Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: david brandon

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  • EXPLORING CATHOLIC FAITH IN SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA
    DAVID TOREVELL / BRANDON SCHNEEBERGER / LUKE TAYLOR
    This pioneering study investigates the connection between Shakespeare and Catholic education. Its authors contend that Shakespeare’s plays explore Catholic understandings of human life in ways that remain relevant for Catholic educational institutions today. Through chapters focusing on ethical and existential themes – love, desire, the body, marriage, virginity, evil, finitude...

    $1,240.00

  • THE GENERAL STRIKE 1926
    DAVID BRANDON
    The General Strike was one of the most significant events in twentieth century Britain. The miners were locked out and the mass of rank-and-file trade unionists then came out on strike in their support. With their families and some middle-class sympathizers, the miners and the labor and trade union movement found itself pitched against the political establishment, the apparatus...

    $546.00

  • THE MAKING OF LONDON
    ALAN BROOKE / DAVID BRANDON
    The Making of London explores the rich history of the Metropolis from the Roman settlement established 2,000 years ago in the area that came to be known as the 'Square Mile' and traces the process whereby it eventually emerged as the world's greatest city. London became the capital and seat of government of Britain, a center of culture, entertainment and retailing, a major port...

    $251.00

  • ZEN IN THE ART OF HELPING
    DAVID BRANDON
    A succinct, uncompromising study of what it means to help other people, this book, first published in 1978, examines the helping process in the light of the principles of Zen Buddhism. Emphasizing the Zen precepts of true compassion, newness and Taoistic change, it explains how a helper can break down the artificial barriers that serve to separate people and hinder the helping ...

    $1,100.00

  • SUBJECT TO CHANGE: CREATING GREAT PRODUCTS & SERVICES FOR AN UNCERTAIN WORLD
    PETER MERHOLZ / TODD WILKENS / BRANDON SCHAUER / DAVID VERBA
    To achieve success in today's ever-changing and unpredictable markets, competitive businesses need to rethink and reframe their strategies across the board. Instead of approaching new product development from the inside out, companies have to begin by looking at the process from the outside in, beginning with the customer experience. It's a new way of thinking-and working-that ...

    $267.00

  • EVIDENCE-BASED CRIME PREVENTION
    FARRINGTON, DAVID P. / MACKENZIE, DORIS LAYTON / SHERMAN, LAWRENCE W. / WELSH, BRANDON C.
    Crime prevention policy and practice is, on the whole, far from objective. Instead of being based on scientific evidence, the crime policy agenda is seemingly driven by political ideology, anecdotal evidence and programme trends. Evidence-Based Crime Prevention seeks to change this by comprehensively and rigorously assessing the existing scientific knowledge on the effectivenes...

    $2,100.00

  • THE RAILWAY HATERS
    DAVID L. BRANDON / ALAN BROOKE
    This unique social history examines 200 years of controversy surrounding British Railways—from the dawn of industrialization to contemporary light rail.   During the Industrial Revolution, the power of landowning aristocrats was challenged by the emergent wealth and influence of the urban middle class. There was no greater symbol of this seismic shift in society than the Britis...

    $229.00

  • SUBJECT TO CHANGE: CREATING GREAT PRODUCTS & SERVICES FOR AN UNCERTAIN WORLD
    PETER MERHOLZ / TODD WILKENS / BRANDON SCHAUER / DAVID VERBA
    To achieve success in today's ever-changing and unpredictable markets, competitive businesses need to rethink and reframe their strategies across the board. Instead of approaching new product development from the inside out, companies have to begin by looking at the process from the outside in, beginning with the customer experience. It's a new way of thinking-and working-that ...

    $267.00

  • ERNEST MARPLES
    DAVID BRANDON / MARTIN UPHAM
    Ernest Marples revolutionised three UK government departments. At Transport (1959-1964) he appointed Dr Beeching chairman of British Railways and commissioned him to produce his infamous report, inaugurated motorways and introduced significant regulations for motorists. At Housing (1951-1954) he delivered 300,000 new houses annually and as Postmaster General (1957-1959), he ref...

    $329.00

  • RAILWAY TOWNS
    DAVID BRANDON
    The railways changed the world. They initiated a revolution in communications which continues to this day, ever more profoundly influencing our lives. They had an enormous economic and social impact in Britain, not least with its demography. Before 1914 places on the railway system felt they were connected to the wider world. Those left off the system often feared for their fut...

    $383.99

  • THE GENERAL STRIKE 1926
    DAVID BRANDON
    The General Strike was one of the most significant events in twentieth century Britain. The miners were locked out and the mass of rank-and-file trade unionists then came out on strike in their support. With their families and some middle-class sympathizers, the miners and the labor and trade union movement found itself pitched against the political establishment, the apparatus...

    $383.99

  • THE MAKING OF LONDON
    ALAN BROOKE / DAVID BRANDON
    The Making of London explores the rich history of the Metropolis from the Roman settlement established 2,000 years ago in the area that came to be known as the 'Square Mile' and traces the process whereby it eventually emerged as the world's greatest city. London became the capital and seat of government of Britain, a center of culture, entertainment and retailing, a major port...

    $319.99