How did we step out into our celestial backyard? From Galileo's shopping list to the first art on the Moon, from early science fiction to Space Invaders, Dallas Campbell weaves together the revolutionary experiments and spectacular scenes that chart our encounters with the final frontier.

This unique textbook merges human rights law with its practice, from the courtroom to the battlefield. Human rights are analysed in their particular context, and the authors assess, among other things, the impact of international finance, the role of NGOs, and the protection of rights in times of emergency, including the challenges posed by counter-terrorism. In parallel, a series of interviews with practitioners, case studies and practical applications offer multiple perspectives and challen...

Providing for National Security: A Comparative Analysis argues that the provision of national security has changed in the 21st century as a result of a variety of different pressures and threats. In this timely volume experts from both the academic and policy worlds present 13 different country case studies drawn from across the globe-including established and newer states, large and smaller states, those on the rise and those in apparent decline-to identify what these key players consider to...

"They were born after 1995. They grew up with cell phones, had an Instagram page before they started high school, and do not remember a time before the Internet. They are iGen"--Book jacket.

In the Second Edition of this bestselling textbook, the authors use real-world examples to introduce basic principles in statistics with no prior knowledge or experience assumed. With an emphasis on describing concepts, showing through example and illustrating points with graphs and displays, this book will provide readers with a step-by-step introduction to using statistics. Chapters address the following questions:Why bother learning statistics in the first place and are they relevant to re...

The inspiring, life-changing new book from global sensation Rutger Bregman, Moral Ambition shows how our world has been shaped by a small group of committed individuals who changed the course of history – and how you can, too.

Finally, a book that offers a practical yet well-researched guide for practitioners seeking to hone the way they show up in citizen space.

At a time when public trust in institutions is at its lowest, expectations of those institutions to make people well, knowledgeable, and secure are rapidly increasing. These expectations are unrealistic, causing disenchantment and disengagement among citizens and increasing levels of burnout among many professionals. Rekindling Democracy is not just a prac...

Charlie's first book includes his most-loved illustrations and new ones too.The conversations of the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared thousands of times online, recreated in school art classes, hung on hospital walls and turned into tattoos. 'A wonderful work of art and a wonderful window into the human heart' Richard Curtis

De overgang is voor menigeen een verwarde periode die veel vragen oproept voor zowel de man als de vrouw. Een periode die ook wel de tweede puberteit wordt genoemd en zich kenmerkt door op hol geslagen hormonen, stemmingswisselingen en opvliegers. Dit boek geeft op luchtige wijze inzicht in de gebeurtenissen en onvoorspelbare reacties die door de hormoonwisseling veroorzaakt worden. Tevens vertelt het over de groei die ieder mens op een bepaalde leeftijd doormaakt en zich vaak tegelijkertijd ...