Böcker av Robert

Unique diaries of a decorated British Gurkha officer covering two significant periods of active service.

Nowhere on earth is the relationship between man and land more complicated and seemingly as intractable as in South Asia. India alone, with some 1.37 billion people, most of whom work the land for a living, has known famine and scarcity on a scale unknown elsewhere. This has mocked humanity, threatened world peace and urged need to investigate causes and remedies. Chapters in this volume look at issues of land, tenure, and peasant from a variety of different disciplines-history, anthropology, economics, geography, political science, sociology. They furnish fresh insights on discrete localities and problems. Each is by a specialist who deals with intricate ways in which land and lord and labour have been combined and changed. Poverty and scarcity are not the same. Abolishing poverty by economic development alone, without coming to grips with conflicts, can beg the question and end in futility. Contributors emphasize the fallacy of thinking that, with just a little more money, fertilizer or know-how (often coming from an alien environment), problems of land tenure and distribution can be resolved. Socio-economic engineering, however well intentioned, is prone to end in frustration and failure, quite oblivious of how or why.

Wir sind angekommen in der digitalen Welt, so könnte man meinen. Und doch stand während der Corona-Pandemie im Jahr 2020 in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland fast der gesamte Bildungsapparat kurzfristig still. Dieser Stillstand hat nicht nur in Deutschland, sondern international gezeigt, dass in unserem digitalen Zeitalter das Digitale im Bildungswesen viel zu kurz gekommen ist. Dieser Ratgeber mit allgemeinen Informationen, nützlichen Handreichungen und Tipps zum online Unterrichten lädt zu einer Reise in die virtuelle Lernumgebung ein und richtet sich an alle, die sich bislang nur wenig oder vielleicht auch noch gar nicht mit der Materie des Online-Unterrichtens beschäftigt haben, aber auch an alle, die schon lange über das Internet unterrichten.

The most comprehensive book about COVID-19 is now available. It contains 150 pages created from more than 400 hours of research. (Updated on March 14, 2020)The coronavirus outbreak has been a topic of frequent contention since it began in December of 2019. The virus, also referred to as the novel coronavirus and COVID-19, is not the first coronavirus we have seen; the virus that caused severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was also a type of coronavirus, as was Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).Learn everything you need to know about the virus that originated in Wuhan, China including an introduction to virology, the risk factors, how you can protect yourself, the truth behind some of the most prevalent rumors, a detailed timeline for the outbreak, what medical studies and experts have told us, and much more.This book is suitable for any individuals, educators, business owners, families, healthcare professionals, and anyone else who needs to develop a better understanding of how to protect the general public from COVID-19. Chapter List: An introduction to virology Outbreak terminologyChapter 1: Understanding the Coronavirus Source of the coronavirus Risk factors Coronavirus symptoms Methods of transmission Preventing infection Supply list The coronavirus and pets How to proceed if you suspect an infectionChapter 2: Myths and Misunderstandings Fact checking common rumors Suspicions of under-reporting Public health emergency Use of drone technologyChapter 3: Wuhan China Wuhan before the outbreak A brief history Wuhan noodles Wuhan punkChapter 4: The Coronavirus Timeline December 2019 January 2020 February 2020 March 2020Facing the future The Wuhan Coronavirus (AKA COVID-19, 2019-nCoV) has sickened more people than SARS, and MERS combined and has already killed 3,800+ people. China, Italy, South Korea, Iran, France, and Germany have more than 1,500 cases each. In the United States, there are 655+ cases and 23 deaths across 33 states.Click the "Buy Now" button to receive your book instantly and prepare yourself!

In this book Robert West explores the science behind motivation, delving into the Machiavellian art of persuasion and examining the roles that incentives, praise, and punishment play in our society.This lively and humorous book reveals simple yet game-changing principles that will transform your understanding of motivation and set you on a practical path to achieving your personal and professional goals."e;How do effective leaders motivate their teams?"e;"e;How can parents stop their children throwing tantrums?"e;"e;How do adverts play on our hopes and fears?"e;"e;How do I resist that last slice of cheesecake?"e;Robert West is Professor of Psychology at University College London and an Associate of UCL's Centre for Behaviour Change. He is Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Addiction, and he has published more than 800 scholarly works including books on behaviour change and addiction.Jamie West is a writer, performer, and musician. He holds a BA in English from UCL and an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck University.