Bøger af University Of Queensland

The first book to present a new conceptual framework which offers an initial explanation for the continuing and rapid success of such 'disruptive innovators' and their effects on the international hospitality industry. It discusses all the hot topics in this area, with a specific focus on Airbnb, in the international context.

This novel textbook provides the first consolidated overview of the scope, purpose, and applications of conservation physiology with a focus on wildlife. It outlines the major avenues and advances by which the field is contributing to the monitoring, management, and restoration of wild animal populations.

This text considers attitudes towards peace and resistance to war, from pre-1945 to 1990. It looks at the opposition to nuclear weapons and testing, the spread of the peace protest, opposition to all forms of militarism, protest against war in Vietnam and more recently the Gulf.

The three-thousand year story of ancient Syria, from Bronze Age to Imperial Rome: the essential back-story to one of the world's most trouble-prone and volatile regions

The Hittites were an ancient people (of Indo-European connection) of Asia Minor and Syria, who flourished from 1600 to 1200 BC. Using archaeological discoveries, this book examines their society and civilization. It aims to convey a sense of what it was like to live amongst the people of the Hittite world, to share their crises, and more.

In the 14th century BC the Hittites became the supreme political and military power in the Near East. How did they achieve their supremacy? How successful were they in maintaining it? What brought about their collapse and disappearance? This history of the Hittite kingdom seeks to answer these questions.

Cognitive linguistics is a relatively new theory of language that challenges many of the basic assumptions of traditional approaches. In Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction, David Lee, drawing on his long-standing interest in the relationship between language and perspective, sets out to make the theory accessible to readers who have no prior training in the discipline.