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Thinking about Things

By: Mark Sainsbury

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In the blink of an eye, I can redirect my thought from London to Austin, from apples to unicorns, from former president Obama to the mythical flying horse, Pegasus. How is this possible? How can we think about things that do not exist, like unicorns and Pegasus? They are not there to be thought about, yet we think about them just as easily as we think about things that do exist. Thinking About Things addresses these and related questions, taking as its framework a representational theory of mind. It explains how mental states are attributed, what their aboutness consists in, whether or not they are relational, and whether any of them involve nonexistent things. The explanation centers on a new theory of what is involved in attributing attitudes like thinking, hoping, and wanting. These attributions are intensional: some of them seem to involve nonexistent things, and they typically have semantic and logical peculiarities, like the fact that one cannot always substitute one expression for another that refers to the same thing without affecting truth. Mark Sainsburys new theory, display theory, explains these anomalies. For example, substituting coreferring expressions does not always preserve truth because the correctness of an attribution depends on what concepts it displays, not on what the concepts refer to. And a concept that refers to nothing may be used in an accurate display of what someone is thinking.

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Oxford University Press

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0192524976

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Architectural Design in Steel

By: Mark Lawson,Peter Trebilcock

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Architectural Design in Steel

By: Mark Lawson,Peter Trebilcock

A design guide to the detailing of exposed steelwork in buildings. Written specifically for architects, this guide offers technical guidance, general principles as well as examples of best practice.

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Taylor & Francis

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1135920249

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Jeremy Corbyn and the Strange Rebirth of Labour England

By: Mark Seddon,Francis Beckett

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Jeremy Corbyn and the Strange Rebirth of Labour England

By: Mark Seddon,Francis Beckett

Post-war Labour England wasn't a bad place to live, but after Labour's 2015 election defeat, the prospect of a healthier, happier and fairer country seemed more remote than ever. Who would have predicted that career backbencher and serial rebel Jeremy Corbyn would be the one to breathe new life into a near moribund Labour Party? Defying all odds, and most commentators and pollsters, Labour staged a remarkable comeback at the 2017 election. Love him or loathe him – and most people feel one way or the other – Corbyn represents a new hope, which everyone believed had been extinguished by the bitter hostility of the Thatcher era and the grubby triangulations of the Blair years. Almost uniquely amongst European social democratic parties, Corbyn's party has rallied. It has turned its back on New Labour, membership is thriving and, at long last, the party is appealing to the young. Labour England wasn't dead – it had merely been sleeping. In Jeremy Corbyn and the Strange Rebirth of Labour England, Francis Beckett and Mark Seddon offer an alternative and refreshing take on the sad fate of Labour England over the past four decades. They then turn their attention to the extraordinary reversal of fortunes of the Corbyn years, and to what a new Labour England might look like – with or without Corbyn.

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178590423X

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Edexcel A-level Business Student Guide: Theme 3: Business decisions and strategy

By: Mark Hage

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Edexcel A-level Business Student Guide: Theme 3: Business decisions and strategy

By: Mark Hage

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: AS/A-level Subject: Business Written by experienced author Mark Hage, this Student Guide for Business focuses on the key topics of business objectives and strategy, growth and managing change. The first section, Content Guidance, summarises content needed for the exams, with knowledge-check questions throughout. The second section, Questions and Answers, provides samples of different questions and student answers with examples of how many marks are available for each question. Students can: - Identify key content for the exams with our concise summary of topics - Find out what examiners are looking for with our Questions and Answers section - Test their knowledge with rapid-fire questions and answers - Avoid common pitfalls with clear definitions and exam tips throughout - Reinforce their learning with bullet-list summaries at the end of each section

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Philip Allan

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1471883272

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Business Solutions on Demand

How to Transform from a Product-led to a Service-led Company

By: Mark Vincent Cerasale,Merlin Stone

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Business Solutions on Demand

How to Transform from a Product-led to a Service-led Company

By: Mark Vincent Cerasale,Merlin Stone

It argues convincingly that companies should look at what solutions they can provide consumers with, rather than looking at what products they can foist upon them ... This is an effective guide to delivering real value to the customer through genuine innovative thinking." The Marketer "One of the most successful business solutions tomes ever published." PCPlus Business Based partly on IBM's own transformation, and partly on the transformations that IBM has helped its clients to achieve, this ground-breaking book shows how companies can increase sales and improve margins by introducing a range of solutions. Highly readable, motivational and fast-paced, Business Solutions On Demand is packed with examples from many diverse industries. The authors emphasize that for today's business to compete and survive, it has to exceed the expectations of its customers. Technological advancement, globalization, increased competition, market saturation and easy access to information are all conspiring to make traditional business models redundant.

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Kogan Page Publishers

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0749444703

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Strategic Operations Management

A Value Chain Approach

By: David Walters,Mark Rainbird

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Strategic Operations Management

A Value Chain Approach

By: David Walters,Mark Rainbird

The value chain framework has made its way to the forefront of management thought as a powerful analysis tool for strategic planning. Its ultimate goal is to maximize value creation while minimizing costs. In this book David Walters applies the framework to strategic decision making in the field of operations management.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0230206778

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British Human Rights Organizations and Soviet Dissent, 1965-1985

By: Mark Hurst

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British Human Rights Organizations and Soviet Dissent, 1965-1985

By: Mark Hurst

In the latter half of the 20th century, a number of dissidents engaged in a series of campaigns against the Soviet authorities and as a result were subjected to an array of cruel and violent punishments. A collection of like-minded activists in Britain campaigned on their behalf, and formed a variety of organizations to publicise their plight. British Human Rights Organizations and Soviet Dissent, 1965-1985 examines the efforts of these activists, exploring how influential their activism was in shaping the wider public awareness of Soviet human rights violations in the context of the Cold War. Mark Hurst explores the British response to Soviet human rights violation, drawing on extensive archival work and interviews with key individuals from the period. This book examines the network of human rights activists in Britain, and demonstrates that in order to be fully understood, the Soviet dissident movement needs to be considered in an international context.

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1472522346

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Consumption and Everyday Life

By: Mark Paterson

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Consumption and Everyday Life

By: Mark Paterson

This engaging book introduces key ideas and theorists of consumption in an accessible way. Case studies that describe familiar acts of consumption from areas of everyday life are used to ground relevant debates and ideas.

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0415355079

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Retail Geography and Intelligent Network Planning

By: Mark Birkin,Graham Clarke,Martin P. Clarke

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Retail Geography and Intelligent Network Planning

By: Mark Birkin,Graham Clarke,Martin P. Clarke

Retail Intelligence & Network Planning" baut auf dem Erfolg des Vorgängerbandes "Intelligent GIS" auf, in dem Grundlagen und Anwendungen von GIS und Raummodellen für die strategische Planung ausführlich dargelegt wurden. "Retail Intelligence & Network Planning" konzentriert sich in erster Linie auf den breiten Einzelhandelssektor; die hier behandelten Beispiele stammen aus einer Vielzahl von Branchen. Die Autoren erläutern, wie wichtig Fallstudien für die moderne Standortforschung sind und behandeln eine breite Palette von Fragen zu Standort, Distribution und Management der Vertriebskanalproblematik, die für Einzelhandels- und Dienstleistungsunternehmen von großem Interesse sind.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471498033

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Retail Location Planning in an Era of Multi-Channel Growth

By: Mark Birkin,Graham Clarke,Martin Clarke

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Retail Location Planning in an Era of Multi-Channel Growth

By: Mark Birkin,Graham Clarke,Martin Clarke

The way in which products and services are delivered to consumers, through branches and retail outlets, or more generally through a network of distribution channels, remains fundamentally important for maintaining a competitive advantage for a very wide range of businesses. This is true within domestic markets, but especially so for increasingly global corporations, as shareholder pressure for continued growth drives businesses into ever more widespread geographical markets. Arguing that more complex markets demand more sophisticated spatial analysis, this book discusses the application of location planning techniques to generate competitive advantage in a variety of business sectors in a changing retail environment. The series of techniques are analysed, from relatively straightforward branch scorecards to sophisticated applications of geographical information systems (GIS), spatial modelling and mathematical optimisation. Also explored are the changing dynamics of the impact of more restrictive planning environments in many countries on how retailers find new locations for growth and respond to changing consumer needs and wants. The book is essential reading for students and scholars alike working in geography, economics, business management, planning, finance and industry studies.

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1317064542

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Strictly Me

My Life Under the Spotlight

By: Mark Ramprakash

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Strictly Me

My Life Under the Spotlight

By: Mark Ramprakash

Mark Ramprakash is arguably the greatest English batsman of his generation, but he is also an enigma. He is among an elite group of players who have scored 100 first-class centuries, yet has never flourished as he should have done at Test level. To many people in the UK, he is just as well known for his exploits on the dance floor: he won Strictly Come Dancing in 2006 and went on to win the Champion of Champions final in 2008 for Sport Relief. In Strictly Me, Ramprakash covers in detail all aspects of his cricket career - from the hot-headed cricketing prodigy who made his Test debut for England at the age of 21 to finally being cast aside by his country in 2002. He discusses how he has become one of the UK's best celebrity dancers and how his newfound status as a media celebrity has flourished since then.

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1845969332

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Philanthropy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

An Introduction

By: Mark Dodgson,David Gann

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Philanthropy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

An Introduction

By: Mark Dodgson,David Gann

Intended as an essential introduction to philanthropy, this book provides a balanced, analytical, interdisciplinary overview of a complex, and often controversial, topic. Using case studies to illustrate the narrative, it covers everything from the history of individual, sometimes eccentric, philanthropists, to the controversies and challenges of ‘philanthrocapitalism’. This book explores philanthropists and their motivations: who are they and why do they give their money away? It explains what philanthropy does: its history and scope, and the impacts it has in areas such as science and the arts. The governance of philanthropy is explored: how decisions are reached about donations and their accountability. The book addresses the major controversies surrounding philanthropy, and discusses the difficulties involved in giving and receiving, e.g. the importance of ensuring that these processes are transparent and accountable. Lastly, the book considers the future of philanthropy, especially its changing role in society and the disruptive impact of digital technologies. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for researchers interested in philanthropy, innovation and entrepreneurship, the motivations for individual and corporate donations, and the business of giving in general.

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Springer Nature

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3030380173

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The Complete CEO

The Executive's Guide to Consistent Peak Performance

By: Mark Thomas,Gary Miles,Peter Fisk

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The Complete CEO

The Executive's Guide to Consistent Peak Performance

By: Mark Thomas,Gary Miles,Peter Fisk

Business success comes neither easily nor quickly. What is needed is a practical guide to achieving peak performance recognising your starting point and telling you what is required to achieve your goals. The Complete CEO does exactly this by providing a comprehensive framework against which any business leader can assess their strengths and weaknesses. The Complete CEO combines invaluable insights from some of the most successful CEOs in North America and Northern Europe along with the authors’ extensive knowledge and experience to create a complete programme for you and your business to achieve peak corporate and individual performance. The Complete CEO distils learning built up over the last ten years from 1000 leaders of the world’s largest quoted companies. By comparing the ways these leaders ran their businesses with their long-term performance, you will be able to see what works in practice and how to make it work for you. The Complete CEO is not a conventional business book and recognises there are no shortcuts to greatness. Even great CEOs have important areas of relative weakness. The tailored model of high performance presented in this book will be of enormous value to anyone who aspires to be a high-performing CEO. “The Complete CEO is an excellent handbook for any manager or leader. I keep it within reach.” —Mervyn Davies. CEO Standard Chartered Bank Plc “This book is helpful to any CEO, or indeed any business manager, who wants to deliver sustained high performance.” —Jim Nicol, CEO Tomkins Plc “As CEO of a newly floated business, I have found The Complete CEO to give extremely helpful focus, as well as practical tools.” —Heikki Sirviö, CEO Kemira Growhow “The Complete CEO is a fascinating book. While it won’t turn the average CEO into Warren Buffett, it does contain a wealth of uncommon, common sense wisdom, which will take him or her a number of steps in his direction.” —James O’Loughlin, Author, The Real Warren Buffett “The ultimate test of a CEO is value creation. Yet few are prepared for the task. This book will be of practical help to anyone who seriously takes up this challenge.” —Sir Brian Pitman, Former CEO And Chairman Of Lloyds TSB “I believe that the High Performance Model described in this book will be of value to any business leader – but especially to one new in post, or one who has good reason to introduce change.” —Sten Scheibye, CEO Coloplast “The High Performance Model at the core of the book, moves from a clear and insightful discussion of what drives the creation and maintenance of a winning business model into a decomposition of the role of the CEO. The authors have worked with a number of highly successful CEOs and former CEOs to understand the essence of their success, and the actions they have taken day-to-day to drive it; and the result is a practical, easy-to-understand guide.” —From The Foreword By Ben Verwaayen, CEO BT Plc

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1841127299

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Stress in Post-War Britain, 1945–85

By: Mark Jackson

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Stress in Post-War Britain, 1945–85

By: Mark Jackson

In the years following World War II the health and well-being of the nation was of primary concern to the British government. The essays in this collection examine the relationship between health and stress in post-war Britain through a series of carefully connected case studies.

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1317318048

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Ontology and Providence in Creation

Taking ex nihilo Seriously

By: Mark Ian Thomas Robson

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Ontology and Providence in Creation

Taking ex nihilo Seriously

By: Mark Ian Thomas Robson

Ontology and Providence in Creation critically examines a particular Leibnizean inspired understanding of God's creation of the world and proposes that a different understanding should be adopted. The Leibnizean argument proposes that God's understanding encompassed a host of possible worlds, only one of which he actualized. This proposition is the current orthodoxy when philosopher and theologians talk about the philosophical understanding of creation. Mark Robson argues that this commits the Leibnizean to the notion that possibility is determinate. He proposes that this understanding of creation does not do justice to the doctrine that God created the world out of nothing. Instead of possible worlds, Robson argues that we should understand possibility as indeterminate. There are no things in possibility, hence God created out of nothing. He examines how this conception of possibility is held by C.S. Peirce and how it was developed by Charles Hartshorne. Robson contends that not only does the indeterminate understanding of possibility take seriously the nothing of ex nihilo, but that it also offers a new solution to the problem of evil.

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1441105611

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Economics of Strategy

By: David Dranove,David Besanko,Mark Shanley,Scott Schaefer

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Economics of Strategy

By: David Dranove,David Besanko,Mark Shanley,Scott Schaefer

This text is an unbound, three hole punched version. Access to WileyPLUS sold separately. Economics of Strategy, Binder Ready Version focuses on the key economic concepts students must master in order to develop a sound business strategy. Ideal for undergraduate managerial economics and business strategy courses, Economics of Strategy offers a careful yet accessible translation of advanced economic concepts to practical problems facing business managers. Armed with general principles, today's students--tomorrows future managers--will be prepared to adjust their firms business strategies to the demands of the ever-changing environment.

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Marketing

A Critical Textbook

By: Nick Ellis,James Fitchett,Matthew Higgins,Gavin Jack,Ming Lim,Michael Saren,Mark Tadajewski

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Marketing

A Critical Textbook

By: Nick Ellis,James Fitchett,Matthew Higgins,Gavin Jack,Ming Lim,Michael Saren,Mark Tadajewski

Written by a team of renowned experts in the field, Marketing: A Critical Textbook provides a unique introduction and overview of critical approaches to marketing. Ideally suited to advanced students of marketing, the book uses examples and ′real world′ case studies to illustrate and discuss major alternative and critical perspectives on the subject, enabling students to constructively question the conventional assumptions, concepts and models with which they are already familiar. - Explains and debates key concepts in a clear, readable and concise manner. - Provides practical and innovative demonstrations of abstract and difficult concepts through classroom exercises and individual and group activities. - Includes a glossary of critical marketing terms. - Additional material on the companion website, including a full Instructor′s Manual and free access to full-text journal articles for students.

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SAGE

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1446203298

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Governance: A Very Short Introduction

By: Mark Bevir

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Governance: A Very Short Introduction

By: Mark Bevir

Generally referring to all forms of social coordination and patterns of rule, the term 'governance' is used in many different contexts. In this Very Short Introduction, Mark Bevir explores the main theories of governance and considers their impact on ideas of governance in the corporate, public, and global arenas.

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Oxford University Press

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0199606412

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Retail Therapy

Why The Retail Industry Is Broken – And What Can Be Done To Fix It

By: Mark Pilkington

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Retail Therapy

Why The Retail Industry Is Broken – And What Can Be Done To Fix It

By: Mark Pilkington

Almost weekly, the news is full of stories about disappearing retail chains. From House of Fraser and BHS to Toys'R'Us and Sears, recognised names are vanishing overnight – as such large organizations disappear, so the malls, shopping centres, high streets and main streets become emptier and less appealing to visit. The retail sector is hugely important in terms of job numbers: in the US, it employs around 30 million people (directly and indirectly); in the UK, around 10 million. As such, anything that jeopardises the retail sector will have a deep and lasting impact on millions of lives, as well as on public policy. While many blame the 'Amazon effect', this is an oversimplification. Deeper forces are at work that are changing people's relationships with brands, the balance of power between producers and consumers, and the whole nature of the supply chain that has existed since the industrial revolution. Retail Therapy offers a comprehensive analysis of these forces and their impact on the world of retailing. More importantly, it presents a cogent analysis of the longer term trends that are shaping retailing, and outlines a clear road map for sustainable success in the future.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472965132

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Interior Design Masters

By: Mark Hinchman,Elyssa Yoneda

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Interior Design Masters

By: Mark Hinchman,Elyssa Yoneda

Interior Design Masters contains 300 biographical entries of people who have significantly impacted design. They are the people, historical and contemporary, that students and practitioners should know. Coverage starts in the late Renaissance, with a focus on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The book has five sections, with the entries alphabetical in each, so it can serve as a history textbook and a reference guide. The seventeeth- and eighteenth-century section covers figures from Thomas Chippendale to Horace Walpole. The nineteenth-century section includes William Morris and Candace Wheeler. The early twentieth-century section presents modernism’s design heroes, including Marcel Breuer, Eileen Gray, and Gilbert Rohde. The post-World War II designers range from Madeleine Castaing to Raymond Loewy. The final contemporary section includes Ron Arad and the Bouroullec brothers. These are the canonical figures who belong to any design history. The book also contains less well-known figures who deserve attention, such as Betty Joel, the British art deco furniture designer; Paul Veysseyre, the Frenchman active in China in the 1930s; and more recently Lanzavecchia-Wai, the Italian-Singaporean duo whose work ranges from health care to helicopters. Global in its coverage, the book is richly illustrated with over 600 black-and-white and color photographs.

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A Spot of Bother

A Novel

By: Mark Haddon

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A Spot of Bother

A Novel

By: Mark Haddon

George Hall is an unobtrusive man. A little distant, perhaps, a little cautious, not quite at ease with the emotional demands of fatherhood or of manly bonhomie. “The secret of contentment, George felt, lay in ignoring many things completely.” Some things in life can’t be ignored, however: his tempestuous daughter Katie’s deeply inappropriate boyfriend Ray, for instance, or the sudden appearance of a red circular rash on his hip. At 57, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden and enjoying the freedom to be alone when he wants. But then he runs into a spot of bother. That red circular rash on his hip: George convinces himself it’s skin cancer. And the deeply inappropriate Ray? Katie announces he will become her second husband. The planning for these frowned-upon nuptials proves a great inconvenience to George’s wife, Jean, who is carrying on a late-life affair with her husband’s ex-colleague. The Halls do not approve of Ray, for vague reasons summed up by their son Jamie’s observation that Ray has “strangler’s hands.” Jamie himself has his own problems — his tidy and pleasant life comes apart when he fails to invite his lover, Tony, to Katie’s wedding. And Katie, a woman whose ferocious temper once led to the maiming of a carjacker, can’t decide if she loves Ray, or loves the wonderful way he has with her son Jacob. Unnoticed in the uproar, George quietly begins to go mad. The way these damaged people fall apart — and come together — as a family is the true subject of Haddon’s hilarious and disturbing portrait of a dignified man trying to go insane politely. A Spot of Bother is Mark Haddon’s unforgettable follow-up to the internationally beloved bestseller The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Once again, Haddon proves a master of a story at once hilarious, poignant, dark, and profoundly human. Here the madness — literally — of family life proves rich comic fodder for Haddon’s crackling prose and bittersweet insights into misdirected love.

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Anchor Canada

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0307373703

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Johann Nepomuk Hummel

A Musician's Life and World

By: Mark Kroll

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A Musician's Life and World

By: Mark Kroll

Contemporary Jewish Writing in Britain and Ireland presents a wide range of writers-some at the heart of British culture, others outside the mainstream-who address the issue of Jewish cultural difference in Great Britain and Ireland. Editor Bryan Cheyette has assembled a striking roster of writers whose extraordinary imagination and understanding of Jewish experience in Britain and Ireland have transformed English literature in recent decades. They include established figures like Anita Brookner, Harold Pinter, and George Steiner, as well as such vibrant new voices as Elena Lappin, Jonathan Treitel, and Jonathan Wilson. As Cheyette argues, "the contemporary British-Jewish writers in this volume defy the authority of England and the Anglo-Jewish community. . . . [All are risk-takers who . . . will eventually help replace narrow national narratives and gendered identities with a broader, more plural, diasporic culture.

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0810859203

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Slipping Away

Banana Politics and Fair Trade in the Eastern Caribbean

By: Mark Moberg

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Slipping Away

Banana Politics and Fair Trade in the Eastern Caribbean

By: Mark Moberg

During the 1990s, the Eastern Caribbean was caught in a bitter trade dispute between the US and EU over the European banana market. When the World Trade Organization rejected preferential access for Caribbean growers in 1998 the effect on the region’s rural communities was devastating. This volume examines the “banana wars” from the vantage point of St. Lucia’s Mabouya Valley, whose recent, turbulent history reveals the impact of global forces. The author investigates how the contemporary structure of the island’s banana industry originated in colonial policies to create a politically “stable” peasantry, followed by politicians’ efforts to mobilize rural voters. These political strategies left farmers dependent on institutional and market protection, leaving them vulnerable to any alteration in trade policy. This history gave way to a new harsh reality, in which neoliberal policies privilege price and quantity over human rights and the environment. However, against these challenges, the author shows how the rural poor have responded in creative ways, including new social movements and Fair Trade farming, in order to negotiate a stronger position for themselves in the in a shifting global economy.

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1845458745

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Fair Trade and Social Justice

Global Ethnographies

By: Mark Moberg,Sarah Lyon

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Fair Trade and Social Justice

Global Ethnographies

By: Mark Moberg,Sarah Lyon

By 2008, total Fair Trade purchases in the developed world reached nearly $3 billion, a five-fold increase in four years. Consumers pay a “fair price” for Fair Trade items, which are meant to generate greater earnings for family farmers, cover the costs of production, and support socially just and environmentally sound practices. Yet constrained by existing markets and the entities that dominate them, Fair Trade often delivers material improvements for producers that are much more modest than the profound social transformations the movement claims to support. There has been scant real-world assessment of Fair Trade’s effectiveness. Drawing upon fine-grained anthropological studies of a variety of regions and commodity systems including Darjeeling tea, coffee, crafts, and cut flowers, the chapters in Fair Trade and Social Justice represent the first works to use ethnographic case studies to assess whether the Fair Trade Movement is actually achieving its goals. Contributors: Julia Smith, Mark Moberg, Catherine Ziegler , Sarah Besky, Sarah M. Lyon, Catherine S. Dolan, Patrick C. Wilson, Faidra Papavasiliou, Molly Doane, Kathy M’Closkey, Jane Henrici

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0814796222

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Australian Intellectual Property Law

By: Mark J. Davison,Ann L. Monotti,Leanne Wiseman

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Australian Intellectual Property Law

By: Mark J. Davison,Ann L. Monotti,Leanne Wiseman

Provides a detailed and comprehensive, yet concise and accessible discussion of intellectual property law in Australia.

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1108746950

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Designing with Solar Power

A Source Book for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)

By: Deo Prasad,Mark Snow

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Designing with Solar Power

A Source Book for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)

By: Deo Prasad,Mark Snow

Designing with Solar Power is the result of international collaborative research and development work carried out within the framework of the International Energy Agency's Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (PVPS) and performed within its Task 7 on 'Photovoltaic power systems in the built environment'. Each chapter of this precisely detailed and informative book has been prepared by an international expert in a specific area related to the development, use and application of building-integrated photovoltaics (BiPV). Chapters not only cover the basics of solar power and electrical concepts, but also investigate the ways in which photovoltaics can be integrated into the design and creation of buildings equipped for the demands of the 21st century. The potential for BiPV, in both buildings and other structures, is explored together with broader issues such as market deployment, and international marketing and government strategies. In addition, more than 20 contemporary international case studies describe in detail how building-integrated photovoltaics have been applied to new and existing buildings, and discuss the architectural and technical quality, and the success of various strategies. Packed with photographs and illustrations, this book is an invaluable companion for architects, builders, designers, engineers, students and all involved with the exciting possibilities of building-integrated photovoltaics.

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1134032501

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Laurence Bounds - My Life in Letters

By: James Warren,Mark Ryland Bridges

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Laurence Bounds - My Life in Letters

By: James Warren,Mark Ryland Bridges

For years, Laurence Bounds has been pestering some of the most patient customer service departments from coffee companies to television studios and shaving companies to travel agents, with his maddening of letters. From HMV to AEG, the Met Office to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - everyone is a target. Discover years of hilarious letters sent from the Etruria Lodge estate by the eccentric but highly-educated, Laurence Bounds (B.A, B.Sc). So who is Laurence Bounds, we hear you ask? A part-time gamekeeper, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Science, inventor of the WaspZapper 838™, producer of the famous Bombardier Potato, founder of The Mobile Judge Programme, dog food pioneer, betting tycoon, playwright supremo, wine magnate, children's life-size Henry VIII doll designer, poet, astrologer, published author and aspiring television producer, to name but a few. Upon buying this educational book, you may learn some of Laurence’s tips and become a serial entrepreneur just like him. Discover how to complain the Bounds way, how to communicate effectively with some of the world's biggest companies, and how to deal with organisations when they are not keen on your ideas. Join him on a side-splitting journey, guaranteed to have you in stitches, as you meet his friends, relatives, and his beloved thoroughbred black Labrador, Alexander IX. This is Laurence Bounds, his life in his own words…

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1784567639

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Bodies complexioned

Human variation and racism in early modern English culture, c. 1600–1750

By: Mark S. Dawson

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Bodies complexioned

Human variation and racism in early modern English culture, c. 1600–1750

By: Mark S. Dawson

Bodily contrasts – from the colour of hair, eyes and skin to the shape of faces and skeletons – allowed the English of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries to discriminate systematically among themselves and against non-Anglophone groups. Making use of an array of sources, this book examines how early modern English people understood bodily difference. It demonstrates that individuals’ distinctive features were considered innate, even as discrete populations were believed to have characteristics in common, and challenges the idea that the humoral theory of bodily composition was incompatible with visceral inequality or racism. While ‘race’ had not assumed its modern valence, and ‘racial’ ideologies were still to come, such typecasting nonetheless had mundane, lasting consequences. Grounded in humoral physiology, and Christian universalism notwithstanding, bodily prejudices inflected social stratification, domestic politics, sectarian division and international relations.

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1526134500

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Rights and Duties of Directors

By: Mark Cardale

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Rights and Duties of Directors

By: Mark Cardale

The new edition of this well-established title (the eighteenth in the series) covers a comprehensive range of topics, from the personal affairs of a director on appointment to the conduct of a company's business and questions of governance and strategy. It gives the reader an understanding of the practical application of all the legal and regulatory issues facing directors, both on a day-to-day operational basis and in relation to questions of importance to long term decision making. Updates to the previous edition include: - new material covering the AIM regime and the AIM Rules for companies, and the application of the Market Abuse Regulation to both listed and AIM companies following Brexit - an updated chapter on insolvency issues, covering the reforms and structures introduced by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 - new and updated sections on directors' 'general' duties under the Companies Act 2006 (including s.172) and on directors' disqualification - reviews of directors' reporting obligations in the Annual Report and otherwise, and of relations with shareholders The new edition also covers the administrative and accounting obligations of directors under the Companies Act 2006, the role of directors and board decision making, the listing regime and governance arrangements applicable to different types of company, employees and customers, aspects of competition law, requirements concerning the environment, and public company takeovers. Available as an electronic publication, this e-Book provides easy access to formal guidance notes and other publications of third party institutions and organisations and supports cross referencing in the text. This book aims to be a compendium handbook with a legal basis and will help the reader to: - understand the full range of issues which may face directors and those proposing to become directors - provide information and guidance on matters which boards may need to address in their decision making processes, including appendices detailing some practical checklists and a practical Glossary of terms with electronic links to the text aiding the accessibility of the work to all readers. - broaden the horizons of those seeking to understand the extent of the legal, regulatory and practical considerations which may need to be considered in companies both large and small It's an invaluable resource for company directors, company secretaries, and governance and HR professionals in organisations of all sizes, as well as their legal advisers, in house lawyers, company law practitioners, and financial advisers.

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1526519674

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AI on Trial

By: Mark Deem,Peter Warren

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AI on Trial

By: Mark Deem,Peter Warren

AI on Trial follows the same process as a High Court trial, and in so doing it takes an innovative approach to the most innovative of technological areas. Addressing the current state of artificial intelligence and the law, the book identifies why the technology should be 'placed on trial' and presents relevant evidence, before passing 'judgment' and proposing a Manifesto for Responsible AI and a blueprint for an ethical, legal and regulatory framework. The 'trial' examines such questions as: -Should AI, a computer technology, have rights and responsibilities? -What are the legal and ethical issues created by the implicit bias of coders and data sets? -Is AI racist? -Do we need a Hippocratic Oath in AI? -Could AI lead to a data war to end all wars? -Can we trust AI? Readers will benefit from understanding the necessary considerations in formulating any legal framework and will come to recognise the role of any such framework, not only in preventing harm, but in supporting growth and technological advancement. Written from the viewpoint of practitioners, academics and journalists, this is an essential title for all information and technology law practitioners, in-house counsel, data protection officers, company directors, finance directors, academics and students. Technologists, regulators, legislators and journalists interested in getting to grips with the issues presented by AI will also benefit. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Cyber Law online service.

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1526513560

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Sixties Britain

Culture, Society and Politics

By: Mark Donnelly

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Sixties Britain

Culture, Society and Politics

By: Mark Donnelly

Sixties Britain provides a more nuanced and engaging history of Britain. This book analyses the main social, political, cultural and economic changes Britain undertook as well as focusing on the 'silent majority' who were just as important as the rebellious students, the residents if Soho and the icons of popular culture. Sixties Britain engages the reader without losing sight of the fact that the 1960s were a vibrant, fascinating and controversial time in British History.

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1317866622

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When Angels Sleep

A heart-racing, twisty serial killer thriller

By: Mark Griffin

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When Angels Sleep

A heart-racing, twisty serial killer thriller

By: Mark Griffin

A thrilling new talent' PETER JAMES 'Creepy, twisted and gripping' SUN 'Dark, compelling and expertly paced' M. W. CRAVEN ___________________ On a cold winter's morning, the body of a young boy is discovered in Epping Forest. The body is pristine and peaceful, his head resting gently on a pillow, an angel pendant clenched in his small fist. It is a murder as carefully planned as it is brutal, and there's one person DI Bishop needs back on his team to help solve such a calculated crime. Holly Wakefield, criminal psychologist for the Met Police, is better than anyone Bishop knows at getting inside the brains of psychopaths. But with the body count rising, it's going to take all their strength and resolve to stop the serial killer before any more angels are put to their rest . . . A breathtaking, page-turning thriller perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Stuart MacBride and Robert Bryndza. ___________________ What readers are saying: 'Wow . . . An astonishingly gripping novel that grabbed me by the throat from the get-go' 'Awestruck, I finished this book with shaking hands and a pounding heart. Edge-of-your-seat stuff. Simply brilliant' 'A dark, riveting and absolutely compulsive must-read' 'I read it in one sitting as I couldn't wait to find out how it would end' 'Absolute must read . . . you won't be disappointed' 'Total page turner from start to finish' 'An immensely satisfying read and an absolutely gripping thriller' 'Unputdownable . . . would highly recommend' 'Amazing . . . I read it in a day' 'What a brilliant read, full of tension as the investigation gains pace, great characters, dark humour, and grips you right from the start to the end' 'Mark Griffin strikes again. Phenomenal' 'The writing is more expertly crafted, drawing you deeper into the darkness and walking with the characters as the desperate events unfold' 'Another masterpiece from Mark Griffin' 'Such a thrilling read that I couldn't put it down' 'Tightly plotted, intricate twists and turns, very human characters

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Piatkus

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0349420777

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9780349420776

Osborne Legacy

By: Mark Cundy

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Osborne Legacy

By: Mark Cundy

The final act of a dying man.A global treasure hunt with AGBP1 million for the winner.Five strangers, picked at random to compete.Self-made multi millionaire Michael Osborne has only months to live. He wants one last adventure, setting up a global chase with a prize that would tempt all the saints.Thousands apply, but only five are selected to compete. Each with their own driving need to win.As the chase heats up and the stakes get higher, what will each of them do to secure the prize?In the final reckoning there can be only one winner, when the true Osborne Legacy is finally revealed.

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eBook Partnership

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099296461X

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Foreign States in Domestic Markets

Sovereign Wealth Funds and the West

By: Mark Thatcher,Tim Vlandas

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Foreign States in Domestic Markets

Sovereign Wealth Funds and the West

By: Mark Thatcher,Tim Vlandas

This text develops the concept of 'internationalised statism' - governments welcoming and using foreign state investments to govern their domestic economies - and applies it to the most prominent overseas state investors - Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs).

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Oxford University Press

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0198786085

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Isolation: The horror anthology

By: M.R. Carey,Ken Liu,Paul Tremblay,Tim Lebbon

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Isolation: The horror anthology

By: M.R. Carey,Ken Liu,Paul Tremblay,Tim Lebbon

A chilling anthology of 20 stories about the terrifying fears of isolation, from the modern masters of horror. Featuring Tim Lebbon, Paul Tremblay, Joe R. Lansdale, M.R. Carey, Ken Liu and many more. Lost in the wilderness, or alone in the dark, isolation remains one of our deepest held fears. This horror anthology from Shirley Jackson and British Fantasy Award finalist Dan Coxon calls on leading horror writers to confront the dark moments, the challenges that we must face alone: survivors in a world gone silent; the outcast shunned by society; the quiet voice trapped in the crowd; the lonely and forgotten, screaming into the abyss. Experience the chilling terrors of Isolation. Featuring stories by: Nina Allan Laird Barron Ramsey Campbell M.R. Carey Chịkọdịlị Emelumadu Brian Evenson Owl Goingback Gwendolyn Kiste Joe R. Lansdale Tim Lebbon Alison Littlewood Ken Liu Jonathan Maberry Michael Marshall Smith Mark Morris Lynda E. Rucker A.G. Slatter Paul Tremblay Lisa Tuttle Marian Womack

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Titan Books (US, CA)

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1803360690

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The Valuation Book

How to value businesses and shares – an introductory guide for investors, managers and more

By: Kenneth Lee,Mark Aleksanyan,Matthias Meitner,Neil Pande

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The Valuation Book

How to value businesses and shares – an introductory guide for investors, managers and more

By: Kenneth Lee,Mark Aleksanyan,Matthias Meitner,Neil Pande

The Valuation Book contains the tools needed by anyone who wants to make a robust valuation of a business. No detailed prior knowledge of business valuation is required – the book covers everything you need to know, including how to read relevant parts of company accounts and the valuation tools (including DCF and multiples) that are used by professionals. Written by academics who are also practitioners, The Valuation Book provides a unique mix of theory and practical application. It is designed around the authors’ experience of teaching thousands of people about valuation principles over the last two decades. Short, accessible chapters with a consistent structure and layout allow readers to build up their knowledge step by step. And the book is fully up to date, with accessible specialist chapters on integrating ESG into valuations, valuing immature companies, identifying flaws in valuation models, valuation for mergers and acquisitions, and more. The Valuation Book is a comprehensive introductory valuation guide for investors, managers, accountants, lawyers and anyone else who needs to value a business.

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Harriman House Limited

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0857199501

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9780857199508

Retail Recovery

How Creative Retailers Are Winning in their Post-Apocalyptic World

By: Mark Pilkington

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Retail Recovery

How Creative Retailers Are Winning in their Post-Apocalyptic World

By: Mark Pilkington

Shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2022 The world's retail sector has been devastated in recent years by two unstoppable forces: internet shopping and the Covid-19 lockdown. The result: huge numbers of prestigious brands have gone under, or are now a shadow of their former selves, and large parts of the world economy have fallen into a recession, with reduced employment and incomes across large parts of society. High streets and shopping malls lie half-empty, causing a vacuum at the heart of our communities and societies, and many discretionary products have simply become too expensive for people to buy on a regular basis. There is now an urgent need to regenerate our local shopping areas, so how can retailers and brands respond to this crisis? Fortunately, new shoots of recovery are emerging from the wreckage of the old order – new brands, new ways of providing value, and new and innovative methods of creating interest to draw in consumers, all of which have the potential to kick-start the retail economy. Retail Recovery offers a comprehensive analysis of these new forces that are changing the way in which we browse for and buy products, and how we experience and engage with the brands themselves. It includes in-depth interviews with some of the most innovative players in the UK, Europe and North America, in the hope of drawing out key learning points for the rest of the industry. It also provides essential guidelines for governments, as they strive to rebuild and reinforce the retail spaces within our communities, allowing them to create a more effective economic lifeline for retailers, shoppers, retail workers, manufacturers and distributors.

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1472987209

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Management and Business Research

By: Mark Easterby-Smith,Richard Thorpe,Paul R Jackson

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Management and Business Research

By: Mark Easterby-Smith,Richard Thorpe,Paul R Jackson

Now in its Fifth Edition, this much-loved text offers theoretical and philosophical depth as well as insights into practice. The text covers the entire research process in an accessible way and provides critical, thoughtful treatment of important issues like ethics and politics, making it an invaluable companion for any business and management student New to the Fifth Edition: Expanded to include examples from across business and management including Marketing, International Business and Psychology Up-to-date, international examples and cases from a range of countries Introductory chapter looks at writing proposals in detail Chapter on the literature review now includes how to critically review Move towards new technologies and social media including discussion of wikis and cloud sourcing Improved structure and flow, with three chapters on qualitative methods and three on quantitative methods Additional practical exercises which are linked to key research tasks throughout The companion website (https://edge.sagepub.com/easterbysmith) offers a wealth of resources for both lecturers and students including, for lecturers, an instructor′s manual and PowerPoint slides and, for students, author podcasts, journal articles, web links, MCQs, datasets and a glossary.

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147392765X

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Master of Shadows

The Secret Diplomatic Career of the Painter Peter Paul Rubens

By: Mark Lamster

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Master of Shadows

The Secret Diplomatic Career of the Painter Peter Paul Rubens

By: Mark Lamster

Although his popularity is eclipsed by Rembrandt today, Peter Paul Rubens was revered by his contemporaries as the greatest painter of his era, if not of all history. His undeniable artistic genius, bolstered by a modest disposition and a reputation as a man of tact and discretion, made him a favorite among monarchs and political leaders across Europe—and gave him the perfect cover for the clandestine activities that shaped the landscape of seventeenth-century politics. In Master of Shadows, Mark Lamster brilliantly recreates the culture, religious conflicts, and political intrigues of Rubens’s time, following the painter from Antwerp to London, Madrid, Paris, and Rome and providing an insightful exploration of Rubens’s art as well as the private passions that influenced it.

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