Esp Teacher: Role, Development and Prospects

Reference

British Council

Foreign Language Study & Reference

McMillin Pub Llc

This major study of the contemporary French cinema includes a survey of the French film industry, chapters on major genres such as political and documentary cinema, women's cinema, comedy, the thriller and the history film, studies of eleven of the most significant post-1968 film-makers, together with extensive filmographies and a bibliography. Throughout the volume, discussion is related to the broader context of French culture and society with particular emphasis on the politics of representation, the interpretation of history, the nature of the popular issues of class and gender and the legacy of May 1968.

The Cinema in France: After the New Wave (British Film Institute Cinema)

Humor & Entertainment

Forbes, Jill

Movies

"There has been no previous study of Japan's army and society in this the first of its modern wars. Utilising letters and diaries from the battlefield, provincial newspapers and local histories, the study presents the complex and diverse experiences of Japanese soldiers and civilians as war accelerated their entry to the modern world. In addition to explaining the military and diplomatic context of the war, individual chapters assess the impressions of troops as they journey to the front, their attitudes towards their 'fellow' Asians in China and Korea, and their sense of nationalism and duty; at home, we observe the role of the emperor as commander-in-chief, the response of the government at central and local levels, the use of the war in schools, its impact on communications, and the activities of patriotic groups, institutional religion and small business."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Japan's First Modern War: Army and Society in the Conflict With China, 1894-95 (Studies in Military and Strategic History)

Lone, Stewart

This book explains how policy changes affect farmers' production incentives and efficiency of resource allocation within and outside agriculture in modern China. It analyses two different development periods: Mao's period and the reforming post-Mao period. Simple econometric models are employed to examine the impact of modern inputs on land productivity of grain over time and across regions. A spatial equilibrium model is also used to test the effects of different policy alternatives on allocative efficiency and to identify the optimal spatial patterns of crop production.The book concludes that the pursuit of local self-sufficiency, lack of farmers' incentives, national resource allocation and underinvestment were the main factors restricting grain production and agricultural growth during Mao's period. Institution and price reforms aimed to increase farmers' production incentives, and market reforms aimed to improve allocative and marketing efficiency, were two important factors boosting production in the earlier stage of agricultural reforms in the 1979-84 period. Long-term tendency to undermine the role of agriculture, lack of state investment and inconsistency in market reforms explained the stagnation of grain production in the late 1980s, and still remain the major threats to sustained grain production and agricultural growth in China.

Agricultural Reforms and Grain Production in China (Studies on the Chinese Economy)

Business & Money

Yao, Shujie

Economics

Dickinson (history, U. of Edinburgh) explores the role of the middle and lower classes of 17th-century Britain in parliamentary elections, in a wide range of pressure groups, in their local urban communities, and in popular demonstrations, as they tried to influence the ruling political institutions. He also shows how the people became increasingly politicized during the century as they shaped and defended their political perspectives, debated individual rights, tried to educate public opinion, and participated in public affairs. A final chapter outlines attempts to defend the existing order. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The Politics of the People in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Politics & Social Sciences

Dickinson, H. T.

Sociology

When the Atlantic Express heads north from Milan Central it has on board the most important Russian ever to leave the Soviet Union. An armed team of British and Americans are on board to protect him, little knowing that an avalanche has been deliberately triggered to destroy the entire train.

Avalanche Express

Literature & Fiction

FORBES, COLIN

Contemporary

Nancy Kennedy and her fiance, a well-known foreign correspondent, uncover a sinister plot to stage a military coup, when her grandfather enters a Swiss clinic

Terminal

Action & Adventure

A thriller featuring Tweed of the SIS, as he battles to discover which one of his European sector chiefs is a traitor. Other work by the author includes “ The Stone Leopard” , “ The Palermo Ambush” , “ The Heights of Zervos” and “ The Greek Key” .

The Janus Man

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Her court knew her as capricious, veering from flirtatiousness to tyranny. History sees her as a powerful ruler. This novel recreates the memoir Elizabeth herself might have written, revealing the true responses, fears and passions that as queen she was never able to display.

I, Elizabeth

Miles/Rosalind

Genre Fiction

A Richard Bolitho story, and a sequel to "Honour This Day". Four months after the historic victory at Trafalgar, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho drops anchor off the shores of southern Africa. He is brooding over the loss of his old flagship "Hyperion", but a new challenge awaits.

The Only Victor

Kent,Alexander

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