Most Popular Books by Peter Scott

The governance of higher education in the UK was regarded until recently as the ''dignified'' element within the constitution of the academy. University councils were trustees rather than directors. But governance is now a contested area and, in particular, lay governors are seen as key change agents, responsible for reforming the old donnish culture of elite higher education. Governing Universities explores who governors are, how they conceive of their new roles, and what they think about higher education policy. It examines whether governing bodies have become more actively engaged in setting institutional policies; and whether governors have changed the old culture or gone ''native''. It sets university governance in the large context of the massification and ''marketization'' of higher education; and draws comparisons both with other parts of the public sector and the private sector, and with governance in North America and the rest of Europe.

Bring new power, performance, and scalability to your existing Perl code! Cure whatever ails your Perl code! Maintain, optimize, and scale any Perl software... whether you wrote it or not Perl software engineering best practices for enterprise environments Includes case studies and code in a fun-to-read format Today''s Perl developers spend 60-80% of their time working with existing Perl code. Now, there''s a start-to-finish guide to understanding that code, maintaining it, updating it, and refactoring it for maximum performance and reliability. Peter J. Scott, lead author of Perl Debugged, has written the first systematic guide to Perl software engineering. Through extensive examples, he shows how to bring powerful discipline, consistency, and structure to any Perl program-new or old. You''ll discover how to: Scale existing Perl code to serve larger network, Web, enterprise, or e-commerce applications Rewrite, restructure, and upgrade any Perl program for improved performance Bring standards and best practices to your entire library of Perl software Organize Perl code into modules and components that are easier to reuse Upgrade code written for earlier versions of Perl Write and execute better tests for your software...or anyone else''s Use Perl in team-based, methodology-driven environments Document your Perl code more effectively and efficiently If you''ve ever inherited Perl code that''s hard to maintain, if you write Perl code others will read, if you want to write code that''ll be easier for you to maintain, the book that comes to your rescue is Perl Medic. If you code in Perl, you need to read this book.–Adam Turoff, Technical Editor, The Perl Review. Perl Medic is more than a book. It is a well-crafted strategy for approaching, updating, and furthering the cause of inherited Perl programs.–Allen Wyke, co-author of several computer books including JavaScript Unleashed and Pure JavaScript. Scott''s explanations of complex material are smooth and deceptively simple. He knows his subject matter and his craft-he makes it look easy. Scott remains relentless practical-even the ''Analysis'' chapter is filled with code and tests to run.–Dan Livingston, author of several computer books including Advanced Flash 5: Actionscript in Action

This book argues that the modern separation of humanity from nature can be traced to the displacement of the triune God. Locating the source of our current ecological crisis in this separation, Peter Scott argues that it can only be healed within theology, through a revival of a Trinitarian doctrine of creation interacting with political philosophies of ecology. Drawing insights from deep ecology, ecofeminism, and social and socialist ecologies, Scott proposes a common realm of God, nature and humanity. Both Trinitarian and political, the theology of this common realm is worked out by reference to Christ and Spirit. Christ''s resurrection is presented as the liberation and renewal of ecological relations in nature and society, the movement of the Holy Spirit is understood as the renewal of fellowship between humanity and nature through ecological democracy, and the Eucharist is proposed as the principal political resource Christianity offers for an ecological age.

How is theology liberating? In this post-Gorbachev world in which many demand freedom, and which the West seems ill-equipped to deliver, can we even envisage a liberative theology? Taking as his starting point the Marxist complaint that Christianity is ideological, Dr Scott argues that it is not enough for Christian theology to talk about liberation. It must be liberative. Stressing with feminist and liberation theologies the embodied, contextual nature of theology, the constructive proposal made here locates God''s liberating abundance towards society in an interpretation of resurrection as social. Only in this way can a trinitarian Christian account of liberation be adequately grounded. This study will be of interest to those who wish to know if theology may speak truthfully about the transformation of society. In a period of crisis and hope, the book offers the shape of a liberative theology that might nerve Christian practice towards social freedom.

From conducting top-secret missions to making Australian submarine history, Commodore Peter Scott depicts what it takes to be a Submariner. Over a decorated 34-year career, Commodore Scott served in 10 submarines, passed the most demanding military command course in the world and served as the Head of Profession of the Submarine Arm of the Royal Australian Navy. During that time his character was forged by the challenges of naval service, success and failure as a leader, catastrophic onboard disasters while dived, and life-threatening traumas. Along the way, he also endured personal battles with self-doubt, addiction, depression and anxiety. In this honest and enlightening tale, he shares his quest for self-acceptance, and for the courage, commitment and compassion to lead the warriors of Australia'' s Silent Service.

Everyone knows about seahorses, but baby seahorses are called fry. Our heroine is too big to be a fry, but she hasn''t grown into a full size seahorse yet, so Soli likes to be called a Seapony. After being caught in a strong tide, she finds herself on the shore, in a beautiful Yorkshire coastal village, in the North of England, An amazing transformation occurs, she discovers a new friend, and their adventures begin. The first of a series of books and adventures, ''Soli the Seapony'' introduces the main characters and locations. As the story develops, amazing discoveries are made, unusual things happen, and our friends become true, unsung heroes.

The lanthanides and actinides (the f elements) are rarely studied in detail by chemistry undergraduates. More often they appear as an afterthought in bonding, spectroscopy, magnetism, coordination chemistry, and organometallics courses. This is largely because of a lack of an accessible text treating the chemistry of these elements in one cover. Moreover, the placement of lanthanides and actinides in the closing pages of standard inorganic chemistry text books serves to marginalise these elements further. The f elements has therefore been written to fill a gap in the undergraduate chemistry textbook market. It covers much of the fundamental chemistry of the lanthanide and actinide elements, including coordination chemistry, solid state compounds, organometallic chemistry, electronic spectroscopy, and magnetism. Many comparisons are made between the chemistry of the lanthanides and actinides and that of the transition elements, which is generally much more familiar to undergraduate chemistry students. The book uses the chemistry of the f elements as a vehicle for the communication of several important chemical concepts that are not usually discussed in detail in undergraduate courses, for example the chemical consequences of relativity and the lanthanide and actinide contractions. Many important modern applications of f element chemistry, e.g. the use of actinides in nuclear power generation and of the lanthanides in magnetic resonance imaging and catalytic converters in motor vehicle exhausts, are also discussed in depth.

''A Gay Century: Vol 1'' is a canter through 60 years of gay history in ten serious or comic playlets.Wilde''s deathbed encounter with Queen Victoria; the theft of the Irish crown jewels by a sadomasochistic cabal in Dublin Castle; Compton Mackenzie demanding of the Home Secretary that his own lesbian novel be prosecuted like ''The Well of Loneliness'', because he needs the money; matinee idol Ivor Novello sharing a cell in Wandsworth with teenage psycho ''Mad'' Frankie Fraser; the Jeremy Thorpe/Norman Scott affair seen through the eyes of the dogs involved, etc. etc. A sideways look at our queer past offers vivid vignettes which may or may not be true - and if they''re not, they ought to be.

During the twentieth century ''affluence'' (both at the level of the individual household and that of society as a whole) became intimately linked with access to a range of prestige consumer durables. The Market Makers charts the inter-war origins of a process that would eventually transform these features of modern life from being ''luxuries'' to ''necessities'' for most British families. Peter Scott examines how producers and retailers succeeded in creating ''mass'' (though not universal) market for new suites of furniture, radios, modern housing, and some electrical and gas appliances, while also exploring why some other goods, such as refrigerators, telephones, and automobiles, failed to reach the mass market in Britain before the 1950s. Creating mass markets presented a formidable challenge for manufacturers and retailers. Consumer durables required large markets. Most involved significant research and development costs. Some, such as the telephone, radio, and car, were dependent on complementary investments in infrastructure. All required intensive marketing - usually including expensive advertising in national newspapers and magazines, while some also needed mass production methods (and output volumes) to make them affordable to a mass market. This study charts the pioneering efforts of entrepreneurs (many of whom, though once household names, are now largely forgotten) to provide consumer durables at a price affordable to a mass market and to persuade a sometimes reluctant public to embrace the new products and the consumer credit that their purchase required. In doing so, Scott shows that, contrary to much received wisdom, there was a ''consumer durables revolution'' in inter-war Britain - at least for certain highly prioritised goods.

This introductory text contains European data, cases and examples alongside traditional American material.

"In this book, you''ll be taught how to assess both the level and the frequency of innovation in your organization and choose the structures that are most suitable for you at this time. You''ll also be shown how to make a smooth transition from one Stability Structure to another when and if the need arises. By putting appropriate Structures in place, you''ll have a system that automatically creates "shock absorbers" based on an in-depth understanding of how people react to change; maintains continuity across cycles to minimize disruption; encourages incremental innovation for people who can prepare in advance; creates safe places to fail; implements an early-warning system that recognizes disruption; trains experts who know how to pass on knowledge; and builds stability within teams."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

An important contribution to our understanding of the distribution of retail activities, particularly within cities, this book provides a critical review of the literature on the subject. It points out the major general propositions concerning retailing from the geographical point of view, and identifies key research problems, which need to be examined in order to push forward the frontiers of this sub field of economic geography. It presents a major critique of the central-place model, which has come to hold an important place in the methodology of economic geography, and clearly and decisively shows the model to be static, deterministic, retrospective and of little value for predictive purposes.

''The Patron Saint of Conservation'' Sir David Attenborough ''Peter Scott was a huge influence on my childhood...Later on in life I had the good fortune both to meet and to interview him, and he remains, for me, a hero. His knowledge, his kindness to me and his generosity of spirit have remained an influence in my own sphere of natural history....To meet one''s heroes can sometimes be a let-down. That was most certainly not the case with Peter Scott.'' Alan Titchmarsh A Life In Nature is a portrait of Peter Scott collected from his own conversations, articles and broadcasts including thoughts on expeditions to Lapland, Conservation and Africa, his travels in Europe and much more. Illustrated by Peter''s own beautiful illustrations. Sir Peter Scott had a truly incredible life. He was the only son of legendary explorer Captain Scott. His godfather was JM Barrie and he was married to Elizabeth Jane Howard. He also represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at sailing in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal. He founded the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and also helped to found the Worldwide Fund for Nature. This is a beautiful and timely re-discovered book, perfect for those who are interested in preserving our planet.

: Porn star Karen Ann Dunn has just won a court battle to continue using her stage name, "Diva Stockwell," for the sale of her steamy adult videos, despite the humiliation and protest of box office starlett Eva Stockwell. The fact that the two women appear virtually identical only adds to Eva''s frustration and threatened appeal. When one of the women is victim to a freak accident, LAPD detectives David Perkins and Gail Cunningham sift through the ashes of her life to discover a tragic past, twisted relationships and motives for murder. Travel through the studio backlots and desperate Tinsel Town streets in this page-turning mystery thriller, as muted voices from beyond the grave whisper a sinister tale of sex, money, temptation, and some of Hollywood''s most powerful players.

Based on far-reaching and forward-thinking curriculum, Acceleration Organization teaches new principles of managing people, teams, and complex organizations in a buisness world that''s been reengineered, downsized and more. With this book, managers and executives will successfully engage the hearts and minds of the entire organization in a coordinated quest for continually improving performance. Illustrations.

Peter Scott''s Introduction to Management Accounting provides a thorough but accessible and engaging introduction to the subject for first year students. This highly practical textbook uses a multitude of worked and real life examples, supportive learning features, crystal clear explanations, and extensive online resources (all fully integrated with the book) to guide students towards a confident understanding of the fundamentals of management accounting. Scott''s lively writing style sets the numerical content within an easy-to-follow narrative, and the real life relevance of each tool or technique is explained at every turn. All key areas of first year management accounting courses are covered to provide a solid foundation for more advanced modules. The book''s online resources include a wealth of materials which can be downloaded into a university''s local VLE. The student resources include: - Interactive Multiple Choice Questions for revising key topics; - Numerical exercises for practising the calculation of accounting information from given sets of data; - ''Go back over this again'' features containing a mix of further examples, written exercises, true or false questions, and annotated accounting information to help consolidate learning and revise or revisit concepts; - ''Show me how to do it'' videos that provide practical demonstrations of dealing with more complex accounting tasks; - Web links for primary source material and articles through which readers can learn more about the companies and organizations discussed in the book. Lecturer resources include PowerPoint slides, examples and solutions, and hundreds of ready-to-use multiple-choice questions, all arranged by chapter. Lecturers can choose to make the online materials available to their students via Dashboard, a learning and assessment tool which provides sophisticated analytics for student achievement and engagement with the resources, also facilitating discussions and course updates.

Although higher education in the UK has expanded opportunities for much of the population, in many ways it remains stubbornly elitist. In order to address this crisis in education, Peter Scott, a leading expert and unique voice, examines the development of mass higher education and proposes a ‘radical escape-forward’. He calls for more robust action to secure fair access at all levels and changes in the governance and management at both system and institutional levels to ensure more democratic accountability. Setting out a clear and radical programme for reform, this book makes an important contribution to current debates in education in the context of the evolution of the UK economy and wider society.

Account of an expedition to study geese of Canadian arctic, especially Ross''s goose (Anser albifrons gambelli).

Stories of lost innocence peopled with old movie stars, old loves, and imaginary childhood friends.