Carti 1992

Wells Colin

The Roman Empire

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 1992

This history of the Roman Empire has three purposes: to describe what was happening in the central administration of the Empire; to indicate how life went on in Italy and the provinces, in the towns, countryside and army camps; and to show how these two different worlds impinged on each other. Page dim. 196 x 130 x 27 Weight: 294 grams

Fiddes Nick (University of Edinburgh UK)

Meat A Natural Symbol

Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 1992

This book is a broad-ranging and provocative study of the human passion for meat. It will intrigue anyone who has ever wondered why meat is important to us; why we eat some animals but not others; why vegetarianism is increasing; why we aren't cannibals; and how meat is associated with environmental destruction.

Brown Allan

Groupwork

Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 1992

This highly successful book on groupwork practice, first published in 1979, has become a standard introductory text on most social work training courses. It is very popular with social workers, whatever their agency setting, and is also used by health visitors, youth workers and the voluntary sector. This new enlarged and revised third edition includes two new additional chapters. The first of these addresses the issue of groupwork in day and residential centres where special kinds of group skills are required in addition to those already well established for fieldwork groups. The second new chapter attempts to understand the significance of race and gender in groupwork and to begin to develop a framework for anti-discriminatory practice. All key sections from previous editions have been retained and updated, while those on group composition, open groups, co-working and consultation have been extended and revised to give more comprehensive coverage. The bibliography has also been developed to include the most recent additions to the groupwork literature, including many articles from the journal Groupwork for which Allan Brown is co-editor.

Fitzgerald F. Scott

The Great Gatsby

Editura: Wordsworth Editions Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 1992

Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties", and a devastating expose of the "Jazz Age". Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him.

Martin L. H., Purkiss J. A.

Concrete Design to EN 1992

Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2005

The transition from national standards for concrete structural design to Eurocode EN 1992 is the biggest change to concrete design for decades.This new edition of Concrete Design explains the key differences between BS8110 and EN1992, and teaches the fundamentals of the design of concrete structures to comply with the Eurocodes.With many illustrations and worked examples, this accessible textbook teaches the essentials of concrete design to EN1992 to students and professionals alike.

Ogden Thomas

The Primitive Edge of Experience

Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 1992

This book is concerned with the primitive edge of human experience. It explores the idea that human experience is the product of the dialectical interplay of three modes of generating experience: the depressive, the paranoid-schizoid, and the autistic-contiguous. Page dim. 231 x 150 x 15 Weight: 364 grams

Kautilya

ARTHASHASTRA

Editura: Penguin Random House India

Anul aparitiei: 1992

An extraordinary detailed manual on statecraft and the science of living by one of classical India's greatest minds; Kautilya; also known as Chanakya and Vishnugupta; wrote the Arthashastra not later than 150 AD though the date has not been conclusively established. Legend has it that he was either a Brahmin from Kerala or from north India; however; it is certain that Kautilya was the man who destroyed the Nanda dynasty and installed Chandragupta Maurya as the King of Magadha. A master strategist who was well-versed in the Vedas and adept at creating intrigues and devising political stratagems; Kautilya's genius is reflected in his Arthashastra which is the most comprehensive treatise of statecraft of classical times. The text contains fifteen books which cover numerous topics viz.; the King; a complete code of law; foreign policy; secret and occult practices and so on. The Arthashastra is written mainly in prose but also incorporates 380 shlokas. Artha; literally wealth; is one of four supreme aims prescribed by Hindu tradition. However; it has a much wider significance and the material well-being of individuals is just a part of it. In accordance with this; Kautilya's ...

Faccioli Ezio, Fardis Michael N., Alnashai Amr S., Carvalho Eduardo, Plumier Andre, Pinto Paolo, Gulvanessian Haig

Designers' Guide to Eurocode 8: Design of buildings for earthquake resistance General rules, seismic actions and rules for buildings, foundations, retaining structures and geotechnical aspects. EN 1998-1 and -5

Editura: ICE Publishing

Anul aparitiei: 2005

This series of Designers Guides to the Eurocodes provides comprehensive guidance in the form of design aids, indications for the most convenient design procedures and worked examples. The books also include background information to aid the designer in understanding the reasoning behind and the objectives of the codes. All of the individual guides work in conjunction with the Designers' Guide to EN1990 Eurocode: Basis of Structural Design. All aspects of seismic design are covered in Designers' Guide to EN 1998-1 and 1998-5 Eurocode 8: Design provisions for earthquake resistant structures. General rules, seismic actions and rules for buildings, instead of being distributed across the Eurocodes on actions (EN 1991), design with specific materials (EN 1992 - 1996) or geographical design (EN 1997). This was for the convenience of countries with very low seismicity, as they may not need to apply Eurocode 8 at all. This present Designers' Guide covers EN1998-1 (General Rules, seismic actions and rules for buildings) and EN1998-5 (Foundations, retaining structures, geotechnical aspects), both published by CEN at the end of 2004. These two parts of Eurocode 8 will be included, as service ...

Dingle Christopher, Simeone Nigel

Olivier Messiaen: Music, Art and Literature

Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2007

When Olivier Messiaen died in 1992, the prevailing image was of a man apart; a deeply religious man whose only sources of inspiration were God and Nature and a composer whose music progressed along an entirely individual path, artistically impervious to contemporaneous events and the whims both of his contemporaries and the critics. Whilst such a view contains a large element of truth, the past ten years has seen an explosion of interest in the composer, and the work of a diverse range of scholars has painted a much richer, more complex picture of Messiaen. This volume presents some of the fruits of this research for the first time, concentrating on three broad, interrelated areas: Messiaen's relationship with fellow artists; key developments in the composer's musical language and technique; and his influences, both sacred and secular. The volume assesses Messiaen's position as a creative artist of the twentieth century in the light of the latest research. In the process, it identifies some of the key myths, confusions and exaggerations surrounding the composer which often mask equally remarkable truths. In attempting to reveal some of those truths, the essays elucidate a little of ...

Gulvanessian Haig, Formichi Paolo, Calgaro Jean-Armand, Harding Geoffrey J.

Designers' Guide to Eurocode 1: Actions on buildings EN 1991-1-1 and -1-3 to -1-7

Editura: ICE Publishing

Anul aparitiei: 2009

Eurocode 1, EN 1991: Actions on Structures , is made up of four main parts. These parts provide comprehensive information and guidance on all the actions it is normally necessary to consider in the design of building and civil engineering structures. The first of these parts, EN 1991-1: General actions, is divided into seven sub-parts. In Designers' Guide to Eurocode 1: Actions on buildings the authors explain and include commentary on the clauses within the sub-parts of EN 1991-1, providing guidance on the interpretation and use of the clauses when considering the following actions on buildings: 1-1: Densities, self-weight and imposed loads 1-3: Snow loads 1-4: Wind actions 1-5: Thermal actions 1-6: Actions during execution 1-7: Accidental actions All clauses are to be used alongside the basic overall principles given in EN 1990, and EN 1992-99 as appropriate, for design and verification.

Doel Mark, Marsh Peter

Task-Centred Social Work

Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 1992

Task-centred practice is a forward thinking, goal-orientated approach to social work. It is a practice-based approach built on research which reflects the new mood being developed in the social work field, and it has now been successfully used in a wide variety of settings and circumstances. The theme of Task-Centred Social Work is partnership; exploring the principles on which task-centred practice is based, while offering clear and practical guidance for work, whether with people who seek help with social problems, or with those who are 'involuntary clients'. The book describes in detail the sequence of work to help clients move from present problems to future goals. This is illustrated by a case study which runs through the chapters and uses an imaginative recording style. Checklists and bibliographies are also used to aid understanding. The authors respond to the model's critics and explore both the scope and the limitations of the task-centred practice. Social professionals, whether working in practice or in training settings will find this book an invaluable aid to the development of successful social practice work.

Singh Bhubhindar

Reconstructing Japan's Security The Role of Military Crises

Editura: Edinburgh University Press

Anul aparitiei: 2020

Systematically analyses the impact of external military crises on Japanese security policy expansion in the post-Cold War period. Focuses on the widening of Japan's security posture in external security affairs and investigates the causes of this critical change Identifies the external military crisis as a critical determinant of change in Japanese security policy Unpacks the deep structures within the Japanese decision-making processes, especially during and after military crises Examines five key military crises in detail: the 1990-1 Persian Gulf War; the 1994 North Korean Nuclear Crisis; the 1996 Taiwan Straits Crisis, the 1998 Taepodong Crisis; and 2001 September 11 attacks that led to the US-led war against terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq Draws on over 70 interviews the author has conducted with officials, former officials, and academics in universities and think tanks in Japan, the United States, South Korea and Singapore, including officials who were directly involved in the crisis decision-making process This book is a detailed study of the role that external military crises played in the development and growth of Japanese security policies in the period following the ...

Pons Silvio

Stalin and the Inevitable War, 1936-1941

Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2014

This is a study of the responses of the Soviet Union to the European crises which led to World War II. It is based on a substantial body of political and diplomatic documents that has become accessible to scholars since the opening up of former Soviet archives in 1992.

Pang Alvin

When the Barbarians Arrive

Editura: Arc Publications

Anul aparitiei: 2012

When the Barbarians Arrive comprises poems from three published collections - Testing the Silence (1997), City of Rain (2003) and What Gives Us Our Names (2011) - together with a body of new and uncollected poems by one of Singapore's most exciting and visible poets of the post-1965 generation. Ranging from unsentimental love poems to sharply satirical writing and audacious medleys, here are poems wry and shrewd, intelligent and sensitive, generous and playful, yet full of paradox; poems that pry, celebrate and unsettle. This is Alvin Pang's first full-length UK publication. [Pang's] poetry adds a rich and complex presence to the critical mass of urban literature now fully emergent from Singapore. His poems, at once recognizably national and international in reach, offer a fresh edgy energy to this tradition. Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Winner of the Commonwealth Poetry Prize 1992

Faustina Bama (Well-known Dalit Writer/Activist)

Karukku

Editura: OUP India

Anul aparitiei: 2014

In 1992 when a Dalit woman left the convent and wrote her autobiography, the Tamil publishing industry found her language unacceptable. So Bama Faustina published her milestone work Karukku privately in 1992-a passionate and important mix of history, sociology, and the strength to remember. Karukku broke barriers of tradition in more ways than one. The first autobiography by a Dalit woman writer and a classic of subaltern writing, it is a bold and poignant tale of life outside mainstream Indian thought and function. Revolving around the main theme of caste oppression within the Catholic Church, it portrays the tension between the self and the community, and presents Bama's life as a process of self-reflection and recovery from social and institutional betrayal. The English translation, first published in 2000 and recognized as a new alphabet of experience, pushed Dalit writing into high relief. This second edition includes a Postscript in which Bama relives the dramatic movement of her leave-taking from her chosen vocation and a special note 'Ten Years Later'.

Robertson Willie

Michael Ball The Biography

Editura: John Blake Publishing Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2015

Michael Ball is more than a Laurence Olivier Award winner and multiplatinum recording artist; he holds the unique status of being Britain's foremost musical theatre actor. Testimony to his success is the huge cult following he has built ...not least among theatre audiences. From his debut in London's West End, with a superb performance in the original 1985 cast of Les Miserables, to unqualified acclaim in Aspects Of Love, Passion, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and more recently in Hairspray and Sweeney Todd. Michael's silky smooth voice and boyish charms have seduced audiences everywhere, a popularity that has led to more than 15 sought-after solo albums and the hit single 'Love Changes Everything'. Television and radio have not been slow in courting his talents, from his first flirtation with the small screen and a rather embarrassing appearance in the ITV soap Coronation Street to hosting his own successful chat shows. He even represented Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992. Andrew Lloyd Webber, understated as ever, joked: 'He's a top man at what he does - and he has a rather nice taste in Savile Row suits.' But there is so much more to Michael than curly-haired smiles and ...

Hanscombe Alex

Letting Go A True Story of Murder, Loss and Survival by Rachel Nickell's Son

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2017

Alex Hanscombe's powerful, inspirational account as seen on This Morning, BBC Breakfast, Newsnight and in The Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday and The Sun. 'I was the most famous child in the British Isles...' The stunning and heartbreaking story of the young son of Rachel Nickell - who witnessed the brutal attack on his mother and whose childhood was shaped by the media storm that followed. A coming-of-age story that begins with a tragedy but ends in optimism, forgiveness and peace. On a beautiful July morning in 1992, just three weeks before his third birthday, Alex Hanscombe and his young mother, Rachel Nickell, went walking on Wimbledon Common. Life was never the same again. Shortly after ten o'clock that morning, Alex was discovered by the side of his mother's body - she had been assaulted, stabbed forty-nine times in a frenzied attack, and left dead. Alex was the only witness to the attack. Letting Go is Alex's heartbreaking account of that morning, the aftermath, and the devastating effect on his father, the extended family and the wider community. Alex tells the story of the resulting media storm, the legal cases following and the peace and understanding that he has now ...

Barca Pedro Calderon de la

Painter of Dishonour

Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Anul aparitiei: 1992

This translation of one of Calderón's greatest plays was premiered by the RSC. An ageing painter is driven to double vengeance when his young bride's lover returns from the dead. Cast size: 16

ALEXANDER JOSS

MY ONCE & FUTURE LOVERS

Editura: MEMOIRS PUBLISHING

Anul aparitiei: 2017

"An intellectual pioneer and prolific writer, Steady's much-awaited autobiography is a goldmine for knowledge seekers and a boon to generations of students and scholars she mentored and inspired across continents." - Professor Oyeronke Oyewumi, Stony Brook University, USA. Born into a global family, as she puts it, Filomina Steady, Professor Emerita of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, has won awards on both sides of the Atlantic for her work in gender and culture, women's rights and the African Diaspora. An Oxford University PhD graduate, she has taught at several American universities as well as the University of Sierra Leone. A former Deputy Director of the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women in Vienna, Austria, she has served as a Special Advisor to several agencies of the United Nations including on Women, Environment and Development to the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. She has contributed to four international plans of action for gender equality and the advancement of women, authored several books, monographs and articles, and given keynote addresses and presented papers at international conferences. She describes this memoir as her ...

Facing New York

Editura: Dewi Lewis Publishing

Anul aparitiei: 2019

Bruce Gilden has always had a fascination with what he calls characters . So, for Bruce, New York, with its famous idiosyncratic citizenry and the unique energy of its streets, proved to be a giant creative playground. Originally published in 1992 and long out of print, 'Facing New York' has become a recognised photobook classic. For this new edition Bruce has replaced two images, of which he says that he just can t understand why they didn t make his original selection.