Beautifully illustrated first spotter's guides for 4-7 year-olds.
Beautifully illustrated first spotter's guides for 4-7 year-olds.
The must-have companion to the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch and Big Schools Birdwatch 2012. To help you track your results, it contains a spotter's guide to the most common garden birds, and is also packed full of fun facts, articles and activities for use at home or in school.[...]
Presenting the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a constantly evolving field with direct impact on organizational strategies and success, this book links numerous subjects such as strategy, marketing and ethics, encouraging a multi-disciplinary approach to an issue that touches all as[...]
The goal of this project is to detail the core, defining principles of strategic CSR that differentiate it as a concept from the rest of the CSR/sustainability/business ethics field. It is designed to be a provocative piece, but one that solidifies the intellectual framework around an emerging conce[...]
Supremely colourful, among the most voracious predators of the insect world and on the wing for more than 300 million years, dragonflies and damselflies capture the imagination in so many ways. Yet many aspects of their fascinating lives are little-known to humans. This book provides an insight into[...]
Moving beyond the binary argument between those who buy into the aims of creating liberal democratic states grounded in free markets and rule of law, and those who critique and oppose them, this timely and much-needed critical volume takes a fresh look at the liberal peace debate. In doing so, it ex[...]
The last two decades have seen the remarkable rise to dominance of human-centred understandings of the world. Indeed, it is now rare to read any analysis of insecurity, conflict or development which does not discuss the need to 'empower' or 'capacity-build' local individuals or communities. In this [...]
The last two decades have seen the remarkable rise to dominance of human-centred understandings of the world. Indeed, it is now rare to read any analysis of insecurity, conflict or development which does not discuss the need to 'empower' or 'capacity-build' local individuals or communities. In this [...]
"All About Bugs" is the perfect children's guide to the fascinating world of bugs. Leading bug expert David Chandler provides a clear and concise guide to over 65 species of British and European bug, aimed at 8-12 year olds. This title features an introduction explaining what bugs are, their differe[...]
On 21 March 1918 the Germans launched their last great offensive of World War I, code-named Michael, but popularly known as Kaiserschlacht - the Emperor's Offensive. This book provides a detailed account of the campaign, including maps of the critical stages.[...]
Osprey's examination of the battles of Jena and Auerstadt of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). Forewarned of Prussia's intention to declare war on France, Napoleon decided to strike first with a bold advance from Wurzburg into Saxony. On 14 October the double battle was fought: Napoleon with 96,000 m[...]
Osprey's examination of 'Market Garden, ' one of the most audacious, and ultimately controversial, operations of World War II (1939-1945). It was a joint penetration, by an armoured column and a large-scale airborne drop, to punch a decisive hole in the German defences. If it had succeeeded, the war[...]
Osprey's Campaign title for the battle of Tel El-Kebir of 1882. In 1881, the Egyptian army mutinied against the Khedive of Egypt and forced him to appoint Said Ahmed Arabi as Minister of War. In March 1882, Arabi was made a Pasha and from this time on acted as a dictator. Arabi demanded that the for[...]
Osprey's study of the Battles of Aspern and Wagram of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). The 1809 campaign on the Danube was to break the spell of Napoleon's invincibility. Indeed Wagram - the largest battle in history at the time - was Napoleon's revenge for his first personal defeat on the battlefie[...]
Osprey's examination of the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863) of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Following the debacle of the battle of Fredricksburg in December 1862, Burnside was replaced as commander of the Army of the Potomac by General Joseph Hooker. Having reorganised the army and improved[...]
The Battle of Crecy was the first major land battle of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453). It pitted the French army, then considered the best in Europe, and their miscellaneous allies against the English under King Edward III and the 'Black Prince', who as yet had no great military reputation; this [...]
The first battle of the desert war, Operation Compass was originally envisaged as a spoiling attack, combined with a reconnaissance in force to disrupt the Italian forces that had advanced into Egypt in September 1940. Lt Gen. Richard O'Connor launched what amounted to a British 'Blitzkrieg'. In les[...]
This military history and biography charts the career of the Duke of Marlborough and his development into being one of Britain's most successful military commanders ever.[...]
Listan ilmeisimmät ehdokkaat, kuten vakavasti uhanalainen malakanpitta tai pöllöpapukaija, istuvat samalla oksalla harjalinnun ja etelänsatakielen kaltaisten yleisemmin tavattavien ja laajemmalle levinneiden lintujen kanssa mutta ovat mukana ulkonäkönsä, lauluäänensä ja käyttäytymisensä[...]