The mid to late nineteenth century was a boom period for railway building in Scotl&. Many lines were built often through sparsely populated areas & with over-optimistic forecasts of a brighter future. Some schemes never even saw the light of day & if they had been built would never have paid a return to their financial backers. Many of those that were built were doomed from the beginning with closures of uneconomic lines in remote areas beginning in the 1930s when competition from road transport started to take its toll. Closure of rural lines gathered pace following Nationalisation of the railways in 1948 but the worst was yet to come. The Breeching Report of 1963 spelt the end for many of Scotlands rural railways & by the end of the 1960s huge swathes of the country had lost their railway service. Built to last by their Victorian & Edwardian engineers much of the infrastructure of these lost lines is still in place
- new life for redundant station buildings; cycleways & footpaths following the old track beds embankments & cuttings; graceful steel bridges spanning the rivers; soaring viaducts striding across the landscape & burrowing tunnels beneath it. Much of Scotlands lost railway heritage is still out there waiting to be discovered. Researched & written by respected railway author Julian Holland & profusely illustrated with historical & present-day photographs Discovering Scotlands Lost Railways" will open the door to this secret world for the enthusiast as well as those with an interest in Scotland & its transport. Lost railways featured in this book: Dumfries to Stranraer Connel Ferry to Ballachulish Spean Bridge to Fort Augustus Muir of Ord to Fortrose Boat of Garten to Keith Elgin to Tillynaught Banff Inveramsay to Macduff Kinnaber Junction to Stanley Junction via Forfar Gleneagles to Balquidder & Dunblane to Crianlarich East Fife Waverley Route."
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Unrivalled in the way it makes the teaching of statistics compelling & accessible to even the most anxious of students the only statistics textbook you & your students will ever need just got better! Andy Fields bestselling Discovering Statistics Using SPSS 4th Edition already an immensely comprehensive textbook
- taking students from first principles to advanced statistical concepts & all the while grounding knowledge through the use of SPSS
- now focuses on providing essential updates better accessibility to its key features more instructor resources & broader reach to new student groups
- with powerful new digital developments on the textbooks companion website. New to the 4th Edition
- New Web Assign (R) facility. If you adopt this for use on your course it will allow you to produce & manage assignments online with your students &

Includes:: a grading facility to monitor students progress. Students can practise questions over & over & be provided with instant feedback & links to the accompanying Ebook where correct solutions can be found
- The mobile study facility encourages students equipped with smartphones & tablets to access revision material such as Cramming Sams Study tips helping them to study when it suits them. QR codes in the textbook provide instant access
- Education & Sport Sciences instructor support materials with enhanced ones for Psychology Business & Management & the Health sciences make the book even more relevant to a wider range of subjects across the social sciences & where statistics is taught to a cross-disciplinary audience. Major Updates to the 4th Edition
- Fully compatible with recent SPSS releases up to & including version 21
- Exciting new characters. Statistical cult leader Oditi provides students with access to video clips to help further understanding of statistical/SPSS concepts while Confusious helps students to make better sense of statistical terms
- An enhanced Companion Website offers plenty of lecturer & student material to use in conjunction with the textbook. These include Power Points & Testbanks for lecturers as well as answers to the Smart Alex tasks at the end of the each chapter; datafiles for testing problems in SPSS; flashcards of key concepts; self-assessment multiple-choice questions; & online videos of key statistical & SPSS procedures discussed in the textbook for students.










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' In this brilliant new edition Andy Field has introduced important new introductory material on statistics that the student will need & was missing at least in the first edition. This book is the best blend that I know of a textbook in statistics & a manual on SPSS. It is a balanced composite of both topics using SPSS to illustrate important statistical material & through graphics to make visible important approaches to data analysis. There are many places in the book where I had to laugh & that's saying a lot for a book on statistics. His excellent style engages the reader & makes reading about statistics fun'
- David C Howell Professor Emeritus University of Vermont USA. This award-winning text now fully updated with SPSS Statistics is the only book on statistics that you will need! Fully revised & restructured this new edition is even more accessible as it now takes students through from introductory to advanced level concepts all the while grounding knowledge through the use of SPSS Statistics. Andy Field's humorous & self-deprecating style & the book's host of characters make the journey entertaining as well as educational. While still providing a very comprehensive collection of statistical methods tests & procedures & packed with examples & self-assessment tests to reinforce knowledge the new edition now also offers: a more gentle introduction to basic-level concepts & methods for beginners; new textbook features to make the book more user-friendly for those learning about more advanced concepts encouraging 'critical thinking'; a brand new full-colour design making it easy for students to navigate between topics & to understand how to use the latest version of SPSS Statistics; both 'real world' (the bizarre & the wonderful) & invented examples that illustrate the concepts & make the techniques come alive for students; an additional chapter on multilevel modelling for advanced-level students; & reinforced binding to make the book easier to handle at a computer workstation. The book also

Includes:: access to a brand new & enhanced companion Website bursting with features including: animated 'SPSS walk-through' videos clearly demonstrating how to use the latest SPSS Statistics modules; self-marking multiple choice questions; data sets for psychology business & management & health sciences; a flash-card glossary for testing knowledge of key concepts; & access to support material from SAGE study skills books. Statistics lecturers are also provided with a whole range of resources & teaching aids including: the test bank; over 300 multiple-choice questions ready to upload to Web CT Blackboard or other virtual learning environments; charts & diagrams in electronic format for inclusion in lecture slides; & Power Point slides written by the author to accompany chapters of the text.


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Illuminating engrossing & full of surprises The Discovery of France is a literary exploration of a country few will recognize; from maps & migration to magic language & landscape it's a book that reveals the 'real' past of France to tell the whole story -- & history -- of this remarkable nation. ' With gloriously apposite facts & an abundance of quirky anecdotes & thumbnail sketches of people places & customs Robb on brilliant form takes us on a stunning journey through the historical landscape of France' Independent ' Certain books strain the patience of those close to you. How many times can you demand: Look at this! Can you imagine? Did you know that?" without actually handing over the volume? This is such a book' Mail on Sunday ' An extraordinary journey of discovery that will delight even the most indolent armchair traveller' Daily Telegraph" ...

It begins with absence & desire. It begins with blood & fear. It begins with a discovery of witches. When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library it's an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordered life. Though Diana is a witch of impeccable lineage the violent death of her parents while she was still a child convinced her that human fear is more potent than any witchcraft. Now Diana has unwittingly exposed herself to a world she's kept at bay for years; one of powerful witches creative destructive daemons & long-lived vampires. Sensing the significance of Diana's discovery the creatures gather in Oxford among them the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont a vampire genticist. Diana is inexplicably drawn to Matthew & in a shadowy world of half-truths & old enmities ties herself to him without fully understanding the ancient line they are crossing. As they begin to unlock the secrets of the manuscript & their feelings for each other deepen so the fragile balance of peace unravels... ...

Biggs Discrete Mathematics has been a best-selling textbook since the first & revised editions were published in 1986 & 1990 respectively. This second edition has been developed in response to undergraduate course changes & changes in students needs. New to this edition are chapters on statements & proof logical framework & natural numbers & the integers in addition to updated chapters from the previous edition. The new chapters are presented at a level suitable for mathematics & computer science students seeking a first approach to this broad & highly relevant topic. Each chapter contains newly developed tailored exercises & miscellaneous exercises are presented throughout providing the student with over 1000 individual tailored exercises. This edition is accompanied by a website www.oup.com/mathematics/discretemath containing hints & solutions to all exercises presented in the text providing an invaluable resource for students & lecturers alike. The book is carefully structured coherent & comprehensive & is the ideal text for students seeking a clear introduction to discrete mathematics graph theory combinatorics number theory coding theory & abstract algebra. ...

Imagine a flat world sitting on the backs of four elephants who hurtle through space balanced on a giant turtle. The Discworld is a place (and a time) parallel to our own
- but also very different. That is the setting for Terry Pratchett's phenomenally successful Discworld series which now celebrates its 25th anniversary. The Discworld Graphic Novels presents the very first two volumes of this much-loved series in graphic novel form. First published fifteen years ago these fully illustrated versions are now issued for the first time in hardback. Introduced here are the bizarre misadventures of Twoflower the Discworld's first ever tourist & possibly
- portentously
- its last & his guide Rincewind the spectacularly inept wizard. Not to mention the Luggage which has a mind of its own.


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This book uses current knowledge of epilepsy & epileptic seizures as a yardstick against which to interpret the thinking of the past. It attempts to trace the development of thought about individual aspects of the understanding of epilepsy one after the other & on a chronological basis. ...

Whats wrong with being a people pleaser?" Plenty! "A fascinating book... If you struggle with where when & how to draw the line between your own desires & the demands of others buy this book!"--Kay Redfield Jamison bestselling author of An Unquiet Mind & Night Falls Fast People pleasers are not just nice people who go overboard trying to make everyone happy. Those who suffer from the Disease to Please are people who say " Yes" when they really want to say " No." For them the uncontrollable need for the elusive approval of others is an addiction. Their debilitating fears of anger & confrontation force them to use "niceness" & "people-pleasing" as self-defense camouflage. Featured on NBCs " Today " The Disease to Please explodes the dangerous myth that "people pleasing" is a benign problem. Best-selling author & frequent " Oprah" guest Dr. Harriet Braiker offers clear positive practical & easily do-able steps toward recovery. Begin with a simple but revealing quiz to discover what type of people-pleaser you are. Then learn how making even small changes to any single portion of the Disease to Please Triangle
- involving your thoughts feelings & behavior
- will cause a dramatic positive & long-lasting change to the overall syndrome. As a recovered peoplepleaser you will finally see that a balanced way of living that takes others into consideration but puts the emphasis first on pleasing yourself & gaining your own approval is the clearest path to health & happiness."

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After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town David Lurie middle-aged & twice divorced has an impulsive affair with a student. The affair sours; he is denounced & summoned before a committee of inquiry. Willing to admit his guilt but refusing to yield to pressure to repent publicly he resigns & retreats to his daughter Lucys isolated smallholding. For a time his daughters influence & the natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonise his discordant life. But the balance of power in the country is shifting. He & Lucy become victims of a savage & disturbing attack which brings into relief all the faultlines in their relationship. ...