Includes reminiscences of Christmases past at Blenheim Palace and Broughton Castle, and, contrastingly, the simpler pleasures enjoyed at Flora Thompson's rural Lark Rise. This anthology describes 'The Christmas Tree' in verse. It also includes ghost stories, local carols and traditions and folklore.

Presents a tale that moves from the teething problems of difficult origins in which 'the fulminations of Auditors-General were increasingly dismissed as nit-picking and legislated around - or ignored' to the brave new world of radical 'value for money' auditing in the 1970s.

A multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed print publication, covering all areas of magic, witchcraft, paganism etc; all geographical regions and all historical periods. Issue 3: Hannah Sanders - Buffy and Beyond: Language and Resistance in Contemporary Teenage Witchcraft / Amy Lee - A Language of Her Own: Witchery as a New Language of Female Identity/ Dave Green - Creative Revolution: Bergsonisms and ...

An illustrated anthology drawn from Berkshire's rich literary and historical heritage, and from its folklore and traditions over the years. It includes seasonal extracts from A Wind in the Willows ; a Christmas letter from Jane Austen; and yuletide memories from Mary Russell Mitford and Eleanor Hayden, among others.

Fourteenth-century England witnessed intense political, social, economic and religious change. Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, participated in the most important events of this tumultuous age. He played a pivotal role in English, Welsh, Spanish and French political life. This title talks about this iconic but controversial figure.

Tells the story of one of the battles of the Hundred Years War. This book details the strategy, tactics, arms and armour used by both sides. It reconstructs the battle using an array of contemporary sources and discusses the protagonists, the siting, course and outcome of the encounter and considers the implications of the capture of King Jean II.

Launched in 1969 by UCLA researchers, the internet was followed by the first e-mails in 1972, and then by public servers such as AOL and CompuServe in the 1980s. Presenting one part humour, and one part timeline of this cultural phenomenon, this work is filled with one-liners that surprise even the most technologically advanced amongst us.

As international financial markets have become complex, so has the regulatory system which oversees them. This book identifies weaknesses in a system faced with various types of institutions such as hedge funds and private equity, and the growth in importance of developing countries, who have been excluded so far from the key decision-making fora.

Provides a fresh perspective on traditional ecology. This work covers such topics as connectivity, criticality, feedback, and networks, as well as their impact on the stability and predictability of ecosystem dynamics.

Informs professionals working in the field of cancer about the pathophysiologic mechanisms of cancer-related thrombosis and bleeding. This book offers assistance in recognizing various bleeding and clotting disorders associated with cancer.

Constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning, SEAL 2008, held in Melbourne, Australia, during December 7-10, 2008. This volume covers topics such as evolutionary learning; evolutionary optimisation; hybrid learning; adaptive systems; and theoretical issues in evolutionary computation.

As international financial markets have become complex, so has the regulatory system which oversees them. This book identifies weaknesses in a system faced with fresh types of institutions such as hedge funds and private equity, and the growth in importance of developing countries, who have been excluded so far from the key decision-making fora.

The Korean War memoirs of a Gloster.

A selection of 14 of the best papers from the Asia-Pacific Symposia on Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems.