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During the first years of the twentieth century, the British plant collector and explorer Frank Kingdon Ward went on twenty-four impossibly daring expeditions throughout Tibet, China, and Southeast Asia, in search of rare and elusive species of plants. He was responsible for the discovery of numerous varieties previously unknown in Europe and America, including the legendary Tibetan blue poppy, and the introduction of their seeds into the world’s gardens. Kingdon Ward’s accounts capture all the romance of his wildly adventurous expeditions, whether he was swinging across a bottomless gorge on a cable of twisted bamboo strands or clambering across a rocky scree in fear of an impending avalanche. Drawn from writings out of print for almost seventy-five years, this new collection, edited and introduced by professional horticulturalist and House & Garden columnist Tom Christopher, returns Kingdon Ward to his deserved place in the literature of discovery and the literature of the garden.

This book focuses on the nuts and bolts of complex construction disputes and their resolution. Construction projects are highly technical long-term projects. They involve many parties, which - although supposedly committed to achieve a common goal - all have their own interests. This creates legal complexities, which increase the risk of disputes and the need for effective dispute resolution. The book covers dispute avoidance, alternative dispute resolution, arbitration, litigation, and evidence in construction disputes as well as future trends, such as the digitalised construction site and legal tech in construction disputes. It also examines construction disputes from an international perspective, giving insight into the common issues faced along the way.