Based on interviews and written accounts from over 50 contributors, this title vividly depicts the experiences of the deck officer, from pre-sea training and cadetship through the ranks to the eventual achievement of a Master's authority and responsibilities.
Based on interviews and written accounts from over 50 contributors, this title vividly depicts the experiences of the deck officer, from pre-sea train...
Based on a survey of probation work with almost 1400 young adult offenders, this book provides a unique insight into the realities of probation practice in a context of increasing poverty, drug use and community breakdown. Starting with an outline of the current policy environment, the book discusses the relevance of criminological theory to the harsh experience of young offenders in modern Britain. It goes on to develop a typology of offending behaviour on the basis of detailed and often disturbing accounts of the histories and troubles of young people afflicted by poverty, disruption of...
Based on a survey of probation work with almost 1400 young adult offenders, this book provides a unique insight into the realities of probation practi...
This book charts the turnaround of the Asda business, from the perspective of culture and people. The author discusses 7 principles which businesses can use as practical tools to generate high performance through engagement. This is a business book which uses the technique of story telling to stimulate the reader, and uses case study material to back up the learning. The reader will take away a practical agenda, to improve the performance of any business. It is thought provoking, simple and effective. If you want to engage your people and drive higher levels of performance, this book is for...
This book charts the turnaround of the Asda business, from the perspective of culture and people. The author discusses 7 principles which businesses c...
Jean-Paul de Lagrave, Marie-Thérèse Inguenaud, David Smith
Ce recueil d'articles vise à saisir l'esprit qui animait l'un des salons les plus importants des vingt-cinq dernières années du dix-huitième siècle, celui de Mme Helvétius. Après la mort de son mari (1771), Mme Helvétius s'installe dans le petit village d'Auteuil. Cabanis et l'abbé de La Roche habitent chez elle, alors que l'abbé Morellet y passe deux ou trois jours par semaine. Elle y reçoit souvent son ami intime, Benjamin Franklin, qui demeure dans le village voisin de Passy de 1777 à 1785, et elle accueille un groupe d'intellectuels qui se donneront le nom d'Idéologues....
Ce recueil d'articles vise à saisir l'esprit qui animait l'un des salons les plus importants des vingt-cinq dernières années du dix-huitième sièc...
David Smith has been at the centre of the movement for social change for 50 years. At the core of his approach are adult education and community development methods that help people build locally-controlled, democratic institutions and effective, broad-based social movements. Here is a life-time of involvement chronicled in one book.
David Smith has been at the centre of the movement for social change for 50 years. At the core of his approach are adult education and community devel...
David Smith has been at the centre of the movement for social change for 50 years. At the core of his approach are adult education and community development methods that help people build locally-controlled, democratic institutions and effective, broad-based social movements. Here is a life-time of involvement chronicled in one book.
David Smith has been at the centre of the movement for social change for 50 years. At the core of his approach are adult education and community devel...
Just how did he do it? How did Pierre LeMoyne d'Iberville-alone, outgunned, and outnumbered-defy what should have been a rout for the English Instead, he sinks a Royal Navy vessel with all hands onboard, captures a second ship, and chases off a third Few Canadians know of this classic 17th century encounter on Hudson Bay. How did geography, distance, and a final ironic historical twist of fate leave everyone shaking their heads in disbelief, make tatters of his victory, and deny Iberville super hero status in France? All the answers to these and other life-altering questions are explained...
Just how did he do it? How did Pierre LeMoyne d'Iberville-alone, outgunned, and outnumbered-defy what should have been a rout for the English Instead...
Just how did he do it? How did Pierre LeMoyne d'Iberville-alone, outgunned, and outnumbered-defy what should have been a rout for the English Instead, he sinks a Royal Navy vessel with all hands onboard, captures a second ship, and chases off a third Few Canadians know of this classic 17th century encounter on Hudson Bay. How did geography, distance, and a final ironic historical twist of fate leave everyone shaking their heads in disbelief, make tatters of his victory, and deny Iberville super hero status in France? All the answers to these and other life-altering questions are explained...
Just how did he do it? How did Pierre LeMoyne d'Iberville-alone, outgunned, and outnumbered-defy what should have been a rout for the English Instead...
PIC Projects and Applications Using C details how to program the PIC microcontroller in the C language. The book takes a learn-by-doing approach, with applications covering topics such as inputs, outputs, keypads, alphanumeric displays, analogue-to-digital conversion, radio transmitters and receivers, data EEPROM, interrupts and timing. To aid debugging, the book provides a section detailing the use of the simulator and in-circuit debugger.
With this book you will learn:
How to program the PIC microcontroller in C
Techniques for using the simulator and...
PIC Projects and Applications Using C details how to program the PIC microcontroller in the C language. The book takes a learn-by-doing appr...
Nelson Mandela was not always elderly or benign. This book is about the man that people have forgotten - Young Mandela, the committed terrorist who left his wife and children behind to spend a year living on the run in the racist South Africa of the early 1960s, adopting false names and disguises and sleeping in safe houses.
Nelson Mandela was not always elderly or benign. This book is about the man that people have forgotten - Young Mandela, the committed terrorist who le...
