Better Worlds: Education, Art, and Utopia provides a fresh examination of utopia and education. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach and drawing on literature and the visual arts as well as traditional non-fiction sources, the authors explore utopia not as a model of social perfection but as the active, imaginative building of better worlds. Utopian questions, they argue, lie at the heart of education, and addressing such questions demands attention not just to matters of theoretical pri...

For the last seventy years, upstream petroleum concessions have been granted worldwide by states to investors, in order to facilitate petroleum exploration and production for the state's benefit, but at the investor's risk and expense. This process has had to evolve in order to accomodate the increasing transition to net zero carbon forms of energy. This book examines the use of petroleum concessions, provides a guide to how they are granted, and how they could develop to accomodate the en...

In response to the primacy of English law as the lingua franca governing petroleum transactions, and the increased global demand for new sources of oil and gas, this fully updated new edition analyses the application of English law to contracts for project investment, financing, and development. The book provides practitioners and other parties with essential operational detail, as well as advising on the implications of English law on the interpretation of relevant provisions. The scope e...

A comprehensive account of the natural history of fungi, from their lifestyle, habitats and ecology to their uses for humans. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comHow do we use fungi in medicine? How can we identify edible mushrooms? Brian Spooner and Peter Roberts are both widely respected experts in fungi from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. In this highly authoritative guide they examine all aspects of fungi, from their lifestyle and habitats to their diverse reprodu...

Roberts' dictionary is a comprehensive yet concise guide to the various legal, regulatory, technical, commercial, and financial abbreviations, acronyms, terms and phrases which define the oil and gas industry today. The dictionary is divided into three sections: commonly-used acronyms, an A to Z definition of terms and phrases and a series of technical appendices which summarise certain essential aspects of the industry. Written by a leading practitioner and containing over 7,000 definitio...

There are people starving in the world not because there is not enough food but because there is not enough love. There is not enough love in the world because too few individuals are living in harmony with their heart.There is only one Source. There is a heart beyond our physical heart that is eternal. The One Source of all life is Infinite LOVE. Our eternal heart is our contact point with Infinite LOVE. Your eternal heart is your True Self. Your eternal heart is where your Source...

Rabbits are versatile animals, farmed for their meat and fur, as laboratory animals, and also as pets. This well-established book continues to provide an overview of domesticated rabbit production, covering topics such as breeding, husbandry, feeding and health. Now in its fully updated tenth edition, it includes an expanded consideration of important issues such as animal welfare and sustainable methods of production. With chapters relating specifically to meat production, pet rabbits, ra...

This book follows on from “SPANISH Learn 35 WORDS to speak Spanish”. But it can be used as an independent book if you are already familiar with a limited vocabulary of nouns. This book requires only 5% of the effort usually expended in learning grammar and provides you with the facility to use the essential 35 VERBS to allow you to communicate your requirements in fluent holiday language with perfectly understandable pronunciation. By identifying what you really need to know for your holid...

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Joint Venture Disputes in the Energy and Natural Resource Sectors provides the most comprehensive review of judgments and arbitral awards in these sectors to date. It presents a comprehensive assessment of model joint venture contracts, examining their impact on customary industry practice and case law. Based on a comprehensive industry review of almost 400 cases, the book discusses close to 200 court cases and 50 arbitral awards from around the world - many of which have been pre...

An English/Portuguese language booklet, teaching beginners how to speak Portuguese using only 35 words. Created by Peter and Helena Roberts, this booklet teaches the same 35 key words needed to get by for the absolute beginner in any language, including: “I want something”, “I want to buy something”, “I need to find somewhere”, or “Thank you”. This book not only teaches this core vocabulary, but shows how it fits together to create quite effective grammatical phrases. Despite the apparent ...

This book follows on from “PORTUGUESE Learn 35 WORDS to speak Portuguese”. But it can be used as an independent book if you are already familiar with a limited vocabulary of nouns. This book requires only 5% of the effort usually expended in learning grammar and provides you with the facility to use the essential 35 VERBS to allow you to communicate your requirements in fluent holiday language with perfectly understandable pronunciation. By identifying what you really need to know for your...