Dan Cruickshank's personal, passionate and learned journey into the very awe-inspiring architectural icons which have transformed culture, society, industry and landscapes throughout the world - bridges.
A fast-moving, elegant novel set in contemporary London in the glittery world of charity auctions, big business, high art, and more than enough money to spare.
A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure - a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960sCondemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charriere (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana.
In an extraordinary history of the criminal trial, Sadakat Kadri shows with wit, legal insight and a travel writer's eye for detail, how the irrationality of the past lives on in the legal systems of the present.
This popular history of the English Civil War tells the story of the bloody conflict between Oliver Cromwell and Charles I from the perspectives of those involved.
At the beginning of the financial crisis, in September 2008, Gordon Brown called an emergency press conference in which he declared, 'we will do whatever it takes to restore stability in the financial markets'.
The harrowing true story of the young boy who captured the heart of the nation when he testified in court, to find justice against those responsible for his brother's death.
The third book in the hugely acclaimed Martin Beck series: the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime fiction and influenced writers from Stieg Larrson to Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell and Lars Kepplar.
Timed to coincide with the World Cup in Brazil and told in the style of a page-turning thriller, this is the book that will blow the lid off international match fixing in football: a pandemic that has struck at the heart of the 'beautiful game'It began as a series of disparate reports coming in from the corners of the football world: referees, players and managers were deliberately fixing results at the behest of illegal bettors.
A fully updated edition of Cameron: The Rise of the New Conservative, the first major biography of David Cameron, and now covering his first years as Prime Minister and leader of the coalition government.
The ebook of the critically acclaimed popular history book: the story of the South Sea Bubble which in Balen's hands becomes a morality tale for our times.
The riveting tale of how the wanabee aristo Conrad Black and his social-mountaineering wife Barbara gulled their way into the City, the Tory party, Wall Street and High Society.
Now a major TV series'A masterpiece that reads like a thriller' Time OutA gripping and probing account of the biggest criminal manhunt in British history.
Diese deutschen Tatorte erlangten traurige Berühmtheit: Eppstein-Vockenhausen (Freiherr-von-Stein-Schule, 1983), Eching und Freising (staatliche Wirtschaftsschule, 2002), Erfurt (Gutenberg-Gymnasium, 2002), Emsdetten (Geschwister-Scholl-Realschule, 2006), Würzburg (Kaufhaus am Barbarossaplatz, 2021, Berlin (Weihnachtsmarkt am Breitscheidplatz, 2022), und jetzt schließlich auch Hamburg (Deelböge, Gemeindehaus der Zeugen Jehovas, 2023).
The quintessential barking-mad Yorkshire cricketer, 'Hoggy's' record-breaking bowling exploits for England allied to his humorous, uniquely oddball yet hugely endearing attitude to sport and life makes this essential reading for all lovers of the game.
The fantastic fourth classic instalment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that have inspired all Scandinavian crime fiction.
How most presidents avoid upsetting the racial status quoand why those who do pave the way for lawless, norm-violating successorsWhen Barack Obama won the White House in 2008, becoming the nation's first Black president, the stage was set for Donald Trump's eventual rise to power.
'One of history's most impressive field studies; an instant animal classic' TIMEJane Goodall's classic account of primate research provides an impressively detailed and absorbing account of the early years of her field study of, and adventures with, chimpanzees in Tanzania, Africa.
La libre determinación de los pueblos indígenas es un derecho fundamental reconocido por el derecho internacional de los derechos humanos a partir del cambio del paradigma de la asimilación al paradigma intercultural.
La inteligencia artificial ha dejado de ser una promesa futura para convertirse en una realidad que transforma radicalmente el ejercicio del derecho y los sistemas judiciales.
Der erste Leitfaden zur Digitalen DekadeDas Buch gibt erstmals einen prägnanten Überblick über die relevanten Verordnungen und Gesetze, deren Zusammenwirken und deren Inhalte:Data Governance Act (DGA)Digital Markets Act (DMA)Digital Services Act (DAS)Data Act (DA)Artificial Intelligence Act – KI-VerordnungDatenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO)Mediendatenschutzund weitere europäische Verordnungen (z.
El propósito del libro es proponer una teoría distinta a la prevaleciente sobre la función de los jueces constitucionales y un diseño del control judicial acorde con los postulados de la democracia deliberativa.
El Reglamento de Servicios Digitales constituye un instrumento crucial mediante el cual la Unión Europea pretende acometer los retos que suponen la sociedad digital y, en particular, las plataformas con un enorme impacto social, económico y político.
How the UK's immigration detention and deportation system turns people into monetized, measurable units on a supply chain In the UK's fully outsourced ';immigration detainee escorting system,' private sector security employees detain, circulate and deport foreign national citizens.
Esta obra, titulada Ley Federal del Trabajo y leyes de seguridad social, en presentación profesional, incluye titulillos y correlaciones artículo por artículo, las cuales le confieren un valor agregado, pues esto facilita la consulta o localización de todas las disposiciones aplicables a cada caso.
Durchdachte EntscheidungshilfenDer Ratgeber leistet einen wichtigen Beitrag zu mehr Sicherheit im beruflichen Kontext der Bediensteten der öffentlichen Verwaltung.
Präventive und repressive ErmächtigungsgrundlagenUnterstützt durch viele Fallbeispiele verdeutlichen die Autoren des Buches nicht nur präventive und repressive Ermächtigungsgrundlagen.
Este libro ofrece una visión exhaustiva y detallada sobre el marco legal, los compromisos internacionales y las estrategias de conservación ambiental en Colombia.
La obra realiza un estudio de la fiscalidad de las empresas sociales en España, reconocidas en nuestro ordenamiento como entidades de la economía social.