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Translators and their Prologues in Medieval England (2016)
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Dearnley, E. (2016). Translators and their Prologues in Medieval England. Boydell & Brewer

An examination of French to English translation in medieval England, through the genre of the prologue. The prologue to Layamon's Brut recounts its author's extensive travels "wide yond thas leode" (far and wide across the land) to gather the Fren... Read More about Translators and their Prologues in Medieval England.

Photomediations: A Reader (2016)
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Kuc, K., & Zylinska, J. (Eds.). (2016). Photomediations: A Reader. London: Open Humanities Press

Photomediations: A Reader offers a radically different way of understanding photography. The concept that unites the twenty scholarly and curatorial essays collected here cuts across the traditional classification of photography as suspended between... Read More about Photomediations: A Reader.

Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production: Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance (2016)
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Sundaram, S., Benson, D., & Kumar Mallick, T. (2016). Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production: Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/c2014-0-04034-8

Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production: Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance provides an overview of the emerging industrial PV sector, its technologies, and the regulatory frameworks supporting them. This new book review... Read More about Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production: Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance.

Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating Strategies and Educational Approaches (2016)
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Leal Filho, W., Illingworth, S., Dunk, R. M., Alves, F., Adamson, K., & Azeiteiro, U. M. (Eds.). (2016). Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating Strategies and Educational Approaches. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28591-7

This book analyzes how climate change adaptation can be implemented at the community, regional and national level. Featuring a variety of case studies, it illustrates strategies, initiatives and projects currently being implemented across the world.... Read More about Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating Strategies and Educational Approaches.

HCI Redux: The Promise of Post-Cognitive Interaction (2016)
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Turner, P. (2016). HCI Redux: The Promise of Post-Cognitive Interaction. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42235-0

This book explores the role of cognition in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) assessing how the field has developed over the past thirty years and discusses where the field is heading, as we begin to live in increasingly interconnected di... Read More about HCI Redux: The Promise of Post-Cognitive Interaction.

The essentials of nursing leadership (2016)
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Webster-Henderson, B. (2016). R. Taylor, & B. Webster-Henderson (Eds.). The essentials of nursing leadership. SAGE Publications

This new approach to leadership focuses on how students can develop your leadership skills right from the start of their nursing programme through to transitioning to their first role. The book first takes students through the underpinning knowledge... Read More about The essentials of nursing leadership.

Developing Cross-Cultural Competencies in Health and Social Care Management (2016)
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Z. Havrdová, G. Matthews-Smith, & P. Huotari (Eds.), (2016). Developing Cross-Cultural Competencies in Health and Social Care Management

Learning from research and experience of five EU universities.

Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: best interests, welfare and well-being (2016)
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Sutherland, E. E., & MacFarlane, L. B. (Eds.). (2016). Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: best interests, welfare and well-being. Cambridge University Press

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is acknowledged as a landmark in the development of children's rights. Article 3 makes the child's best interests a primary consideration in all actions concerning children, and requires States Parties to... Read More about Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: best interests, welfare and well-being.

Teenage pregnancy, parenting and intergenerational relations. (2016)
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Brown, S. (2016). Teenage pregnancy, parenting and intergenerational relations. Palgrave Macmillan

Drawing on interviews and focus groups with young mothers and fathers, their parents and other relatives, this book provides a rich exploration of the experience of being a teenage parent now, and for earlier generations, closely examining teenage pr... Read More about Teenage pregnancy, parenting and intergenerational relations..

Fallow (2016)
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Shand, D. (2016). Fallow. Edinburgh: Sandstone Press

At the heart of this tense and at times darkly comic novel is the relationship between two brothers bound by a terrible crime. Paul and Mikey are on the run, apparently from the press surrounding their house after Mikey’s release from prison. His cri... Read More about Fallow.

Pantomime (2016)
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Lam, L. (2016). Pantomime. London, UK: Pan MacMillan

In a land of lost wonders, the past is stirring once more . . . Gene's life resembles a debutante's dream. Yet she hides a secret that would see her shunned by the nobility. Gene is both male and female. Then she displays unwanted magical abilitie... Read More about Pantomime.

Television and the Second Screen (2016)
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Blake, J. (2016). Television and the Second Screen. Routledge

This book examines an emerging and fast evolving phenomena: that a growing number of people engage with two screens whilst watching television. It seems a simple concept – until we discover the important implications. In doing this, this book will mo... Read More about Television and the Second Screen.

Hybrid Practices in Moving Image Design (2016)
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Macdonald, I. (2016). Hybrid Practices in Moving Image Design. (1). Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-41375-4

This book, written from the perspective of a designer and educator, brings to the attention of media historians, fellow practitioners and students the innovative practices of leading moving image designers. Moving image design, whether viewed as tele... Read More about Hybrid Practices in Moving Image Design.

Mental health, incapacity and the law in Scotland. (2016)
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Stavert, J., & Patrick, H. (2016). Mental health, incapacity and the law in Scotland. Bloomsbury Publishing

This highly regarded book is a comprehensive and up to date guide to mental health law in Scotland. Every aspect of mental health law is explained, including tribunal procedure, procedures for adults with incapacity, community care, patients' rights... Read More about Mental health, incapacity and the law in Scotland..

Mastering the Shakespeare Audition (2016)
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Soto-Morettini, D. (2016). Mastering the Shakespeare Audition. Bloomsbury Publishing

Mastering the Shakespeare Audition is a practical collection of approaches to analysing the structure of Shakespeare's monologue texts, understanding the prosody and metre, and building a solid preparation and rehearsal process. Starting with how to... Read More about Mastering the Shakespeare Audition.

Business Value and Sustainability (2016)
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Lee, K., & Vachon, S. (2016). Business Value and Sustainability. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-43576-7

Coral Sea 1942 (2016)
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Piegzik, M. (2016). Coral Sea 1942. Warsaw: Bellona

Mental Health and Well-being in the Learning and Teaching Environment (2016)
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Martin, C. R., Fleming, M., & Smith, H. (2016). Mental Health and Well-being in the Learning and Teaching Environment. UK: Swan & Horn

Expertise from the two previously separate disciplines of education and mental health is combined in this book to examine the complex problems associated with today's high-stress, high-emotion learning and teaching environments - affecting learners a... Read More about Mental Health and Well-being in the Learning and Teaching Environment.

Innovations in Learning and Teaching. (2016)
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Penman, C., & Foster, M. (2016). Innovations in Learning and Teaching. Edinburgh Napier University Publishing

Achieving a strategic sales focus: contemporary issues and future challenges. (2016)
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Le Meunier-FitzHugh, K., & Douglas, T. (2016). Achieving a strategic sales focus: contemporary issues and future challenges. Oxford University Press

The main aim of this book is to consider how the sales function informs business strategy. Although there are a number of books available that address how to manage the sales team tactically, this text addresses how sales can help organizations to be... Read More about Achieving a strategic sales focus: contemporary issues and future challenges..