Wake of Crows - The first in a completely thrilling new police procedural series set in Scarborough (Evans Kate)(Pevná vazba)

Wake of Crows - The first in a completely thrilling new police procedural series set in Scarborough (Evans Kate)(Pevná vazba)

The first in a thrilling new police procedural series set in Scarborough and introducing DCI Donna Morris, middle-aged, seemingly ordinary - but hiding many

Robbie and Alice - a Tudor adventure (Johnson Antony)(Paperback / softback)

A police procedural novel set in the West End of London in the

Silent Footsteps (Bannister Jo)(Pevná vazba)

Constable Hazel Best attracts a sinister new admirer in this absorbing police procedural. When does a secret admirer become a stalker? When chocolates on the doorstep give way to the sound of an intruder on the stairs? When the victim's friends are waylaid in the dark and beaten bloody? When she

Voices from the Blue - The Real Lives of Policewomen (100 Years of Women in the Met) (Rees Jennifer)(Pevná vazba)

In February 1919, London's first women police officers took to the streets of the city. They battled entrenched gender stereotypes, institutional inequality, sexual harassment and assaults disturbingly familiar to those affecting today's #MeToo generation of modern women. Female officers, facing

Policy Design in the European Union: An Empire of Shopkeepers in the Making? (Heiskala Risto)(Pevná vazba)

Explores in detail the formation of EU policies in a variety of policy sectorsProposes a sociological approach to European integrationDeals comprehensively with several empirical manifestations of the emerging empire structure of the

Britain and Africa in the Twenty-First Century: Between Ambition and Pragmatism (Beswick Danielle)(Pevná vazba)

Britain and Africa in the twenty-first century offers the first book-length study of how Britain's relationship with Africa has fared since the fall of the 1997-2010 New Labour

A Framework for European Competition Law: Co-Ordinated Diversity (Townley Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

This book asks whether the current push to increase uniformity in substantive and procedural competition policy and enforcement in Europe, as well as in related institutional structures, is desirable. It focuses on European Union (EU) competition policy and enforcement (related to Articles 101 and

Security Empire: The Secret Police in Communist Eastern Europe (Pucci Molly)(Pevná vazba)

A compelling examination of the establishment of the secret police in Communist Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Eastern Germany ​This book examines the history of early secret police forces in Poland, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany in the aftermath of the Second World War. Molly Pucci delves into

Paradoxes of the Democratization of Higher Education (Freudenberg William R.)(Pevná vazba)

Research in Social Problems and Public Policy (RSPPP) is a peer-reviewed series devoted to the sharpening and reshaping of scientific discourse involving the intersection of social problems and public policy. In particular, it is interested in the analysis of the potential failure of public

Templars' Last Secret - The Dordogne Mysteries 10 (Walker Martin)(Paperback / softback)

The tenth thrilling case in the internationally-bestselling Bruno, Chief of Police series explores a mystery buried deep within France's rich medieval

The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World (Slaughter Anne-Marie)(Paperback)

From a renowned foreign-policy expert, a new paradigm for strategy in the twenty-first century In 1961, Thomas Schelling's The Strategy of Conflict used game theory to radically reenvision the U.S.-Soviet relationship and establish the basis of international relations for the rest of the Cold War

Using Health Policy in Nursing Practice (Taylor Georgina)(Pevná vazba)

This book is part of the Transforming Nursing Practice series, written specifically to support nursing students on the new degree programme. Health policy can appear complex and remote from nursing practice. This book demystifies health policy and helps you understand how policy decisions

Monetary Theory and Policy, Fourth Edition (Walsh Carl E.)(Pevná vazba)

The new edition of a comprehensive treatment of monetary economics, including the first extensive coverage of the effective lower bound on nominal interest rates.This textbook presents a comprehensive treatment of the most important topics in monetary economics, focusing on the primary models

The Profession: A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America (Bratton Bill)(Pevná vazba)

The epic, transformative career of Bill Bratton, legendary police commissioner and police reformer, in Boston, Los Angeles, and New York When Bill Bratton became a Boston street cop after his return from serving in Vietnam, he was dismayed by the corrupt old guard, and it is fair to say the old

Yellowthread Street (Marshall William)(Paperback)

The first in Marshall's unforgettable, classic series of police procedurals - suspenseful and hilarious in equal measure.Yellowthread Street is the sort of place that breeds more crime than any cops can handle.Among the gangsters and the goldsmiths of Hong Bay, Chief Inspector Feiffer and his

Empowerment Series: Foundations of Social Policy: Social Justice in Human Perspective (Barusch Amanda S.)(Pevná vazba)

Reflecting the idea that social justice is a primary mission of the social work profession, this text provides a thorough grounding in policy analysis -- with coverage of policy practice and a unique emphasis on the human dilemmas inherent in the pursuit of social justice. Aligned with current

The 4th Waffen-SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei: An Illustrated History (Afiero Massimiliano)(Pevná vazba)

The Polizei Division first took shape in 1939, drawing manpower from the civilian police. In February 1942, the unit was transferred to the Waffen-SS and redesignated SS-Polizei-Division(4.SS). The former policemen appeared on the Western Front in 1940, before being shipped to the Leningrad sector

Educational Accountability Reform in Norway: Education Policy as Imitation (Isaksen Lasse Skogvold)(Pevná vazba)

The study analyses how the national education policy in the age of globalization is a result of an adjustment and transformation of the international education policy and trends. The author enquires how the national level in Norway comprehended the international educational accountability policy

The Middle Way: How Three Presidents Shaped America's Role in the World (Chollet Derek)(Pevná vazba)

A portrait of the effectiveness of moderation in US foreign policy, as illustrated by three of America's most consequential and widely-admired postwar presidents: Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, and Barack Obama. When thinking about America's role in world, what do Dwight Eisenhower, George

Monetary and Financial Policy in the Euro Area: An Introduction (Fandl Maximilian)(Pevná vazba)

Explains the functioning of the monetary and financial system in the euro area from a policy perspective, taking into account the profound changes following the financial crisis Easily accessible introductory textbook, based on professional practical experience and observations, instead of models

Three Roads to the Welfare State: Liberalism, Social Democracy and Christian Democracy (Fanning Bryan)(Pevná vazba)

This interdisciplinary analysis casts new light on the construction of social policy in Europe. Within the contexts of three important traditions--social democracy, Christian democracy and liberalism--it traces the protagonists and beliefs that influenced social change. It is an accessible and

There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century (Hill Fiona)(Pevná vazba)

The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy (Shafir Eldar)(Pevná vazba)

In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in behavioral research on a wide variety of topics, from behavioral finance, labor contracts, philanthropy, and the analysis of savings and poverty, to eyewitness identification and sentencing decisions, racism, sexism, health behaviors, and

Rogues' Gallery: The Birth of Modern Policing and Organized Crime in Gilded Age New York (Oller John)(Pevná vazba)

From the beginnings of big-city police work to the rise of the Mafia, Rogues' Gallery is a colorful and captivating history of crime and punishment in the bustling streets of Old New York.Rogues' Gallery is a sweeping, epic tale of two revolutions, one feeding off the other, that played out on the