The advent of the crossbow more than 2500 years ago effected dramatic changes for hunters and warriors. For centuries it was among the most powerful and widely used handheld weapons and its popularity endures to this day. A Deadly Art presents a lively accessible survey of the crossbow's 'golden ag...
In 1958 in their book Existence Rollo May Henri Ellenberger and Ernst Angel introduced existential therapy to the Englishspeaking psychotherapy world. Since then the field of existential therapy has moved along rapidly and this book considers how it has developed over the past fifty years and the im...
Around the world what it is to be a university is a matter of much debate. The range of ideas of the university in public circulation is however exceedingly narrow and is dominated by the idea of the entrepreneurial university. As a consequence the debate is hopelessly impoverished. Lurking in the l...
Making Social Worlds A Communication Perspective offers the most accessible introduction to the tools and concepts of CMM Coordinated Management of Meaning one of the groundbreaking theories of speech communication. Draws upon advances in research for the most uptodate concepts in speech communic...
Humanitarianism in Question...
The 11th edition of Analytic Trigonometry continues to offer readers trigonometric concepts and applications. Almost every concept is illustrated by an example followed by a matching problem to encourage an active involvement in the learning process and concept development proceeds from the concre...
All landscapes are complex systems which are continually changing as a result of relatively simple interactions. This condition of adaption and evolution is called emergence. Related to chaos theory and selforganising systems emergence highlights the ever changing and developing urban and natural ...
Rules for the World...
David Barnett invites readers students and theatremakers to discover new ways of apprehending and making use of Brecht in this clear and accessible study of Brechts theories and practices. The book analyses how Brechts ideas can come alive in rehearsal and performance and reveals just how carefully ...
BRDisc 1BR1: Elevator OperatorBR2: Pedestrian At BestBR3: An Illustration Of Loneliness (Sleepless In New York)BR4: Small PoppiesBR5: DeprestonBR6: Aqua Profunda BR7: Dead FoxBR8: Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The PartyBR9: Debbie DownerBR10: Kim's CaravanBR11: Boxing Day BluesBRDisc 2BR1: ...
Karl Marx has been portrayed in equal measure both as a political prophet who foresaw the end of capitalist exploitation and as a populist Anti Christ whose totalitarian legacy has cost millions of lives worldwide. This new biography looks beyond these caricatures in order to understand more about t...
One of America's leading authorities on China outlines and assesses the implications of the inevitable passing of Mao Tse-tung and the older generation of revolutionary leaders from their position of command in China. Describing the mid-1960's as 'a transitional period of great historic significance...
Design professors detail a new ecodesign framework that integrates urban design with environmental conservation to make cities more desirable lowcarbon transitoriented communities. Jonathan Barnett and Larry Beasley seek to demonstrate that a sustainable built and natural environment can be achieved...
Quantum Information by Stephen M. Barnett...
Today's classrooms are full of routines. Although we often think of routines as being used for organisation routines can also be used to enhance instruction. In this book the authors present seven easily implemented mathematical routines that may be used effectively at a variety of grade levels and ...
All landscapes are complex systems which are continually changing as a result of relatively simple interactions. This condition of adaption and evolution is called emergence. Related to chaos theory and self-organising systems emergence highlights the ever changing and developing urban and natural...
City Design describes the history and current practice of the four most widely accepted approaches to city design the Modernist city of towers and highways that beginning in the 1920s has come to dominate urban development worldwide but is criticized as mechanical and soulless the Traditional organi...
Costs in Employment Tribunals...
Alexei Jawlensky (1864-1941) was Russian but lived in Germany much of his life and obtained German citizenship in 1934. He was a friend of Vasily Kandinsky who he met in Munich when studying painting with Anton Azbe and had close ties to the German Expressionist artists. This book illustrates how t...
Klee and Kandinsky were towering figures of the modernist movement and were close both as friends and artists. For a time they lived next door to one another and exchanged their artistic ideas on a daily basis. This unique book explores their 30-year relationship from the time of the Blue Rider grou...
The growth of the Internet has had a profound effect on the way business is carried out and has provided an unprecedented opportunity for third-party individuals and organisations to attack brands with relative ease. These changes have resulted in the birth of a significant and rapidly-growing new i...
It's Tuesday you're feeling lazy and you're craving flavour. It's Thursday the weekend is in sight and it's time to share a feast with friends. It's Saturday you're ready to splash the cash and go big. Eat the Week is stylish practical and personal. Anna Barnett has devised creative recipes inspire...
Discussing learning technologies in relation to young children often provokes a wide range of passionate responses from sceptics to enthusiasts. This text explores the issues in a holistic pedagogical and research-informed way. It helps professionals unpick the complex issues involved understand the...
This volume contains Brechts post1950 adaptations of world dramatic classics for the Berliner Ensemble. Brechts remodeled versions show all of the great dramatists characteristic preoccupations hatred of personal greatness admiration of the people and hatred of war unless waged on behalf of the peop...
Constitutional Administrative Law by Barnett Hilaire...
Design professors detail a new ecodesign framework that integrates urban design with environmental conservation to make cities more desirable low-carbon transit-oriented communities. Jonathan Barnett and Larry Beasley seek to demonstrate that a sustainable built and natural environment can be achiev...
How to Complete a PhD in the Medical and Clinical Sciences provides fresh insight into the PhD process and a concise framework to aid current and prospective students undertaking research in the medical and clinical sciences. Filled with useful hints tips and practical guidance the book covers key t...
David Barnett invites readers students and theatre-makers to discover new ways of apprehending and making use of Brecht in this clear and accessible study of Brecht's theories and practices. The book analyses how Brecht's ideas can come alive in rehearsal and performance and reveals just how careful...
Encountering Ensemble is a text for students teachers researchers and practitioners who wish to develop a deeper understanding of the history conceptual foundations and practicalities of the world of ensemble theatre. It is the first book to draw together definitions and practitioner examples makin...