Rose Williams has been a student of Latin since her college days in Waco, Texas, attending numerous universities in the US and studying mediaeval Latin literature in England and Italy. Professionally, Rose has taught Latin at high school and university level, and has given numerous lectures, seminars, and workshops for conventions, societies, and museums in America. She is the author of several textbooks and teaching guides as well as humorous books of Latin phrases.

Features an English translation opposite the Latin text, together with questions and a vocabulary of the classroom text.

A superb new reader that presents materials for all levels of proficiency and experience, including elementary readings, appropriate for students' first steps in Latin. It presents stories for a range of abilities, in excellent Latin, providing an opportunity to understand and enjoy meaningful Latin from the students' first classes. Flexible and creative, "Lectiones" is the perfect accompaniment to any Latin course.Recounting tales of the heroes and history of Ancient Rome in simple Latin, this book is a fun and stimulating way to reinforce elementary lessons in Roman history, grammar and vocabulary. Rose Williams has a lifetime's experience of teaching, and has applied her dedication and knowledge to an excellent and enormously useful reader. Readings cover such topics and stories as: the birth and growth of the city of Rome, the wars with Rome's various enemies, the emperors, and the eventual decline of the Empire. Each is accompanied by a Latin motto or maxim, such as "persona non grata," "carpe diem," etc., highlighting the presence of Latin in our everyday language.

Rose Williams presents a humorous, illustrated account of the history of Rome from Aeneas, through Troy, to the end of the Roman Empire. Working on the premise that students need to have some historical background to their language study, this book presents it in a way that is both pleasant and instructive. The "reality check" that is provided will supply the students with historical explanation where needed.

All forms of government require popular support to survive, whether voluntary or involuntary. Following the collapse of the Soviet system, Russia s rulers took steps toward democracy, yet under Vladimir Putin Russia has become increasingly undemocratic. This book uses a unique source of evidence, eighteen surveys of Russian public opinion from the first month of the new regime in 1992 up to 2009, to track the changing views of Russians. Clearly presented and sophisticated figures and tables show how political support has increased because of a sense of resignation that is stronger than the uncertain economic reliance on exporting oil and gas. Russia is not only an outstanding example of popular support increasing for a government that rejects democracy, but is also representative of a surprising number of regimes around the world that have been able to mobilize popular support for undemocratic regimes. Richard Rose is Director of the Centre for the Study of Public Policy and Sixth Century Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen. William Mishler is Professor of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona, Visiting Professor of Political Science at the University of Aberdeen, and co-editor of the Journal of Politics. Neil Munro is currently a visiting lecturer in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Edinburgh and was formerly a senior research fellow in the Centre for the Study of Public Policy at the University of Aberdeen.

The second edition of this popular book brings students fully up to date with the latest methods and techniques in choice analysis. Comprehensive yet accessible, it offers a unique introduction to anyone interested in understanding how to model and forecast the range of choices made by individuals and groups. In addition to a complete rewrite of several chapters, new topics covered include ordered choice, scaled MNL, generalized mixed logit, latent class models, group decision making, heuristics and attribute processing strategies, expected utility theory, and prospect theoretic applications. Many additional case studies are used to illustrate the applications of choice analysis with extensive command syntax provided for all Nlogit applications and datasets available online. With its unique blend of theory, estimation, and application, this book has broad appeal to all those interested in choice modeling methods and will be a valuable resource for students as well as researchers, professionals, and consultants.