Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the razing of its walls by Lysander.[...]
Work based learning facilitation, mentoring and coaching are all integral to the health care professions. Practice Based Learning in Nursing, Health and Social Care promotes effective professional learning in the workplace and helps health care professionals to develop, enhance, reflect on and chang[...]
"Scott's Shadow" is the first comprehensive account of the flowering of Scottish fiction between 1802 and 1832, when post-Enlightenment Edinburgh rivaled London as a center for literary and cultural innovation. Ian Duncan shows how Walter Scott became the central figure in these developments, and ho[...]
Statistics for Health Care Professionals is an accessible guide to understanding statistics within health care practice. Focusing on quantitative approaches to investigating problems, the book introduces the basic rules and principles of statistics. Challenging the notion that statistics are often [...]
This book describes and analyses the role of the public sector in the often-charged political atmosphere of post-1997 Hong Kong. It discusses critical constitutional, organizational and policy problems and examines their effects on relationships between government and the people.[...]
Macao has undergone a remarkable transformation since the liberalisation of the gaming industry in 2002. In this book, scholars examine the effects of massive foreign investment, the problems of governance and the increasing public policy challenges in the context of rapid change and potential socia[...]
Written by SCOTT IAN Art and cover by SAM KIETH Heavy metal icon Scott Ian, lead singer of Anthrax, makes his comics debut in this raucous Lobo tale collected from the 2-issue Prestige format miniseries! Lobo has made a new enemy: Satan. Hell's iron-fisted ruler has a serious grudge against the las[...]
More than a century after the Norman Conquest, England remains a colony of foreign warlords. The dissolute Prince John plots to seize his brother's crown, his barons terrorize the country, and the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood haunts the ancient greenwood. The secret return of King Richard and the di[...]
For the most popular of his Scottish romances, published at the end of 1817, Scott drew on the legends and historical anecdotes about Rob Roy MacGregor he had collected in his youth. The famous outlaw is only one of a series of vivid characters who cast their spell of the novel's hero, Frank Osbaldi[...]
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"Motor Cycle News"
"The most important record of racing since before I was born."
"2011 World Champion Casey Stoner"Since the first edition in 1976, MOTOCOURSE has been called "the Bible of motorcycle raci[...]
I'm the Man is the fast--paced, humorous, and revealing memoir from the man who co-founded Anthrax, the band that proved to the masses that brutality and fun didn't have to be mutually exclusive. Through various lineup shifts, label snafus, rock 'n' roll mayhem, and unforeseen circumstances galore, [...]
The third edition of this classic introduction to archaeological theory and method has been fully updated to address the burgeoning of theoretical debate throughout the discipline. Ian Hodder and Scott Hutson argue that archaeologists must bring to bear a variety of perspectives in the complex and u[...]
The third edition of this classic introduction to archaeological theory and method has been fully updated to address the burgeoning of theoretical debate throughout the discipline. Ian Hodder and Scott Hutson argue that archaeologists must bring to bear a variety of perspectives in the complex and u[...]