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Oxford American Handbook of Ophthalmology

By: James Tsai,Alastair Denniston,Philip Murray,John Huang,Tamir Aldad

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Oxford American Handbook of Ophthalmology

By: James Tsai,Alastair Denniston,Philip Murray,John Huang,Tamir Aldad

In a concise and contemporary new edition, the Oxford American Handbook of Ophthalmology offers highly practical yet evidence-based guidance on the diagnosis and management of ophthalmic disorders. Incorporating a systematic approach, the authors present common and/or important manifestations of the full spectrum of eye diseases. Included are useful summaries of common signs and symptoms, etiologies, diagnostic testing, and therapeutic regimens, as well as information on pre-, peri-, and post-operative eye care. The Oxford American Handbook should prove useful and relevant to residents and fellows in ophthalmology, as well as medical students, primary care physicians, comprehensive ophthalmologists, and other ophthalmic personnel, all who seek a ready reference for daily clinical practice and review.

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0199813264

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Scotland The Brave

A Tragedy

By: Ivar Alastair Watson

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Scotland The Brave

A Tragedy

By: Ivar Alastair Watson

Scotland The Brave is a thematically contemporary novel featuring the running down of the Clyde shipbuilding industry and the question of Scottish independence. Watson’s fictional story is highly relevant to the current situation in Scotland and takes, as its starting point, the murder of Charlie Armstrong in 1950s Inchnadamph. Charlie, the manager of a salmon fishery and local ‘tough guy’, faced an increased threat from poaching and out of this true tale of intrigue and murder emerges Watson’s story of the disintegration of Scotland and the current political climate. Would independence for Scotland lead to regeneration? That is the question.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1783065249

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Equity and Trusts

By: Alastair Hudson

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Equity and Trusts

By: Alastair Hudson

Alastair Hudson’s Equity and Trusts is an ideal textbook for undergraduate courses on the law of trusts and equitable remedies. It provides a clear, current and comprehensive account of the subject. The author’s enthusiasm and expertise shine through, helping to bring to life an area of the law which students often find challenging. This Ninth Edition has been extensively re-written but remains the same book in spirit as it has always been. It contains an analysis of the important decisions of the Supreme Court in FHR European Ventures v Cedar Capital, Jones v Kernott, and Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria, and the important decisions in Charity Commission v Framjee, Rawstron v Freud, Patel v Mirza, Federal Republic of Brazil v Durant, Hodkin, Novoship v Mihaylyuk, National Crime Agency v Robb, St Andrews (Cheam) Lawn Tennis Club, the after-effects of the Lehman Brothers collapse; and analysis of many other new cases besides. Equity and Trusts remains the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the law of Equity and Trusts, while still a lively and thoughtful account of the issues raised by it. This book has been cited as being authoritative in the courts of numerous countries. The ninth edition is supported by the author's website at www.alastairhudson.com with brand new resources including: • short podcasts discussing and clarifying key topics from within the book, which cover an entire course; • complete lecture recordings made specifically to accompany this book; • New video documentaries bringing to life selected key topics; • A host of other online materials and study guides new for 2016. Review of a previous edition: ‘One of the book’s great strengths is its clear exposition of some very difficult areas of the law, moving seamlessly from points that puzzle students to points that puzzle practitioners. Other strengths are the breadth of its approach, the fact that it is extremely up to date, the freshness and vividness of its approach and its willingness to place equity in a wider context . . . The student will enjoy a clear, lively and challenging account of the subject matter. The practitioner will find the book well worth consulting for its clear exposition of the basic principles and of their application in difficult areas.’ – New Law Journal.

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Routledge

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1317306945

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Diaries Volume 6: From Blair to Brown, 2005 – 2007

By: Alastair Campbell

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Diaries Volume 6: From Blair to Brown, 2005 – 2007

By: Alastair Campbell

One might have thought Alastair Campbell would disappear from view as Gordon Brown moved from No. 11 to No. 10. Far from it. Having negotiated the rapprochement which led to Brown taking a central role in the 2005 election win, Campbell then became central to the transition from one Prime Minister to another. Many books have already been written about Brown and Blair, but none with the intimacy and the unique perspective of Alastair Campbell. As this volume opens, Blair has just won a historic third term. But any joy is short-lived and he knows he is running out of road. By the time it ends two years later, Brown is Prime Minister. Campbell was virtually alone in seeing that process from both sides, as Brown began to lean on him almost as much as Blair had done. Meanwhile we continue to get an insight into Campbell's mental health struggles, his attempts to rebuild a normal family life, and the plethora of new challenges he takes on which introduce dozens of new characters, not least the rugby stars he worked with for the British and Irish Lions, and the football legend he has vowed to mention to someone every day for the rest of his life, charity match teammate, Diego Maradona.

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Biteback Publishing

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1785902512

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Multiracism

Rethinking Racism in Global Context

By: Alastair Bonnett

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Multiracism

Rethinking Racism in Global Context

By: Alastair Bonnett

Racism is a world problem. From Morocco to China, Brazil to Indonesia, racism is being debated and contested. Multiracism broadens the horizon on this global challenge, showing that racism has a diverse history with multiple roots and routes. Drawing on examples of racism from across the globe, with particular focus on cases from Asia and Africa, Alastair Bonnett rethinks the origins of racism and the connections between racism and modernity. Arguing that plural modernities are interwoven with plural racisms, he explores the relationship of racism to history, religion, politics, and nationalism, as well as to anti-Black prejudice and discourses of whiteness. Empirically rich, with numerous in-depth case studies, Multiracism equips readers to understand racism in a multipolar world where power is no longer the sole possession of the West. It provides and provokes a new, international, and post-Western vision of racism for the twenty-first century.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509537333

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Oxford Handbook of Ophthalmology

By: Alastair K. O. Denniston,Philip I. Murray

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Oxford Handbook of Ophthalmology

By: Alastair K. O. Denniston,Philip I. Murray

This book is aimed primarily at trainee Ophthalmologists, but will also be of interest to qualified Ophthalmologists, Optometrists, Orthoptists, Ophthalmic nurses, Ophthalmic technicians and non-specialist doctors with an interest in ophthalmology.

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0198530374

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Torts

By: Alastair Mullis,Ken Oliphant

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Torts

By: Alastair Mullis,Ken Oliphant

The previous editions of Torts were highly regarded for their clarity of explanation and engaging writing style, and this new fourth edition fully retains each of these qualities. The text has been extensively revised and updated, and there is a new chapter on privacy. The enhanced layout includes end of chapter summaries and self-test exercises and an extensive bibliography. This is therefore an ideal companion to the subject for both law undergraduates and GDL/CPE students.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0230345697

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9780230345690

Higgy

Matches, Microphones and MS

By: Alastair Hignell

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Higgy

Matches, Microphones and MS

By: Alastair Hignell

Alastair Hignell is renowned as a rugby international for England, a county cricketer and a much-loved broadcaster. Forced to retire from his playing careers at an early age due to injury, and then from his broadcasting career when his struggle with MS became too overwhelming, he has nonetheless lived life to the full. Higgy tells his inspirational story with warmth and humour - from growing up as a bright and very competitive young lad, on to his successful Cambridge university days where he was the first person to captain both the rugby and cricket first teams, through his playing careers against and alongside some of the all-time greats in both sports, and a prominent broadcasting career that took him around the world to cover some of the biggest sporting events and characters. All this success was brought into sharp relief by his diagnosis with MS, which eventually forced his retirement from broadcasting but also prompted him to become one of the leading campaigners for those suffering from the disease. Higgy's has been a tough journey, and his story is a fascinating example of strength and determination when faced with adversity. Appealing to a broad range of sports fans, this story is about setbacks and triumphs, about making the shift from the athletic struggles of sport to the struggle of performing everyday tasks. It's the genuine and emotional story of how a highly successful sportsman faced up to a devastating illness and became one of the most inspiring personalities of our age.

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A&C Black

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1408170833

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9781408170830

Literary Names

Personal Names in English Literature

By: Alastair Fowler

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Literary Names

Personal Names in English Literature

By: Alastair Fowler

Why do authors use pseudonyms and pen-names, or ingeniously hide names in their work with acrostics and anagrams? How has the range of permissible given names changed and how is this reflected in literature? Why do some characters remain mysteriously nameless? In this rich and learned book, Alastair Fowler explores the use of names in literature of all periods - primarily English but also Latin, Greek, French, and Italian - casting an unusual and rewarding light on the work of literature itself. He traces the history of names through Homer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Thackeray, Dickens, Joyce, and Nabokov, showing how names often turn out to be the thematic focus. Fowler shows that the associations of names, at first limited, become increasingly salient and sophisticated as literature itself develops.

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OUP Oxford

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0191650994

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Scotland and Tourism

The Long View, 1700–2015

By: Alastair J. Durie

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Scotland and Tourism

The Long View, 1700–2015

By: Alastair J. Durie

Tourism has long been important to Scotland. It has become all the more significant as the financial sector has faltered and other mainstays are in apparent long-term decline. Yet there is no assessment of this industry and its place over the long run, no one account of what it has meant to previous generations and continues to mean to the present one, of what led to growth or what indeed has led people of late to look elsewhere. This book brings together work from many periods and perspectives. It draws on a wide range of source material, academic and non-academic, from local studies and general analyses, visitors’ accounts, hotel records, newspaper and journal commentaries, photographs and even cartoons. It reviews arguments over the cultural and economic impact of tourism, and retrieves the experience of the visited, of the host communities as well as the visitors. It questions some of the orthodoxies – that Scott made Scott-land, or that it was charter air flights that pulled the rug from under the mass market – and sheds light on what in the Scottish package appealed, and what did not, and to whom; how provision changed, or failed to change; and what marketing strategies may have achieved. It charts changes in accommodation, from inn to hotel, holiday camp, caravanning and timeshare. The role of transport is a central feature: that of the steamship and the railway in opening up Scotland, and later of motor transport in reshaping patterns of holidaymaking. Throughout there is an emphasis on the comparative: asking what was distinctive about the forms and nature of tourism in Scotland as against competing destinations elsewhere in the UK and Europe. It concludes by reflecting on whether Scotland's past can inform the making and shaping of tourism policy and what cautions history might offer for the future. This prolific long-term analysis of tourism in Scotland is a must-read for all those interested in tourism history.

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1317520688

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Urological Surgery

By: Suzanne Biers,Noel Armenakas,Alastair Lamb,Stephen Mark,John Reynard,Mark Sullivan,Kevin Turner,Ben Turney

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Urological Surgery

By: Suzanne Biers,Noel Armenakas,Alastair Lamb,Stephen Mark,John Reynard,Mark Sullivan,Kevin Turner,Ben Turney

The Oxford Specialist Handbook of Urological Surgery returns fully updated for a second edition to guide the reader step-by-step through all types of urological operations. Including both background information on key urological problems and alternative surgical options, this Handbook is designed to guide the trainee through all aspects of urological surgery, from gaining clear and accurate consent to examining risks and complications of procedures. With each chapter written by subspecialty experts, this Handbook is packed with tips and tricks that offer practical and theatre-based advice gleaned over years of theatre experience to aid the reader. It also includes helpful pointers on aspects of surgery including patient positioning, indications and contraindications, types of incisions, and choice of ideal instrument, alongside aftercare and follow-up for the patient. Fully updated in accordance with new European guidelines and NICE clinical guidance, with extra topics on technological developments including robotic assisted surgery and a brand new chapter on female urology and incontinence, the Oxford Specialist Handbook of Urological Surgery is an essential resource for all urological trainees and junior doctors.

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0191082562

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Left Liberals, the State, and Popular Politics in Wilhelmine Germany

By: Alastair Thompson

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Left Liberals, the State, and Popular Politics in Wilhelmine Germany

By: Alastair Thompson

Although often viewed as ineffectual intellectuals, or a spent political force, Left Liberals had become the third largest party in German politics by 1914 and in the German Revolution of 1918/19 it was Left Liberals who effectively wrote the new Weimar constitution. This study, based on extensive original research, investigates Left Liberals in the locality, as well as at the national level, with case studies ranging from Kiel to Kattowitz. Overturning old notions of German liberalism as the helpless victim of mass mobilization and political polarization, it is central to understanding both increasing left liberal influence and support on the eve of the First World War, and why liberal values could not be consolidated after 1918. This study has powerful general implications for the history of imperial Germany, reassessing the role of political parties, public perceptions of politics, and the impact and character of the state.

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0191542334

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A Chronicle of First Broadcast Performances of Musical Works in the United Kingdom, 1923-1996

By: Alastair Mitchell

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A Chronicle of First Broadcast Performances of Musical Works in the United Kingdom, 1923-1996

By: Alastair Mitchell

First published in 2001, this work provides detailed information taken from the ’Programmes-as-Broadcast’ daily log of output held at the BBC Written Archives Centre in Caversham. Arranged in chronological order, entries are given for broadcasts of first performances of musical works in the United Kingdom, and include details of: the date of the broadcast, the composer, the title of the work, performers and conductor. In addition to its usefulness as a reference tool, the Chronicle enables us to gauge the trends in twentieth-century British musical life, and the role of the BBC in their promotion.

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1351791249

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Beyond Human Error

Taxonomies and Safety Science

By: Brendan Wallace,Alastair Ross

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Beyond Human Error

Taxonomies and Safety Science

By: Brendan Wallace,Alastair Ross

A ground-breaking new book, Beyond Human Error: Taxonomies and Safety Science deconstructs the conventional concept ofhuman error and provides a whole new way of looking at accidents and how they might be prevented. Based on research carried out in the rail, nuclear, and defense industries, the authors show how, by concentrating solely on

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CRC Press

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0203491173

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The Chemical Scythe

Lessons of 2,4,5-T and Dioxin

By: Alastair Hay

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The Chemical Scythe

Lessons of 2,4,5-T and Dioxin

By: Alastair Hay

The Chemical Scythe is the first book in a projected series to be published by Plenum Press in association with the International Disaster Institute. The aim of the series, Disaster Research in Practice, is to provide scientific and readable accounts on the most urgent areas of disaster research. It is fitting, therefore, that Dr. Hay's investigation into the nature and effects of dioxins heralds the new series. The problem of chemical hazards is one that we will have to learn to live with in future decades. Dr. Hay's book is an authoritative account of the chemistry and proven and potential effects of dioxins, and of the impli cations for safety planning. He concludes with a cautious, yet optimistic note-that indeed we can learn to live with such hazards, providing that we are prepared to understand and plan for the unexpected. The accident at Seveso in 1976 alerted the world to an imperfectly un derstood but immensely alarming environmental hazard. Public debate and argument as to the implications of dioxins and, indeed, the use of herbicides as aggressive weapons in Vietnam, rage on. And yet it is only through the painstaking research exemplified in this book that it will eventually be pos sible to promote the vital accountability on the part of industrialists and governments.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0306409739

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9780306409738

A Dictionary of Ophthalmology

By: Robert Barry,Alastair Denniston

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A Dictionary of Ophthalmology

By: Robert Barry,Alastair Denniston

A Dictionary of Ophthalmology includes 600 fully cross-referenced entries, describing terms related to ocular anatomy and physiology, the diseases of the eye and of the visual pathway, and medical and surgical treatment of the same. Entries include: blepharitis, cataract, macula lutea, optic neuritis, retinal detachment, and uveitis. There is also a full list of the entries by their respective subject to aid navigation and discoverability, dividing them between 20 specialist categories, from Lids to the Retina, including categories on Clinical skills and Trauma. This dictionary is an excellent reference source for individuals from many different disciplines, including ophthalmologists (surgeons and physicians), optometrists, ophthalmic nurses, orthoptists, ophthalmic technicians, visual scientists, and undergraduate medical and optometry students.

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Oxford University Press

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0192519018

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9780192519016

Safety Management

A Qualitative Systems Approach

By: John Davies,Alastair Ross,Brendan Wallace

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Safety Management

A Qualitative Systems Approach

By: John Davies,Alastair Ross,Brendan Wallace

Professionals striving for accident reduction must deal with systems in which both technical and human elements play equal and complementary roles. However, many of the existing techniques in ergonomics and risk management concentrate on plant and technical issues and downplay human factors and "subjectivity." Safety Management: A Qualitative Systems Approach describes a body of theories and data that addresses safety by drawing on systems theory and applied psychology, stressing the importance of human activity within systems. It explains in detail the central roles of social consensus and reliability and the nature of verbal reports and functional discourse. This text presents a new approach to safety management, offering a path to both greater safety and to economic savings. It presents a series of methodological tools that have proven to be reliable through extensive use in the rail and nuclear industries. These methods allow organizational and systems failures to be analyzed much more effectively in terms of quantity, precision, and usefulness. The concepts and tools described in this book are particularly valuable for reliability engineers, risk managers, human factors specialists, and safety managers and professionals in safety-critical organizations.

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CRC Press

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0415303710

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9780415303712

The Gunns; History, Myths and Genealogy

By: Alastair Gunn

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The Gunns; History, Myths and Genealogy

By: Alastair Gunn

Here is a radical, academically based text which demolishes the myths currently masquerading as Gunn 'history'. Gunns are best thought of as the original, non-related inhabitants of northern, mainland Scotland. They do not have an Orkney Islands origin. Gunns should not be viewed as a clan as they had no founding ancestor. There was never an historic 'Clan Gunn Chief'. The first Gunn known to history was Coroner Gunn of Caithness who died around 1450. His eldest son started the MacHamish Gunns of Killernan line - many descendants from that line exist all around the world. Major detail on this MacHamish line is included. This book is an important addition to Scottish Highland history.

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Lulu.com

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0244863113

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9780244863111

Queen Square: A History of the National Hospital and its Institute of Neurology

By: Simon Shorvon,Alastair Compston,Martin Rossor,Andrew Lees,Michael J. Clark

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Queen Square: A History of the National Hospital and its Institute of Neurology

By: Simon Shorvon,Alastair Compston,Martin Rossor,Andrew Lees,Michael J. Clark

A comprehensive history of the National Hospital, Queen Square, and its Institute, placed within the context of British neurology.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107100828

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9781107100824

Hospitality and Travel Marketing

By: Alastair M. Morrison

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Hospitality and Travel Marketing

By: Alastair M. Morrison

Fully revised and updated for its fifth edition, Hospitality and Travel Marketing provides students with an international and systematic approach to hospitality and travel marketing structured around planning, research, implementation, control, and evaluation. Written in a user-friendly style and structured in a logical and organized manner to aid learning, students benefit from the ease of communication, practical nature, and excellent use of relevant and up-to-date cases. The author's global experience in the industry is emphasized through content on hospitality and travel marketing and other parts of tourism, along with a plethora of timely and relevant ‘real-life’ case examples from around the world. This new fifth edition is positioned as a post-COVID-19 text, reflecting the new realities of marketing after the pandemic, and has been updated to reflect these current trends in the field, including e-marketing, mobile marketing, societal marketing, and destination branding. It specifically has been updated by: • Including three new technology chapters on e-marketing, marketing on social media platforms, electronic customer relationship management (eCRM), and customer co-creation in marketing • A new chapter on social responsibility, societal and social marketing • New content on the new realities of the post-COVID era and the increasing competitiveness in hospitality and travel, greater emphasis on branding, disruptive technologies, consumer control, marketing and generations, uses of user-generated content, and globalization • New global case studies throughout with reflective questions to use in class or for self-study • New marketing and e-marketing mini cases throughout the book • New and updated additional resources to aid understanding and teaching, including PowerPoint slides This international, accessible, and comprehensive whole-industry textbook, written by a world-renowned author and industry expert, is an invaluable study companion for students of hospitality and travel marketing.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000655717

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9781000655711

Multidimensional Chromatography

By: Luigi Mondello,Alastair C. Lewis,Keith D. Bartle

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Multidimensional Chromatography

By: Luigi Mondello,Alastair C. Lewis,Keith D. Bartle

Mehrdimensionale Chromatographie im analytischen Labor: Dieses Buch bespricht erstmals alle gängigen Verfahren sowie Anwendungen auf verschiedensten Gebieten, von der Pharmazie, Biologie und Chemie bis hin zur Umwelttechnik und erdölverarbeitender Industrie. Die Autoren sind selbst aktiv in der einschlägigen Forschung tätig.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471988693

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9780471988694

Translations of Authority in Medieval English Literature

Valuing the Vernacular

By: Alastair Minnis

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Translations of Authority in Medieval English Literature

Valuing the Vernacular

By: Alastair Minnis

Minnis presents the fruits of a long-term engagement with the ways in which crucial ideological issues were deployed in vernacular texts. He addresses the crisis for vernacular translation precipitated by the Lollard heresy, Langland's views on indulgences, Chaucer's tales of suspicious saints and risible relics, and more.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521515947

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9780521515948

Renaissance Realism

Narrative Images in Literature and Art

By: Alastair Fowler

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Renaissance Realism

Narrative Images in Literature and Art

By: Alastair Fowler

Early narratives have tended to be critiqued as novels, an approach that misses their distinctive Renaissance realism. Alastair Fowler surveys picturing and perspective from the fifteenth century to the eighteenth, drawing analogies between literature and visual art. The book is based on the history of the narrative imagination after single-point perspective. The habit of an older, multi-point perspective long continued, accounting for "anachronism," discontinuous realism, "double time-schemes," and depiction of different moments as simultaneous.

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0199259585

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Clinical skills ;Investigations and their interpretation ;Ocular trauma ;Lids ;Lacrimal ;Conjunctiva ;Cornea ;Sclera ;Lens ;Glaucoma ;Uveitis ;Vitreoretinal ;Medical retina ;Orbit ;Intraocular tumours ;Neuro-ophthalmology ;Strabismus ;Paediatric ophthalmology ;Refractive ophthalmology ;Aids to diagnosis ;Vision in context ;Ophthalmic surgery: anaesthetics and perioperative care ;Ophthlmic surgery - theatre notes ;Laser ;Therapeutics ;Evidence-based ophthalmology ;Resources

By: Alastair K. O. Denniston,Philip I. Murray

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Clinical skills ;Investigations and their interpretation ;Ocular trauma ;Lids ;Lacrimal ;Conjunctiva ;Cornea ;Sclera ;Lens ;Glaucoma ;Uveitis ;Vitreoretinal ;Medical retina ;Orbit ;Intraocular tumours ;Neuro-ophthalmology ;Strabismus ;Paediatric ophthalmology ;Refractive ophthalmology ;Aids to diagnosis ;Vision in context ;Ophthalmic surgery: anaesthetics and perioperative care ;Ophthlmic surgery - theatre notes ;Laser ;Therapeutics ;Evidence-based ophthalmology ;Resources

By: Alastair K. O. Denniston,Philip I. Murray

This handbook offers a systematic summary of ophthalmic disease directed towards diagnosis, interim assessment and ongoing management. The third edition is an invaluable companion to the practice of ophthalmology, providing rapid access to the information when it is needed, whether in the clinic, theatre or on the ward.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199679983

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9780199679980

The Church and the Slums

The Victorian Anglican Church and its Mission to Liverpool’s Poor

By: Alastair Wilcox

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The Church and the Slums

The Victorian Anglican Church and its Mission to Liverpool’s Poor

By: Alastair Wilcox

Organised religion played such a central part in Victorian life that it is impossible to understand this era without some reference to it. Yet the question, which worried the Victorians, still remains, how religious was the mass of Victorian society? Recent scholarship has challenged the orthodoxy that the working classes, and the working classes of large urban centres in particular, were irreligious. Yet Liverpool, with its large migratory population, including Roman Catholics from Ireland and Nonconformists from Wales and Scotland, appeared to offer unpromising ground for the Anglican Church to sow its seed. Within the city, Liverpool’s notorious slums seemed to offer the most barren ground of all. What strategies did the Anglican clergy employ to make their churches work at a grassroots level? How could they overcome the problems they faced, which ranged from the hostility of the local community to severe financial constraints? How helpful was the advice dispensed by Church handbooks in dealing with these challenges? More important, is it now possible to estimate the success in gaining not only worshippers, but a wider penumbra of working class adherents to church-based activities? Some of Liverpool’s more aristocratic churches were overwhelmed by the encroaching city slums, and the reaction of at least one clergyman was to retreat within his vicarage, and ‘shut up shop’. However, other clergy set about energetically working the slums. Largely Oxbridge men, with a very different background in social and educational terms to their flock, they made surprising progress. By drawing upon a variety of local sources, including many hitherto unused, this book contends that it is possible to evaluate the success of the Anglican Church in the slums. The Church had successes not only to be judged solely by the number of working class worshippers, but also by the uses the local community made of rites of passage, philanthropic activities and the clubs and societies offered by the Anglican Church in Liverpool. This book is aimed at readers interested in researching family and local history as well as those following wider national trends in religious history.

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The A to Z of Denmark

By: Alastair H. Thomas

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The A to Z of Denmark

By: Alastair H. Thomas

Denmark is the oldest monarchy in Europe. At different points in its history, Denmark's boundaries have encompassed England, Sweden, West Africa, India, and the West Indies. Despite its changing and relatively small boundaries, Denmark has played a much larger part in the politics of Europe than might be expected. Additionally, through its territories (Faroe Islands and Greenland), Denmark has managed to retain an important presence in the North Atlantic. Today, democratic Denmark, with its thriving capital Copenhagen, is peaceful, prosperous, and progressive. Within NATO, Denmark has contributed to peace-keeping in the Persian Gulf and Bosnia. The "Danish Model" of welfare gives Danes a real sense of social security and presents many naysayers with a provocative example of a successfully managed welfare state. Danes have a reputation for inventiveness and good design, whether in architecture, furniture, or industrial design. The A to Z of Denmark relates the history of this successful country through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on kings, politicians, officials, explorers, authors, architects, composers, painters, astronomers, educationists, reformers, political parties, social movements, and other aspects of Danish society.

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New Music and the Claims of Modernity

By: Alastair Williams

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New Music and the Claims of Modernity

By: Alastair Williams

Since 1945 the emphasis in new music has lain in a desire for progress, a concept challenged by postmodernist aesthetics. In this study, Alastair Williams identifies and explores the recurring issues and problems presented by post-war music. Part one examines the German philosopher, Theodor Adorno's portrayal of modernity and his understanding of modernism in music. This is followed by a survey of the developments in music from late Beethoven to Schoenberg, the two composers whose works provided the main anchor points for Adorno's philosophy of music. Parts two and three indicate the ways in which Adorno's aesthetics are pertinent to an understanding of new music. Part two comprises a close examination of the music of Pierre Boulez and John Cage, composers who represent extreme, though related, aspects of contemporary music thought: the primacy of structure versus dissolution. Williams' views the music of Ligeti as an exploration of the interface between these two extremes, personifying Adorno's advocation of an aesthetic which attempts to embrace all its dissimilar parts. In part three the consequences of modernism and the aesthetic approaches of Derrida and de Mann are considered, together with the music of Wolfgang Rihm. Williams concludes with a survey of contemporary music and the postmodernist desire to include a range of compositional references.

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Diaries Volume 5: Outside, Inside, 2003–2005

By: Alastair Campbell

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Diaries Volume 5: Outside, Inside, 2003–2005

By: Alastair Campbell

THE ALL-NEW DIARIES Alastair Campbell's diaries have the quality of Pepys ... people will be looking for insights and finding them in 100 years' time. Lord Alex Carlile Launched to a blaze of critical acclaim, Alastair Campbell's explosive diaries became an instant classic. Now, this eagerly anticipated new volume picks up where its predecessor left off, with Campbell standing down as Tony Blair's director of communications in 2003. Leaving Downing Street, however, isn't as easy as it seems, with Campbell persistently drawn back to the epicentre of power - often to the frustration of his partner, Fiona. As Lord Hutton prepares to publish his report, thus sparking a huge crisis for the BBC, any joy in No. 10 is dwarfed by continuing difficulties in Iraq. Meanwhile, the Blair/Brown relationship is fracturing almost beyond repair, and Campbell is tasked with devising a plan that will enable the two men to fight a united election campaign. At home, Campbell writes frankly of his continuing battles with mental health issues as he attempts to adapt to a new life beyond the confines of Westminster. Lifting the lid on the power battles at the heart of the Labour Party that sowed the seeds of today's turmoil, Outside, Inside is a vivid and compelling insight into modern political history, and a candid reflection on the personal impact of life in the corridors of power.

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Alastair Campbell Diaries: Volume 8

Rise and Fall of the Olympic Spirit, 2010–2015

By: Alastair Campbell

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Alastair Campbell Diaries: Volume 8

Rise and Fall of the Olympic Spirit, 2010–2015

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This latest volume of Campbell's acclaimed diaries sees the author, and the country, at a profound crossroads. Brown is finally gone, and Cameron is in the ascendancy – with a little help from the Liberal Democrats. Somehow Campbell must emerge from the ruins and grapple with his own future; just as Britain begins its own journey into austerity and, eventually, to Brexit. Volume 8 contains some of Campbell's most poignant and thought-provoking writing so far and is a must-read for fans of this most accomplished of political diarists.

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Top 10 Scotland

By: Alastair Scott

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Top 10 Scotland

By: Alastair Scott

Now available in ePub format. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Scotland will lead you straight to the very best this country has to offer. Whether you're looking for the things not to miss at the Top 10 sights or want to find the best nightspots, this guide is the perfect pocket-sized companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists--from the Top 10 museums to the Top 10 events, festivals, and more. There's even a list of the Top 10 things to avoid. The guide is divided by area with restaurant reviews for each, as well as recommendations for hotels, bars, and places to shop. You'll find the insider knowledge every visitor needs to explore this country with DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Scotland and its FREE pull-out map. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Scotland--showing you what others only tell you.

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Spenser's Images of Life

By: C. S. Lewis,Alastair Fowler

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Spenser's Images of Life

By: C. S. Lewis,Alastair Fowler

This book was compiled by Alastair Fowler from notes left by C. S. Lewis at his death. It is Lewis's longest piece of literary criticism, as distinct from literary history. It approaches The Faerie Queene as a majestic pageant of the universe and nature, celebrating God as 'the glad creator', and argues that conventional views of epic and allegory must be modified if the poem is to be fully enjoyed and understood.

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1107691133

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Hawick Through Time

By: Alastair M. Redpath

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Hawick Through Time

By: Alastair M. Redpath

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Hawick has changed and developed over the last century.

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Triumphal Forms

Structural Patterns in Elizabethan Poetry

By: Alastair Fowler

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Structural Patterns in Elizabethan Poetry

By: Alastair Fowler

A demonstration of the persistence of numerology, a characteristic of literature in the Middle Ages, in Elizabethan poetry.

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0521077478

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Remembered Words

Essays on Genre, Realism, and Emblems

By: Alastair Fowler

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Essays on Genre, Realism, and Emblems

By: Alastair Fowler

Remembered Words is a selection of Alastair Fowler's essays on genre, realism, and the emblem (three interrelated subjects), published over six decades. It offers readers a way to arrive at a sense of how approaches to these subjects have changed over that period. Specifically, it shows how genre has come to be understood in terms of family resemblance theory. Remembered Words argues that realism can be seen as altering historically, so that Renaissance realism, for example, differs from those of later periods. Similar changes are traced in the emblem, which Fowler shows to be not only a particular genre, but an element of various kinds of realism. Famous passages in ancient literature are remembered in the familiar emblems of the Renaissance; and Renaissance emblems form the basis of metaphors in later literature. Meanwhile, the general approach of the critic and the reader has been altering over the years—as becomes evident when one takes into account the time-scale of sixty years (an unusually long working life for a critic). Modern theoretical approaches—which are often casually regarded as self-evident—may appear less inevitable and more arbitrary. This is not to say that they are necessarily wrong, just that they need to be argued for. Remembered Words is intended for senior undergraduates and for graduate students, who may use it to form ideas of Fowler's approach and that of his contemporaries and predecessors over the last half century.

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500-1: The Miracle of Headingley '81

By: Rob Steen,Alastair McLellan

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500-1: The Miracle of Headingley '81

By: Rob Steen,Alastair McLellan

No season exerts a grip on the hearts of English cricket followers quite like the summer of 1981. For the first time in a generation, the whole country was transfixed by a Test series. What made it all the more remarkable was that the fortunes of the national team, not to mention those of the game in general and the country itself, seemed at rock bottom. During the course of an Ashes series that shifted from the mundane to the fantastical with breathtaking speed, the third Test at Headingley proved to be the turning-point. Amid record unemployment and the worst outbreak of civil unrest in a century, England, 500-1 against at one stage (odds taken by two members of the Australian team), achieved the most improbable sporting triumph of the 20th century, mounting a dramatic comeback to beat Australia by 18 runs. The names of Ian Botham, Bob Willis and Mike Brearley duly became forever entwined with what readers of the Observer recently voted 'Most Memorable Sporting Moment'. 500-1 recreates the match with the aid of those who were there - players, officials, groundstaff, spectators and media - while placing events in their full context, tracing a timeless tale in rich, vivid and unprecedented detail. As the thirtieth anniversary approaches, 500-1: The Miracle of Headingley has been fully updated to reflect the impact that Test had on the game and those who watched it, at a time of struggle in both the game and society as a whole.

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1408166062

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English and the Discourses of Colonialism

By: Alastair Pennycook

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English and the Discourses of Colonialism

By: Alastair Pennycook

English and the Discourses of Colonialism opens with the British departure from Hong Kong marking the end of British colonialism. Yet Alastair Pennycook argues that this dramatic exit masks the crucial issue that the traces left by colonialism run deep. This challenging and provocative book looks particularly at English, English language teaching, and colonialism. It reveals how the practice of colonialism permeated the cultures and discourses of both the colonial and colonized nations, the effects of which are still evident today. Pennycook explores the extent to which English is, as commonly assumed, a language of neutrality and global communication, and to what extent it is, by contrast, a language laden with meanings and still weighed down with colonial discourses that have come to adhere to it. Travel writing, newspaper articles and popular books on English, are all referred to, as well as personal experiences and interviews with learners of English in India, Malaysia, China and Australia. Pennycook concludes by appealing to postcolonial writing, to create a politics of opposition and dislodge the discourses of colonialism from English.

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1134684088

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Fallible Authors

Chaucer's Pardoner and Wife of Bath

By: Alastair Minnis

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Chaucer's Pardoner and Wife of Bath

By: Alastair Minnis

Iconic saxophonist Sadao Watanabe is joined by a trio of rising stars from New York for a new album. Gerlad Clayton, Ben Williams, and Johnathan Blake add their touches to such tracks as Simpatico; What I Should; and Warm Days Ahead.

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0812240308

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Environmental Physiology of Plants

By: Alastair H. Fitter,Robert K.M. Hay

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Environmental Physiology of Plants

By: Alastair H. Fitter,Robert K.M. Hay

This is the third edition of an established and successful university textbook. The original structure and philosophy of the book continue in this new edition, providing a genuine synthesis of modern ecological and physiological thinking, while entirely updating the detailed content. New features include a fresh, unified treatment of toxicity, emphasizing common features of plant response to ionic, gaseous, and other toxins, explicit treatment of issues relating to global change, and a section on the role of fire in plant physiology and communities. The illustrations in the text are improved over previous editions, including color plates for the first time, and the authors' continuing commitment to providing wide citation of the relevant literature has further improved the reference list. This revision of Environmental Physiology of Plants will ensure the reputation of this title as a useful and relevant text well into the 21st century. - Includes enhanced illustrations, now with color plates - Examines new molecular approaches which can be harnessed to solve problems in physiology - Features new topics such as the unified treatment of toxicity, an explicit treatment of the issues relating to global change, and a section on the role of fire

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0080549810

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MacSween's Pathology of the Liver E-Book

By: Alastair D. Burt,Linda D. Ferrell,Stefan G Hubscher,Bernard C. Portmann

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MacSween's Pathology of the Liver E-Book

By: Alastair D. Burt,Linda D. Ferrell,Stefan G Hubscher,Bernard C. Portmann

MacSween’s Pathology of the Liver delivers the expert know-how you need to diagnose all forms of liver pathology using the latest methods. Updated with all the most current knowledge and techniques, this medical reference book will help you more effectively evaluate and interpret both the difficult and routine cases you see in practice. Compare the specimens you encounter in practice to thousands of high-quality images that capture the appearance of every type of liver disease. Efficiently review all the key diagnostic criteria and differential diagnoses for each lesion.

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0702047546

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