Books by Michael Mann

A riveting, magical adventure set deep underneath a richly reimagined London, Ghostcloud follows the adventure of twelve-year-old Luke when he meets Alma - a girl who is a ghostcloud - and who teaches him to ride the clouds high above the city.

First published as a chapter in Language in Zambia: Grammatical Sketches by the Institute of African Studies (now the Institute of Economic and Social Research) in 1977, this is the first in a series of publications on Zambian languages and grammar. The intention of the series is to boost the meagre scholarship and availability of educational materials on Zambian languages, which became particularly in urgent in 1996, following the decision of the Zambian government to revert to the policy of using local languages as a media of instruction. This volume provides a grammatical sketch of Icibemba - known in English as Bemba or Chibemba - the most widely spoken local language in Zambia. Bemba is the principal language of the Northern and Luapula provinces of Zambia, and extending into the Shaba Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the common language of the Copperbelt region. The study includes sections on sounds, nominals, verbs and tenses, further kinds of words, and sentence patterns.

The award-winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have been on the front lines of the fight against climate denialism for most of their careers. They have witnessed the manipulation of the media by business and political interests and the unconscionable play to partisanship on issues that affect the well-being of billions. The lessons they have learned have been invaluable, inspiring this brilliant, colorful escape hatch from the madhouse of the climate wars. The Madhouse Effect portrays the intellectual pretzels into which denialists must twist logic to explain away the clear evidence that human activity has changed Earth's climate. Toles's cartoons collapse counter-scientific strategies into their biased components, helping readers see how to best strike at these fallacies. Mann's expert skills at science communication aim to restore sanity to a debate that continues to rage against widely acknowledged scientific consensus. The synergy of these two climate science crusaders enlivens the gloom and doom of so many climate-themed books-and may even convert die-hard doubters to the side of sound science.

The ongoing assault on climate science in the United States has never been more aggressive, more blatant, or more widely publicized than in the case of the Hockey Stick graph-a clear and compelling visual presentation of scientific data, put together by MichaelE. Mann and his colleagues, demonstrating that global temperatures have risen in conjunction with the increase in industrialization and the use of fossil fuels. Here was an easy-to-understand graph that, in a glance, posed a threat to major corporate energy interests and those who do their political bidding. The stakes were simply too high to ignore the Hockey Stick-and so began a relentless attack on a body of science and on the investigators whose work formed its scientific basis.The Hockey Stick achieved prominence in a 2001 UN report on climate change and quickly became a central icon in the "e;climate wars."e; The real issue has never been the graph's data but rather its implied threat to those who oppose governmental regulation and other restraints to protect the environment and planet. Mann, lead author of the original paper in which the Hockey Stick first appeared, shares the story of the science and politics behind this controversy. He reveals key figures in the oil and energy industries and the media frontgroups who do their bidding in sometimes slick, sometimes bare-knuckled ways. Mann concludes with the real story of the 2009 "e;Climategate"e; scandal, in which climate scientists' emails were hacked. This is essential reading for all who care about our planet's health and our own well-being.

This book tells the story of the complete move in 1965/1966 of Alfred Bird and Sons Limited from central Birmingham to Banbury, in which a large proportion of the labour force was successfully transferred. Focusing on the relocation decision made by individual employees, the author also contributed to many varied areas of debate.

"Staten siger altid: L'état, c'est moi", skriver Niklas Luhmann.Dermed antydes en opfattelse af staten som et selvrefererende og selv-reproducerende system. Spørgsmålet er imidlertid: hvor kommer påvirkningerne af staters udvikling fra? - fra staten selv, fra andre stater og eksterne relationer, fra det omgivende samfund og interne sociale relationer eller er det noget helt fjerde?Staten, det er ... viser i et bredt perspektiv tendenserne i stats- og politikforskningen inden for marxisme, neo-marxisme og diskursanalyse, funktionalisme, neo-funktionalisme og post-strukturalisme, historisk sociologi samt international politik.Bogen er en bred præsentation af såvel angelsaksiske som kontinentaleuropæiske traditioner inden for stats- og politikforskningen. De enkelte bidrag er skrevet af danske human- og samfundsvidenskabelige forskere samt de udenlandske sociologiprofessorer Michael Mann og Bob Jessop.Staten, det er ... henvender sig til historie-, politologi- og sociologistuderende samt studerende fra andre samfundsvidenskabelige fag.