Peter Hall and Colin Ward wrote Sociable Cities to celebrate the centenary of publication of Ebenezer Howard's To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform in 1998 - an event they then marked by co-editing (with Dennis Hardy) the magnificent annotated facsimile edition of Howard's original, long lost a[...]
The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This dramatization of George Orwell's "Animal Farm" comes with lyrics by Adrian Mitchell and music by Richard Peaslee.[...]
"Cities of Tomorrow" is a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. A critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and [...]
Hadrian's Wall was a small part of the thousands of miles of Roman frontiers, but presents the most magnificent spectacle. Its 90-mile length was conceived on a grand scale, with a stone wall 10 Roman feet thick and 15 high, and has been the subject of research for four centuries. There is, however,[...]
Beautifully illustrated and clearly presented, The Butterflies of Canada is an indispensable guide to all aspects of butterfly study. Butterfly collecting has long been a popular summer activity, and as the growing popularity of butterfly watching and conservatories in Ontario and British Columbia [...]
Just as film, art, music, and literature have the power to move people, Stefan Sagmeister's innovative work shows that graphic design can also cut to the emotional core. Stefan's desire is to transform stale thinking and "Sagmeister: Made You Look" will do just that. Fully illustrated, with a red PV[...]
Peter Hall's seminal Cities of Tomorrow remains an unrivalled account of the history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it.[...]
Foreword by Dan Stevens 'A Masterchef's tips for cooking up a theatrical feast.' Legendary director and founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company Peter Hall asserts that 'Shakespeare tells the actor when to go fast and when to go slow; when to pause, when to come in on cue and when to accent a word.[...]
Tyrfing er et forhekset sverd! Sverdet er også det eneste våpenet som kan drepe kongen. Mørke makter jakter på det forheksede sverdet. Bjarke, en trofast tjener av kongen, prøver å finne sverdet først. Med seg på sin vei får han hjelp av flere, ikke minst av bondegutten Knøtten og av sla[...]
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Why are some societies more successful than others at promoting individual and collective well-being? This book integrates recent research in social epidemiology with broader perspectives in social science to explore why some societies are more successful than others at securing population health. I[...]
Get ready for the tidal wave of "body centric" electronic systems that will take mobile communications and computing to new heights! Now in a newly updated and revised edition, this timely resource provides you with complete and current details on the theory, design, and applications of wireless ant[...]
This is the fifth edition of the classic text for students of urban and regional planning. It gives an historical overview of the developments and changes in the theory and practice of planning, throughout the entire twentieth century. This extensively revised edition follows the successful format o[...]
In this "pathology of planning," Peter Hall briskly recounts the histories of five great planning disasters and two near-disasters and analyzes the decisions of the professional bureaucrats, community activists, and politicians involved in the planning process. He draws on an eclectic body of theory[...]
John Maynard Keynes once observed that the 'ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood'. The contributors to this volume take that assertion seriously. In a full-scale study of the impact of Keynesia[...]
This second edition has been thoroughly updated to include recent advances and developments in the field of fermentation technology, focusing on industrial applications. The book now covers new aspects such as recombinant DNA techniques in the improvement of industrial micro-organisms, and includes [...]
Philanthropy and voluntarism are among the most familiar and least understood of American institutions. The oldest American nonprofit corporation -- Harvard College -- dates from 1636, but most of the million or so nonprofits currently in existence were established after 1960. In "Inventing the Nonp[...]
Using the unifying valuation framework based on the Law of One Price, top researchers Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo set the new standard for corporate finance textbooks. Corporate Finance blends coverage of time-tested principles and the latest advancements with the practical perspective of the fi[...]
This third edition of 'Teaching Children Gymnastics' will help you tailor a gymnastics programme to your teaching situation while combining the best facets of developmental skills and health-related fitness based on characteristics of body, space, effort and relationships. The authors' guide you [...]