Originally published in 1976, Welfare State and Welfare Society breaks away from the prevailing notion that the welfare state is mainly concerned with the well-being of the entire nation. The book distinguishes the welfare state from the welfare society, and shows that there is often a yawning gulf between public policy and how people feel, think and behave. The book examines critically, the policies which have been adopted or advocated as relevant to a welfare state, and inquires...

First Published in 1937, The British Civil Servant presents a comprehensive overview of the main problems and conditions related to the British public service during early twentieth century. It discusses important themes like what is public service; the administrative class in the home civil service; middle and lower grades of the local government service; the experts in the civil service; women in public service; the Indian civil service and the colonial civil service. With chapt...

Instead of memorizing vocabulary words, work your way through an actual well-written novel. Even novices can follow along as each individual English paragraph is paired with the corresponding French paragraph. It won't be an easy project, but you'll learn a lot.

This is an illustrated edition featuring dynamic artwork, a complete summary, an author biography, and a full characters list.The Three Musketeers is Alexandre Dumas’s timeless tale of courage, friendship, and high adventure. Set in seventeenth-century France, the novel follows the young and ambitious d’Artagnan as he leaves his home to join the King’s Musketeers. Along the way, he befriends the legend...

Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers – Complete Collection gathers the grand arc of d'Artagnan and his comrades, from youthful ambition and court intrigue to the maturer reckonings of loyalty, power, and time. Written in a brisk, theatrical prose shaped by the feuilleton tradition, these romances combine swordplay, political conspiracy, comedy, and pathos with extraordinary narrative momentum. Set against seventeenth-century France, they transform historical figures and events into a ric...

First published in 1950, British Government Since 1918 presents a comprehensive, well-balanced account of the machinery by which public affairs are regulated in Britain. The Institute of Public Administration asked six experts to make a broad survey of the significant happenings in each of the main fields of government. Their names by themselves guarantee the authority and readability of this important book.Lord Campion deals with the changes in parliamentary procedure; D....

DUMAS - The Greatest Works of the Father and the Son presents a magnificent collection blending the rich literary legacies of Alexandre Dumas and his son, Alexandre Dumas fils. This anthology showcases a tapestry of themes ranging from swashbuckling adventures and historical escapades to poignant explorations of societal issues and romance. The amalgamation of prose styles'—from the elder Dumas' vibrant narratives filled with intrigue and heroism to the younger Dumas' introspective and soc...

This book provides an authoritative summary of the role that precision agriculture plays in the production of field horticultural crops. It also shows how science and engineering redefine the place of precision agriculture in our fields, orchards and vineyards. The book provides an overview of the current state of the art, case studies of real-life applications of agri-technology in horticulture, and evidence-based perspectives on likely future developments. It addresses the challenges, li...

"The Great Sieges of History" by William Robson is a compelling exploration of some of the most significant sieges throughout history. Robson delves into the strategic, political, and human elements that define these monumental events, providing readers with a vivid portrayal of the challenges faced by both attackers and defenders. Each siege is presented with rich detail, highlighting the tactics employed and the consequences that followed. The book serves as a reminder of the resilience ...

First Published in 1960, Nationalized Industry and Public Ownership is concerned with the state of nationalized industries in Britain in the context of the wider sphere of public enterprise in the world. It critically examines themes like the motives and background of nationalization; the state of public corporation in Britain; public utilities as monopoly; parliamentary debates and questions regarding government control; the idea of public accountability; the status of consumers’...

First Published in 1924, The Relation of Wealth to Welfare examines certain definite and fundamental elements of human welfare and their relation to private income on the one hand and various kinds of collective action on the other. The four elements discussed in the book are health, art, work, and education. The author argues that the power of private income to increase the welfare of its possessor in regard to the various elements under examination is as a matter of fact frequen...

It is more than curious, it is wonderful, to observe how many sieges will be found in this volume, whose fate has been decided by means with which the art of war, as taught in the schools, had nothing to do; and it is always the captain of the greatest genius who seizes upon every unforeseen discovery, any extraordinary accident, any suddenly-perceived natural advantage, to defeat the best-concerted and most scientific plans of his adversary: in one instance the fortune of an assault is ch...