Peter Wilson: 71 books

This book is a collection of invited and selected papers from the Singapore Economic Policy Forum 2009 around a central theme, Challenges Facing Singapore in the Post-Crisis Era and Policy Responses. There are very few books on the Singapore economy. This one is largely non-technical in nature...

Many of Australia’s leaders in business, education, politics and sport have relied on a mentor. Many have now become mentors themselves. Peter Wilson is the Chair of Australia's preeminent association for Australian Human Resource professionals, AHRI. Make Mentoring Work (2nd Edition)...

La storia del Sacro Romano Impero è il cuore dell’esperienza europea. Nessuno prima di Peter H. Wilson ne ha saputo restituire in modo così organico la vicenda millenaria, decisiva ed esemplare nonostante Voltaire amasse sostenere che il «mosaico» imperiale non fu «né sacro, né romano, né...

Peter Wilson has played a key role in the development of the worlds largest and most important tuna resource in the Western Pacifi c. Aft er studying Japanese and Fisheries at the University of Washingtons College of Fisheries he became one of the initi al users of SCUBA gear for commercial fi shing....

This is a heroic attempt to bring together from English sources a complete list of immigrants to the New World from 1607 to 1660. No doubt records of passengers leaving for America were kept in this period, but while no systematic record has survived, the remaining records are substantial. Some were...

 We rarely speak or even write in the complete sentences that are often held to be the ideal form of linguistic communication. Language is, in fact, full of gaps, because speakers and writers operate in contexts which allow bits of language to be understood rather than expressed. This book systematically...

Migration is at historically high levels and more than a quarter of the New Zealand population was born overseas. Yet immigration remains a deeply contentious issue, with the debate more often shaped by emotion than evidence. Julie Fry and Peter Wilson have developed a new framework that broadens...

Is it really possible to develop a flexible, inclusive regulated qualifications framework and can a system developed to recognise the achievements of adults work for all learners? Where did the idea of credit-based qualifications come from? How can a grass roots initiative influence government policy?...

Provides an introduction to the life and works of Ezra Pound, a major modernist poet, theorist and literary critic. Throughout his life Pound was regarded by many to be a contentious and controversial figure, and since his death in 1972, theoretical, literary, political and biographical comentators...

A long-severed connection is happily renewed in old age; called to meet a demanding associate, a traveller finds someone quite different; after an elaborate dream regressing to childhood memories, a letter in real life brings an alarming suggestion of premonition; an enterprising off-comer has a remarkable...

Poor people in developing countries could make excellent suppliers, employees and customers but are often ignored by major businesses. This omission leads to increased risk, higher costs and lower sales. Meanwhile, businesses are asked by governments and poverty activists to do more for economic development,...

The Manual of Museum Management presents a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the principles of museum organization, the ways in which people work together to accomplish museum objectives, and the ways in which museums, large and small, can function most effectively. This new edition offers updated...

The Circuit Designers Companion, Third Edition, provides the essential information that every circuit designer needs to produce a working circuit, as well as information on how to make a design that is robust, tolerant to noise and temperature, and able to operate in the system for which it is intended....

From the darkness can be heard the cry of contemplation.An eclectic mix of poetic styles spanning a vast array of subjects from an imagination unleashed.The original photographs represent the mental imagery inspired by the poetry.