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   Energy and Electricity in Industrial Nations

   In this book, Allan Mazur, an engineer and a sociologist, explains energy technologies for nontechnical readers and analyses the sociology of energy. The book gives an overview of energy policy in industrialised countries including analysis of climate change, the development of electricity, forms of renewable energy and public perception of the issues.

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   Language Online - Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

   In Language Online, authors David Barton and Carmen Lee explore the impact of the online world on the study of language.

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   Second Language Acquisition - An Introductory Course, 4th Edition

   "The coverage is broad and current, the style accessible, the discussions of theory and research findings balanced and insightful. Highly recommended." - Mike Long*

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   The American Civil War - A Literary and Historical Anthology, 2nd Edition

   "This volume captures a diversity of perspectives on the Civil War, and impresses on us the important role literature, across genres, played during the conflict." - Colleen G. Boggs*

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   The Nativist Movement in America - Religious Conflict in the 19th Century

   "Katie Oxx wonderfully brings us into an America teeming with religious violence, where convents were burned, riots ravaged cities over Bibles, and stealing stones became an expression of patriotic Protestantism." - Edward J. Blum*

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   Low Carbon Nation?

   What does the transition to a Low Carbon Britain mean for the future development of cities and regions across the country? Does it reinforce existing ‘business as usual’ or create new transformational opportunities? Low Carbon Nation? takes an interdisciplinary approach to tackle this critical question, by looking across the different dimensions of technological, scientific, social and economic change within the diverse city and regional contexts of the UK.

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   Media, Telecommunications, and Business Strategy

   With today’s dynamic and rapidly evolving environment, media managers must have a clear understanding of different delivery platforms, as well as a grasp of critical management, planning, and economic factors in order to stay current and move their organizations forward.

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   Claim 20% Off Johnston & Marshall’s Leading Sales Texts Today

   We are pleased to offer you a huge 20% discount on the new editions of Contemporary Selling and Sales Force Management by Mark Johnston & Greg Marshall.
   
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   May 2013: Textbook of the Month

   Qualitative Research
   The essential guide to theory and practice
   By Maggi Savin-Baden, Claire Howell Major

   Published December 19th 2012 by Routledge – 608 pages

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   Qualitative Research: The Essential Guide to Theory and Practice provides a one-stop resource for all those approaching qualitative research for the first time, as well as those revisiting core concepts and issues. It presents a comprehensive overview of this rapidly developing field of inquiry, cleverly combined with practical, hands-on advice on how to conduct a successful qualitative study.

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    Writing for the Web

    Composing, Coding, and Constructing Web Sites
    Writing for the Web unites theory, technology, and practice to explore writing and hypertext for website creation. It integrates such key topics as XHTML/CSS coding, writing (prose) for the Web, the rhetorical needs of the audience, theories of hypertext, usability and architecture, and the basics of web site design and technology. Presenting information in digestible parts, this text enables students to write and construct realistic and manageable Web sites with a strong theoretical understanding of how online texts communicate to audiences.