Niall: 234 books
Athens
The City as University
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
The citizens of ancient Athens were directly responsible for the development and power of its democracy; but how did they learn about politics and what their roles were within it? In this volume Livingstone argues that learning about political praxis (how to be a citizen) was an integral part of the...
The Dynamiters
Irish Nationalism and Political Violence in the Wider World, 1867–1900
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
In the 1880s a New York-based faction of militant Irish nationalists conducted the first urban bombing campaign in history, targeting symbolic public buildings in Britain with homemade bombs. This book investigates the people and ideas behind this spectacular new departure in revolutionary violence....
by Niall Finneran
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2007
This book provides the first truly comprehensive multi-period study of the archaeology of Ethiopia, surveying the country's history, detailing the discoveries from the late Stone Age, including the famous 'Lucy' and moving onto the emergence of food production, prehistoric rock art and an analysis of the increasing social complexity that can be obs
NATO and the Western Balkans
From Neutral Spectator to Proactive Peacemaker
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
This book provides a critical examination of NATO’s evolving strategic and operational roles in the Western Balkans since the disintegration of Yugoslavia in 1991, with a particular focus on Bosnia, Kosovo and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in both the conflict and post-conflict phases. ...
by Niall Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
New Hampshire is the subject of Palmer's book precisely because it serves as the first presidential primary every four years. Many critics of the New Hampshire primary fault it for being too arcane, too unrepresentative, and too quixotic to use as a gatekeeper of who becomes President. Palmer went...
In the Shadow of the Bomb
The Legacy of the Cold War in Dr. Strangelove, End Zone, Crash and The Wire
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Detective McNulty applies bite marks to a deceased man’s body with a set of dentures in The Wire, illustrating how officialdom deals in falsehood. Dr. Strangelove lovingly describes the “doomsday machine” as being free from “human meddling,” while it destroys the world, highlighting the...
The Story of Nursing in British Mental Hospitals
Echoes from the Corridors
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
From their beginnings as the asylum attendants of the 19th century, mental health nurses have come a long way. This comprehensive volume is the first book in over twenty years to explore the history of mental health nursing, and during this period the landscape has transformed as the large institutions...
Phyto
Principles and Resources for Site Remediation and Landscape Design
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Winner of the 2017 CBHL Literature Award of Excellence in Landscape Design and Architecture
Phyto presents the concepts of phytoremediation and phytotechnology in one comprehensive guide, illustrating when plants can be considered for the uptake, removal or mitigation of on-site pollutants....
Thinking and Reasoning
An Introduction to the Psychology of Reason, Judgment and Decision Making
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
The area of psychological research reviewed in this book is one that is not only increasing in popularity in college curricula, but is also making an ever larger impact on the world outside the classroom. Drawing upon research originally cited in Ken Manktelow’s highly successful publication Reasoning...
by Stuart Harbron, Virginia Bugeja, Niall McMullan
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
One of the exciting aspects of being involved in the field of molecular biology is the ever-accelerating rate of progress, both in the development of new methodologies and the practical applications of these methodologies. This popular textbook has been completely revised and updated to provide a...
Troubled Geographies
A Spatial History of Religion and Society in Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2013
Ireland’s landscape is marked by fault lines of religious, ethnic, and political identity that have shaped its troubled history. Troubled Geographies maps this history by detailing the patterns of change in Ireland from 16th century attempts to "plant" areas of Ireland with loyal English Protestants...
by Niall Adams, Edward Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
As an emerging discipline, data science broadly means different things across different areas. Exploring the relationship of data science with statistics, a well-established and principled data-analytic discipline, this book provides insights about commonalities in approach, and differences in emphasis.
Featuring...
Furniture for All Around the House
Series: Woodworking for the Home
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
These beautiful, well-designed furniture projects are specially selected from six Taunton woodworking books: Tables, Chest of Drawers, Bookcases, Beds, Desks, and Dining Tables. They will appeal to woodworkers with a broad range of style preferences, including Shaker, Arts & Crafts, and Contemporary....
by Jeff Miller, Niall Barrett, Paul Anthony
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Build well-designed, attractive storage items in a weekend. Many of the items shown in home furnishing catalogs can easily be made by anyone with basic woodworking skills. These projects, collected from "Classic Kitchen Projects," "Home Storage Projects," "Children's Furniture...