Alison: 1980 books
by Gérard Bonnet, Mary Canning, Kai-ming Cheng
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
In Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform, Rotberg brings together examples of current education reforms in sixteen countries, written by 'insiders'. This book goes beyond myths and stereotypes and describes the difficult trade-offs countries make as they attempt to implement reforms...
The Coach's Coach
Personal Development for Personal Developers
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2004
The Coach's Coach combines the vast experience of the author with that of three successful sports people: Mike Brearley, Adrian Moorhouse, and Brendan Venter. Between them they set out the tools and techniques available to coaches with solid, practical, experience-based advice on how and when to use...
Africa's Informal Workers
Collective Agency, Alliances and Transnational Organizing in Urban Africa
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Africa's Informal Workers is a vigorous examination of the informalization and casualization of work, which is changing livelihoods in Africa and beyond. Gathering cases from nine countries and cities across sub-Saharan Africa, and from a range of sectors, this volume goes beyond the usual focus on...
by Alison Wray
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Presents a framework for examining the existence and function of formulaic language and tests it extensively against language data within a wide variety of language samples. Formulaic language is a fast-growing area of applied linguistic research, and the author is a key figure in this field.
Sex Work
Labour, Mobility and Sexual Services
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Sex work has always attracted policy, public and prurient interest. Currently, legal frameworks in developed countries range from prohibition, through partial legalisation to active regulation. Globalisation has increased women’s mobility between developing and developed countries at the same time...
The Child in International Political Economy
A Place at the Table
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2008
This pioneering volume argues for the inclusion of children, and the structure known as ‘childhood’, as a permanent social category worthy of continued study within the discipline of international political economy (IPE). Fundamentally, and very simply, IPE is concerned with the dynamics of interaction...
by Miles Ogborn, Alison Blunt, Pyrs Gruffudd
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Cultural Geography in Practice provides an innovative and accessible approach to the sources, theories and methods of cultural geography. Written by an international team of prominent cultural geographers, all of whom are experienced researchers, this book is a fully illustrated guide to methodological...
by Alison Stokes
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Four star-crossed people in a Dublin summer, with a match-making mother to spice up the sometimes poignant and sometimes hilarious tale even further. Should they all settle for less, taking life's little disappointments on the chin, or chase their dreams of love and happiness? The question is, are...
Information Literacy
Infiltrating the Agenda, Challenging Minds
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
Focusing on important information literacy debates, this new book with contributions from many of the main experts in the field highlights important ideas and practical considerations. Information Literacy takes the reader on a journey across the contemporary information landscape, guided by academics...
Louis Bachelier's Theory of Speculation
The Origins of Modern Finance
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
March 29, 1900, is considered by many to be the day mathematical finance was born. On that day a French doctoral student, Louis Bachelier, successfully defended his thesis Théorie de la Spéculation at the Sorbonne. The jury, while noting that the topic was "far away from those usually considered...
A Practical Guide to Entrepreneurship
Be Your Own Boss
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Introducing Entrepreneurship: A Practical Guide reveals the stories of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs, distilling the key points into down-to-earth, realistic advice to help you turn any business opportunity into a successful venture – while avoiding the pitfalls of pursuing a pipe dream.
Academics in Action!
A Model for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Service
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2016
The academy is often described as an ivory tower, isolated from the community surrounding it. Presenting the theory, vision, and implementation of a socially engaged program for the Department of Human and Organizational Development (HOD) in Peabody’s College of Education and Human Development at...
by Alison Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Beatrice More is no average third-grader. She is a list-making, hyperorganized perfectionist whose laid-back parents and messy little sister consistently frustrate her high standards. And when a new house, a new neighborhood and new friends are thrown into the mix, Beatrice sends the family into a...
The Man Translator:
Your Essential Guide to Manland
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Welcome to Manland!
Though one of the most highly traveled destinations in the world, Manland is fraught with danger for even the smartest relationship-seeking women. The Man Translator increases your chances of survival 100 percent by translating the often tricky lexicon of manspeak into rational English:
Manspeak