Lauragais
A journey through the past and present of a little-known area of south-west France.¿ Explores the people, places and events that shaped a land once too important to ignore.¿ A whole library has been written about the Lauragais in French, but virtu...
Bli ett med nuet : finn glädjen i varje stund
Som högpresterande entreprenör trodde Shannon Duncan att pengar och framgång var vägen till lyckan. Men efter att i 30-årsåldern ha dragit sig tillbaka som mångmiljonär, insåg han att lyckan faktisk stod att finna någon helt annanstans. Efter någr...
The Conceptual Framework of Quantum Field Theory
The book attempts to provide an introduction to quantum field theory emphasizing conceptual issues frequently neglected in more "utilitarian" treatments of the subject. The book is divided into four parts, entitled respectively "Ori...
Associative Political Culture in the Holy Roman Empire
What was the Holy Roman Empire in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries? At the turning point between the medieval and early modern periods, this vast Central European polity was the continent's most politically fragmented. The imperial monarchs w...
Hume's Philosophical Politics
This is a study of Hume's political thought based on a survey of all his writings in their original and revised versions, with full reference to the works of predecessors and contemporaries, including journalists, pamphleteers and historians. Hume...
Scope and Structure of Unjust Enrichment
This ambitious book grapples with the complex debates ongoing on the structure of unjust enrichment, proving to be a major contribution to the field. Responding to the subject's critics, it presents a clearly articulated structure for this branch ...
Doing Museology Differently
One might believe that museum studies is a stable field of academic inquiry based on a set of familiar institutional forms and functions. But as institutions museums have never been stable or singular, and neither has the discipline of museum stud...
Economic Crisis, Quality of Work, and Social Integration
The quality of working life has been central to the sociological agenda for several decades, and has also been increasingly salient as a policy issue, and for companies. This book breaks new ground in the study of the quality of work by providing ...
Global Food Security Governance
In 2007/8 world food prices spiked and global economic crisis set in, leaving hundreds of millions of people unable to access adequate food. The international reaction was swift. In a bid for leadership, the 123 member countries of the United Nati...
Excellence Book
BE AS EXCELLENT AS YOU CAN BE In this 5th anniversary edition Kevin Duncan has teamed up with his daughter to produce a thoroughly updated, cross-generational compendium of helpful advice. It draws together 50 ingenious thoughts to improve your at...
Doing Museology Differently
One might believe that museum studies is a stable field of academic inquiry based on a set of familiar institutional forms and functions. But as institutions museums have never been stable or singular, and neither has the discipline of museum stud...
Nabokov and his Books
At the outbreak of the Second World War Vladimir Nabokov stood on the brink of losing everything all over again. The reputation he had built as the pre-eminent Russian novelist in exile was imperilled. In Nabokov and his Books, Duncan White shows ...
History of Tribology
A revised and updated edition of Professor Duncan Dowson's classic History of Tribology which has been unavailable for a number of years. The scope of Professor Dowson's survey is broad in time, place, and subject. All the major periods in the his...
A History of the Royal Navy: World War II
This book argues that World War II was, effectively, a maritime war; it was the Royal Navy's war.
Alice Munro's Narrative Art
Among the first critical works on Alice Munro's writing, this study of her short fiction is informed by the disciplines of narratology and literary linguistics. Through examining Munro's narrative art, Isla Duncan demonstrates a rich understanding...
Maritime History and Identity
The sea and its relation to human life has always been a subject of fascination for historians. For the first time, this book looks at the field of Maritime History through the prism of identity, looking at how the sea has influenced the formation...
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Teaching Children's Literature
Drawing on a series of recently conducted classroom workshops and live interviews with the authors, this inspiring book examines five popular children's authors: Philip Pullman, J.K. Rowling, Michael Morpurgo, Anthony Browne, Jacqueline Wilson and...
Construction Project Manager's Pocket Book
The third edition of the Construction Project Manager's Pocket Book continues to guide and educate readers on the broad range of essential skills required to be a successful construction project manager. The book introduces the generic skills requ...