24 Ergebnisse - Zeige 1 von 20.

Originally published in 1991, Counselling Problem Drinkers provides an illuminating and invaluable guide for the counsellor trying to help clients control their drinking. Written in a clear, straightforward way, it offers practical but imaginative advice, and places alcohol counselling firmly in context.

The poems in this selection range from recent poetry written in Ian Davidson's new home in Ireland to work written when he lived in north Wales. Also available here are out-of-print sequences that were published to some critical acclaim.

This tells the story of a group of regular travellers, in the eight years Coventry City were playing in the lower Tiers of English Football. It captures the magic of days out with members of the Coventry City London Supporters' Club following their beloved Coventry City home and away., The socialising with friends who share the same passion for football, drinking and eating together in great pubs, visiting football grounds and even enjoying th...

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Published in partnership with the National Trust for Scotland, it pays tribute to the craftspeople, gardeners, managers, guides and more, who have made the Trust's properties so special.

The French Revolution casts a long shadow, one that reaches into our own time and influences our debates on freedom, equality, and authority. Yet it remains an elusive, perplexing historical event. Its significance morphs according to the sympathies of the viewer, who may see it as a series of gory tableaux, a regrettable slide into uncontrolled anarchy—or a radical reshaping of the political landscape.In this riveting new book, Ian Davidson p...

These poems were written on the way to work, walking the two and a half miles from near Saltwell Park in Gateshead to Northumbria University in Newcastle. The journey took me through Gateshead's residential streets, its town centre and over the Tyne, often by the High Level Bridge. I'd try to write something in my head every day before I got to work, while still free of the numbing rush of its demands. Sometimes a whole poem would appear, at o...

In Voltaire in Exile, Ian Davidson re-creates the most tumultuous period in the life Voltaire, of one of the giants of the Enlightenment.

This text provides a rigorous introduction to corporate finance and the valuation of equity. The book covers much of the received theory in these areas such as the relationship between the risk of an equity security and the return one can expect from it.

Keine Beschreibung.

Drawing extensively on French and international sources and historians, this is a well-researched and fast-paced account of how and why the French Revolution descended into violence and tyranny.

Partly in Riga and other poems is a book in five sections, covering themes of birth (the arrival of a new son), travel in Latvia, in Greece and in Wales, contemporary politics, and the endless of vagaries and mysteries of people. "I like people, though they disturb me sometimes." (Ian Davidson, from the Foreword)

The definitive biography of Voltaire's life from his scandalous love affairs and political maneuverings to his inspired philosophy.

The essays in this volume present a thorough re-evaluation of the idea of place for the twenty-first century, linking across theoretical interests in space and spatialisation and in motion and mobility. 'Placing' becomes an active process that happens in different parts of the world, and there is work here from the countries of the United Kingdom, from Ireland, the USA, Australia and mainland Europe. Placing also happens in different contexts,...

Written in a clear and intelligent way, this guide gives a concise grounding in the key areas of financial accounting, management accounting, taxation, financial instruments and corporate finance.

This book draws out connections between ideas of space in cultural and social theory and developments in contemporary poetry. Studying the works of poets from the UK and USA we explore relationships between the texts, ideas of globalization and issues of nationality, identity, language and geography.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

In the next few years, Britain will face a momentous choice in Europe. Should it join a single currency in the European Union? Or should it stay outside? This report is the result of an intensive enquiry into the implications of that choice, led by Lord Kingsdown, former Governor of the Bank of England. It examines the pros and cons of British participation, the likely consequences for the British economy, including inflation, interest rates a...