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The Global Governance of Precarity

Primitive Accumulation and the Politics of Irregular Work

By: Nick Bernards

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The Global Governance of Precarity

Primitive Accumulation and the Politics of Irregular Work

By: Nick Bernards

‘Standard’ employment relationships, with permanent contracts, regular hours, and decent pay, are under assault. Precarious work and unemployment are increasingly common, and concern is also growing about the expansion of informal work and the rise of ‘modern slavery’. However, precarity and violence are in fact longstanding features of work for most of the world’s population. Lamenting the ‘loss’ of secure, stable jobs often reflects a strikingly Eurocentric and historically myopic perspective. This book argues that standard employment relations have always co-existed with a plethora of different labour regimes. Highlighting the importance of the governance of irregular forms of labour the author draws together empirical, historical analyses of International Labour Organisation (ILO) policy towards forced labour, unemployment, and social protection for informal workers in sub-Saharan Africa. Archival research, extensive documentary research and interviews with key ILO staff are utilised to explore the critical role the organization’s activities have often played in the development of mechanisms for governing irregular labour. Addressing the increasingly widespread and pressing practical debates about the politics of precarious labour in the world economy this book speaks to key debates in several disciplines, especially IPE, global governance, and labour studies. It will also be of interest to scholars working in development studies and critical political economy.

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1351398547

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How to Double Your Wealth Every 10 Years (Without Really Trying)

By: Nick Louth

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How to Double Your Wealth Every 10 Years (Without Really Trying)

By: Nick Louth

This book shows you that effective investment can be simple, how anyone with just an hour or two to spare each week can double their wealth in ten years; double it again in the decade after that; and then double it once more - to make an eight-fold increase of capital in 30 years. The strategy for this should work even if the current miserable investment climate persists for all those years. And it requires minimal time and effort. This isn't a get-rich-quick guide. It is a get-rich-slow guide, a get-rich-reliably guide. There are all sorts of books out there that tell you how to double your money in five years or even three years. Most were written back in the 1990s when double-digit stock market returns were the norm, and most also require - if they work at all - a dedication to trading which is both anxiety-inducing and costly in terms of time. They are all about taking risk. This guide is not. Written by a veteran investor and finance writer, this book is all about building as much certainty as possible into your returns right from the very start.

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Harriman House Limited

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0857192604

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If These Walls Could Talk: Dallas Cowboys

Stories from the Dallas Cowboys Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box

By: Nick Eatman,Darren Woodson

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If These Walls Could Talk: Dallas Cowboys

Stories from the Dallas Cowboys Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box

By: Nick Eatman,Darren Woodson

Known simply as “America's Team,” the Dallas Cowboys are one of football's most storied franchises and always begin each season with a legitimate chance to add another Super Bowl title to their existing five. Author and Cowboys employee Nick Eatman, through interviews with current and past players, provides fans with a one-of-a-kind, insider's look into the great moments and the lowlights throughout the team's history. Readers will hear from players, coaches, and management as they discuss their moments of greatness as well as their defeats, making If These Walls Could Talk: Dallas Cowboys a keepsake no fan will want to miss.

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289

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Triumph Books

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1633190064

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9781633190061

Mammoth Book Of The World Cup

By: Nick Holt

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Mammoth Book Of The World Cup

By: Nick Holt

An all-encompassing, chronological guide to football's World Cup, one of the world's few truly international events, in good time for the June 2018 kick-off in Russia. From its beginnings in 1930 to the modern all-singing, all-dancing self-styled 'greatest show on Earth', every tournament is covered with features on major stars and great games, as well as stories about some less celebrated names and quirky stats and intriguing essays. Holt's focus is very much on what takes place on the field, rather than how football is a mirror for economic corruption, or how a nation's style of play represents a profound statement about its people, or how a passion for football can lift underpaid, socially marginalised people out of poverty. From the best World Cups, in 1958 and 1970, to the worst, in 1962 and 2010, he looks behind the facts and the technical observations to the stories: the mysterious sins of omission; critical injuries to key players; and coaching U-turns. He explains how England's World Cup achievements under Sven-Göran Eriksson, far from being a national disgrace, were actually quite impressive, and looks at why Alf Ramsey didn't take Bobby Charlton off in 1970, but this is no parochial, jingoistic account. The book also asks why Brazil did not contribute in 1966, despite having won the previous two tournaments and going on to win the next one? Why the greatest players of their day did not always shine at the World Cup - George Best and Alfredo Di Stefano, for example, never even made it to the Finals. Why did Johann Cruyff not go to the 1978 World Cup? And why did one of Germany's greatest players never play in the World Cup? There are lots of tables, some filled with obvious, but necessary information, but others with more quirky observations. Alongside accounts of epic games, there are also brief biographies of all the great heroes of the World Cup.

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544

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Robinson

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147211051X

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9781472110510

Points of Contact

The Shared Intellectual History of Vocalisation in Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew

By: Nick Posegay

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Points of Contact

The Shared Intellectual History of Vocalisation in Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew

By: Nick Posegay

In the first few centuries of Islam, Middle Eastern Christians, Muslims, and Jews alike all faced the challenges of preserving their holy texts in the midst of a changing religious landscape. This situation led Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew scholars to develop new fields of linguistic science in order to better analyse the languages of the Bible and the Qurʾān. Part of this work dealt with the issue of vocalisation in Semitic scripts, which lacked the letters required to precisely record all the vowels in their languages. Semitic scribes thus developed systems of written vocalisation points to better record vowel sounds, first in Syriac, then soon after in Arabic and Hebrew. These new points opened a new field of linguistic analysis, enabling medieval grammarians to more easily examine vowel phonology and explore the relationships between phonetics and orthography. Many aspects of this new field of vocalisation crossed the boundaries between religious communities, first with the spread of ‘relative’ vocalisation systems prior to the eighth century, and later with the terminology created to name the discrete vowels of ‘absolute’ vocalisation systems. This book investigates the theories behind Semitic vocalisation and vowel phonology in the early medieval Middle East, tracing their evolution to identify points of intellectual contact between Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew linguists before the twelfth century.

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390

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Open Book Publishers

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1800642989

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9781800642980

Morals and the Media

Ethics in Canadian Journalism

By: Nick Russell

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Morals and the Media

Ethics in Canadian Journalism

By: Nick Russell

Confronted daily with decisions on how to present their stories, whatto write and what not to write, journalists and the media arefrequently accused of sensationalizing, of choosing to report the badnews, and of misquoting those they interview. In this substantiallyupdated edition of Morals and the Media, Nick Russelladdresses many of the concerns the public has about the media as heexamines why the media behave the way they do. He also discusses howvalues have been developed and applied and suggests value systems thatcan be used to judge special situations.

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UBC Press

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0774804572

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9780774804578

Believe It or Snot

The Definitive Field Guide to Earth's Slimy Creatures

By: Nick Caruso,Dani Rabaiotti

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The Definitive Field Guide to Earth's Slimy Creatures

By: Nick Caruso,Dani Rabaiotti

From the scientist duo behind the New York Times bestselling sensation Does It Fart? and their excremental follow up True or Poo?, Believe It Or Snot explores the myriad variety of slime in the animal and plant kingdoms. Your little brother isn't the only nose-picking animal. What is hyena butter and would it be appropriate to spread on toast? Why is giraffe saliva such a good lubricant? How does some mollusk mucus work like a fishing pole? And what's the deal with pygmy sperm whales' "anal syrup?" In Believe It or Snot, scientists and bestselling authors Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti detail the slimy secrets of 80 organisms that ooze, drip, dribble, and splatter. Not quite a solid but firmer than a liquid, slime is used by plants and animals for defense, respiration, movement, feeding, communication, and even reproduction. Slime, you might say, is the glue that holds our world together. But that leaves an important question: which creature is earth's slimiest? In this book, the authors dive into the goo and come up with a definitive ranking of earth's slimiest creatures-while offering up a plethora of facts about the natural world's ooze, gunge, sludge, gunk, and goop.

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168

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Hachette Books

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0306846136

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9780306846137

The Daredevil Book for Dogs

By: Nick Griffiths

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The Daredevil Book for Dogs

By: Nick Griffiths

You probably think your favourite mutt is a beast of little brain, who spends all day in front of the fire getting ready for 'walkies' and all night dreaming of bones. The Daredevil Book for Dogs is here to set you straight. This is a surreal journey deep into the canine psyche.

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Arcturus Publishing

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1848588852

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9781848588851

The Global Governance of Precarity

Primitive Accumulation and the Politics of Irregular Work

By: Nick Bernards

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Primitive Accumulation and the Politics of Irregular Work

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The Global Governance of Precarity

The Global Governance of Precarity

How to Double Your Wealth Every 10 Years (Without Really Trying)

How to Double Your Wealth Every 10 Years (Without Really Trying)

If These Walls Could Talk: Dallas Cowboys

If These Walls Could Talk: Dallas Cowboys

Mammoth Book Of The World Cup

Mammoth Book Of The World Cup

Points of Contact

Points of Contact

Morals and the Media

Morals and the Media

Believe It or Snot

Believe It or Snot

The Daredevil Book for Dogs

The Daredevil Book for Dogs

The Global Governance of Precarity

The Global Governance of Precarity

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