This is an accessible introduction to UK employment law for non-law students. It provides a wide range of topics reflecting the content of employment law modules, and the extensive evaluative material raises the major debates and encourages critical thinking.

This market-leading text provides thorough coverage of all the main areas of human resource management practice. The book is written from a practical perspective in a clear and engaging style. It includes full coverage of operational issues and introduces the major academic debates of relevance to the field. It is written as an introduction for students of HRM at all levels.

By 1809, the Indian Ocean was the final battleground for Nelson's Navy and the French fleet. At stake was Britain's commercial lifeline to India. In one fatal season, the natural order of maritime power since Trafalgar was destroyed. This work brings together the terrifying ordeal of men, women and children caught at sea in hurricanes.

The Grosvenor was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, but she ran aground on the treacherous coast of south-east Africa. An astonishing number of her crew and passengers, including women and children, reached the shore safely, but the castaways found themselves hundreds of miles from the nearest European outpost - and utterly ignorant of their surroundings and the people among whom they ..

This book brings together recent work on the Church of England in the 'long eighteenth century', demonstrating the importance of religion for a full understanding of English life in this period.

This market-leading text provides thorough coverage of all the main areas of human resource management practice. The book is written from a practical perspective in a clear and engaging style. It includes full coverage of operational issues and introduces the major academic debates of relevance to the field. It is written as an introduction for students of HRM at all levels.

This briefing identifies and explains the significance of current trends in the graduate labour markets for recruitment, selection and retention.

The academic and professional careers if many thousands of HRM students and managers have been underpinned by their reading of Torrington et al's long-standing, comprehensive and market leading text Human Resource Management. Now, this same author team has developed a brand new concise text, Fundamentals of HRM, aimed primarily at students who are studying for general business and management ...

This book brings together recent work on the Church of England in the 'long eighteenth century', demonstrating the importance of religion for a full understanding of English life in this period.

Meshing together Africa's colonial history and the personalities of that time with his own memories of the turbulent 20th century and its characters, Stephen Taylor travels from Lake Victoria to the Cape of Good Hope.

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