Telling the story of Old Sarum and Salisbury, from the mid-10th century to the start of the 20th, this book brings together the most up-to-date thinking on the archaeological evidence, and, through analysis of the rich documentary record, provides a fresh take on the story of this most illustrious cathedral city in the heart of southern England. Tales of Two Cities tells the story of Old Sar…
During World War II, advances in aviation became unmistakable. Many nations’ air forces entered the war flying biplane aircraft that were not much different from their predecessors of the previous world war. They were soon eclipsed by aircraft that took advantage of new designs that utilized many aeronautical advances of the interwar period such as new powerplants, stressed-skin aluminum stru…
International politics has become ever more volatile in the last decade,increasing the risk of large-scale military violence. Yet the precise charac-ter of future wars will depend on a range of factors that relate to adversaries,allies, technology, geographical scope, and multiple domains of warfighting.Few would question that land forces will also be important in the foreseeablefuture. Recent …
Are you at risk of being trapped in an uncompetitive business? Chances are the strategies that worked well for you even a few years ago no longer deliver the results you need. Dramatic changes in business have unearthed a major gap between traditional approaches to strategy and the way the real world works now. In short, strategy is stuck. Most leaders are using frameworks that were desig…
The date is 14 October 1066, and the battlefield at Hastings lies bloodied, littered with the remains of Harold II's ruined army, with Harold himself defeated by an arrow to the eye. William the Qongueror has just earned his now-famous title, and more importantly, the crown of England. This is where our story begind - the fascinating tale of Britain's monarchy. In this book you will discover in…
Latinization is a strangely overlooked topic. Historians have noted it has been ‘taken for granted’ and viewed as an unremarkable by-product of ‘Romanization’, despite its central importance for understanding the Roman provincial world, its life and languages. This volume aims to fill the gap in our scholarship, along with its sister volumes, Latinization, Local Languages and Literacies…
Game studies, formalism, game analysis, aesthetic theory of games.
The ‘knowledge turn’ has been accompanied by the emergence of the school curriculum as a more clearly delineated discursive object. In the past, the curriculum tended to be assumed: a natural aggregate of whatever subjects that schools were teaching. Today, due to develop-ments external and internal to education, the curriculum is argued to be of central impor…
Centuries of intense migrations have deeply impacted the development of the creo-lised Papiamentu/o-speaking cultures of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. These three islands, together with the three windward islands of St. Maarten, St. Eustatius, or Statia, and Saba, nine hundred kilometres to the northeast, plus the Netherlands in Europe, another seven thousand kilometres to the northeast, form t…
In last year’s introduction to the Factfile I looked forward to the prospect of emerging from the Covid pandemic. How desperately mistaken that prediction has proved to be. Once again, for prisoners and their families, the pains of imprisonment have been terribly amplified by the restrictions imposed to prevent infection. Prisons have relaxed more slowly, and tightened up more quickly, than t…
Orang mengira ketika ingin mengubah hidup, Anda perlu memikirkan hal-hal besar. Namun, pakar kebiasaan terkenal kelas dunia James Clear menemukan cara lain. Ia tahu bahwa perubahan nyata berasal dari efek gabungan ratusan keputusan kecil dari melakukan dua push-up sehari, bangun lima menit lebih awal, sampai menahan sebentar hasrat untuk menelpon. Ia menyebut atomic habits. Dalam buku terobosa…
As detailed in Global Prison Trends, despite widely documented challenges in creating fair and effective criminal justice systems, there have been some positive steps taken towards the practical implementation of international human rights standards related to criminal justice, such as the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) and the United Nation…
This handbook is a complete desktop reference for students and engineers. It has everything from high school math to math for advanced undergraduates in engineering, economics, physical sciences, and mathematics. The ebook contains hundreds of formulas, tables, and figures from number sets, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, differential equations, series and probability theory. The str…
Pada 10 desember , tahun 2009 , kristal mcvea , seorang ibu dari empat thirty-two-year-old , berhenti bernapas .Wajahnya berubah menjadi berwarna biru gelap , kemudian hitam .Ibunya menjerit minta tolong , dan seorang perawat berusaha untuk menghidupkan kembali dia . . . Tidak berhasil .Hari ini , kristal tidak ingat apa yang terjadi di kamar rumah sakit yang selama sembilan menit dia tidak sad…
"Ketika mata tidak terganggu, hasilnya adalah penglihatan. Ketika telinga tidak terganggu, hasilnya adalah pendengaran. Ketika mulut tidak terganggu, hasilnya adalah cita rasa. Ketika pikiran tidak terganggu, hasilnya adalah kebenaran. Dan ketika hari tidak terganggu, hasilnya adalah kegembiraan dan cinta. Anda sudah mendapatkan semuanya, tetapi terganggu. Lepaskanlah gangguan itu." Re…
Bagaimana Hidup di Titik Pertemuan Antara Kagum, Takjub, dan Penasaran 1. Ayo Mengeksplorasi 2. Bagikan yang Anda Temukan 3. Kerjakan Sesuatu. Apa Saja 4. Manfaatkan Keunikan Anda 5. Miliki Sebuah Alasan 6. Kurangi Kesombongan 7. Coba Sajalah! 8. Jangan Ikut-ikutan 9. Jadilah Pemberani 10. Abaikan Celaan Orang Bosan dengan diri Anda sendiri? Atau banyak orang menilai Anda tidak menar…
Kisah-kisah dalam buku ini tentang orang-orang yang tidak ambil pusing terhadap suara negatif di sekitar mereka, yang membuktikan bahwa para pakar pun bisa salah. Mereka terus mencoba dan mengejar semua impian dan kata hati mereka, berusaha menggalinya dengan sekuat tenaga sampai berujung dengan kemenangan-kemenangan yang patut dirayakan—ada yang dahsyat, meski ada pula yang biasabiasa saja. …
101 Kisah Inspiratif tentang Keajaiban dan Kekuatan Doa Para penulis buku ini membuktikan bahwa Tuhan mendengarkan dan mengabulkan harapan dan kebutuhan mereka. Kisah-kisah mereka yang inspiratif dan menghangatkan hati ini akan menunjukkan keajaiban dan kekuatan doa. Kita akan takjub oleh kisah-kisah, antara lain, tentang: - Bryan yang sembuh dari kanker tingkat lanjutnya setelah menerima b…
Apa perusahaan bernilai bisnis tinggi yang belum dibangun oleh siapa pun? Penerus Bill Gates tidak akan membuat sistem operasi. Penerus Larry Page atau Sergey Brin tidak akan membuat mesin pencari. Jika Anda meniru tokoh-tokoh itu, Anda tidak memetik pelajaran dari mereka. Tentu saja, meniru itu lebih mudah daripada membuat sesuatu yang baru. Mengerjakan sesuatu yang sudah kita ketahui car…
The most widely used science reference of its kind in print, the third edition of this invaluable resource reinforces its position as the most complete, concise, and easy-to-use single volume scientific and technical encyclopedia on the market today. Now thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest research and findings in every major area of science and engineering-from acoustics to zo…
The most widely used science reference of its kind in print, the third edition of this invaluable resource reinforces its position as the most complete, concise, and easy-to-use single volume scientific and technical encyclopedia on the market today. Now thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest research and findings in every major area of science and engineering-from acoustics to zo…
The most widely used science reference of its kind in print, the third edition of this invaluable resource reinforces its position as the most complete, concise, and easy-to-use single volume scientific and technical encyclopedia on the market today. Now thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest research and findings in every major area of science and engineering-from acoustics to zo…
The most widely used science reference of its kind in print, the third edition of this invaluable resource reinforces its position as the most complete, concise, and easy-to-use single volume scientific and technical encyclopedia on the market today. Now thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest research and findings in every major area of science and engineering-from acoustics to zo…
The most widely used science reference of its kind in print, the third edition of this invaluable resource reinforces its position as the most complete, concise, and easy-to-use single volume scientific and technical encyclopedia on the market today. Now thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest research and findings in every major area of science and engineering-from acoustics to zo…
The most widely used science reference of its kind in print, the third edition of this invaluable resource reinforces its position as the most complete, concise, and easy-to-use single volume scientific and technical encyclopedia on the market today. Now thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest research and findings in every major area of science and engineering-from acoustics to zo…
Pelataran Basilika Santo Petrus, Vatikan, dipenuhi hamparan luas payung-payung yang mengembang. Ribuan orang seraya menahan udara dingin yang menggigit serta terpaan air hujan selama berjam-jam, menantikan saat cerobong asap Kapel Sistina memberikan tanda-tanda yang diharapkan... Pada saat jarum jam menunjuk pukul 19.05, segumpal asap putih membumbung. Awalnya asap putih itu sangat tipis, tetap…