|
Showing 1 - 25 of
26 matches in All Departments
Innovation and standardization might seem polar opposites, but over
many years various scholars have noted close connections between
the two. This Handbook assembles a broad range of thinking on this
subject, with contributions from several disciplinary perspectives
by over 30 leading scholars and experienced practitioners.
Collectively, they summarize and synthesize the existing body of
knowledge - theory and evidence - pertaining to standards and
innovation, and provide insights into how this knowledge can be
useful to scholars, industrial strategists, policy-makers and
standards practitioners. Drawn from leading experts in several
social science disciplines, this Handbook provides new insights
into innovation processes and systems using theoretical, empirical
and applied approaches. By situating standards and standardization
as specific factors which play distinctive roles in
innovation-driven growth, it establishes that standardization
(doing things the same way) is an essential component of innovation
(doing things differently). The book also provides novel and
practical insight into how standards are incorporated into
innovation strategies and policies. Comprehensive and original,
this collection will be a vital resource for all students and
academics of social, natural and engineering science communities.
Policy-makers and practitioners will also find a wealth of
experience and knowledge within its pages.
First published in 1953, The Miners: Years of Struggle is the
official history of the British miners, which draws on original
sources, moving into the stormy period when the economic bargaining
of the million colliery employees with the mine owners became the
concern of Parliament and people. The great strike of 1921; the
stoppages of 1921 and 1926 (the latter opening with the General
Strike); and how successive administrations met those crises –
these form an historical matrix from which the present public
ownership inevitably emerged. The conflict of ideas and
personalities is shown as part of the struggles of these stormy
times. This book will be of interest to students of history,
sociology, economics and political science.
First published in 1975, South Wales Miners starts with the War of
Empires, when nearly 50,000 Welsh miners, almost one-fifth of the
total manpower of their coalfield, responded to the call and
voluntarily enlisted in the British armed forces. The author
uncovers how the coalowners in the meantime took advantage of the
war emergency to deny the remaining miners a fair recompense for
their toil and of the bitter strife that followed. The book tells
the story of what led up to the General Strike and here the author
uses hitherto hidden sources of information. The picture is
revealed of what was a virtual conspiracy between the
Baldwin-Churchill Government and the mineowners, not only to cut
wages and lengthen hours, but to cripple British trade unionism.
When the miners held out through a seven-month lockout the efforts
of these highly placed conspirators recoiled on their own heads and
on the whole economy of British Empire. This book will be of
interest to students of history, labour studies, economics and
political science.
First published in 1967, South Wales Miners: Glowyr de Cymru is a
vivid portrayal of contending personalities in the generation
before the first world war, often set forth in their own words.
Outstanding amongst them are the founder of the Labour Party., Keir
Hardie and the young Liberal politician Winston Churchill whose
successive ministerial duties brought him into close relation with
the miners of South Wales. Out of the almost insurrectionary
situation of 1910 in Glamorgan there has come a widespread belief
that Churchill was responsible for the shooting down of Welsh
miners and that Tonypandy in the Rhondda was once a scene of
massacre. In destroying this picturesque myth, Page Arnot uncovers
an array of facts that are stranger than this long-lived fiction
and also richer in their interplay of personalities. Here, soberly,
recorded, are the facts that could make a chronicle play with
dramatis personae ranging from Monarch and Minister to mineowners
and working miners who daily lives create the tensions of the time.
Their national characteristics and their exceptional conditions, at
home or in chapel, underground or on the surface, form one side of
the picture, of which the other is furnished by the entrenched
position of the associated coal owners. This book will be of
interest to students of history, economics and labour studies.
First published in 1961, The Miners in Crisis and War: A History of
Miners' Federation of Great Britain from 1930 Onwards tells the
story of two sharply contrasting periods, of world crisis and of
world war. The story begins with the Minders' Federation fallen
upon evil days, diminished in numbers, shorn of its former powers
of national wage negotiation, divided in counsel and almost whelmed
beneath the seismic waves of world economic crisis. Unemployment
prevailed, greater than at any time before. The sudden collapse of
the cabinet, the formation of the four-party coalition, and the
rout of the Labour Party in 1931 shattered these hopes. The climb
from the economic abyss of the early thirties is made against a
sombre background of the spread of fascism and the approach of war.
Then, during the war, the British coal industry and its workers
encounter a series of rapid changes, both for better and for worse.
The whole main purpose of their trade unions, to maintain and
improve the standard of life, is conditioned by the six-year war to
such an extent that all come to be merged in a single national
union a few months before victory. Thus, in circumstances utterly
unforeseen, the old Miners' Federation, now once more built up in
its numbers and in its powers comes to an end after an existence of
fifty-five years. This book will be of interest to students of
history, sociology, economics and political science.
First published in 1955, A History of the Scottish Miners recounts
the peculiar circumstances of the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, and the laws that placed the miners under conditions
unique in Europe. Carrying onto the nineteenth century, the author
deals with the first trade unions, the period of Alexander McDonald
and Keir Hardie, ending in the great strike of 1894 and the
formation of the Scottish Miners' Federation, embracing eight
county associations. From 1894 onwards, Robert Smillie led the
Scots in good times and bad, up to the ordeal of the First World
War. The effect in Scotland of the great lockouts of 1921 and 1926,
with Robert Smillie no longer chairman of the British miners but
still the leader in Scotland, is set out in detail. Then after a
time of troubles, the Scots miners developed their organisations
during the war and, before its end, under new leaders, they
achieved a single union for Scotland. This book will be of interest
to students of history, sociology, economics and political science.
Robert Page writes with a special kind of freedom and authority
about the development of his relationship with God. In an age
dominated by spin, the cult of celebrity, materialism, skepticism
and cynicism, he speaks without fear for his professional standing
is neither learned academic nor theologian. He is a self-confessed
Ordinary Joe whose life has taken some extraordinary turns. He
addresses subjects which have relevance for all of us, whatever our
beliefs. They include the acceptance of personal responsibility;
why we need to do more than eliminate what is undesirable from our
speech and actions; how we must embrace a policy of rigorous
self-honesty if we are to progress in our spiritual lives; and, why
we can do no other than to love our neighbor and God exactly as we
love ourselves and our many unrecognized encounters with God and
His sometimes surprising agents of personal growth.
Having been completely bored by some unimaginative and starchy
stories his granddaughter brought home from school, Michael
Mackriell decided to write Eleven Quirky Bedtime Stories to promote
laughter, amazement, disbelief and explore the amazing realm of
imagination where anything and everything is possible and where
people, animals, situations and objects inhabit a world with no
boundaries. The stories are imaginatively illustrated throughout by
Robert Page.
When first launched, the ground-breaking Lovers' Guide (film)
revolutionised attitudes to sex with unprecedented frankness and
reliability in its approach to advice on sex and relationship. It
has helped millions of people around the world broaden their sexual
horizons, deepen their pleasure and enrich their relationships. The
Lovers' Guide is the undisputed world's number one international
brand in the crucial area of human intimacy. Now, The Lovers' Guide
expands its appeal and availability with this comprehensive and
fully-revised Encyclopedia. It provides a wide-ranging guide to all
aspects of sex and sexuality. From pillow books to prostitution,
libido to body language, hormones to pheromones - all the
information you will ever need is here. This book is designed in a
user-friendly format, making the information as accessible as it is
authoritative, and lavishly illustrated. The Lovers' Guide
Encyclopedia will reveal for you how sex has influenced and been
influenced by developments and differences down the centuries and
across a range of cultures. It represents a major step in the
sexual revolution, heralding a new era of enhanced sexual knowledge
and reflecting a new level of sexual freedom. This new edition will
give you insights into the sheer range of forms of sexual
expression and inspire you to explore your sexual responsiveness.
It will help you release your sexual imagination, enabling you to
enjoy your intimate life as never before.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
"THE WORLD'S BESTSELLING SEX GUIDE EVER" - The Guardian The Lovers'
Guide is the most frank, informative and visually explicit guide to
lovemaking ever published. It shows young couples how to take the
first steps towards sexual intimacy with loving care and
confidence, and experienced partners how to revive and improve
their lovemaking techniques. Its topics include: DESIRE, AROUSAL,
COMMUNICATION, OVERCOMING SHYNESS, FIRST NIGHTS TOGETHER, CREATIVE
FOREPLAY, SENSUAL MASSAGE, PLEASURING ONE ANOTHER, ORAL SEX,
LOVEMAKING POSITIONS, OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES, SAFER SEX, KEEPING
SEX ALIVE, REDISCOVERING INTIMACY "THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FINDING
FULFILLMENT" Daily Star
|
77 (Paperback)
Robert Page
|
R469
Discovery Miles 4 690
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
A student saves a woman's life with an act of spectacular bravery.
Though she is initially the incarnation of David Andrews' every
fantasy, 22 months later he has to face a darker reality: "She had
brought him from death to life, from emptiness to fullness: to the
death that is emptiness she had returned him." So begins 28 years
in which the brilliant medical career expected of David does not
materialize; a consolation marriage fails; and alcohol first curses
his life then lays a blessing on it. At their end chance confronts
him with Kate Harper-Jones, the woman he believes robbed him by
treachery of the life she gave him... and he learns the truth of
what really happened.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
My life story and the history of the family so far
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
|