A profoundly moving debut novel about the fragility of family love, the resilience of the living, the durability of memory and the experience of bereavement.
A profoundly moving debut novel about the fragility of family love, the resilience of the living, the durability of memory and the experience of berea...
Remarkably, throughout World War Two, and even when the violence was its height, the allied and axis governments remained in contact through third parties in order to achieve humanitarian ends such as the exchange of wounded prisoners-of-war, of "protected" persons, such as medical personnel and priests, and of civilian internees. This involved detailed negotiations, careful planning and coordination, and the movement of protected ships and trains through war zones.
This book fills an important gap in the history of World War Two describing how the warring governments of Britain,...
Remarkably, throughout World War Two, and even when the violence was its height, the allied and axis governments remained in contact through third ...
One of the challenges facing organizations is having the ability to bring about the change needed for sustainable competitive advantage in evolving economic and market environments. However, the gap between what organizations would like to deliver and their capabilities to do so, keeps widening.
Enterprise Change Management attempts to bridge this gap; chapters cover adaptive leadership, how to execute single changes effectively, how to manage the demand for change, how to hire resilient people, and create the context for successful change. Based on research from...
One of the challenges facing organizations is having the ability to bring about the change needed for sustainable competitive advanta...
If there has been some modest advance, since Karl Popper's death in 1994, in the general understanding of his critical rationalist theory of knowledge and philosophy of science, there is still widespread resistance both to it and to the recognition of the magnitude of his contribution. Popper long ago diagnosed the logical problems of traditional enlightenment rationalism (as did some irrationalists), but instead of pretending that they are readily solved or embracing irrational defeatism (as do postmodernists), he provided a cogent and liberating rationalist alternative. This book promotes,...
If there has been some modest advance, since Karl Popper's death in 1994, in the general understanding of his critical rationalist theory of knowledge...
This book shows how the release of the free market in the last part of the twentieth century produced a rise in inequality and violence, the development of a huge criminal economy and the degradation of social and cultural life.
It questions the silence of academics in the face of these changes and asks how much they have been incorporated into the priorities of commerce and governments. Many academics in the social sciences, media and cultural studies have avoided critical issues and become occupied in obscure theoretical debates such as post-modernism. The effect was to draw...
This book shows how the release of the free market in the last part of the twentieth century produced a rise in inequality and violence, the develo...
Rethinking Northern Ireland provides a coherent and critical account of the Northern Ireland conflict. Most writing on Northern Ireland is informed by British propaganda, unionist ideology or currently popular 'ethnic conflict' paradigm which allows analysts to wallow in a fascination with tribal loyalty. Rethinking Northern Ireland sets the record straight by reembedding the conflict in Ireland in the history of an literature on imperialism and colonialism.
Written by Irish, Scottish and English women and men it includes material on neglected topics such as the role of...
Rethinking Northern Ireland provides a coherent and critical account of the Northern Ireland conflict. Most writing on Northern Ireland is info...
Measurement by the Physical Educator: Why and How, helps the physical education, exercise science, or kinesiology major develop the necessary confidence and skills to measure and assess student' knowledge and physical performance in physical education classes. Beyond just providing measurement techniques, this instructive, readable text also teaches the reason for the measurement and how to apply the results of assessment to the design of learning activities that will meet students' physical activity needs. This book prepares future physical educators for work in a variety of settings, both...
Measurement by the Physical Educator: Why and How, helps the physical education, exercise science, or kinesiology major develop the necessary confiden...
The book explores the regional governing of metropolitan America in a comprehensive and systematic fashion. It reviews the financial system of state and local government at the broadest possible level?the national level?and explores the relationships between the federal government, the 50 state governments, and the 86,000 local governments that con
The book explores the regional governing of metropolitan America in a comprehensive and systematic fashion. It reviews the financial system of state a...
