Pratt: 430 books

Contemporary urbanisation has two faces: global flows of people, money and information, and that of localised social and economic disparities. Recent research has focused on the headlines of global cities as control centres of the world economy, and social and economic shock waves that have raged...

This book offers an alternative view to current postmodern approaches to composition. It takes a critical realist stance to arrive at the “essence” of written communication with the aim of informing a practical application: a computerised  writing tutor. Following Robert Franck’s seminal work...

Environment and Philosophy provides an accessible introduction to the radical challenges that environmentalism poses to concepts that have become almost second nature in the modern world. These include: * the ideas of science and objectivity * the conventional placement of the human being within the...

Key Ideas in Criminology and Criminal Justice is an innovative, fascinating treatment of some of the seminal theories in criminology and key policies in criminal justice, offering a detailed and nuanced picture of these core ideas. With a fluid, accessible, and lively writing style, this brief text...

The appointment of a Royal Commission on Canals and Waterways, which first sat to take evidence on March 21, 1906, is an event that should lead to an exhaustive and most useful enquiry into a question which has been much discussed of late years, but on which, as I hope to show, considerable misapprehension...

"These tips are worth their weight in gold to businesses of all sizes." —Peter Jones, CBE, Entrepreneur and star of TV's Dragon's Den For any business, less really can be more. We all face new, austere times. Whether starting up, surviving or seeking to dominate its niche, every business...

Do you really know the meaning of something someone says? Have you ever really understood calculus? How wide is a spiders web? How can you make more money? How do you find happiness? In a series of short essays on author Norman S. Pratts personal experiences, PEARLS FOR THE MOMENT offers answers...

Gritty tale of a thief who progresses through one crime after another.

This is a guide to circling England using its inland waterways, by boat or on foot. Along the way we learn about our industrial heritage, how cities grew and thrived, as well as passing through spectacular landscapes and idyllic countryside. Beginning in leafy Surrey and ending at Bristol Docks...

A small boy named Austen is whisked away on a time-traveling adventure with the Romans. Will he be able to get back home again?

Have you ever been obsessed? I mean the can’t sleep, can’t think, can’t function like a normal human being kind of obsessed? My name’s Charlie, and I have a problem. It all began last year when I traveled the globe to track down a mysterious stewardess who’d left a diary...

Have you ever been obsessed? I mean the can’t sleep, can’t think, can’t function like a normal human being kind of obsessed? My name’s Charlie, and I have a problem. It all began last year when I traveled the globe to track down a mysterious stewardess who’d left a diary...

Have you ever been obsessed? I mean the can't sleep, can't think, can't function like a normal human being kind of obsessed? My name's Charlie, and I have a problem. It all began last year when I traveled the globe to track down a mysterious stewardess who'd left a diary in my...

London 2012: the Olympics are underway but David Cameron’s UK is in crisis. Political tensions between Scotland and England are rampant, with the row over university tuition fees exploding into mass riots. Rob and Kate are two creative writing students, in love, and caught in the cultural crossfire....