Victorian life in India - the clash between two great civilizations, a cauldron of human drama - was perhaps the most deeply romantic expression of life in all the modern age. We are forever fascinated. This award-winning novel concerns the events surrounding the Sepoy uprising of 1857. A young Englishman becomes an unlikely hero when he finds ...
A historical account of Britain's loss of Singapore to the Japanese in World War II--the last of Farrell's novels about the decline of the British empire.
Farrell's humorous and satirical early historical novel is set in Ireland after World War I, during the "troubles." As a guest at an old hotel that's been on the skids for years--a metaphor for the British in Ireland--a shell-shocked English veteran falls in love with a young Irish woman and with her eccentric family, watching helplessly as the ...
Presenting an easy-to-understand model of facilitation that focuses on getting work done, this text provides practical guidance for managers and leaders who need to be successful in this new role. The authors show managers how to use themselves in new ways, and capitalize on group dynamics.
This work is a business fable about implementing the facilitation process in order to meet a seemingly impossible goal. In the story, Rune, an elf who is the Production Director for Santa's Workshop, implements the three-step facilitation process.
In this captivating new series, actress/P.I. Annie McGrogan is initiated into a world of murder, mystery and drama where she'll have to give the performance of a lifetime. When a soap star's husband is murdered, Annie must trap a killer in a kinky case only she can solve.
To the cool of the Simla hills comes a reluctant Dr McNab, with his wife and young niece. For Emily, romance is in the air. For the mysterious Mrs Forester, there is scandal brewing. And for the Bishop of Simla, rainclouds are not the only storms on the horizon...The Hill Station is the novel on which J.G. Farrell was working at the time of his ...
"Information, Coding and Mathematics" is a classic reference for both professional and academic researchers working in error-correction coding and decoding, Shannon theory, cryptography, digital communications, information security, and electronic engineering. The work represents a collection of contributions from leading experts in turbo coding, ...
In 1857, the British community continues its serene existence, complacently ignoring the rumours of trouble among the native troops elsewhere in Hindustan. Life is dull, but the trappings of civilization must be earnestly preserved. Only the Collector, Mr Hopkins, senses danger.
Rapid advances in electronic and optical technology have enabled the implementation of powerful error-control codes, which are now used in almost the entire range of information systems with close to optimal performance. These codes and decoding methods are required for the detection and correction of the errors and erasures which inevitably occur ...
Troubled Pleasures is a critical re-examination of the fiction of J.G. Farrell, whose work has suffered a generation of literary eclipse. It argues powerfully for his status as a significant twentieth-century novelist.
In their book, "Breakthrough Thinking", the authors offer a unique process for solving problems. In this follow-up book, they present more insight into the history of thinking and problem-solving approaches, while providing research that explains why Breakthrough Thinking is successful. Based on well-researched studies, this volume offers a new ...
Current standard numerical methods are of little use in solving mathematical problems involving boundary layers. In Robust Computational Techniques for Boundary Layers, the authors construct numerical methods for solving problems involving differential equations that have non-smooth solutions with singularities related to boundary layers. They ...
Periods of environmental hypoxia (Low Oxygen Availability) are extremely common in aquatic systems due to both natural causes such as diurnal oscillations in algal respiration, seasonal flooding, stratification, under ice cover in lakes, and isolation of densely vegetated water bodies, as well as more recent anthropogenic causes (e.g. ...
"Coping with Loss of Independence" is written in a jargon free, easy-to-understand manner. Information is translated into real-life terms. It contains useful advice and sections to help readers decide how they are doing and if they need to do more, less, or something different. A list of services is included and evidence provided, so that no ...
"Crop Post-Harvest: Science and Technology, Volume 1: Principles and Practice" is edited by Peter Golob, Graham Farrell and John E Orchard. World-wide losses of crops, post-harvest, through microbial action, pests, diseases and other types of spoilage amount to millions of tons every year. This essential handbook is the first in a three-volume ...
India, 1857 - the year of the Great Mutiny, when Muslim soldiers turned in bloody rebellion on their British overlords. This time of convulsion is the subject of [itals] "The Siege of Krishnapur" [itals], widely considered to be one of the finest British novels of the last fifty years. A witty and individual take on the many traditions and follies ...
Governments across the world are pursuing reform in an effort to improve public services. But have these reforms actually led to improvements in services? "Evaluating Public Management Reforms" develops a framework for a theory-based evaluation of reforms, and then uses this framework to assess the impact of new arrangements for public service ...
Effective facilitation is the key to making groups and teams work. This guide presents a model of facilitation that focuses on getting work done and in being successful in personal situations at work. The book seeks to provide people with the knowledge of how to be a good facilitator.
Governments across the world are pursuing reform in an effort to improve public services. But have these reforms actually led to improvements in services? "Evaluating Public Management Reforms" develops a framework for a theory-based evaluation of reforms, and then uses this framework to assess the impact of new arrangements for public service ...
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