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Скачать книгу (размер 1 880 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 370) Аннотация: This third edition of David P. Forsythe's successful textbook provides an authoritative overview of the place of human rights in an age of upheaval in international politics. Human rights standards are examined at the global, regional and national levels, with separate chapters on transnational corporations and advocacy groups. The third edition has been completely updated to include the latest…

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Writing for Impact is an innovative and broad-ranging new course for learners of business English who want to excel at writing. Writing for Impact contains 12 units that cover writing emails, letters, meeting minutes and all aspects of report-writing, as well as providing a progressive syllabus on the process of writing: planning, note-taking, drafting, checking and summarising. Writing for…

Скачать книгу (размер 289 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 58) Аннотация: Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical-thinking skills. The Teacher's Manual provides an overview of the series and an explanation of the structure of each unit. It includes teaching tips, a complete answer key for each unit, and unit quizzes and answers. The Teacher's Manual also offers cultural notes and optional activities where…

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Cambridge English Readers is a new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels — from elementary to advanced — the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes. 'The first killing went well. Perfectly, in fact. Though I always knew it would. I had planned it well. Arrangements,…

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Cambridge English Readers is a new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels — from elementary to advanced — the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes. 'The first killing went well. Perfectly, in fact. Though I always knew it would. I had planned it well. Arrangements,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: This intellectually rigorous introduction to international law encourages readers to engage with multiple aspects of the topic: as 'law' directing and shaping its subjects; as a technique for governing the world of states and beyond statehood; and as a framework within which several critical and constructivist projects are articulated. The articles situate international law in its historical and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 324) Аннотация: Many of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores examples of this process of invention — the creation of Welsh and Scottish 'national culture'; the elaboration of British royal rituals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the origins of imperial…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 380) Аннотация: Hugh Kearney's classic account of the history of the British Isles from pre-Roman times to the present is distinguished by its treatment of English history as part of a wider 'history of four nations'. Not only focusing on England, it attempts to deal with the histories of Wales, Ireland and Scotland in their own terms, whilst recognising that they too have political, religious and cultural…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 339 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 656) Аннотация: This innovative textbook examines commercial law and the social and political context in which it develops. Topical examples, such as funding for terrorism, demonstrate this fast-moving field's relevance to today's concerns. This wide-ranging subject is set within a clear structure, with part and chapter introductions setting out the student's course of study. Recommendations for further reading…

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Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: Why do we read literature and how do we judge it? C. S. Lewis's classic An Experiment in Criticism springs from the conviction that literature exists for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite. He argues that 'good reading', like moral action or religious experience, involves surrender to the work in hand and a process of entering fully into the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Scholars have generally assumed that authoritarianism and rule of law are mutually incompatible. Convinced that free markets and rule of law must tip authoritarian societies in a liberal direction, nearly all studies of law and contemporary politics have neglected that improbable coupling: authoritarian rule of law. Through a focus on Singapore, this book presents an analysis of authoritarian…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 207 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 238) Аннотация: Billions of people throughout the world are paid for their work. This book was written to explain why they earn what they earn and, in doing so, to help readers understand how they can earn more in both the short and long run. It describes wages, wage differences across groups, wage inequality, how organizations set pay and why, executive and 'superstar' pay, the difference between pay and 'total…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 268 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 446) Аннотация: This is a major new approach to the military revolution and the relationship between warfare and the power of the state in early modern Europe. Whereas previous accounts have emphasised the growth of state-run armies during this period, David Parrott argues instead that the delegation of military responsibility to sophisticated and extensive networks of private enterprise reached unprecedented…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: States that now contemplate constitutional reform often grapple with the question of whether to constitutionalise social rights. This book presents an argument for why, under the right conditions, doing so can be a good way to advance social justice. In making such a case, the author considers the nature of the social minimum, the role of the court among other institutions, the empirical record…

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Скачать книгу (размер 2 559 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 503) Аннотация: How does Google sell ad space and rank webpages? How does Netflix recommend movies and Amazon rank products? How can you influence people on Facebook and Twitter and can you really reach anyone in six steps? Why doesn't the Internet collapse under congestion and does it have an Achilles' heel? Why are you charged per gigabyte for mobile data and how can Skype and BitTorrent be free? How are cloud…

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