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The Future for Planners

Commercialisation, Professionalism and the Public Interest in the UK

by Ben Clifford, Susannah Gunn, Andy Inch, Abigail Schoneboom, Jason Slade, Malcolm Tait, Geoff Vigar ...

Winner of the Royal Town Planning Institute Patsy Healey Award for Academic Excellence 2025.Spatial planning is at a crossroads, with government reform undermining the traditional vision of state-employed planners making decisions about urban development in a unified public interest. Nearly half of UK planners are now employed in the private sector, with complex inter-relations between the sectors ... Read more

$43.99 USD

Winner of the Royal Town Planning Institute Patsy Healey Award for Academic Excellence 2025.Spatial planning is at a crossroads, with government reform undermining the traditional vision of state-employed planners making decisions about urban development in a unified public interest. Nearly half of UK planners are now employed in the private sector, with complex inter-relations between the sectors
... Read more
The Collaborating Planner?

Practitioners in the Neoliberal Age

by Ben Clifford, Mark Tewdwr-Jones ...

Since the turn of the 21st century, there has been a greater pace of reform to planning in Britain than at any other time. As a public sector activity, planning has also been impacted heavily by the wider changes in the way we are governed. Yet whilst such reform has been extensively commented upon within academia, few have empirically explored how these changes are manifesting themselves in ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Since the turn of the 21st century, there has been a greater pace of reform to planning in Britain than at any other time. As a public sector activity, planning has also been impacted heavily by the wider changes in the way we are governed. Yet whilst such reform has been extensively commented upon within academia, few have empirically explored how these changes are manifesting themselves in
... Read more
Understanding the Impacts of Deregulation in Planning

Turning Offices into Homes?

by Ben Clifford, Jessica Ferm, Nicola Livingstone, Patricia Canelas ...

Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
In England, it has been possible since 2013 to convert an office building into residential use without needing planning permission (as has been required since 1948). This book explores the consequences of this central government driven deregulation on local communities. The policy decision was primarily about boosting the supply of housing, but reflects a broader neoliberal ideology which seeks to ... Read more

$49.99 USD

In England, it has been possible since 2013 to convert an office building into residential use without needing planning permission (as has been required since 1948). This book explores the consequences of this central government driven deregulation on local communities. The policy decision was primarily about boosting the supply of housing, but reflects a broader neoliberal ideology which seeks to
... Read more
Reviving Local Authority Housing Delivery

Challenging Austerity Through Municipal Entrepreneurialism

by Janice Morphet, Ben Clifford ...

This book provides crucial insight into the fight back against austerity by local authorities through emerging forms of municipal entrepreneurialism in housing delivery.Capturing this moment within its live context, the authors examine the ways that local authorities are moving towards increased financial independence based on their own activities to implement new forms and means of housebuilding ... Read more

$26.99 USD

This book provides crucial insight into the fight back against austerity by local authorities through emerging forms of municipal entrepreneurialism in housing delivery.Capturing this moment within its live context, the authors examine the ways that local authorities are moving towards increased financial independence based on their own activities to implement new forms and means of housebuilding
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Kept In The Dark

by Ben Hurner, Dr Gladson Clifford Joe ...

Some secrets are best kept hidden. Just like gold in a treasure chest. Value of the priceless only appreciates, in kind or otherwise, till its kept in the dark. These stories may highlight the essence and true meaning of these words.For instance, a man who resides in a desert is skillful. He keeps the knowledge about the riches of the rich, safe. The rich provision for everything he needs, because ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Some secrets are best kept hidden. Just like gold in a treasure chest. Value of the priceless only appreciates, in kind or otherwise, till its kept in the dark. These stories may highlight the essence and true meaning of these words.For instance, a man who resides in a desert is skillful. He keeps the knowledge about the riches of the rich, safe. The rich provision for everything he needs, because
... Read more
Cozy Villages of Death

by Lyn Worthen, John M. Floyd, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Annie Reed, Lauryn Christopher, C.C. Guthrie, Joseph S. Walker, Margaret S. Hamilton, Ben Harshman, CJ Mattison, Clifford Royal Johns, D.T. Langdale, Kelly Zimmer, Merrilee Robson, N.K. Wardley, Ursula Hoult ...

Secrets hide behind those peacefully shuttered windows...Deception awaits around the next curve in the road. Rumors spread over garden hedges, fishing ponds, and knitting circles. Neighborhood cats discover a boneyard.And when Death strolls through the tranquil countryside or checks into the quaint village inn for the weekend, it's the intrepid - and often accidental - investigators who must find ... Read more

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Secrets hide behind those peacefully shuttered windows...Deception awaits around the next curve in the road. Rumors spread over garden hedges, fishing ponds, and knitting circles. Neighborhood cats discover a boneyard.And when Death strolls through the tranquil countryside or checks into the quaint village inn for the weekend, it's the intrepid - and often accidental - investigators who must find
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Less is More

How Degrowth Will Save the World

by Jason Hickel ...

Narrated by Ben Crystal, Clifford Samuel ...

Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause. Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that will lead to meaningful and immediate change: DEGROWTH.If we want to have a shot at halting the crisis, we need to restore the ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause. Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that will lead to meaningful and immediate change: DEGROWTH.If we want to have a shot at halting the crisis, we need to restore the
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Incorcisms

Strange Short Stories

by David Hartley ...

Narrated by Margaret Ashley, Ben Clifford, Beth Frieden, Kenneth Michaels, Shubhita Chaturvedi, Lisa Rose, Olivia Rose-Michaels, Tigger Blaize ...

Unabridged

1 hour 34 min

"You have to understand," says the woman, "an incorcism is nothing like its counterpart. No bells and whistles, no drama. All it takes is willingness, which you already have in spades."Strange stories about strange things for strange people. Tales of possession and obsession. Of destruction and restoration. Of the demons we hold inside us, and those we leave behind in others. An odd apocalypse ... Read more

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"You have to understand," says the woman, "an incorcism is nothing like its counterpart. No bells and whistles, no drama. All it takes is willingness, which you already have in spades."Strange stories about strange things for strange people. Tales of possession and obsession. Of destruction and restoration. Of the demons we hold inside us, and those we leave behind in others. An odd apocalypse
... Read more

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100neHundred

by Laura Besley ...

Narrated by Ben Clifford, Beth Frieden, Cornelia Colman, Kenneth Michaels, Lisa Rose, Margaret Ashley, Olivia Rose-Michaels, Shubhita Chaturvedi, Tigger Blaize ...

Unabridged

1 hour 37 min

A man carries his girlfriend in the left-hand breast pocket of his shirt. During World War II, a young soldier searches the houses and barns of the families with whom he grew up. An astronaut wonders whether she can adapt to life back on earth.In her second collection of short fiction, 100neHundred, Laura Besley explores a kaleidoscope of emotions through 100 stories of exactly 100 words.So much ... Read more

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A man carries his girlfriend in the left-hand breast pocket of his shirt. During World War II, a young soldier searches the houses and barns of the families with whom he grew up. An astronaut wonders whether she can adapt to life back on earth.In her second collection of short fiction, 100neHundred, Laura Besley explores a kaleidoscope of emotions through 100 stories of exactly 100 words.So much
... Read more

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Hide and Seek: In Pursuit of Justice

by Ben Carniol ...

Series series The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs
Ben Carniol is only five years old in 1942 when his parents send him away to live with a non-Jewish couple in the village of Baudour, Belgium. Hide and Seek: In Pursuit of Justice describes a childhood filled with the loss and violence of war and Ben’s response to it: a deep lifelong commitment to creating a safe and just society for all. ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Ben Carniol is only five years old in 1942 when his parents send him away to live with a non-Jewish couple in the village of Baudour, Belgium. Hide and Seek: In Pursuit of Justice describes a childhood filled with the loss and violence of war and Ben’s response to it: a deep lifelong commitment to creating a safe and just society for all.
... Read more
Making an Impact on Policing and Crime

Psychological Research, Policy and Practice

Edited by Clifford Stott, Ben Bradford, Matthew Radburn, Leanne Savigar-Shaw ...

Series series Routledge Psychological Impacts
Making an Impact on Policing and Crime: Psychological Research, Policy and Practice applies a range of case studies and examples of psychological research by international, leading researchers to tackle real-world issues within the field of crime and policing.Making an Impact on Policing and Crime documents the application of cutting-edge research to real-world policing and explains how ... Read more

$60.99 USD

Making an Impact on Policing and Crime: Psychological Research, Policy and Practice applies a range of case studies and examples of psychological research by international, leading researchers to tackle real-world issues within the field of crime and policing.Making an Impact on Policing and Crime documents the application of cutting-edge research to real-world policing and explains how
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Call From Beyond, The

Alone, accursed, he set out on the long, dark voyage to the forbidden gateway to worlds beyond life itself—restless forever with an ultimate knowledge, possessing which no man could die! -

by Clifford Simak ...

Narrated by Ben Tucker ...

Unabridged

1 hour 10 min

In Clifford D. Simak's 'The Call from Beyond', readers are taken on a sci-fi journey beyond the realms of human comprehension. Simak's writing style is a unique blend of scientific exploration and philosophical inquiry, as he delves into the mysteries of existence and the limits of human knowledge. The book's setting in a futuristic world filled with advanced technology adds to its captivating ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In Clifford D. Simak's 'The Call from Beyond', readers are taken on a sci-fi journey beyond the realms of human comprehension. Simak's writing style is a unique blend of scientific exploration and philosophical inquiry, as he delves into the mysteries of existence and the limits of human knowledge. The book's setting in a futuristic world filled with advanced technology adds to its captivating
... Read more

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