B. Fingleton

Situating small and medium enterprises (SMEs) at the center of their analysis of regional development policy, especially in the dynamics of relative economic growth and types of convergence, Fingleton

European Regional Growth is the result of three major influences. First, the ongoing integration of the European regional economies and the need to understand what this means for European economic and

There has been a surge of interest in methods of analysing data that typically arise from surveys of various kinds of experiments in which the number of people, animals, places or objects occupying various categories are counted. Such observations are known variously as category counts, contingency tables, or cross-tabulated or cross-classified categorical data. In this textbook, first published in 1984, Dr Fingleton describes some techniques centred on the log-linear model from the perspective of the social, behavioural and environmental scientist. His aim is to provide a route from conceptual appreciation to the practicalities of fitting models to data, and he therefore gives some consideration to appropriate computer software. The emphasis throughout is on data analysis and interpretation. Recently developed methods are clearly explained and mathematics has been kept to a minimum.

In recent years, popular wisdom has held that opening American markets to Chinese goods was the best way to promote democracy in Beijing—that the Communist Party’s grip would quickly weak

Three brothers run away from home to live like Robin Hood and his merry men, deep in the forest of Brendon Chase. They make their camp in an ancient oak tree and live like outlaws, loving the dangers

本系列節奏明快，融合祕密機構、魔法學徒、超自然生物、冒險解謎與熱血友情，既有奇幻世界的驚喜，也有貼近現代孩子的情緒與現實議題。對喜歡《波西傑克森》式冒險、《Nevermoor》式魔法城市，以及帶有懸疑任務感的青少年讀者來說，是一套很有吸引力的中高年級奇幻冒險小說。魔法、神話與祕密組織交織的現代奇幻世界 女孩主角從被排斥到相信自己的成長故事 適合喜歡冒險、友情、超能力與解謎元素的讀者 推薦給 Percy Jackson、Nevermoor、Artemis Fowl 讀者The Amari and the Night Brothers series, also known as the Supernatural Investigations series, follows thirteen-year-old Amari Peters, a girl who refuses to believe that her missing brother, Quinton, is gone forever. When she discovers a mysterious briefcase in his closet, Amari is invited to try out for the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs—a secret organization that protects and investigates the hidden world of magicians, fairies, aliens, yetis, mermaids, and other supernatural beings.But entering this world is only the beginning. Amari must compete against children who have grown up with wealth, privilege, and knowledge of the supernatural world, while she is treated as an outsider from the start. When her own enhanced ability is labeled “illegal,” suspi

The highly anticipated third book in the #1New York Timesbestselling Supernatural Investigations series that began withAmari and the Night Brothers!Perfect for fans ofTristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, andNevermoor.War has come to the supernatural world, and Amari’s two worst enemies are leading the charge.Elaine Harlowe has manipulated her way into becoming prime minister, using her mind control ability to force the Bureau to take up her vicious grudge against magiciankind.Meanwhile, Dylan Van Helsing, the newly crowned leader of the League of Magicians—and Amari’s former partner—is after a destructive new power that would not only ensure the magicians’ victory . . . it would make him invincible.With neither the Bureau nor the League safe for Amari, and her newly returned brother, Quinton, determined to keep her out of the fray, she and her friends decide to find a way to end the war on their own.So when they learn that the only way to stop Dyla