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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days This fascinating new core textbook, authored by a highly respected academic with over a decade of industry experience, takes a global and strategic approach to the important topic of operations management (OM). Integrating contemporary and traditional theories the text covers everything a student needs to understand the reality of operations in the modern world and combines the latest cutting-edge thinking with innovative learning features. Written in a concise and engaging style and based on up-to-date research in the field, the book provides a range of international case studies and examples that help students to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world practice. This is a must-have textbook for students studying Operations Management modules on undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA programmes. In addition, this is an ideal textbook to accompany modules on Operations Strategy, Production Management and Services Management. Features Summary This fascinating new core textbook, authored by a highly respected academic with over a decade of industry experience, takes a global and strategic approach to the important topic of operations management (OM). Author David Barnes Publisher Red Globe Press Release date 20180206 Pages 541 ISBN 1-137-52578-9 ISBN 13 978-1-137-52578-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days HE SEARCHES FOR THE DISAPPEARED. Missing persons investigator David Raker specializes in finding the lost. Whether dead or alive, he brings the truth home to the families left behind. But there's one person he's never been able to save. NOW THEY MUST TRY TO FIND A KILLER. Colm Healy was one of the Met's best detectives - until the unsolved murders of a mother and her twin daughters consumed his career, his family and his life. Agreeing to work with Healy, Raker soon learns the hard way how this puzzle breeds obsession. IT WILL COST THEM EVERYTHING. Because, as the case threatens to overwhelm them both, they discover the truth: this was never just a murder. It was something far worse... 'A luminous example of what a considerable talent Weaver is. Catch him at once' Daily Mail 'David Raker has joined a select band of fictional characters whose return in a new book excites existing fans and collects new ones... one of the most vibrant and unusual protagonists in modern crime fiction' Crime Fiction Lover Features Summary Missing persons investigator David Raker specializes in finding the lost. Whether dead or alive, he brings home the truth to the families left behind. But there's one person he's never been able to save... Author Tim Weaver Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20151022 Pages 608 ISBN 1-4059-1348-7 ISBN 13 978-1-4059-1348-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days With the rise of women's suffrage, challenges to marriage and divorce laws, and expanding opportunities for education and employment for women, the early years of the twentieth century were a time of social revolution. Examining British novels written in 1890-1914, Jane Eldridge Miller demonstrates how these social, legal, and economic changes rendered the traditional narratives of romantic desire and marital closure inadequate, forcing Edwardian novelists to counter the limitations and ideological implications of those narratives with innovative strategies. The original and provocative novels that resulted depict the experiences of modern women with unprecedented variety, specificity, and frankness. "Rebel Women" is a major re-evaluation of Edwardian fiction and a significant contribution to literary history and criticism. "Miller's is the best account we have, not only of Edwardian women novelists, but of early 20th-century women novelists; the measure of her achievement is that the distinction no longer seems workable." --David Trotter, "The London Review of Books" Features Summary 'Rebel Women' explores the intimate links between feminist challenges to traditional social organization and artistic challenges to formal narrative conventions... Author Jane Eldridge Miller Publisher University of Chicago Press Release date 19970228 Pages 242 ISBN 0-226-52677-1 ISBN 13 978-0-226-52677-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Dinosaurs lived on Earth in the past. Some dinosaurs liked plants, some liked meat. Some dinosaurs were big and some were small! Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully written, the series combines the best of Ladybird content with the structured language progression that will help children develop their reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills. The four levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework and include language activities that provide preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) Starters, Movers and Flyers exams. Dinosaurs, a Level 2 Activity Book, is A1 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Movers exams. The activities encourage children to practice short sentences containing a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past tense and some simple adverbs. Features Summary Dinosaurs lived on Earth in the past. Some dinosaurs liked plants, some liked meat. Some dinosaurs were big and some were small! Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales... Publisher Ladybird Books Release date 20160707 Pages 16 ISBN 0-241-25455-8 ISBN 13 978-0-241-25455-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days It is Moomin's birthday! He gets a gold button. Why are Moomin's friends not talking to him? Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for children aged 4+, the six levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework (Pre-A1 to A2) and include language activities that help develop key skills and provide preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) exams. This Level 1 Reader is Pre-A1 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Starters exams. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, using the present tense and some simple adjectives. Features Summary It is Moomin's birthday! He gets a gold button. Why are Moomin's friends not talking to him? Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales... Publisher Ladybird Books Release date 20190131 Pages 48 ISBN 0-241-36528-7 ISBN 13 978-0-241-36528-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 13 working days Features Summary World Link is Heinles best-selling core series for young adult/adult learners of English from the beginner to high intermediate level. The second edition has been completely updated and enhanced to reflect modern teaching methods and user feedback... Author Susan Stempleski (Author), James Morgan (Author), Nancy Douglas (Author) Publisher Cengage ELT BRE Release date 20100316 ISBN 1-4240-6578-X ISBN 13 978-1-4240-6578-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Why our brains aren't built for media multitasking, and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way. "Brilliant and practical, just what we need in these techno-human times."-Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves on our ability to multitask-read work email, reply to a text, check Facebook, watch a video clip. Talk on the phone, send a text, drive a car. Enjoy family dinner with a glowing smartphone next to our plates. We can do it all, 24/7! Never mind the errors in the email, the near-miss on the road, and the unheard conversation at the table. In The Distracted Mind, Adam Gazzaley and Larry Rosen-a neuroscientist and a psychologist-explain why our brains aren't built for multitasking, and suggest better ways to live in a high-tech world without giving up our modern technology. The authors explain that our brains are limited in their ability to pay attention. We don't really multitask but rather switch rapidly between tasks. Distractions and interruptions, often technology-related-referred to by the authors as "interference"-collide with our goal-setting abilities. We want to finish this paper/spreadsheet/sentence, but our phone signals an incoming message and we drop everything. Even without an alert, we decide that we "must" check in on social media immediately. Gazzaley and Rosen offer practical strategies, backed by science, to fight distraction. We can change our brains with meditation, video games, and physical exercise; we can change our behavior by planning our accessibility and recognizing our anxiety about being out of touch even briefly. They don't suggest that we give up our devices, but that we use them in a more balanced way. Features Summary Why our brains aren't built for media multitasking, and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way. Author Rosen, Larry D., Ph.D. Publisher MIT Press Release date 20171020 Pages 304 ISBN 0-262-53443-6 ISBN 13 978-0-262-53443-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days The Autobots like living in the scrapyard. One day, Steeljaw and the Decepticons come in. Steeljaw says, "I want the scrapyard!" Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully written, the series combines the best of Ladybird content with the structured language progression that will help children develop their reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills. The six levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework and include language activities that provide preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) exams. Transformers: Decepticons in the Scrapyard, a Level 1 Reader, is Pre-A1 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Starters exams. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, using the present tense and some simple adjectives. Features Summary The Autobots like living in the scrapyard. One day, Steeljaw and the Decepticons come in. Steeljaw says, "I want the scrapyard!" Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales... Publisher Ladybird Books Release date 20180403 Pages 48 ISBN 0-241-31943-9 ISBN 13 978-0-241-31943-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days One morning, Pom Pom wakes up, and he is VERY grumpy. He does not play with his friends, because he is too grumpy! Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for children aged 4+, the six levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework (Pre-A1 to A2) and include language activities that help develop key skills and provide preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) exams. This Level 1 Reader is Pre-A1 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Starters exams. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, using the present tense and some simple adjectives. Features Summary One morning, Pom Pom wakes up, and he is VERY grumpy. He does not play with his friends, because he is too grumpy! Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales... Publisher Ladybird Books Release date 20190131 Pages 48 ISBN 0-241-35794-2 ISBN 13 978-0-241-35794-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days 1984 isn't just a novel; it's a key to understanding the modern world. George Orwell's final work is a treasure chest of ideas and memes - Big Brother, the Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, 2+2=5 - that gain potency with every year. Particularly in 2016, when the election of Donald Trump made it a bestseller (`Ministry of Alternative Facts', anyone?). Its influence has morphed endlessly into novels (The Handmaid's Tale), films (Brazil), television shows (V for Vendetta), rock albums (Diamond Dogs), commercials (Apple), even reality TV (Big Brother). The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey is the first book that fully examines the epochal and cultural event that is 1984 in all its aspects: its roots in the utopian and dystopian literature that preceded it; the personal experiences in wartime Britain that Orwell drew on as he struggled to finish his masterpiece in his dying days; and the political and cultural phenomena that the novel ignited at once upon publication and that far from subsiding, have only grown over the decades. It explains how fiction history informs fiction and how fiction explains history. Features Summary In The Ministry of Truth, Dorian Lynskey charts the life of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: one of the most influential books of the 20th Century... Author Dorian Lynskey Publisher Picador Release date 20190528 Pages 368 ISBN 1-5098-9073-4 ISBN 13 978-1-5098-9073-6