Attlee is undoubtedly one of the key figures in modern British history. An important figure in Churchill's War Cabinet, and premier of the first majority Labour Government, he created the Welfare State, nationalised a substantial part of industry and secured the independence of India. Yet his political stature remains unresolved. Was he Churchill's "modest man with much to be modest about" who squandered the fruits of victory, or, as many now claim, one of the truly great prime ministers? ...

So, what's this book about then? Well, apart from ports and harbours, it's a wild ride through the X-rated reality of life in the superyacht industry. Think of it as Below Deck—but without the censors. For nearly two decades, I was immersed in this world. I sailed them, raced them, cleaned them, lived on them, partied on them, and even built them. It was a lifestyle of excess: luxury, debauchery, and everything in between. At one point, my "breakfast of champions" was a cannabis joint, a r...

The Labour governments of 1945-51 are among the most important and controversial in modern British history, and have been the focus of extensive research over the last fifteen years. In this study, Robert Pearce makes the results of this research available in a concise and accessible form, whilst encouraging students to formulate their own interpretations. He looks at the main political personalities of the period, sets their work in the context of Labour history since 1900, and examines t...

The Development of International Business offers an extensive understanding of contemporary international business through detailed, engaging discussion of the development of the multinational enterprise (MNE) over the past half-century.By providing an analytically informed basis for understanding MNEs, two parallel strands of analysis in International Business (IB) are reviewed: the `theoretical' and the `practical'. Firstly, Robert Pearce identifies how the practical res...

The origins of the post of Prime Minister can be traced back to the eighteenth century when Sir Robert Walpole became the monarch’s principal minister. From the dawn of the twentieth century to the early years of the twenty-first, however, both the power and the significance of the role have been transformed.British Prime Ministers from Balfour to Brown explores the personalities and achievements of those twenty individuals who have held the highest political office between 1902 an...

Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History is the most popular, trusted and wide-ranging series for A-level ...

Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History is the most popular, trusted and wide-ranging series for A-level ...

This book discusses the role of the opponent processes across disparate areas ranging from psychiatric disorders to altruistic behaviors such as blood donation. Opponent process theory unites data from neurophysiology and behavioral science and connects seemingly unrelated phenomena, such as bulimia and the afterimages one can see after staring at an object. Information in this book will help demystify certain disorders and will facilitate patient understanding, a precursor for effective i...

Clinical Governance: A Guide to Implementation for Healthcare Professionals provides a comprehensive overview of what is meant by clinical governance and how it can be implemented in practice. It explores the evolution of clinical governance, its key components, legal implications, the barriers to implementing it, and its impact.Clinical Governance provides step-by-step practical advice, facilitating better understanding of the key principles of clinical governanc...

This is a study of British colonial policy towards tropical Africa during a critical decade, from the complacent trusteeship of the inter-wqr eyars to the strategy of decolonization inaugurated after World War II.

Activating the compassionate intelligence of the heart to reconnect to the universe and our spiritual future• Shows how the heart is connected to our prefrontal cortex and offers a balancing counterweight to the calculating intellect of the lower brain• Explains how we are stuck in reactive behavior loops resulting from the loss of the nurturing culture of our ancestors• Reveals how the Heart-Mind Matrix connects us to the universe and is the engine of spiritual evo...

Example in this ebookFLOWERS OF EVILAVE ATQUE VALEIn Memory of Charles BaudelaireBy ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNENous devrions pourtant lui porter quelques fleurs;Les morts, les pauvres morts, ont de grandes douleurs,Et quand Octobre souffle, émondeur des vieux arbres,Son vent mélancolique a l'entour de leurs marbres,Certe, ils doivent trouver les vivants bien ingrats.Les Fleurs du MalIS...