The Empire of Cnut the Great - Conquest and the Consolidation of Power in Northern Europe in the Early Eleventh Century

The reign of King Cnut the Great (10161035) marks a pivotal point in the history of both England and Scandinavia, yet his conquests and his consolidation of power remain under-appreciated and rarely studied. Almost all existing scholarship has been geographically centred on either England or Scandinavia. However, this study, through a series of studies of individual aspects of his rise to power in those regions, seeks to encompass his entire dominion, and cast new light on our understanding of the nature of this political unit and contemporary figures' conceptions of it.

The Lomborg Deception - Setting the Record Straight About Global Warming

In this major assessment of leading climate-change skeptic Bjørn Lomborg, Howard Friel meticulously deconstructs the Danish statistician’s claim that global warming is “no catastrophe” by exposing the systematic misrepresentations and partial accounting that are at the core of climate skepticism. His detailed analysis serves not only as a guide to reading the global warming skeptics, but also as a model for assessing the state of climate science.

Managing Very Challenging Behaviour (2nd edition)

"Managing Very Challenging Behaviour" (2nd edition), includes guidance on key behavioural issues, including: staying positive when things get tough; challenging gang culture and weapons in school; managing students' attitude; considering why pupils misbehave; reflecting on your own practice; thinking about inclusion and behaviour; engaging parents/guardians; dealing with group dynamics; tackling verbal abuse; and, coping with the stress caused by disruptive pupils. This book is a must for all teachers who meet with challenging behaviour in their classrooms.

This text offers 25 topic-based units, each covering a key area of IT. There is a variety of texts and visual material, taken from textbooks, newspapers, computing magazines, web pages, manuals, and advertisements. The course revises and practises grammar and functions appropriate to the needs of IT specialists at intermediate level, developing all four skills, with the main emphasis on reading. Most units end with longer specialist reading texts. The tasks - such as writing, exchanging information, and problem solving - encourage learners to combine their subject knowledge with their growing knowledge of English.

Escape from the Ivory Tower: A Guide to Making Your Science MatterMost scientists and researchers aren’t prepared to talk to the press or to policymakers—or to deal with backlash. Many researchers have the horror stories to prove it. What’s clear, according to Nancy Baron, is that scientists, journalists and public policymakers come from different cultures. They follow different sets of rules, pursue different goals, and speak their own language. To effectively reach journalists and public officials, scientists need to learn new skills and rules of engagement. The keys to success are clear thinking, knowing what you want to say, understanding your audience, and using everyday language to get your main points across.