When Alan Davies was growing up he seemed to drive his family mad. 'What are we going to do with you?' they would ask - as if he might know the answer. Perhaps it was because he came of age in the 1980s. That decade of big hair, greed, camp music, mass unemployment, social unrest and truly shameful [...]

'Native speakers' and 'native users' are playing the same game, sharing, as they do, the model of the Standard Language.[...]

Most people dream of packing in their humdrum city life, selling up and heading off into the unknown for a life of adventure. For Ruth Miller and Alan Davies this dream became a reality, albeit with a twist; they decided to pack in their jobs, sell their house and take on the ultimate birder's chall[...]

The finite element method is a technique for solving problems in applied science and engineering. The essence of this book is the application of the finite element method to the solution of boundary and initial-value problems posed in terms of partial differential equations. The method is developed [...]

* High quality coverage of the latest Level 3 Plumbing Studies qualification from City & Guilds and other awarding organisations * Written by experienced tutors to help prepare learners for progression into an Apprenticeship and employment.[...]