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Famine and Foreigners
OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 17.99The terrible 1984 famine in Ethiopia focused the world's attention on the country and the issue of aid as never before. Anyone over the age of 30 remembers something of the events - if not the original TV pictures, then Band Aid and Live Aid, Geldof and Bono. Peter Gill was the first journalist to reach the epicentre of the famine and one of the... more...
Body Count
Profile 2006; US$ 12.78With 20 million dead and another 40 million infected, AIDS is the world's worst epidemic, but the catastrophe could have been prevented. This book shows how millions could have been saved and many millions more infections could have been prevented if the world had responded properly to the crisis. Peter Gill reveals how politicians and religious... more...
42 - Douglas Adams' Amazingly Accurate Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything
Beautiful Books 2011; US$ 8.34In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, author Douglas Adams famously proposed that the answer to the question "What is the meaning of Life?" was the number 42. Why that number? Over the years, many theories have been put forward, but Adams steadfastly refused to clarify. It has taken a dedicated fan and investigator, Peter Gill, ten years to establish... more...
42: Douglas Adams' Amazingly Accurate Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything
Beautiful Books 2011; US$ 8.99The perfect smartly funny companion read to the Hitchiker's Guide: In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, author Douglas Adams famously proposed that the answer to the question What is the meaning of Life? was the number 42. Why that number? Over the years, many theories have been put forward, but Adams steadfastly refused to clarify. It... more...
A Provincial Life
Faber and Faber 2012; US$ 13.11Born into a bourgeois family, Misail determines to find a way to lead an honest life free from privilege. To his father's disapproval and bewilderment, he renounces his heritage and becomes a workman before moving to the country to manage the estate of the girl that he marries. Over the course of a long summer, his burning sense of injustice and deep... more...
Policing Politics
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 61.95Numerous allegations of abuse of power have been made against the domestic security intelligence agencies in the United Kingdom such as police special branches and MI5. These include the improper surveillance of trade unionists and peace activists, campaigns of mis-information against elected politicians and even the elimination' of people believed... more...
Corporate Vision and Rapid Technological Change
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 210.00This book examines the role of strategic visions of future technological development in the evolution of market structure. This perspective offers a novel way of resolving some of the puzzles that have arisen in understanding the effects of rapid technology change and market structure. Strategic visions are seen to play a central role in corporate... more...
Transnational Organised Crime
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 57.95The perceived threat of 'transnational organized crime' to Western societies has been of huge interest to politicians, policy makers and social scientists over the last decade. This book considers the origins of this crime, how it has been defined and measured and the appropriateness of governments' policy responses. The contributors argue that while... more...
The Market Economy and Christian Ethics
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 58.00Peter Sedgwick explores the relation of a theology of justice to that of human identity in the context of the market economy, and engages with critics of capitalism and the market. He recommends that the churches remain part of the debate in reforming and humanising the market economy. more...
Doing Practitioner Research
SAGE Publications 2007; US$ 57.00Doing Practitioner Research focuses on helping practitioners conduct research in their own organisations, and attention is given to the best methods for doing this effectively and sensitively. The authors have provided the perfect introduction to why practitioners are in the unique position to conduct research that improves professional practice. more...









