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Royalists at War in Scotland and Ireland, 1638–1650

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Royalists at War in Scotland and Ireland, 1638–1650

By: Mr Barry Robertson

Analysing the make-up and workings of the Royalist party in Scotland and Ireland during the civil wars of the mid-seventeenth century, Royalists at War is the first major study to explore who Royalists were in these two countries and why they gave their support to the Stuart kings. It compares and contrasts the actions, motivations and situations of key Scottish and Irish Royalists, paying particular attention to concepts such as honour, allegiance and loyalty, as well as practical considerations such as military capability, levels of debt, religious tensions, and political geography. It also shows how and why allegiances changed over time and how this impacted on the royal war effort. Alongside this is an investigation into why the Royalist cause failed in Scotland and Ireland and the implications this had for crown strategy within a wider British context. It also examines the extent to which Royalism in Scotland and Ireland differed from their English counterpart, which in turn allows an assessment to be made as to what constituted core elements of British and Irish Royalism.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1472405323

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Financial Globalization and Inequality: Capital Flows as a Two-Edged Sword

By: Mr.Barry J. Eichengreen,Mr.Balazs Csonto,Ms.Asmaa A ElGanainy,Zsoka Koczan

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Financial Globalization and Inequality: Capital Flows as a Two-Edged Sword

By: Mr.Barry J. Eichengreen,Mr.Balazs Csonto,Ms.Asmaa A ElGanainy,Zsoka Koczan

We review the debate on the association of financial globalization with inequality. We show that the within-country distributional impact of capital account liberalization is context specific and that different types of flows have different distributional effects. Their overall impact depends on the composition of capital flows, their interaction, and on broader economic and institutional conditions. A comprehensive set of policies – macroeconomic, financial and labor- and product-market specific – is important for facilitating wider sharing of the benefits of financial globalization.

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International Monetary Fund

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1513566385

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9781513566382

The Science of Climate Change

By: M. R. Islam,M. M. Khan

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The Science of Climate Change

By: M. R. Islam,M. M. Khan

It has long been recognized that science is the pursuit of knowledge, knowledge is power, and power is political. However, the fantasy of science being apolitical is a hallmark legacy of the enlightenment era, an era that romanticized pursuit of knowledge, disconnected from the baggage of power, politics, and dogmatic assertions. Yet, while the age of information has exponentially increased our access to knowledge, we can see, as clearly as ever, that scientific knowledge is neither apolitical nor dogma-free, and it certainly is not disconnected from power. It is hard to imagine another era when the separation between science and politics has been this blurred as it is today. At the same time, it is true that no other topic than climate change has been so politically charged, with one side dominating the scientific narration and branding anyone opposing the mainstream as a “climate change denier,” and the other standing in staunch defiance that climate change exists. In an age of political and scientific turmoil, how can we navigate out way to coming towards a more objective understanding of the scientific issues surrounding the climate change debate? This book presents the current debate of climate change as scientifically futile, on both sides of the scientific, and often, political, spectrum. The climate change debate has become like obesity, cancer, diabetes or opioid addiction, which is to say that the debate should not be if these maladies exist, but rather, what causes them. Instead of looking for the cause and making adjustments to remove those causes from our lifestyle, a combination of the capitalist drive towards mass production and a lack of identifying the roots of the problems, new solutions, or substitutes, have been proposed as "quick fixes" to the problems. This book identifies the root causes of climate change and shows that climate change is real and it is also preventable, but that it can be reversed only if we stop introducing pollutants in the ensuing greenhouse gases. The book brings back common sense and grounds scientists to the fundamentals of heat and mass transfer, while at the same time disconnecting politicking and hysteria from true scientific analysis of the phenomenon of global climate.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119522846

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9781119522843

Deadman's Tome Monsters Exist

By: S.J. Budd,William Marchese,Philip Kleaver,Wallace Boothill,Theresa Braun,Gary Buller,S.E. Casey,Mr. Deadman,Calvin Demmer,Sylvia Mann,John Palisano,Christopher Powers,Leo X. Robertson,M.R. Tapia

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Deadman's Tome Monsters Exist

By: S.J. Budd,William Marchese,Philip Kleaver,Wallace Boothill,Theresa Braun,Gary Buller,S.E. Casey,Mr. Deadman,Calvin Demmer,Sylvia Mann,John Palisano,Christopher Powers,Leo X. Robertson,M.R. Tapia

From the time we are young, we fear the monster under the bed or in the closet, making it impossible to sleep without a nightlight. Then, we hear stories of Bigfoot, and maybe even the Mothman around campfires. When we are adults, we wonder if there might actually be supernatural creatures lurking in the shadows. Are these tall tales and urban legends only metaphors for what horrific things humanity is capable of-or do monsters exist? Go to some terrifying places with this cast of authors. You will be dragged into mystifying realities where demonic fairies hide, where devil monkeys lure carnival-goers to their demise, where Goatmen seek to destroy their prey, and where the goddess of death puts out a hit on victims of her choice. These shocking tales will have you biting your nails and locating that childhood nightlight. Because, in the end, we all know monsters do exist.

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Lulu.com

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1387035703

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Classical Sociological Theory

By: George Ritzer,Jeffrey Stepnisky,MR Jeffrey N Stepnisky

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Classical Sociological Theory

By: George Ritzer,Jeffrey Stepnisky,MR Jeffrey N Stepnisky

The authors are proud sponsors of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop. Classical Sociological Theory, Eighth Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the major theorists and schools of sociological thought from the Enlightenment roots of theory through the early 20th century. The integration of key theories with biographical sketches of theorists and the requisite historical and intellectual context helps students to better understand the original works of classical authors as well as to compare and contrast classical theories.

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SAGE Publications

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1544354851

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9781544354859

Alliance Management and Maintenance

Restructuring NATO for the 21st Century

By: Mr John R Deni

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Alliance Management and Maintenance

Restructuring NATO for the 21st Century

By: Mr John R Deni

The maintenance and management of the NATO alliance is a delicate balancing act between responding to security threats and navigating the bargaining positions of the member states. This book highlights how the alliance managed to maintain that balance in an area critical to its operations today around the world - changing its Cold War-era doctrine and structures. Based on his findings, John Deni debates whether the NATO alliance ought to be considered by policy makers to be a political organization first and a military one second. Providing new empirical data valuable to our understanding of NATO's post-Cold War evolution, the book offers a unique perspective on alliance management and maintenance. It sheds light on the continuing debate surrounding NATO's role in security, how the alliance will fight and whether NATO is properly structured to continue providing security for its member states.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409498107

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9781409498100

Principled Persuasion in Employee Communication

By: Mr Mike Churchman

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Principled Persuasion in Employee Communication

By: Mr Mike Churchman

Principled Persuasion in Employee Communication highlights a new but significant dilemma for organisational leaders. Will they continue on the same track that, since the nineteenth century, has led them to exert increasing control over their employees? Or will they take another path, one that leads towards a new type of working environment where the culture encourages freedom of communication and movement? This book argues for an approach to employee communication that sets out to liberate employees from the stifling constraints that organisations continue to impose on them. Principled Persuasion is so-called because it uses persuasive techniques, based on clear principles, to create new, forward-looking organisational cultures. It sets out to increase employee happiness and minimise the harms done to employees at work. It grounds itself on a strong ethical base composed of fundamental, universal principles. It introduces a new approach to the use of language, not only calling for more clarity and meaning in organisational communication, but also for a more conscious use of rhetorical techniques to change vocabulary, metaphors and internal dialogue for the better. Make no mistake, most organisations have totally underrated the strategic importance of employee communication. Principled Persuaders understand that the key to dealing with the unpredictable events about to unfold in the twenty-first century will be a new way of communicating with the workforce. The flexibility, adaptability and innovation that will be needed to survive and prosper in coming decades can only be achieved by liberating employees, not imprisoning them further in established systems and processes.

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Gower Publishing, Ltd.

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1472475089

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9781472475084

Competitive Intelligence

Gathering, Analysing and Putting it to Work

By: Mr Christopher Murphy

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Competitive Intelligence

Gathering, Analysing and Putting it to Work

By: Mr Christopher Murphy

Every business manager needs intelligence to find suppliers, mobilize capital, win customers and fend off rivals. Obtaining this is often an unplanned, instinctive process. The manager who has a conscious, systematic approach to acquiring intelligence will be better placed to recognize and seize opportunities whilst safeguarding the organization against the competitive risks that endanger its prosperity – and sometimes even its survival. Christopher Murphy's Competitive Intelligence explains: • the theory of business competition • how companies try to get ahead of their rivals • methods of research and sources of information that generate the raw material for creating intelligence • analytical techniques which transform the mass of facts and opinions thus retrieved into a platform of sound, useable knowledge to support informed business decision making. The text includes plenty of examples and experiences from the author's own consulting experience. He draws on a wide variety of disciplines, including literary criticism (or how to read between the lines of company reports, announcements and media stories) and anthropology (understanding corporate culture), as well as the more obvious ones such as financial analysis, management theory and business forecasting techniques. This fusion of insights from many fields of expertise provides a very readable, practical and imaginative framework for anyone seeking to gather and make effective use of market and company data. While focused on the British business environment, the lessons drawn are of universal application, and examples are taken from across the globe. In addition a chapter is devoted to researching industries and companies in other countries. Although primarily concerned with commercial enterprises, many of the principles and techniques will also be of considerable practical relevance to managers in the public sector or not-for-profit organizations. Competitive Intelligence also provides a legal and ethical framework to guide the unwary and to curb the over-enthusiastic. The final chapter, Intelligence Countersteps, will open your eyes to the need to protect your own organization from some of the practices of less scrupulous researchers and investigators.

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1409457818

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9781409457817

Disorders of Porphyrin Metabolism

By: A. Goldberg,K.E.L. McColl,M.R. Moore,C. Rimington

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Disorders of Porphyrin Metabolism

By: A. Goldberg,K.E.L. McColl,M.R. Moore,C. Rimington

Each of the four authors of this book has a particular interest in disorders of porphyrin metabolism and special experience in their management. Their individual involvement in the field varies from 12 to 52 years and, combined, represents more than a century of personal experience. Since it has been written by both basic scientists and practicing physicians, the book is intended to be of value to all those involved in porphyrin metab olism and the porphyrias. It is hoped that the fascination of porphyrin metabolism and the clinical challenge of the porphyrias experienced by each of the authors will be conveyed to the readers. Michael R. Moore Kenneth E. L. McColl Claude Rimington Abraham Goldberg vii CONTENTS Color Plates ............................................ xvii 1. The History, Classification, and Incidence of the Porphyrias 1 1.1. History ........................................ 1 1.1.1. Early Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.1.2. Early Descriptions of Porphyria .............. 4 1.1.3. Biochemical Developments .................. 4 1.1.4. Acute Porphyria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.1.5. A Complete Pathway ...................... 8 1.2. Classification of the Porphyrias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.2.1. The Current Classification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . .

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1468412779

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9781468412772

Wasted

Counting the Costs of Global Consumption

By: M. R. Redclift,Michael Redclift

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Counting the Costs of Global Consumption

By: M. R. Redclift,Michael Redclift

To understand and overcome environmental challenges we need to build the outcomes of our present consumption rates into our future behaviour; to accept sustainable development as a normative goal for societies; one that is bound up with our everyday social practices and actions. "Wasted", taking the 1992 Rio Summit as its point of departure, argues that the way we understand and think about the environment conditions our responses, and our ability to meet the challenges presented. It discusses tangible policies for increased sustainablity that are grounded in recent research and practice.

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185383355X

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The Vocation of Evelyn Waugh

Faith and Art in the Post-War Fiction

By: Mr D. Marcel DeCoste

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The Vocation of Evelyn Waugh

Faith and Art in the Post-War Fiction

By: Mr D. Marcel DeCoste

Arguing against the critical commonplace that Evelyn Waugh’s post-war fiction represents a decline in his writerly powers, D. Marcel DeCoste analyzes Waugh's major works from Brideshead Revisited to Unconditional Surrender. As DeCoste shows, Waugh offers in these later works an under-remarked meditation on the dangers of aestheticism in the context of modern secularism, forging in the second half of his career a literary achievement that both narrates and enacts a more Catholic literary vocation.

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1409470849

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Royalists at War in Scotland and Ireland, 1638–1650

By: Mr Barry Robertson

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Royalists at War in Scotland and Ireland, 1638–1650

Royalists at War in Scotland and Ireland, 1638–1650

Financial Globalization and Inequality: Capital Flows as a Two-Edged Sword

Financial Globalization and Inequality: Capital Flows as a Two-Edged Sword

The Science of Climate Change

The Science of Climate Change

Deadman's Tome Monsters Exist

Deadman's Tome Monsters Exist

Classical Sociological Theory

Classical Sociological Theory

Alliance Management and Maintenance

Alliance Management and Maintenance

Principled Persuasion in Employee Communication

Principled Persuasion in Employee Communication

Competitive Intelligence

Competitive Intelligence

Disorders of Porphyrin Metabolism

Disorders of Porphyrin Metabolism

Wasted

Wasted

The Vocation of Evelyn Waugh

The Vocation of Evelyn Waugh

Royalists at War in Scotland and Ireland, 1638–1650

Royalists at War in Scotland and Ireland, 1638–1650

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