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Foxton Books The Time Machine Foxton Readers Level 4 1300
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Foxton Books Star Flight Academy Foxton Readers Level 6 2300
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£11.72
Foxton Books The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Foxton Readers
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£11.25
Foxton Books Tarzan and the Ant Men Foxton Readers Level 3
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£10.31
Triarchy Press Thinking Systems: An Organic Language of Harmony
Book SynopsisA guide and exploration for newcomers and experienced Systems Thinkers alike. In Thinking Systems Robin Asby explores Systems Thinking from a process perspective and shows how this perspective generates new insights, particularly into the problems that we face in the stewardship of our planet. It explains how a process-based approach allows us to think differently and how it can be widely applied. Part 1 introduces Systems Thinking and the systemic process modelling of learning and managing. This is an up-to-date and accessible introduction for anyone interested in the theory and practice of Systems Thinking. Part 2 describes the effect of applying Systems Thinking in two key areas where problems of understanding exist: government and Quantum Mechanics. Whilst these two are far apart in the academic world, in each case surprising insights result from the systemic process approach.Trade Review"Stafford Beer commented 'I wish people would read my books'. I do hope people will read this one. Rooted in the timeline of his developing thinking, Robin Asby introduces and explains core concepts in systems thinking, cybernetics and, in particular the Viable System Model to great effect. He elaborates that model, its conception and rationale elegantly and with great clarity. The ideas of this book are challenging to conventional thinking, the language as complex as is necessary but not more so, and the philosophical shift required to realise the benefits is well indicated. For those new to the subject Robin offers an accessible, clearly articulated and well executed introduction to thinking in the field. For those familiar with the core material he offers a range of insights which create scope for conversation and the potential to provoke discussion and debate. It is rare to find such scope in one book! This work deserves shelf space from all those serious about exploring the world through the lens of cybernetics. Dr. John Beckford, President, The Cybernetics Society and Visiting Professor at University College London and Loughborough University, UKTable of ContentsPreface Part 1: The Journey 1. Sketching the Route 2. Modelling 3. Understanding system, process and relationship 4. Holding Steady: Structure 5. Holding Steady: Control and Coherence 6. Changing with the Flow: Learning 7. Recognising the Importance of Perspective Part 2: Applying the Approach 8. Modelling Governing 9. Modelling Quantum Systems 10. Looking Back Index
£20.96
Fernand Nathan Le mystere de la chambre jaune - Livre + audio
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£10.13
Cle International Jaime 2 Niveau A2.1 Livre de leleve
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£23.52
Cle International Vocabulaire progressif du francais des affaires
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£16.64
Orthographe progressive du français Niveau
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£999.99
Cle International Trampoline: Livre de l'eleve 2
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£30.86
Didier Nouvelle Generation: Livre de l'eleve + cahier
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£999.99
Yukibooks 100 premiers mots en turc: Imagier bilingue pour
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£10.95
Yukibooks 100 premiers mots en suédois: Imagier bilingue
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£10.70
Yukibooks Apprendre l'anglais - 150 mots avec prononciation
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£12.30
Yukibooks Apprendre l'italien - 150 mots avec prononciation
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£12.30
Yukibooks Apprendre l'espagnol - 150 mots avec
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£12.30
Yukibooks Apprendre le vietnamien - 150 mots avec
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£12.30
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Towards Analytical Techniques for Systems
Book SynopsisThis book is intended for specialists in systems engineering interested in new, general techniques and for students and practitioners interested in using these techniques for solving specific practical problems. For many real-world, complex systems, it is possible to create easy-to-compute explicit analytical models instead of time-consuming computer simulations. Usually, however, analytical models are designed on a case-by-case basis, and there is a scarcity of general techniques for designing such easy-to-compute models. This book fills this gap by providing general recommendations for using analytical techniques in all stages of system design, implementation, testing, and monitoring. It also illustrates these recommendations using applications in various domains, such as more traditional engineering systems, biological systems (e.g., systems for cattle management), and medical and social-related systems (e.g., recommender systems).Table of ContentsFormulation of the Problem.- Analytical Techniques for Describing User Preferences: 80/20 Rule Partially Explains 7 Plus Minus 2 Law.- Analytical Techniques Help Enhance the Results of Data Mining: Case Study of Cow Insemination.- Case When Analytical Techniques Invalidate the Conclusions of Data Mining: Reversed Flynn Effect of Decreasing IQ Test Scores.- Analytical Techniques for Taking into Account Several Aspects of a Designed Systems: Case Study of Computation-Communication Tradeoff.- Analytical Techniques for Testing: Optimal Distribution of Testing Resources Between Different System Levels.- Index.
£104.49
Birkhauser New Silk Road
Book Synopsis China's Belt and Road Initiative, started in 2013, has transformed many places around the world but also China itself. In some cases, it provided crucial infrastructure, such as the General Hospital of Niger in Niamey or the National Library of El Salvador, while it also generated entire new urban areas, e.g. the Free Zone in Khorghos, Kazakhstan, with sometimes controversial effects to local communities and the environment. Based on research undertaken at the Politecnico di Torino, this publication looks at the Belt and Road Initiative in architectural and spatial terms. Organized in thematic categories, it entails a survey of 21 case studies and investigates the impact of these China-backed projects. All buildings are documented with maps, architectural drawings and photographs specifically created for this book. A critical appraisal and an architectural guide to the Belt and Road Initiative Authors include Michele Bonino, Francesca Governa (Politecnico di Torino), Francesco Carota (University of Kansas), Sohrab Marri (Balochistan University), Charlie Xue (City University of Hong Kong) With photo reportages by Ivo Tavares, Paulo Moreira and Al Yousuf
£45.45
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Speech A Natural History
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£32.40
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea as a Hypertext of
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£38.64
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing A Feminist Perception of Women Characters in
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£46.52
3A Corporation Minna No Nihongo 2nd Ver
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£31.34
Peking University Press After the Accident - Chinese Breeze Graded
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£9.94
Peking University Press Boya Chinese: Elementary vol.2
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£20.85
Sociedad General Espanola de Libreria Vitamina B2: Cuaderno de ejercicios + audio
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£28.59
Difusion Centro de Publicacion y Publicaciones de Idiomas, S.L. Español en marcha 1 - Cuaderno de ejercicios +
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£999.99
Difusion Centro de Publicacion y Publicaciones de Idiomas, S.L. Nos vemos hoy 2 Edición híbrida para estudiantes
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Difusion Centro de Publicacion y Publicaciones de Idiomas, S.L. Gente hoy 3 Edicion hibrida Libro del alumno
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£43.95
Ediciones SM Coleccion Gomez Torrego: Gramatica didactica del
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£30.85
Sociedad General Espanola de Libreria Temas De Gramatica
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£22.14
Sociedad General Espanola de Libreria Impresiones A1: Student Book: Libro del Alumno:
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£34.15
Edizioni Edilingua srlu Avventure italiane. Storie illustrate per
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£14.20
CIDEB s.r.l. Lire et sentrainer
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£999.99
CIDEB s.r.l. Reading Training Life Skills
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£999.99
Oxford University Press English File Beginner Teachers Book with Test and
Book SynopsisThe English File Third Edition Teacher''s Book offers a comprehensive walk-through guide to every lesson, in every unit of the English File Third Edition Student''s Book, along with over 70 photocopiable activities. The English File Teacher''s Book package comes complete with a Test & Assessment CD-ROM, which includes a complete test for every File, an End-of-course Test, two Progress Tests, and a Quick Test for every File.
£75.32
Oxford University Press New Headway PreIntermediate Third Edition
Book SynopsisThe world's best-selling adult English course - a perfectly-balanced syllabus, strong grammar focus, and full support for your pre-intermediate class.
£36.78
Taylor & Francis SPSS Survival Manual
Book SynopsisThe SPSS Survival Manual throws a lifeline to students and researchers grappling with this powerful data analysis software.In her bestselling manual, Julie Pallant guides you through the entire research process, helping you choose the right data analysis technique for your project. From the formulation of research questions, to the design of the study and analysis of data, to reporting the results, Julie discusses basic through to advanced statistical techniques. She outlines each technique clearly, providing step by step procedures for performing your analysis, a detailed guide to interpreting data output and examples of how to present your results in a report.For both beginners and experienced users in psychology, sociology, health sciences, medicine, education, business and related disciplines, the SPSS Survival Manual is an essential text. Illustrated with screen grabs, examples of output and tips, it is supported by a website with sample data and guidelines on report writing.This seventh edition is fully revised and updated to accommodate changes to IBM SPSS Statistics procedures, screens and output. A website with support materials for students and lecturers is available at https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781760875534/Trade Review'An excellent introduction to using SPSS for data analysis. It provides a self-contained resource itself, with more than simply (detailed and clear) step-by-step descriptions of statistical procedures in SPSS. There is also a wealth of tips and advice, and for each statistical technique a brief, but consistently reliable, explanation is provided.' - Associate Professor George Dunbar, University of Warwick'This book is recommended as ESSENTIAL to all students completing research projects - minor and major.' - Dr John Roodenburg, Monash UniversityTable of ContentsPrefaceData files and websiteIntroduction and overviewPart One Getting started1 Designing a study 2 Preparing a codebook 3 Getting to know IBM SPSS Statistics Part Two Preparing the data file 4 Creating a data file and entering data 5 Screening and cleaning the data Part Three Preliminary analyses 6 Descriptive statistics 7 Using graphs to describe and explore the data 8 Manipulating the data 9 Checking the reliability of a scale 10 Choosing the right statistic Part Four Statistical techniques to explore relationships among variables 11 Correlation 12 Partial correlation 13 Multiple regression 14 Logistic regression 15 Factor analysis Part Five Statistical techniques to compare groups 16 Non-parametric statistics 17 T-tests 18 One-way analysis of variance 19 Two-way between-groups ANOVA 20 Mixed between-within subjects analysis of variance 21 Multivariate analysis of variance 22 Analysis of covariance Appendix: Details of data files Recommended reading References Index
£152.06
Cambridge University Press Beginning to Write Writing Activities for
Book SynopsisBeginning to Write contains over 100 writing activities suitable for elementary and intermediate learners.Trade Review'The activities are explained very clearly, in fact the purchase of the book would be equivalent to the purchase of 100 ready made lesson plans!' QUATESOL NEWSLETTER NO 3, 99Table of ContentsRead this first; Introduction; 1; From copying to writing; 2; The mechanics of writing; 3; Confidence building; 4; Practising process stages; 5; A process writing-project; 6; Computers and writing; 7; Outcomes; 8; Assessment; Bibliography; Indexes
£33.85
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second
Book SynopsisFully updated and packed with new material, the second edition of Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language is the ideal guide for non-native speaker students and their supervisors working on writing a thesis or dissertation in English. Considering the purposes of thesis and dissertation of writing alongside writer/reader relationships, this book uses accessible language and practical examples to discuss issues that are crucial to successful thesis and dissertation writing. This edition offers: Insights into the experience of being a doctoral writer, issues of writer identity, and writing with authority Typical language and discourse features of theses and dissertations Advice on the structure and organisation of key sections Suggestions for online resources which support writing Extracts from completed theses and dissertations Guidance on understanding examiner expectations Advice on publishing from a PhD Suitable for students from all disciplines, Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language is essential reading for non-native speaker students looking to complete a thesis or dissertation in English.Trade ReviewDoctoral Writing Blog (https://doctoralwriting.wordpress.com/recommended-reading/)The highly popular Doctoral Writing Blog recommends the book in these terms:Brian Paltridge and Sue Starfield’s Thesis and dissertation writing in a second language: A handbook for supervisors, London: Routledge, remains hard to beat. This book is for doctoral students who haven’t studied linguistics, and suspect that their supervisors and advisors are not that clear with spelling out how to meet the criteria that will please examiners. We’ve found that the focus on second language explanation makes this a wonderfully clear book for anyone.In a list of resources for doctoral students, the Blog says about our book: As a teaching resource this is probably the most well used book in my library. I return to it time and time again because it provides me with the confidence to say ‘research shows that this is a common pattern in thesis writing’. That’s really important for me. This use of empirical evidence makes the book stand out from the crowd – it’s so unlike those other writing advice books Anne Lee, University of Stavanger, Norway. There is a need for this book, internationally candidates are struggling with how to write their work up, and supervisors are struggling with how to help them. The pedagogical expectations from different cultural backgrounds are enormous.The market is growing, international doctoral candidates are a growing force in the UK (partially because of the funding difficulties that local students face). I think the various national Council’s for Doctoral/Graduate Education should be alerted to this book when it is published (EG UKCGE).This book is different from the competition as the focii of existing books are either on academic writing, supervising writing or a first language doctoral candidate writing their thesis up in English.I recommend that a second edition of this book is published.Professor Jerry Wellington, University of Sheffield, UKYes, I think there is a need for this book as most books of this kind do not focus as clearly on international students. Having said that, most of the points and guidelines in the first edition apply to all students: what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.Yes, I recommend publication. I like it and I know that our students will find it valuable, clear and helpful.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Author Biographies; List of tables, figures and boxes; 1 Introduction; 2 Becoming a researcher in a global world; 3 Issues in thesis and dissertation writing in English as a second language; 4 Writing a research proposal; 5 The overall shape of theses and dissertations; 6 Writing the introduction; 7 Writing the background chapters; 8 Writing the methodology chapter; 9 Writing the results chapter; 10 Writing discussions and conclusions; 11 Writing the abstract and acknowledgements sections; 12 Publishing from a thesis or dissertation; 13 Resources for thesis and dissertation writing; References; Index
£999.99
Cambridge University Press Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences
Book SynopsisCollected and translated by John B. Thompson, this collection of essays by Paul Ricoeur includes many that had never appeared in English before the volume''s publication in 1981. As comprehensive as it is illuminating, this lucid introduction to Ricoeur''s prolific contributions to sociological theory features his more recent writings on the history of hermeneutics, its central themes and issues, his own constructive position and its implications for sociology, psychoanalysis and history. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery, and including a specially commissioned preface written by Charles Taylor, illuminating its enduring importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this classic work has been revived for a new generation of readers.Trade Review'[Ricoeur] does capture a quite crucial point of Peirce's concept of interpretation: its 'synechistic' nature, namely the continuous, non-extrinsic character of the relationship between (to use Ricoeur's terminology) 'tradition' - what a text or other forms of discourse signify (tradit) - and 'interpretation' - what it evokes in the mind of the interpreter.' Francesco Poggiani , Phenomenological ReviewsTable of ContentsPreface to this edition Charles Taylor; Acknowledgements; Editor's introduction; Notes on editing and translating; A response Paul Ricoeur; Part I. Studies in the History of Hermeneutics: 1. The task of hermeneutics; 2. Hermeneutics and the critique of ideology; 3. Phenomenology and hermeneutics; Part II. Studies in the Theory of Interpretation: 4. The hermeneutical function of distanciation; 5. What is a text? Explanation and understanding; 6. Metaphor and the central problem of hermeneutics; 7. Appropriation; Part III. Studies in the Philosophy of Social Science: 8. The model of the text: meaningful action considered as a text; 9. Science and ideology; 10. The question of proof in Freud's psychoanalytic writings; 11. The narrative function; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.
£20.89
Cambridge University Press Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa
Book SynopsisAnalysing the psychology of fourteen modern leaders from eight countries and three non-state organisations, Özgür Özdamar and Sercan Canbolat reconsider politics and power in the MENA region. Observing commonalities and differences between these leaders, the authors offer novel insights into their foreign policy and how best to negotiate with them.Trade Review'This book bears all the hallmarks of an instant classic. To what extent are the foreign policies of MENA nations influenced by the personalities and personal beliefs of their leaders? The authors answer that question with a wide-ranging operational code analysis of historical and contemporary MENA leaders. This volume will be of immense interest to scholars and foreign policymakers alike.' Valerie Hudson, Texas A&M University'This is a breakthrough in the study of leadership in the Middle East and North Africa. Operational code analysis is applied to gain insights into how political Islam and other factors shape foreign policy. The book is essential reading for scholars of MENA and international relations in general.' Patrick James, University of Southern California'This book is an excellent example of how combining foreign policy analysis with regional expertise sharpens the analysis of international relations. Özdamar and Canbolat put leaders front and centre to make significant contributions to our understanding of the dynamics in the region and to multiple areas of scholarship.' Julie Kaarbo, University of Edinburgh'The authors of this pathbreaking volume show how key operational code beliefs regarding the exercise of power vary across MENA leaders with the same ideology and between groups with different ideologies to account for their distinct foreign policy decisions and approaches to important regional and global issues in world politics.' Stephen G. Walker, Arizona State UniversityTable of Contents1. Political ideology and foreign policy decision-making in the Middle East and North Africa: an operational code approach; 2. Political Islam and Sunni ideology: Muslim Brotherhood leadership; 3. Political Islam and Shia ideology: Iranian and Iraqi leadership; 4. Secularist leaders in the Levant: Syrian, Israeli and Lebanese leadership; 5. Armed non-state actors' foreign policy: PKK, PYD, Hezbollah, and ISIS leaders in the Middle East and North Africa; 6. Leaders, foreign policy decision-making, and international relations; 7. Policy implications and future research; References; Index.
£80.75
Cambridge University Press Multivariate Biomarker Discovery
Book SynopsisThis concise book for scientists and students interested in bioinformatics and data science covers all aspects of predictive modeling for biomarker discovery based on high-dimensional data, as well as modern data science methods for identification of parsimonious and robust multivariate biomarkers for medical diagnosis and personalized medicine.
£56.99
Cambridge University Press Nonlinear Valuation and NonGaussian Risks in
Book SynopsisWhat happens to risk as the economic horizon goes to zero and risk is seen as an exposure to a change in state that may occur instantaneously at any time? All activities that have been undertaken statically at a fixed finite horizon can now be reconsidered dynamically at a zero time horizon, with arrival rates at the core of the modeling. This book, aimed at practitioners and researchers in financial risk, delivers the theoretical framework and various applications of the newly established dynamic conic finance theory. The result is a nonlinear non-Gaussian valuation framework for risk management in finance. Risk-free assets disappear and low risk portfolios must pay for their risk reduction with negative expected returns. Hedges may be constructed to enhance value by exploiting risk interactions. Dynamic trading mechanisms are synthesized by machine learning algorithms. Optimal exposures are designed for option positioning simultaneously across all strikes and maturities.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Univariate risk representation using arrival rates; 3. Estimation of univariate arrival rates from time series data; 4. Estimation of univariate arrival rates from option surface data; 5. Multivariate arrival rates associated with prespecified univariate arrival rates; 6. The measure-distorted valuation as a financial objective; 7. Representing market realities; 8. Measure-distorted value-maximizing hedges in practice; 9. Conic hedging contributions and comparisons; 10. Designing optimal univariate exposures; 11. Multivariate static hedge designs using measure-distorted valuations; 12. Static portfolio allocation theory for measure-distorted valuations; 13. Dynamic valuation via nonlinear martingales and associated backward stochastic partial integro-differential equations; 14. Dynamic portfolio theory; 15. Enterprise valuation using infinite and finite horizon valuation of terminal liquidation; 16. Economic acceptability; 17. Trading Markovian models; 18. Market implied measure-distortion parameters; References; Index.
£94.99
Cambridge University Press Beginning Syntax
Book SynopsisThis engaging introduction to generative syntax leads students through the theory from the very beginning, assuming no prior knowledge. Examples are chosen to be easily understood, and a comprehensive glossary provides clear definitions of all key terms introduced. An ideal resource for instructors and beginning undergraduate students of syntax.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction: what linguistics is about and what syntax is about; 1. Tacit knowledge (or: several things you didn't know you knew about English); 2. Constituents and categories; 3. Phrase structure rules and constituency tests; 4. X'-theory; 5. Movement; 6. Binding; 7. Syntax beyond English; 8. The architecture of grammar; Conclusion.
£66.50
Cambridge University Press Intercultural Politeness
Book SynopsisBy taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book explores the process of managing relations across cultures. With research-based examples and student friendly features, it provides a groundbreaking analytic framework for understanding intercultural relations, and offers important new insights for researchers, students and practitioners.Trade Review'With a firm focus on the negotiation of relationships in context, Helen Spencer-Oatey and Daniel Kadar provide an immensely useful discussion of theory, methodology, and applications in intercultural research on politeness. Their analyses draw on their extensive research experience and are illuminated by data from a wide range of sources, making this an engaging text which researchers, practitioners and students will find stimulating.' Janet Holmes, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington'This is an extraordinarily rich textbook on the cross-cultural management of interpersonal relationships, embedded in a state-of-the-art knowledge of recent research on the impact of our many cultural identities on how we communicate with others and the cooperative or conflictual results that follow. Both authors are recognized scholars in their respective areas of social psychology and in linguistic pragmatics but also have extensive experience in living and working successfully across cultural lines. Their academic backgrounds and personal experience produce a book that is both sophisticated in its appreciation of culture and practical in its application to the real world of interacting across cultural lines. Reading this book would be informative and enlightening to academics and students in the disciplines of social psychology, intercultural communication, discourse analysis and socio-pragmatics, as well as to professionals working in contexts of cultural diversity. Eminently readable and readily applicable.' Michael Harris Bond, Hong Kong Polytechnic University'This wide-ranging multidisciplinary collation of research over-layered with original thinking is a jaw-droppingly impressive achievement. Both theoretical and applied, we (researchers, practitioners, students) are guided by the authors through the complexities of intercultural politeness with an easy yet assured hand, assisted by copious examples, diagrams and clarity of writing. This is a book that will reverberate through scholarship for many years to come.' Jonathan Culpeper, Lancaster University'Emphasizing interpersonal relationships in intercultural settings, the authors offer an elegant integration of theoretical inputs, empirical evidences, concrete experiential examples, and practical reflections questions on intercultural politeness. The book is a timely contribution to our world that is in need of enhanced competences for intercultural connection.' Yih-Teen Lee, IESE Business School, University of Navarra'As the world becomes a global village through increased intercultural contacts amidst the complexities of ethnic discriminations wrought by Covid-19 (Kulich et al, in press) the book Intercultural Politeness couldn't have come out at a better time. This book provides a thorough analysis of managing intercultural relations across cultures. Aside from their excellent pedagogical approach in laying bare the complex concepts of culture, politeness and intercultural relations, Spencer-Oatey and Kádár draw upon several experiential anecdotes from their travels and sojourns across the globe to make the issues real and timely. In two words, I will describe this book as 'interesting and educative'. The authors do an excellent job in taking the reader on a discovery journey. Across the 17 chapters, the authors take the reader from the barest rudimentary level to a rock-solid foundation of the intricacies of managing intercultural relations of modern societies. The reader simply cannot miss the finesse in the building blocks that the authors use when they intersperse each chapter with boxes of research report excerpts and their personal encounters. These research reports will undoubtedly wet any reader's appetite for going to the original source. The book is absolutely a must-read textbook by anyone interested in understanding intercultural relations.' David Sam, University of Bergen, Norway'If you are interested in a culture-sensitive and situationally-attuning scholarly book that weaves the domains of linguistic pragmatics, intercultural communication, and cross-cultural psychology seamlessly, read this book! Through a rigorous examination of the different approaches that contribute to an understanding of the various intercultural encountering processes, Dr Spencer-Oatey and Dr Kádár have succeeded in telling a compelling story of the multilayered dynamics of intercultural politeness and (im)politeness. Presenting extensive intercultural critical incidents, experiential discourse examples, and well-analysed research schemas, the book helps promote competent relationship-building sensibilities across cultures.' Stella Ting-Toomey, California State University, Fullerton, USA'Aware of diverse approaches to trans-, cross-, or inter-cultural communications, Helen Spencer-Oatey and Dániel Kádár remind us that no matter what our framework or approach, successful interactions happen when satisfying relationships are fostered, established, and maintained, and that 'intercultural politeness' is often a key part of those. Moving beyond classic 'politeness theory,' this work integrates a wide range of frameworks, provides data, and offers in-depth insights into the dynamics of politeness in different cultural contexts. The authors insightfully apply these to contexts like the workplace, small talk, intercultural friendships, as well how emics like guanxi are worked out in assumed etics like intercultural competence. Masterful, concise, and compelling - a must read for anyone who values a research base to enjoy better relationships!' Steve Kulich, President, The International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR)'The book is intended for researchers into intercultural theory, pragmatics and conflict research but is also relevant for intercultural trainers and language teachers. Each chapter ends with a summary and some with questions for reflection and discussion in class.' Maurice Cassidy, Training, Language and Culture'… a much-needed book … In our current globalised world, it could be argued that anyone could benefit from this book!' Dely L Elliot, Social Psychological Review'… the book appropriate for advanced students, scholars, and intercultural trainers.' L. B. Jabs, ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I. Conceptual Foundations: 2. Conceptualising politeness; 3. Conceptualising culture; Part II. Evaluating Politeness across Cultures: 4. Overview of the politeness evaluation process; 5. Contextual assessments and culture; 6. Norms, expectations and culture; 7. Evaluation warrant 1: culture and the bases of rapport; 8. Evaluation warrant 2: culture and conceptions of the socio-moral order; 9. Making judgements and culture; 10. Application: data analysis sample and practice; Part III. Managing Politeness across Cultures: 11. Managing politeness across cultures: an overview; 12. Responding to offencess and restoring relations; 13. Dealing with disagreement and conflict; 14. Maintaining smooth intercultural relations; 15. Initiating and fostering positive intercultural relations; Part IV. Implications and Concluding Comments: 16. Implications for politeness theory; 17. Implications for the intercultural field.
£21.84
Cambridge University Press Ancient Libraries
Book SynopsisThis book opens a window onto the book cultures of antiquity, challenging old myths, presenting new research and exploring the implications for ancient science. It examines ancient libraries in the context of cultures of collection and display and reveals their complex relationship with private collections of books.Trade Review'[An] important contribution to ancient cultural history.' The Times Literary Supplement'The readability, immense variety and breadth of learning of the contributions to Ancient Libraries set a new benchmark, at a time when this subject is undergoing a welcome renaissance.' J. Wasserstein, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: approaching the ancient library Greg Woolf; Part I. Contexts: 1. Libraries in ancient Egypt Kim Ryholt; 2. Reading the libraries of Assyria and Babylonia Eleanor Robson; 3. Fragments of a history of ancient libraries Christian Jacob; Part II. Hellenistic and Roman Republican Libraries: 4. Men and books in fourth-century BC Athens Massimo Pinto; 5. From text to text: the impact of the Alexandrian Library on the work of Hellenistic poets Annette Harder; 6. Where was the Royal Library of Pergamon? An institution found and lost again Gaelle Coqueugniot; 7. Priests, patrons and playwrights: libraries in Rome before 168 BC Mike Affleck; 8. Libraries in a Greek working life: Dionysius of Halicarnassus, a case study in Rome Daniel Hogg; 9. Libraries and intellectual debate in the Late Republic: the case of the Aristotelian corpus Fabio Tutrone; 10. Ashes to ashes? The Library of Alexandria after 48 BC Myrto Hatzimichali; 11. The non-Philodemus book collection in the Villa of the Papyri George W. Houston; 12. 'Beware of promising your library to anyone': assembling a private library at Rome T. Keith Dix; Part III. Libraries of the Roman Empire: 13. Libraries for the Caesars Ewen Bowie; 14. Public libraries in the cities of the Roman Empire Matthew Nicholls; 15. Flavian libraries in Rome Pier Luigi Tucci; 16. Archives, books and sacred space in Rome Richard Neudecker; 17. Visual supplementation and metonymy in the Roman public library David Petrain; 18. Libraries and reading culture in the High Empire William A. Johnson; 19. Galen, Ptolemy III and the Athenians: libraries, perception and history Michael W. Handis; 20. Libraries and paideia in the Second Sophistic: Galen and Plutarch Alexei V. Zadorojnyi; 21. The professional and his books: special libraries in the Roman world Victor Martinez and Megan Finn Senseney.
£43.69
Cambridge University Press Countability in Natural Language
Book SynopsisBringing together an international group of scholars and based on data from a number of typologically-distinct languages, this volume represents the state-of-the-art in theoretical and empirical research into countability. It will appeal to a wide audience of advanced students and specialists in formal semantics and pragmatics.
£24.69
