Ever been lost for words abroad? Impress your friends with a plethora of multi-lingual profanity from this nifty pocket book. Education's never been such fun.

When you go on holiday abroad, it’s important to be able to communicate with the natives. It’s useful to know, for example, whether the policeman who is trying to bundle you into the back of a van with his truncheon up your arse is calling you a b*st*rd or a c*nt. With this book, you will not only be able to understand him, but you’ll also be able to retort in a suitably charming manner.

Many wars have started due to language barriers. Do your bit for international accord and learn to speak in their tongue. Just make sure you wash your mouth out afterwards.

Children's Learning in a Digital World presents exciting and challenging new ideas from international scholars on the impact of computers, the Internet, and video games on children's learning.

• Examines the impact of technology in both formal and informal learning contexts, covering a range of technologies relevant to students and researchers, as well as professional educators
  
• Presents key information on the social and cultural issues that affect technology use, in addition to the impact on children’s learning
  
• Includes research from an international range of contributors

This is a very approachable introduction to the description and classification of the sounds of speech – not only the sounds of English , but all the various sound-types represented in the Chart of the International Phonetic Association (IPA) .

`The major strength of this book is its exhaustive and readable review of standard theoretical perspectives which are supplemented with the latest research findings.... Assembling this volume was likely a meticulous and iterative process for both the editors and contributors, but the effort makes this Second Edition a worthwhile read and reference' - Management Revue
This totally revised edition of the bestselling text provides a comprehensive, international perspective of the consequences of internationalization for the management of people across borders.
Based on feedback from lecturers and students, as well as careful consideration of the changing needs of relevant courses, this latest edition contains many new chapters to offer students an up-to-date and thorough understanding of the essential elements of international Human Resource Management. While due attention is paid to expatriate management, the text also includes chapters on the role of HRM in internationalization, the link between strategy, structure and HRM in MNCs and the role of HRM in mergers and acquisitions. In addition, a discussion of comparative HRM, and international and comparative industrial relations forms a major part of this book.
The book is truly international, both in its outlook and in its author base. Authors, all experts and active researchers in their respective fields, use examples from all over the world and their chapters supplement classic theories and models with cutting-edge research and developments. All chapters are part of a carefully constructed framework and together provide a coherent picture of the field of International HRM.
This new edition also includes student discussion questions, further reading sections and a glossary. It will continue to be essential reading for students of human resource management, international business and international strategy.

Edited by: Colin Sumner
"A cosmopolitan collection characterized by freshness of perspective. Critical sociological insight on crime at its best."
John Braithwaite, Australian National University
The Blackwell Companion to Criminology provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology.