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Political Campaigning, Elections and the Internet

Comparing the US, UK, France and Germany

By: Darren Lilleker,Nigel Jackson

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Political Campaigning, Elections and the Internet

Comparing the US, UK, France and Germany

By: Darren Lilleker,Nigel Jackson

The Internet first played a minor role in the 1992 U.S. Presidential election, and has gradually increased in importance so that it is central to election campaign strategy. However, election campaigners have, until very recently, focused on Web 1.0: websites and email. Political Campaigning, Elections and the Internet contextualises the US Presidential campaign of 2008 within three other contests: France 2007; Germany 2009; and the UK 2010. In offering a comparative history of the use of the Internet as an election tool, the authors are able to test the optimistic view that the Internet is transforming elections while also mapping the role the Internet plays and performs for parties and candidates. Lilleker and Jackson offer in-depth analysis demonstrating how interactive Web 2.0 online tools, including weblogs, social networking sites and file-sharing sites, are utilised and evaluate the role of these tools in the marketing and branding of parties and candidates. Examining the interactivity between candidate, party, and voter, this important book will be of strong interest to students and scholars of political science, elections, international relations and political communication. It will be of value to those within public relations, marketing and related communication and media programmes.

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Routledge

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1136815295

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Aristocracy and Athletics in Archaic and Classical Greece

By: Nigel Nicholson

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Aristocracy and Athletics in Archaic and Classical Greece

By: Nigel Nicholson

In this book, Nicholson examines how aristocrats responded to the changes in athletics as they affected social structure.

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Cambridge University Press

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052184522X

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The Sarpedon Krater

The Life and Afterlife of a Greek Vase

By: Nigel Spivey

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The Sarpedon Krater

The Life and Afterlife of a Greek Vase

By: Nigel Spivey

A tale of tomb raiders, legal battles, suspicious death, and a 2,500-year-old vase: “Spivey proves a diligent detective and an engaging storyteller.” —Times Literary Supplement Perhaps the most spectacular of all Greek vases, the Sarpedon krater depicts the body of Sarpedon, a hero of the Trojan War, being carried away to his homeland for burial. It was decorated some 2,500 years ago by Athenian artist Euphronios, and its subsequent history involves tomb raiding, intrigue, duplicity, litigation, international outrage, and possibly even homicide. How this came about is told by Nigel Spivey in a book that braids together the creation and adventures of this extraordinary object with an exploration of its abiding influence. Spivey takes us on a dramatic journey, beginning with the krater’s looting from an Etruscan tomb in 1971 and its acquisition by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, followed by a high-profile lawsuit over its status and its eventual return to Italy. He explains where, how, and why the vase was produced, retrieving what we know about the life and legend of Sarpedon. Spivey also pursues the figural motif of the slain Sarpedon portrayed on the vase and traces how this motif became a standard way of representing the dead and dying in Western art, especially during the Renaissance. Fascinating and informative, The Sarpedon Krater is a multifaceted introduction to the enduring influence of Greek art on the world. “The story of the Sarpedon Krater has been brilliantly told by Nigel Spivey, author and presenter of the BBC television series, How Art Made the World. Spivey traces the strange and wondrous journey of the Sarpedon Krater from ancient Athens in the sixth century B.C.to the present.” —Art Eyewitness

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University of Chicago Press

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022668055X

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9780226680552

Apostles of the Spirit and Fire

American Revivalists and Victorian Britain

By: Nigel Scotland

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Apostles of the Spirit and Fire

American Revivalists and Victorian Britain

By: Nigel Scotland

This is a book about American revivalist religion and the ways in which it impacted British Christianity in nineteenth-century England. The term `revivalist' seems to have first been used in the period after the `Second Great Awakening' in the United States. It designated those individuals and churches who sought to manufacture or create revival by human endeavor rather than, as in former times, pray and wait for a sovereign move of God's Spirit. Revivalism had a number of marked features which are charted in detail in chapter 1. it was inevitably characterized by emotion, excitement and religious exercises. Particular attention has been given to ways in which the different American revivalists understood revival and the methods by which they sought to achieve it. The book includes a focus on one or two female revivalists whose work has tended to be overlocked in some studies. "A treasure trove of good things! Nigel Scotland has produced a carefully researched, well written accessible and captivating study. While the obvious revival figures are given their due, he breaks new ground with the inclusion of material on unknown or less well-known figures and types of mission. His figures come alive and are given good opportunities to speak for themselves. There is a judicious handling of controversial historiographical and historical matters. The impact of the whole is enhanced by effective graphics." ---Lisa Severine Nolland lay chaplain and tutor in Bristol, and author of a Victorian Feminist Christian: Josephine Butler, the Prostitutes and God (Paternoster, 2004) "This is a wide-ranging study which offers vivid pictures of well-known American revivalists such as Charles Finney and D.L. Moody, as well as several whose work has been given much less attention. It is particularly pleasing to have chapters on two African American women, Zilpha Elaw and Amanda Berry Smith. The influence of Phoebe Palmer and Hannah Pearsall Smith, both of whom helped to shape aspects of the nineteenth-century holiness movements, is also helpfully analyzed. This book is an excellent resource for those interested in the history of revival movements." ---Lan M. Randall Director of Research, Spurgeon's College, London, and Senior Research Fellow at the International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1608991660

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Panorama of the Classical World

By: Nigel Spivey,Michael Squire

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Panorama of the Classical World

By: Nigel Spivey,Michael Squire

This imaginative approach to the era in which Western civilization was born is a thorough--and thoroughly accessible--synthesis of the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan worlds, spanning the period from Late Geometric Greece in around 700 b.c., to the rule of Constantine in the early 4th century a.d. The authors incorporate important developments in recent scholarship, including ideas of gender, war and pacifism, imperialism and dissent, political propaganda, economy, cultural identity, racism, hygiene and diet, and public and private uses of space. The book highlights the modern relevance of classical antiquity, from its influence on contemporary politics to the representation of the female body in Western art, and concludes by charting the history of classical civilization. The extensive reference section includes biographies, an introduction to classical mythology, a glossary of technical terms and vase shapes, as well as a timeline, map, bibliography, and index.

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Getty Publications

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1606060562

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9781606060568

The Gymnasium of Virtue

Education and Culture in Ancient Sparta

By: Nigel M. Kennell

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The Gymnasium of Virtue

Education and Culture in Ancient Sparta

By: Nigel M. Kennell

The Gymnasium of Virtue is the first book devoted exclusively to the study of education in ancient Sparta, covering the period from the sixth century B.C. to the fourth century A.D. Nigel Kennell refutes the popular notion that classical Spartan education was a conservative amalgam of "primitive" customs not found elsewhere in Greece. He argues instead that later political and cultural movements made the system appear to be more distinctive than it actually had been, as a means of asserting Sparta's claim to be a unique society. Using epigraphical, literary, and archaeological evidence, Kennell describes the development of all aspects of Spartan education, including the age-grade system and physical contests that were integral to the system. He shows that Spartan education reached its apogee in the early Roman Empire, when Spartans sought to distinguish themselves from other Greeks. He attributes many of the changes instituted later in the period to one person--the philosopher Sphaerus the Borysthenite, who was an adviser to the revolutionary king Cleomenes III in the third century B.C.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807862452

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9780807862452

Design Thinking

Understanding How Designers Think and Work

By: Nigel Cross

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Design Thinking

Understanding How Designers Think and Work

By: Nigel Cross

Design thinking is the core creative process for any designer; this book explores and explains this apparently mysterious "design ability". Focusing on what designers do when they design, Design Thinking is structured around a series of in-depth case studies of outstanding and expert designers at work, interwoven with overviews and analyses. The range covered reflects the breadth of Design, from hardware to software product design, from architecture to Formula One design. The book offers new insights and understanding of design thinking, based on evidence from observation and investigation of design practice. Design Thinking is the distillation of the work of one of Design's most influential thinkers. Nigel Cross goes to the heart of what it means to think and work as a designer. The book is an ideal guide for anyone who wants to be a designer or to know how good designers work in the field of contemporary Design.

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Berg

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1847888461

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9781847888464

Tower

An Epic History of the Tower of London

By: Nigel Jones

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Tower

An Epic History of the Tower of London

By: Nigel Jones

A history of the Tower of London places its story in the context of national and international events, drawing on primary sources to explore its diverse functions as a British symbol, epicenter for violent events, and modern tourist attraction.

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Macmillan

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0312622961

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9780312622961

Greek Sculpture

By: Nigel Spivey

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Greek Sculpture

By: Nigel Spivey

Explains the social function and aesthetic achievement of Greek sculpture from c.750 BC to the end of antiquity.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521760313

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The Poetics of Victory in the Greek West

Epinician, Oral Tradition, and the Deinomenid Empire

By: Nigel James Nicholson

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The Poetics of Victory in the Greek West

Epinician, Oral Tradition, and the Deinomenid Empire

By: Nigel James Nicholson

By setting epinician in dialogue with the colorful stories about athletes that circulated in the same period, The Poetics of Victory in the Greek West offers a new and compelling account of the Deinomenids' self-promotion and of the complex communities within and around the Deinomenid empire.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0190209097

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Adams Memorial Symposium on Algebraic Topology

By: Nigel Ray

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Adams Memorial Symposium on Algebraic Topology

By: Nigel Ray

J. Frank Adams had a profound influence on algebraic topology, and his works continue to shape its development. The International Symposium on Algebraic Topology held in Manchester during July 1990 was dedicated to his memory, and virtually all of the world's leading experts took part. This two volume work constitutes the proceedings of the symposium; the articles contained here range from overviews to reports of work still in progress, as well as a survey and complete bibliography of Adams' own work. These proceedings form an important compendium of current research in algebraic topology, and.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521421535

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9780521421539

My Revision Notes: Edexcel B GCSE Geography Unit 2: People and the Planet

By: Nigel Yates

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My Revision Notes: Edexcel B GCSE Geography Unit 2: People and the Planet

By: Nigel Yates

With GCSE Edexcel B Geography My Revision Notes you can aim for your best grade with the help of relevant and accessible notes, activities and examiner advice for each key topic. Written by an experienced examiner who knows the common pitfalls and understands what the most effective focus for revision should be, this revision guide helps you to: improve your examination skills with exam-focused revision activities on core course content understand what is required in the exam with examiner's commentary and tips test your knowledge with quick quizzes at www.therevisionbutton.co.uk/myrevisionnotes Also available GCSE Edexcel B Geography Unit 1: The Dynamic Planet

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Hodder Education

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1444179012

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9781444179019

How Art Made the World

A Journey to the Origins of Human Creativity

By: Nigel Spivey

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How Art Made the World

A Journey to the Origins of Human Creativity

By: Nigel Spivey

In the late nineteenth century, the first discoveries of prehistoric painting were greeted with incredulity. How could there have been such deft and skillful artists in the world over 30,000 years ago? Noted art historian Nigel Spivey begins with this puzzle to explore the record of humanity's artistic endeavors, and their impact on our own development. How Art Made the World , in conjunction with the PBS miniseries, reveals how artists from the earliest caveman to the most studied Renaissance master have grappled with the same questions in their work: What is a man? Why must we die? Is there a God? With the help of vivid color illustrations of some of the world's most moving and enduring works of art, Spivey shows how that art has been used as a means of mass persuasion, essential to the creation of hierarchical societies, and finally, the extent to which art has served as a mode of terror management in the face of our inevitable death. Packed with new insights into ancient wonders and fascinating stories from all around the globe, How Art Made the World is a compelling account of how humans made art and how art makes us human.

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Basic Books

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0786722134

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9780786722136

A History of Doughty's Hospital, Norwich, 1687-2009

By: Nigel Goose,Leanne Moden

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A History of Doughty's Hospital, Norwich, 1687-2009

By: Nigel Goose,Leanne Moden

Based on primary resources and interviews with current residents and recent trustees, this well researched history traces the growth and progress of Doughty’s Hospital, an almshouse in Norwich, England, while examining the various philanthropic initiatives and social policies in Britain as a whole. From the hospital’s foundation at the bequest of the departed William Doughty in 1687 to its present condition, this record considers key aspects of the hospital’s development, including its residents, staff, financial management, and rules and regulations. With chapters on the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, this account makes a valuable contribution to the history of social welfare.

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Univ of Hertfordshire Press

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1905313934

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A History of Pagan Europe

By: Prudence Jones,Nigel Pennick

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A History of Pagan Europe

By: Prudence Jones,Nigel Pennick

The first comprehensive study of its kind, this fully illustrated book establishes Paganism as a persistent force in European history with a profound influence on modern thinking. From the serpent goddesses of ancient Crete to modern nature-worship and the restoration of the indigenous religions of eastern Europe, this wide-ranging book offers a rewarding new perspective of European history. In this definitive study, Prudence Jones and Nigel Pennick draw together the fragmented sources of Europe's native religions and establish the coherence and continuity of the Pagan world vision. Exploring Paganism as it developed from the ancient world through the Celtic and Germanic periods, the authors finally appraise modern Paganism and its apparent causes as well as addressing feminist spirituality, the heritage movement, nature-worship and `deep' ecology This innovative and comprehensive history of European Paganism will provide a stimulating, reliable guide to this popular dimension of religious culture for the academic and the general reader alike.

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1136141804

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The Spiritual Power of Masks

Doorways to Realms Unseen

By: Nigel Pennick

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The Spiritual Power of Masks

Doorways to Realms Unseen

By: Nigel Pennick

• Reveals how mask rituals are akin to shamanic journeying and allow the mask wearer to personify an ancestral presence, spirit, deity, or power • Examines animal guising and shows how mask customs are tied to creation myths and the ancestral founders of a people, tribe, city, or nation • Looks at morris dancers and mummers in the UK, Krampuslauf and Perchtenlauf in Germanic areas, the Gorgon myths of Greece, Norse Berserker rituals, and the annual Black Forest rite to awaken ensouled masks every spring There is a spiritual power in masks that transports one into realms unseen and gives voice to things unspoken. Within the context of ritual, putting on a mask places the wearer at the intersection between the present and the past, the living and the dead, this world and the Otherworld. Masks make it possible to activate ancient archetypes, with the mask wearer reanimating or personifying an ancestral presence or spirit, a deity or power, an animal or a being of the eldritch world. In this illustrated study, Nigel Pennick explores the magical and spiritual aspects of mask wearing from ancient times to the present. He examines the many mask traditions around Europe and shows how mask rituals are similar to shamanic journeying and near-death experiences and can induce ecstatic states that allow the power signified by the mask to take possession of the individual wearing it. He also looks at the practice of dressing up as sacred animals and mask wearing as it relates to ostenta, events that occur suddenly and without warning that are considered a token or sign from the Otherworld. Unveiling the sacred power of masks, the author shows how masks allow us to transport into realms unseen, embody ancestors and otherworldly entities, and connect with traditions that stretch back to time immemorial.

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Simon and Schuster

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1644114054

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9781644114056

Normal Structures and Bordism Theory, with Applications to $MSp_\ast $

By: Nigel Ray,Robert M. Switzer,Larry Taylor

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Normal Structures and Bordism Theory, with Applications to $MSp_\ast $

By: Nigel Ray,Robert M. Switzer,Larry Taylor

In the first of these three papers we discuss the problem of enumerating the bordism classes which can be carried on a fixed manifold by means of varying its normal structure. The main application is to Sp structures on Alexander's family of manifolds, and is presented in the third paper. The middle paper collects together the requisite definitions and calculations.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821821938

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9780821821930

Nigel Barker's Beauty Equation

Revealing a Better and More Beautiful You

By: Nigel Barker

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Nigel Barker's Beauty Equation

Revealing a Better and More Beautiful You

By: Nigel Barker

Drawing on 20 years of experience in the beauty business and 14 seasons of judging on America’s Next Top Model, photographer Nigel Barker has discovered the formula for revealing inner beauty that will have readers looking great and feeling even better. Casting aside conventional rules (be tall! be skinny! have flawless skin!) Nigel shares the elements that, when added together, equal true beauty: humor, honesty, and confidence, to name a few. Armed with their own cameras, readers are guided through a series of self-portrait challenges. Along the way, Nigel shares tips and advice on fashion, style, hair, and make-up, showing readers how to turn perceived negatives into positives, celebrate their uniqueness, and be their personal best.

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Abrams

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1613122349

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9781613122341

Self-Organization in Biological Systems

By: Scott Camazine,Jean-Louis Deneubourg,Nigel R. Franks,James Sneyd,Guy Theraulaz,Eric Bonabeau

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Self-Organization in Biological Systems

By: Scott Camazine,Jean-Louis Deneubourg,Nigel R. Franks,James Sneyd,Guy Theraulaz,Eric Bonabeau

The synchronized flashing of fireflies at night. The spiraling patterns of an aggregating slime mold. The anastomosing network of army-ant trails. The coordinated movements of a school of fish. Researchers are finding in such patterns--phenomena that have fascinated naturalists for centuries--a fertile new approach to understanding biological systems: the study of self-organization. This book, a primer on self-organization in biological systems for students and other enthusiasts, introduces readers to the basic concepts and tools for studying self-organization and then examines numerous examples of self-organization in the natural world. Self-organization refers to diverse pattern formation processes in the physical and biological world, from sand grains assembling into rippled dunes to cells combining to create highly structured tissues to individual insects working to create sophisticated societies. What these diverse systems hold in common is the proximate means by which they acquire order and structure. In self-organizing systems, pattern at the global level emerges solely from interactions among lower-level components. Remarkably, even very complex structures result from the iteration of surprisingly simple behaviors performed by individuals relying on only local information. This striking conclusion suggests important lines of inquiry: To what degree is environmental rather than individual complexity responsible for group complexity? To what extent have widely differing organisms adopted similar, convergent strategies of pattern formation? How, specifically, has natural selection determined the rules governing interactions within biological systems? Broad in scope, thorough yet accessible, this book is a self-contained introduction to self-organization and complexity in biology--a field of study at the forefront of life sciences research.

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Princeton University Press

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0691212929

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9780691212920

Modern World History for Edexcel Specification A.

Foundation

By: Nigel Kelly

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Modern World History for Edexcel Specification A.

Foundation

By: Nigel Kelly

This student book is a foundation edition of the syllabus specific text for GCSE Modern World History for Edexcel. This text provides a simplified version of the core textbook and is targeting students expecting to gain C to G grades.

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Heinemann

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0435311425

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9780435311421

Annotated Companies Legislation

By: Nigel Boardman

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Annotated Companies Legislation

By: Nigel Boardman

A comprehensive guide to companies legislation in a convenient paperback volume. Written from the perspective of the 2006 regime, it gives detailed section-by-section commentary alongside the Companies Act 2006 and surviving parts of the previous legislation as well as including the text of relevant statutory instruments.

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