...
ISO 22301: 2019 - An introduction to a business continuity management system (BCMS)
In an increasingly volatile world, exemplified by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, organisations are looking at business continuity with a fresh perspective. While most organisations believe they are prepared for disruption, COVID-19 has proved otherwi...
Crime, Reason and History
Many books seek to explain the general principles of the criminal law. Crime, Reason and History stands out and alone as a book that critically and concisely analyses these principles and comes up with a different viewpoint: that the law is shaped...
Analysis of Ordinal Categorical Data
Statistical science's first coordinated manual of methods for analyzing ordered categorical data, now fully revised and updated, continues to present applications and case studies in fields as diverse as sociology, public health, ecology, marketin...
A Comprehensive Course in Number Theory
Developed from the author's popular text, A Concise Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, this book provides a comprehensive initiation to all the major branches of number theory. Beginning with the rudiments of the subject, the author proceeds t...
Truth Through Proof
Truth Through Proof defends an anti-platonist philosophy of mathematics derived from game formalism. Classic formalists claimed implausibly that mathematical utterances are truth-valueless moves in a game. Alan Weir aims to develop a more satisfac...
Republic of Equals
The first book length study of property-owning democracy, Republic of Equals argues that a society in which capital is universally accessible to all citizens is uniquely placed to meet the demands of justice. Arguing from a basis in liberal-republ...