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Unlock your full potential with this revision guide that will guide
you through the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in the
Building Services Engineering T Level core exams. - Plan your own
revision and focus on the areas you need to revise with key content
summaries and revision activities for every topic - Understand key
terms you will need for the exam with user-friendly definitions and
a glossary - Breakdown and apply scientific and mathematic
principles with clear worked examples - Use the exam tips to
clarify key points and avoid making typical mistakes - Test
yourself with end-of-topic questions and answers and tick off each
topic as you complete it - Get ready for the exam with tips on
approaching the paper, and sample exam questions
Help realise your learners' ambitions of becoming a specialist site
carpenter or joiner in the construction industry with this
comprehensive new textbook published in association with City &
Guilds for the Level 3 6706, 7906 and new Apprenticeship standard.
This brand new title will help students: - Study with confidence,
using the most up-to-date information available for the new
specifications and industry standards - Enhance their understanding
of tools and concepts in carpentry and joinery with clear and
accurate technical drawings and step-by-step photo sequences - Get
ready for the workplace with industry tips and case studies -
Develop core skills with authors Stephen Jones, Stephen Redfern and
Martin Burdfield who draw on their extensive teaching and industry
experience
The ongoing neoliberalisation of education is complex, varied and
relentless. It involves increasingly diverse material and
structural changes to curriculum, pedagogy and assessment and at
the same time transforms how we are made up as educational
subjects. It rearticulates what it means to be educated. This
collection brings together creative and unanticipated examples of
the adoption and adaptation of neoliberal practice, both collective
and individual. These examples not only demonstrate the
insidiousness of neoliberal reform but also suggest that its
trajectory is uncertain and unfixed. The intention is that these
examples might embolden education scholars and practitioners to
think differently about education. This book is shaped by a reading
of the processes of the neoliberalisation of education as a
dispositif. This heterogeneous dispositif encompasses and spans an
uneven, miscellaneous and evolving network of educational regimes
of knowledge, practice and subjectivities, as well as artifacts and
non-human actants. The papers included address different aspects or
points within this complex arrangement at different levels and in
different sectors of education. They have been chosen to illustrate
the evolving and multi-faceted penetration of market thinking and
practice in education and also points of deflection and dissent.
They also offer coverage of some of the uneven geography of
neoliberalisation. They consider the potential for the production
of subjectivities to provide the ‘wriggle’ room that can exist
to refuse or subvert neoliberal identities. This book will have
appeal across the social sciences and specifically to those working
in education. The chapters included here were originally published
in various Taylor & Francis journals.
Ensure your learners have the knowledge and skills to start a
successful career in the construction industry, with this
comprehensive new textbook published in association with City &
Guilds for the legacy 6706, new 7906 and new Apprenticeship
standard. This brand new title will help students: - Study with
confidence, using the most up-to-date information available for all
specifications and industry standards - Enhance their understanding
of concepts and techniques with clear and accurate technical
drawings and step-by-step photo sequences - Test their knowledge
with end of chapter practice questions - Get ready for the
workplace with industry tips and activities - Develop core skills
with authors Stephen Jones and Stephen Redfern, who draw on their
extensive teaching and industry experience
This text explores four major features of human society in their
ecological and historical context: the origins of priests and
organised religion; the rise of military men in an agrarian
society; economic expansion and growth; and civilising and
decivilising trends over time.
This text explores four major features of human society in their
ecological and historical context: the origins of priests and
organised religion; the rise of military men in an agrarian
society; economic expansion and growth; and civilising and
decivilising trends over time.
Using practical examples, this book demonstrates how a theoretical
model for shared care operates in practice to deliver improved
health outcomes within limited resources. It shows how
clinically-led initiatives can influence health care commissioning
strategies, and how the implementation of the model meets the needs
of clinicians, purchasers and providers. The model and evaluation
protocols advocated here provide a firm foundation for the
development of shared care in the future.
This book represents the first attempt to identify and describe a
workhouse reform 'movement' in mid- to late-nineteenth-century
England, beyond the obvious candidates of the Workhouse Visiting
Society and the voices of popular critics such as Charles Dickens
and Florence Nightingale. It is a subject on which the existing
workhouse literature is largely silent, and this book therefore
fills a considerable gap in our understanding of contemporary
attitudes towards institutional welfare. Although many scholars
have touched on the more obvious strands of workhouse criticism
noted above, few have gone beyond these to explore the possibility
that a concerted 'movement' existed that sought to place pressure
on those with responsibility for workhouse administration, and to
influence the trajectory of workhouse policy.
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In the Woods (Paperback)
Carrie Jones, Steven E. Wedel
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This edition of over 600 letters written by or for the poor in the
early nineteenth-century Cumbrian town of Kirkby Lonsdale provides
a unique window onto the experiences, views and conditions of a
much-neglected group in English society. At the most human level,
these letters are replete with sickness and suffering, the
inability of mothers and fathers to fulfil their basic roles,
claims that people were starving and naked, writers who were at
death's door and those who were homeless and desperate. The letters
also provide a sense of the emotional landscape of those who have
largely escaped the attention of historians of emotion. Here we
find anger, suffering, gratitude, hopelessness, fear, humiliation
and humility, largely in the words and voice of those who
experienced such emotions. And above all we find agency - a group
of poor people and their advocates who were willing and able,
indeed saw it as their right, to challenge those who administered
welfare and attempt to shape a system which notionally at least
afforded them no power. Here, then, are ordinary lives played out
on a canvas that will be appealing to a wide readership.
Together with Consulting Editor, Dr. Bonita Stanton, the Guest
editors of this issue, from the University of Colorado School of
Medicine, have secured expert authors to provide updated clinical
review articles in the area of pediatric cardiology. Specific
topics include: Evaluation of Cardiac Murmur and chest pain;
Palpitations and Syncope; Update on Management of Kawasaki Disease;
Rheumatic Heart Disease; Myocarditis/Pericarditis; Update on
Infective Endocarditis; Update on Pediatric Heart Failure; Update
on Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension; Update on Preventative
Cardiology; Common Left to Right Shunt Lesions; Outcomes in
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome; Outcomes in Adult Congenital Heart
Disease (Neurocognitive Issues and Transition); Innovations in
Pediatric Cardiology; The Next Frontier in Pediatric Cardiology:
Artificial Intelligence. Readers will come away with the latest
clinical coverage of diagnosis and treatment for pediatric
cardiology issues.
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A Book of Horrors (Paperback)
Stephen Jones; Edited by Stephen Jones
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R407
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Don't turn out the lights . . . but open the cover, if you dare,
and reveal the chilling delights that await you within the pages of
A Book of Horrors. 'Stephen King, John Ajvide Linqvist, Lisa Tuttle
and many more masters of the macabre issue a call to arms for the
horror story in this collection of the very best in chiller fiction
edited by Stephen Jones, one of the world's premier anthologists' -
Crime Time Stephen Jones, Britain's most acclaimed horror editor,
has gathered together masters of the macabre from across the world
in this cornucopia of classic chills and modern menaces. Within
these pages you will discover the most successful and exciting
writers of horror and dark fantasy today, with a spine-chilling
selection of stories displaying the full diversity of the genre,
from classic pulp style to more contemporary psychological tales,
to cutting-edge terror fiction that will leave you uneasily looking
over your shoulder, or in the wardrobe, or under the bed . . . An
original anthology of all-new horror and dark fantasy fiction, in
all of its many and magnificent guises, by those devoted to the
dark side. Including stories by Ramsey Campbell, Peter Crowther,
Dennis Etchison, Elizabeth Hand, Brian Hodge, Caitlin R. Kiernan,
Stephen King, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Richard Christian Matheson,
Reggie Oliver, Robert Shearman, Angela Slatter, Michael Marshall
Smith and Lisa Tuttle.
Our Energy Future is an introductory textbook for the study of
energy production, alternative and renewable fuels, and ways to
build a sustainable energy future. Jones and Mayfield explore the
creation and history of fossil fuels, their impact on the
environment, and how they have become critical to our society. The
authors also outline how adopting sustainable biofuels will be key
to the future of energy stability and discuss a number of renewable
energy options and biofuel feedstocks that are replacements for
petroleum-based products. Our society is consuming energy at an
alarming rate, and the authors warn that continuing fuel-usage
patterns could permanently damage the environment. This book
emphasizes the importance of continued scientific, agricultural,
and engineering development while it outlines the political and
environmental challenges that will accompany a complete shift from
fossil fuels to renewable energy and biomass. Our Energy Future is
an accessible resource for undergraduate students studying biofuels
and bioenergy.
The renowned Oxford Chemistry Primer series, which provides focused
introductions to a range of important topics in chemistry, has been
refreshed and updated to suit the needs of today's students,
lecturers, and postgraduate researchers. The rigorous, yet
accessible, treatment of each subject area is ideal for those
wanting a primer in a given topic to prepare them for more advanced
study or research. Moreover, cutting-edge examples and applications
throughout the texts show the relevance of the chemistry being
described to current research and industry. The learning features
provided, including questions at the end of every chapter and
online multiple-choice questions, encourage active learning and
promote understanding. Furthermore, frequent diagrams, margin
notes, further reading, and glossary definitions all help to
enhance a student's understanding of these essential areas of
chemistry. NMR: The Toolkit describes succinctly the range of NMR
techniques commonly used in modern research to probe the structures
and properties of molecules in liquids. Emphasis is placed
throughout on how these experiments actually work, giving a unique
perspective on this powerful experimental tool. Online Resource
Centre The Online Resource Centre to accompany NMR The Toolkit: How
Pulse Sequences Work features: For registered adopters of the text:
* Figures from the book available to download For students: * Full
worked solutions to the end-of-chapter exercises
Don't panic! The Hitchhiker's saga returns once again with a
full-cast dramatisation of Mostly Harmless, the fifth book in
Douglas Adams's famous 'trilogy in five parts'. 'A radio event...
the great original cast has been reassembled'. Gillian Reynolds,
The Daily Telegraph While frequent flyer Arthur Dent searches the
universe for his lost love, Ford Prefect discovers a disturbing
blast from the past at The Hitchhiker's Guide HQ. Meanwhile, on one
of many versions of Earth, a blonder, more American Trillian gets
tangled up with a party of lost aliens having an identity crisis.
And just when Arthur thinks he has found his true vocation on the
backwater planet of Lamuella, the original Trillian turns up with
more than a little spanner in the works. A stolen ship, a dramatic
stampede and a new and sinister Guide lead to a race to save the
Earth ... again. But this time, will they succeed? Simon Jones
returns as Arthur, Geoffrey McGivern as Ford, Mark Wing-Davey as
Zaphod Beeblebrox, Susan Sheridan as Trillian, Sandra Dickinson as
Tricia McMillan, and Stephen Moore as Marvin. William Franklyn is
the Book, Rula Lenska is also the Book and Samantha Beart is
Random. Guest stars include Miriam Margolyes, Griff Rhys Jones,
John Challis, Roy Hudd, Saeed Jaffrey, and Jonathan Pryce. This
extended CD edition features 40 minutes of material not heard on
BBC Radio 4. Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins approx.
Soviet military policy has been one of the most important and
perplexing issues confronting the United States since 1945. Mikhail
Gorbachev's foreign policy innovations have focused renewed
attention on these vital questions. In this timely reader, ten
experts on the Soviet Union offer their perspectives on Soviet
military strategy and defense policy, covering the foreign policy
context, nuclear weapons, conventional forces, and force and Soviet
diplomacy. Contents: Richness, Rigor, and Relevance in the Study of
Soviet Foreign Policy. The Sources of American Conduct: Soviet
Perspectives and their Policy Implications. The Gorbachev
Revolution: A Waning of Soviet Expansionism? The Sources and
Prospects of Gorbachev's New Political Thinking on Security. Mutual
Deterrence and Strategic Arms Limitation in Soviet Policy.
Contrasts in American and Soviet Strategic Thought. Deterrence and
Coercion in Soviet Policy. The Soviet Union and Strategic Missile
Guidance. Stalin's Postwar Army Reappraised. The Soviet Offensive
In Europe: The Schlieffen Plan Revisited? Limiting Offensive
Conventional Forces: Soviet Proposals and Western Options.
Contributors: Jack Snyder, Franklyn Griffiths, Stephen M. Meyer,
Raymond L. Garthoff, Fritz W. Ermarth, Dimitri K. Simes, Donald
MacKenzie, Matthew A Evangelista, and Richard Ned Lebow.
Neil Gaiman, Joanne Harris and other bestsellers re-imagine famous
fairy tales in this wonderfully rich, scary anthology, illustrated
by Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings artist Alan Lee. Following in
the grand tradition of the Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, some
of today's finest writers have created their own brand-new fairy
tales - but with a decidedly dark twist. Fearie Tales is a
fantastical mix of spellbinding retellings of 'Cinderella',
'Rapunzel', 'Hansel and Gretel' and 'Rumpelstiltskin', amongst
others, with unsettling tales inspired by other childhood classics,
all interspersed with the sources of their inspiration: the
timeless stories first collected by the Brothers Grimm. Edited by
Stephen Jones, Britain's best-known anthologist of dark tales, and
illustrated by Oscar-winning artist Alan Lee, who also provided the
magnificent cover, with stories by Neil Gaiman; Joanne Harris;
Garth Nix; John Ajvide Lindqvist; Markus Heitz; Michael Marshall
Smith; Angela Slatter; Robert Shearman; Christopher Fowler; Ramsey
Campbell; Peter Crowther; Brian Hodge; Brian Lumley; Reggie Oliver
and Tanith Lee. But be warned: this stunning volume of frightening
fables is definitely not suitable for children!
These five essays from the prestigious journal International
Security analyze the outbreak of the First World War from the
standpoint of power politics and military strategy. "The disaster
of 1914 continues to haunt the contemporary security debate,"
writes Steven E. Miller in his introduction. "In the nuclear age,
the images that remain from the summer of 1914--the escalation from
an isolated event in a far corner of Europe to a global war, the
apparent loss of control of the situation by key decision-makers,
the crowding out of diplomacy by military exigencies, the awful,
protracted, often senseless slaughter on the battlefield--raise
troubling doubts about our ability to forever conduct affairs of
state safely in an international environment plagued by the
ever-present risk of thermonuclear war." The book includes Paul
Kennedy's "The First World War and the International Power System,"
Michael Howard's "Men Against Fire: Expectations of War in 1914,"
Stephen Van Evera's "The Cult of the Offensive and the Origins of
the First World War," Jack Snyder's "Civil-Military Relations and
the Cult of the Offensive, 1914 and 1984," and Richard Ned Lebow's
"Windows of Opportunity: Do States Jump Through Them?"
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