The First World War is widely conceived as a pointless conflict that destroyed a generation. Petty squabbles between emperors pushed naïve young men into a nightmare of mud and blood that killed millions and left scarred and embittered survivors.However, the ongoing reinterpretation of the First World War reveals that matters were rather more nuanced and complex. Hardship and death were all too common, but there were positive experiences, too. Vast numbers of people, for example, t...

Raw Materials and Pacific Economic Integration (1978) focuses on the trade in raw materials – the basis for trade between Australia and Japan, and indeed for the economic relations within the Western Pacific regions. A quantitative analysis of the nature of economic relations between Japan, Australia and the developing countries in the Western Pacific and South-East Asia is presented together with a detailed consideration of an ‘interdependent’ economic relationship. The way in wh...

This book is a collection of essays arising out of the Zealandias Great War conference organised by the New Zealand Military History Committee in November 2003. In 32 essays by distinguished military historians from New Zealand and around the world, various aspects of New Zealands involvement in World War One are discussed. Subjects include the Pioneer Maori Battalion, women who opposed the war, the early years of the RSA, Gallipoli, the infantry on the Somme, New Zealands involvement in t...

Brigadier-General (later Sir) Herbert Hart left New Zealand in 1914 as a major with the Main Body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and returned in 1919 as a much decorated brigadier-general. Initially, Hart served as William Malone’s second-in-command in the Wellington Infantry Battalion. He commanded the Wellington Battalion during the closing stages of the Gallipoli campaign, and then served as a battalion and brigade commander on the Western Front between 1916 and 1918.Dur...

Is stress, anxiety, or panic ruining your life? Are you tired of failing to recover? Are those "quick fix" approaches failing to deliver results?That may well be because you're much more like a garden than you are an electrical appliance.Healing anxiety is an organic process, not just nuts and bolts. Anxiety Specialist Therapist, John Crawford, learned this the hard way when he experienced a terrifying descent into severe anxiety and depres...

Who's got your back? You do!Self-love is not a luxury item. It's an essential part of happiness and confidence in a challenging world.The pressure to measure up is making us anxious. We say, "I will love myself when…I'm thinner, richer or more successful."It's never going to be enough if the inner-critic is still in charge the next day.How To Love Your Inner Human In a World Of Anxiety will give you the tools you need to re-connect ...

Is anger making your life a misery? Are you living with regret?Being angry is a terrible burden to carry but a calmer life is possible!Learn how to identify, heal, and re-program the roots of anger with this no-nonsense guide to reclaiming your power...the peaceful way.Anger Management offers "no-nonsense" understanding which can be quickly put into practice, helping you to re-connect with your best self.Depressed or anxious...

I am writing this book for the people of the world. I am hoping that you can receive the hope and inspiration that I have and that you can see that you are not alone in your struggles. You will be able to see with what is in this book all that I have encountered in my life and that I am still here. I believe that I am here to show you that there is hope and a purpose for your life.

This book reviews the role of information literacy (IL) in developing employability skills, personal health management and informal learning from a variety of areas including: information policy issues, information usage and training needs and skills development. Early years education, lifelong learning and the role of IL in relevant organisations, including government departments, skills agencies, and professional bodies will also be considered. With a UK focus, this book also considers t...

In the tradition of Michael Herr's Dispatches, a National Guardsman's account of the war in Iraq.John Crawford joined the Florida National Guard to pay for his college tuition, willingly exchanging one weekend a month and two weeks a year for a free education. But in Autumn 2002, one semester short of graduating and newly married—in fact, on his honeymoon—he was called to active duty and sent to the front lines in Iraq.Crawford and his unit spent months upon months...

Provides update to current thinking about, and reasons for, service evaluation of libraries in the UK. Examines quantitative and qualitative methods including questionnaires, focus groups, suggestions boxes and interview techniques.Problems arising from survey outcomes are summarised and long-term evaluation and the relevance of benchmarking are discussed.Contains case studies covering survey work in public, academic and special libraries; charters and service level agreements; and example...

I’m going to lay out what I think the Illuminati are really up to, based on what I believe to be the authentic testimony of someone who was once very high up in the organization.