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Covers the full Diploma including in-depth coverage of the four
mandatory units and 11 most popular optional units, giving you the
breadth to tailor the course to your learners' needs and interests.
Assessment activities give practice for all grading criteria for
the units covered, with Edexcel's own grading tips - written and
reviewed by BTEC experts - to help learners achieve their
potential. WorkSpace case studies throughout reflect the
work-related nature of the qualification so that learners are more
able to put theory into practice in real-world settings. Edexcel's
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from their BTEC course.
This comprehensive book traces the role of money in the creation of
the state. Starting in the early modern era, Paul Wilson explores
the monetary systems of empires and new states in the age of
nation-building in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Spanning
a wide geographical and historical range from the creation of the
United States of America to the establishment of the European Union
and the breakup of the Soviet Union and beyond, the author examines
changing attitudes toward monetary sovereignty as dozens of new
states created new currencies since the end of the Second World
War. Wilson analyzes the decision-making of newly independent
states in their choice of an appropriate currency, considering the
complex factors involved-ranging from the purely economic to
questions of security, international recognition, and outright
nationalism that have played a part. The author challenges the
notion that each country must necessarily have its own currency and
explains why some newly independent countries have chosen to adopt
the currency of another state. Citing the examples of international
currency unions of the nineteenth century and the present day, he
contends that sharing a currency does not represent a surrender of
political sovereignty. Instead, Wilson argues for a more rational
attitude toward money as a facilitator of transactions rather than
as a symbol of national identity.
This comprehensive book traces the role of money in the creation of
the state. Starting in the early modern era, Paul Wilson explores
the monetary systems of empires and new states in the age of
nation-building in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Spanning
a wide geographical and historical range from the creation of the
United States of America to the establishment of the European Union
and the breakup of the Soviet Union and beyond, the author examines
changing attitudes toward monetary sovereignty as dozens of new
states created new currencies since the end of the Second World
War. Wilson analyzes the decision-making of newly independent
states in their choice of an appropriate currency, considering the
complex factors involved-ranging from the purely economic to
questions of security, international recognition, and outright
nationalism that have played a part. The author challenges the
notion that each country must necessarily have its own currency and
explains why some newly independent countries have chosen to adopt
the currency of another state. Citing the examples of international
currency unions of the nineteenth century and the present day, he
contends that sharing a currency does not represent a surrender of
political sovereignty. Instead, Wilson argues for a more rational
attitude toward money as a facilitator of transactions rather than
as a symbol of national identity.
In a comic masterpiece following the misadventures of a simple but
hugely ambitious waiter in pre-World War II Prague, who rises to
wealth only to lose everything with the onset of Communism, Bohumil
Hrabal takes us on a tremendously funny and satirical trip through
20th-century Czechoslovakia.
First published in 1971 in a typewritten edition, then finally
printed in book form in 1989, "I Served the King of England" is "an
extraordinary and subtly tragicomic novel" ("The New York Times"),
telling the tale of Ditie, a hugely ambitious but simple waiter in
a deluxe Prague hotel in the years before World War II. Ditie is
called upon to serve not the King of England, but Haile Selassie.
It is one of the great moments in his life. Eventually, he falls in
love with a Nazi woman athlete as the Germans are invading
Czechoslovakia. After the war, through the sale of valuable stamps
confiscated from the Jews, he reaches the heights of his ambition,
building a hotel. He becomes a millionaire, but with the
institution of communism, he loses everything and is sent to
inspect mountain roads. Living in dreary circumstances, Ditie comes
to terms with the inevitability of his death, and with his place in
history.
"Something is murdering my men."
Thus reads the message received from a Nazi commander stationed in
a small castle high in the remote Transylvanian Alps. Invisible and
silent, the enemy selects one victim per night, leaving the
bloodless and mutilated corpses behind to terrify its future
victims.
When an elite SS extermination squad is dispatched to solve the
problem, the men find something that's both powerful and
terrifying. Panicked, the Nazis bring in a local expert on
folklore--who just happens to be Jewish--to shed some light on the
mysterious happenings. And unbeknownst to anyone, there is another
visitor on his way--a man who awoke from a nightmare and
immediately set out to meet his destiny.
The battle has begun: On one side, the ultimate evil created by
man, and on the other...the unthinkable, unstoppable, unknowing
terror that man has inevitably awakened
For nearly two decades, the US and its allies have prosecuted
war and aggression in Iraq. "Erasing Iraq "shows in unparalleled
detail the devastating human cost.
Western governments and the mainstream media continue to ignore
or play down the human costs of the war on Iraqi citizens This has
allowed them to present their role as the benign guardians of Iraqi
interests. The authors deconstruct this narrative by presenting a
portrait of the total carnage in Iraq today as told by Iraqis and
other witnesses who experienced it first hand.
Featuring in-depth interviews with Iraqi refugees in Syria,
Jordan and from Western countries, ""Erasing Iraq ""is a
comprehensive and moving account of the Iraqi people's tragedy.
"Bringing together specialists from linguistics, psychology and
philosophy, the book offers an exciting collection of papers
assessing the conceptual representation of emotion and the
conceptual relationship between emotion and language. The specific
issues addressed include the analyses, based on corpus and
cross-linguistic methodologies, of emotions such as pride, guilt,
hope, despair, satisfaction, fear and anger in a number of
languages, and how language shapes socialisation practices, such as
in bilinguals. Finally, it provides good examples of the methods -
from metaphor analysis to experimental studies - used to achieve a
better understanding of the complexity and multi-dimensionality of
the conceptualisation of emotion and the emotion-language
relationship. Researchers and advanced students are likely to find
this book an important reference work." (Vanda L. Zammuner,
University of Padova, Italy)
*OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE* Bestselling author and
'Guru of calm', Paul Wilson, has written the ultimate pocket-sized
guide to harnessing daily calm and serenity in your life. How can
we find calm during life's most difficult moments? Carry the
bestselling The Little Book of Calm with you wherever you go for
comfort and practical advice. This book is the perfect antidote to
a global stress epidemic. If you can feel your stress or anxiety
levels increasing and are searching for a way to regain balance,
this book is the pocket guide to turn to in times of need. Paul
Wilson's expert advice is guaranteed to help you rediscover a sense
of calm even in the most difficult moments. Providing accessible
advice, tips and inspirational thoughts, such as: * Sip a
peppermint herbal tea to find calm * Be captivated by your breath
and discover peace * Seek the best in everything - people and
situations * Concentrate on the present, worry when the time comes
* Pretend you're human and leave it to others to be perfect The
Little Book of Calm is designed to always be by your side to help
you steal moments of peace and tranquillity - open on any page, at
any time, in any place. __________________________ 'His mixture of
traditional meditation, alternative therapy, positive thinking and
common sense has not only enabled him to maintain an impressive
degree of calm but has persuaded millions to buy into his
philosophy' Financial Times
This volume of intellectual biography takes the Italian economist,
sociologist, political scientist Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923) from
his disillusionment with liberal and pacifist activism, to the
original development of pure economics and the composition of his
Treatise on General Sociology and the test of this latter on the
war and post-war events.
This volume of intellectual biography takes the Italian economist,
sociologist, political scientist Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923) from
his disillusionment with liberal and pacifist activism, to the
original development of pure economics and the composition of his
Treatise on General Sociology and the test of this latter on the
war and post-war events.
A sucker is still born every minute. In this modern and
interconnected world, con-men are lurking everywhere - it's never
been easier for them to dupe us, take from us, and infiltrate our
lives. One of the world's leading and celebrated experts on
con-games takes the reader through the history of cons, how they've
been updated to the modern age, how they work, how to spot them,
and how to protect yourself from being the victim of one. R. Paul
Wilson is a con-man who works for the other side - our side. He has
spent a lifetime learning, performing, studying, and teaching about
the ins and outs of the con world in order to open up our eyes to
the dangers lurking about us - and to show us how not to get taken.
Paul has never made a living as a con-man, profiting off of marks -
he has used his expertise throughout his life to help people avoid
cons. In this fascinating book, Paul takes the reader through the
history and developments of the con game, what elements from the
past are based on basic human psychology and have stood the test of
time, what has been updated for the modern era and how it's getting
used in the computer age, the structure of how these cons work, and
- most importantly - how to recognize one, protect yourself and
your loved ones, and avoid becoming just another sucker.
This three volume series of intellectual biography considers the
life, work and impact on economic, social and political theory of
the Italian economist, sociologist and political scientist Vilfredo
Pareto (1848-1923). This volume covers the period starting from his
childhood up to his early political activism, amateur journalism
and initial scholarly contributions. His pre-Lausanne years are
often neglected by students of Pareto, but form the intellectual
and biographical background to his later contributions to economic,
social and political theory.
This three volume series of intellectual biography considers the
life, work and impact on economic, social and political theory of
the Italian economist, sociologist and political scientist Vilfredo
Pareto (1848-1923). This volume covers the period starting from his
childhood up to his early political activism, amateur journalism
and initial scholarly contributions. His pre-Lausanne years are
often neglected by students of Pareto, but form the intellectual
and biographical background to his later contributions to economic,
social and political theory.
A New York Times Notable Book and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of
the Year, Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light is the story
of Pavel, once a promising, award-winning documentary filmmaker,
forced to survive under communism by working as a cameraman for the
state-run television station. Now middle-aged, he dreams of one day
making a film -- a searing portrait of his times that the
authorities would never allow. When the communist regime collapses,
Pavel is unprepared for the new world of supposedly unlimited
freedom, unable to make the film he has always wanted to make.
Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light is a powerful,
important novel about the struggle between the ideal and the
temptations of freedom.
Introduces an approach to improved communication between parts of
an organization departments within a company, or different
companies involved in a single process that combines the principles
and applications of group processes with the enabling technologies
of computer networking and the associate
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Rx Mayhem (Paperback)
F. Paul Wilson, Nina Abbott
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R390
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This three volume series of intellectual biography considers the
life, work and impact on economic, social and political theory of
the Italian economist, sociologist and political scientist Vilfredo
Pareto (1848-1923). This second volume follows Pareto from his time
teaching at Lausanne to the juncture in his life where he first
began to make theoretical contributions of his own. Mornati
considers Pareto's work on pure economics, general equilibrium,
welfare economics and the economic case for socialism, as well as
his critical observations of Italian and Swiss public policy.
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Signalz (Hardcover)
F. Paul Wilson
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R787
R657
Discovery Miles 6 570
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F. Paul Wilson
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R477
R399
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A team of experts in each of the ten major Pulp genres, from action
Pulps to spicy Pulps and more, chart for the first time the
complete history of Pulp magazines-the stories and their writers,
the graphics and their artists, and, of course, the publishers,
their market, and readers. Each chapter in the book, which is
illustrated with more than 400 examples of the best Pulp graphics
(many from the Editors' collections-among the world's largest) is
organized in a clear and accessible way, starting with an
introductory overview of the genre, followed by a selection of the
best covers and interior graphics, organized chronologically
through the chapter. All images are fully captioned (many are in
essence "nutshell" histories in themselves). Two special features
in each chapter focus on topics of particular interest (such as
extended profiles of Daisy Bacon, Pulp author and editor of Love
Story, the hugely successful romance Pulp, and of Harry Steeger,
co-founder of Popular Publications in 1930 and originator of the
"Shudder Pulp" genre). With an overall Introduction on "The Birth
of the Pulps" by Doug Ellis, and with two additional chapters
focusing on the great Pulp writers and the great Pulp artists, The
Art of the Pulps covers every aspect of this fascinating genre; it
is the first definitive visual history of the Pulps.
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