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The World Meets Asian Tourists (9781785602191)

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The movement of Asian citizens across continents now occurs on an unprecedented scale, with a surge in Asian tourists now visiting Europe, North America, Africa and Oceania. Tourists from China, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Malaysia, and to a lesser extent Korea and Japan are meeting the citizens of cultures they had previously only been able to read about or view from afar. This book seeks to understand the experiences of, and reactions to, Asian tourists travelling out of Asia.Questions about Asian tourist contact with unfamiliar countries and cultures will be addressed. What are the interests of Asian tourists and what drives these interests? What impacts are they having on host communities, both in terms of the provision and co-creation of desired experiences and in the human dimensions of social contact? The volume addresses fresh implications for marketing, planning and policy which these tourist markets pose for good governance. This book confronts the limitations of our understandi

Doctor Thorne : The Chronicles of Barsetshire (9780199662784)

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'Frank has but one duty before him. He must marry money.' The squire of Greshamsbury has fallen on hard times, and it is incumbent on his son Frank to make a good marriage. But Frank loves the doctor's niece, Mary Thorne, a girl with no money and mysterious parentage. He faces a terrible dilemma: should he save the estate, or marry the girl he loves? Mary, too, has to battle her feelings, knowing that marrying Frank would ruin his family and fly in the face of his mother's opposition. Her pride is matched by that of her uncle, Dr Thorne, who has to decide whether to reveal a secret that would resolve Frank's difficulty, or to uphold the innate merits of his own family heritage. The character of Dr Thorne reflects Trollope's own contradictory feelings about the value of tradition and the need for change. His subtle portrayal, and the comic skill and gentle satire with which the story is developed, are among the many pleasures of this delightful novel. ABOUT THE

The Digby Mysteries : 1. the Killing of the Children; 2. the Conversation of St. Paul; 3. Mary Magdalene; 4. Christ's Burial and Resurrection; With an Incomplete Morality of Wisdom, Who Is Christ (Classic Reprint) (9780331940701)

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Excerpt from The Digby Mysteries: 1. The Killing of the Children; 2. The Conversation of St. Paul; 3. Mary Magdalene; 4. Christ's Burial and Resurrection; With an Incomplete Morality of Wisdom, Who Is Christ The comedy in this first Play was supplied by music and dancing between the Prolog and Scene i (see p. 2, at foot), and after the Play (p. 22) as well as after the Epilog (p. As after Shakspere's plays. Also by Herod's bragging and strutting (p. By his man Watkyn's boasting, and then confessing that he was afraid of a woman with a distafi (p. 6, 7, and later by the women 'laying on' and beating Watkyn with their distaffs (p, I4). The killing of the children was done on the stage, seemingly (p. I3), and Herod died there too (p. But there does not seem to have been a(the conversion OF st. Paul.' 3 flats IN the pageant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This boo

Statistics for Six Sigma Green Belts with Minitab and JMP (paperback) (9780137017126)

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The only book on the market that provides a simple nonmathematical presentation of the statistics needed by Six Sigma Green Belts. Every concept is explained in plain English with a minimum of mathematical symbols. Includes real-world examples, step by step instructions and sample output for Minitab and JMP software as well as downloadble, ready to use data sets and templates. Includes applications to service industries to help managers understand the role of Six Sigma in nonmanufacturing industries. Acknowledgments xvii About the Author xix Preface xxi Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Six Sigma 1 Chapter 2: Introduction to Statistics 7 Chapter 3: Presenting Data in Charts and Tables 23 Chapter 4: Descriptive Statistics 39 Chapter 5: Probability and Probability Distributions 59 Chapter 6: Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals 95 Chapter 7: Hypothesis Testing 113 Chapter 8: Design of Experiments 157 Chapter 9: Simple Linear Regression 211 Chapter 10: Multiple Regression 241 Chapter

Divine Love : Islamic Literature and the Path to God (9780300185959)

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In this book William C. Chittick provides a first-time look at historic Persian literature and the topic of love, which is at the heart of Islamic spiritual thought. It contains extensive Arabic and Persian material, from the Qur'an up through the twelfth century, and draws on more than a thousand pages of new translations. The book culminates in a new way of understanding the Tawhid, the Unity of the Real, and leads readers through the origins of love, the life of love, and the goal of love. Product details Format Hardback | 522 pages Dimensions 156 x 234

Content Area Readers: Audio CDs (2) (9780194309615)

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Ten colourful 24-page books present content area readings in science, maths, history, and social studies. Product details Format CD-Audio Dimensions 125 x 140 x 10mm | 87g Publication date 01 May 2005 Publisher

Essays on the History of Parliamentary Procedure : In Honour of Thomas Erskine May (9781509900206)

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8 February 2015 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Erskine May. May is the most famous of the fifty holders of the office of Clerk of the House of Commons. His continued renown arises from his Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament, first published in 1844 and with its 25th edition currently in preparation. It is known throughout those parts of the world that model their constitutional arrangements on Westminster as the 'Bible of Parliamentary Procedure'. This volume celebrates both the man and his book. Bringing together current and former Clerks in the House of Commons and outside experts, the contributors analyse May's profound contribution to the shaping of the modern House of Commons, as it made the transition from the pre-Reform Act House to the modern core of the UK's constitutional democracy in his lifetime. This is perhaps best symbolised by its enforced transition between 1834 and 1851 from a mediaeval slum to t