John Jones: 160 books
by John Martin, Jon Jones
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
With over 15,000 copies of previous editions sold internationally, this completely revised and updated new edition is now in full colour and destined to remain the bestselling guide to one of the world’s most stunning mountaineering hotspots.
Originally published in 1995, Sport Climbs in...
by Lisa Benton-Short, Raymond Blanton, Timothy J. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
US Public Memory, Rhetoric, and the National Mall examines “the nation’s front yard,” understanding it as both a public face the United States presents to the world and a site where its less apparent moral story is told. This book provides a uniquely thorough, interdisciplinary, and integrated...
The Eurasian Beaver Handbook
Ecology and Management of Castor fiber
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Beavers are widely recognised as a keystone species which play a pivotal role in riparian ecology. Their tree felling and dam building behaviours coupled with a suite of other activities create a wealth of living opportunities that are exploited by a range of other species. Numerous scientific studies...
A Boot and a Shoe
A Young Boy's Struggle to Overcome Obstacles in His Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
This book tells a story about a poor young African American boy born in Arkansas and who lived with his family under difficult, poverty-stricken conditions. Life was not so pleasant for the boy and his family due to his fathers inability to secure jobs to support the family. Living on cotton plantations...
English in Urban Classrooms
A Multimodal Perspective on Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2004
English in Urban Classrooms is a ground-breaking text that spans a range of issues central to school English today. It extends not only to the spoken and written language of classrooms, but also to other modes of representation and communication that are important in English teaching. This includes...
Pollution
Causes, Effects and Control
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
Twenty years on from the first edition of Pollution and the topic remains high in the public awareness. Environmental pollution is now a major area of research, consultancy and technological development and is a priority for the political agendas of both the developed and developing worlds.
The...
Opportunities Missed, Opportunities Seized
Preventive Diplomacy in the PostDCold War World
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 1999
The basic logic of preventive diplomacy is unassailable. Act early to prevent disputes from escalating; reduce tensions that could lead to war; deal with today's conflicts before they become tomorrow's crises. Yet as we look at the record of these first years of the post-Cold War era, it is quite...
Johnny
The Legend and Tragedy of General Sir Ian Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
The Gallipoli campaign was launched in April 1915 in an effort to knock Turkey out of the war but the force that was deployed was too small to achieve its aim. Moreover, the commander, General Sir Ian Hamilton was at fault in the way he conducted his campaign. Never happier than when he was in the...
by Jones, Margaret, Siraj-Blatchford
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This work looks at the issues of student learning and support, in the context of their own institution. Issues covered include student representation, underachievement and the overall aims and ethics of further and higher education.
Nature, Politics, and the Arts
Essays on Romantic Culture for Carl Woodring
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
This interdisciplinary book honors Columbia professor and New York intellectual Carl Woodring. Chapters on Romantic and Victorian literary culture written by leading scholars in the field join in conversation with Woodring’s teachings on literature and visual art and his commentaries on American...
The Influence of Airpower upon History
Statesmanship, Diplomacy, and Foreign Policy since 1903
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
From early zeppelins, to the Luftwaffe and the Enola Gay, to the unmanned aerial vehicles of today, air power has long been regarded as an invaluable instrument of war. However, nations have employed aircraft for many other purposes as well; they provide security and surveillance, and they are vital...
by John Graham Jones
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
This is an engaging, best-selling volume reproduced with text panels that provide brief biographies of historical figures and descriptions of major historical sites in Wales. As the only concise history of Wales currently available in print, this book is an ideal introductory study for the general...
The GM Debate
Risk, Politics and Public Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
This book tells the story of an unprecedented experiment in public participation: the government-sponsored debate on the possible commercialization of ‘GM’ crops in the UK. Giving a unique and systematic account of the debate process, this revealing volume sets it within its political and intellectual...
by Steve Leach, John Stewart, George Jones
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
English local government is in a state of decline after 40 years of incremental but cumulative centralisation by central government.
This book is the first to directly address this trend's impact upon the institution of local government, a crucial element in the democratic viability of a unitary...