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Human Geography: The Basics is a concise introduction to the study
of the role that humankind plays in shaping the world around us.
Whether it's environmental concerns, the cities we live in or the
globalization of the economy, these are issues which affect us all.
This book introduces these topics and more including: global
environment issues and development cities, firms and regions
migration, immigration and asylum landscape, culture and identity
travel, mobility and tourism agriculture and food. Featuring an
overview of theory, end of chapter summaries, case study boxes,
further reading lists and a glossary, this book is the ideal
introduction for anybody new to the study of human geography.
"This book is as beguiling as a book can be ... From the first
glimpse of its most agreeable small format - so satisfying to hold
and with a cover that positively sings of the delights to be found
within - you are charmed out of your wits." - Lucinda Lambton in
The Oldie "This is at one level a book about a part of London and
its buildings. At another, it's a book about learning to savour our
lives" - Alain de Botton Take a walk around a park trodden by many
but known by few. From Lancaster House, venue of famous speeches
and summits, to 100 Piccadilly, the stage of an ongoing
Soviet-themed reality experience, The Buildings of Green Park
captures the unseen history of these well-travelled streets. Green
Park boasts a plethora of London landmarks, including Bridgewater
House and the Canada Gates. The Buildings of Green Park gives each
of these sites the attention they deserve, while also celebrating a
multitude of overlooked buildings: those that are passed every day
without comment from the guides. Local history, old photographs,
paintings and floorplans offer a tantalising peek into the
backstory behind these backdrops. Moving through the winter and
into the spring, Andrew Jones's crisp photography captures a London
shaped by past, present and hopes for the future.
Kant denied biology the status of proper science, yet his account
of the organism has received much attention from both philosophical
and historical perspectives. This book argues that Kant's influence
on biology in the British Isles is in part due to misunderstandings
of his philosophy. Highlighting these misunderstandings exposes how
Kant influenced various aspects of scientific method, despite the
underlying incompatibility between transcendental idealism and
scientific naturalism. This book raises criticism against
scientific naturalism as it demonstrates how some concepts that are
central to biology have been historically justified in ways that
are incompatible with naturalism. Approaching current issues in
philosophy of biology from a Kantian orientation offers new
perspectives to debates including our knowledge of laws of nature,
the unity of science, and our understanding of organisms. Moreover,
new avenues are forged to demonstrate the benefits of adopting
Kant-inspired approaches to issues in contemporary philosophy of
science.
"Applied Econometrics for Health Economists" introduces readers to
the appropriate econometric techniques for use with different forms
of survey data, known collectively as microeconometrics. The book
provides a complete illustration of the steps involved in doing
microeconometric research. The only study to deal with practical
analysis of qualitative and categorical variables, it also
emphasises applied work, illustrating the use of relevant computer
software applied to large-scale survey datasets. This is a
comprehensive reference guide - it contains a glossary of terms, a
technical appendix, software appendix, references, and suggestions
for further reading. It is concise and easy to read - technical
details are avoided in the main text and key terms are highlighted.
It is essential reading for health economists as well as
undergraduate and postgraduate students of health economics. "Given
the extensive use of individual-level survey data in health
economics, it is important to understand the econometric techniques
available to applied researchers. Moreover, it is just as important
to be aware of their limitations and pitfalls. The purpose of this
book is to introduce readers to the appropriate econometric
techniques for use with different forms of survey data - known
collectively as microeconometrics." - Andrew Jones, in the Preface.
Teaching Sociology Successfully is a comprehensive guide to
teaching, learning and delivering sociology, not only with success
but with confidence. Carefully combing insightful anecdotes and
practical ideas with key theoretical concepts on planning, learning
styles and assessment, this book is an essential tool for both new
and experienced teachers of sociology. Each chapter focuses on a
particular aspect of the teaching and learning process - from
preparing to teach the subject for the first time to measuring
student progress over time - in an approachable yet rigorous way.
This practical guide will help you to: improve your knowledge of
specifications and syllabuses at GCSE and AS/A Level; provide the
best pedagogic approaches for teaching sociology; think about
learning styles, skills and capacities in relation to teaching
sociology; gain practical ideas and activities for improving
student's argumentation, evaluation and essay writing skills; apply
strategies for teaching abstract sociological theories and
concepts; make the teaching of research methods engaging and
interesting; deal with practical issues such as planning and
assessing learning; encourage students' independent learning and
revision; connect ICT, social networking websites and the mass
media to further students' sociological knowledge; tackle the
thorny issues of politics and controversial topics. Drawing on the
author's own experiences, Teaching Sociology Successfully helps
readers to identify, unpack and negotiate challenges common to
those teaching sociology. Complete with a variety of pedagogical
resources, it provides tasks and further reading to support CPD and
reflective practice. This book will be an invaluable tool for
students on PGCE social science training courses, as well as School
Direct candidates and undergraduates studying BEds in similar
fields.
In recent years the intersections between art history and
archaeology have become the focus of critical analysis by both
disciplines. Contemporary sculpture has played a key role in this
dialogue. The essays in this volume, by art historians,
archaeologists and artists, take the intersection between sculpture
and archaeology as the prelude for analysis, examining the
metaphorical and conceptual role of archaeology as subject matter
for sculptors, and the significance of sculpture as a
three-dimensional medium for exploring historical attitudes to
archaeology.
Digital Forensic Processing and Procedures: Meeting the
Requirements of ISO 17020, ISO 17025, ISO 27001 and Best Practice
Requirements, Second Edition provides a one-stop shop for a set of
procedures that meet international best practices and standards for
handling digital evidence during its complete lifecycle. The book
includes procedures, forms and software, providing anyone who
handles digital evidence with a guide to proper procedures
throughout chain of custody--from incident response straight
through to analysis in the lab. This book addresses the whole
lifecycle of digital evidence.
In recent years the intersections between art history and
archaeology have become the focus of critical analysis by both
disciplines. Contemporary sculpture has played a key role in this
dialogue. The essays in this volume, by art historians,
archaeologists and artists, take the intersection between sculpture
and archaeology as the prelude for analysis, examining the
metaphorical and conceptual role of archaeology as subject matter
for sculptors, and the significance of sculpture as a
three-dimensional medium for exploring historical attitudes to
archaeology.
The Dervan Empire has at last triumphed over Volanus, putting the
great city to the torch, its treasures looted, temples defiled, and
fields sown with salt. What little remains of Volanus is scattered
across the empire, its treasures plundered and its sur
Services and the Green Economy addresses a significant gap in the
knowledge and understanding of sustainable economic development.
Bringing together a range of expert contributions the book analyses
the role of services and service industries in the transition to a
greener economy. Framed by an approach within environmental
economic geography, chapters written by leading researchers from a
range of disciplines explore how service industries, service firms
and service activities are at heart of green economic processes.
Adopting a global perspective, it includes research from the US,
Europe, South America and Japan, providing a detailed insight into
how the crucial role of service industry activity has often been
ignored in current understandings of a green economic transition.
Teaching Sociology Successfully is a comprehensive guide to
teaching, learning and delivering sociology, not only with success
but with confidence. Carefully combing insightful anecdotes and
practical ideas with key theoretical concepts on planning, learning
styles and assessment, this book is an essential tool for both new
and experienced teachers of sociology. Each chapter focuses on a
particular aspect of the teaching and learning process - from
preparing to teach the subject for the first time to measuring
student progress over time - in an approachable yet rigorous way.
This practical guide will help you to: improve your knowledge of
specifications and syllabuses at GCSE and AS/A Level; provide the
best pedagogic approaches for teaching sociology; think about
learning styles, skills and capacities in relation to teaching
sociology; gain practical ideas and activities for improving
student's argumentation, evaluation and essay writing skills; apply
strategies for teaching abstract sociological theories and
concepts; make the teaching of research methods engaging and
interesting; deal with practical issues such as planning and
assessing learning; encourage students' independent learning and
revision; connect ICT, social networking websites and the mass
media to further students' sociological knowledge; tackle the
thorny issues of politics and controversial topics. Drawing on the
author's own experiences, Teaching Sociology Successfully helps
readers to identify, unpack and negotiate challenges common to
those teaching sociology. Complete with a variety of pedagogical
resources, it provides tasks and further reading to support CPD and
reflective practice. This book will be an invaluable tool for
students on PGCE social science training courses, as well as School
Direct candidates and undergraduates studying BEds in similar
fields.
Human Geography: The Basics is a concise introduction to the study
of the role that humankind plays in shaping the world around us.
Whether it's environmental concerns, the cities we live in or the
globalization of the economy, these are issues which affect us all.
This book introduces these topics and more including: global
environment issues and development cities, firms and regions
migration, immigration and asylum landscape, culture and identity
travel, mobility and tourism agriculture and food. Featuring an
overview of theory, end of chapter summaries, case study boxes,
further reading lists and a glossary, this book is the ideal
introduction for anybody new to the study of human geography.
Building upon the book Disappearing Destinations (Jones and
Phillips 2010) and its conclusion that promoted the need to
recognize problems, meet expectations and manage solutions Global
Climate Change and Coastal Tourism explores current threats to, and
consequences of, climate change on existing tourism coastal
destinations. Part 1 of the book provides a theoretical platform
and addresses topics such as sustainability, tourism impacts,
governance trade and innovation and how the media addresses climate
change and tourism. It also assesses management and policy options
for the future sustainability of threatened tourism coastal
destinations. Part 2 presents case studies from all regions of the
world (Europe, The Americas, Asia, Africa and Australasia) which
synthesise findings to make recommendations that can be used to
promote strategies that ameliorate projected impacts of climate
change on coastal tourism infrastructure and in turn promote the
future sustainability of coastal tourism destinations. This is a
timely and informative text with appeal to researchers,
undergraduate and post graduate students of tourism management,
tourism planning, sustainable tourism development and leisure
management, coastal tourism/management, environmental
management/planning, geography, coastal zone management or climate
change studies.
The need to professionally and successfully conduct computer
forensic investigations of incidents and crimes has never been
greater. This has caused an increased requirement for information
about the creation and management of computer forensic laboratories
and the investigations themselves. This includes a great need for
information on how to cost-effectively establish and manage a
computer forensics laboratory. This book meets that need: a clearly
written, non-technical book on the topic of computer forensics with
emphasis on the establishment and management of a computer
forensics laboratory and its subsequent support to successfully
conducting computer-related crime investigations.
* Provides guidance on creating and managing a computer forensics
lab
* Covers the regulatory and legislative environment in the US and
Europe
* Meets the needs of IT professionals and law enforcement as well
as consultants
Since the turn of the century much has happened in politics,
governments, spying, technology, global business, mobile
communications, and global competition on national and corporate
levels. These sweeping changes have nearly annihilated privacy
anywhere in the world and have also affected how global information
warfare is waged and what must be done to counter its attacks. In
light of increased attacks since 2002, Global Information Warfare:
The New Digital Battlefield, Second Edition provides a critical
update on the nature and approaches to global information warfare.
It focuses on threats, vulnerabilities, attacks, and defenses from
the perspectives of various players such as governments,
corporations, terrorists, and private citizens. Upgrades to the
Second Edition Include: Revised discussions of changes and impacts
of global information warfare since 2002 Updated analyses of the
capabilities of several nation-states as well as nonstate actors A
comprehensive list of incidents that have occurred in the past year
to show the scope of the problem of GIW Discussions of post-9/11
governmental changes and shifting priorities with clearer hindsight
than was possible in the first edition The book underscores how
hostile countries, business competitors, terrorists, and others are
waging information warfare against adversaries, even from across
the globe. It describes attacks on information systems through
theft, Internet espionage, deception, and sabotage, and illustrates
countermeasures used to defeat these threats. The second edition of
Global Information Warfare contains a wealth of information and
detailed analyses of capabilities of contemporary information
technology and the capabilities of the individuals and groups who
employ it in their respective digital wars. It is a crucial source
for gaining the best understanding of the current state of
information warfare and the most effective ways to counter it.
With the UK still facing the repercussions of the 2007 economic
downturn, Coe and Jones' text is a timely, engaging discussion of
the key issues facing the UK economy from a purely geographical
perspective, written by some of the leading academics in the field.
With pedagogical features to facilitate learning, including further
reading and chapter aims, the text explores the complex connections
that constitute the UK economy including the city and finance, the
uneven development of the UK, the UK economy's links to the
European Union and its wider ties to the global economy. Written
for geography students studying modules on economic geography and
the human geography of the UK, the text is a vibrantly written,
easy-to-understand analysis of the current and future challenges
that face the contemporary UK economy. Includes a preface by Doreen
Massey.
Providing a thorough examination of the threats posed to
destinations by tourism, this comprehensive text discusses how
popular and fragile destinations, such as the Great Barrier Reef,
could become severely damaged and forced to close to tourists if
current tourism trends continue. The consequences of tourism
growth, predicted changes, and management and policy responses are
reviewed. The book will explore tourism in the context of climate
change and vulnerable environments, exploring the situation at
local level and in a wider perspective using international case
studies throughout and providing future recommendations. It will be
an essential text for researchers, policymakers and students in
tourism, ecotourism, environmental conservation, planning, coastal
management and engineering, climate change and marine conservation.
Everything you need to know to apply data contracts and build a
truly data-driven organization that harnesses quality data to
deliver tangible business value Purchase of the print or Kindle
book includes a free PDF eBook. Key Features Understand data
contracts and their power to resolving the problems in contemporary
data platforms Learn how to design and implement a cutting-edge
data platform powered by data contracts Access practical guidance
from the pioneer of data contracts to get expert insights on
effective utilization Book DescriptionDespite the passage of time
and the evolution of technology and architecture, the challenges we
face in building data platforms persist. Our data often remains
unreliable, lacks trust, and fails to deliver the promised value.
With Driving Data Quality with Data Contracts, you’ll discover
the potential of data contracts to transform how you build your
data platforms, finally overcoming these enduring problems.
You’ll learn how establishing contracts as the interface allows
you to explicitly assign responsibility and accountability of the
data to those who know it best—the data generators—and give
them the autonomy to generate and manage data as required. The book
will show you how data contracts ensure that consumers get quality
data with clearly defined expectations, enabling them to build on
that data with confidence to deliver valuable analytics, performant
ML models, and trusted data-driven products. By the end of this
book, you’ll have gained a comprehensive understanding of how
data contracts can revolutionize your organization’s data culture
and provide a competitive advantage by unlocking the real value
within your data.What you will learn Gain insights into the
intricacies and shortcomings of today’s data architectures
Understand exactly how data contracts can solve prevalent data
challenges Drive a fundamental transformation of your data culture
by implementing data contracts Discover what goes into a data
contract and why it’s important Design a modern data architecture
that leverages the power of data contracts Explore sample
implementations to get practical knowledge of using data contracts
Embrace best practices for the successful deployment of data
contracts Who this book is forIf you’re a data engineer, data
leader, architect, or practitioner thinking about your data
architecture and looking to design one that enables your
organization to get the most value from your data, this book is for
you. Additionally, staff engineers, product managers, and software
engineering leaders and executives will also find valuable
insights.
Master of driving pace, exotic setting, and complex plotting,
Harold Lamb was one of Robert E. Howard's favorite writers. Here at
last is every pulse-pounding, action-packed story of Lamb's
greatest hero, the wolf of the steppes, Khlit the Cossack. Journey
now with the unsung grandfather of sword and sorcery in search of
ancient tombs, gleaming treasure, and thrilling landscapes. Match
wits with deadly swordsmen, scheming priests, and evil cults.
Rescue lovely damsels, ride with bold comrades, and hazard
everything on your brains and skill and a little luck.
"Wolf of the Steppes" is the first of a four-volume set that
collects, for the first time, the complete Cossack stories of
Harold Lamb and presents them in order: every adventure of Khlit
the Cossack and those of his friends, allies, and fellow Cossacks,
many of which have never before appeared between book covers.
Compiled and edited by the Harold Lamb scholar Howard Andrew Jones,
each volume features never-before reprinted essays Lamb wrote about
his stories, informative introductions by popular authors, and a
wealth of rare, exciting, swashbuckling fiction.
In this first volume, Khlit infiltrates a hidden fortress of
assassins, tracks down the tomb of Genghis Khan, flees the
vengeance of a dead emperor, leads the Mongol horde against
impossible odds, accompanies the stunning Mogul queen safely
through the land of her enemies, and much more. This is the stuff
of grand adventure, from the pen of an American Dumas.
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Swords from the East (Paperback)
Harold Lamb; Edited by Howard Andrew Jones; Introduction by James Enge
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Their conquest was measured not in miles but in degrees of
longitude. They smashed the gates of empires, overthrew kingdoms,
diverted rivers, and depopulated entire countries. They were the
Mongols of Genghis Khan, swift and merciless but also resourceful,
bold, and cunning. Their tale has seldom been told in the West, and
never by an author with the acumen of Harold Lamb. Ride with young
Temujin as he outwits schemers and assassins and rises to conquer
Asia as Genghis Khan. Venture to the land beneath the northern
lights on a mission of vengeance with Maak the Buriat. Stand with
Aruk the gatekeeper and Hugo the Frank as they hold the pass
against the Sungar hordes. Lamb's action-packed Mongolian stories,
available here in one complete volume, restore the Mongols to their
place in history, portraying them not as mindless barbarians but as
men of honor and bravery who laid down their lives for their leader
and their lands.
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