Oxfam books music lancaster for resilience engineering
List oxfam books music lancaster for resilience engineering
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oxfam books & music lancaster for resilience engineering, 'failure' is the result of the adaptations necessary to cope with the complexity of the real world, rather than a breakdown or malfunctionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book provides an introduction to resilience engineering of systems, covering both the theoretical and practical aspectsfeaturing contributions from many of the worlds leading figures in the fields of human factors and safety, resilience engineering provides thought-provoking insights into system safety as an aggregate of its various components, subsystems, software, organizations, human behaviours, and the way in which they interactthe performance of individuals and organizations must continually adjust to current conditions and, because resources and time are finite, such adjustments are always approximatethis definitive new book explores this groundbreaking new development in safety and risk management, where 'success' is based on the ability of organizations, groups and individuals to anticipate the changing shape of risk before failures and harm occurit is written for those responsible for system safety on managerial or operational levels alike, including safety managers and engineers (line and maintenance), security experts, risk and safety consultants, human factors professionals and accident investigators
60 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster this book from watts humphrey broadens his disciplined approach to software engineeringsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein his earlier book, managing the software process, humphrey developed concrete methods for managing software development and maintenancein this book, he scales down those methods to a personal level, helping software practitioners develop the skills and habits they need to plan, track, and analyze large and complex projects more carefully and successfullythese methods, now commonly practiced, provide programmers and managers specific steps for evaluating and improving their software capabilities
14 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster systems engineering guidebook: a process for developing systems and products is intended to provide readers with a guide to understanding and becoming familiar with the systems engineering process, its application, and its value to the successful implementation of systems development projectssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book describes the systems engineering process as a multidisciplinary effortprevious owner's name on ffepthe process is defined in terms of specific tasks to be accomplished, with great emphasis placed on defining the problem that is being addressed prior to designing the solution
24 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster there is constant pressure on managers to improve the efficiency of their supply chains, allowing materials to move quickly and at low costsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis pressure has encouraged a stream of new initiatives and methods this book is aimed at anyone who wants to know about risk management and its growing impact on the supply chainthen the book develops the principles of supply chain risk management, from the steps needed to introduce it to the complexities of emergency planning supply chain risk management introduces the principles of this functionit reviews the current thinking on the subject, describes methods that are most widely used, and shows where the subject is headingin particular, they increase the supply chain's vulnerability to disruptions these unexpected events define the risks, and supply chain risk management is the function responsible for managing themit takes a straightforward approach, developing ideas in a logical sequence without being diverted into philosophical discussion or getting lost in the latest jargonthe early chapters outline the importance of the subject and review the core areas of risk and supply chain managementbut there is a growing realization that these new methods also bring unforeseen problemsby removing the slack that used to protect supply chains from unforeseen events, they create inflexible chains where even a small, unexpected event can bring everything to a standstill
30 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster this book presents a formal methodology that develops principles of software metrics based on mathematical principles and the attributes of software behavioursee oxfam website for delivery information read morealso included is coverage of programming structures, design principles and the problems and solutions of documentationthe problems and attributes of software are discussed in some depth, allowing the reader to gain a closer picture of software manufacturing processes
14 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster oxford: clarendon presssee oxfam website for delivery information read more crisp, clean, and tightly bounda philosophical poem in four parts by bridges (), poet laureate of great britain fromno owner signatures, bookplates, or other markings191 pages, with 2-page "publisher's note on the text' tipped in at rearbridges's masterpiece, the crowning achievement of his long career as poet and essayist
24 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster this best seller provides a complete knowledge on how to become an expert pilotsee oxfam website for delivery information read morequotes from the world's best pilots were used to give you the secrets of efficient and successful flyingno marking or notes on pagesthis book will be a great asset to your flying book is in good condition with slight scruffs on coverit offers detailed information on effective thermaling, cross-country, towing, competition, speed-to-fly, modern design, aeromedical
14 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster this book is the companion volume to duncan: foundations for practice in occupational therapy 5e and provides a comprehensive guide to the practice applications of the theory baselinks theory and evidence-base, and is also practicaleach chapter follows same basic structure (same format as foundations)each chapter contains practical examples and/or vignettesnew addition of highlight boxes in each chapter gives the main points in bullet format for ease of access to students new to the areawell referenced see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe sections cover the following essential skills for effective occupational therapy practice: clinical skills, management and leadership skills, evidence-based and research skills, and thinking, judgement and decision-making skillsit is designed to be a 'basic and beyond' text, of value to students throughout their studies but also a valuable reference text to clinicians
16 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster in this book wsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedwards deming details the system of transformation that underlies the 14 points for management presented in out of the crisisindicative of deming's philosophy is his advice to abolish performance reviews on the job and grades in schooldescribing prevailing management style as a prison, deming shows how a style based on cooperation rather than competition can help people develop joy in work and learning at the same time that it brings about long-term success in the marketit would be better if everyone would work together as a system, with the aim for everybody to wincompetition, we see now, is destructivethe system of profound knowledge, as it is called, consists of four parts: appreciation for a system, knowledge about variation, theory of knowledge, and psychologywhat we need is cooperation and transformation to a new style of managementedwards deming details the system of transformation that underlies the 14 points for management presented in out of the crisis
10 €
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oxfam books & music totnes ocora c centrafrique: musique gbanya chants á penser cd and case are in excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
17 €
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Very good condition books and boxsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music salisbury this beautiful boxed-set contains three long out-of-print and influential books by the great british humourist, sir osbert lancaster () - pillar to post, the story of architecture through the ages, first published in and described by gavin stamp as 'one of the most influential books on architecture ever published'; homes sweet homes, a history of architectural interiors and a sequel to pillar to post, was first published in , and drayneflete revealed, first published in , which traces the development of one particularly typical (invented) english town
19 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lancaster edward baines, journalist, author and business man, produced the first directory and gazetteer of lancashire to cover the whole county and to deal fully with its trade and industrya good condition pair of ex library books with the usual markingsthis is a reprint of a originalstructurally sound all of the pages are intact and the cover is intactminor shelfwearsome of the general and political history has long become obsolete, but local and economic historians still find it an essential and mainly reliable refer- ence book, while the total of about pages produces much entertaining reading, including some of the classified lists of traderssignature and note by previous owner in front pagethis is complete in 2 volumes and is described as "a history, directory and gazatteer of the county palatine of lancaster"includes dust jackets, price clippedpublished in two substantial volumes in and , it of course portrayed a very important area at an interesting stage of the industrial revolution660 pages + 738 pages
15 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster this is an excellent roundup of early dj sides from the late '60s and early '70ssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefeaturing innovators like king stitt and u-roy, keep on coming through the door should help dispel the reputation of reggae's dj music -- especially the early sides -- as being inferior to the music's more high-profile vocal, instrumental, and dub releasesa nice companion volume to the label's other early dj roundup, with a flick of my musical wristfeaturing the production talents of joe gibbs, bunny lee, lloyd charmers, glen brown, leslie kong, and others, not to mention some of the island's top session players, coming through the door will work perfectly for listeners interested in checking out the early days of jamaica's toasting royaltywith a incredible array of microphone personalities to choose between -- from the witty i-roy and intense dillinger to the idiosyncratic prince jazzbo -- this trojan collection bristles with energy and inventiveness from start to finish
14 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster career-spanning retrospectives are always difficult to pull off in jazz, since the music is often about the momentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the end of the set, it's hard not to be impressed with the scope and evolution of his musicapart from the fourth disc, which is filled with his trippy late-'60s/early-'70s recordings that are largely unavailable in the uthat certainly isn't the case with the four-disc horace silver retrospective, an excellent, involving trawl through the pianist's seminal stay at blue notethere's not too much here for collectors, but it's an ideal set for any listener that wants to hear silver's hard, funky style evolvean artist can peak for a few years, and that's what's worth hearing -- the rest is interesting, but not quite as compelling, as a lengthy four-disc box set can prove
20 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster in , thirteen papyrus books that had lain buried since the 4th century were discovered in an earthenware jar near nag hammadi, in upper egyptcontained in brown slipcase see oxfam website for delivery information read moreover years of neglect, however, was nothing compared to what happened to them upon discovery: the books were burned in an oven, confiscated and sold on the black market, before they were eventually decipheredxxviii and 724 pages including indexthe sacred writings of the nag hammadi library, the berlin gnostic codex and the codex tchacoswhat they revealed stunned the worldit is a miracle in itself that they survivedone text tells the story of the garden of eden from the serpent's point of view, while another casts god as partly femininethese were the gnostic gospels, alternative christian texts - poems, myths, philosophy and gospels - which challenge those of the new testament at every turnthe gospel of thomas records sayings of jesus unlike any we have ever heard; that of philip describes mary magdalene as christ's companion 'whom he loved more than all the disciples'brown leather spine with gilt title to spineprinted cloth boardslyrical and powerful, there is no doubting the passion and devotion that created this poetry
75 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster during the nineteenth century, a remarkable scientific instrument known as a harmonograph revealed the beautiful patterns found in musicsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis inspiring book will appeal to musicians, mathematicians, designers, and artists alikebeautiful drawings show the octave as triangle, the fifth as pentagram; diagrams show the principles of harmonics, overtones, and the monochordharmonograph is an introduction to the evolution of simple harmonic theory, from the discoveries of pythagoras to diatonic tuning and equal temperamentanthony ashton examines the phenomenon of resonance in chladni patterns, describes how to build a harmonograph of your own, and provides tables of world tuning systems
14 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster this books provides history of holidays and holiday making for england and walessee oxfam website for delivery information read morename inscribed on the inner coverno marking/ notes insidefoxing of pages is visible due to agethe book is hardbound with gilted textthere is no dust jacketpublished in , this first edition book is in good condition
61 €
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oxfam books & music bridport limited edition commemorative fine bone china plate by coalport from the series "reach for the sky" see oxfam website for delivery information read morecompletely unmarkedbright and freshcreated in the fiftieth anniversary year of the battle of britaincondition: in excellent conditionwidth 215 mm (approx 8 1/2 inches)
4 €
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oxfam books & music lancastersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is an escape from his protective father who wants to arrange an effortless and less dangerous post for his sonhe expects alexander to follow his footsteps, study chemistry and fight for the utopia of a just socialismin all this desperation alex meets a girl, christine: tractor-driver, self-confident and inaccessible at firstalexander karow, 19, son of a chemistry professor, chooses to serve in the border patrols of the gdrbut when knut arrives at the specified border point, he is not alone - next to him is christinechristine asks alex to let her brother cross the border because knut is persecuted by the state securitythe border troops are dominated by brutal rituals among the soldiers, tolerated by the officersthe reality could hardly be more disillusioningalex learns quickly that the ideals of equality, democracy and human dignity are just propagandaas a professor's son alex is exposed to special bullying, but his platoon keeps together and one of the elder privates, gappa, befriends and protects himand he understands that rather than protecting the gdr from the western capitalist enemy, the border is there to prevent the own population from fleeing the countrythe two get closereluctantly alex agreesthe question what happens if someone emerges in the sight of the kalashnikow engages the soldiers day and nightit is alex' first lovea highly guarded and deadly armed border cuts across germanyalex is faced with the toughest decision in his lifechristine encourages him not to follow his father's expectations but to fulfill his dream of becoming a photographerbut then christine'*s brother knut uses one of alexander's photographs of the border installations for an oppositional campaign and things get out of controlthe world is divided into two rigid power blocs
19 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster karlheinz stockhausen: klavierstucke 1 - 11, mikrophonie 1 & 2see oxfam website for delivery information read moreplasic 'fat-box' case has more surface marks but is completely intact with no crackssony classical 2-cd set (catphoto 2 is of the actual copy for sales2k ) performed by aloys kontasky cds in excellent conditionclean and no surface marksvery minor handling marks to the bookletphoto 1 is a stock photo
19 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster all 25 episodes from the thirteenth series of the yorkshire television police dramasee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this series, pc steve crane (james carlton) assumes responsibility for the tough role of community liaison officer and pc bellamy (mark jordon) continues to covet gina (tricia penrose)the episodes are: 'speed', 'dog days', 'mother's little helpers', 'fool for love', 'a family affair', 'the holiday's over', 'waifs and strays', 'brought to book', 'state of mind', 'down to earth', 'mountains and molehills', 'the dear departed', 'dangerous whispers', 'scent of a kill', 'daniel', 'one thing leads to another', 'no hard feelings', 'difficult times', 'nowhere man', 'swan song', 'strangers on a train', 'a call to arms', 'muck and brass', 'double trouble' and 'little angel'
20 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theoryhe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critiquethis realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godrichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoderbourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoefferbourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimsthe book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil society
19 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster the sunshine seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey soon published their first collection of tales and from there several more volumes followedendpapers browned24 colour platesgreen cloth spine, pictorial boardsfront cover color fadedthe grimm brothers were academics who invited friends to their home and asked them to relate stories they had heardfoxing throughout especially to prelimsspine bumped and worn at the sideby there was a growing interest in german folk talesboard edges rubbedthe grimm brothers were early 19th-century writers best known for their fairy tales coming from scandinavian, icelandic and germanic originscorners bumped and worn
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oxfam books & music lancaster the hellenistic period in palestine was the first period for which there was a richly documented record even before archaeology began its inquirysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe sites in the regions of judea and samaria show adherence to local traditions became the city of samaria (which a greek colony) had little impact on the planning city samaritans)up until that genuine hellenistic sites were excavated in palestine among them what are even today the most impressive hellenistic settlements marisa, the only thoroughly unearthed hellenistic city, was excavated at the end of the 19th century by and macalister, while the impressive tombs there were excavated at the beginning of the ca century by peters and thiershin the course of these excavations, some important hellenistic building were unearthedas a result, their cities are an interesting blend of hellenistic and local elements it was excavated in october of by a princeton university expedition, and was published by butler (); later, it was excavated by lapp () and by will () in the samaria was excavated years by two harvard university expeditions, one of which was headed by schumacher, the other by reisner and fisher, when the residential hellenistic quarter of the acropolis was excavations in revealed this volume is divided into three chapterssince regionalism is we deviated from the in our inquiry, common an aspect most proceeding to from the the methodology least of impressive we present the sites from site instead, the seashore to the eastern inland regions, with an northern to illustrate the significance of the indigenous in the past few years, it has been observed, by many scholars, that regional elements play a significant role in the overall aspect of cultures for example, the phoenicians in the coast were viewed as the most stimulating element to push hellenism forward their encounter with the greeks goes back as early as the second millennium bthe chapter excavated and published major sites in palestine surveyed that have yielded hellenistic remains although doyen coined the term "hellenism" as early as the 19th century it was not applied to the archaeological finds of palestine before the late 's magnificent and gezer was twice excavated: in by the palestine exploration fund, the of these excavations, macalister published results in book is in good condition with no markings/ notes inside the later has exposed the hellenistic tower the first presents the "archaeological evidence", ithe history of this period, as albright stated it, "was never forgotten"iraq el-emir was in by irbi and mengels, and again by de () oct and konder ()
126 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lancaster since the mid-s risk management has undergone a dramatic expansion in its reach and significance, being transformed from an aspect of management control to become a benchmark of good governance for banks, hospitals, schools, charities and many other organizationswhile these many designs and blueprints are accompanied by ideals of enterprise, value production, and good governance, it is argued that the rise of risk management has also coincided with an intensification of auditing and control processesnumerous standards for risk management practice have been produced by a variety of transnational organizationsin short, this important book traces the rise of the managerial concept of risk and the different logics and values which underpin it, showing that it has much less to do with real dangers and opportunities than might be thought, and more to do with organizational accountability and legitimacythe legalization and bureacratization of organizational life has increased because risk management has created new demands for proof and evidence of actionin turn, these demands have generated new risks to reputation
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oxfam books & music lancaster revenantssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat once a collection of secret blueprints for a raw musics revolution and a testament to the enduring power of great art to shock, confound, inspire and sustainjohn fahey's final curated work for revenantslight rip in bottom corner of spineyet their recordings have made an indelible place for themselves in our world by dint of their capacity to inspire wonderrevenant's long-awaited follow-up to s much-saluted american primitive volbiographical ciphers who emerged from their anonymous dark, made 78 rpm recordings, and were promptly swallowed up by darkness again
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oxfam books & music lancaster the modern world is full of diasporassee oxfam website for delivery information read morespecific chapters study africans in modern europe, jews in ancient egypt, syrians throughout the roman empire, hindus in britain and muslims in the netherlands today, and other so-called diaspora communitiesincreasingly, the criterion used by journalists and academics for identifying such minorities is ethnic identity rather than religious allegiancethe present volume explores the ways in which the term 'diaspora' has been applied in past and present to various religious communities in different contextsthe concept of 'diaspora' has spread rapidly in academic writing and the popular pressit considers under what circumstances people may be classified as living in a diaspora, and the consequences this has for their position in societybut what is a diaspora ? derived from jewish tradition, the word is now often applied to any minority which has migrated from its place of originafrican americans, and muslims and hindus in europe, are some of the best known among them
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oxfam books & music lancaster the discovery of mirror neurons in the s led to an explosion of research and debate about the imitative capacities of the human brainsee oxfam website for delivery information read more" offering up clinical studies and a complete reevaluation of classical psychiatry, oughourlian explores the interaction among reason, emotions, and imitation and reveals that rivalry-the blind spot in contemporary neuroscientific understandings of imitation-is a misunderstood driving force behind mental illnessoughourlian's analyses shake the very foundations of psychiatry as we know it and open up new avenues for both theoretical research and clinical practicesome herald a paradigm shift on the order of dna in biology, while others remain skepticalin this revolutionary volume jean- michel oughourlian shows how the hypotheses of rené girard can be combined with the insights of neuroscientists to shed new light on the "mimetic brain
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lancaster from his groundbreaking violence and the sacred and things hidden since the foundation of the world, rené girard's mimetic theory is presented as elucidating "the origins of culture" he posits that archaic religion (or "the sacred"), particularly in its dynamics of sacrifice and ritual, is a neglected and major key to unlocking the enigma of "how we became humanequally, girard's theory is presented as having the potential to become for the human and social sciences something akin to the integrating framework that present-day biological science owes to darwin-something compatible with it and complementary to it in accounting for the still remarkably little understood phenomenon of human emergence" this major claim has, however, remained underscrutinized by scholars working on girard's theory, and it is mostly overlooked within the natural and social sciencesthe contributors provide major evidence in favor of girard's hypothesis" french philosopher of science michel serres states that girard's theory provides a darwinian theory of culture because it "proposes a dynamic, shows an evolution and gives a universal explanationjoining disciplinary worlds, this book aims to explore this ambitious claim, invoking viewpoints as diverse as evolutionary culture theory, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, ethology, and philosophy
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oxfam books & music lancaster diaspora & hybridity deals with those theoretical issues which concern social theory and social change in the new millenniumsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volume provides a refreshing, critical and illuminating analysis of concepts of diaspora and hybridity and their impact on multi-ethnic and multi-cultural societies - dr rohit barot, department of archaeology and anthropology, university of bristol what do we mean by 'diaspora' and 'hybridity'? why are they pivotal concepts in contemporary debates on race, culture and society? this book is an exhaustive, politically inflected, assessment of the key debates on diaspora and hybriditywide ranging, richly illustrated and challenging, it will be of interest to students of cultural studies, sociology, ethnicity and nationalismit relates the topics to contemporary social struggles and cultural contexts, providing the reader with a framework to evaluate and displace the key ideological arguments, theories and narratives deployed in culturalist academic circles todaythe authors demonstrate how diaspora and hybridity serve as problematic tools, cutting across traditional boundaries of nations and groups, where trans-national spaces for a range of contested cultural, political and economic outcomes might arise
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