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Dial M for Murdoch

News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain

By: Tom Watson,Martin Hickman

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Dial M for Murdoch

News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain

By: Tom Watson,Martin Hickman

Dial M for Murdoch uncovers the inner workings of one of the most powerful companies in the world: how it came to exert a poisonous, secretive influence on public life in Britain, how it used its huge power to bully, intimidate and cover up, and how its exposure has changed the way we look at our politicians, our police service and our press. Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers had been hacking phones and casually destroying people’s lives for years, but it was only after a trivial report about Prince William’s knee in 2005 that detectives stumbled on a criminal conspiracy. A five-year cover-up then concealed and muddied the truth. Dial M for Murdoch gives the first connected account of the extraordinary lengths to which the Murdochs’ News Corporation went to “put the problem in a box” (in James Murdoch’s words), how its efforts to maintain and extend its power were aided by its political and police friends, and how it was finally exposed. The book details the smears and threats against politicians, journalists and lawyers. It reveals the existence of brave insiders who pointed those pursuing the investigation towards pieces of secret information that cracked open the case. By contrast, many of the main players in the book are unsavory, but by the end of it you have a clear idea of what they did. Seeing the story whole, as it is presented here for the first time, allows the character of the organisation which it portrays to emerge unmistakably. You will hardly believe it.

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Penguin

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110160137X

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Transforming HR

By: Mark Withers,Mark Williamson,Martin Reddington

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Transforming HR

By: Mark Withers,Mark Williamson,Martin Reddington

Deliver greater value to your organisation through HR transformation. Transforming HR, Second edition offers robust, practical advice on changing the way human resource management is undertaken, walking you through the transformational process from initial planning to the evaluation of outcomes. Since the first edition of the book many organisations have restructured their HR functions and invested in better HR information systems but with new issues emerging all the time, the journey towards transformation must continue. To support this journey the authors draw on their own experience and insights in this new edition, which features: *Practical tools and approaches to guide planning, implementation and evaluation of transformation strategies aimed at increasing the value of HR’s contribution in organisations *New chapters on HR’s value proposition, Web 2.0 and benefits realisation to demonstrate their critical role in transformation *Cutting edge research on topics such as the use of social media technology by HR, with views and experience from senior practitioners across a broad range of organisations *Fresh thinking on the people agenda to be addressed by progressive HR functions Intended as an inspiring, hands-on guide to planning, implementing and evaluating transformation strategies, Transforming HR, second edition is an essential companion as you work to increase the value of HR in your organisation.

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Routledge

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1136433783

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Essays in Mathematical Economics, in Honor of Oskar Morgenstern

By: Martin Shubik

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Essays in Mathematical Economics, in Honor of Oskar Morgenstern

By: Martin Shubik

Professor Morgenstern's deep interests in economic time series and problems of measurement are represented by path-breaking articles devoted to the application of modern statistical analysis to temporal economic data. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400877385

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Changing Times

Economics, Policies, and Resource Allocation in Britain Since 1951

By: Martin Chick

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Changing Times

Economics, Policies, and Resource Allocation in Britain Since 1951

By: Martin Chick

A study of the main changes in the British economy from 1951, focussing on nationalisation and privatisation; unemployment; funding of the NHS and education; deindustrialisation and Britain's changing industrial structure; taxation; inequality; environmental change and policy; and the UK's changing relationship with the EEC and the European Union.

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0199552789

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Twentieth-Century Higher Education

Elite to Mass to Universal

By: Martin Trow

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Twentieth-Century Higher Education

Elite to Mass to Universal

By: Martin Trow

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JHU Press

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0801894425

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9780801894428

A User's Guide to the Meade LXD55 and LXD75 Telescopes

By: Martin Peston

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A User's Guide to the Meade LXD55 and LXD75 Telescopes

By: Martin Peston

This book offers a comprehensive introductory guide to "choosing and using" a series LXD55 or LXD75 computer-controlled ("goto") telescope, containing a wealth of useful information for both beginners and more advanced practical amateur astronomers. The manufacturer’s manuals are not nearly detailed enough to be of real help to beginners. No other book offers advanced techniques for more experienced LXD series users.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387682643

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9780387682648

Economic Dimensions in Education

By: Martin O'Donoghue

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Economic Dimensions in Education

By: Martin O'Donoghue

This book examines the economic issues of education from an unusually systematic and broad perspective. Although the book is soundly based in economic theory, it is not heavily mathematical. Economic Dimensions in Education is designed to provide an introductory analysis of economic issues in education both in academic life and in the general community. Some of the issues discussed include the nature and reasons for public sector activity in education, the role education plays in providing skilled human resources for an economy, and the economic consequences of migration between countries of educated peoples. The book also deals with various aspects of demand: patterns of educational demand, individual demand for education as a form of social investment for the community, and supply aspects of education as related to types and sizes of educational establishments and problems of ensuring the efficient provision of education. There has been a growing interest in the economic aspects of education. The considerable growth in the volume of educational activity is now at the point where today education is one of the largest industries in most countries and also one of the chief employers of highly skilled personnel. The recognition that education may have a significant influence on the employment and income opportunities and hence affect the distribution of income and wealth in society is also a factor. A final reason stems from the post-war emphasis on economic growth and development, with education playing an important role as a provider of skilled personnel for an economy. This classic volume is comprehensive, clearly written, and will appeal to undergraduates and first-year graduate students. The treatment is firmly embedded in economic theory and is must reading for those professional economists concerned with education.

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Routledge

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1351312545

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Big Copyright Versus the People

How Major Content Providers Are Destroying Creativity and How to Stop Them

By: Martin Skladany

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Big Copyright Versus the People

How Major Content Providers Are Destroying Creativity and How to Stop Them

By: Martin Skladany

Extreme copyright produces extreme consumption: ten hours a day, lost to screens. This book takes back our culture and creativity.

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1108415555

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Have I Got News For You: Guide to Modern Britain

By: Nick Martin

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Have I Got News For You: Guide to Modern Britain

By: Nick Martin

Did you know that foreigners who want to live in Britain have to pass a government test to get in? It's true, and some of the questions are harder than "Why does everyone hate Manchester United?" So the Have I Got News For You team have, in a moving and totally out of character display of public-spiritedness, compiled this Guide to Modern Britain to help guide you around, er, modern Britain. With reassuringly jaundiced reflections on everything from the global recession, religion and the Royal Family to the NHS, education and the media, it's a handy primer to the British Constitution, even though we don't actually have one. (How clever is that?) Think of it as the sort of manual you get with a car - enough information to help you check the oil, though not enough to re-balance the steering. Packed with useless facts and unhelpful cynicism, the Have I Got News for You Guide to Modern Britain will help you understand exactly how the most ingenious, resilient, resourceful and proudest people on earth became the Twittering, touchy-feely, fame-obsessed, flu-fearing wimps that they are today.

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Random House

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1448140609

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Making It Happen

Fred Goodwin, RBS and the men who blew up the British economy

By: Iain Martin

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Making It Happen

Fred Goodwin, RBS and the men who blew up the British economy

By: Iain Martin

When RBS collapsed and had to be bailed out by the taxpayer in the financial crisis of October 2008 it played a leading role in tipping Britain into its deepest economic downturn in seven decades. The economy shrank, bank lending froze, hundreds of thousands lost their jobs, living standards are still falling and Britons will be paying higher taxes for decades to pay the clean-up bill. How on earth had a small Scottish bank grown so quickly to become a global financial giant that could do such immense damage when it collapsed? At the centre of the story was Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive known as "Fred the Shred" who terrorised some of his staff and beguiled others. Not a banker by training, he nonetheless was given control of RBS and set about trying to make it one of the biggest brands in the world. It was said confidently that computerisation and new banking products had made the world safer. Only they hadn't... Based on more than 80 interviews and with access to diaries and papers kept by those at the heart of the meltdown, this is the definitive account of the RBS disaster, a disaster which still casts such a shadow over our economy. In Making It Happen, senior executives, board members, Treasury insiders and regulators reveal how the bank's mania for expansion led it to take enormous risks its leaders didn't understand. From the birth of the Royal Bank in 18th century Scotland, to the manic expansion under Fred Goodwin in the middle of a mad boom and culminating in the epoch-defining collapse, Making It Happen is the full, extraordinary story.

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451

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Simon and Schuster

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1471113566

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9781471113567

A Spectroscopic Atlas of Bright Stars

A Pocket Field Guide

By: Jack Martin

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A Spectroscopic Atlas of Bright Stars

A Pocket Field Guide

By: Jack Martin

A Spectroscopic Atlas of the Stars: A Pocket Field Guide is a standard reference book for all amateur astronomers interested in practical spectroscopy or spectrography. For the first time in one place, it identifies more than 70 (northern hemisphere) bright stars that are suitable observational targets for both amateurs and astronomy students. Finder charts are provided for locating these sometimes-familiar stars. Data for each star includes labelled stellar spectra, a spectral profile with spectral lines identified. These are conveniently laid out on a single page, opposite tables of spectroscopic properties, and lines and wavelengths identified. This is the first Spectral Atlas designed for amateur astronomers. It is equally relevant to college undergraduates, being intended to familiarize astronomers of any age and level of knowledge with labelled stellar spectra and their different properties. It contains much information about stars which is hard to find or inaccessible to most people.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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144190705X

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People and Organisational Development

A New Agenda for Organisational Effectiveness

By: Helen Francis,Linda Holbeche,Martin Reddington

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People and Organisational Development

A New Agenda for Organisational Effectiveness

By: Helen Francis,Linda Holbeche,Martin Reddington

People and Organisational Development is ideal for both practitioners and students alike. Setting out a new agenda for organisational effectiveness, this book not only covers emergent theories of organisational development and human resources management, it also gives practical examples for how these theories can be applied. Covering everything from how HR can support strategic change and how technology can be an agent of transformation to performance management, diversity, talent management and emotion at work, this book firmly places HR at the heart of a modern approach to OD. Crucially, People and Organisational Development doesn't just examine successful change initiatives, it also covers the unsuccessful attempts at organisational change and what can be learnt from these. There is also invaluable discussion of the OD role of HRD in ethics, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability. Packed with international case studies and examples, this is essential reading for all those studying the CIPD Level 7 Advanced Organisation Design and Organisation Development module and everyone wanting to make a difference to the development of their people and their organisation. Online supporting resources include additional case studies and practical tools.

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Kogan Page Publishers

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1843983273

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9781843983279

Risky Business

An Insider's Account of the Disaster at Lloyd's of London

By: Martin Mayer,Elizabeth Luessenhop

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Risky Business

An Insider's Account of the Disaster at Lloyd's of London

By: Martin Mayer,Elizabeth Luessenhop

In this fascinating insider’s account, an American woman who became an investor alleges that irresponsibility, incompetence, greed, and fraud at Lloyd’s, the world’s most glamorous insurance enterprise, have caused the company to lose $12 billion in the last ten years. Lloyd’s of London is not simply an insurance company; it is a society comprising thirty thousand Names (roughly 10 percent of whom are Americans)—private individuals like Elizabeth Luessenhop who accepted the risk of unlimited liability and pledged all their wealth to backing the insurance policies written by Lloyd’s. The beauty was that the Names didn’t have to put up any money to receive their profit share. As long as the premium calculations were sound, everybody prospered. But the 1980s were bad years for Lloyd’s—and for the Names who backed its business. It was also a time when the Society of Names grew by 50 percent to cover the disastrous losses the company was beginning to incur. Risky Business, written with veteran financial writer Martin Mayer, is a detailed account of how the mismanagement of Lloyd’s has affected thousands of American investors who, like Luessenhop, sought low-risk, long-term security. Luessenhop and Mayer take us inside a unique business institution and show us that the ramifications of a possible Lloyd’s failure will be severe—and felt worldwide.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451602995

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9781451602999

Congestion Charging in London

The Policy and the Politics

By: Martin G. Richards

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Congestion Charging in London

The Policy and the Politics

By: Martin G. Richards

Ken Livingstone was elected Mayor of London on a platform that included a congestion charge for central London, a policy that became reality on 17 February 2003. Richards uses his experience as Director of a £2.5 million Government congestion charging study, as one of those who created the scheme Livingstone adopted and as advisor to the London Assembly, to provide a critical record of the introduction of the London Congestion Charge, and of its implications for congestion charging elsewhere.

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Springer

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0230512968

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9780230512962

AA Restaurant Guide 2007

By: AA Publishing,AA Publishing Staff,Martin Knowlden

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AA Restaurant Guide 2007

By: AA Publishing,AA Publishing Staff,Martin Knowlden

This is the 2007 guide to Britain's good food. It features over 1800 selected restaurants - from village inns and small local restaurants to castles and country-house hotels - professionally inspected and awarded from one to five rosettes.

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AA Publishing

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0749549211

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9780749549213

Martin Puryear

By: Neal David Benezra,Martin Puryear,Art Institute of Chicago

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Martin Puryear

By: Neal David Benezra,Martin Puryear,Art Institute of Chicago

A catalogue and exhibition of Martin Puryear's work. It contains a selected Bibliography.

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Art Inst of Chicago Museum Shop

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0865590923

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Essays in Mathematical Economics, in Honor of Oskar Morgenstern

Essays in Mathematical Economics, in Honor of Oskar Morgenstern

Changing Times

Changing Times

Twentieth-Century Higher Education

Twentieth-Century Higher Education

A User's Guide to the Meade LXD55 and LXD75 Telescopes

A User's Guide to the Meade LXD55 and LXD75 Telescopes

Economic Dimensions in Education

Economic Dimensions in Education

Big Copyright Versus the People

Big Copyright Versus the People

Have I Got News For You: Guide to Modern Britain

Have I Got News For You: Guide to Modern Britain

Making It Happen

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A Spectroscopic Atlas of Bright Stars

A Spectroscopic Atlas of Bright Stars

People and Organisational Development

People and Organisational Development

Risky Business

Risky Business

Congestion Charging in London

Congestion Charging in London

AA Restaurant Guide 2007

AA Restaurant Guide 2007

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