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This popular and widely recommended book outlines all of the requirements of the Literacy Skills Test, explaining the essential subject knowledge candidates need to know. This fifth edition also includes a full practice test, more practice questions and more question and answer commentary.

There is a general assumption that there is no serious communication barrier among speakers of a common language. This action research study examines that assumption in the context of intercultural communication among three English-speaking teams, with each team representing a major national travel organization located in the USA, Ireland, and the UK respectively. The results of an online survey sent to all participants (N = 82) indicate stark differences between the US and the UK/Ireland respondents' perceptions of the quality of communication and the effectiveness of their cooperation on a day-today basis. The causes of these differences are examined, recommendations are offered for ways in which cultural pitfalls can be avoided, and suggestions are provided for avenues for future research.

Glücksspiele sind eine Einnahmequelle für die Regierungen der meisten Staaten. In Australien gibt es eine Vielzahl von Steuern für Glücksspiele, die 1980/81 ca. 600 Millionen Dollar in die Staatskasse einbrachten. In dieser Studie werden Spielsteuern und -gebühren analysiert und mit den übrigen staatlichen Einnahmequellen verglichen. (DÜI-Xyl)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Notes on the contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: The Athens of the North -- Introduction -- 1 The evolution of the medieval and Renaissance city -- 2 Twinning cities: modernisation versus improvement in the two towns of Edinburgh -- 3 Landscape, topography and hydrology -- Part II The City in the Industrial Age -- Introduction -- 4 Landscapes of capital: industry and the built environment in Edinburgh, 1750-1920 -- 5 Edinburgh - a tenement city? -- Part III Urban Management in the Early 20th Century -- Introduction -- 6 'Conservative surgery' in Old Edinburgh, 1880-1940 -- 7 Housing and suburbanisation in the early and mid-20th century -- 8 The changing role of the planner before and after the Second World War and the effect on urban form -- Part IV The City in the Post-industrial and Post-modern Age -- Introduction -- 9 Creation and conservation of the built environment in the later 20th century -- 10 Preparing for the 21st century: the city in a global environment -- 11 The changing image and identity of the city in the 21st century: 'Athens of the North' or 'North of Athens' -- Conclusion: learning from history -- Appendix 1: Housing completions in Edinburgh, 1918-76 (see Chapter 7) -- Appendix 2: Edinburgh buildings (1960-2000) by date (see Chapter 9) -- Select bibliography -- Index