Achieving sustainable energy and resource use is vital if cities are to thrive or even function in the long term. Focusing on cities in the United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark, this book examines the mounting pressures for changes in the management style of utility services in Europe, pressures that stem from a wide range of sources such as liberalization and privatization of markets, tighter environmental standards, new economic incentives, c...
With over 200 stunning color images, this volume explains the forces behind Aston Martin as a world-leading carmaker and celebrates the cars' speed, durability, reliability, sophistication, leading technology, and sporting nature.
Success at University: What They Haven't Told You takes tertiary study skills and success at university books to a completely different level. This book is applicable to all university students. While some students will assume they have already developed the requisite skills to succeed at university, these students may be in for a surprise. Some students might read all the chapters in sequence, to help refine their performance, satisfaction, w...
The remarkable story of one of the big names in British football. Martin O'Neill was plucked from Irish club Distillery to join Brian Clough's all-conquering Forest team of the 1970s/80s and has gone on to a managerial career with Wycombe Wanderers, Celtic and Aston Villa which has seen both incredible highs and lows. He gave up a law degree for football, became the first Catholic captain of Northern Ireland, and resigned from Celtic to care f...
This book sheds new light on the development and use of quantitative models to describe the process of skin permeation. It critically reviews the development of quantitative predictive models of skin absorption and discusses key recommendations for model development. Topics presented include an introduction to skin physiology, the underlying theories of skin absorption, the physical laboratory-based processes used to generate skin absorption d...
Many of us cannot write well, or because we cannot write good resumes, sales letters, business reports, etc., we can easily appear to be unintelligent.
Many students assume that learning about research will be boring and tedious. And they are usually right: learning about research can be boring and tedious. Fortunately, to enliven this topic and to prevent relentless boredom, this book introduces a series of techniques.
A biography of an iconic national football figure, from winning the European Cup twice with Nottingham Forest and captaining Northern Ireland at the 1982 World Cup, to winning trophies galore managing Celtic. Extracts to run in the "Irish Post".
This book sheds new light on the development and use of quantitative models to describe the process of skin permeation. It critically reviews the development of quantitative predictive models of skin absorption and discusses key recommendations for model development. Topics presented include an introduction to skin physiology, the underlying theories of skin absorption, the physical laboratory-based processes used to generate skin absorption d...
Richard works in advertising and lives in a ground floor flat in South West London with his wife Harriet. He never really got on with his mother and after her death his dad decides to pay them both a rare visit. Not thrilled with the idea of him coming to stay Richard is taken aback when his father arrives and discusses the contents of his mother's will and it's not what he wants to hear. Together with this and his father's bad habits and woma...
Known during his Celtic days as 'Martin the Magnificent', this is the definitive biography for any football fan. This is Martin O'Neill's remarkable true story.
To enhance the performance of their employees, managers need to reach an extraordinary number of decisions every day based on information and training as well as on their experience and instinct for what is right. But are the assumptions and beliefs behind theses decisions always based on real evidence or do many follow instead the latest management fad, personal opinion, anecdotal observation, pseudo-research or just a dogged preference for ...