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20A Lordship Road

By: Ian H. James

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The house in which I was born (20A Lordship Road), had only been occupied by my future family for a few months before my birth. Coming from the London suburbs, they settled in the green-belt area of Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. Unlike the other two-storey houses in our street which were parallel to the road, ours, at three storeys, was not only bigger than all the others, it also faced at right angles to them and parallel with Cheshunt Great House. In the stained-glass window on our front door was a picture of Oliver Cromwell. Why Oliver Cromwell should be depicted, as he had no known attachments to Cheshunt unlike his son, Richard Cromwell, who resided, using a hidden identity in the form of John Clarke in Cheshunt around 1680, until his death in 1712, remains a mystery. Though recorded as being buried at Hursley, in Winchester, there was rumour that his real resting place was, in fact, in an unmarked tomb in the grounds of St Mary’s church, in Cheshunt. St Mary’s church was close to, or in part of, the former grounds of Cheshunt Great House, which was gifted to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey by Henry VIII; and, as the crow flies, St Mary’s church was less than two minutes’ walk from our house. In fact, Cheshunt Great House was only ten minutes away. Our road was a cul-de-sac; its name was ‘Lordship Road’. Oh, I forgot to say...our house was haunted...

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1528965167

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The Thai Girl

By: Ian H. James

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The Thai Girl

By: Ian H. James

This is the true story of Anna, a Thai girl being raised in poverty in a poor area of Bangkok. This story is about real people and real events; it tells the tale of not only from rags to riches, but that of emotional trauma and how a beautiful child, and then woman, suffered throughout her life. Poverty such as Anna experienced is not an isolated event, it just happens to be one of which I became aware after meeting her and talking to her. As emails and messages flowed, the story of her life began to unravel. At times, her recount of events is tragic; the feeling of despair and pain, merely because she was raised on the wrong side of the tracks, is as heartbreaking as it is pathetic. As her story began to unfold, it didn’t feel real, it felt as though it was an imaginary tale, based on imaginary people... but the account and people are very real. It defied credibility. This is the story of Anna... a Thai girl.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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103587122X

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Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England

By: Ian Ward

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Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England

By: Ian Ward

The Victorians worried about many things, prominent among their worries being the 'condition' of England and the 'question' of its women. Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England revisits these particular anxieties, concentrating more closely upon four 'crimes' which generated especial concern amongst contemporaries: adultery, bigamy, infanticide and prostitution. Each engaged questions of sexuality and its regulation, legal, moral and cultural, for which reason each attracted the considerable interest not just of lawyers and parliamentarians, but also novelists and poets and perhaps most importantly those who, in ever-larger numbers, liked to pass their leisure hours reading about sex and crime. Alongside statutes such as the 1857 Matrimonial Causes Act and the 1864 Contagious Diseases Act, Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England contemplates those texts which shaped Victorian attitudes towards England's 'condition' and the 'question' of its women: the novels of Dickens, Thackeray and Eliot, the works of sensationalists such as Ellen Wood and Mary Braddon, and the poetry of Gabriel and Christina Rossetti. Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England is a richly contextual commentary on a critical period in the evolution of modern legal and cultural attitudes to the relation of crime, sexuality and the family.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1782253696

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9781782253693

The Great War

1914-1918

By: Ian F. W. Beckett

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The Great War

1914-1918

By: Ian F. W. Beckett

The course of events of the Great War has been told many times, spurred by an endless desire to understand 'the war to end all wars'. However, this book moves beyond military narrative to offer a much fuller analysis of of the conflict's strategic, political, economic, social and cultural impact. Starting with the context and origins of the war, including assasination, misunderstanding and differing national war aims, it then covers the treacherous course of the conflict and its social consequences for both soldiers and civilians, for science and technology, for national politics and for pan-European revolution. The war left a long-term legacy for victors and vanquished alike. It created new frontiers, changed the balance of power and influenced the arts, national memory and political thought. The reach of this acount is global, showing how a conflict among European powers came to involve their colonial empires, and embraced Japan, China, the Ottoman Empire, Latin America and the United States.

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Routledge

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1317866150

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9781317866152

The Liberal Unionist Party

A History

By: Ian Cawood

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The Liberal Unionist Party

A History

By: Ian Cawood

The Liberal Unionist party was one of the shortest-lived political parties in British history. It was formed in 1886 by a faction of the Liberal party, led by Lord Hartington, which opposed Irish home rule. In 1895, it entered into a coalition government with the Conservative party and in 1912, now under the leadership of Joseph Chamberlain, it amalgamated with the Conservatives. Ian Cawood here uses previously unpublished archival material to provide the first complete study of the Liberal Unionist party. He argues that the party was a genuinely successful political movement with widespread activist and popular support which resulted in the development of an authentic Liberal Unionist culture across Britain in the mid-1890s. The issues which this book explores are central to an understanding of the development of the twentieth century Conservative party, the emergence of a 'national' political culture, and the problems, both organisational and ideological, of a sustained period of coalition in the British parliamentary system.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857736523

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9780857736529

Essays on Conrad

By: Ian Watt

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Essays on Conrad

By: Ian Watt

A landmark collection of Ian Watt's essays on Joseph Conrad.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521783879

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9780521783873

Fateful Choices

Ten Decisions that Changed the World, 1940-1941

By: Ian Kershaw

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Fateful Choices

Ten Decisions that Changed the World, 1940-1941

By: Ian Kershaw

In 1940 the world was on a knife-edge. The hurricane of events that marked the opening of the Second World War meant that anything could happen. For the aggressors there was no limit to their ambitions; for their victims a new Dark Age beckoned. Over the next few months their fates would be determined. In Fateful Choices Ian Kershaw re-creates the ten critical decisions taken between May 1940, when Britain chose not to surrender, and December 1941, when Hitler decided to destroy Europe’s Jews, showing how these choices would recast the entire course of history.

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Penguin UK

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0141915048

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9780141915043

Conrad in the Nineteenth Century

By: Ian Watt

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Conrad in the Nineteenth Century

By: Ian Watt

Nothing short of a masterpiece. . . . One of the great critical works produced since the 1950s."—New York Times This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980. "Nothing short of a masterpiece. . . . One of the great critical works produced since the 1950s."—New York Times This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek

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0520340892

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Averting the Digital Dark Age

How Archivists, Librarians, and Technologists Built the Web a Memory

By: Ian Milligan

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Averting the Digital Dark Age

How Archivists, Librarians, and Technologists Built the Web a Memory

By: Ian Milligan

This work provides a close look into how archivists and librarians worked to archive internet content"--

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JHU Press

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1421450135

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9781421450131

Greening Business

Research, Theory, and Practice

By: Ian Worthington

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Greening Business

Research, Theory, and Practice

By: Ian Worthington

The book focuses on why, when and how businesses have responded to the growing pressures to improve on their environmental performance. Drawing on current research and numerous practical examples and case-studies, it examines the notion of the sustainable business organization. This is an ideal text for courses in Business and the Environment.

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Oxford University Press

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0199535213

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All Hands on Tech

The AI-Powered Citizen Revolution

By: Thomas H. Davenport,Ian Barkin

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All Hands on Tech

The AI-Powered Citizen Revolution

By: Thomas H. Davenport,Ian Barkin

Supercharge your organization's capacity for innovation The greatest untapped asset in an enterprise today is the ingenuity of its people. Dive into a future of work where technology empowers everyone to be a creator and builder with All Hands on Tech: The Citizen Revolution in Business Technology. This pivotal book offers a comprehensive look into the role of citizen developers—business domain experts who are driving IT-enabled innovation using technology previously reserved for professional technologists. Through case studies of citizens and citizen-enabled enterprises, the authors demonstrate how emerging technology bestows unprecedented power on these individuals and unprecedented value on the organizations that channel their efforts. They outline a transformative approach to citizen development that not only enhances companies' innovative capacity via the empowerment of domain experts, but also minimizes risk and liberates IT departments to pursue more strategic initiatives. All Hands on Tech describes a revolution in work—powered by technology becoming more human and humans becoming more comfortable with technology. This convergence provides a clear pathway for enterprises to leverage the on-the-ground experience and insight of all employees. The authors provide diverse examples of companies that have aligned the work of their citizen developers with wider organizational goals across citizen data science, automation, and development projects. These examples demonstrate why and how to commit to the citizen revolution in your organization. In the book, you'll: Discover the untapped potential of citizen developers to revolutionize business operations with technology democratization Find a practical framework for integrating citizen development into a broader corporate digital and data strategy, while controlling risk Explore a forward-thinking approach to redefining the roles of all hands in an enterprise, empowering them to turn ideas into applications, automations, and analytical/AI models For business leaders, executives, managers, and IT professionals looking to harness the full potential of their front-line employees and redefine the landscape of IT work, All Hands on Tech is a must-have resource. For business domain specialists and those eager to turn ideas into action, the citizen revolution democratizes information technology and empowers you to lead your organization towards a more innovative and efficient future. For subject matter experts, domain specialists, and those eager to put their ideas to work while also future-proofing their careers with invaluable skills, the citizen revolution ushers in an entirely new way of working.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1394245912

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20A Lordship Road

By: Ian H. James

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20A Lordship Road

By: Ian H. James

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20A Lordship Road

20A Lordship Road

The Thai Girl

The Thai Girl

Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England

Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England

The Great War

The Great War

The Liberal Unionist Party

The Liberal Unionist Party

Essays on Conrad

Essays on Conrad

Fateful Choices

Fateful Choices

Conrad in the Nineteenth Century

Conrad in the Nineteenth Century

Averting the Digital Dark Age

Averting the Digital Dark Age

Greening Business

Greening Business

All Hands on Tech

All Hands on Tech

20A Lordship Road

20A Lordship Road

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