David Parker: 55 books
The Fire Will Not Consume You—Isaiah 43:2B
A Journal of Prayer—A Search for God
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Author James David Parkers once thriving professional career was in a nosedive to disaster. His once-profitable investments dragged him to the precipice of financial ruin. The stress of the battle for survival wasted his will. Mental depression trashed his intellect. As a nominal, but skeptical, Christian,...
Class and State in Ancien Regime France
The Road to Modernity?
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Class and State in Early Modern France explores the economic, social, ideological and political foundations of French Absolutism. David Parker's challenging interpretation presents French Absolutism as a remarkably successful attempt to preserve the political and ideological structures of the traditional...
Creative Partnerships in Practice
Developing Creative Learners
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2013
Drawing on the extensive archive of case studies from the Creative Partnerships Programme, from sculpture and storytelling to film and multimedia skills, and the experiences of Creative Partnerships individuals, Creative Partnerships in Practice is the authoritative guide to embedding creative learning...
The Official History of Privatisation, Vol. II
Popular Capitalism, 1987-97
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
This is Volume II of Professor Parker's authoritative Official History of Privatisation, covering the period from the re-election of Margaret Thatcher in 1987 to the election of Tony Blair in 1997.
Volume II considers in detail several of the major privatisations, including those of airports,...
by Chris Halliday, Thomas David Parker
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
This volume pays tribute to the memory and talent of David J Rodger, presenting a number of his short stories alongside new stories by friends and admirers; tales we believe would have raised a crooked smile.
Global Real Estate Investment Trusts
People, Process and Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
As real estate investment trusts continue to grow exponentially in Asia and Europe - being already well established in the USA and Australasia - a comprehensive guide to the issues involved in REIT property investment decision making is badly needed.
This book draws together the most recent...
Ethics, Literature, and Theory
An Introductory Reader
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2005
Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader brings together the work of contemporary scholars, teachers, and writers into lively discussion on the moral role of literature and the relationship between aesthetics, art, and ethics.
Do the rich descriptions and narrative shapings of...
International Valuation Standards
A Guide to the Valuation of Real Property Assets
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
International Valuation Standards: a guide to the valuation of real property assets is an essential road map to using the new International Valuation Standards in everyday practice for real estate assets, explains their content, application and operation. It shows how to value assets including property,...
Privatization and Supply Chain Management
On the Effective Alignment of Purchasing and Supply after Privatization
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2005
This book brings together two of the 'hottest issues' in current management thinking: the impact of privatization on the performance and behaviour of the companies involved, and the increasingly important role of purchasing and supplier relationships. The notion that efficiency is improved with privatization...
by Gary Edmundson, David Parker, Steve van Beveren
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Probably the most famous tank of the World War II, the Tiger I was originally conceived in 1941 in response to the German Army's experience in fighting British tanks and anti-tank guns in Western Europe and the North African desert. Following the invasion of Russia, the appearance of the Soviet T-34...
The Official History of Privatisation Vol. I
The formative years 1970-1987
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2009
This first volume of the Official History studies the background to privatisation, and the privatisations of the first two Conservative Governments led by Margaret Thatcher from May 1979 to June 1987. First commissioned by the then Prime Minister Tony Blair as an authoritative history, this volume...
The Impact of Privatization
Ownership and Corporate Performance in the United Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 1997
Are resources allocated more efficiently through private ownership than through the public sector? The experiences of eleven newly privatised companies are examined to evaluate this hypothesis. With the Government's pro-privatization policies in place for over a decade, this is a prime time to evaluate theory versus reality.
by David Parker
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
This beautifully illustrated social history of Devon during World War I examines the cultural changes brought about during this period. Every sector of society felt the impact of the war acutely. People pulled together in some things, and pulled apart in others. Men had to decide whether to enlist...
Exeter
Remembering 1914-18
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
World War I claimed more than 900,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Exeter offers an in-depth portrait of the town and its people during the "war to end all wars." It describes the local reaction to the war's outbreak; charts the experience...