This book examines the often contentious world of early 20th-century European nationalism, focusing on the ideologies and movements of Action Française and Integralismo Lusitano. It explores how these movements emerged as reactions against the perceived failures of democracy, particularly in the wake of significant national crises such as France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and Portugal's colonial setbacks. At the heart of the analysis is Charles Maurras, the leader of Action França...

This volume draws together contemporary topics, themes and methodologies in the field of sustainability reporting and assurance to reveal how sustainability information is actually used, interpreted and processed by internal and external users. The volume covers the following topics: 1 value relevance of sustainability information; 2 methodology and performance of Socially Responsible Investment funds; 3 the current regulatory environment for both professional and legislative corporate sus...

The Reality and the Rhetoric examines the gap between the external reporting of four Australian organisations and their internal management practices and systems necessary to support comprehensive and reliable disclosure.The book finds evidence of a significant rift between the external rhetoric of sustainability and the internal management processes and culture.However, the book also finds that the rhetoric can be effective in driving real change internally, as or...

English local government is in a state of decline after 40 years of incremental but cumulative centralisation by central government.This book is the first to directly address this trend's impact upon the institution of local government, a crucial element in the democratic viability of a unitary state. The process of centralisation, and its corrosive effect on the status and responsibilities of local government, have been widely recognised and deplored among politicians and senior o...

Travel to a world of wild imagination and playful curiosity with Just So Stories, the complete collection of Rudyard Kipling’s timeless animal tales, specially presented for young children at bedtime.In these delightful and whimsical stories, you’ll discover how the elephant got its trunk, why the camel has a hump, and how the leopard got its spots—each tale bursting with charm, gentle humour, and wonder. Told in Kipling’s beautifully rhythmic and poetic style, the...

A small walled village on a mountain top in Italy gives a surface picture of pastoral, peaceful, bucolic monotony; yet underneath that surface lies a world of emotions and a sea of changes. Quickly one discovers what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called the interrelated structure of reality. From kidnappings to murder; from teenage angst to mature passion; from prejudice to understanding; from greed to benevolence; from festivals to funerals--this small village reveals that what affects one,...

National Director of Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), Stuart is described in Baroness Cox's biography as 'larger than life in every respect ... a combination of ex-RAF, ex-British Intelligence and Assemblies of God pastor'. A former Barnardo's boy, Stuart has been involved in extraordinary adventures from delivering aid under shell fire in Nagorno Karabakh to redeeming slaves in Sudan. Along the way he has met and helped many of the heroes of today's persecuted church. His story is la...

Discover the stories, philosophies, and practices of Urglaawe (Or-glaw-veh), a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition, all in one place for the first time ever.Inclusive and open to anyone regardless of background, this book explores Germanic Heathenry seen through the lens of Pennsylvania Dutch culture. Three expert authors, including the founder of Urglaawe, combine their knowledge of old magic traditions into a comprehensive guide to establishing your personal, modern pra...

**Use Dr. Bradley Nelson's bestselling Body Code techniques to remove the emotional walls around your heartThis program features multicast narration.**Honing in on the central concept of his runaway bestseller, The Emotion Code, Dr. Nelson presents an expanded, deeper look at Heart-Walls in his next book, The Heart Code. All of us, Dr. Nelson realized, have walls around our hearts—emotional barriers that prevent us from fulfilling our potential an...

In a follow-up book, which re-iterates the principles of “Digital Creature Rigging: The Art & Science of CG Creature Setup in 3ds Max”, and enhances their relativity with advanced wing, tail and tentacle setups. This book will discuss advanced rigging techniques in 3ds Max, while readers create a fish, octopus and a Game of Thrones style dragon!Key FeaturesThis is the next step in CG creature setups in 3ds Max.Although 3ds Max specific, the techniqu...

My Crazy Family is a collection of memories and life experiences expanding across a period of 70 years. Some will have you splitting your sides in laughter, while others may bring you to tears.

This book is an introduction text to distress risk and corporate failure modelling techniques. It illustrates how to apply a wide range of corporate bankruptcy prediction models and, in turn, highlights their strengths and limitations under different circumstances. It also conceptualises the role and function of different classifiers in terms of a trade-off between model flexibility and interpretability.Jones's illustrations and applications are based on actual company failure data...