For the last two and a half decades—through war, oil crises, and global terrorism—the United States and Saudi Arabia have had a very special relationship, thanks in no small part to one man: Prince Bandar bin Sultan. The illegitimate son of a Saudi prince and a servant girl, he used his vital behind-the-scenes influence to convince Gorbachev to withdraw the Soviet military from Afghanistan and helped President Reagan and CIA Director William Casey to win the Cold War with Saudi petrodollars. A Machiavellian manipulator, he negotiated an end to the Iran-Iraq war and played a key role in the Iran-Contra affair. George H. W. Bush took Bandar and his family fishing. Colin Powell would drop by to play racquetball.
In this revealing biography, William Simpson pulls back the curtain on the fascinating and startling life of an extraordinary power-player who emerged as one of the driving forces behind American foreign policy throughout the 1980s and '90s. At a time when understanding our friends is as important as knowing our enemies, understanding Prince Bandar bin Sultan may well be the key to figuring out the Saudis.

The Prince: The Secret Story of the World's Most Intriguing Royal, Prince Bandar bin Sultan

Biographies & Memoirs

Simpson, William

Community & Culture

William Morrow Paperbacks

Capital, Commodity, and English Language Teaching (Language, Society and Political Economy)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Routledge

Capital, Commodity, and English Language Teaching illustrates how the drive for profit in commercial ELT affects the manner in which language is taught. The book looks at education as a form of production, and asks how lessons are produced, and how the production of profit in addition to the production of the lesson affects the operation of educational institutions and their stakeholders. 
Simpson delivers a theoretically rigorous conception of capital and builds from this an investigation into how the circulation of capital for profit interrelates with the teaching of language. Simpson discusses ELT at both a global level, in discussion of the ELT industry in the UK, the US, Ireland, Canada, Japan, Spain, and transnationally online, as well as at a more local level, where finer detailed descriptions of the work-lives of those within the Japanese eikaiwa ELT industry are given. Drawing on a synthesis of Marxist and Bourdieusian theory, the book outlines a dialectical approach to understanding capital, and to understanding how the drive for profit and language education interrelate with one another. Simpson concludes by showing how such an approach might open up areas for further research in a number of contexts across the globe, as well as in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. 
Providing a model for addressing global issues of ELT, this book is of interest to advanced students, scholars and professionals within applied linguistics, TESOL, sociolinguistics, and linguistic anthropology, language economics and related areas.

The Practical Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer, of His Majesty's Province of South Carolina (American Law Series : The Formative Years)

Ayer Co. Pub

Europe 1783–1914

Europe 1783–1914 is an accessible history of Europe from the advent of the French Revolution to the origins of the First World War, covering political, economic and social aspects of the period. Each chapter is structured with concise backgrounds to events, including tables of key dates, a selection of primary documents and questions to test current interpretations of important themes, and a guide to further reading. Extensively illustrated with maps, contemporary cartoons and portraits, Europe 1783–1914 surveys the following main themes interspersed with studies of significant countries including France, Italy, Germany and Russia:  the impact of the French Revolution and Napoleon the Industrial Revolution Nationalism the 1848 Revolutions Imperialism Marxism the origins of the First World War. Europe 1783–1914 is an essential and invaluable introduction to this turbulent and exciting period of European history.

History

Jones, Martin

Europe

Europe 1783–1914 is an accessible history of Europe from the advent of the French Revolution to the origins of the First World War, covering political, economic and social aspects of the period. Each chapter is structured with concise backgrounds to events, including tables of key dates, a selection of primary documents and questions to test current interpretations of important themes, and a guide to further reading. Extensively illustrated with maps, contemporary cartoons and portraits, Europe 1783–1914 surveys the following main themes interspersed with studies of significant countries including France, Italy, Germany and Russia: <ul>
<li>the impact of the French Revolution and Napoleon</li> <li>the Industrial Revolution</li> <li>Nationalism</li> <li>the 1848 Revolutions</li> <li>Imperialism</li> <li>Marxism</li> <li>the origins of the First World War.</li>
</ul>
Europe 1783–1914 is an essential and invaluable introduction to this turbulent and exciting period of European history.

Europe 1783–1914 provides a comprehensive overview of Europe from the background of the French Revolution to the origins of the First World War. William Simpson and Martin Jones combine accounts of the most important countries with the wider political, economic, social and cultural themes affecting Europe as a whole, including:    the impact of the French Revolution and Napoleon the rise of industry  the growth of nationalism the 1848 revolutions Imperialism  Marxism and left wing movements.    This second edition has been significantly expanded with additional sections on Science and Technology and Thought and Culture. There are two entirely new chapters – 'Changes in the World of Ideas', which explores European responses to the Enlightenment and the French Revolution as reflected in literature, music and painting; and 'Europe and the United States', which examines the reciprocal relationship between these two continents during this critical period. The final chapter, 'Retrospect and Prospect', now addresses the changing intellectual climate under the influence of figures such as Darwin, Freud and Nietzsche, and new departures in the arts evident at the dawn of the twentieth century.  Every chapter features a list of key dates, concise background information, and suggestions for further reading, as well as a concluding 'Topics for Debate' section which contains relevant contemporary sources and outlines the contrasting views of recent historians on the key issues. Extensively illustrated throughout with maps, contemporary cartoons and portraits, Europe 1783–1914 is a clear, detailed and highly accessible analysis of this turbulent and formative period of European History.

Europe 1783–1914 provides a comprehensive overview of Europe from the background of the French Revolution to the origins of the First World War. William Simpson and Martin Jones combine accounts of the most important countries with the wider political, economic, social and cultural themes affecting Europe as a whole, including: <ul>
<li>the impact of the French Revolution and Napoleon</li> <li>the rise of industry </li> <li>the growth of nationalism</li> <li>the 1848 revolutions</li> <li>Imperialism </li> <li>Marxism and left wing movements. </li> </ul> This second edition has been significantly expanded with additional sections on Science and Technology and Thought and Culture. There are two entirely new chapters – 'Changes in the World of Ideas', which explores European responses to the Enlightenment and the French Revolution as reflected in literature, music and painting; and 'Europe and the United States', which examines the reciprocal relationship between these two continents during this critical period. The final chapter, 'Retrospect and Prospect', now addresses the changing intellectual climate under the influence of figures such as Darwin, Freud and Nietzsche, and new departures in the arts evident at the dawn of the twentieth century. Every chapter features a list of key dates, concise background information, and suggestions for further reading, as well as a concluding 'Topics for Debate' section which contains relevant contemporary sources and outlines the contrasting views of recent historians on the key issues. Extensively illustrated throughout with maps, contemporary cartoons and portraits, Europe 1783–1914 is a clear, detailed and highly accessible analysis of this turbulent and formative period of European History.

Europe 1783-1914

Hitler's rise to power and his subsequent influence on world history remains a subject of fierce debate. This book focuses on the particular problems associated with the Nazi period. How did the weaknesses of the Weimar Republic contribute to Hitler's rise to power? What was the initial appeal of Nazism and how far was its growing popularity induced by the economic crisis of 1929-33? What was the nature of the Nazi regime and where did responsibility lie for the anti-Semitic policies it pursued? What role did Hitler play in bringing about the Second World War? How great was the support for and the opposition to Hitler?

Hitler and Germany (Cambridge Topics in History)

Cambridge University Press

William Simpson examines the nature and characteristics of the German empire, and the policies pursued by its governments, from the foundation of the empire in 1871 until its collapse in 1918. Two areas are given particular attention: the failure of Imperial Germany to develop into a stable parliamentary democracy; and the increasingly aggressive foreign policy pursued by Germany after 1890.

The Second Reich: Germany, 1871–1918 (Cambridge Topics in History)

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The Prince: The Secret Story of the World's Most Intriguing Royal, Prince Bandar bin Sultan

Capital, Commodity, and English Language Teaching (Language, Society and Political Economy)

Capital, Commodity, and English Language Teaching (Language, Society and Political Economy)

The Practical Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer, of His Majesty's Province of South Carolina (American Law Series : The Formative Years)

Europe 1783–1914

Europe 1783–1914

Europe 1783–1914

Europe 1783-1914

Hitler and Germany (Cambridge Topics in History)

The Second Reich: Germany, 1871–1918 (Cambridge Topics in History)