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Surfing Economics

By: Huw David Dixon

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Surfing Economics is a collection of essays by one of Europe's leading young economists. These essays are written to bring to life in a non-technical manner some of the fundamental ideas and concepts in contemporary economics, including new Keynesian economics, the natural rate, bounded rationality, social learning and the meaning of economics. Whilst primarily written for the undergraduate student, these essays will entertain and enlighten economists of all ages. Above all, the essays convey the enthusiasm and excitement of Huw Dixon for economics along with his valuable insights into the subject. Just the thing to brighten up your reading lists.

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Red Globe Press

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0333760611

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9780333760611

Surfing Economics

By: Huw David Dixon

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Surfing Economics

By: Huw David Dixon

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137041420

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The Wandering Army

The Campaigns that Transformed the British Way of War

By: Huw J. Davies

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The Wandering Army

The Campaigns that Transformed the British Way of War

By: Huw J. Davies

A compelling history of the British Army in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—showing how the military gathered knowledge from campaigns across the globe “Superb analysis.”—William Anthony Hay, Wall Street Journal At the outbreak of the War of Austrian Succession in 1742, the British Army’s military tactics were tired and outdated, stultified after three decades of peace. The army’s leadership was conservative, resistant to change, and unable to match new military techniques developing on the continent. Losses were cataclysmic and the force was in dire need of modernization—both in terms of strategy and in leadership and technology. In this wide-ranging and highly original account, Huw J. Davies traces the British Army’s accumulation of military knowledge across the following century. An essentially global force, British armies and soldiers continually gleaned and synthesized strategy from war zones the world over: from Europe to the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Davies records how the army and its officers put this globally acquired knowledge to use, exchanging information and developing into a remarkable vehicle of innovation—leading to the pinnacle of its military prowess in the nineteenth century.

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Yale University Press

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030026853X

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9780300268539

Dragons and All Blacks

Wales v. New Zealand - 1953 and a Century of Rivalry

By: Huw Richards

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Dragons and All Blacks

Wales v. New Zealand - 1953 and a Century of Rivalry

By: Huw Richards

The Bounce of the Century' they called it. A ball kicked across Cardiff Arms Park in the dying minutes of a match between two of international rugby's fiercest rivals. The world's two greatest wingers waited as it bounced towards them, knowing that whoever caught the ball would score and win the match for his country. Dragons and All Blacks tells what happened when Wales played New Zealand in 1953. The story is written from contemporary accounts and the memories of the men who played that day, including Bob Stuart and Bleddyn Williams, for many of whom the match was the highlight of a career. The book retells the stories of the two teams and the men who played for them, and charts the events of their lives: how they got to that meeting point in Cardiff in December 1953 and what has happened to them in the half-century since. Dragons and All Blacks examines the remarkable relationship between two countries on opposite sides of the world, brought together by a mutual passion for rugby with few parallels elsewhere. It shows how their rivalry has developed over a century - from perhaps the greatest of all rugby matches in 1905 to the single-point thriller of 2004 - and looks to its future in the aftermath of the 2005 Welsh Grand Slam and Lions tour of New Zealand.

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231

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Random House

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1780574851

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9781780574851

Fighting the Mau Mau

The British Army and Counter-Insurgency in the Kenya Emergency

By: Huw C. Bennett

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Fighting the Mau Mau

The British Army and Counter-Insurgency in the Kenya Emergency

By: Huw C. Bennett

This new study of Britain's counterinsurgency campaign in Kenya examines the difference between official and accepted methods of conquering insurgents.

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321

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Cambridge University Press

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1107029708

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9781107029705

Uncivil War

The British Army and the Troubles, 1966–1975

By: Huw Bennett

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Uncivil War

The British Army and the Troubles, 1966–1975

By: Huw Bennett

Reveals the full story of the British army's role in the most violent phase of the Troubles.

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445

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Cambridge University Press

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1107136385

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9781107136380

The Red & The White

A History of England vs Wales Rugby

By: Huw Richards

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The Red & The White

A History of England vs Wales Rugby

By: Huw Richards

In every Five Nations D and now Six Nations Ð season the real showdown is always that between England and Wales: Wales with its history of playing the finest rugby of all the home nations, England with its enviable strength in depth and forward muscle. Whether in the vast bowl of Twickenham or the cauldron of the Millennium Stadium every year is a sell-out long in advance. Over the years there have been innumerable epic encounters. In the seventies Wales dominated with Barry John, Gareth Edwards at scrum-half and JPR Williams at full back, but England had the blistering running of David Duckham with his blond hair flying. The eighties and nineties saw some incendiary encounters with Paul Ringer and Wade Dooley both involved in high-profile punch-ups, but also England re-establishing dominance and Bill Beaumont and then Will Carling. But the decade ended at Wembley with Scott GibbsÕs dramatic last-minute swallow-dive to snatch victory for Wales. More recently Wales have come back with new stars like Gavin Henson and Shane Williams after years of powerhouse England forward play had held sway. Huw Richards has talked to many veterans of these matches, as well as to present players and administrators to tells the whole history of Wales v England at rugby: a contest that is a clash of cultures and histories as well as a titanic sporting occasion. Huw Richards is rugby correspondent of the Financial Times.

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288

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Aurum

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178131358X

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9781781313589

The Comic Turn in Contemporary English Fiction

Who’s Laughing Now?

By: Huw Marsh

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The Comic Turn in Contemporary English Fiction

Who’s Laughing Now?

By: Huw Marsh

The Comic Turn in Contemporary English Fiction explores the importance of comedy in contemporary literature and culture. In an era largely defined by a mood of crisis, bleakness, cruelty, melancholia, environmental catastrophe and collapse, Huw Marsh argues that contemporary fiction is as likely to treat these subjects comically as it is to treat them gravely, and that the recognition and proper analysis of this humour opens up new ways to think about literature. Structured around readings of authors including Martin Amis, Nicola Barker, Julian Barnes, Jonathan Coe, Howard Jacobson, Magnus Mills and Zadie Smith, this book suggests not only that much of the most interesting contemporary writing is funny and that there is a comic tendency in contemporary fiction, but also that this humour, this comic licence, allows writers of contemporary fiction to do peculiar and interesting things – things that are funny in the sense of odd or strange and that may in turn inspire a funny turn in readers. Marsh offers a series of original critical and theoretical frameworks for discussing questions of literary genre, style, affect and politics, demonstrating that comedy is an often neglected mode that plays a generative role in much of the most interesting contemporary writing, creating sites of rich political, stylistic, cognitive and ethical contestation whose analysis offers a new perspective on the present.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1474293050

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9781474293051

Imagining the Arctic

Heroism, Spectacle and Polar Exploration

By: Huw Lewis-Jones

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Imagining the Arctic

Heroism, Spectacle and Polar Exploration

By: Huw Lewis-Jones

Imagining the Arctic explores the culture and politics of polar exploration and the making of its heroes. Leading explorers, the celebrity figures of their day, went to great lengths to convince their contemporaries of the merits of polar voyages. Much of exploration was in fact theatre: a series of performances to capture public attention and persuade governments to finance ambitious proposals. The achievements of explorers were promoted, celebrated, and manipulated, whilst explorers themselves became the subject of huge attention. Huw Lewis-Jones draws upon recovered texts and striking images, many reproduced for the first time since the nineteenth century, to show how exploration was projected through a series of spectacular visuals, helping us to reconstruct the ways that heroes and the wilderness were imagined. Elegantly written and richly illustrated, Imagining the Arctic offers original insights into our understanding of exploration and its pull on the public imagination.

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1786722461

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Book's by Huw David Dixon

Surfing Economics

Surfing Economics

Surfing Economics

Surfing Economics

The Wandering Army

The Wandering Army

Dragons and All Blacks

Dragons and All Blacks

Fighting the Mau Mau

Fighting the Mau Mau

Uncivil War

Uncivil War

The Red & The White

The Red & The White

The Comic Turn in Contemporary English Fiction

The Comic Turn in Contemporary English Fiction

Imagining the Arctic

Imagining the Arctic

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