The Classic Maya have long presented scholars with vexing problems. One of the longest running and most contested of these, and the source of deeply polarized interpretations, has been their political organization. Using recently deciphered inscriptions and fresh archaeological finds, Simon Martin argues that this particular debate can be laid to rest. He offers a comprehensive re-analysis of the issue in an effort to answer a simple question: how did a multitude of small kingdoms survive ...

It is increasingly recognised that instead of relying on top-down commands or leaving individuals to their own devices, communities should be given a role in tackling challenges exacerbated by global crises.Written by a team of leading experts with in-depth knowledge and on-the-ground experience, this book sets out why and how people’s lives can be positively transformed through diverse forms of community involvement.This book critically explores examples from around the wo...

The main aim of this book is to provide a state of the art of the Levelized Cost of Energy calculation for energy communities from both a theoretical, defining a systematic analysis approach, and a practical point of view, providing results for three representative real case studies.The book is structured in four clear chapters which cover everything from the fundamentals of power system configuration and the LCOE concept, to the definition of the aggregated system LCOE and its imp...

The CAM coach brings together the writing partnership of Mark Shields and Simon Martin. Mark is a world leading, internationally renowned, multi award winning, Life and Business Strategist and creator of the CAM coaching methodology known today as CAM Transformational Coaching. Simon is a world champion athlete, veteran natural health journalist and editor of IHCAN magazine for practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine. Between them they have come up with a host of proven sec...

"This book brings together feminist histories in education with an innovative approach to epistolary narrative analytics. In deploying the notion of the epistolary bildung the author rigorously and eloquently shows how the correspondence of Barbara Bodichon can shed fresh light in a range of personal problems and public issues in women’s lives, which remain relevant today"- Maria Tamboukou, Professor of Feminist Studies, University of East London, UKThis book asses...

The Italian love affair with sport is passionate, voracious, all-consuming. It provides a backdrop and a narrative to almost every aspect of daily life in Italy and the distinctively pink-coloured newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport is devoured by almost half a million readers every day. Narrating the history of modern Italy through its national passion for sport, Sport Italia provides a completely new portrayal of one of Europe's most alluring, yet contradictory countries, tracing the highs...

The CAM coach brings together the writing partnership of Mark Shields and Simon Martin. Mark is a Nationally renowned NLP coach and Trainer and Simon a veteran natural health journalist and editor of CAM, the monthly magazine for practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine. Between them they have come up with a host of proven secrets, strategies and evidenced techniques of how to successfully set up and run a Complementary Health Practice. The CAM coach is based upon Mark Shiel...

This is the latest edition - fully revised and updated - of the standard work on aerodynamic theory, as applied to model flight. Everything is explained in a concise and practical form for those enthusiasts who appreciate that a better understanding of model behavior is the sure path to greater success and enjoyment. The revisions for this new edition reflect the significant developments in model aircraft, including radio frequency (RC) model aircraft and drones, over the last few years. N...

Climate change has destroyed land-based civilization. Forewarned, all major coastal cities saved themselves from destruction by building gigantic and highly sophisticated rafts, self supporting, self governing and and totally independent. Life in the cities at sea is very comfortable although strictly disciplined and controlled. Among other things, natural gestation and birth are not permitted, fertilisation is done in the laboratory, embryos are incubated and decanted in their time....

Michael, a lonely and reclusive young man, lives and works via computers and the internet, in an isolated house near a large Australian city. During a violent storm he stumbles across a young girl dying in the road outside his gate. Jenny has been brutally and repeatedly assaulted. He takes her in, tries to revive her, gets her to hospital and in the following days, months and years encourages her to rebuild her shattered life. As she painfully recovers and grows, he too is forced almost a...

Peter Markham is a schoolteacher who has been abandoned by his female partner because she, rightly, considers him dull.He tries to change himself, seeking adventure by joining a course at a gliding club. Disappointed, he leaves the airfield in anger when a wild teenage girl forces him to stop, begging for help in retrieving her older stepsister, Julia, who has landed her glider in a hayfield a hundred kilometres away.He allows himself to be manipulated by Mitch, the younger...

Martin Simons, a passionate model pilot and multiple book author about the basics of model flying and aerodynamics, describes in an entertaining way why and how models fly in his book "Modellflug-ABC". With his clear and easy to understand language, he succeeds in summarizing even complex topics. For both beginners and advanced pilots, "Model Aviation ABC" is a valuable aid to understanding when and why models fly well, and how to use this knowledge to expand and refine your own flying ski...