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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
Häftad, 2010
166 kr
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Drawing on the unique resources of the Oxford English Dictionary and offering coverage of over 6,000 slang words and expressions from the Cockney 'abaht' to the American term 'zowie', this is the most authoritative dictionary of slang from the 20th and 21st centuries. The Oxford Dictionary of …
Leadership and statecraft : studies in power
Av Ali Ansari, Benedetta Berti m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
224 kr
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Machiavellis observation om ledarskapets svåra balansgång är lika relevant i vår tid med förnyade militära, ekonomiska och kulturella konflikter, som den en gång var i 1500-talets Florens. Kinas framväxt, Rysslands attack mot Ukraina och den växande politiska och ekonomiska närvaron i den globala …
Paediatric Cardiology
Av Thomas Day, Aaron Bell m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
897 kr
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While paediatric cardiology may be a small specialty, it is important to note that congenital heart disease ranks as the most prevalent congenital condition globally. As a result, cardiac problems form a significant part of the workload of many general paediatricians, neonatologists, and other …
City, Civility and Capitalism : A Historical Perspective
A Historical Perspective
Av Yolande Barnes, Erica Benner m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
182 kr
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This anthology explores how Architecture, Urban Planning and Trade have contributed to Civility and Political order. Using Renaissance Italy, where the first trading town was born, as a starting point, the writers bring us on a journey to modern cities and societies. How can we create urban …
Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series: Volume 1
Av WEINER, John Simpson m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
476 kr
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This is the first of three volumes in a major series supplementing the acclaimed Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Each volume contains 3,000 new words and meanings presented in the style of the OED. representing a variety of work-in-progress from across the alphabetical range, …
Building Beautiful
Classical Houses by John Simpson
Inbunden, 2025
217 kr
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Inviting, perfect in proportion, exquisite in detail such are a few of the ways to describe homes designed by John Simpson. Well known for his work with the British royal family at Buckingham and Kensington palaces and for his buildings at Eton College in the U.K. and at the University of Notre …
The Oxford English Dictionary
Av John Simpson, Edmund Weiner
Inbunden, 1989
15385 kr
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The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It traces the usage of words through 2.4 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources.The OED has a unique historical focus. …
The Oxford Book of Exile
Av John Simpson
Inbunden, 1995
2041 kr
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From the moment Adam and Eve were expelled from Paradise, exile has been a part of the human experience. The circumstances in which individuals or entire peoples are compelled to leave their homeland are as various as they are numerous, and in this book John Simpson has brought together examples of …
Paediatric Cardiology
Av John Simpson, Sadia Quyam m. fl.
E-bok, 2025
793 kr
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While paediatric cardiology may be a small specialty, it is important to note that congenital heart disease ranks as the most prevalent congenital condition globally. As a result, cardiac problems form a significant part of the workload of many general paediatricians, neonatologists, and other …
Paediatric Cardiology
Av John Simpson, Sadia Quyam m. fl.
E-bok, 2024
793 kr
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While paediatric cardiology may be a small specialty, it is important to note that congenital heart disease ranks as the most prevalent congenital condition globally. As a result, cardiac problems form a significant part of the workload of many general paediatricians, neonatologists, and other …
Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series: Volume 2
Av WEINER, John Simpson m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
737 kr
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The second in a major series of volumes supplementing the Second Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, OED Additions Volume 2 contains, 3,000 new words and meanings presented in OED style, and represents work-in-progress from across the alphabetic range.Its contents include: 3,000 new words and …
Not Quite World's End
A Traveller's Tales
Av John Simpson
E-bok, 2009
146 kr
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The fourth volume of autobiography from legendary foreign correspondent, John Simpson.For decades, John Simpson has travelled the world to report on the most significant events of our time. In Not Quite World's End, he offers a lively and upbeat look at the challenges and changes the world has gone …
Unreliable Sources
How the Twentieth Century Was Reported
Av John Simpson
E-bok, 2010
158 kr
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'Informative, amusing, sometimes shocking' – Giles Foden, The GuardianA critical examination of the British press over the last century, from legendary foreign correspondent John Simpson.Through many decades of groundbreaking journalism across the globe, John Simpson has become one of the most …
Strange Places, Questionable People
Home truths from far away places
Av John Simpson
Häftad, 2008
262 kr
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The first volume of autobiography from legendary foreign correspondent, John Simpson.Since the 1970s, John Simpson has travelled the world to report on the most significant events of our time. From being punched in the stomach by Harold Wilson on one of his first days as a reporter, to escaping …
Not Quite World's End
A Traveller's Tales
Av John Simpson
Häftad, 2008
245 kr
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The fourth volume of autobiography from legendary foreign correspondent, John Simpson.For decades, John Simpson has travelled the world to report on the most significant events of our time. In Not Quite World's End, he offers a lively and upbeat look at the challenges and changes the world has gone …
Days from a Different World
A Memoir of Childhood
Av John Simpson
Häftad, 2019
225 kr
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‘I have already touched on my childhood in Strange Places, Questionable People. But the further through life I get the more I want to revisit it. I want to look at the whole of my childhood, the England I grew up in and my family.’A candid and beautifully written memoir that takes readers on a …
Unreliable Sources
How the Twentieth Century was Reported
Av John Simpson
Häftad, 2011
262 kr
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'Informative, amusing, sometimes shocking' – Giles Foden, The GuardianA critical examination of the British press over the last century, from legendary foreign correspondent John Simpson.Through many decades of groundbreaking journalism across the globe, John Simpson has become one of the most …
News from No Man's Land
Reporting the World
Av John Simpson
Häftad, 2008
250 kr
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The third volume of autobiography from legendary foreign correspondent, John Simpson.13 November 2001. John Simpson and a BBC news crew walked into Kabul and the liberation of the Afghan capital was broadcast to a waiting world. It was the end of a sustained campaign against the Taliban, a campaign …
Strange Places, Questionable People
Home truths from far away places
Av John Simpson
E-bok, 2009
254 kr
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The first volume of autobiography from legendary foreign correspondent, John Simpson.Since the 1970s, John Simpson has travelled the world to report on the most significant events of our time. From being punched in the stomach by Harold Wilson on one of his first days as a reporter, to escaping …
Mad World, My Masters
Tales from a Traveller's Life
Av John Simpson
E-bok, 2009
211 kr
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'Highly entertaining' – The TimesThe second volume of autobiography from legendary foreign correspondent, John Simpson.There are only a handful of places left on this earth where you can't buy a McDonald's hamburger or stay in a Holiday Inn – and John Simpson has been to them all.Honest, …
News from No Man's Land
Reporting the World
Av John Simpson
E-bok, 2009
146 kr
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The third volume of autobiography from legendary foreign correspondent, John Simpson.13 November 2001. John Simpson and a BBC news crew walked into Kabul and the liberation of the Afghan capital was broadcast to a waiting world. It was the end of a sustained campaign against the Taliban, a campaign …
Wars Against Saddam
Taking the Hard Road to Baghdad
Av John Simpson
E-bok, 2011
238 kr
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From acclaimed foreign correspondent John Simpson, a riveting account of more than twenty years spent covering Saddam Hussein's Iraq.A major work of serious reportage, The Wars Against Saddam explores the full story of Saddam Hussein's rise to power, and his relationship with the West throughout …
Twenty Tales from the War Zone
The Best of John Simpson
Av John Simpson
E-bok, 2011
32 kr
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In a Quick Read published for World Book Day, bestselling author and internationally renowned BBC journalist John Simpson shares some of his fascinating stories from a life spent reporting around the world, from Northern Ireland to Iraq, and from Kosovo to Kabul.Drawing on his multiple acclaimed …
Days from a Different World
A Memoir of Childhood
Av John Simpson
E-bok, 2010
260 kr
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‘I have already touched on my childhood in Strange Places, Questionable People. But the further through life I get the more I want to revisit it. I want to look at the whole of my childhood, the England I grew up in and my family.’A candid and beautifully written memoir that takes readers on a …
Independent Nuclear State
The United States, Britain And The Military Atom
Av John Simpson
Inbunden, 1983
1084 kr
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The Independent Nuclear State: The United States, Britain and the Military Atom is a chronological account and overview of the 40-year history of British military research, development and production work in atomic energy. The United Kingdom's efforts in this field have always had close links with …
Future of the Non-Proliferation Treaty
Av Darryl Howlett, John Simpson
Inbunden, 1994
1084 kr
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In 1995 a conference will be convened to review and extend the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). This work brings together a group of individuals, including the elected President of the 1995 NPT Conference, to analyze four crucial agenda areas relevant to the Conference: the …
Word Detective
A Life in Words: From Serendipity to Selfie
Av John Simpson
Häftad, 2017
155 kr
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Language is always changing. No one knows where it is going but the best way to future-cast is to look at the past. John Simpson animates for us a tradition of researching and editing, showing us both the technical lexicography needed to understand a word, and the careful poetry needed to construct …
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
An Agenda for the 1990s
Häftad, 2009
520 kr
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Originally published in 1987, this book is concerned with the possible acquisition of nuclear weapons by states not in possession of them and the international concern caused by this. Since 1968, the international arrangements designed to prevent this had been based upon the Nuclear …
Marine Turbulence
Theories, Observations, and Models
Av Helmut Z. Baumert, John Simpson m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
1274 kr
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This 2005 book gives a comprehensive overview of measurement techniques and theories for marine turbulence and mixing processes. It describes the processes which control the mixing of greenhouse gases, nutrients, trace elements, and hazardous substances in our oceans and shelf seas - from local to …
