Bøger af David Roberts

"Gripping and superb. This book will steal the night from you." -Laurence Gonzales, author of Deep Survival

Relates to one of Wales' most important institutions of higher education, covering its history from its creation in 1884 as the University College of North Wales, its incarnation as the University of Wales, Bangor and to its 125th anniversary in 2009. This book traces the institution's origins as an 18th century coaching inn with just 58 students.

Situating the Gesamtkunstwerk at the heart of European modernism.

Examines the limits to cosmopolitan liberal peacebuilding caused by its preoccupation with the values and assumptions of neoliberal global governance.

Reveals global governance as the calculated mismanagement of life, directing neoliberal ideology through global networks, and undermining the human security of millions.

This volume illustrates the limits to the 1990s UNTAC peace-keeping intervention in Cambodia and demonstrates the flaws of this approach to conflict resolution. It shows that liberal pluralism is not necessarily a reliable vehicle for change in developing societies.

Bertie has shockingly dirty habits, from nose-picking to weeing on the flowerbed! Whenever he does anything dirty, Bertie's family shouts "No, Bertie! That's dirty, Bertie!". Will Bertie ever kick his horrible habits?

This text is divided into two sections: a core element focusing on basic skills which everyone needs to master in writing essays, and a subject-based section which takes the student to a more advanced level.

Bertie likes making smells. When he trumps it makes his mum cross, embarrasses his dad, upsets his gran and offends his sister. But they all have a secret - and Bertie knows it!

The combined military might of two great mations succeeded in capturing not a single Chiricagua, not even a child.' From the Preface. Of the many tales of conflict and warfare between the US Government and the Indian tribes, perhaps none is more dramatic or revealing than the story of the Apache wars.