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  • A World of Wisdom

    Fun and Unusual Phrases from Around the Globe

    by James Chapman ...
    You might say that an annoying person is called "a bad apple," but Venezuelans would call them "a pineapple under the arm." On a wet day, you might think "it's raining cats and dogs," but the rest of the world has some different ideas on what's falling from the sky. This book looks at the unique ways different languages express common ideas like "too many cooks spoil the broth" and getting stuck ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Principal and Emerging Business Risks

    A Practical Guide to their Significance, Identification and Management through the Lens of Process Mapping

    by Robert James Chapman ...
    This book provides listed and limited companies with guidance on the preparation of Principal and Emerging Risks critical to their longevity, performance, reputation and profitability. Principal Risks are not prepared in a vacuum, and hence their context is described in terms of a risk strategy, policy, framework and process—as well as the roles and responsibilities of the Board, the Audit and ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Licence to Thrill

    A Cultural History of the James Bond Films

    by Prof James Chapman ...
    Series series Cinema and Society
    In this new edition of Licence To Thrill, James Chapman builds upon the success of his classic work, regarded as the definitive scholarly study of the history of the James Bond film series from the first picture, Dr No (1962), to the present. He considers the origins of the films in the spy thrillers of Ian Fleming and examines the production histories of the films in the contexts of the British ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Screening Sherlock

    A cultural history of the Great Detective on film and television

    by James Chapman ...
    Series series Multiplexities
    Screening Sherlock is the first book-length academic study of the film and television career of the most famous detective in fiction. Chapman explores the contexts, adaptation strategies and critical reception of Sherlock Holmes (and Dr Watson) on film and television in Britain and the United States. The book includes case studies of such famous Holmes impersonators as William Gillette, Basil ... Read more

    $97.99 USD

  • Contemporary British Television Drama

    by Prof James Chapman ...
    The early twenty-first century has seen the emergence of a new style of television drama in Britain that adopts the professional practices and production values of high-end American television while remaining emphatically 'British' in content and outlook. This book analyses eight of these dramas - Spooks, Foyle's War, Hustle, Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes, Downton Abbey, Sherlock and Broadchurch - ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Sounds All Around

    A Guide to Onomatopoeias Around the World

    by James Chapman ...
    Did you know that in German, a pig doesn’t say oink, it says gruntz, and when you sneeze in Japanese it’s hakushon, not achoo? With vibrant comics and fun facts, Sounds All Around will teach you interesting and funny onomatopoeias from all over the world!Words that imitate sounds are known as onomatopoeia, and they are a wonderfully strange and interesting part of language. After all, we all hear ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Dr. No

    The First James Bond Film

    by James Chapman ...
    When Dr. No premiered at the London Pavilion on October 5, 1962, no one predicted that it would launch the longest-running series in cinema history. It introduced the James Bond formula that has been a box-office fixture ever since: sensational plots, colorful locations, beautiful women, diabolical villains, thrilling action set pieces, and a tongue-in-cheek tone. An explosive cocktail of action, ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Dr. No

    The First James Bond Film

    by James Chapman ...
    When Dr. No premiered at the London Pavilion on October 5, 1962, no one predicted that it would launch the longest-running series in cinema history. It introduced the James Bond formula that has been a box-office fixture ever since: sensational plots, colorful locations, beautiful women, diabolical villains, thrilling action set pieces, and a tongue-in-cheek tone. An explosive cocktail of action, ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The SME Business Guide to Fraud Risk Management

    by Robert James Chapman ...
    All organisations are affected by fraud, but disproportionately so for SMEs given their size and vulnerability. Some small businesses that have failed to manage business fraud effectively have not only suffered financially but also have not survived. This book provides a guide for SMEs to understand the current sources of business fraud risk and the specific risk response actions that can be taken ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • The Many Facets of Diamonds Are Forever

    James Bond on Page and Screen

    by Elyn Achtymichuk-Hardy, Ihsan Amanatullah, Edward Biddulph, Jesc Bunyard, James Chapman, Grant Hester, Mark David Kaufman, Jennifer L. Martinsen, Matt Sherman ...
    Diamonds Are Forever—the fourth James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, published in 1956—is widely recognized as one of the most intriguing and original works in the 007 series. With its exciting settings including West Africa, Las Vegas, and the horse-racing center of Saratoga Springs, the novel explores the thrilling themes of diamond smuggling, gambling, gangsters, sex, and espionage. Moreover, the ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Spectroscopic Tools for Food Analysis

    by Dr. Daniel Cozzolino, Prof. B Kuswandi, Dr. Yeliz Parlak, Professor Daoliang Li, Dr Vi Khanh Truong, Dr Sheeana Gangadoo, Dr James Chapman, Dr Cong Wang, Dr Zhen Li, Dr Tan Wang, Mr Xianbao Xu ...
    Series series IOP ebooks
    Food quality analysis is an area of interest that has always attracted the attention of everyone, and making suitable tools for food analysis is especially important. This volume presents such techniques and their state-of-the-art applications. It covers different spectroscopic methods spread over the wide range of electromagnetic spectrum that are being applied in food analysis. Detection of ... Read more

    $114.99 USD

  • Projecting Empire

    Imperialism and Popular Cinema

    by Prof James Chapman, Nicholas J. Cull ...
    Popular cinema is saturated with images and narratives of empire. With "Projecting Empire", Chapman and Cull have written the first major study of imperialism and cinema for over thirty years. This welcome text maps the history of empire cinema in both Hollywood and Britain through a serious of case studies of popular films including biopics, adventures, literary adaptations, melodramas, comedies ... Read more

    $28.99 USD