The role of advertising in everyday life and as a major employer in post-industrial economies is intimately bound up with processes of contemporary globalization. At centre of the advertising industry are the global advertising agencies which have an impo...
This book is a shakedown of project management, the profession, the myths it creates and promotes, its great ideas and ambitions. The authors offer up a selection of seven cracking ideas, that when applied to a project environment will ultimately result...
In 1916, a young boy, Nathan Longfort, is on the funeral train bearing the body of his grandfather, the Senator, from Washington, D.C, to Knoxville, Tennessee. The memory of this journey will haunt him for the rest of his life. On this trip, he meets the...
This book, written by the national think tank of China, presents a comprehensive analysis of the key elements and unique characteristics in Chengdu?s development into a global city. To do so, it adopts both external and internal perspectives: externally,...
This work follows the journey Peter Taylor undertook during the summer of 2007 (and a bit of 2009), when he set out to achieve a long held ambition and see a baseball game in every major league ballpark, a minor league game in those states without a major...
Described by Anne Tyler as "the undisputed master of the short story form," Peter Taylor imbued his stories with a powerful sense of the conflicts between the old rural society and the increasingly urbanized South. Ranging in subject from the...
A controversial and important book by BBC reporter and terrorism expert Peter Taylor. Newly updated to mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and to include the death of Osama Bin Laden.
This text considers the role of rate of reaction. It begins by introducing chemical kinetics and the analysis of reaction mechanism, from basic well-established concepts to leading edge research. Organic reaction mechanisms are then discussed.
In the final part of his trilogy exploring the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the author talks to undercover soldiers, Special Branch Officers and an MI6 agent, and reveals secrets of the war from the British perspective.
In 1969, the IRA was effectively dead and buried. Within a few short years, it had resurrected to become the most feared and sophisticated terrorist organisation in the world. Provos looks at key events in its history since 1969.
The definitive monograph of these intriguing aquatic carnivores. Each of the 214 species described is superbly illustrated with a full-page line drawing.