A guide for discerning travelers seeking an escape from the madding crowd. It includes classic escapes that offer away-from-it-all tranquility, such as a sun-drenched private Caribbean island; a converted monastery in Peru, at such high altitude that oxygen has to be pumped into the bedrooms; and, a lighthouse in Newfoundland.
This book constitutes a critical case study of the modern search for public sector reform. It includes a detailed account of a study aimed at developing a meaningful way of evaluating difficult-to-measure moral dimensions of the quality of prisons.
Simple text, written in the form of postcards, describes different aspects of Germany and the activites of the people who live there. Suggested level: junior, primary.
Part of a series which develops pupils' ability to read, this topic book explains what and why we eat, how food is digested and the problems of keeping the world's population fed.