One of the great landmarks of modern history publishing, Simon Schama's Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution is the most authoritative social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution ever produced.

The SPSS Survival Manual throws a lifeline to students and researchers grappling with this powerful data analysis software.

In her bestselling guide, Julie Pallant takes you through the entire research process, helping you choose the right data analysis technique for your project. This edition has been updated to include up to SPSS version 26. From the formulation of research questions, to the design of the study and analysis of data, to reporting the results, Julie discusses ba...

I was supposed to be having the time of my life. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer. But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts, Esther's life begins to slide out of control.

She finds herself spiralling into serious depression as she grapples with difficult relationships and a society which refuses to take her aspirations seriously. The Bell Jar, Sylv...

Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now thirty-one, Never Let Me Go dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love, friendship and memory, Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life.

The fully updated, second edition of Management Control Systems supports students to develop an investigative approach to implementing planning and control systems for strategic success. With strong links between theory and modern real-world practices, the new edition reflects developments in global management and business, plus contemporary design and use of management control systems. Students have access to a wealth of diverse analytical cases, balanced with current content and internation...

Explore the core functionality of containerizing your applications and making them production-readyKey FeaturesGrasp basic to advanced Docker concepts with this comprehensive guideGet acquainted with Docker containers, Docker images, orchestrators, cloud integration, and networkingLearn to simplify dependencies and deploy and test containers in productionBook DescriptionContainers enable you to package an application with all the components it needs, such as libraries and other dependencies, ...

Steeds meer ouderen willen zelf de regie over hun levenseinde opnemen. Sommigen verkiezen de dood boven een leven dat te weinig kwaliteit biedt. Levensmoeheid is een gevoel waar steeds meer ouderen mee geconfronteerd worden. Deze evolutie is zeer verontrustend en vraagt dringend om een maatschappelijk debat.

Met dit boek willen wij ouderen antwoorden geven op hun vele vragen, en handvatten aanreiken aan eerstelijnszorgverleners (huisartsen, psychologen, zorgverleners in woonzorgcentra en thui...

This succinct compilation of essential reference data for the interpretation of NMR, IR, UV/Vis, and mass spectra also provides a hands-on guide for interpreting experimental spectral data and elucidating the structure of the respective compounds behind them. This fourth edition of the highly successful and concise textbook contains about 20% new data.

Written by renowned author Robert Seacord, Effective C is an in-depth look at the C programming language. Seacord introduces the language's basic data types and code structures while simultaneously addressing best practices, common errors, and open debates in the C community. Readers will also learn how to debug, test, and analyze C programs and benefit from detailed yet concise explanations of C language constructs and behaviors

Hogere verwachtingen op het vlak van leerlingenuitkomsten (via het R-OK), in combinatie met snelle technologische en onderwijskundige vernieuwingen, hebben een diepe impact op het lerarenberoep. Ook de school zelf als leef- en werkomgeving is voortdurend in beweging. Komt daar nog de superdiverse sociaal-culturele achtergrond van de leerlingen bij.

Hoe kun je een beleid voeren dat voor elk personeelslid in de school zin heeft, maar uiteindelijk de resultaten van de leerling ten goede komt? Ee...