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  • FRONTIERS OF TRANSLATION IN KOREAN LANGUAGE EDUCATION
    SIMON BARNES-SADLER
    Frontiers of Translation in Korean Language Education makes the case for the continuing relevance of translation in Korean as a Foreign Language (KFL) education. This book presents practical case studies of developing and implementing translation in KFL on scales ranging from extended programs – for example, the integration of a translation and interpreting internship program w...

    $840.00

  • MICROECONOMICS
    THOMAS R. SADLER
    Microeconomics: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the core topics in the field. Intended for those with little or no background in the subject, it provides the reader with a solid foundation of the basic principles of microeconomics and establishes a framework for further study. Topics in the book cover the most important areas in microeconomics, including supply and ...

    $540.00

  • THE HUBRIS HAZARD, AND HOW TO AVOID IT
    EUGENE SADLER-SMITH
    Hubris is something we’ve all seen in action and experienced all too often. It’s a significant occupational hazard and a serious potential derailment factor for leaders, organisations, and civil society. Hubristic leaders - intoxicated as they are with power, praise, and success–behave in ways that, if left unchecked, invite unintended and unforeseen negative consequences which...

    $960.00

  • ABSOLUTE ESSENTIALS OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
    THOMAS R. SADLER
    This shortform textbook provides a comprehensive overview of international economics and coverage of recent trends in the global economy to supplement students’ knowledge of this fast-moving subject area. Divided into two parts, the book begins by introducing the fundamental aspects of international economics (the international economic system, global networks and flows, the th...

    $640.00

  • THE GURKHA WAY
    JOHN SADLER
    In the 18th century in the town of Gorkha, just north of Kathmandu, ruler Prithvi Narayan fought campaigns against his neighbors and the British. During the fighting his warriors, renowned for their aggression and courage, gained the respect of the British, who appreciated that the steadfast warriors would make excellent soldiers. Upon the declaration of peace in 1816, a partne...

    $382.00

  • GRIM PARADISE
    ROD SADLER
    The true crime story of a 1960 murder that rocked a tranquil Michigan vacation spot and the search for justice that followed. When widow Frances Lacey was murdered in July 1960 on Mackinac Island, only a few meager clues were found by police, and the case soon turned cold. But more than sixty years later, will those same clues finally solve the mystery? On July 24, 1960, the qu...

    $200.00

  • UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL CRISES
    THOMAS SADLER
    This ebook+ version includes the following enhancements: Over 90 Pop-up definitions to explain and help readers refresh their knowledge and better understand key contemporary economic concepts Full colour to contemplate the pop-up definitions and to enhance visual learning and understanding of the figures and diagrams Understanding Global Crises is an innovative and interdiscip...

    $979.00

  • TIME SERIES FOR DATA SCIENCE
    WAYNE A. WOODWARD / BIVIN PHILIP SADLER / STEPHEN ROBERTSON
    Data Science students and practitioners want to find a forecast that “works” and don’t want to be constrained to a single forecasting strategy, Time Series for Data Science: Analysis and Forecasting discusses techniques of ensemble modelling for combining information from several strategies. Covering time series regression models, exponential smoothing, Holt-Winters forecasting...

    $1,360.00

  • HOTSPUR
    JOHN SADLER
    On 21 July 1403 Sir Henry Percy – better known as Hotspur – led a rebel army out at Shrewsbury to face the forces of the king Henry IV. The battle was both bloody and decisive. Hotspur was shot down by an arrow and killed. Posthumously he was declared a traitor and his lands forfeited to the crown. This was an ignominious end to the brilliant career of one of the most famous me...

    $319.85

  • THE OPERAS OF RAMEAU
    GRAHAM SADLER
    In recent years, interest in Rameau’s operas has grown enormously. These works are no longer regarded as peripheral by performers and audiences but are increasingly staged in the world’s major opera houses and festivals, while the production of first-rate recordings on CD and DVD continues to flourish. Such welcome developments have gone hand in hand with an upsurge in research...

    $1,160.00

  • FRAGMENTED NARRATIVE
    NEIL SADLER
    With the rise and rise of social media, today’s communication practices are significantly different from those of even the recent past. A key change has been a shift to very small units, exemplified by Twitter and its strict 280-character limit on individual posts. Consequently, highly fragmented communication has become the norm in many contexts. Fragmented Narrative sets out ...

    $1,120.00

  • PANDEMIC ECONOMICS
    THOMAS R. SADLER
    Pandemic Economics applies economic theory to the Covid-19 era, exploring the micro and macro dimensions of the pre-pandemic, pandemic, and post-pandemic phases. Using core economic tools such as marginal analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and opportunity cost, this book explores the breadth of economic outcomes from the pandemic. It shows that a tradeoff between public health an...

    $1,480.00

  • KILLING WOMEN
    ROD SADLER
    This true crime biography reveals the disturbing story of a serial killer who terrorized central Michigan—and now has a chance to go free.   As a former youth pastor who attended the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice, Don Miller seemed like a decent young man. But in 1978, he was arrested for the attempted murder of two teenagers. Police soon connected Miller...

    $251.00

  • NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE D-NOTICE SYSTEM
    PAULINE SADLER
    This title was first published in 2001. The D-Notice system is a voluntary arrangement between the government and the media whereby the media agree not to publish certain information in the interests of national security. This original and thought-provoking book identifies a major deficiency in both the D-Notice system and the legal alternatives to the system. ...

    $980.00

  • FRENCH BAROQUE OPERA: A READER
    CAROLINE WOOD / GRAHAM SADLER
    From the outset, French opera generated an enormous diversity of literature, familiarity with which greatly enhances our understanding of this unique art form. Yet relatively little of that literature is available in English, despite an upsurge of interest in the Lully-Rameau period during the past two decades. This book presents a wide-ranging and informative picture of the or...

    $1,340.00

  • THE INTERNATIONAL STEEL INDUSTRY
    RAY HUDSON / DAVID SADLER
    Originally published in 1989. The international steel industry suffered a major decline after the onset of world recession in 1973, perhaps suffering more plant closures and job losses than any other sector. This book analyses the decline, surveying the various factors which have contributed to it, such as changing production strategies, changes in demand and world trade and ch...

    $980.00

  • WELSH SYNTAX
    LOUISA SADLER
    This book, first published in 1988, proposes an analysis of Welsh syntax within the theory of Government and Binding (GB). The main focus of the study is the theory of empty elements and the role of agreement phenomena in relation to empty categories. The study of the Celtic family of languages has emerged as an increasingly fruitful area of research both inside and outside GB ...

    $3,200.00

  • SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN A POST-SCARCITY WORLD
    PHILIP SADLER
    Over 20 years ago Philip Sadler, then head of a leading British business school, wrote Managerial Leadership in the Post-Industrial Society. In it he predicted that business would experience the most radical transformation since the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century. This transformation has now taken place. In his latest book, Sustainable Growth in a Post-Scarcity Worl...

    $1,460.00

  • FRONTIER DAYS IN CRESCENTA VALLEY
    JO ANNE SADLER
    Modern Crescenta Valley practically defines the notion of quiet suburbia with its lovely homes and tree-lined streets. Yet the communities that lie north of Los Angeles between the Verdugo and San Gabriel Mountains once formed a vast, isolated, treeless, windstorm-swept dell. The settlers who stayed in this valley found day-to-day subsistence challenging. They farmed, hunted, t...

    $229.00

  • THE MAKER OF MODERN JAPAN
    A SADLER
    Tokugawa Ieyasu founded a dynasty of rulers, organized a system of government and set in train the re-orientation of the religion of Japan so that he would take the premier place in it. Calm, capable and entirely fearless, Ieyasu deliberately brought the opposition to a head and crushed in a decisive battle, after which he made himself Shogun, despite not being from the Minamot...

    $5,300.00

  • SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL
    BARRY DALAL-CLAYTON / BARRY SADLER
    Sustainability Appraisal is a sourcebook of the state-of-the-art of this rapidly emerging and diversifying area. It draws on a wealth of international experiences and approaches to illustrate the status and scope of Sustainability Appraisal/Assessment (SA) This comprehensive guide highlights how SA can be used to analyse and integrate the key environmental, social and economic ...

    $2,220.00

  • THE RED ROSE AND THE WHITE
    JOHN SADLER
    If Richard III had not charged to his death at Bosworth, how different might the history of Britain have been? Beginning in 1453 and ending in 1487, The Red Rose and the White provides a gripping overview of the bitter dynastic struggle for supremacy that raged between the houses of York and Lancaster for thirty years, culminating in the dramatic events on Bosworth Field in 148...

    $1,120.00

  • BORDER FURY
    JOHN SADLER
    Border Fury provides a fascinating account of the period of Anglo-Scottish Border conflict from the Edwardian invasions of 1296 until the Union of the Crowns under James VI of Scotland, James I of England in 1603. It looks at developments in the art of war during the period, the key transition from medieval to renaissance warfare, the development of tactics, arms, armour and mi...

    $1,120.00

  • J A COMENIUS AND THE CONCEPT OF UNIVERSAL EDUCATION
    JOHN EDWARD SADLER
    Originally published in 1966, this volume reappraises the educational philosophy of Comenius. Until recently the attention given to Comenius and his work concentrated on a narrow interpretation of his pedagogy which played down his pansophic theory. In the second half of the nineteenth century Germany led the way in pedagogical study and Comenius was widely accepted as having l...

    $1,480.00

  • HANDBOOK OF STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
    SADLER, BARRY / DUSIK, JIRI / FISCHER, THOMAS / PARTIDARIO, MARIA / VERHEEM, ROB / ASCHEMANN, RALF
    This authoritative handbook surveys the full breadth and depth of SEA, bringing together a range of international perspectives and insights on the theoretical, methodological and institutional dimensions and practical issues of the field. It then subjects this conventional wisdom to a critical reappraisal, looks at the vast lessons of experience and offers new ideas and interpr...

    $1,320.00

  • CRESCENTA VALLEY PIONEERS & THEIR LEGACIES
    JO ANNE SADLER
    Their names run deep through local history and lore, adorning street signs, canyons, historical buildings, homes and ranches in the swath of suburbia between Pasadena and Tujunga, where the towns of La Crescenta and La Ca ada took shape, along with the unique community of Montrose. Profiled in the pages of Crescenta Valley Pioneers and Their Legacies by author Jo Anne Sadler, a...

    $229.00

  • THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE YOUNG
    S SADLER
    Taking into account the rapid progress in all areas of life that was made at the turn of the 20th century this volume discusses how best to educate both sexes, from all social classes, referring to Greek, Roman and Egyptian education as a starting point. ...

    $1,420.00

  • STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
    BARRY SADLER / BARRY DALAL-CLAYTON
    This unique sourcebook provides a global, state-of-the-art review of the rapidly evolving field of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) that is intended to serve as a baseline for the work of an OECD Task Team on SEA and a UNEP initiative on integrated planning and assessment. It describes trends in application and experience in different contexts worldwide, providing in-de...

    $1,320.00

  • INSIDE INTUITION
    EUGENE SADLER-SMITH
    What isgut feeling and how can it be harnessed? To what extent should business decisions be informed byinstincts which may seem irrational or impossible to quantify? Inside Intuition examines how the latest developments in social psychology and cognitive psychology, as well as exciting new insights from evolutionary psychology and cognitive n ...

    $1,760.00

  • LEARNING IN ORGANIZATIONS
    PETER J SMITH / EUGENE SADLER-SMITH
    Taking a fresh and innovative approach to the complexities and challenges inherent in organizational learning diversity, the authors show that there are no generic solutions. They argue there is no 'best way' of planning, organizing and implementing learning in relation to the workplace and instead provide context-specific solutions to the dilemmas and issues that diversities p...

    $2,040.00


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