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  • PORTUGAL 1808: WELLINGTON’S FIRST PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN
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    PORTUGAL 1808: WELLINGTON’S FIRST PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN
    TIM SAUNDERS
    Covers Wellesley's early victories in Portugal, including the battles of Roliça and Vimiero, and the controversial Convention of Cintra. When Napoleon overreached himself by usurping the Burbon throne of Spain in early 1808, the resulting Spanish resentment and the brutal suppression of the Dos di Mayo Rebellion in Madrid turned Spain, a long-term enemy of Britain, into an ally...

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  • COLOUR, COLOUR MEASUREMENT AND COLOUR CHANGE
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    COLOUR, COLOUR MEASUREMENT AND COLOUR CHANGE
    DAVID SAUNDERS
    Colour, Colour Measurement and Colour Change, the first new book in the expanded Science for Conservators series, explains the science of colour, colour measurement and colour change for conservators in a clear and comprehensible way, elucidating the topic for those with no scientific background. The book explains how and why we see colours and how colour and colour change can ...

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  • THE TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW READER
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    THE TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW READER
    SAUNDERS, MAX
    The To-day and To-morrow book series (1923–1931) was a unique publishing phenomenon – over 100 short, often brilliant, books choosing a particular subject, outlining its present state, and then speculating about its future. This Reader brings together some of the best work in the series, including eleven complete volumes and substantial extracts from ten more. To-day and To-mor...

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  • POPULATION GROWTH IN LATIN AMERICA AND U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY
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    POPULATION GROWTH IN LATIN AMERICA AND U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY
    JOHN SAUNDERS
    Originally published in 1986, this volume deals with both population growth in Latin America and the possible consequences of this growth for the security of the USA. The text analyses the demographic dimensions of the phenomenon and then considers the consequences for US security. It was the first time that the interrelations between national security and population growth wer...

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  • THE LIGHT DIVISION IN THE PENINSULAR WAR, 1811–1814
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    THE LIGHT DIVISION IN THE PENINSULAR WAR, 1811–1814
    TIM SAUNDERS / ROB YUILL
    "...this is an excellent partner to the original volume, very well presented by experienced military men, with a clear tactical eye and it is extremely well illustrated. It comes highly recommended." — The Napoleon Series By the middle of 1811, Brigadier General Robert Craufurd's Light Division was emerging as the elite of the Peninsular Army and Wellington was seeking opportun...

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  • THE TALAVERA CAMPAIGN 1809
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    THE TALAVERA CAMPAIGN 1809
    TIM SAUNDERS
    Dive into the tactics behind the Battle of Talavera as British and Spanish armies clashed against France in the opening engagements of Spain's late 1809 campaign. Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Wellesley returned to the Peninsular in 1809 convinced that the country could be held against the French. His audacious crossing of the Duoro and speedy victory at Oporto in May, followed...

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  • THE HISTORY OF THE MONGOL CONQUESTS
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    THE HISTORY OF THE MONGOL CONQUESTS
    J. J. SAUNDERS
    First Published in 1971 The History of the Mongol Conquests presents a general history of the Mongols of the thirteenth century. By using primary and secondary sources, J. J. Saunders fills up a major gap in the English historical literature on the subject. It goes without saying that the Mongol conquests of the thirteenth century turned the world upside down. The book opens wi...

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  • POWERFUL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
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    POWERFUL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
    OSCAR T. LENNING / DENISE M. HILL / KEVIN P. SAUNDERS / ANDRIA STOKES / ALISHA SOLAN
    Learning communities have been demonstrated to dramatically improve student outcomes by engaging students in their learning.This book constitutes a comprehensive guide for readers who want a broad strategic view of learning communities, enabling them to identify which type of LC best meets the learning needs of their students, and the context and mission of their institution. I...

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  • HAROLD PINTER
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    HAROLD PINTER
    GRAHAM SAUNDERS
    Harold Pinter provides an up-to-date analysis and reappraisal concerning the work of one of the most studied and performed dramatists in the world. Drawing extensively from The Harold Pinter Archive at the British Library as well as reviews and other critical materials, this book offers new insights into previously established views about his work. The book also analyses and re...

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  • AUTHORSHIP AND COPYRIGHT
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    AUTHORSHIP AND COPYRIGHT
    DAVID SAUNDERS
    First published in 1992, Authorship and Copyright traces the history of constructions of authorship as a legal reality. It offers an alternative to the two mainstream interpretations that have traditionally been assigned to authorship: the Romantic dialectical ‘birth of the author’ or the language-based post-structuralist ‘death of the author.’ Saunders examines the shortcoming...

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  • THE BATTLE OF THE REICHSWALD
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    THE BATTLE OF THE REICHSWALD
    TIM SAUNDERS
    During winter 1944/45 few German officers believed that the Allies would attack the wooded Reichswald Plug on the narrow neck of land between the rivers Rhine and Maas. Consequently, relying on the natural defenses of the forest, the vaunted Siegfried Line had been allowed to peter out. The 84th Infantry Division held field defenses that had been worked on all autumn, but the d...

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  • HILL 112: THE KEY TO DEFEATING HITLER IN NORMANDY
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    HILL 112: THE KEY TO DEFEATING HITLER IN NORMANDY
    TIM SAUNDERS
    A history of the relentless fighting between British and German forces in the French villages of Eterville and Maltot during World War II. 'He who holds Hill 112 holds Normandy' seemed an unlikely maxim when the hill is viewed from a distance, but on reaching its plateau, the vistas unfold in every direction across a huge swath of Normandy. For the Germans it was their vital de...

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  • HILL 112: THE KEY TO DEFEATING HITLER IN NORMANDY
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    HILL 112: THE KEY TO DEFEATING HITLER IN NORMANDY
    TIM SAUNDERS
    A history of the relentless fighting between British and German forces in the French villages of Eterville and Maltot during World War II. 'He who holds Hill 112 holds Normandy' seemed an unlikely maxim when the hill is viewed from a distance, but on reaching its plateau, the vistas unfold in every direction across a huge swath of Normandy. For the Germans it was their vital de...

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  • CONFLICT LANDSCAPES
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    CONFLICT LANDSCAPES
    NICHOLAS J. SAUNDERS AND PAUL CORNISH
    Conflict Landscapes explores the long under-acknowledged and under-investigated aspects of where and how modern conflict landscapes interact and conjoin with pre-twentieth-century places, activities, and beliefs, as well as with individuals and groups. Investigating and understanding the often unpredictable power and legacies of landscapes that have seen (and often still viscer...

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  • THE NINETEENTH CENTURY PERIODICAL PRESS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF DETECTIVE FICTION
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    THE NINETEENTH CENTURY PERIODICAL PRESS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF DETECTIVE FICTION
    SAMUEL SAUNDERS
    This book re-imagines nineteenth-century detective fiction as a literary genre that was connected to, and nurtured by, contemporary periodical journalism. Whilst ‘detective fiction’ is almost universally-accepted to have originated in the nineteenth century, a variety of widely-accepted scholarly narratives of the genre’s evolution neglect to connect it with the development of ...

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  • A NATION OF HOME OWNERS
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    A NATION OF HOME OWNERS
    PETER SAUNDERS
    Originally published in 1990, and re-issued in 2020 with an updated Preface, this book shows how the UK has become a nation of home owners, and the effect it has had on people’s lives, the impact which it has had on British society and the implications for those who have hitherto been excluded. The book briefly charts the history of the growth of owner-occupation in Britain and...

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  • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THE LAW OF IDEAS
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    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THE LAW OF IDEAS
    KURT SAUNDERS
    Ideas are the fuel of industry and the entertainment business. Likewise, manufacturers receive suggestions for new products or improvements to existing products, and retailers frequently receive ideas for new marketing campaigns. Many ideas are not new and may be used by anyone without the risk of incurring any legal liability, but some ideas are novel and valuable. If the orig...

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  • GEOPOLITICS, NORTHERN EUROPE, AND NORDIC NOIR
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    GEOPOLITICS, NORTHERN EUROPE, AND NORDIC NOIR
    ROBERT A. SAUNDERS
    With its focus on the popular television genre of Nordic noir, this book examines subtle and explicit manifestations of geopolitics in crime series from Scandinavia and Finland, as well as the impact of such programmes on how northern Europe is viewed around the world. Drawing on a diverse set of literature, from screen studies to critical International Relations, Geopolitics, ...

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  • CREATING UNEQUAL FUTURES?
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    CREATING UNEQUAL FUTURES?
    RUTH FINCHER / PETER SAUNDERS
    'This is an important and powerful book because of the rigour of the analysis, the good sense of the innovative strategies for action by government, business and civil society, and the concern throughout for social justice.' - John Langmore, Director, UN Division for Social Policy and Development One in six Australian kids live below the poverty line. Among the twenty-five lead...

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  • TRENCH ART
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    TRENCH ART
    NICHOLAS SAUNDERS
    Trench art is the evocative name given to a dazzling array of objects made from the waste of industrialized war. Each object, whether an engraved shell case, cigarette lighter or a pen made from shrapnel, tells a unique and moving story about its maker. For the first time, this book explores in-depth the history and cultural importance behind these ambiguous art forms. Not only...

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  • FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
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    FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
    JOHN SMYTHE / RUTH SAUNDERS
    The comparative numbers between male- and female-led start-ups are stark. Ninety-one per cent of venture capital money continues to fund businesses founded solely by men, with only one per cent of venture capital money invested in businesses founded solely by women. Yet being a female entrepreneur is not the preserve of Wonder Woman. It’s for every woman who wants to make it ha...

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  • RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT
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    RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT
    JOHN SAUNDERS / J. MICHAEL DAVIS / GALEN MOSES / JAMES E ROSS
    Financing distribution of electric energy to rural areas in developing countries is a relatively recent activity. The United States Agency for International Development (AID) was the first to loan funds for this purpose. In 1963 it authorized $400, 000 to establish an electric cooperative in Nicaragua. Since then 15 loans have been made by AID for establishing or expanding elec...

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  • THE MIDDLE EAST IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
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    THE MIDDLE EAST IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
    JUDITH KIPPER / HAROLD SAUNDERS
    Well before events in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe dramatized the rapidity with which a new political world is evolving and before the Gulf War sharpened the focus on the Middle East agenda, scholars and policymakers alike were searching for different concepts for addressing the intractable problems facing the Middle East. Even though the re ...

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  • OPERATION TOTALIZE
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    OPERATION TOTALIZE
    TIM SAUNDERS
    By early August 1944 the Germans fighting in Normandy had been worn down by the battles around Caen, while to the west, the American breakout was finally gaining momentum. Now was the time to launch II Canadian Corps south towards Falaise. With much of the German armour having been stripped away for the Mortain Counter-Attack, hopes ran high that the Corps, reinforced with Brit...

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  • THE POLITICAL DIMENSION OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
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    THE POLITICAL DIMENSION OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
    PHILLIP SAUNDERS
    First published in 1986. This study examines both labor’s and management’s political activities in the state of Massachusetts. The book, while historical in character, provides an interpretation of change, and identifies, describes and interprets temporal sequences. The primary aim of this study is to trace the evolution of public policy in the United States in the broad area o...

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  • THE POLITICAL DIMENSION OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
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    THE POLITICAL DIMENSION OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
    PHILLIP SAUNDERS
    First published in 1986. This study examines both labor’s and management’s political activities in the state of Massachusetts. The book, while historical in character, provides an interpretation of change, and identifies, describes and interprets temporal sequences. The primary aim of this study is to trace the evolution of public policy in the United States in the broad area o...

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  • LIFE WITHIN HIDDEN WORLDS
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    LIFE WITHIN HIDDEN WORLDS
    JESSICA WILLIAMS SAUNDERS
    Throughout most of human history, our ancestors have done rather poorly when dealing with acts of violence. To cite but one of many shocking examples, let us perhaps recall a case from 1801, of an English boy aged only 13, who was executed by hanging on the gallows at Tyburn. What was his crime? It seems that he had been condemned to die for having stolen a spoon (Westwick, 194...

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  • EMOTIONAL AND COGNITIVE OVERLOAD
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    EMOTIONAL AND COGNITIVE OVERLOAD
    ANNE-FRANÇOISE RUTKOWSKI / CAROL SAUNDERS
    We live in a world of limitless information. With technology advancing at an astonishingly fast pace, we are challenged to adapt to robotics and automated systems that threaten to replace us. Both at home and at work, an endless range of devices and Information Technology (IT) systems place demands upon our attention that human beings have never experienced before, but are our ...

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  • SKILLS TRAINING IN COMMUNICATION AND RELATED TOPICS
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    SKILLS TRAINING IN COMMUNICATION AND RELATED TOPICS
    ELLEN BELZER / JOHN SAUNDERS
    Quality communication contributes to smoother running practices, better care and services, greater efficiencies, fewer unhealthy conflicts, more satisfied staff and patients, and an improved ability to meet the challenges of an evolving and increasingly complex health care environment - With packed curricula in most health care training institutions, and hectic schedules in pra...

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  • PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE IN CONSTRUCTION
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    PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE IN CONSTRUCTION
    BEN PATTEN / HUGH SAUNDERS
    What is professional negligence? What are the obligations of construction professionals in contract and in tort? In what circumstances might the difference between the obligations be important? These questions are of crucial importance not only to construction lawyers but also to contractors, architects, quantity surveyors, engineers, project managers, and multi-disciplinary pr...

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