John Taylor Books

The life of Elias Petropoulos, a provocative Greek writer, is marked by his imprisonment during the Junta and ongoing persecution by the judiciary into the 1980s. Renowned as a poet and "urban folklorist," his extensive body of work challenges societal norms and elicits strong reactions. His unique perspective and experiences provide a critical lens on Greek culture and politics, making his contributions both significant and contentious in the literary landscape of the twentieth century.

Career Paths to nowość na polskim rynku wydawniczym. Rewelacyjna seria publikacji dla os�b pragnących poznać język angielski lub pogłębić jego znajomość w celu podniesienia swoich kwalifikacji zawodowych. Każdy tytuł jest poświęcony innej specjalności zawodowej. Książki są nieocenioną pomocą zar�wno dla uczni�w, student�w i początkujących adept�w, jak i doświadczonych praktyk�w danego zawodu. Mogą być wykorzystane w liceach, technikach, szkołach zawodowych, na uczelniach wyższych i� specjalistycznych kursach językowych. Publikacje z serii Career Paths pozwalają na zintegrowane rozwijanie�czterech sprawności językowych przy jednoczesnym poznawaniu i ćwiczeniu słownictwa�związanego�z daną specjalnością zawodową. Law z serii Career Paths to publikacja przeznaczona dla os�b przygotowujących się do pracy lub pracujących w zawodach prawniczych, pragnących doskonalić znajomość języka angielskiego w aspekcie związanym z pracą zawodową.

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated guide to understanding the humours of the body and balancing them with plant medicine.This in-depth textbook explores the traditional art of restoring health by balancing the four humours of the body and explains how this healing wisdom can be used for our benefit today, complete The Humoral Herbal describes with clarity the key concepts of western humoral medicine, and how to diagnose imbalances in the humours.In accessible narrative, aided by colour charts and photographs, Stephen Taylor details how to correct these imbalances through the use of herbs and changes in diet and lifestyle.The book also explores Medieval astrological symbolism, and through the use of clear charts and diagrams, explains how the different humours function and influence health.A comprehensive and practical herbal guide details the humoral and planetary characteristics of each herb and how to choose the correct remedy.

A passion for carnage, is the tyranny of savages. Ambition and avarice are the passions which produce civilized tyranny. A policy for encouraging the latter passions, is like one for training savage nations to become bloodhounds. If ambition is cultivated by feeding it with excessive power, it extorts from industry the fruits of its labour; if avarice is cultivated by feeding it with excessive wealth, it acquires political power to pillage industry also. Enormous political power invariably accumulates enormous wealth, and enormous wealth invariably accumulates enormous political power.

One man-Capt. Raphael Semmes-dominates the history of Confederate naval operations in the American Civil War.

Latin Beyond GCSE covers all the linguistic requirements for the OCR AS and A Level in Latin. It aims to bring students to a point where they can tackle original Latin texts with confidence. Although designed as a continuation of Latin to GCSE, it is self-contained and can be used independently. This new edition is brought in line with the new OCR specifications and is supported with companion website resources including further practice passages and worksheets for students. The first part of the book introduces new constructions and the translation of sentences from English to Latin, with reading passages at AS standard. The next sections provide translation and comprehension passages at AS and A-level, including verse unseens, scansion, and a list of 300 common poetic words. Next come longer unadapted extracts from a range of authors. Finally there is a reference section including a summary of all constructions, a comprehensive grammar, and a general vocabulary of about 1200 Latin words.

A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain's trade, exploration, and warfare "No other book resurrects the wooden world of Jack Tar in such captivating and voluminous detail."--Roger Ekirch, Wall Street Journal "[A] rollicking narrative . . . Superb"--Ben Wilson, Times British maritime history in the age of sail is full of the deeds of officers like Nelson but has given little voice to plain, "illiterate" seamen. Now Stephen Taylor draws on published and unpublished memoirs, letters, and naval records, including court-martials and petitions, to present these men in their own words. In this exhilarating account, ordinary seamen are far from the hapless sufferers of the press gangs. Proud and spirited, learned in their own fashion, with robust opinions and the courage to challenge overweening authority, they stand out from their less adventurous compatriots. Taylor demonstrates how the sailor was the engine of British prosperity and expansion up to the Industrial Revolution. From exploring the South Seas with Cook to establishing the East India Company as a global corporation, from the sea battles that made Britain a superpower to the crisis of the 1797 mutinies, these "sons of the waves" held the nation's destiny in their calloused hands.

Corporations of every size have experience of employees who are guilty of lying, stealing, sabotage, hacking, destruction of files and data, and more than a few corporations have been, and continue to be, devastated by the activities of whistleblowers. Profits, secrets and staff morale are all threatened. This book provides a background to the psychology of deviance and offers practical advice about identifying the causes of and prescriptions for reversing disloyalty.

In 1941, New Mexico was an agrarian state with just over half a million people, many of whom lived without electricity, running water, indoor plumbing, or paved roads. However, the state provided more military volunteers per capita--including eight Medal of Honor winners--than any other state and had the highest casualty rate per capita in the country. New Mexico provided essential resources ranging from oil and coal to potash and copper. The state is often remembered for being the location where the first nuclear weapon was designed and tested in 1945, but more important at the time were the development of the proximity fuze and the testing of the top-secret Norden bombsight. The state also housed German and Italian prisoners of war, and, in one of the darkest moments in US history, incarcerated American citizens of Japanese descent in several concentration camps