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This official ICSA study text has been specially designed to
support students taking the Fund Administration module of ICSA's
Level 5 qualifications in International Finance and
Administration.The text covers the syllabus for each module and is
structured to help in planning a programme of study. Learning
outcomes linked to the syllabus are highlighted to help students
focus on the examination requirements for each module.The text
follows a standard format and includes a range of features to
encourage active learning and to help students apply principles and
theory to real-life business situations, including: case law and
case examples stop and think scenarios worked examples test
yourself review questions and answers glossaries of key termsThe
text provides an excellent guide for students, but also serves as a
useful reference for anyone who needs an accessible and practical
introduction to the subject.
In The Night Manager, John le Carré's first post-Cold War novel, an
ex-soldier helps British Intelligence penetrate the secret world of
ruthless arms dealers.
At the start of it all, Jonathan Pine is merely the night manager at a
luxury hotel. But when a single attempt to pass on information to the
British authorities - about an international businessman at the hotel
with suspicious dealings - backfires terribly, and people close to Pine
begin to die, he commits himself to a battle against powerful forces he
cannot begin to imagine.
In a chilling tale of corrupt intelligence agencies, billion-dollar
price tags and the truth of the brutal arms trade, John le Carré
creates a claustrophobic world in which no one can be trusted.
Speech: A dynamic process takes readers on a rigorous exploratory
journey to expose them to the inherently dynamic nature of speech.
The book addresses an intriguing question: Based only on physical
principles alone, can the exploitation of a simple acoustic tube
evolve into an optimal speech production system comparable to the
one we possess? In the work presented, the tube is deformed step by
step with the sole criterion of expending minimum effort to obtain
maximum acoustic variations. At the end of this process, the tube
is found divided into distinctive regions and an acoustic space
emerges capable of generating speech sounds. Attaching this tube to
a model, an inherently dynamic and efficient system is created. In
the resulting system, optimal primitive trajectories are seen to
naturally exist in the acoustic space and the regions defined in
the tube correspond to the main places of articulation for oral
vowels and plosive consonants. All this implies that these speech
sounds are inherent properties of not only the modeled acoustic
tube but also of the human speech production system. This book
stands as a valuable resource for accomplished and aspiring speech
scientists as well as for other interested persons in search for an
introduction to speech acoustics that takes an unconventional path.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
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images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
John le Carre was a defining writer of his time. This enthralling
collection letters - written to readers, publishers, film-makers
and actors, politicians and public figures - reveals the playfully
intelligent and unfailingly eloquent man behind the penname. _____
'The symbiosis of author and editor, father and son, has resulted
in a brilliant book, le Carre's final masterpiece' 5*, Jake
Kerridge, Sunday Telegraph _____ A Private Spy spans seven decades
and chronicles not only le Carre's own life but the turbulent times
to which he was witness. Beginning with his 1940s childhood, it
includes accounts of his National Service and his time at Oxford,
and his days teaching the 'chinless, pointy-nosed gooseberry-eyed
British lords' at Eton. It describes his entry into MI5 and the
rise of the Iron Curtain, and the flowering of his career as a
novelist in reaction to the building of the Berlin Wall. Through
his letters we travel with him from the Second World War period to
the immediate moment in which we live. We find le Carre writing to
Sir Alec Guinness to persuade him to take on the role of George
Smiley, and later arguing the immorality of the War on Terror with
the chief of the German internal security service. What emerges is
a portrait not only of the writer, or of the global intellectual,
but, in his own words, of the very private, very passionate and
very real man behind the name. _____ Includes letters to: John
Banville William Burroughs John Cheever Stephen Fry Graham Greene
Sir Alec Guinness Hugh Laurie Ben Macintyre Ian McEwan Gary Oldman
Philip Roth Philippe Sands Sir Tom Stoppard Margaret Thatcher And
more...
‘Hilarious, bitter, poignant and profound, this is the human
condition laid brilliantly bare, like an existential soap opera –
only with more laughs.‘ - Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan It
was the kind of phone call we all dread. Your elderly father has
been admitted to hospital. He’s not well and he needs your help.
Your mum is about to be left at home alone. She needs you too. The
answer? Simple. Drop everything. Go. Just be there. Just help. The
reality? Not so straightforward. Suddenly, you’re a kid again,
stranded in the overheated house you grew up in. They need you
24/7, that much is obvious. And you want to help, of course you do.
But soon your life starts to unravel almost as quickly as their
health. In between bouts of washing, feeding, cooking and fighting
there are days that test you, days where everything goes wrong and
days where everyone, miraculously rises to the occasion. And in
between all of that, you learn how to care. But this time with
feeling. Irresistibly funny, unflinching and deeply moving, this is
a love letter to family and friends, to carers and to anyone who
has ever packed a small bag intent on staying for just a few days.
This is a true story of what it really means to be a carer, and of
the ties that bind even tighter when you least expect it. This is
The Reluctant Carer.
This book provides perspectives from authors in six countries
(Canada, Colombia, Germany, France, UK, USA) pertaining to adult
learning in the 21st Century. This book grew out of an exciting
International Conference on Adult Learning (ICAL) held in Paris,
May 27-29, 2012. Imagine "listening in" as these international
scholars, representing expertise in various areas related to adult
education, focus their collective attention to the topic of adult
learning. Their task is to concentrate their research and
intellectual acumen on where adult learning is heading in the 21st
Century and to bring together their varied areas of expertise to
expand the field of adult education's knowledge base. This book
provides more than a record of their papers and meetings. Instead,
each author has revised their paper with symposium feedback to help
capture the discussion, synergy and growing knowledge base we
envision together. Now you can read how these leading scholars
understand adult learning in light on their collective work. Areas
of focus include Heuristics of Adult Learning Facilitating Self
Directed Learning Individuals and the Learning Process Executives'
Self-Development Distance Learning Science Self Directed Learning
for All Entertainment-Education Communication Strategy Positive
Deviance to Transform Education Learning Through the Life Course
This book will benefit teachers, researchers, administrators, and
students in the field of adult education, learning, and practice.
The synergistic result of bringing together nine scholars results
in many new practical applications, research streams, scholarship,
and practice suggestions.
The Constant Gardener is a magnificent exploration of the new world
order by one of the most compelling and elegant storytellers of our
time. The novel opens in northern Kenya with the gruesome murder of
Tessa Quayle -- young, beautiful, and dearly beloved to husband
Justin. When Justin sets out on a personal odyssey to uncover the
mystery of her death, what he finds could make him not only a
suspect among his own colleagues, but a target for Tessa's killers
as well.
A master chronicler of the betrayals of ordinary people caught in
political conflict, John le Carre portrays the dark side of
unbridled capitalism as only he can. In The Constant Gardener he
tells a compelling, complex story of a man elevated through
tragedy, as Justin Quayle -- amateur gardener, aging widower, and
ineffectual bureaucrat -- discovers his own natural resources and
the extraordinary courage of the woman he barely had time to love.
'Incredible. One of those rare books that should be dispensed on
prescription to every household.' - Lucy Easthope, author of When
the Dust Settles 'Hilarious, bitter, poignant and profound . . .
like an existential soap opera - only with more laughs.' - Philip
Hoare, author of Leviathan It was the kind of phone call we all
dread. Your elderly father has been admitted to hospital. Your even
older mum is now at home alone. The answer? Simple. Drop
everything, go back and help. The reality? Not so straightforward.
Suddenly, you're a kid again, stranded in the overheated house you
grew up in. Soon they need you 24/7. And you want to help, of
course you do. But now your own life starts to unravel almost as
quickly as their health. And then there is nowhere else to go. In
between bouts of washing, feeding, cooking and fighting there are
times that test you, days where everything goes wrong and moments
when everyone, miraculously rises to the occasion. And amidst all
of that, this strange second childhood offers up a shot at
redemption - if you can just stop everyone from falling down.
Irresistibly funny, unflinching and deeply moving, this is a love
letter to family and friends, to carers and to anyone who has ever
packed a small bag intent on staying for just a few days. This is a
true story of what it really means to be a carer, and of the ties
that bind even tighter when you least expect it. This is The
Reluctant Carer.
La gran lecci n de vida que recibi "Mauri," al notificarle su m
dico ur logo que ten a c ncer de pr stata y sobrevivir a una cirug
a complicada que lo mantuvo en convalecencia por m?'s de 2 meses,
lo motiv a meditar sobre la necesidad de escribir sus experiencias
deportivas como corredor, ciclista y atleta "m ster," aport ndolas
mediante los programas de entrenamiento que utiliz, para ganar
competencias de ciclismo, triatlones ol mpicos, medios Iron Man, un
tercer lugar en el Iron Man y destacadas participaciones en
innumerables carreras pedestres desde 5km. hasta el marat n. Sin
duda servir como una gu a para aquellos que quieran disfrutar de
cualquiera de estos deportes sin importar su edad, adem?'s sepan
que con la adquisici n de este ejempla, contribuyen con un granito
de arena con los ni os que padecen c ncer y son tratados en el
Centro Estatal de Cancerolog a Dr. Miguel Dorantes Mesa en Xalapa,
Veracruz.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy sees the beginning of the stealthy Cold War cat-and-mouse game between the taciturn, dogged George Smiley and his wily Soviet counterpart.
A mole, implanted by Moscow Centre, has infiltrated the highest ranks of the British Intelligence Service, almost destroying it in the process. And so former spymaster George Smiley has been brought out of retirement in order to hunt down the traitor at the very heart of the Circus - even though it may be one of those closest to him.
Cell adhesion comes into play in almost all domains of life. The
range of situations in which it occurs, involving organisms, living
tissues, microorganisms or single cells, is endless. Cell adhesion
is involved in the binding of a cell to a surface, extracellular
matrix, or another cell using cell adhesion molecules. It is
crucial in the formation and maintenance of coherent multicellular
structures. Cell surface adhesion molecules (integrins, for
example) which transmit information from the extracellular matrix
to the cell play vital roles in numerous cellular processes. Some
of these include: cell growth, differentiation, embryogenesis,
immune cell transmigration and response, and cancer metastasis.
Also cell adhesion is involved in most of pathological situations.
This book is divided into four parts as follows: Part 1:
Fundamentals of Cell Adhesion; Part 2: Methods to Study Cell
Adhesion; Part 3: Surface Treatments to Control Cell Adhesion and
Behavior; and Part 4: Cell Adhesion in Medicine and Therapy. A
bountiful information is covered in this book which represents the
cumulative wisdom of many world-renowned researchers( physicists,
materials scientists, chemists and biologists) engaged in
unraveling the mechanisms of cell adhesion and how to mitigate or
control it. It quite patent from the topics covered in this book
that the subject of cell adhesion is truly interdisciplinary. This
book should be of great interest and value to anyone interested in
cell adhesion which is vitally important to human life.
Superhydrophobic surfaces (water contact angles higher than 150A )
can only be achieved by a combination of hydrophobicity (low
surface energy materials) with appropriate surface texture. In
nature one can find an array of impressive and elegant examples of
superhydrophobic surfaces. For example, on a lotus leaf rain drops
bounce off after impact, then entirely roll off the lotus leaf and
drag along any dirt particles, without leaving residues. The
artificial design of superhydrophobic and self-cleaning surfaces
has become an extremely active area of fundamental and applied
research. This book presents both fundamental and applied aspects
of superhydrophobic surfaces. It describes also different
strategies for making superhydrophobic surfaces from a large
diversity of materials (polymers, metals and other inorganic
materials, composites) and processes (lithographic techniques,
electrochemical processes, self-assembly processes, colloidal
particles, sol-gel processes, nanofilaments, or simple scraping). A
bountiful of information is covered in this book which represents
cumulative wisdom of many world-renowned researchers in the
fascinating and burgeoning area of superhydrophobic surfaces.
As one of the core areas of the curriculum, science provides
particular challenges, especially to teachers working at the top
end of the elementary school range. "Science 7-11" invites science
teachers working with preteens to examine their practice in the
light of current research findings. Clive Carre and Carrie Ovens,
both experienced primary teachers themselves, ask what teachers
really need to know both about their subject and about their
students in order to teach science effectively. The authors give
practical guidance on curriculum planning, on balancing enquiry
approaches to learning with more formal "telling" and on the
difficult area of collecting and interpreting evidence of
children's progress for assessment.
Teacher education is currently the subject of widespread political
debate and radical reform. There is, however, very little recent
empirical evidence about what actually happens on teacher training
courses and in the first year of teaching. The Leverhulme Primary
Project, reported here, looks in detail at the experience of all
the student teachers on one post graduate primary teacher training
course and of those responsible for them in their university and in
school. It tracks them as they work to acquire the appropriate
subject and pedagogical knowledge and as their own attitudes and
beliefs about teaching develop through the course. A final section
follows some of the students through their first year as qualified
teachers. The aim throughout the book is to define the basic
teaching competences and to show how these relate to the knowledge
bases with which novice teachers enter the profession. More people
than ever before now have some responsibility, whether in higher
education or in schools, for the training of teachers and the
insights into how teachers are made contained in this book are
designed to help them.
"Le Carr?'s best book, and one of the finest English novels of the
twentieth century."
-Philip Pullman
Over the course of his seemingly irreproachable life, Magnus Pym
has been all things to all people: a devoted family man, a trusted
colleague, a loyal friend- and the perfect spy. But in the wake of
his estranged father's death, Magnus vanishes, and the British
Secret Service is up in arms. Is it grief, or is the reason for his
disappearance more sinister? And who is the mysterious man with the
sad moustache who also seems to be looking for Magnus?
In "A Perfect Spy," John le Carr? has crafted one of his crowning
masterpieces, interweaving a moving and unusual coming-of-age story
with a morally tangled chronicle of modern espionage.
With an Introduction by the Author
"[Le Carre's] novels are so brilliant because they're emotionally
and psychologically absolutely true, but of course they're novels."
-New York Times Book Review A thrilling tale for our times from the
undisputed master of the spy genre Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of
Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an
agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the
long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow
Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over
The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag
band of spies. The only bright light on the team is young Florence,
who has her eye on Russia Department and a Ukrainian oligarch with
a finger in the Russia pie. Nat is not only a spy, he is a
passionate badminton player. His regular Monday evening opponent is
half his age: the introspective and solitary Ed. Ed hates Brexit,
hates Trump and hates his job at some soulless media agency. And it
is Ed, of all unlikely people, who will take Prue, Florence and Nat
himself down the path of political anger that will ensnare them
all. Agent Running in the Field is a chilling portrait of our time,
now heartbreaking, now darkly humorous, told to us with unflagging
tension by the greatest chronicler of our age.
"Recounted with the storytelling elan of a master raconteur - by
turns dramatic and funny, charming, tart and melancholy." -Michiko
Kakutani, The New York Times The New York Times bestselling memoir
from John le Carre, the legendary author of A Legacy of Spies. From
his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War, to a
career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut
on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion to Russia before and after
the collapse of the Berlin Wall, le Carre has always written from
the heart of modern times. In this, his first memoir, le Carre is
as funny as he is incisive, reading into the events he witnesses
the same moral ambiguity with which he imbues his novels. Whether
he's writing about the parrot at a Beirut hotel that could
perfectly mimic machine gun fire or the opening bars of Beethoven's
Fifth; visiting Rwanda's museums of the unburied dead in the
aftermath of the genocide; celebrating New Year's Eve 1982 with
Yasser Arafat and his high command; interviewing a German woman
terrorist in her desert prison in the Negev; listening to the
wisdoms of the great physicist, dissident, and Nobel Prize winner
Andrei Sakharov; meeting with two former heads of the KGB; watching
Alec Guinness prepare for his role as George Smiley in the
legendary BBC TV adaptations of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and
Smiley's People; or describing the female aid worker who inspired
the main character in The Constant Gardener, le Carre endows each
happening with vividness and humor, now making us laugh out loud,
now inviting us to think anew about events and people we believed
we understood. Best of all, le Carre gives us a glimpse of a
writer's journey over more than six decades, and his own hunt for
the human spark that has given so much life and heart to his
fictional characters.
This landmark volume brings together leading scholars in the field
to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and
policy debates on the informal economy as well as future challenges
and directions for research and policy. Well over half of the
global workforce and the vast majority of the workforce in
developing countries work in the informal economy, and in countries
around the world new forms of informal employment are emerging. Yet
the informal workforce is not well understood, remains undervalued
and is widely stigmatised. Contributors to the volume bridge a
range of disciplinary perspectives including anthropology,
development economics, law, political science, social policy,
sociology, statistics, urban planning and design. The Informal
Economy Revisited also focuses on specific groups of informal
workers, including home-based workers, street vendors and waste
pickers, to provide a grounded insight into disciplinary debates.
Ultimately, the book calls for a paradigm shift in how the informal
economy is perceived to reflect the realities of informal work in
the Global South, as well as the informal practices of the state
and capital, not just labour. The Informal Economy Revisited is the
culmination of 20 years of pioneering work by WIEGO (Women in
Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing), a global network
of researchers, development practitioners and organisations of
informal workers in 90 countries. Researchers, practitioners,
policy-makers and advocates will all find this book an invaluable
guide to the significance and complexities of the informal economy,
and its role in today's globalised economy. The Open Access version
of this book, available at
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429200724, has been made
available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Derivatives 4.0 license
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