The official document Amphibious Warfare Handbook No. 10a: The Organisation, Employment and Training of Commandos is a unique piece of post-war Royal Marines Commando doctrine, never before published, or quoted at length. Prepared in 1951 at the height of the Korean War by the Chief of Amphibious Warfare and the Commandant General Royal Marines, this seventy-page aide memoir is, in essence, the distillation of major lessons learned by the British wartime Combined Operations Headquarters regarding amphibious warfare, raiding, cliff assaults, sabotage, intelligence-gathering, specialized infantry work, guerrilla warfare and Commando tactics. In addition, it offers its readership a delineation of the characteristics, skills and qualities required of a Royal Marines Commando. Published to mark the seventieth anniversary of its official issue, this rare example of bespoke Commando doctrine is a timely and highly relevant addition to a growing body of work on The Corps of Royal Marines. Currently undergoing significant institutional changes by means of the Future Commando Force (FCF) program, the Royal Marines are having to challenge their existing operating concept, force structures, doctrine, and organizational design to meet the emerging defense challenges of the 21st century. It serves to remind those currently evolving the FCF concept of General Sir John Hackett's advice, namely, "To see where we are going, we must know where we are, and to know where we are, we need to discover how we got here."

The increasing volume of remittances and public transfers in rural areas of the developing world has raised hopes that these cash inflows may serve as an effective mechanism for reducing poverty in the long term by facilitating investments and raising productivity, particularly in agriculture where market failures are most manifest. This book systematically tests the empirical relationship between cash transfers and productive spending in agriculture amongst rural households in six different countries of the developing world. Together, the studies point to little impact of migration and public and private transfers on agricultural productivity, instead facilitating a transition away from agriculture or to a less labour intensive type of agriculture. From a policy perspective the studies raise the question of how to maintain rural economies, as migration and social assistance are unlikely to provide a sustainable way to overcome rural poverty in the long run for those that remain in rural areas. For the foreseeable future, agriculture will play an important role in alleviating poverty and sustaining growth in rural areas. Yet, public and private transfers are not providing much of the impetus needed to raise the sector's productivity. Whether the transfers are invested in agriculture will ultimately depend on the attractiveness of the sector, which is largely determined by the policies of governments and donors. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies.

The increasing volume of remittances and public transfers in rural areas of the developing world has raised hopes that these cash inflows may serve as an effective mechanism for reducing poverty in the long term by facilitating investments and raising productivity, particularly in agriculture where market failures are most manifest. This book systematically tests the empirical relationship between cash transfers and productive spending in agriculture amongst rural households in six different countries of the developing world. Together, the studies point to little impact of migration and public and private transfers on agricultural productivity, instead facilitating a transition away from agriculture or to a less labour intensive type of agriculture.

From a policy perspective the studies raise the question of how to maintain rural economies, as migration and social assistance are unlikely to provide a sustainable way to overcome rural poverty in the long run for those that remain in rural areas. For the foreseeable future, agriculture will play an important role in alleviating poverty and sustaining growth in rural areas. Yet, public and private transfers are not providing much of the impetus needed to raise the sector's productivity. Whether the transfers are invested in agriculture will ultimately depend on the attractiveness of the sector, which is largely determined by the policies of governments and donors.

This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies.

The Essential Mathematics for Cambridge Lower Secondary Workbook 7 supports the previous Cambridge Lower Secondary Mathematics curriculum. The Workbook supplements the Student Book, with engaging exercises, summary notes for the theory required, extra questions for students to practice and apply the skills and knowledge they have gained, and space for learners to write their answers in.

After World War II, Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921-2007) published works in English and German by eminent Israeli scholars, in this way introducing them to a wider audience in Europe and North America. The series he founded for that purpose, Studia Judaica, continues to offer a platform for scholarly studies and editions that cover all eras in the history of the Jewish religion.

After World War II, Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921-2007) published works in English and German by eminent Israeli scholars, in this way introducing them to a wider audience in Europe and North America. The series he founded for that purpose, Studia Judaica, continues to offer a platform for scholarly studies and editions that cover all eras in the history of the Jewish religion.

The Essential Mathematics for Cambridge Lower Secondary 7 Student Book supports the previous Cambridge Lower Secondary Mathematics curriculum. Written by an expert author team with an experienced examiner, this series has been created for the international student. Cement understanding with theory notes, worked examples and useful hints, and reinforce knowledge and skills via engaging exercises. The text provides extensive differentiation support with 'Hints' in the margins to guide students through the more challenging aspects of the problem-solving and extension questions.

The Essential Mathematics for Cambridge Lower Secondary Workbook 9 supports the previous Cambridge Lower Secondary Mathematics curriculum. The Workbook supplements the Student Book, with engaging exercises, summary notes for the theory required, extra questions for students to practice and apply the skills and knowledge they have gained, and space for learners to write their answers in.

The Essential Mathematics for Cambridge Lower Secondary 9 Student Book supports the previous Cambridge Lower Secondary Mathematics curriculum. Written by an expert author team with an experienced examiner, this series has been created for the international student. It cements understanding with theory notes, worked examples and useful hints, and reinforces knowledge and skills via engaging exercises. The text provides extensive differentiation support with 'Hints' in the margins to guide students through the more challenging aspects of the problem-solving and extension questions.

Written to cover the AQA GCSE Mathematics A modular specification (Unit 1, Foundation), our student book targets the skills and knowledge required for the exam. Functional mathematics is integrated throughout providing an emphasis on applying mathematics in a real-life context.

Follow in the fortunes and adventures of a group of space explorers from Earth. They stumble across a new world deep in space called Aij. But is it a new beginning or the start of the end? Journey with them as they explore this new place, how they manage to overcome their fears and help another group of native creatures win their own territory and then develop a system to start democracy and create their own society. But as it starts to develop, they become reliant on the import of certain goods and devices. New species from interbreeding are created and want to be accepted into society. But beware, something is out there, watching, waiting - something evil. Politics, war, evil, love, wizardry and mythical creatures all feature - this book has everything and more besides.

The Essential Mathematics for Cambridge Lower Secondary 8 Student Book supports the previous Cambridge Lower Secondary Mathematics curriculum. Written by an expert author team with an experienced examiner, this series has been created for the international student. Cement understanding with theory notes, worked examples and useful hints, and reinforce knowledge and skills via engaging exercises. The text provides extensive differentiation support with 'Hints' in the margins to guide students through the more challenging aspects of the problem-solving and extension questions.

Impact evaluations must be embedded in the ongoing process of policy and programme design in order to be effective in influencing country policy. This is the primary lesson found in this book, which is based on the rigorous impact evaluations and country-case study analysis of government-run cash transfer programmes undertaken in eight Sub-Saharan African countries (Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa) evaluated as part of the Transfer Project and From Protection to Production Project. The impact evaluations employed mixed method approaches, including randomized controls trials (RCTs) and non-experimental designs, qualitative methods and village LEWIE-CGE modelling. Evidence presented in the book counteracts concerns around social protection creating dependency showing that unconditional cash transfers lead to a broad range of social and productive impacts, even though they are not tied to any specific behaviour.

This is a unique document published here for the first time, giving new insights into Hitler's personality and how Nazi Germany's military and intelligence apparatus operated. Published for the very first time, the top secret report "Some Weaknesses in German Strategy and Organisation 1933-1945" was prepared by Whitehall's highest intelligence body, the Joint Intelligence Committee, and presented to Britain's Chiefs of Staff in 1946 to 'set down certain aspects of the War whilst there are still sources available who were closely connected with the events described...when it is finally possible to make a balanced historical survey, some of the acutely critical moments which are vividly remembered now are likely to become confused with the passage of time, and there will be a tendency...to underestimate the great and evident strength of the German war machine'. The report encompasses the peculiar idiosyncrasies of Hitler's personality and the failures of Germany's military organisation, and charts the rise and fall of the Third Reich through 200 pages of intelligence reporting. Paul Winter sets this unique and important document in its historical setting, providing biographies of key figures referenced in the report and a timeline of the crucial events of the Second World War.

The Essential Mathematics for Cambridge Lower Secondary Workbook 8 supports the previous Cambridge Lower Secondary Mathematics curriculum. The Workbook supplements the Student Book, with engaging exercises, summary notes for the theory required, extra questions for students to practice and apply the skills and knowledge they have gained, and space for learners to write their answers in.