This Research Notebook was written for undergraduates and postgraduate students who are perhaps starting off on their research journey. It is intended to provide a portable start-up guide for research into various aspects of Business or Marketing, and is not a replacement for the many seminal and more detailed Research Methods and Methodology books, to which the researcher should still refer. As yet we have not outline multiple research methods that use a series of qualitative and quantita...

Full-cast dramatisations of three of Jack Higgins’ best-known novelsJack Higgins (the pen name of Henry Patterson) was the internationally bestselling author of 85 novels. He shot to fame with The Eagle Has Landed, which sold 50 million copies worldwide and became a hit film. Adapted for radio, it is included here, together with its gripping sequel The Eagle Has Flown and the sensational Falklands War thriller Exocet.T...

David Bamber stars in this comedy drama about the adventures and misadventures of 18th-century dandy Richard ‘Beau’ NashIn the fashionable spa town of Bath, one man is the arbiter of taste and the epitome of elegance: the self-proclaimed ‘King of Bath’, Beau Nash. In his capacity as Master of Ceremonies, he presides over the city’s social life, arranging balls and concerts for the ‘ton’, keeping a discreet eye on distinguished visitors and smoothing over any quarre...

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring Roy Hudd, Sarah-Jane Holm and David Bamber. When Alice sees the White Rabbit run by, it occurs to her that she’s never seen a rabbit with a watch before. Burning with curiosity, she jumps up and follows him into a rabbit-hole. Then she falls down a long way. Down into the world of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare, the Duchess, the Cheshire Cat and the Mock Turtle. Down into Wonderland, where an ordinary little girl can have the most extraordi...

BBC radio dramatisations of classic novels centred around engaging anti-heroes who dominate high societyAmbitious. Ruthless. Unprincipled. With their blurred morals and relatable imperfections, it’s no wonder we find anti-heroes so appealing and fascinating. Featuring a mixture of male and female anti-heroes across England, Scotland, France and New York, these fantastic adaptations of five of the best-known and best-loved classics of literature follow some of these...

Frances Barber and David Bamber star in this light-hearted sitcom about the diary-writing inhabitants of 11 Hare LaneWhen newly widowed Jessica decides to rent a room to recently divorced Rex, she's a little apprehensive. She's never had a lodger before, and he's not used to being a tenant. Neither are quite sure how their relationship works - and to make things trickier, they're wildly different people. But unbeknownst to either of them, they share a secret - they...

Linda Bamber has combined her love of fiction from the past with her propensity to shake things up, taking what she likes and gleefully sharing it with us. As entertaining and contemporary as these stories are, they also remind us what we, too, love about the classic texts she takes apart and reassembles. Bamber’s tales, like the best translations, exist independently while reminding us not to forget the plays and novels they treat. Alternating between admiration and attitude, the stories ...

The function of marketing is regarded as a mechanism that provides practical and theoretical solutions to contemporary businesses worldwide. In this edited book, a cast of international contributors address new and emerging areas within marketing, such as sustainable marketing, the circular economy, and how technologies drive and provide marketing solutions. Rather than exploring the issues, this book focuses on the solutions that these emerging areas provide for businesses. An essential r...

Joining techniques such as welding, brazing, riveting and screwing are used by industry all over the world on a daily basis. A furthermethod of joining has also proven to be highly successful: adhesive bonding. Adhesive bonding technology has an extremely broad rangeof applications. And it is difficult to imagine a product - in the home, in industry, in transportation, or anywhere else for that matter - thatdoes not use adhesives or sealants in some manner. The book fo...