Round Europe With The Crowd

Author : J. Maggs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Europe
ISBN : OXFORD:600038776

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Round Europe with the Crowd by J. Maggs Pdf

Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
Page : 1385 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781631216268

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Rick Steves Europe Through the Back Door by Rick Steves Pdf

You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through Europe. With Rick Steves Europe Through the Back Door, you'll learn how to: Plan your itinerary and maximize your time Pack light and right Find good-value hotels and restaurants Travel smoothly by train, bus, car, and plane Avoid crowds and tourist scams Hurdle the language barrier Understand cultural differences and connect with locals Save money while enjoying the trip of a lifetime After 30+ years of exploring Europe, Rick considers this travel skills handbook his life's work, and with his expert introductions to the top destinations in Europe, choosing your next trip will be easy and stress-free. Using the travel skills in this book, you'll experience the culture like a local, spend less money, and have more fun.

Author : A.E. Nordenskieold
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 845 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783734047183

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The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe by A.E. Nordenskieold Pdf

Reproduction of the original: The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe by A.E. Nordenskieold

Author : Geoff Pearson,Clifford Stott
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031162985

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A New Agenda For Football Crowd Management by Geoff Pearson,Clifford Stott Pdf

This book provides a holistic and interdisciplinary focus on the legal regulation and policing of football violence and disorder in Britain. Anchored in ground-breaking ethnographic and participant-action research, the book combines a crowd psychology and socio-legal approach to critically explore the contemporary challenges of managing football crowds. It sets out the processes by which football disorder occurs and the limitations of existing approaches to policing ‘football hooliganism’, in particular the dominant focus on controlling ‘risk supporters’, before setting out proposals for fundamental reforms to both law and policing. This book will be of value to academics, students, legal and policing practitioners, as well as policy-makers. The two authors are internationally known experts in the management and behaviour of football crowds and bring together for the first time over 30 years of research in this area from the disciplines of law and social psychology.

Author : Bo Xing,Tshilidzi Marwala
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351265072

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Smart Computing Applications in Crowdfunding by Bo Xing,Tshilidzi Marwala Pdf

The book focuses on smart computing for crowdfunding usage, looking at the crowdfunding landscape, e.g., reward-, donation-, equity-, P2P-based and the crowdfunding ecosystem, e.g., regulator, asker, backer, investor, and operator. The increased complexity of fund raising scenario, driven by the broad economic environment as well as the need for using alternative funding sources, has sparked research in smart computing techniques. Covering a wide range of detailed topics, the authors of this book offer an outstanding overview of the current state of the art; providing deep insights into smart computing methods, tools, and their applications in crowdfunding; exploring the importance of smart analysis, prediction, and decision-making within the fintech industry. This book is intended to be an authoritative and valuable resource for professional practitioners and researchers alike, as well as finance engineering, and computer science students who are interested in crowdfunding and other emerging fintech topics.

Author : Quintin Jardine
Publisher : Headline
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755353569

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Skinner's Round (Bob Skinner series, Book 4) by Quintin Jardine Pdf

Can Edinburgh's hardest cop stay the course? Bob Skinner must challenge local beliefs and legends to solve a gruesome murder in Skinner's Round, the fourth instalment in Quintin Jardine's crime series. Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Peter May. 'An intriguing look at golf as big business, combined with Jardine's deft plotting and skilful writing, makes this another winning entry in an outstanding police procedural series' - Booklist A four-day tournament involving the world's leading golfers is being staged to mark the opening of a new country club created on the Marquis of Kinture's East Lothian estate. But on the previous Sunday afternoon, one of Kinture's business partners is found dead in his private jacuzzi in the clubhouse - with his throat cut. The next day an anonymous letter is received by the local newspaper, containing a fragment of a legendary witches' curse upon anyone who desecrates their place of worship. When a second murder occurs, this time by water, ACC Bob Skinner finds himself facing the most challenging case of his career... What readers are saying about Skinner's Round: 'Absolutely gripping' 'Best Bob Skinner story so far. I was kept gripped to the very end' 'What an ending'

Author : John Grasso
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780810878679

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Historical Dictionary of Boxing by John Grasso Pdf

Boxing is one of the oldest sports in the world, reaching back to the Ancient Greeks, although it has become popular only in the past century or so. But, in some ways, it is a rather complicated sport since – to avoid unnecessary harm – it has been endowed with rules to keep it clean, referees to see the rules are obeyed, and organizations to regulate the sport. Boxing was once largely amateur, although the professional bouts attracted the most attention, but now it is also an Olympic sport. And, over the years, there has been one champion after another who symbolized what boxing was all about, such Joe Louis, Mohammad Ali and Cassius Clay. Naturally, these champions are the focus of the Historical Dictionary of Boxing as well, and they have the biggest entries in the dictionary section, but they had to fight against someone and there are dozens and dozens of other boxers with smaller entries. More of these boxers come from the United States than elsewhere, but there are others from Europe, Asia and Latin America, and there are also entries on the major boxing countries as well. Plus entries on the rules, on the organizations, and on the technical terminology and jargon you have to know just to follow the bouts. The introduction provides a broad view of boxing’s history while the chronology traces events from 688 B.C. to 2012 A.D. Not all that much has been written on boxing that is not ephemeral, but much of that literature can be found in the bibliography. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the sport of boxing.

Author : Council of Europe,Council of Europe Staff
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1989-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0792302079

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Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights/Annuaire de la convention europeenne des droits de l'homme , Volume 27 Volume 27, 1984 by Council of Europe,Council of Europe Staff Pdf

This volume of the "Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights, prepared by the Directorate of Human Rights of the Council of Europe, relates to 2003. Part one contains information on the Convention. Part two deals with the control mechanism of the European Convention on Human Rights: selected judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and human rights (DH) resolutions of the Committee of Ministers; part three groups together the other work of the Council of Europe in the field of human rights, and includes the work of the Committee of Ministers, the Parliamentary Assembly and the Directorate General of Human Rights; part four is devoted to information on national legislation and extracts from national judicial decisions concerning rights protected by the Convention. Appendix A contains a bibliography on the Convention, and Appendix B the biographies of the new judges elected to the European Court of Human Rights.

Author : Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781503630284

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Crowds by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht Pdf

Anyone who has ever experienced a sporting event in a large stadium knows the energy that emanates from stands full of fans cheering on their teams. Although "the masses" have long held a thoroughly bad reputation in politics and culture, literary critic and avid sports fan Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht finds powerful, as yet unexplored reasons to sing the praises of crowds. Drawing on his experiences as a spectator in the stadiums of South America, Germany, and the US, Gumbrecht presents the stadium as "a ritual of intensity," thereby offering a different lens through which we might capture and even appreciate the dynamic of the masses. In presenting this alternate view, Gumbrecht enters into conversation with thinkers who were more critical of the potential of the masses, such as Gustave Le Bon, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, José Ortega y Gasset, Elias Canetti, Siegfried Kracauer, T. W. Adorno, or Max Horkheimer. A preface explores college crowds as a uniquely specific phenomenon of American culture. Pairing philosophical rigor with the enthusiasm of a true fan, Gumbrecht writes from the inside and suggests that being part of a crowd opens us up to an experience beyond ourselves.

Author : Jonathan Steinberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0199845433

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Bismarck by Jonathan Steinberg Pdf

This riveting, New York Times bestselling biography illuminates the life of Otto von Bismarck, the statesman who unified Germany but who also embodied everything brutal and ruthless about Prussian culture. Jonathan Steinberg draws heavily on contemporary writings, allowing Bismarck's friends and foes to tell the story. What rises from these pages is a complex giant of a man: a hypochondriac with the constitution of an ox, a brutal tyrant who could easily shed tears, a convert to an extreme form of evangelical Protestantism who secularized schools and introduced civil divorce. Bismarck may have been in sheer ability the most intelligent man to direct a great state in modern times. His brilliance and insight dazzled his contemporaries. But all agreed there was also something demonic, diabolical, overwhelming, beyond human attributes, in Bismarck's personality. He was a kind of malign genius who, behind the various postures, concealed an ice-cold contempt for his fellow human beings and a drive to control and rule them. As one contemporary noted: "the Bismarck regime was a constant orgy of scorn and abuse of mankind, collectively and individually." In this comprehensive and expansive biography--a brilliant study in power--Jonathan Steinberg brings Bismarck to life, revealing the stark contrast between the "Iron Chancellor's" unmatched political skills and his profoundly flawed human character.

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Hallucinations and illusions
ISBN : UCSD:31822033833211

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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay Pdf

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Common fallacies
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000038830

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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay Pdf

Author : Rick Steves,Steve Smith,Gene Openshaw
Publisher : Avalon Travel Pub
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1566918189

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Rick Steves' Paris by Rick Steves,Steve Smith,Gene Openshaw Pdf

Who but Rick Steves can tell travelers how to take self-guided walking tours along the Champs-Elysées and through the Marais? WithRick Steves’ Paris 2007,travelers can experience the best of everything the city has to offer — economically and hassle-free. Completely revised and updated,Rick Steves’ Paris 2007includes opinionated coverage of both famous and lesser-known sights; friendly places to eat and sleep; suggested day plans; walking tours and trip itineraries; clear instructions for smooth travel anywhere by car, train, or foot; and Rick’s newest "back door" discoveries. America’s number one authority on travel to Europe, Rick’s time-tested recommendations for safe and enjoyable travel in Europe have been used by millions of Americans in search of their own unique European travel experience.

Author : James Surowiecki
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780385721707

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The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki Pdf

In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant—better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future. With boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular culture, psychology, ant biology, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence, military history, and politics to show how this simple idea offers important lessons for how we live our lives, select our leaders, run our companies, and think about our world.

Author : Jeremy Prestholdt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190092597

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Icons of Dissent by Jeremy Prestholdt Pdf

The global icon is an omnipresent but poorly understood element of mass culture. This book asks why audiences around the world have embraced particular iconic figures, how perceptions of these figures have changed, and what this tells us about transnational relations since the Cold War era. Prestholdt addresses these questions by examining one type of icon: the anti-establishment figure. As symbols that represent sentiments, ideals, or something else recognizable to a wide audience, icons of dissent have been integrated into diverse political and consumer cultures, and global audiences have reinterpreted them over time. To illustrate these points the book examines four of the most evocative and controversial figures of the past fifty years: Che Guevara, Bob Marley, Tupac Shakur, and Osama bin Laden. Each has embodied a convergence of dissent, cultural politics, and consumerism, yet popular perceptions of each reveal the dissonance between shared, global references and locally contingent interpretations. By examining four very different figures, Icons of Dissent offers new insights into global symbolic idioms, the mutability of common references, and the commodification of political sentiment in the contemporary world.