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A secret organization ruthlessly seeks power over supernatural
terrors in this globe-trotting anthology of arcane mystery and
adventure, from the bestselling world of Arkham Horror Beyond our
world lies another, one full of paranormal forces and eldritch
horrors, and once that membrane has been pierced, life can never be
the same again. In every corner of the globe, a secret
international organization is seizing objects of extreme
supernatural power. They declare themselves defenders of humanity,
fighting off the darkness which presses against the veil shrouding
our reality from the unknowable. But do their claims of altruism
ring true? And should a shadowy cabal be permitted to wield such
power alone? From the world of Arkham Horror comes an exciting new
anthology that delves into the mysterious Red Coterie and those who
seek to stop them.
The author of more than 50 books - 125 million copies in print -
Clive Cussler is the current grandmaster of adventure literature.
Dirk Pitt, the sea-loving protagonist of 22 of Cussler's novels,
remains among the most popular and influential adventure series
heroes of the past half-century. This first critical review of
Cussler's work features an overview of Pitt, the supporting
characters and other heroes, an examination of Cussler's themes and
influences, a review of his most important adventures, such as
Raise the Titanic! and Iceberg, and a look at adaptations of his
work in other media. Cussler joins the pantheon of such acclaimed
adventure writers as Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and
Ian Fleming, and this overdue volume demonstrates that beneath
Cussler's immense popularity lies a literary depth that well merits
scholarly attention.
John Maynard Keynes was the most influential economist of the 20th
Century, whose doctrines had a huge impact on American prosperity
in the years following the Second World War. This new book by John
Philip Jones describes the main features of Keynes's work,
including the fiscal and monetary policies he recommended, together
with a detailed tracking of how his theories played out in the
American economy. The book focuses on each individual aspect of
Keynes's doctrines: his revolutionary emphasis on the economy as a
whole (the study that would later become known as macroeconomics);
consumer demand and where it leads; investment demand and where it
leads; the rate of interest and the influence of monetary policy;
the role of government in controlling fiscal policy; and the
overarching importance of expectations, optimism and pessimism. The
book concludes with the seven major lessons drawn from the American
economy in the latter half of the 20th Century and how these
lessons were forecast by Keynes. An excellent introduction to
Keynes and his legacy for students and non-specialist members of
the public who want to know more about how the economy is
controlled and stimulated, it is also of considerable interest to
students of modern economic history.
John Maynard Keynes was the most influential economist of the 20th
Century, whose doctrines had a huge impact on American prosperity
in the years following the Second World War. This new book by John
Philip Jones describes the main features of Keynes's work,
including the fiscal and monetary policies he recommended, together
with a detailed tracking of how his theories played out in the
American economy. The book focuses on each individual aspect of
Keynes's doctrines: his revolutionary emphasis on the economy as a
whole (the study that would later become known as macroeconomics);
consumer demand and where it leads; investment demand and where it
leads; the rate of interest and the influence of monetary policy;
the role of government in controlling fiscal policy; and the
overarching importance of expectations, optimism and pessimism. The
book concludes with the seven major lessons drawn from the American
economy in the latter half of the 20th Century and how these
lessons were forecast by Keynes. An excellent introduction to
Keynes and his legacy for students and non-specialist members of
the public who want to know more about how the economy is
controlled and stimulated, it is also of considerable interest to
students of modern economic history.
Focused content, layout and price - Routledge competes and wins in
relation to all of these factors - Craig Lind, University of
Sussex, UK The best value and best format books on the market. - Ed
Bates, Southampton University, UK Routledge Student Statutes
present all the legislation students need in one easy-to-use
volume. Developed in response to feedback from lecturers and
students, this book offer a fully up-to-date, comprehensive, and
clearly presented collection of legislation - ideal for LLB and GDL
course and exam use. Routledge Student Statutes are: Exam Friendly:
un-annotated and conforming to exam regulations Tailored to fit
your course: 80% of lecturers we surveyed agree that Routledge
Student Statutes match their course and cover the relevant
legislation Trustworthy: Routledge Student Statutes are compiled by
subject experts, updated annually and have been developed to meet
student needs through extensive market research Easy to use: a
clear text design, comprehensive table of contents, multiple
indexes and highlighted amendments to the law make these books the
most student-friendly Statutes on the market Competitively Priced:
Routledge Student Statutes offer content and usability rated as
good or better than our major competitor, but at a more competitive
price Supported by a Companion Website: presenting scenario
questions for interpreting Statutes, annotated web links, and
multiple-choice questions, these resources are designed to help
students to be confident and prepared.
Pakistan’s 2018 general elections marked the second successful
transfer of power from one elected civilian government to
another—a remarkable achievement considering the country’s
history of dictatorial rule. Pakistan’s Political Parties
examines how the civilian side of the state’s current regime has
survived the transition to democracy, providing critical insight
into the evolution of political parties in Pakistan and their role
in developing democracies in general. Pakistan’s numerous
political parties span the ideological spectrum, as well as
represent diverse regional, ethnic, and religious constituencies.
The essays in this volume explore the way in which these parties
both contend and work with Pakistan’s military-bureaucratic
establishment to assert and expand their power. Researchers use
interviews, surveys, data, and ethnography to illuminate the
internal dynamics and motivations of these groups and the
mechanisms through which they create policy and influence state and
society. Pakistan’s Political Parties is a one-of-a-kind resource
for diplomats, policymakers, journalists, and scholars searching
for a comprehensive overview of Pakistan’s party system and its
unlikely survival against an interventionist military, with
insights that extend far beyond the region.
"John Philip Jones belongs to an elite group of intellectual adventurers searching for true meaning in an increasingly complex communication industry. Anyone involved in understanding how brands are born and nurtured should follow his work with keen interest." ?Andy Fenning, Executive Vice President, Director of Strategic Development, J. Walter Thompson, New York "John Philip Jones is a name you know . . . . with opinions you value . . . . and updated and current information. Here is everything you need to know about advertising." ?Don E. Schultz, President, Agora, Inc, Northwestern University John Philip Jones, best-selling author of What?s In a Name? Advertising and the Concept of Brands and When Ads Work: New Proof that Advertising Triggers Sales, has compiled a comprehensive guide to the 77 key organizations and publications in the field of advertising and marketing communications. Entries are arranged alphabetically for easy access and include a thorough description of each organization?s purpose, activity, and contact information. The collection is balanced among industry trade organizations (American Association of Advertising Agencies), research organizations (Marketing Science Institute), academic organizations (American Academy of Advertising), and pro-social organizations (Partnership for a Drug-Free America)., With 27 entries from outside of the United States, the collection is global in scope. Key publications such as AdWeek, Advertising Age, and AdMap are also included. This resource guide is the fifth and final volume of a series edited by John Philip Jones that comprises an essential advertising library. - How Advertising Works: The Role of Research
- The Advertising Business
- How to Use Advertising to Build Strong Brands
- International Advertising: Realities and Myths
- Advertising Organizations and Publications
'Focused content, layout and price - Routledge competes and wins in
relation to all of these factors' - Craig Lind, University of
Sussex, UK 'The best value and best format books on the market.' -
Ed Bates, Southampton University, UK Routledge Student Statutes
present all the legislation students need in one easy-to-use
volume. Developed in response to feedback from lecturers and
students, this book offer a fully up-to-date, comprehensive, and
clearly presented collection of legislation - ideal for LLB and GDL
course and exam use. Routledge Student Statutes are: * Exam
Friendly: un-annotated and conforming to exam regulations *
Tailored to fit your course: 80% of lecturers we surveyed agree
that Routledge Student Statutes match their course and cover the
relevant legislation * Trustworthy: Routledge Student Statutes are
compiled by subject experts, updated annually and have been
developed to meet student needs through extensive market research *
Easy to use: a clear text design, comprehensive table of contents,
multiple indexes and highlighted amendments to the law make these
books the most student-friendly Statutes on the market
Competitively Priced: Routledge Student Statutes offer content and
usability rated as good or better than our major competitor, but at
a more competitive price * Supported by a Companion Website:
presenting scenario questions for interpreting Statutes, annotated
web links, and multiple-choice questions, these resources are
designed to help students to be confident and prepared.
Pakistan's 2018 general elections marked the second successful
transfer of power from one elected civilian government to another-a
remarkable achievement considering the country's history of
dictatorial rule. Pakistan's Political Parties examines how the
civilian side of the state's current regime has survived the
transition to democracy, providing critical insight into the
evolution of political parties in Pakistan and their role in
developing democracies in general. Pakistan's numerous political
parties span the ideological spectrum, as well as represent diverse
regional, ethnic, and religious constituencies. The essays in this
volume explore the way in which these parties both contend and work
with Pakistan's military-bureaucratic establishment to assert and
expand their power. Researchers use interviews, surveys, data, and
ethnography to illuminate the internal dynamics and motivations of
these groups and the mechanisms through which they create policy
and influence state and society. Pakistan's Political Parties is a
one-of-a-kind resource for diplomats, policymakers, journalists,
and scholars searching for a comprehensive overview of Pakistan's
party system and its unlikely survival against an interventionist
military, with insights that extend far beyond the region.
Italy in the Middle Ages was unique among the countries of Europe
in recreating, in a changed environment, the urban civilization of
antiquity - the society, culture, and political formations of
city-states. This book examines the origins and nature of this
phenomenon from the fall of Rome to the eve of its consummation,
the Italian Renaissance. The explanation is sought in Italy's
singular `double existence' between two contrasted worlds - ancient
and medieval. The ancient was characterised by the total
predominance of the landed aristocracy in economy and society,
enforced through a peculiar system of city states embracing town
and country. The new medieval influences were marked by the
separation of town, country and aristocracy, by the identification
of towns with trade and a mercantile bourgeoisie, and by commercial
and proto-industrial revolution. Italy shared in both worlds. It
remained a land of cities and of an urbanized ruling class (except
in the Norman South) and re-established territorial city states;
but the staes were very different from those of antiquity, the city
leaders in the commercial revolution, and Italy itself seen as a
nation of shopkeepers, birthplace of capitalism. In this
fascinating and ground-breaking study, Philip Jones traces in
detail the tension and interaction between the two traditions,
civic and patrician, mercantile and bourgeois, through all phases
of Italian life to their culmination in two rival regimes of
communes and despots.
We are told that the future of work will be increasingly automated.
Algorithms, processing massive amounts of information at startling
speed, will lead us to a new world of effortless labour and a
post-work utopia of ever expanding leisure. But behind the gleaming
surface stands millions of workers, often in the Global South,
manually processing data for a pittance. Recent years have seen a
boom in online crowdworking platforms like Amazon's Mechanical Turk
and Clickworker, and these have become an increasingly important
source of work for millions of people. And it is these badly paid
tasks, not algorithms, that make our digital lives possible. Used
to process data for everything from the mechanics of self-driving
cars to Google image search, this is an increasingly powerful part
of the new digital economy, although one hidden and rarely spoken
of. But what happens to work when it makes itself obsolete. In this
stimulating work that blends political economy, studies of
contemporary work, and speculations on the future of capitalism,
Phil Jones looks at what this often murky and hidden form of labour
looks like, and what it says about the state of global capitalism.
A pracitcal guide to opening and strengthening your reiki channels.
Since originating in Japan in 1922, Reiki has been adapted to
cultural traditions across the world. Reiki practitioners use a
technique called palm healing or hands-on healing through which a
"universal energy" is transferred through the palms of the
practitioner to the patient in order to encourage emotional or
physical healing. Reiki is used for healing oneself and others and
for spiritual development. It works by combining two things:
initiations that awaken and open your energy channels and
techniques for using your hands, eyes, and intention to direct this
energy flow where needed. Anyone who wishes to do this work must
prepare by following particular methods and steps, all wonderfully
explained in this introductory guide. Discover why Reiki is so
unique and learn about its origins, five precepts, attunements,
basic hand positions, and special treatments created by Reiki's
founder, Mikao Usui. All the spiritual practices here have been
specifically chosen to guide readers on a path of love, light,
healing, and self-knowledge.
For almost three thousand years, Egypt and Mesopotamia were each
ruled by the single sacred office of kingship. Though
geographically near, these ancient civilizations were culturally
distinct, and scholars have historically contrasted their
respective conceptualizations of the ultimate authority, imagining
Egyptian kings as invested with cosmic power and Mesopotamian kings
as primarily political leaders. In fact, both kingdoms depended on
religious ideals and political resources to legitimate and exercise
their authority. Cross-cultural comparison reveals the
sophisticated and varied strategies that ancient kings used to
unify and govern their growing kingdoms. Experiencing Power,
Generating Authority draws on rich material records left behind by
both kingdoms, from royal monuments and icons to the written deeds
and commissions of kings. Thirteen essays provocatively juxtapose
the relationships Egyptian and Mesopotamian kings had with their
gods and religious mediators, as well as their subjects and court
officials. They also explore the ideological significance of
landscape in each kingdom, since the natural and built environment
influenced the economy, security, and cosmology of these lands. The
interplay of religion, politics, and territory is dramatized by the
everyday details of economy, trade, and governance, as well as the
social crises of war or the death of a king. Reexamining
established notions of cosmic and political rule, Experiencing
Power, Generating Authority challenges and deepens scholarly
approaches to rulership in the ancient world. Contributors:
Mehmet-Ali Atac, Miroslav Barta, Dominique Charpin, D. Bruce
Dickson, Eckart Frahm, Alan B. Lloyd, Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia,
Ludwig D. Morenz, Ellen Morris, Beate Pongratz-Leisten, Michael
Roaf, Walther Sallaberger, JoAnn Scurlock. PMIRC, volume 6
The Royal Navy Day by Day, the splendid history of the Senior
Service across 500 years, presented as a diary of daily events, has
become a familiar and much-loved part of the Royal Navy and Royal
Marines. It is the standard naval history reference book employed
daily throughout the Fleet. Here are recorded not just great
battles but also minor actions by small ships, and the service of
men and women, sailors, Royal Marines, the WRNS, aircrew,
submariners, and RFA and Merchant Navy personnel, down the
generations. It is also the Royal Navy's own story - what was done
to it by the sea, the enemy and the Admiralty - and the traditions
and customs, the quirks and eccentricities it has gathered around
itself. This book is a tribute to the Royal Navy but it is not a
company history; it records just a few of the Navy's dropped
catches and own goals which give added credibility to this very
fine record. The Royal Navy Day by Day is highly regarded in the
Royal Navy and it is issued to all HM ships and establishments.
First published in 1979, this expanded fifth edition has been
thoroughly revised and updated, and contains many fresh images.
If you have ever donated money to international aid and wondered
what it takes to deliver the aid on the ground then this is the
book for you. The dangers and high risk that sometimes accompany
the humanitarian aid workers in conflict and disaster zones. Follow
one man's journey through some of the most dangerous landscapes
helping aid organisations to remain safe while delivering vital aid
in war, post conflict and disaster zones throughout his 15-year
journey. The dangers to aid workers has never before been so acute;
the rise of violent extremist groups has shown a direct and
targeted threat to those who work in International Aid Delivery.
Executions, Kidnap and torture are all real threats, the risk of
being targeted and taken are real, yet the aid workers still
volunteer to travel to far-flung locations to deliver life-saving
aid to communities and to people they have never met and know very
little about. Follow the emotions of one man, understand his
mistakes and his personal humanity, read the terrifying detail of
several close calls on his personal safety and the lengths he went
through to ensure aid was delivered. Hear the relived accounts of
emergency evacuations, often under fire and the heartbreak of
losing one of your own with the dangers involved when recovering
the bodies of co-workers. All based on true events. Forget the
stories of those who stereo-type aid workers as tree-huggers and
do-gooders, while the work they do is for good, they are people who
put themselves in harm's way to help others, they face risks that
can end their lives, all with the motivation to help those in dire
need of support and to deliver life-saving aid, often delivering
the aid bought with your donation.
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