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Specialist historians have long known the usefulness of this 1869
book, now more easily available for anyone interested in the
history of London, its buildings, and its religious and social
world, in an enhanced edition. William Beck was a Quaker architect,
and Frederick Ball grew up in the rambling old Devonshire House
building, centre of British Quakerism at the time. Their survey of
London Quaker history was part of a mid-19th century awakening of
Friends to the significance of their own past. This facsimile
reprint contains a new introduction, by Simon Dixon PhD, author of
the thesis "Quaker Communities in London 1667-c1714," and Quaker
writer and editor Peter Daniels. Where possible, illustrations have
been inserted of the buildings described in the book, and there is
a comprehensive new index.
The fifth edition of this widely used text provides a global
overview of the major topics within human geography, including food
security and population, geopolitics and territory, inequality and
power, production, consumption, the global financial system,
governance and now a new chapter on citizenship. Substantial and
comprehensively updated chapters ensure balanced treatment across
the range of contemporary human geography.
In this collection, Peter Daniels looks at his life as an older gay
man, his London neighbourhood, his furniture, other people's
gardens and London's creatures. His distinctive voice ranges
through tight rhyming to looser meditations and prose poems, always
skilfully crafted as words to make some sense of the world.
Knowledge acquisition and organisation are central to the operation
and marketing of many service-providing organisations. These
requirements motivate the organisations' structure, their
relationships to other organisations, the location of their
operations and their entry into new markets. Because the nature of
knowledge requirements varies by service sector, as do the
organisations' structure and location, studies are necessary to
explore the nature of these contingent relationships. An
international and interdisciplinary team of leading academics
examines the special attributes of knowledge acquisition and
diffusion within and across organisations, and the consequent roles
that these structurally important firms and institutions play in
regional economic development.
As the twenty-first century begins, significant changes are occurring in the way that services and goods are produced and consumed. One of the key drivers of this change is information and communications technology (ICT). It has transformed the role of space and time in patterns of economic development, in the rise of globalisation and in the scale and structure of organisations. ICT has therefore accelerated the process of continual change and evolution that is the hallmark of both the capitalist economy and of organisations. A student-friendly account is given of the diversity of theoretical perspectives for understanding the evolving economic geography of advanced capitalist economies. A series of detailed firm and employees' case-studies from Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific, are used to inform the theoretical case-studies. These also highlight and examine the significance of the increased blurring of the distinction between services and manufacturing functions in the production and consumption process.
As the twenty-first century begins, significant changes are occurring in the way that services and goods are produced and consumed. One of the key drivers of this change is information and communications technology (ICT). It has transformed the role of space and time in patterns of economic development, in the rise of globalisation and in the scale and structure of organisations. ICT has therefore accelerated the process of continual change and evolution that is the hallmark of both the capitalist economy and of organisations. A student-friendly account is given of the diversity of theoretical perspectives for understanding the evolving economic geography of advanced capitalist economies. A series of detailed firm and employees' case-studies from Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific, are used to inform the theoretical case-studies. These also highlight and examine the significance of the increased blurring of the distinction between services and manufacturing functions in the production and consumption process.
This book provides the first interdisciplinary review of the triad of knowledge, space, economy on entering the twenty-first century. Drawing on a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, the first part of the book comprises statements drawn from leading academics on the role of knowledge in capitalism. The remaining two parts explore the landscape of knowledge capitalism through a series of analyses of knowledge in action within a range of economic, political and cultural contexts. eBook available with sample pages: 0203186109
The acquisition and management of information is central to the
operation and marketing of many service-providing firms and other
organizations. Their varied knowledge requirements influence
approaches to organizational structure, relationships to other
organizations, the location of operations, and entry into new
markets. In this book, an international and interdisciplinary team
of leading scholars examines the attributes of knowledge
acquisition and diffusion within and across service-providing
organizations. Using a variety of case examples, they pay
particular attention to the processes of internationalization and
the ways in which service-providing organizations affect regional
economic development.
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The House of the Coptic Woman
Ashraf El-Ashmawi; Translated by Peter Daniel
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A series of gruesome murders shakes the city of Casablanca. The
killer knows exactly how the police will pursue him and how to
obliterate evidence that could lead them to identify his victims.
Fear spreads throughout the city as rumors abound that a serial
killer is on the loose. Detective Hanash, despite his reputation,
has hit a dead end. But he knows the killer will make a mistake,
and it is up to him and his team to hunt down and capture this
brutal criminal. Then comes the most audacious homicide: the victim
is found on the first day of the Eid holiday, directly outside the
police headquarters in the center of town. Is the killer taunting
the police and its famous detective? And could this be the crime
that contains the clue that Hanash has been waiting for?
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Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security - 31st International Conference, SAFECOMP 2012, Magdeburg, Germany, September 25-28, 2012, Proceedings (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
Frank Ortmeier, Peter Daniel
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 31st
International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability, and
Security, SAFECOMP 2012, held in Magdeburg, Germany, in September
2012. The 33 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed
and selected from more than 70 submissions. The papers are
organized in topical sections on tools, risk analysis, testing,
quantitative analysis, security, formal methods, aeronautic,
automotive, and process. Also included are 4 case studies.
The safe and secure operation ofcomputer systems continues to be
the major issue in many applications where there is a threat to
people, the environment, investment or goodwill. Such applications
include medical devices, railway signalling, energy distribution,
vehicle control and monitoring, air traffic control, industrial
process control, telecommunications systemsand manyothers. This
book represents the proceedings of the 16th International
Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security, held in
York, UK, 7-10 September 1997. The conference reviews the state
ofthe art, experience and new trends in the areas of computer
safety, reliability and security. It forms a platform for
technology transfer between academia, industry and research
institutions. In an expanding world-wide market for safe, secure
and reliable computer systems SAFECOMP 97 provides an opportunity
for technical developers, users and legislators to exchange and
review the experience, to consider the best technologies now
available and to identify the skills and technologies required for
the future. The papers were carefully selected by the Conference
International Programme Committee. The authors of the papers come
from twelve different countries. The subjects covered include safe
software, safety cases, management & development, security,
human factors, guidelines standards & certification,
applications & industrial experience, formal methods &
models andvalidation, verification and testing. SAFECOMP '97
continues the successful series of SAFECOMP conferences first held
in 1979 in Stuttgart. SAFECOMP is organised by the European
Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems, Technical Committee 7 on
Safety, Security and Reliability (EWICS TC7).
This textbook offers a fully integrated approach to the theory and
practice of service management, exploring the operational dynamics,
management issues and business models deployed by service firms. It
builds on recent developments in service science as an
interdisciplinary research area with emphasis on integration,
adaptability, optimization, sustainability and rapid technological
adoption. The book explores seven fundamental processes that are
key to successfully managing service businesses, helping students
gain insights into: how to manage service businesses, with coverage
of both small firms and large transnationals service business
models, operations and productivity managing service employees how
service firms engage in product and process innovation marketing,
customers and service experiences internationalization of service
businesses the ongoing servitization of manufacturing This unique
textbook is an ideal resource for upper undergraduate and
postgraduate students studying service businesses and
practitioners.
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Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security - SAFECOMP 2012 Workshops: Sassur, ASCoMS, DESEC4LCCI, ERCIM/EWICS, IWDE, Magdeburg, Germany, September 25-28, 2012, Proceedings (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
Frank Ortmeier, Peter Daniel
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of 5 workshops
co-located with SAFECOMP 2012, the 31st International Conference on
Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security, held in Magdeburg,
Germany, in September 2012.
The 49 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and
selected from numerous submissions. According to the workshops
covered, the papers are organized in topical sections on: next
generation of system assurance approaches for safety-critical
systems (Sassur), architecting safety in collaborative mobile
systems (ASCoMS), dependable and secure computing for large-scale
complex critical infrastructures (DESEC4LCCI),
ERCIM/EWICS/cyberphysical systems (ERCIM/EWICS), and on digital
engineering (IWDE).
The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law provides an
authoritative and original overview of the origins, concepts, and
core issues of international law. The first comprehensive Handbook
on the history of international law, it is a truly unique
contribution to the literature of international law and relations.
Pursuing both a global and an interdisciplinary approach, the
Handbook brings together some sixty eminent scholars of
international law, legal history, and global history from all parts
of the world.
Covering international legal developments from the 15th century
until the end of World War II, the Handbook consists of over sixty
individual chapters which are arranged in six parts. The book opens
with an analysis of the principal actors in the history of
international law, namely states, peoples and nations,
international organisations and courts, and civil society actors.
Part Two is devoted to a number of key themes of the history of
international law, such as peace and war, the sovereignty of
states, hegemony, religion, and the protection of the individual
person. Part Three addresses the history of international law in
the different regions of the world (Africa and Arabia, Asia, the
Americas and the Caribbean, Europe), as well as 'encounters'
between non-European legal cultures (like those of China, Japan,
and India) and Europe which had a lasting impact on the body of
international law. Part Four examines certain forms of 'interaction
or imposition' in international law, such as diplomacy (as an
example of interaction) or colonization and domination (as an
example of imposition of law). The classical juxtaposition of the
civilized and the uncivilized is also critically studied. Part Five
is concerned with problems of the method and theory of history
writing in international law, for instance the periodisation of
international law, or Eurocentrism in the traditional
historiography of international law. The Handbook concludes with a
Part Six, entitled "People in Portrait," which explores the life
and work of twenty prominent scholars and thinkers of international
law, ranging from Muhammad al-Shaybani to Sir Hersch Lauterpacht.
The Handbook will be an invaluable resource for scholars and
students of international law. It provides historians with new
perspectives on international law, and increases the historical and
cultural awareness of scholars of international law. It aims to
become the new standard reference work for the global history of
international law.
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