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  • The Object Model

    Overview

    The first in a series of eBooks about the Object Model provides an overview of a new way of classifying and describing the existence, properties and behaviours of the multitude of tangible and intangible objects we encounter every second of every day in our private, family, social, community and business lives. Fundamental to any understanding of the Object Model is the recognition of the fact ... Read more

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  • The Object Model

    Part 2 - Simple Object Families

    The purpose of the second eBook in the series about the Object Model is to explore the many types of individual objects and object groups that are members of the five simple object families of the Object Model, namely the party object family, the resource object family, the action object family, the location object family, and the time object family. These simple object families are fundamentally ... Read more

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  • Neoliberalism and Insecurity in Advanced Capitalism

    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    This book examines the relationship between neoliberalism and insecurity, beginning with the post‑World War II period and continuing up through the present. Neoliberalism – the dominant political economic perspective that elevates competition above all else at both the structural and individual levels – has increased the amount of insecurity (e.g., food, energy, job) across the world. It provides ... Read more

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    The Saint: Three BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations

    Unabridged

    2 hours 51 min

    Leslie Charteris’ square-jawed, blue-eyed hero loved, fought and stole his way through Europe from the 1930s to the 1970s, endlessly pursuing blondes, baddies and boodle. Adored by women and feared by his foes, he was renowned for both his heroic exploits and his nefarious reputation - and he always left his trademark calling card at the scenes of his crimes: a sketch of a stick figure with a halo ... Read more

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