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Key Concepts in Contemporary Literature
Автор: Padley Steve Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2006 Страниц: 232 Дата загрузки: 12 марта 20092009-09-22
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Key Concepts in Contemporary Literature offers a comprehensive overview of the literature and critical debates of the period since 1945. Setting texts in their historical, political and cultural contexts, it demonstrates how literature has dealt with and been shaped by the changing face of the modern world. Divided into three clear sections, the volume serves to introduce the significant literary movements, themes and developments of the period since the Second World War and covers a full range of novels, poetry and drama as well as providing a guide to the major critical theories of recent times. Features include an accessible and full overview of the texts, contexts and criticism of the contemporary period, an alphabetical format that makes information quick and easy to find and cross-referencing, and further reading suggestions that provide additional resources for study. Acting as the perfect accompaniment, this is an invaluable guide to anyone navigating their way through the contemporary era and the literature that defines it.
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Key Concepts in Social Research Methods
Автор: Gomm Roger Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2009 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 26 мая 20122010-12-30
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This book presents a glossary of terms common in social research. It is organized alphabetically for ease of use. It covers both quantitative and qualitative research and their epistemological underpinnings. It is also closely linked to up-to-date sources of further information to aid learning and understanding. The terms and concepts are fully cross-referenced. An in-depth glossary, this accessible book successfully introduces students to the key concepts and terms used in social research. Terms are organised alphabetically and fully cross-referenced for use of ease. Suggestions for further reading help to consolidate knowledge and aids understanding.
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The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Diplomacy
Автор: Berridge G.R. Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2012 Страниц: 424 Дата загрузки: 12 апреля 20162014-07-24
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Like all professions, diplomacy has spawned its own specialized terminology, and it is this lexicon which provides the thematic spine of this dictionary. It also includes entries on legal terms, political events, international organizations and major figures who have occupied the diplomatic scene or have written influentially about it over the last half millennium. This third edition has been updated with new entries (for example e-diplomacy) and more traditional terms have been slimmed down. The result is an even tighter focus on the language of diplomacy, while making coverage of it even more comprehensive than before. Students of international politics and related subjects as well as junior members of diplomatic services can turn to this book for assistance in understanding the technicalities of diplomatic and associated language.
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The Undergraduate Research Handbook
Автор: Wisker Gina Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2009 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 19 марта 20122012-09-12
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This is a practical, lively, research-informed undergraduate text offering experience, evidence based ideas, advice and information. It provides students with models, tasks and activities to enable them to think through, plan, action, write-up and present their research. It helps to develop ideas, research questions, creative thinking and systematic research practices that will enable students to produce high quality dissertations, assignments and reports. It offers experience, evidence based ideas and advice on all stages of the research process. It not only discusses the major research project or dissertation, but also focuses on a range of research-based work expected from undergraduates at any stage of their degree. It includes material on necessary skills for after graduation. It is a practical, research-informed text providing student researchers with models, tasks and activities to enable them to think through, plan, action, write up and present their research. It will help to develop ideas, creative thinking, and systematic research practices that will enable students to produce high quality dissertations and reports.
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Criminal Law
Автор: Herring Jonathan Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2011 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 15 октрября 20142014-04-24
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The Palgrave Macmillan Law Masters series is a long-running and successful list of titles offering clear, concise and authoritative guides to the main subject areas, written by experienced and respected authors. The seventh edition of Criminal Law provides a comprehensive introduction to the basic principles of criminal liability and to the main criminal offences, together with insights into the controversies and debates that surround the subject. The text is written in a clear and engaging style, making the fundamental concepts easy to grasp. This is an ideal companion for both law undergraduate and GDL/CPE students. This new edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect recent case law and statutory developments. The enhanced layout includes Hot Topic sections analysing the controversial cases of recent years, plus end of chapter summaries and suggestions for further reading.
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Legal Method
Автор: McLeod Ian Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2011 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20132012-06-18
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The Palgrave Macmillan Law Masters series is a long-running and successful list of titles offering clear, concise and authoritative guides to the main subject areas, written by experienced and respected authors. This eighth edition of Legal Method provides a lively introduction to the nature of the English legal system and its sources, and to the techniques which lawyers use when handling those sources. The text assumes no prior knowledge and makes its content accessible by clarity of expression rather than by dilution of content. In addition to more conventional sources, writers as varied as Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and T. S. Eliot are cited. This is an ideal course companion for both law undergraduate and GDL/CPE students. The new enhanced layout includes end of chapter summaries and self-test exercises.
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Mastering Human Resource Management
Автор: Cheatle Kelvin Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2001 Страниц: 272 Дата загрузки: 26 декабря 20092003-05-24
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Mastering Human Resource Management provides an authoritative and accessible guide to this dynamic and fascinating topic. Fully up-to-date, this book encompasses all aspects of the most recent UK and European legislation and case law. Ideal as a valuable study text for the personnel management student, for quick reference by the busy manager or as a problem solver for the interested employee. It takes the reader on an A-Z tour on all matters concerned with managing Human Resources and helps provide direct answers to the day to day issues of managing staff.
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The Exam Skills Handbook: Achieving Peak Performance
Автор: Cottrell Stella Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2012 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 14 июля 20132017-08-24
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The Exam Skills Handbook provides an easy-to-follow set of strategies and techniques that build to a plan for achieving your best possible exam performance. It provides practical step-by-step guidance in long-term planning for optimal performance through to last minute revision strategies. As well as its original series of 'ready-made' revision sessions, it provides checklists, structured reflections, and a hallmark page-by-page design that helps you work quickly and easily. You can take charge of your preparation and approach exams with calm and confidence, expertise and enjoyment.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Автор: Smith Susan Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2012 Страниц: 184 Дата загрузки: 22 апреля 20162017-08-13
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Elizabeth Taylor was one of the major film stars of the twentieth century, embodying all the glamour and allure of Hollywood stardom. Yet her achievements as an actress have often been overshadowed by her beauty and tumultuous life off-screen. To redress this imbalance, Susan Smith offers an illuminating study of Elizabeth Taylor's work in film, exploring her fascinating trajectory from child to adult star. Smith reveals the influence that Taylor's early work exerted over her later career and the ways in which her on-screen identity is profoundly rooted in her association with animals and nature. Smith carefully unpicks what made Taylor such a distinctive and dynamic on-screen performer – from the expressive use she made of her eyes to the dramatic significance of her voice – and considers the importance of certain professional collaborations that Taylor forged during her career, most notably her acting partnership with Montgomery Clift.
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Key Concepts in Second Language Acquisition
Автор: Reinders Hayo Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2011 Страниц: 208 Дата загрузки: 17 августа 20132014-02-19
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What does it mean to acquire a language? What is considered a second language in multilingual settings? This practical and comprehensive guide provides an opportunity to consider these issues, providing easy access to concise definitions of key terms and concepts in the study of Second Language Acquisition.
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The Mature Student's Guide to Writing
Автор: Rose Jean Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2012 Страниц: 344 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20162014-10-21
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Through its use of conversational and supportive tones, this popular guide puts readers at ease, assisting the transition to academic study. With clear explanations, summaries and exercises, it is an invaluable companion for the mature student. This third edition has much new content including a new chapter on writing a dissertation proposal.
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Nicole Kidman
Автор: Cook Pam Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2012 Страниц: 160 Дата загрузки: 26 декабря 20142015-04-07
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'Nicole Kidman' explores the volatile position of stars in contemporary global media production via a case study of the star. It examines the way that Nicole Kidman's career traverses a number of tensions, including: local (Australian) and global; star/actor/celebrity; blockbuster and art cinema; personal life and public identity. It offers detailed analysis of her career trajectory, key films and performances, assessing the impact of the circulation of her persona in multiple media sites.
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Researching Online
Автор: Dolowitz David Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2008 Страниц: 248 Дата загрузки: 16 апреля 20122010-07-23
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This book offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the use of internet technology in research. It provides full accounts of the different ways in which online resources can help with research projects in any area of the social sciences or humanities along with useful hints and tips as to how you can make the internet work for you.
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The Student's Guide to Writing: Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
Автор: Peck John Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2012 Страниц: 184 Дата загрузки: 22 апреля 20162017-08-13
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Aimed at students wishing to improve their writing skills, this guide deals with the key basics of grammar, punctuation and spelling while also showing students how to construct a sentence, how to build a paragraph and how to structure an essay. This third edition includes an expanded 'Spot the Mistake' section.
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Study Skills Connected: Using Technology to Support Your Studies
Автор: Morris Neil Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2012 Страниц: 208 Дата загрузки: 18 июля 20132015-02-19
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Engaging, accessible and practical, this book helps students to get the most out of new technologies to enhance their learning practices, engage with their studies and improve their study skills. Covering a broad range of topics, it encourages a reflective perspective on e-learning resources.
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Write it Right: The Secrets of Effective Writing
Автор: Peck John Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2012 Страниц: 216 Дата загрузки: 27 августа 20142013-06-18
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Write It Right covers everyday tasks and academic writing, offering user-friendly advice on how students can make the most of simple, practical methods for tackling essays and longer pieces of work. Divided into ten sections, this guide can be used either as a course book or for individual use. Each section is informed by one or more essential ideas about how to write well.
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Getting Critical
Автор: Williams Kate Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2009 Страниц: 112 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20112011-07-23
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Students need to think critically about what they read or hear. This accessible guide shows students what being 'critical' in their work means, and how to bring that 'critical' dimension into all the work they do. It addresses the need and the skills of being critical in relation to reading and writing and is ideal for students at any level.
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Language Testing: Theories and Practices
Автор: O'Sullivan Barry Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2011 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 7 октрября 20142016-08-14
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Language Testing: Theories and Practices offers, a coherent overview of some of the key issues currently dominating the language testing profession. By bringing together a large group of authors from across the world who are actively engaged in language testing in different ways, from the practitioner to the academic, the book succeeds in highlighting a number of central ideas, the interpretation of which is to modern testing. These ideas (validation, localization, professionalization, reflexivity and politicization) are central to the chapters, which offer the reader an opportunity a glimpse of how language testers envisage the discipline in the coming years. The work included here will appeal to the expert and non-expert reader. The authors present their ideas and evidences in an informative yet accessible style and offer a unique glimpse of the broad range of interests, methodologies and concerns that define language testing.
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Legal Theory
Автор: McLeod Ian Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2012 Страниц: 264 Дата загрузки: 19 апреля 20162015-04-22
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Why do some rules have the status of law while others do not? Is law simply a matter of rules anyway? What is justice? Legal Theory asks questions such as these and explains some of the answers that legal theorists have given over the ages, from Ancient Greece to the present day.
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Mastering Employee Development
Автор: Pettinger Richard Жанр: Palgrave Год: 2002 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 21 июня 20092004-05-18
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This text is designed as a clear and concise introduction to employee development. Many people, in both human resource and general management positions, have little idea of what employee development is or should be. This book addresses this specific issue and is an introduction for those who wish either to understand the subject in general or develop their expertise and understanding further.
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