Michael Carley: 10 books
Urban Development and Civil Society
The Role of Communities in Sustainable Cities
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
The world's population is rapidly urbanizing but the affluence and development often associated with cities are far from equitably or sustainably distributed. Where it was once taken for granted that responsibility for urban development lay with the state, increasingly the emphasis has shifted to...
Sharing the World
Sustainable Living and Global Equity in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
This work proposes a framework based on the concept of a fair distribution of environmental space to include the diverse needs of North and South. Drawing on research in 38 countries, it aims to give an equitable basis for global development in order to achieve sustainable consumption by the year...
by Michael Carley, Ian Christie
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
In a world where environmental problems spill across political, administrative and disciplinary boundaries, there is a pressing need for a clear understanding of the kinds of organizations, management structures and policy-making approaches required to bring about socially equitable and ecologically...
Edinburgh New Town
A Model City
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Edinburgh’s New Town, built between 1767 and 1850, is one of Europe’s finest neoclassical neighbourhoods, a triumph of town planning, with UNESCO World Heritage status. But the importance of the New Town goes far beyond the quality of its architecture. Nearly 250 years after it was built, today...
Silent Conflict
A Hidden History of Early Soviet-Western Relations
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
This deeply informed book traces the dramatic history of early Soviet-western relations after World War I. Michael Jabara Carley provides a lively exploration of the formative years of Soviet foreign policy making after the Bolshevik Revolution, especially focusing on Soviet relations with the West...
Unemployed on the Autism Spectrum
How to Cope Productively with the Effects of Unemployment and Jobhunt with Confidence
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2016
Unemployment can be an isolating experience. In this much-needed book, Michael John Carley reassures readers who are unemployed and have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) that they are not alone.
Offering guidance on how you can cope with unemployment in a constructive and emotionally healthy...
Une guerre sourde
L'émergence de l'Union soviétique et les puissances occidentales
Language: French
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Les années 1920 ont été le théâtre de la montée en puissance de l’Union soviétique et de l’alignement des pays occidentaux contre le « péril rouge ». Cette histoire, qui pourrait s’intituler « La première véritable guerre froide », a le plus souvent été racontée du point de...
Asperger's From the Inside Out
A Supportive and Practical Guide for Anyone with Asperger's Syndrome
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
An intimate, engaging, and insightful guide to coping with Asperger's-from one of the condition's most passionate advocates.
Michael John Carley was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at thirty-six-when his young son received the same diagnosis. This fascinating book reveals his personal experience...
1939
The Alliance That Never Was and the Coming of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2009
At a crucial point in the twentieth century, as Nazi Germany prepared for war, negotiations between Britain, France, and the Soviet Union became the last chance to halt Hitler’s aggression. Incredibly, the French and British governments dallied, talks failed, and in August 1939 the Soviet Union...
emerge 17
The Writer's Studio Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Drag kings and sea monsters, switchblade travellers and teacup ghosts—these stories and poems are a mixture of the mundane and the bizarre. Here you’ll find true tales of a son’s death and a girl’s first heartbreak, stories that range from the minutely personal to the transcendently universal.
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