Contemporary Issues in Human Resources Management

Business & Money

Warnich, Surette

Holland, Peter

Brewster, Chris

Dowling, P. J.

Human Resources

Oxford University Press Southern Africa

The second edition of this sucessful title addresses new issues facing practitioners of human resource management in a thorough and thoughtful manner.

Carey, Lorraine

Grobler, Pieter A.

From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

William Shakespeare (Very Interesting People Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Oxford University Press

The animal world is immensely diverse, and our understanding of it has been greatly enhanced by molecular biology and the study of evolution and development ("evo-devo"). Moreover, groundbreaking research on genes, and especially key families of genes such as the Homeobox genes which control the development of body plans, has led to radical changes in the classification of animals. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Holland presents a cutting-edge tour of the animal kingdom, providing an authoritative summary of the modern view of animal life, its origins, and the new classification resulting from DNA studies. Beginning with the definition of animals (not obvious in biological terms), Holland takes the reader through the revolutionary new high-level groupings of animals (phyla) based on evolutionary relationships and ancestry. Ranging from corals and sponges to nematodes, sea squirts, and vertebrates, and illuminating many key topics in zoology, this fascinating, brief overview will be of great value to all students of the life sciences as well as providing a concise summary for the interested lay reader.

The Animal Kingdom: A Very Short Introduction

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Players, Playwrights, Playhouses: Investigating Performance, 1660–1800 (Redefining British Theatre History)

This book, now available in paperback, brings together theatre historians to identify and exemplify a variety of productive new approaches to the investigation of plays, players, playwrights, playhouses and other aspects of theatre in the long eighteenth century. 

Cordner, Michael

Humor & Entertainment

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

This book brings together theatre historians to identify and exemplify a variety of productive new approaches to the investigation of plays, players, playwrights, playhouses and other aspects of theatre in the long eighteenth century. Their inquiries range from stage censorship and anti-theatricalism to the political resonances of adultery comedy.

How to Make Moving Wooden Toys

Gathers instructions for creating wooden toys that jump, spin, or move

Arts & Photography

UNKNO

Gathers instructions for creating wooden toys that jump, spin, or move

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

How was Restoration comedies performed on the Restoration stage? How did Wycherley or Congreve expect their plays to be acted? How much were they influenced by theatrical conditions and conventions? What happened in performance, when the plays were graced with 'the ornament of action'? In this book, which was originally published in 1979, Peter Holland brings together the disciplines of theatre history and literary criticism in a close study of the manner and significance of the staging of plays in the Restoration. The dramatists, working with the strengths and weaknesses of their own theatre companies very much in mind, are shown using a whole range of staging techniques in order to help their audience understand their plays. The reader can visualise the plays as they must have looked at the time of the original performance. Throughout he challenges the conventional distinction between text and performance, and seeks to turn us from readers into spectators.

The Ornament of Action: Text and Performance in Restoration Comedy

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Cambridge University Press

History & Criticism

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