Orlando: a biography
by DiBattista, Maria, Hussey, Mark, Woolf, Virginia
fromHarvest book
"This is the first full-length study of Handel's English Church music. As well as dealing with the many aspects of the compositions themselves, it traces the background to the diverse items in the repertory, which relates directly to Handel's constant but changing relationship w…
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 fra…
"Print Culture and the Medieval Author is a book about books. Examining hundreds of early printed books and many late medieval manuscripts, Alexandra Gillespie writes a bibliographical history of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer and his follower John Lydgate in the century after the ar…
The making of the English working class
by Thompson, E. P., (Edward Palmer)
fromVintage giant
This text is based on unique research study conducdted in the three English high security hospitals-Ashworth, Rampton and Broadmoor. Through in-depth analysis of an extensive questionnaire survey followed by personal interviews. the author shows how positive or negative attitude…
"Education is in a state of continual change and schools ever more diverse. People want more participation and meaning in their lives; organisations want more creativity and flexibility. Building on these trends, this timely book argues that a new paradigm is emerging in educati…
The swift developments within the financial markets over the years conflict with traditional property law structures and have caused a great degree of legal uncertainty. This book evaluates the requirement for specificity as a criterion for property rights in securities evidence…
