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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.
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
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available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
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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.
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.
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.
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
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Tennis (Hardcover)
Peter Williams
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R939
Discovery Miles 9 390
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Do You Want To Optimize Your Tennis Game? Do you want to master the
game of tennis? Do you want to learn the strategies that the best
players in the world know? Do You want to conquer the mental side
of the game? When you read Tennis: Guide to Mastering Your Game-
Strategies, Equipment and Drills To Becoming A Complete Tennis
Player , your tennis game will improve steadily each day! You will
discover everything you need to know about getting better at
tennis.
The fighting on the Kokoda Track in World War II is second only to
Gallipoli in the Australian national consciousness. The Kokoda
campaign of 1942 has taken on mythical status in Australian
military history. According to the legend, Australian soldiers were
vastly outnumbered by the Japanese, who suffered great losses in
battle and as a result of the harsh conditions of the Kokoda Track.
In this important book, Peter Williams seeks to dispel the Kokoda
myth. Using extensive research and Japanese sources, he explains
what really happened on the Kokoda Track in 1942. Unlike most other
books written from an Australian perspective, The Kokoda Campaign
1942: Myth and reality focuses on the strategies, tactics and
battle plans of the Japanese and shows that the Australians were in
fact rarely outnumbered. For the first time, this book combines
narrative with careful analysis to present an undistorted picture
of the events of the campaign. It is a must-read for anyone who is
interested in the truth of the Kokoda campaign of 1942.
This book outlines the foundations for understanding modern
policing. It is an essential introduction for all policing students
and trainee police officers to the underpinning aspects of the
profession, providing a clear understanding of how the police
service is currently organised and how it fits into the wider
criminal justice system. Students are encouraged to think
critically and reflect upon core concepts such as policing by
consent, police accountability, governance and professional
standards, and it examines the challenges of policing an
increasingly global, technical and diverse world. The Professional
Policing Curriculum in Practice is a new series of books that match
the requirements of the new pre-join policing qualifications. The
texts reflect modern policing, are up-to-date and relevant, and
grounded in practice. They reflect the challenges faced by new
students, linking theory to real-life operational practice, while
addressing critical thinking and other academic skills needed for
degree-level study.
Experts of fluid dynamics agree that turbulence is nonlinear and
nonlocal. Because of a direct correspondence, nonlocality also
implies fractionality. Fractional dynamics is the physics related
to fractal (geometrical) systems and is described by fractional
calculus. Up-to-present, numerous criticisms of linear and local
theories of turbulence have been published. Nonlinearity has
established itself quite well, but so far only a very small number
of general nonlocal concepts and no concrete nonlocal turbulent
flow solutions were available. This book presents the first
analytical and numerical solutions of elementary turbulent flow
problems, mainly based on a nonlocal closure. Considerations
involve anomalous diffusion (Levy flights), fractal geometry
(fractal- , bi-fractal and multi-fractal model) and fractional
dynamics. Examples include a new 'law of the wall' and a
generalization of Kraichnan's energy-enstrophy spectrum that is in
harmony with non-extensive and non-equilibrium thermodynamics
(Tsallis thermodynamics) and experiments. Furthermore, the
presented theories of turbulence reveal critical and cooperative
phenomena in analogy with phase transitions in other physical
systems, e.g., binary fluids, para-ferromagnetic materials, etc.;
the two phases of turbulence identifying the laminar streaks and
coherent vorticity-rich structures. This book is intended, apart
from fluids specialists, for researchers in physics, as well as
applied and numerical mathematics, who would like to acquire
knowledge about alternative approaches involved in the analytical
and numerical treatment of turbulence.
Contemporary urban studies engages a wide range of approaches in
the analysis of the processes at work in urban areas. These
approaches derive from anthropology, economics, geography, history,
politics and sociology as well as from the professional experience
of town planning and architecture. Social process and the city
reflects this growing cross-disciplinary engagement. This shows the
important, problematic, role which cities in particular, and urban
change in general have played in the growth of Australia. The
overriding concern of each essay in this collection is to develop
an understanding of the ways urban areas function and an awareness
of how differing interpretations of 'urban phenomena' might be
applied. This attention to the nature of the forces at work, and
the processes these forces manifest themselves in, is extended both
empirically and conceptually. This book was first published in
1983.
This book was first published in 1986.
First published in 1975, Opening the Door is a survey of policies
and problems in services for the mentally handicapped. It describes
the improvements which have taken place since 1969, when the
inquiry into conditions of patients at Ely hospital in South Wales
stimulated public concern into the quality of life of many mentally
handicapped people in hospital. The authors discuss the continuing
gap between the idea – as laid down in the 1971 Government White
Paper, Better Services for the Mentally Handicapped, which set out
a blueprint for development in the 1980s that was to make the
antithesis of ‘hospital’ or ‘community’ obsolete – and
the reality. The study is based on detailed work in one Region by a
team of staff and postgraduate students in the Department of Social
Administration and Social Work at the University of York. The
survey covers hospital provisions, with special attention to
nursing attitudes and to problems of the ‘back wards,’ the
relationship between hospitals and their surrounding communities,
and the development of local authority social work and residential
care services. This book will be of interest to students of social
administration, social policy and health.
Sustainable Tourism is vital reading for anyone seeking to
understand the complexities associated with sustainable tourism
development, and how government and industry have responded to the
challenges the concept poses.
The major areas addressed in this edited volume are:
* perspectives and issues associated with the concept of
sustainable tourism development
* accreditation, education and interpretation, including specific
examples such as Green Globe 21, the European Blue Flag Campaign
and the WWF's PAN Parks Programme
* sustainable tourism case studies of tourist destination regions,
natural areas and tourism enterprises drawn from Africa, Australia,
the South Pacific, North America, South-east Asia and the Caribbean
An impressive international editorial team has combined to present
in this text not only a variety of perspectives on sustainable
tourism development, but also significant insights into barriers,
challenges and current industry and government responses to it in
various parts of the globe. 'Sustainable Tourism' will be a welcome
addition to the libraries of tourism industry professionals,
individuals involved in the management of natural areas; tourism
policy makers; tourism academics; and students with an interest in
the future sustainability of tourism and the industry that supports
it.
Covers both conceptual issues and case studies
Unique global perspective with multinational contributor team
Accessible yet rigorous treatment of a vital issue
Originally published in 1990 and drawing on extensive research,
this book provides an evaluation of the impact of the growth of
home ownership in the UK, and of the claims and counter-claims made
for its social significance. The book examines critically the
evidence for and against the proposition that mass home ownership
is contributing towards a more equal society. Wide-ranging in its
coverage, the book discusses the changing nature and role of home
ownership, wealth accumulation and housing, the relationship
between social class and housing tenure, and policy development.
This book deals with the social, cultural and especially political
significance of media by shifting from the usual focus on the
public sphere and publics and paying attention to populations. It
describes key moments where populations of different sorts have
been subject to formative and diverse projects of governing, in
which communication has been key. It brings together
governmentality studies with the study of media practices and
communication technologies. Chapters consider print culture and the
new political technology of individuals; digital economies as
places where populations are formed, known and managed as
productive resources; workplaces, schools, clinics and homes as
sites of governmental objectives; and how to appropriately link
communication technologies and practices with politics. Through
these chapters Philip Dearman, Cathy Greenfield and Peter Williams
demonstrate the value of considering communication in terms of the
government of populations.
This edited collection critically engages with a range of
contemporary issues in the aftermath of the North Atlantic
financial crisis that began in 2007. From challenging the erosion
of academic authority to the myth that parliamentary democracy is
not worth engaging with, it addresses three interrelated questions
facing young people today: how to reclaim our universities, how to
revitalise our democracy and how to recast politics in the 21st
century. This book emphasises the crucial importance of
generational experience as a wellspring for progressive social
change. For it is the young generations who have come of age in a
world marred by crises that are at the forefront of challenging the
status quo. With insight into new social movements and protests in
the UK, Canada, Greece and Ukraine, this stimulating collection of
works will be invaluable for those teaching, studying and
campaigning for alternatives. It will also be of relevance to
scholars in social movement studies, the sociology and anthropology
of economic life, the sociology of education, social and political
theory, and political sociology.
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