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Greenhill Books Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815: Volume I: From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras
The first of two ground-breaking, prize-winning volumes on the Waterloo campaign, this book is based upon a detailed analysis of sources old and new in four languages. It highlights the political stresses between the Allies and their resolution, examining the problems of feeding and paying for 250,000 Allied forces assembling in Belgium during the undeclared war', and how a strategy was thrashed out. Hussey investigates the neglected topic of how the slow and discordant Allies beyond the Rhine hampered the plans of Bl cher and Wellington, thus allowing Napoleon to snatch the initiative from them. Napoleon's operational plan is analysed (and Soult's mistakes in executing it) and accounts from both sides help provide a vivid impression of the fighting on the first day, 15 June. The volume ends with the joint battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras the next day.
£19.99
Cambridge University Press The Secret Life of Another Indian Nationalism: Transitions from the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana
Nationalism is among the most influential ideas that has shaped the 'Metamorphoses of the Political' in the long twentieth century. This book focuses on exclusivist Indian nationalism and identifies its distinction from inclusivist nationalism. It highlights shifts in 'another Indian nationalism' over the last two centuries as the geopolitical context has transitioned from the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana and its war on terror. The books braids the following three strands together: first, a majoritarian nationalist ideology called Hindutva; second, the making of popular history as a precolonial epic is highlighted, depicting the defeat of the last Hindu Emperor by a conquering Muslim Sultan purportedly leading to eight centuries of Hindu enslavement and third, the 'reconversion' of a community by the Visva Hindu Parishad with consequences for Lived Hinduism and Indic civilisation with its complex identities.
£75.00
Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Human Rights
Written by psychologists, historians, and lawyers, this handbook demonstrates the central role psychological science plays in addressing some of the world's most pressing problems. Over 100 experts from around the world work together to supply an integrated history of human rights and psychological science using a rights and strengths-based perspective. It highlights what psychologists have done to promote human rights and what continues to be done at the United Nations. With emerging visions for the future uses of psychological theory, education, evidence-based research, and best practices, the chapters offer advice on how to advance the 2030 Global Agenda on Sustainable Development. Challenging the view that human rights are best understood through a political lens, this scholarly collection of essays shows how psychological science may hold the key to nurturing humanitarian values and respect for human dignity.
£55.99
SPCK Publishing Gunning for God: Why the New Atheists are missing the target
Atheism is on the march in the western world, and its enemy is God. Religion, the "New Atheists" claim, "is dangerous", it "kills" or "poisons everything". And if religion is the problem with the world, their answer is simple: get rid of it. But are things really so straightforward? Tackling the likes of Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett head on, John Lennox highlights the fallacies in the their approach, arguing that their irrational and unscientific methodology leaves them guilty of the same obstinate foolishness of which they accuse dogmatic religious folks. Erudite and wide-ranging, Gunning for God packs some debilitating punches. It also puts forward new ideas about the nature of God and Christianity that will give the 'New Atheists' best friends and worst enemies alike some stimulating food for thought.
£10.99
Hodder & Stoughton Cricket's Great Entertainers
As a widely respected cricket historian, with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the game, and also a writer with a great sense of fun, Henry Blofeld is the ideal man to select the great characters of cricket who have livened up the sport.We learn of the exploits of the legendary Ian Botham, a man who made up his own rules and has been at the centre of controversy on countless occasions; Garry Sobers, an immensely popular all-round great; and Dennis Lillee, the temperamental fast bowler who once held up a game with a tantrum when ordered to change his aluminium bat.Henry Blofeld regales us with marvellous - sometimes mischievous - stories to add to the "Boy's Own" nature of the book, and highlights those players who would make cricket lovers cancel their appointments to see them, even on a cold April day.
£12.99
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Schaum's Outline of Microbiology, Second Edition
Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum's Outline gives you: Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field In-depth review of practices and applications Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum's to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores!Schaum's Outlines-Problem Solved.
£25.99
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Schaum's Outline of Elementary Algebra, 3ed
Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum's Outline gives you Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field In-depth review of practices and applications Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum's to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores!Schaum's Outlines-Problem Solved.
£27.99
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Schaum's Outline of Abstract Algebra
Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Rnough Time?Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum's Outline gives you Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field In-depth review of practices and applications Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum's to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores!Schaum's Outlines-Problem Solved.
£26.99
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Schaum's Outline of Boolean Algebra and Switching Circuits
Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum's Outline gives you Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field In-depth review of practices and applications Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum's to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores!Schaum's Outlines-Problem Solved.
£23.82
Countryside Books Pocket Pub Walks Dartmoor
Looking for some of the best pub walks around Dartmoor? Look no further! The 15 circular walks in this pocket-sized guidebook take in beautiful scenery and all start/finish at a top-rated local pub. Experience Dartmoor's vast and varied landscape at its best; from the dramatic moorland around Princetown and Peter Tavy to the beautiful woods of the Bovey and Plym Valleys; from South Zeal in the north to Buckfast in the south. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Impressive Lydford Castle; The charming village of North Bovey with its thatched cottages & picturesque village green; The remains of an old copper mine & the wonderful views from Ramsley Hill; St Pancras church, the cathedral of the moor, in Widecombe-in-the-Moor; Hound Tor, which, according to legend, was formed when a pack of hounds was turned to stone.
£5.99
Lonely Planet Global Limited Lonely Planet Spain Planning Map
From Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel guide publisher Durable and waterproof, with a handy slipcase and easy-fold format, Lonely Planet’s Spain Planning Map helps you get around with ease. Get more from your map and your trip with images and information about top country attractions, itinerary suggestions, a transport guide, planning information, themed lists and practical travel tips. With this easy-to-use, full-colour map in your back pocket, you can truly get to the heart of Spain. Durable and waterproof Easy-fold format and convenient size Handy slipcase Full colour and easy to use Before-you-go info Beautiful imagery Tailored itineraries Can’t-miss regional highlights Detailed town index Transport planner Themed lists Covers Madrid, Barcelona, Costa Brava, Basque Country, La Rioja, The Pyrenees, Salamanca, Asturian Coast, Santiago de Compostela, Toledo, Segovia, Andalucía, Córdoba, Seville, Granada, Las Alpujarras, Ronda, Valencia, Menorca, Buñol Looking for more in-depth coverage? Check out Lonely Planet’s Spain, our most comprehensive guide to the country featuring its top sights and most authentic offbeat experiences. Prefer just the highlights? Check out Lonely Planet’s Best of Spain guide. With inspiring and colourful photos, it focuses on Spain’s most popular experiences. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world’s number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we’ve printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You’ll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times
£6.52
Lonely Planet Global Limited Lonely Planet India Planning Map
From Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel guide publisher Durable and waterproof, with a handy slipcase and easy-fold format, Lonely Planet’s India Planning Map helps you get around with ease. Get more from your map and your trip with images and information about top country attractions, itinerary suggestions, a transport guide, planning information, themed lists and practical travel tips. With this easy-to-use, full-colour map in your back pocket, you can truly get to the heart of India. Durable and waterproof Easy-fold format and convenient size Handy slipcase Full colour and easy-to-use Before-you-go info Beautiful imagery Tailored itineraries Can’t-miss regional highlights Detailed town index Transport planner Themed lists Covers Rajasthan, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Ranthambhore National Park, Udaipur, Delhi, Agra, Varanasi, Lucknow, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Shimla, Leh, McLeod Ganj, Manali, Kolkata, Sundarbans, Darjeeling, Assam, Mumbai, Goa, Ajanta & Ellora Caves, Kerala, Hampi, Mysuru, Chennai Looking for more in-depth coverage? Check out Lonely Planet’s India, our most comprehensive guide to the country featuring its top sights and most authentic offbeat experiences. Prefer just the highlights? Check out Lonely Planet’s Best of India guide. With inspiring and colourful photos, it focuses on India’s most popular experiences. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world’s number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we’ve printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You’ll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times
£6.41
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Semantics
The latest edition of the bestselling introduction to the field of linguistic semantics, updated throughout and featuring a wholly new chapter on inferential pragmatics Semantics, Fifth Edition, is a comprehensive and well-balanced introduction to the study of the communication of meaning in language. Assuming no previous background in semantics and limited familiarity with formal linguistics, this student-friendly textbook describes the concepts, theory, and study of semantics in an accessible and clear style. Concise chapters describe the role of semantics within contemporary linguistics, cover key topics in the analysis of word and sentence meaning, and review major semantic theories such as componential theory, formal semantics, and cognitive semantics. The updated fifth edition incorporates recent theoretical developments and important research in linguistic semantics, featuring an entirely new chapter examining the overlap between inferential pragmatics and Relevance Theory, truth-conditional meaning, and other traditional areas of semantics. Revised and expanded sections discuss the continuing growth and consolidation of cognitive semantics, various contextual features of language, conceptualization and categorization, and construal and perspective. This edition includes new exercises with solutions, up-to-date references to relevant literature, and additional examples with data from a wide range of different languages. Covers basic concepts and methods as well as key theoretical models, current lines of research, and important writers Explains general concepts in semantics before gradually moving to more advanced topics in semantic description and theoretical approaches Highlights the relation between cross-linguistic variation and language universals Provides students with the background necessary to understand more advanced and specialized primary semantics literature Includes a glossary of technical terms and numerous exercises arranged by level of difficulty Highlights the relationship between semantics and cross-linguistic variation, language universals, and pragmatics With detailed examples from a wide range of contexts and a wealth of practical exercises, Semantics, Fifth Edition, remains the perfect textbook for undergraduate students of linguistics, English language, applied linguistics, modern languages, and computer sciences.
£40.99
Archaeopress Funerary Practices in the Second Half of the Second Millennium BC in Continental Atlantic Europe: From Belgium to the North of Portugal
Funerary Practices in the Second Half of the Second Millennium BC in Continental Atlantic Europe presents a selection of essays dedicated to funerary practices from Belgium to the north of Portugal. It aims at filling gaps in the documentation and helping to better understand the relationships between these Atlantic regions during the Bronze Age. Our knowledge of the Atlantic Bronze Age has increased considerably over the last thirty years, but the current state of research varies from one region to another of Western Atlantic Europe, with a marked dichotomy between north and south. The volume not only highlights the cultural characteristics of those Atlantic regions that are poorly represented in European syntheses on the Bronze Age, but also establishes the long-term relationships, if any, that were maintained between the regions of the Southern Atlantic area and those of the Northern Atlantic area.
£45.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Battle on the Aisne 1914: The BEF and the Birth of the Western Front
The river Aisne featured prominently in August 1914 during the Retreat from Mons and in September was the scene of bitter fighting when the BEF re-crossed it in their unsuccessful attempt to dislodge the German Army entrenched along the Northern Crest. The fighting was hugely costly to the BEF which had already fought three major engagements and marched over 200 miles in a month. The three British Corps lost over 700 officers and some 15,000 men. Little wonder one officer wrote that he felt he was in the company of ghosts. Historian Jerry Murland places the Aisne battles in their context, both from the BEF and German viewpoints. He highlights the early deficiencies and unpreparedness of the British Army staff and logistics organisation as well as friction among the command structure, all of which hampered effective operations.
£14.99
Anness Publishing Fighter Aircraft, The World Encyclopedia of: An illustrated history from the early planes of World War I to the supersonic jets of today
In this new, fully updated edition 2020, expert author Francis Crosby traces the development of fighters from World War I to the present day, and highlights actions in which fighters played a crucial role. The A-Z sections form an illustrated guide to over 170 fighter aircraft. The first covers aircraft from the pioneering days of air fighting in World War I through to the early jets at the end of World War II, and the second focuses on the remarkable advances of post-World War II, mainly jet, aircraft from 1945 to the present day. Specification boxes for each aircraft provide information about the plane's country of origin, first flight, power, armament, size, weight and performance. Also included is a glossary explaining aviation terms. Illustrated with 600 photographs, this is a key reference book for all aircraft enthusiasts.
£20.09
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Schaum's Outline of Laplace Transforms
Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum's Outline gives you Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field In-depth review of practices and applications Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum's to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores!Schaum's Outlines-Problem Solved.
£24.99
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press A Refreshed Soul
Text in Arabic. The gift of giving has an impact on both the giver and receiver. No truer words have ever been written. This book examines the strategic impact of giving as the means of strengthening ones own spiritual values. It examines the concept of values and the concept of charitable work and their origin and development in the Holy Quran and by the Prophet Mohammad [PBUH]. It also highlights the prominent influences in philanthropic practices to arrive at a system of values that define the giving of individuals and institutions alike. The book aims to define the industry of giving as it questions what spiritual values are the most important among a group of values that affect peoples behaviour and lives, and thus their societies. It also questions how spiritual values can improve peoples lives.
£8.23
Silvana Alechinsky: Marginalia: Plume et pinceau
Legendary Belgian artist Pierre Alechinsky (born 1927), originally trained in printing and etching, is best known for his work as a painter, associated with European Tachisme and the Cobra group. Pierre Alechinsky: Marginalia highlights an aspect of the artist's work that is perhaps less familiar: his long-standing interest in the illustrated book. This fascination has fed Alechinsky's collaborative projects with writers and his incorporation of 'marginal remarks' into his own monumental paintings over many years. Maintaining a deep engagement with the written word in literary and painting contexts, Alechinsky has worked with writers such as André Breton, Eugene Ionesco, Christian Dotremont, Roger Caillois, Hélène Cixous, Joyce Mansour, Michel Butor, Hugo Claus, E.M. Cioran, Marcel Moreau, Pierre-Andre Benoit and Roland Topor. Pierre Alechinsky: Marginalia presents Alechinsky in three characteristic modes - as reader, illustrator and artist. Text in English and French.
£31.97
Freytag-Berndt Palatinate Wine Trail, hiking map 1:25,000
The Weinsteig runs on dreamy paths alternately through entertaining forest passages and through the sun-drenched sea of vines of the Palatinate vineyards. A path from Grunstadt takes you to the starting point of the route in the castle courtyard of the picturesque village of Neuleiningen. Passing witnesses of geological and cultural history, such as the lightning tubes near Battenberg or the Roman "Kriemhildenstuhl" quarry, it goes to the spa town of Bad Durkheim, where the world's largest wine barrel or the Limburg ruins invite you to visit. Other highlights are the natural monument Felsenmeer and the Villa Ludwigshoehe and again and again the most beautiful views of the Palatinate Forest and the Rhine plain. The Trifelsland inspires with eight promising ruins and castles as well as imposing sandstone massifs, which are in the immediate vicinity of the route.
£13.90
JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) The Gospel of Matthew on the Landscape of Antiquity
The Gospel of Matthew is an oeuvre mouvante (a work in process), and the dynamics of this process are essential to its identity and function. This understanding of the Gospel of Matthew stands in distinction from the long history of research centered on Matthew the author and his design for the gospel. Focused instead on tradition history—the history of composition and transmission—Edwin K. Broadhead's approach keeps open the dialectical engagements and the conflicting voices intrinsic to the Gospel of Matthew. As a result, the consistently Jewish textures of this gospel are emphasized, there is a broader engagement with the landscape of antiquity, and serious attention is given to further developments in the history of transmission. This focus on the developing tradition thus highlights, rather than suppresses, the viability and the generative potential of such discourses.
£151.20
RIBA Publishing Light in Architecture: The Intangible Material
Light in Architecture explores the role of light in buildings throughout history and the many disparate ways in which architects have approached the phenomenon around the world. Translated and updated from the best-selling Spanish original, this book highlights the significance of light on human perception by examining the ways in which it can be harnessed and manipulated to achieve particular objectives or experiences – and tackles the fallacy that ‘more’ light necessarily means ‘better’ light. With increasing relevance to modern urbanism, it also considers what happens when we build in or around pre-existing architecture – how light can be improved, restored or even destroyed in the process. Extensively researched and beautifully illustrated, Light in Architecture offers a fascinating study of how a greater understanding of this intangible, freely available material can improve our built environment and quality of life.
£33.00
Everyman Chess How to Beat the Sicilian Defence: An Anti-Sicilian Repertoire for White
The Sicilian Defence is by far the most popular chess opening. If you play 1 e4 as White, on average you are likely to meet the Sicilian in virtually every other game! You need to be prepared to face the Sicilian at all times, and a ready-to-use repertoire against it is an indispensible weapon. In this book, Gawain Jones confronts the challenge of meeting the Sicilian head on. He builds an Anti-Sicilian repertoire for White based on lines he has successfully employed at grandmaster level. These are sound, reliable options but they also contain more than a drop of poison. Variations covered include the highly popular King's Indian Attack and various Bb5 systems. *A Grandmaster's repertoire against the Sicilian *Highlights key tactical and positional ideas for both sides *Ideal for improvers, and club and tournament players
£19.99
Lonely Planet Global Limited Lonely Planet Pocket Madrid
Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet's Pocket Madrid is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. View the marvellous frescoes at Plaza Mayor, see Picasso's Guernica at the Reina Sofia and have a picnic in Parque del Buen Retiro - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Madrid and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Madrid: Full-colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating,
£7.19
Hal Leonard Corporation The Annotated Ring Cycle: The Valkyrie (Die Walküre)
Wagner’s magnum opus meets the celebrated translator of Jules Verne novels in this colorful and original work.Frederick Paul Walter makes The Valkyrie accessible not only to scholars and opera buffs but also to fans of Tolkien, Star Wars, and Hogwart. Walter provides a dazzling, new translation in lively modern English and annotations that spotlight the libretto, lyrics, and stage directions. The translation conveys Wagner’s humor, rhymes, alliterative effects, subliminal messages, and inventive tale spinning, and gets the most basic ingredient right: the actual story! It highlights the motives, secrets, and plot twists—what’s really going on and what its narrative shows and tells.The Annotated Ring Cycle includes newly created graphic-novel style illustrations that visually represent the storyline alongside color photos and classic artwork by Arthur Rackham, Howard Pyle, Aubrey Beardsley, the 1876 costume & set designs, and much more.
£41.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC History of Interior Design
History of Interior Design, Second Edition, covers the history of architecture, interiors, and furniture globally, from ancient times through the late twentieth century. Each chapter gives you background information about the social and cultural context and technical innovations of the period and place, and illustrates their impact on interior design motifs. The book highlights cross-cultural influences of styles and designs, showing you how interior design is a continuing exchange of ideas. This second edition expands global coverage to Latin American, African, and Asian cultures and integrates green design into historic developments. You''ll learn to use your understanding of the past to design for the present and find inspiration for your future designs.New to this Edition ~ Expanded discussion and new chronological organization of Latin American, African, and Asian cultures.~ New chapter on Islamic design.~ Additional information on technological developments in mater
£100.00
Cengage Learning, Inc MCSA Guide to Installation, Storage, and Compute with Microsoft��Windows Server 2016, Exam 70-740
Packed with hands-on activities, MCSA GUIDE TO INSTALLATION, STORAGE, AND COMPUTE WITH MICROSOFT�� WINDOWS SERVER�� 2016, EXAM 70-740 equips you to pass the MCSE/MCSA certification exam while preparing you to become a successful Microsoft�� networking professional. A clear presentation emphasizes the skills to manage a Windows Server 2016 system and focuses on installation, management, and configuration. Extensive coverage of all exam objectives introduces Windows Server 2016 and covers server installation, server configuration and management, storage and file systems, Hyper-V virtualization, high availability, and server maintenance and monitoring. A full chapter highlights new Nano Server and Windows Containers. Unlike many certification books, this edition goes beyond the certification objectives to provide an understanding of the core technologies built into Windows Server. Hands-on activities focus on virtualization and can be performed in a classroom or within MindTap.
£164.08
Cengage Learning, Inc Quality & Performance Excellence
Delivering cutting-edge coverage that includes the latest thinking and practices from the field, QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE, 8e presents the basic principles and tools associated with quality and performance excellence. Packed with relevant, real-world examples, the text thoroughly illustrates how these principles and methods have been put into effect in a variety of organizations. It also highlights the relationship between basic principles and the popular theories and models studied in management courses. The eighth edition reflects the 2015-16 Baldrige criteria and includes new boxed features, experiential exercises, and up-to-date case studies that give you practical experience working with real-world issues. Many cases focus on large and small companies in manufacturing and service industries in North and South America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. In addition, chapters now open with a ���Performance Excellence Profile��� highlighting a recent Baldrige recipient.
£82.07
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Gas Installation Technology
Understand the core competencies of gas installation with this accessible textbook This fully revised third edition is an essential on-site resource and an indispensable training guide for both qualified gas engineers and new entrants to the industry. Comprehensively updated to align with the latest standards and developments, it provides unrivalled coverage of all aspects of gas installation work in the United Kingdom. This new edition features a full-colour layout, additional dedicated chapters on commercial catering, commercial laundry, educational establishments, and the ACS assessment process. With all topics consolidated into one convenient volume, gas operatives have all relevant information at their fingertips. Key Highlights: Coverage of commercial, domestic and LPG installations along with emergency service provider and meter installation details. Comprehensive index and section-numbered text for easy topic identification by trainers and learners. Detailed discussion o
£39.99
Levy Gorvy Alexander Calder: Multum in Parvo
Multum in Parvo highlights the complex relationship between scale and size in the oeuvre of Alexander Calder (1898–1976) over a period of more than 30 years. As its title--translating to “much in little”--implies, the volume features over 40 rare small-scale sculptures, ranging from the size of a thumb to 30 inches tall, all of which feature the same physical qualities as Calder’s largest mobiles in the most miniature of detail. In addition to archival material, installation photography of the sculptures in the environment designed for them by architects Santiago and Gabriel Calatrava, and original architectural sketches, the book also includes commissioned essays by Jed Perl, art historian and author currently at work on the first full-length biography of Alexander Calder, and Paul Goldberger, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic, as well as poems by Karl Shapiro and John Updike.
£47.70
Manchester University Press The Knight and the Barrel (Le Chevalier Au Barisel)
Le Chevalier au barisel is an established part of the Old French literary canon, but up to now it has not been available in English. This translation offers a vibrant but scholarly version of the exciting short story, suitable for a wide readership including university students, scholars of associated disciplines (history, English, theology, fine arts, comparative literature, etc.) and general readers. The greatest strength of the book is the translation itself, which can be read without reference to the original text or alongside the medieval French. But also valuable is the apparatus surrounding the text: cultural rather than linguistic, explicative rather than excessively technical. A substantial commentary reveals the internal struggles of the protagonists, highlights existing research and suggests future lines of enquiry. This commentary is a freestanding work of rigorous scholarship that makes plentiful reference to the text.
£85.00
APA Publications Pocket Rough Guide Walks Tours Naples the Amalfi Coast Travel Guide with Free eBook
This compact, pocket-sized Naples & the Amalfi Coast travel guidebook is ideal for travellers on shorter trips, who want to make sure they experience the destination''s highlights. The book includes highly practical, ready-made walks and tours that allow you to organise your short break in Naples & the Amalfi Coast without losing time planning. This Naples & the Amalfi Coast pocket guidebook covers: The Centro Storico, Chiaia and Vomero, The Catacombs and Museums, The Campi Flegrei, Pompeii, Vesuvius and Herculaneum, The Sorrentine Peninsula, Positano, Amalfi and Ravello, Capri, Ischia, Procida.Inside this Naples & the Amalfi Coast travel book, you will find: - 12 ready-made walks and tours - easy-to-follow walking and driving tour itineraries featuring the best places to visit, as well as what to do and where to eat along the way- Itinerary details - each walk or tour starts wit
£9.99
APA Publications Insight Guides Central America Travel Guide with Free eBook
This Central America guidebook is ideal for travellers seeking inspirational guides and planning a more extended trip. It provides interesting facts about Central America''s people, history and culture and detailed coverage of the best places to see. This Central America travel book has the style of an illustrated magazine to inspire you and give a taste of Central America. The book is printed on paper from responsible sources, and verified to meet FSC''s strict environmental and social standards. This Central America guidebook covers: Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.In this Central America travel guidebook, you will find:- Unique essays - country history and culture, and modern-day life, people and politics- Central America highlights - The Riviera Maya, Chichén Itzá, Osa Peninsula, Diving in Belize, Arenal Volcano, Panama Canal, Tikal, Lake Atitlán
£17.09
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins ACSM's Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription
ACSM's Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription was created as a complement to ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription and elaborates on all major aspects of preventative rehabilitation and fitness programs and the major position stands of the ACSM. The 7th edition provides information necessary to address the knowledge, skills, and abilities set forth in the new edition of Guidelines, and explains the science behind the exercise testing and prescription. ACSM's Resource Manual is a comprehensive resource for those working in the fitness and clinical exercise fields, as well as those in academic training.Highlights include:· An expanded behavior change section with the tools needed to motivate people to begin exercise and then adhere to a program· Content reflects the most recent research findings in the field as well as ACSM position stands
£93.04
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Canal Guide: Britain's 55 Best Canals
This attractive guidebook shows off just how rich our waterways heritage is. This fully updated new edition highlights 55 of Britain's most beautiful and interesting canals, with new photography, updated text throughout and a new 'places to visit' feature for each canal (picking out 3 places within walking distance, and another 3 slightly further away). In each of the 55 chapters, Stuart Fisher gives a lively background to the history, wildlife and pubs alongside each waterway, as well as a handy map and useful information for visitors. Through the beautiful cities of London, Bath and Oxford, traversing stunning countryside and national parks, and exploring some of the best Victorian engineering and industry, this book is an inspiring and thoroughly enjoyable read, as well as a perfect resource for anyone thinking about a day out or holiday along Britain's wonderful canals.
£18.00
Chronicle Books Canvas One Line a Day: A Five-Year Memory Journal
Expand your journaling with this five-year memory book journal, a tactile version of the bestselling One Line a Day memory book. Jot down ideas or highlights one page for every day and compare your entries to the same date in years past in this notebook. This small handsome book features a rich oatmeal-colored, canvas cloth case, striking metallic page edges, and a ribbon page marker and one line for every day. • An excellent gift for graduates, adventurers, dreamers, and anyone embarking on a new phase of life • Capture your memories and ideas and reflect on past entries • A clean, modern, and sophisticated multi-year journal Journal keepers who use One Line A Day, Floral One Line a Day, or Modern One Line a Day will love this journal• Fans of journaling • Recent graduates• New parents • Scrapbook and diary keepers
£13.49
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Roman Letters: An Anthology
Roman Letters offers a rich selection of original translations of ancient Roman letters spanning from the 1st century BCE to the 2nd century CE. Chronologically arranged and grouped according to author or collection, the letters cover various topics and themes selected from a broad range of authors. A unique single volume text that makes classical letters accessible and readable to undergraduates and the non-specialist reader Presents a wide range of authors and material, with over 200 selected texts Includes selections that illustrate a complete cycle of correspondence, as well as letters written by the same author and covering the same topic/theme but sent to different recipients Letters are arranged chronologically, with letters grouped according to author or collection An accompanying website offers additional, complementary letters Topical index highlights various topics and themes represented by the letters
£92.95
National Geographic Society National Geographic Atlas of the National Parks
The first book of its kind, this stunning atlas showcases America's spectacular park system from coast to coast, richly illustrated with an inspiring and informative collection of maps, graphics, and photographs. From the white sand beaches of Dry Tortugas to the snowy peaks of Denali, this captivating book combines authoritative park maps with hundreds of graphics and photographs to tell the stories of America's sixty beloved national parks. Former ranger and author Jonathan Waterman introduces readers to the country's scenic reserves and highlights the extraordinary features that distinguish each: magnificent landmarks, thriving ecosystems, representative wildlife, fascinating histories, and more. With striking imagery and state-of-the-art graphics reflecting details of wildlife, climate, culture, archaeology, recreation, and more, this lush reference provides an up-close look at what makes these lands so special--and so uniquely American.
£55.90
Hodder Education Business management for the IB Diploma: Prepare for Success
Enable your students to achieve success with the ultimate course companion; providing fully worked explanations of all framework requirements and topics, with practice questions and toolkit links to support and develop learning. - Strengthen skills and build confidence with exam-style questions relating to the four key concepts: Change, Creativity, Ethics and Sustainability, and how to incorporate context and content connections into exam answers. - Practice and revise effectively with a range of high achieving example answers, and demonstrations on the strategies used to reach them. - Business management toolkit feature highlights the essential tools in the new course with tasks designed to support understanding. - Achieve the best grades through advice given from a highly experienced author on how to approach each topic, with top tips and how to avoid common mistakes. - Answers are available to download for free: www.hoddereducation.com/ib-extras
£31.32
Galison Colors of the Moon 500 Piece Puzzle
Colors of the Moon 500 Piece Puzzle from Galison highlights the colors of the full moon, documented by astrophotographer Marcella Julia Pace from different locations in her native Italy, over a 10-year period. Red or yellow moons often indicate a moon being seen near the horizon. Blue-colored moons are rarer and can indicate a moon seen through the atmosphere carrying larger dust particles. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. 500 Pieces, Ribbon Cut Box: 8 x 8 x 1.5, 203 x 203 x 41mm, Puzzle: 20 x 20, 508 x 508 mm Includes Color Puzzle Insert with Puzzle Image Virtually No Puzzle Dust Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper and is made responsibly from FSC-certified material. Printed with nontoxic inks.
£12.59
British Museum Press Masterpieces: Medieval Art
The British Museum has one of the world’s finest collections of antiquities from medieval Europe, and this is the first fully illustrated guide to the highlights of the collection, now in paperback. In one beautiful volume are displayed 150 of the most important objects, including the most famous such as the Lewis chessmen, the Borradaile triptych, the St Eustace head reliquary, the Royal Gold Cup, the Royal Gittern and medieval court art from the palaces of Westminster and Clarendon as well as a selection of lesser-known but equally impressive pieces. These remarkable treasures are placed in their historical context through an exploration of themes such as devotional art and pilgrimage, royal patronage and the arts of love, leisure and feasting, to provide a visually stunning insight into the artistic production of this critical period in Western history.
£28.75
Cengage Learning, Inc The Legal Environment of Business
Examine the practical structure and function of today's legal system from the perspective of the professional business practitioner with Meiners/Ringleb/Edwards' popular THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS, 14E. This edition highlights law and regulatory areas of the legal environment that are most relevant and important in business today. This edition's traditional case focus is updated with almost 40% new cases to reflect today's legal changes. Court cases summarize background facts and present case decisions in the words of the courts, but the authors have carefully edited cases to focus only on key issues relevant to understanding the legal reasoning. You examine a range of legal topics with business-specific examples and meaningful cases that direct attention to key points of law. Infuse digital resources are also available to strengthen your comprehension of legal issues in business today.
£302.21
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division THE CAT
Comprehensive in scope and exclusively devoted to feline medical care, Dr. Susan Little''s The Cat: Clinical Medicine and Management, 2nd Edition, is an essential resource for providing complete, state-of-the-art care to cats. Authoritative, clinically focused information is enhanced by full-color images, tables, boxes, algorithms, key points, and more - all in an easy-to-understand, quick-reference format. Dr. Little and her expert contributors address the unique concerns and challenges facing any practitioner providing care for cats, including the latest advances in feline medical diagnosis and management and the clinical applications to everyday practice. An eBook version, included with print purchase, provides access to all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. The eBook also offers convenient video lessons and client handouts. Covers the lat
£161.99
Wordsworth Editions Ltd Little Dorrit
With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Preston, University of Nottingham. With Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). Little Dorrit is a classic tale of imprisonment, both literal and metaphorical, while Dickens' working title for the novel, Nobody's Fault, highlights its concern with personal responsibility in private and public life. Dickens' childhood experiences inform the vivid scenes in Marshalsea debtor's prison, while his adult perceptions of governmental failures shape his satirical picture of the Circumlocution Office. The novel's range of characters - the honest, the crooked, the selfish and the self-denying - offers a portrait of society about whose values Dickens had profound doubts. Little Dorrit is indisputably one of Dickens' finest works, written at the height of his powers. George Bernard Shaw called it ‘a masterpiece among masterpices’, a vedict shared by the novel's many admirers.
£5.90
Countryside Books Hampshire & The New Forest: A Dog Walker's Guide
20 of the best Hampshire & New Forest dog walks. This book contains a collection of the best dog-friendly walking routes in Hampshire & the New Forest, covering everything from wide-open coastal routes to tranquil country paths All are circular routes varying in length from 1 to 6 miles, designed with maximum off-lead time and minimum exposure to roads.Hampshire walks and New Forest walks your dog will love. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Walks along the Basingstoke Canal, over Watership Down and through the Mottisfont Estate with its meadows and woodland; Meanders through the New Forest at Rhinefield, Smuggler's Road and Fritham; Coastal walks at Lepe, Barton and Titchfield; Lovely riverside walks beside the Alre and Itchen; ALL WALKS INCLUDE DETAILS OF: Livestock and stiles; Distance and terrain; Recommended dog-friendly refreshment stops; Contact details for the nearest vets; Where to park.
£11.24
Headline Publishing Group RHS Weeds: the beauty and uses of 50 vagabond plants
RHS Weeds gathers together 50 untamed and beautifully wild plant species, illustrated with exquisite botanical images from the Royal Horticultural Society's archives. Their natural untamed beauty, ability to thrive under challenging conditions, and the attraction of growing species native to their surroundings have all taken weeds from undesirable to covetable. These subversive species no longer need to be seen as 'plants out of place'. In the modern garden, where harmony with nature is key, weeds are finally getting their moment in the sun.RHS Weeds highlights the delicate charms of some of the most fascinating vagabond plants around. Beautiful botanical illustrations from the Royal Horticultural Society's collections and captivating profiles by RHS author Gareth Richards provide key information for the modern gardener on the characteristics, usefulness and cultivation of 50 unsung heroes of the plant world.
£14.99
Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd Brighton & Hove Museums: Director's Choice
The Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust cares for five venues in Brighton and Hove, including the spectacular Royal Pavilion, a royal palace created by George IV as his summer retreat, designed in its final form by John Nash in a Moghul Indian style and set in landscaped picturesque gardens. The Trust’s other venues are Brighton Museum and Art Gallery that holds important local history and archaeology, world art, and decorative art collections; Preston Manor a large house preserved in the Edwardian style with a beautiful walled garden; The Booth Museum of natural history; and Hove Museum and Art Gallery. The Trust cares for around one million objects, many of international importance and covering a wide range of subjects and types. In this enjoyable and richly illustrated guide, Hedley Swain, the Trust’s CEO, shares highlights from The Trust’s vast collections.
£9.95
Rowman & Littlefield Understanding Everyday Incivility: Why Are They So Rude?
Understanding Everyday Incivility delves into the day-to-day annoying behaviors that color our interactions with other people, such as the use of crude language in public, family members who claim that they’re “just teasing” and we’re “too sensitive,” coworkers who constantly interrupt us, and inflammatory remarks posted on social media sites. Shelley D. Lane explores what is considered uncivil behavior, why we label some acts as crude or selfish while others are deemed polite and proper, and how these labels often change from one context to the next. She highlights the power dynamics at play in our interactions and explains how “rude” behavior can sometimes be beneficial—and “polite” behavior can be detrimental. Rather than a simplistic manual of manners, Lane provides the tools to understand everyday incivility and strategies for responding effectively and appropriately.
£22.50