Ben Clifford, Jessica Ferm, Nicola Livingstone, "Understanding the Impacts of Deregulation in Planning: Turning Offices into Homes?"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 3030126714 | PDF | pages: 233 | 5.7 mb
In England, it has been possible since 2013 to convert an office building into residential use without needing planning permission (as has been required since 1948). This book explores the consequences of this central government driven deregulation on local communities. The policy decision was primarily about boosting the supply of housing, but reflects a broader neoliberal ideology which seeks to reform public planning in many countries to reduce perceived interference in free markets. Drawing on original research in the English local authorities of Camden, Croydon, Leeds, Leicester and Reading, the book provides a case study of the implementation of planning deregulation which demonstrates the lowering of standards in housing quality, the reduced ability of the local state to proactively steer development and plan for their places, and the transfer of wealth from the public to private spheres that has resulted. Comparative case studies from Glasgow and Rotterdam call into question the very need for the deregulation in the first place.

Understanding the Human Mind: Unstoppable Willpower by Jason Browne
English | November 1, 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B08M8CRQKR | 135 pages | PDF | 0.65 Mb
The Secret Power of Millionaires and Famous People That Most People Will Never Master

Understanding the Building Regulations By Simon Polley
2005 | 293 Pages | ISBN: 0415349176 | PDF | 3 MB
Although the UK's Building Regulations are complex and lengthy, their essential features are relatively straightforward. In this 3rd edition of his bestselling book, Simon Polley brings his brief and practical guide fully up-to-date for Spon, with a number of key changes across the book and the addition of an excellent new section. Written by this leading industry practioner, Understanding Building Regulations is well laid out, jargon-free, eay to use, and a great alternative to John Stephenson's much larger and weightier The Building Regulations Explained. It is an excellent introduction for students as well as for professionals who want a first-rate entry-level text.

Fanar Haddad, "Understanding 'Sectarianism': Sunni-Shi'a Relationsin the Modern Arab World"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 0197510620 | PDF | pages: 377 | 4.9 mb
"Sectarianism" is one of the most over-discussed yet under-analyzed concepts in debates about the Middle East. Despite the deluge of commentary, there is no agreement on what "sectarianism" is. Is it a social issue, one of dogmatic incompatibility, a historic one or one purely related to modern power politics? Is it something innately felt or politically imposed? Is it a product of modernity or its antithesis? Is it a function of the nation-state or its negation?

Unassailable Ideas: How Unwritten Rules and Social Media Shape Discourse in American Higher Education by Ilana Redstone, John Villasenor
2020 | ISBN: 0190078065 | English | 208 pages | EPUB | 1 MB
Open inquiry and engagement with a diverse range of views are long-cherished and central tenets of higher education and are pivotal to innovation and knowledge creation. Yet, free inquiry on American campuses is hampered by a climate that constrains teaching, research, and overall discourse.

Twenty Over Eighty: Conversations on a Lifetime in Architecture and Design by Aileen Kwun, Bryn Smith
2016 | ISBN: 1616892811 | English | 224 pages | EPUB | 23 MB
Twenty Over Eighty is a collection of insightful, intimate, and often irreverent interviews with twenty architecture and design luminaries over the age of eighty. Revealing conversations with leaders from a variety of fields-including graphic designers Seymour Chwast, Milton Glaser, Lora Lamm, and Deborah Sussman; architects Michael Graves, Denise Scott Brown, and Stanley Tigerman; urbanist Jane Thompson; industrial designer Charles Harrison; furniture designer Jens Risom; and critic Ralph Caplan-spotlight creators, thinkers, and pioneers whose lifelong dedication to experimentation and innovation continues to shape their disciplines well into their ninth decade.

Linda Porter, "Tudors Versus Stewarts: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary, Queen of Scots"
English | 2015 | pages: 544 | ISBN: 1250067464 | EPUB | 2,4 mb
The war between the fertile Stewarts and the barren Tudors was crucial to the history of the British Isles in the sixteenth century. The legendary struggle, most famously embodied by the relationship between Elizabeth I and her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, was fuelled by three generations of powerful Tudor and Stewart monarchs. It was the marriage of Margaret Tudor, elder sister of Henry VIII, to James IV of Scotland in 1503 that gave the Tudors a claim to the English throne―a claim which became the acknowledged ambition of Mary Queen of Scots and a major factor in her downfall.

Ruth Morse, "Truth and Convention in Middle Ages: Rhetoric, Representation and Reality"
English | ISBN: 0521317908 | 2005 | 312 pages | PDF | 106 MB
Medieval assumptions about the nature of literary and historical narrative representation were widely different from our own. Writers and readers looked for truths that were not necessarily literal or empirical fact, and the embellishments of language bore a more complex relationship to the objects of representation in the historical past that was depicted. Ruth Morse's challenging book makes a study of the principles of rhetorical invention that operate as a context for the interpretation of medieval historical narratives. It examines the background of medieval education in rhetoric, commentary and invention, and looks at different modes of writing-history, biography and translation. She traces ways in which historical narratives claimed their legitimacy, for example by reference to earlier textual authorities. In analyzing the complex process of narrative reconstruction, the author herself reconstructs medieval habits of reading and writing, and provokes far-reaching questions about language and representation.

Triumphs in Early Autism Treatment By Ennio Cipani PhD
2008 | 225 Pages | ISBN: 0826159958 | PDF | 2 MB
''Both parents and professionals who work with young children with autism should read this book.'' --Temple Grandin , author, Thinking in Pictures (From the Foreword) ''To Miss Molly, before you started with an ABA program, we couldn't sing to you , we couldn't talk too loud, or even play music. Now you are in the drama club, dance classes, and on stage singing at the school talent show!!! I'm so proud of you.'' --Mother of Molly Martin , featured in Chapter 4 Triumphs in Early Autism Treatment offers a wealth of insight and hope to both parents and clinicians. This book documents the latest research that shows that children who receive Applied Behavioral Analysis treatment consistently progress in skill development. This groundbreaking treatment has allowed numerous children to reach the ''best outcome status,'' a level of normal intellectual and educational functioning. In essence, they become indistinguishable from their peers in everyday life. A must-read for parents and clinicians, this book is the first to document ''best outcome'' case studies using exclusively ABA treatment. Key Features: First-hand accounts of the intellectual and behavioral progress of seven autistic children, written in a narrative style by the ABA professionals who conducted the consultations Contributors include Audrey Gifford, who is both a professional Behavioral Analyst and a parent of an autistic child who received ABA treatment Overview of autism research prior to ABA and an introduction to the development of the method Analysis of ABA treatment demonstrating why ABA is the most effective of all treatment methods

Milinda Banerjee, "Transnational Histories of the 'Royal Nation' "
English | ISBN: 331950522X | 2017 | 385 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 4 MB

Milinda Banerjee, "Transnational Histories of the 'Royal Nation' "