An Introduction to English Grammar provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of English grammar. The first part of the book (`The Grammar') provides a step-by-step introduction to the key topics in English grammar. The second part (`The Applications') shows how a grasp of these topics can be helpful in resolving usage problems, in developing a clear writing style, and in mastering punctuation and spelling.

A whole chapter, `English in Use', is devoted to illustrating the grammatical fe...

This new Routledge Handbook offers a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the meanings and uses of the term peacebuilding, and presents cutting-edge debates on the practices conducted in the name of peacebuilding. The term peacebuilding has had remarkable staying power. Other terms, such as conflict resolution have waned in popularity, while the acceptance and use of the term peacebuilding has grown to the extent that it is the hegemonic and over-arching term for many forms of mediatio...

This textbook is aimed at newcomers to nonlinear dynamics and chaos, especially students taking a first course in the subject. The presentation stresses analytical methods, concrete examples, and geometric intuition. The theory is developed systematically, starting with first-order differential equations and their bifurcations, followed by phase plane analysis, limit cycles and their bifurcations, and culminating with the Lorenz equations, chaos, iterated maps, period doubling, renormalizatio...

Explore how and why change occurs, and how the change management process can be managed effectively with this popular CIPD textbook.

Hypnotherapie is effectief gebleken bij het verwerken van lichte en ernstige trauma's en het leren omgaan met verslaving, pijn, angst, ziekte en verlies, relatieproblemen of gewoon niet lekker in je vel zitten. In dit handboek toont de auteur dat hypnotherapie een vak is dat je kunt leren aan de hand van duidelijk omschreven methoden en technieken met stappenplannen. Zij behandelt deze uitvoerig en laat zien hoe en wanneer ze kunnen worden toegepast. De verschillende methoden en technieken wo...

Key Issues in Historical Theory is a fresh, clear and well-grounded introduction to this vibrant field of inquiry, incorporating many examples from novels, paintings, music, and political debates. The book expertly engages the reader in discussions of what history is, how people relate to the past and how they are formed by the past. Over 11 thematically-based chapters, Herman Paul discusses subjects such as:history, memory and traumahistorical experience and narrativemoral and political dime...

Onderzoeksmethoden voor Sportstudies is een veelomvattend, toegankelijk en praktisch tekstboek. Het biedt een complete basis in kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve onderzoeksmethoden voor sportstudies studenten. Het boek omvat een stapsgewijze begeleiding vanaf het ontwerpen van een onderzoeksproject tot het verzamelen en analyseren van data en het rapporteren hierover.

Het is rijk geillustreerd met sportgerelateerde case studies en met internationale voorbeelden. Deze volledig herziene, geactualis...

La diversité des langues, souvent perçue comme une malédiction, en particulier par les utopistes inventeurs de langues universelles, est en fait une richesse, un trésor dont nous n'avons pas fini de faire l'inventaire.»

Loin du jargon rébarbatif des linguistes, Marina Yaguello débusque les idées reçues sur la langue et leur tord le cou avec malice. Chaque forme de langage est considérée comme une source irremplaçable de culture, et l'invraisemblable richesse, la formidable diversi...

Increasing concerns over climate and environmental change, the global economic and financial crisis and impacts on host communities, audiences, participants and destinations has reinforced the need for more sustainable approaches to events. Sustainability now features as part of the bid process for many mega-events, such as the Olympic Games, as well as significant regional and local events, where the event organisers are required by funding bodies and governments to generate broader outcomes...

The Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course: Crossing Cultural Boundaries is an innovative multimedia course for advanced students of Chinese. Written by a team of highly experienced instructors, the book offers advanced learners the opportunity to consolidate their knowledge of Chinese through a wide range of activities designed to build up both excellent language skills and cultural literacy. Divided into four thematic units covering popular culture, social change, cultural traditions,...