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Human Kinetics Publishers The Complete Soccer Goalkeeper
Book Synopsis Make your last line of defense as strong as it can be. The Complete Soccer Goalkeeper offers a comprehensive reference and training guide for goalkeepers and their coaches. It shows how to develop keepers from the youth leagues to the pros and covers all aspects of what many believe is soccer’s most challenging role. Trade Review“If you ask me when I really knew I wanted to be a goalkeeper, I trace it to when Tim Mulqueen started training me at a New Jersey soccer camp when I was 12 years old… [The Complete Soccer Goalkeeper] is more than a series of exercises: It delves into all the aspects of the position and the coach–player relationship… And that’s what makes this book so valuable to the future of goalkeepers—it speaks to both the player and the coach.” Tim Howard-- U.S. Soccer Men's National Team, Everton Football Club "The Complete Soccer Goalkeeper is a must-have for goalkeepers and their coaches. From tactics to strategies, Mulqueen and Woitalla cover it all."Peter Nowak -- Head Coach, Philadelphia Union Table of Contents Chapter 1. Is That a Keeper? Assessing and Selecting Goalkeepers Chapter 2. Hero to Zero to Hero: Goalkeeping’s Mental Challenges Chapter 3. Coach and Keeper: Building a Unique Partnership Chapter 4. The Save Starts Before the Shot Chapter 5. Diving Saves: To Fly and Land Safely Chapter 6. Distribution: The Keeper as Orchestrator Chapter 7. Expect the Unexpected: Reading the Game Chapter 8. Catch Them if You Can: Handling Crosses Chapter 9. Ready? Set Play! Chapter 10. In the Spotlight: Penalty Kicks Chapter 11. Practice, Practice, Practice Chapter 12. Hitting the Peak: Physical Conditioning
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Human Kinetics Publishers Coaching Basketball Successfully
Book Synopsis The most highly regarded basketball coaching text, Coaching Basketball Successfully, Third Edition, is loaded with tactical instruction and practice drills and strategies on offensive and defensive play for handling every situation and match-up. This comprehensive guide will also help you better manage your program, team, and players on and off the court. Trade Review“It is appropriate to mention Morgan Wootten in the same conversation as John Wooden, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski and Bob Knight as among the greatest coaches of basketball. His impact on all high school sports, all of his former players and coaches, and the entire coaching profession for generations is unmatched. His incredible ability to teach the fundamentals of the game is the gold standard for all coaches at all levels to follow. I know firsthand that his son Joe has continued this way of teaching the game. Joe’s continued development of the Wootten Way has produced championship teams and fundamentally sound college-bound players for over a decade. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to become a better coach.”Sean Miller -- Head Men’s Basketball Coach University of Arizona “Morgan Wootten is one of the most respected basketball coaches of all time. His wisdom and expertise are in full display in Coaching Basketball Successfully. It is a guide that should be on the bookshelf of every high school coach.”Tom Izzo -- Head Basketball Coach Michigan State University "People say Morgan Wootten is the best high school basketball coach in the country. I disagree. I know of no finer coach at any level – high school, college, or pro. I've said it elsewhere and I'll say it here: I stand in awe of him." John WoodenTable of Contents Part I Coaching Foundation Chapter 1 Developing a Basketball Coaching Philosophy Chapter 2 Communicating Your Approach Chapter 3 Motivating Players Chapter 4 Running a Basketball Program Part II Coaching Plan Chapter 5 Season Planning Chapter 6 Practice Planning Part III Coaching Offense Chapter 7 Teaching Offensive Positions and Sets Chapter 8 Teaching Offensive Skills Chapter 9 Developing a Quick-Scoring Approach Chapter 10 Man-to-Man Offense Chapter 11 Zone Offense Chapter 12 Clock and InBounds Situations Part IV Coaching Defense Chapter 13 Teaching Defensive Positions and Sets Chapter 14 Teaching Defensive Skills Chapter 15 Team Defense Chapter 16 Full-Court Team Defense Part V Coaching Games Chapter 17 Preparing for Games Chapter 18 Handling Game Situations Part VI Coaching Evaluation Chapter 19 Evaluating Players Chapter 20 Evaluating Your Program
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Human Kinetics Publishers LongTerm Athlete Development
Book SynopsisLong-Term Athlete Development offers an in-depth explanation of the long-term athlete development model, an approach to athlete-centered sport that combines skill instruction with long-term planning and an understanding of human development to produce athlete growth. Trade Review“An indispensable guide for any coach or parent concerned with making sport healthier and more ethical. This book brings fresh ideas to the practice of sport and truly represents thinking outside the box. As human beings, we only have one body so we need to treat it well. Too many athletes leave sport with long-term injuries and a record of underperformance. The ideas in this book can change that and allow everyone in sport to get the most out of talents and ambitions.”Jim Denison -- Professor, University of Alberta, Director, Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre “The authors show that programs of sport and wellness can be complementary, not mutually exclusive. Thus, long-term athlete development is consistent with the goals of North American initiatives—Sport Canada, the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition.”CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic LibrariesTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction to Long-Term Athlete DevelopmentChapter 1. Long-Term Athlete Deveopment Model Beginnings of LTAD LTAD Model Explained Sport for Life Philosophy Framework for Working Together Guide for Participating in Sport and Physical Activity Tool for Change Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 2. Athletes With Disabilities Sport for People With Disabilities LTAD Stages for Athletes With Disabilities Special Considerations Supporting Athletes With Disabilities Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Part II. Key Factors in Long-Term Athlete DevelopmentChapter 3. Physical Literacy Physical Literacy Definitions Physical Literacy Development in Children Appropriate Skill Development in Children Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 4. Specialization Specialization Defined Negative Consequences of Specializing Too Early Positive Effects of Specialization at the Optimal Time Optimal Time to Specialize Specialization Groups Sport-Specific Specialization Athlete Development Models Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 5. Age Age Categories Relative Age Developmental Age Measuring and Monitoring Growth Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 6. Trainability Sensitive Periods of Trainability Trainability of Stamina Trainability of Strength Trainability of Speed Trainability of Skill Trainability of Suppleness Training and Competition During Puberty Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 7. Intellectual, Emotional, and Moral Development Capacities Interplay of Intellectual, Emotional and Moral Development Physical Development Intellectual Development Emotional Development Moral Development Influence of Intellectual, Emotional, and Moral Development on LTAD Learning Styles Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 8. Excellence Takes Time Importance of Practice in Excellence Importance of Multisport Participation and Free Play Importance of the Physical, Cognitive, and Emotional Domains to Excellence Perils of Premature Selection Keys to Achieving Necessary Training Hours Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 9. Periodization Periodization and LTAD Components of Periodization 10-Step Approach to Creating an Annual Plan Implementing the 10 Steps of an Annual Cycle Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 10. Competition Competition and LTAD Issues in Competition Making Good Decisions Training-to-Competition Ratios Through the Stages Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 11. Sport System Alignment and Integration System Alignment From an Individual Perspective System Alignment From a Sport Organization Perspective System Alignment From a Sector Perspective LTAD and S4L Implications for Policy Development Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 12. Continuous Improvement Technology Changes Paradigm Changes Influencing Change Actions for Continuous Improvement Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Part III. Stages of Long-Term Athlete DevelopmentChapter 13. Active Start Active Start Importance Physical Activity and the Brain Critical and Sensitive Periods Maturity and Body Movements Appropriate Activities and Programs Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 14. Fundamentals Evolution of Skills Fundamental Movement Skills Locomotor Skills in Varied Environments Attaining All of the Fundamental Movement Skills Learning and Teaching Fundamental Movement Skills Key Training and Performance Characteristics Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 15. Learn to Train Learn to Train Basics Key Training and Performance Characteristics Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 16. Train to Train Train to Train Basics Key Training and Performance Characteristics Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 17. Train to Compete Train to Compete Basics Key Training and Performance Characteristics Summary Questions for Reflection Summary To Learn More Chapter 18. Train to Win Train to Win Basics Key Training and Performance Characteristics Summary Questions for Reflection Summary To Learn More Chapter 19. Active for Life Active for Life Basics Importance of Active for Life Competitive for Life Basics Fit for Life Basics Sport and Physical Activity Leaders Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More
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Human Kinetics Publishers Assessment and Treatment of Muscle Imbalance The
Book SynopsisAssessment and Treatment of Muscle Imbalance: The Janda Approach blends postural techniques, neurology, and functional capabilities in order to alleviate chronic musculoskeletal pain and promote greater functionality.Trade Review“A practical text for clinicians treating patients with musculoskeletal complaints.”SciTech Book News (March 2010) “An excellent book and a fitting tribute to Janda - well done! I attended several of Janda's courses in the UK over a period of many years and his influence on my professional life was significant.” Christopher Norris, PhD, MSc, MCSP, MBAcC -- Director of Norris Associates "This would make a useful addition to every clinician’s library—especially physical therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, and all those using hands-on therapies." Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies "…a thorough, well-organized, and well-written summary of the Janda approach to muscle imbalance." Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy"With its modest price tag and practical insights of both assessment and treatment of muscle imbalance, I would recommend this book to any practitioner or student planning to treat MSK disorders." Manual TherapyThis book "provides a lot of useful information that is different from the typical treatment approaches taught in most physical therapy schools and it can only help give clinicians insights that may help them treat their patients." Orthopedic Physical Therapy PracticeTable of ContentsPart I. The Scientific Basis of Muscle ImbalanceChapter 1. Structural and Functional Approaches to Muscle ImbalanceIntrinsic Versus Extrinsic FuctionMuscle Balance in Function and PathologyMuscle Imbalance ParadigmsSummaryChapter 2. The Sensorimotor SystemSensorimotor Hardware and SoftwareNeuromuscular Aspects of Postural Stability and Joint StabilizationPathology in ProprioceptionSummaryChapter 3. Chain ReactionsArticular ChainsMuscular ChainsNeurological ChainsSummaryChapter 4. Pathomechanics of Musculoskeletal Pain and Muscle ImbalancePathology of Musculoskeletal PainPathomechanics of Muscular ImbalanceCauses of Muscle Tightness and WeaknessJanda’s Classification of Muscle Imbalance PatternsSummaryPart II. Functional Evaluation of Muscle ImbalanceChapter 5. Posture, Balance, and Gait AnalysisMuscle Analysis of Standing PostureEvaluation of BalanceEvaluation of GaitSummaryChapter 6. Evaluation of Movement PatternsJanda’s Basic Movement Patterns Additional Movement Tests Complementary to Janda’s TestsSelected Manual Muscle TestsSummaryChapter 7. Muscle Length TestingMuscle Length Assessment TechniqueLower-Quarter MusclesUpper-Quarter MusclesHypermobilitySummaryChapter 8. Soft-Tissue AssessmentCharacteristics of Trigger PointsAssessment of Trigger Point or Tender Point ChainsScarsMyofasciaSummaryPart III. Treatment of Muscle Imbalance SyndromesChapter 9. Normalization of Peripheral Structures Central Indirect techniquesLocal Direct techniquesSummaryChapter 10. Restoration of Muscle BalanceFactors Contributing to Muscle WeaknessAdditional Treatment Techniques for Muscle WeaknessFactors Contributing to Muscle TightnessAdditional Treatment Techniques for Muscle TightnessSummaryChapter 11. Sensorimotor TrainingRole of Sensorimotor Training in Janda’s TreatmentSensorimotor Training ComponentsSensorimotor Training ProgressionSummaryPart IV. Clinical SyndromesChapter 12. Cervical Pain SyndromesRegional Considerations Common PathologiesCase StudySummaryChapter 13. Upper-Extremity Pain SyndromesRegional ConsiderationsAssessmentCommon PathologiesCase StudySummaryChapter 14. Lumbar Pain SyndromesRegional ConsiderationsCommon PathologiesSacroiliac DysfunctionAssessmentManagement of Low Back Pain SyndromesCase StudyConclusionSummaryChapter 15. Lower-Extremity Pain SyndromesRegional ConsiderationsAssessmentCommon PathologiesCase StudySummary
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Cornell University Press Anatomy of the Honey Bee
Book SynopsisThis book should be in the library of every student of the honey bee and bee behavior—beekeepers (both amateur and professional) as well as scientists.Trade ReviewAs a world authority on insect anatomy, Snodgrass has given us in this book a brilliant account of the anatomy of the honey bee and how it relates to the way that bees develop and how and why they function as they do in their interesting communal life. This book should be in the library of every student of the honey bee and bee behavior—beekeepers as well as scientists. The book is delightfully written and is enjoyable reading. * American Bee Journal *This is not just a technical reference book on honey bee anatomy. It is far more: it is essentially a treatise on entomology using one species as an example, and including a discussion of the fundamentals of embryology, development, and metamorphosis as well as anatomy. The subject of each chapter is approached from the broadest evolutionary point of view, and its horizon includes all the arthropods and beyond, so that the bee really typifies animal life in general. Finally, the language of the book is such that it can be read straight through with pleasure. It is a delight to follow the author through this complete examination of one insect: how it develops, how it grows, and how it operates. * Entomological News *
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Princeton University Press The Surface of Things
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Princeton University Press Relativity and Cosmology Volume 5 of Modern
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Kip S. Thorne, Co-Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics""Roger D. Blandford, Co-Winner of the 2016 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy and Winner of the 2020 Shaw Prize in Astronomy"
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Cornell University Press The Origins of Alliances
Book SynopsisHow are alliances made? In this book, Stephen M. Walt makes a significant contribution to this topic, surveying theories of the origins of international alliances and identifying the most important causes of security cooperation between states. In...Trade ReviewThe Origins of Alliances offers a different way of thinking about our security and thus about our diplomacy. It ought to be read by anyone with a serious interest in understanding why our foreign policy is so often self-defeating. * New Republic *A valuable refinement of traditional balance-of-power theory.... Walt provides a sophisticated account of recent Middle East diplomacy. * International Affairs *
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Princeton University Press Millions Billions Zillions
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Princeton University Press You Say You Want a Revolution
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Historically dense, intelligently organized, and deeply analytical, You Say You Want a Revolution? offers a great deal to a wide array of audiences. . . . This book’s cheeky title is at once a warning and a lament: those who foment discord as a vehicle for change very often find themselves in a situation more dire than the status quo ante, and the idealism inherent in such movements is exposed as a mirage." * Choice *"This is an essential book."---Steven Simon, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy"For those seeking a quick, sharply written survey of how revolutions have so often brought violence, corruption, and authoritarian rule, Chirot has provided a clear and valuable book."---Jack Goldstone, Social Forces
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Cornell University Press Trojan Women
Book SynopsisThis free and eloquent translation skillfully reproduces the imagery, power, and frequent irony and sarcasm of Seneca's...
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Princeton University Press Gods and Mortals
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Princeton University Press The Lives of Butterflies
Book SynopsisTrade Review"I wholeheartedly recommend this delightful book, especially for anyone interested in butterflies and pollinators, whether a backyard nature enthusiast or a student in a conservation, biology or entomology field. If you have already fallen in love with the Princeton University Press 'The Lives of the Natural World' series, you won't be disappointed with this latest addition to your collection."---Amanda Williams, Buzz About Bees"We are treated to a glorious investigation of the world of lepidopterans with a full accounting of their life histories, behaviour, habitats and resources, populations status, seasonality, defence and natural enemies, and finally, that ominous elephant in every room, threats and conservation."---David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds"A great introduction to butterflies around the world." * the Buzz *
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Cornell University Press Whose Science Whose Knowledge
Book SynopsisSandra Harding here develops further the themes first addressed in her widely influential book, The Science Question in Feminism, and conducts a compelling analysis of feminist theories on the philosophical problem of how we know what we...Trade ReviewWhose Science, Whose Knowledge? represents a transition from gender to power considerations in Harding's continuous efforts to raise questions about the theory and practice of science. -- Shulamit Reinharz * Gender & Society *Harding's account offers a good insight into a variety of feminist responses to the hegemony apparently exercised by scientific thinking. Some readers will take the book as a challenge to the sociology of science to examine its arguments and assumptions in the light of standpoint theory and feminist postmodernism. -- Steven Yearley * British Journal of Sociology *This is an important book that has much to offer practicing scientists but probably will not be read by many of them. That is a shame, because its bold claims are usefully unsettling and its argument begs for engagement. One of the basic messages of Whose Science? Whose Knowledge?—that all fields of natural science are best analyzed from within the social sciences, of which they are logically a part, rather than taken as external models for the social sciences—has potential consequences for most, perhaps all, scientific practice. -- Rayna Rapp, New School for Social Research * Science *
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Princeton University Press The Human Evolutionary Transition
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A new and compelling evolutionary stance on comparative cognition." * Choice *
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Cornell University Press The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition
Book SynopsisIn the third volume of his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the years between the signing of the peace treaty and the destruction of the Athenian expedition to Sicily in 413 B.C.Trade ReviewA profound analysis of the relation of strategy to politics, a sympathetic but searching critique of Thucydides' masterpiece, and a trenchant assessment of the voluminous modern literature on the war. -- Bernard Knox * The Atlantic Monthly *"The temptation to acclaim Kagan's four volumes as the foremost work of history produced in North America in the twentieth century is vivid.... Here is an achievement that not only honors the criteria of dispassion and of unstinting scruple which mark the best of modern historicism but honors its readers. To read Kagan's 'History of the Peloponnesian War' at the present hour is to be almost unbearably tested."-George Steiner, The New YorkerThis is a solid piece of scholarship, a readable, consistent, and understandable account of a difficult period in Greek history, and rife with astute and provocative observations on Thucydides. * The Historian *Table of ContentsPart One: The Unraveling of the Peace 1. A Troubled Peace 2. The Separate League 3. The Alliance of Athens and Argos 4. The Challenge of the Separate League 5. The Battle of Mantinea 6. After Mantinea: Politics and Policy at Sparta and AthensPart Two: The Sicilian Expedition 7. The Decision to Attack Sicily 8. Sacrilege and Departure 9. Athenian Strategy and the Summer Campaign of 415 10. The First Attack on Syracuse 11. The Siege of Syracuse 12. Athens on the Defensive 13. Defeat on Land and Sea 14. Retreat and Destruction ConclusionsBibliography General Index Index of Modem Authors Index of Ancient Authors and Inscriptions
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Princeton University Press Foundations How the Built Environment Made
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion, Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain""Winner of the Historians of British Art Book Prize, Contemporary Subject""[A] brilliant new history. . . . A highly convincing book, with the sort of clarity and panoramic scope that is too often, in books on this subject, lost in architectural and decorative minutiae."---Owen Hatherley, Tribune Magazine"Elegantly written. . . . [A] timely contribution."---Alistair Fair, Architectural History"An academic modernist sees opportunity in disruption."---John Gapper, Financial Times"[A] scintillating and thoroughly engaging book, which rightly urges us to pay closer attention to the built environment in our understanding of how modern Britain came to be."---Phil Child, Journal of Contemporary History"Foundations is a fascinating contribution . . . illuminating fluently and engagingly the still-hidden history of the mundane spaces that Britons have inherited, many of which they continue to inhabit."---Simon Gunn, Journal of British Studies"An excellent book. It is deeply researched, thoughtfully argued, and beautifully written."---Erika Hanna, American Historical Review"Stimulating. . . . [Foundations] is an extraordinarily accomplished and engaging piece of work. It should be read by anyone working on modern Britain as well as those with more specialist interests."---William Whyte, Journal of Modern History
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Princeton University Press A Kiss for the Absolute
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Johns Hopkins University Press Unfinished Agendas New and Continuing Gender
Book SynopsisShaw, Pennsylvania Department of Education; Sheila Slaughter, University of Georgia; Frances K. Stage, New York University; Aimee LaPointe Terosky, Teachers College, Columbia University; Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner, Arizona State University; Kelly Ward, Washington State University; Lisa Wolf-Wendel, University of KansasTrade ReviewThis excellent volume offers a sobering assessment of women's situation in higher education. Choice 2009 Unfinished Agendas is an impressive follow-up to Glazer- Raymo's 1999 book Shattering the Myths: Women in Academe... This book achieves satisfying breadth without watering down what is a vitally important-and complex-topic for those concerned about the future of the academic workforce. -- Melissa McDaniels Academe 2009 Masterfully handled... This book, published in the midst of a period of extreme financial turbulence, is a fine portrait of a set of institutions whose contribution to the students it serves may need reviewing. -- S.L. Sutherland Times Higher Education 2008 Unfinished Agendas is a book that any scholar, leader, student, and staff member in higher education should read. Not only does the book provide valuable insight into the position of women... it also provides practical recommendations of ways to alter policies, discourses, practices, and cultures to move higher education in a more pluralistic direction. -- Linda Serra Hagedorn Journal of College Student Retention 2009 Unfinished Agendas is a worthwhile book. -- Judy Haiven CAUT Bulletin 2010Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The Feminist Agenda: A Work in ProgressChapter 2. Women Faculty and the Dance of Identities: Constructing Self and Privilege within CommunityChapter 3. Shattering Plexiglas: Continuing Challenges for Women Professors in Research UniversitiesChapter 4. The Differential Effects of Academic Capitalism on Women in the AcademyChapter 5. Developing Women Scientists: Baccalaureate Origins of Recent Mathematics and Science DoctoratesChapter 6. Faculty Productivity and the Gender QuestionChapter 7. Women and the College PresidencyChapter 8. Women on Governing Boards: Why Gender MattersChapter 9. Female Faculty in the Community College: Approaching Equity in a Low-Status SectorChapter 10. Women of Color in Academe: Experiences of the Often InvisibleChapter 11. Choice and Discourse in Faculty Careers: Feminist Perspectives on Work and FamilyEpilogueContributors Index
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Princeton University Press The Forest
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Johns Hopkins University Press Adventures in Group Theory
Book SynopsisFeaturing strategies for solving the puzzles and computations illustrated using the SAGE open-source computer algebra system, the second edition of Adventures in Group Theory is perfect for mathematics enthusiasts and for use as a supplementary textbook.Trade Review"Adventures in Group Theory is a tour through the algebra of several 'permutation puzzles'... If you like puzzles, this is a somewhat fun book. If you like algebra, this is a fun book. If you like puzzles and algebra, this is a really fun book." - MAA Online "Joyner has collated all the Rubik lore and integrated it with a self-contained introduction to group theory that equals or, more likely, exceeds what is available in typical dedicated elementary texts." - Choice "Joyner does convey some of the excitement and adventure in picking up knowledge of group theory by trying to understand Rubik's Cube. Enthusiastic students will learn a lot of mathematics from this book." - American Scientist"Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsWhere to Begin...1. Elementary, my dear Watson2. 'And you do addition?'3. Bell ringing and other permutations4. A procession of permutation puzzles5. What's commutative and purple?6. Welcome to the machine7. 'God's algorithm' and graphs8. Symmetry and the Platonic solids9. The illegal cube group10. Words which move11. The (legal) Rubik's Cube group12. Squares, two-faces, and other subgroups13. Other Rubik-like puzzle groups14. Crossing the Rubicon15. Some solution strategies16. Coda: Questions and other directionsBibliographyIndex
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Human Kinetics Publishers Sports Massage
Book SynopsisSports Massage provides an in-depth discussion of applications of foundational massage techniques within a sports massage approach. Table of ContentsPart I: Getting Started With Sports MassageChapter 1: Introduction to Sports Massage What Is Sports Massage? Who Should Be Treated? How Does Sports Massage Work? Where Can Sports Massage Take Place? When Should Sports Massage Take Place? Benefits of Sports Massage Closing Remarks Quick Questions Chapter 2: Contraindications for Sports Massage Contraindications Pathology Closing Remarks Quick Questions Chapter 3: Preparing for Sports Massage Venue Equipment Hygiene Client Positioning Safety Closing Remarks Quick Questions Part II: Sports Massage Techniques Chapter 4: Body Mechanics Massage Couch Height Working Posture Principles of Application Closing Remarks Quick Questions Chapter 5: Massage Techniques Components of a Massage Stroke Effleurage Petrissage Compression Deep Strokes Vibration Tapotement Friction Closing Remarks Quick Questions Part III: Applying Sports MassageChapter 6: Sports Massage for Prone Positions Neck Shoulder Torso Pelvis Leg Foot Sitting Quick Questions Chapter 7: Sports Massage for Supine Positions Neck Chest Shoulder and Arm Torso and Abdominal Muscles Pelvis Thigh Leg Foot Quick Questions Chapter 8: Sports Massage for Side-Lying Positions Neck Shoulder and Arm Torso Pelvis Thigh Quick Questions Part IV: Sports Massage Programmes and ManagementChapter 9: Client Assessment Subjective Assessment Objective Assessment Interpretive Stage Closing Remarks Quick Questions Chapter 10: Event Massage Pre-Event Massage Inter-Event Massage Post-Event Massage Working With an Elite Sport Team Organising an Event Closing Remarks Quick Questions Chapter 11: Special Populations Spinal Cord Injuries Limb Deficiency Cerebral Palsy Visual Impairment Communication Closing Remarks Quick Questions
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Human Kinetics Publishers FullBody Flexibility
Book Synopsis Develop flexibility, balance, and strength for improved performance on the athletic field, in fitness class, and in daily life. Premier fitness instructor and author Jay Blahnik blends the best of yoga, Pilates, martial arts, and sport training to create stretching sequences that can be used for warm-up, cool-down, and challenging fitness workouts. Trade Review“Full-Body Flexibility is flawless and on the mark. Jay’s methodology is simple and offers an exercise instruction formula that is seamless, exciting, fun, and useful to both fitness professionals and consumers!” Douglas S. Brooks, MS -- Author of Your Personal Trainer, BOSU Programming and Master Trainer Team Director, RealRyder Director of Programming and Education “As a true visionary, Jay Blahnik brings stretching into the 21st century. His book Full-Body Flexibility takes a holistic approach to training that is both scientifically sound and easy to apply.” Keli Roberts -- IDEA International Instructor of the Year "This is a smart, straightforward approach to stretching for flexibility, strength, and injury prevention.”Lindsey Emery -- Fitness Magazine Fitness Editor Table of ContentsPart I Total-Body Stretch System Chapter 1: Stretching Basics Chapter 2: Three-Step Stretch System Part II Regions of Flexibility Chapter 3: Neck, Shoulders, Arms, and Hands Chapter 4: Chest, Back, and Abdominals Chapter 5: Glutes, Hips, and Inner Thighs Chapter 6: Quadriceps and Hamstrings Chapter 7: Calves, Shins, and Feet Chapter 8: Multiregion Stretches Chapter 9: Sport Mobility Stretches Part III Fitness and Sport Routines Chapter 10: General Stretch Routines Chapter 11: Sport Stretch Routines Chapter 12: Specialty Stretch Routines
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Lovers Guide to Trapping Johns Hopkins Poetry
Book SynopsisAll of those described here are vulnerable, some of them searingly so, and all are acutely aware of just how angular their worlds can be, whether accompanied by terror or hilarity.Trade ReviewThese poems have depth and richness of observation that repels easy emotion and compel-and reward-repeated reading. Booklist In his eighth book of verse, Wyatt Prunty's low-keyed eloquence conveys an authentic ache that more declamatory poets sometimes miss. Times Literary Supplement 2009Table of ContentsIMoleBig Dog, Little DogHouse WrenSpencerian HandLast CenturyStazione CentraleIncident in the SublimeThe Returning DeadCircusAlbumen Silver Print from Glass Negative outside Chicago Station, 1887IIThe CombineInsomniasPrudentius, Seneca, Boethius, etc.MemoryThe InsistentTime's TrainMatriarchsTwo Views1950FieldsParksIIIGramercy ParkMaroonedStrayLincoln's TunnelAddio del passatoEndemicLate WalksAn Early Guide to Trapping
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Human Kinetics Publishers The Art of Running Faster
Book SynopsisProvides you with a fresh approach to running, achieving your goals and setting your personal best. This title challenges the stereotypes, removes the doubts and erases the self-imposed limitations by prescribing not only what to do but also how to do it. It helps you learn how to overcome the obstacles that prevent you from running faster.Trade Review“Julian Goater offers a practical approach to running, explaining not only what to do but how to do it. The Art of RunningFaster is a must-have guide for becoming a better runner.” -- David Bedford, Race Director of the Virgin London Marathon Table of ContentsChapter 1. Pushing the Limits; Chapter 2. Aiming True; Chapter 3. Flexible You; Chapter 4. Take a Deep Breath; Chapter 5. Going Clubbing; Chapter 6. The Ups and Downs of Running; Chapter 7. Running Round in Circles; Chapter 8. Running With Skill.
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Johns Hopkins University Press Never Pure Historical Studies of Science as if
Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging and intensely interdisciplinary collection by one of the most distinguished historians and sociologists of science represents some of the leading edges of change in the scholarly understanding of science over the past several decades.Trade ReviewWhat makes his essays so enjoyable and alive... is their leaping range of reference, always running one step ahead and urging us to catch up. -- Jenny Uglow New York Review of Books 2010 Professor Shapin has a sense of humor, a good eye for an anecdote and the ability to turn a phrase. -- Katherine Bouton New York Times 2010 While it might not be for novices, anyone who is interested in how and why science enjoys a privileged position as a source of knowledge should read Shapin's take on the authority given to it vis-a-vis religion and morality, why it is compliment to be both a gentleman and a scholar, and why it matters whether Newton ate chicken or Darwin farted. Seed Magazine 2010 An impressive work and one that scientists will benefit from reading. Shapin reminds us that... neither scientists nor science itself can be separated from the context of peoples' minds, bodies, cultures, societies. Expectations based on any other understanding are simply unrealistic. -- Sam Lemonick Chemical and Engineering News 2010 He is a graceful and engaging essayist, and the ample selection of essays in Never Pure ... affords an excellent basis for reflecting on what he has had to say about the life of science. -- Robert E. Kohler Science 2010 Never Pure will enrich the bookshelf of any historian of science. -- Katy Barrett Endeavour 2010Table of ContentsPreface1. Lowering the Tone in the History of Science: A Noble CallingPart I: Methods and Maxims2. Cordelia's Love: Credibility and the Social Studies of Science3. How to Be Antiscientific4. Science and Prejudice in Historical PerspectivePart II: Places and Practices5. The House of Experiment in Seventeenth-century England6. Pump and Circumstance: Robert Boyle's Literary TechnologyPart III: The Scientific Person7. "The Mind Is Its Own Place": Science and Solitude in Seventeenth-century England8. "A Scholar and a Gentleman": The Problematic Identity of the Scientific Practitioner in Seventeenth-century England9. Who Was Robert Hooke?10. Who Is the Industrial Scientist? Commentary from Academic Sociology and from the Shop Floor in the United States, ca. 1900–ca. 1970Part IV: The Body of Knowledge and the Knowledge of Body11. The Philosopher and the Chicken: On the Dietetics of Disembodied Knowledge12. How to Eat Like a Gentleman: Dietetics and Ethics in Early Modern EnglandPart V: The World of Science and the World of Common Sense13. Trusting George Cheyne: Scientific Expertise, Common Sense, and Moral Authority in Early Eighteenth-century Dietetic Medicine14. Proverbial Economies: How an Understanding of Some Linguistic and Social Features of Common Sense Can Throw Light on More Prestigious Bodies of Knowledge, Science for Example15. Descartes the Doctor: Rationalism and Its TherapiesPart VI: Science and Modernity16. Science and the Modern WorldNotesIndex
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Pluto Press ManMade Woman
Book SynopsisAn auto-ethnography of cross-dressing, framed by Marxism and psychoanalytic theoryTrade Review'Cremin explores the relationship between theory and life with intelligence and wit' -- Juliet Jacques, author of Trans: A Memoir (Verso, 2016)'Laced with some occasional edginess, it is a wonderful book, erudite, politically astute, brilliantly written, and at times wickedly funny. It's my favourite I've read for quite some time' -- Jeff Hearn, Hanken School of Economics, Finland; University of Huddersfield, UK; author of Men of the WorldTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. What’s In A Dress? 2. On The Lavatory Question 3. The Aesthetic of Cross-Dressing 4. Everyone’s a Fetishist 5. How Popular Culture Made Me (a Woman) 6. Full Exposure Notes Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press The Privatization of Israeli Security
Book SynopsisCharts the rise of neoliberal Israel to show how Israeli security elites turn violence into a commodity.Trade Review'Shir Hever has emerged as one of the most incisive analysts of the critical Israeli Left.' -- Jonathan Nitzan, Professor in the Department of Political Science, York University'Shir Hever is an "engaged intellectual" par excellence. As a political economist and activist, he is well-placed to explore a little-known but key facet of Israel's occupation: the privatization of Israeli security and the economic and political benefits that accrue from both Israel's Occupation and its constant state of militarism' -- Jeff Halper, author of War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians, and Global Pacification (Pluto, 2015)'[An] important study' -- Socialist ReviewTable of ContentsList of Tables List of Graphs Acknowledgements Abbreviations Preface 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Framework 3. Developments in Israel’s Military and Security Institutions 4. Processes of Privatization of Security in Israel 5. Outsourcing the Occupation 6. Global Dimensions of Security Privatization in Israel 7. Conclusions Appendix: Overview of Privatization of Security in Israel Notes Filmography Bibliography Index
£21.84
Johns Hopkins University Press The Rise of Fishes 500 Million Years of
Book SynopsisThe book includes photographs of fossils from around the world as well as dramatic color illustrations depicting what those fishes may have actually looked like.Trade ReviewAnyone wanting an overview of '500 million years of evolution' of fish and aquatic creatures really needs to read this acclaimed text. It is the work of Australian palaeontologist and curator John A. Long, who works at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. This is a second edition incorporating research from the past 15 years. This is not a work of popular science. It is a richly illustrated technical book that will be of interest to anyone wanting to know about fish before they crawled out of the oceans and started the long journey from amphibians to mammals. Sydney Morning Herald 2011Table of ContentsForeword, by Philippe JanvierPreface to the Second EditionAcknowledgments1. Earth, Rocks, Evolution, and Fish2. Glorified Swimming Worms: The First Fishes3. Jawless Wonders4. Armored Fishes and Fishes with Arms5. Sharks and Their Cartilaginous Kin6. Spiny-Jawed Fishes7. An Epiphany of Evolution8. Primitive Ray-Finned Fishes9. Teleosteans, the Champions10. The Ghost Fish and Other Primeval Predators11. Strangers in the Bite: Dipnomorphans12. Big Teeth, Strong Fins13. The Greatest Step in EvolutionA Classification of FishesGlossaryBibliographyIndex
£51.75
Pluto Press Why Turkey is Authoritarian From Atat252rk to
Book SynopsisA radical history of Turkey, from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the present day, rejecting traditional narratives of a 'clash of civilisations'Trade Review'Wrests us out of the stale narratives of Islam vs. secularism, offering a new way of understanding one of the most important questions in Turkey today: why despite so much democratic promise, its fundamental political structure returns to authoritarianism again and again' -- Suzy Hansen, author of Notes on a Foreign Country (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017)'Informative and authoritative Karaveli's analysis of Turkish politics should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand Turkey's relentless retreat from democracy' -- Ronald Grigor Suny, William H. Sewell Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History, The University of Michigan, and author of 'They Can Live in the Desert But Nowhere Else': A History of the Armenian Genocide (Princeton, 2015)Table of ContentsSeries Preface Timeline List of Illustrations Introduction 1. A Pattern of Violence 2. Kemalism and the Left 3. Capitalist Foundation 4. How the Right Won the People 5. Social Democratic Hope 6. Vengeance of the Right 7. The Rise of the Islamists Epilogue: Class, Identity and Democracy Afterword: Attacking the Kurds - The 'Return' of Kemalism Notes Bibliography Index
£23.83
Pluto Press Dread Poetry and Freedom
Book SynopsisAn exploration of the radical politics and poetics of Linton Kwesi Johnson.Trade Review'David Austin offers nothing less than a radical geography of black art in his (re)sounding of Linton Kwesi Johnson. You don't play with Johnson's revolutionary poetry, Austin teaches, and 'Dread, Poetry and Freedom' is as serious, and beautiful, as our life' -- Fred Moten, poet, critic and theorist'A moving and dialogic musing on freedom. Austin's richly textured study reads LKJ's poetry in relation to an expansive tradition of black radical politics and poetics. It captures both the urgency of Johnson's historical moment and his resonance for ours' -- Shalini Puri, Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh'With the intensity of a devotee and the precision of a scholar, David Austin skillfully traverses the dread terrain of Linton Kwesi Johnson's politics and poetry, engaging readers in an illuminating dialogue with diverse interlocutors who haunt the writer's imagination' -- Carolyn Cooper, cultural critic, author of 'Noises in the Blood: Orality, Gender and the 'Vulgar' Body of Jamaican Popular Culture'' 'Dread, Poetry and Freedom' offers an expansive exploration of Caribbean political and cultural history, from Rastafari in Jamaica and Walter Rodney and Guyana to the Cuban Revolution with impressive articulations of the significance of Fanonism. Caribbean political theory is animating literary and cultural studies diasporically; this work demonstrates this elegantly' -- Carole Boyce Davies, author of 'Caribbean Spaces', Professor of Africana Studies and Literature at Cornell UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Prologue 1. The Poet's Routes 2. Dread Dialectics 3. Dread Poetry and Freedom 4. Politics and Mourning in 'Reggae fi Radni' 5. The Wise Old Shepherd 6. The Good Life 7. More Time 8. Searching for the Fantastic Post-Apartheid Postscript Notes Index
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University of Toronto Press Myth and Meaning
Book SynopsisEver since the rise of science and the scientific method in the seventeenth century, we have rejected mythology as the product of superstitious and primitive minds. Only now are we coming to a fuller appreciation of the nature and role of myth in human history. In these five lectures originally prepared for the CBC, Claude Lévi-Strauss, one of the world's greatest living thinkers, offers the insights of a lifetime spent interpreting myths and trying to discover their significance for human understanding.The lectures begin with a discussion of the historical split between mythology and science and the evidence that mythic levels of understanding are being reintegrated in our approach to knowledge. In an extension of his theme, Professosr Lévi-Strauss analyses what we have called 'primitive' thinking and discusses some universal features of human mythology. The final two lectures outline the functional relationship between mythology and history and the structural relationship b
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Pluto Press Art after Money Money after Art
Book SynopsisWhat can we learn about capitalism by looking at artworks that take money as their subject?Trade Review'Perhaps the most theoretically creative radical thinker of the moment' -- – David Graeber, author of Debt: The First 5000 Years (Melville House, 2014)'Daring, brilliant, provocative. At last a radical critique of the crypto-approach and an abolitionist approach to the problem of money and art' -- Franco Berardi, Philosopher, author of Futurability: The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility (Verso, 2017)Table of ContentsFigures Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction 1. 3.5 Artistic Strategies To Envision Money’s Mediation 2. 6 Artists x 2 Crises x 3 Orders Of Reproduction 3. 0 Participation: Benign Pessimism, Tactical Parasitics and the Encrypted Common 4. ∞ Encryption: Art’s Crypt, Securitization in Numbers, Derivative Socialities 5. Conclusion: Toward Abolitionist Horizons Notes Subject Index Name Index
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Pluto Press Moving Against the System
Book SynopsisA revolutionary collection of black radical thought from a historic event in 1968.Trade Review'The Congress of Black Writers marks one of the most important gatherings of radical intellectuals in the 20th century... Where else can you find the likes of C.L.R. James, Walter Rodney, Richard B. Moore, James Forman, Stokely Carmichael, Robert Hill and others, talking revolution to an engaged and sometimes combative crowd? I couldn't put the book down' -- Robin D. G. Kelley, author of 'Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination''Moving Against The System is a carefully constructed montage of the leadership , dynamics, and substance of what became an international "Movement". It is a revelatory portrait of the past that is no less revealing of the political dynamics and potential of today's "Black Live Matter", "#MeToo", and other activist efforts . A must read' -- Harry Edwards, Prof. Emeritus, Univ. of California, Berkeley; Consultant: NFL, NBA'Austin provides a wonderful contextual and critical Introduction making the contributions of CLR James, Robert Hill, Walter Rodney, James Forman, Stokely Carmichael and many others not only relevant to but also very much alive for contemporary movement theory and practice. A must read for all those concerned with anti-racist revolutionary social transformation today' -- Gary Kinsman, gay liberation and anti-capitalist activist, co-author of 'The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation''Moving Against the System powerfully reminds us of the depth and breadth of the Black radical tradition and its profound, enduring contributions to anti-imperialist thought and action. At a time when such acute insights are badly needed, Austin suggests critical ways to engage with these ideas and histories, to educate and inform today’s struggles to change the system' -- Aziz Choudry, Canada Research Chair in Social Movement Learning and Knowledge Production, McGill University'It is simply extraordinary to read, fifty years later, this collection. Not only has David Austin expertly introduced the interventions of some of the 20th century's most important intellectuals and militants, these texts remind us of a time when the struggles against racism, capitalism, and imperialism converged on a global scale and advanced a project for liberation... a project which remains central and necessary today' -- Asad Haider, author of 'Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump''This remarkable collections gathers electric essays from a critical site of the making of a 'global 1968'. Masterfully introduced, it includes the work of leading pan-African thinkers and freedom fighters gathered at the most important North American intellectual event of that critical year. The histories and dilemmas that they dissect are ones with which we still very much live' -- David Roediger, author of 'Class, Race, and Marxism''This collection is a treasure chest of Canadian, Caribbean, and African diasporic history. And David Austin is a remarkable archivist, curator, detective and analyst of this decisive moment' -- Karen Dubinsky, Professor, Global Development Studies and History Queen's University'David Austin has done a tremendous service by bringing together this brilliant and inspiring collection from the Congress of Black Writers... With white supremacy on the rise once again, the insights contained here provide a vital guide to the waging of revolutionary anti-racist praxis on a global scale' -- Sunera Thobani, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia; author of 'Exalted Subjects: Studies in the Making of Race and Nation in Canada''Reading Moving Against the System as an activist and organiser is to experience time folding in on itself ... much of our struggles today are informed in part by some of the men whose speeches and arguments appear here ... the documentation of this incredibly important Congress in an accessible book format is sure to remain relevant and instructive for years to come' -- Sandra Hudson, co-founder of Black Lives Matter - Toronto'With the groundbreaking publication of key selections from the 1968 Congress of Black Writers and David Austin's in-depth explanation of the gathering's context and significance 'Moving Against the System' speaks to us across five decades with great eloquence and power' -- Max Elbaum, author of 'Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che'Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: The Dialect of Liberation: The Congress of Black Writers at 50 and Beyond - David Austin 1. The Psychology of Subjection: Race Relations in the United States of America - Alvin Poussaint 2. The Haitian Revolution and the History of Slave Revolt - C. L. R. James 3. The Fathers of the Modern Revolt: Marcus Garvey and the Origins of Black Power - Robert Hill 4. African History in the Service of the Black Liberation - Walter Rodney 5. The Civilizations of Ancient Africa - Richard B. Moore 6. Black History in the Americas - Richard B. Moore 7. Race in Britain and the Way Out - Richard Small 8. Moving Against the System: New Directions for the Black Struggle - Harry Edwards 9. Frantz Fanon and the Third World - James Forman 10. Black Power in the USA - Stokely Carmichael 11. 'A Black Woman Speaks Out' - Barbara Jones 12. 'You Don't Play with Revolution': Interview with C. L. R. James - Michael Smith 13. On the Banning of Walter Rodney from Jamaica - C. L. R. James at Montreal Rally 14. Letter to C. L. R. James from Rosie Douglas, June 9, 1968 15. Letter to Rosie Douglas from C. L. R. James, June 27, 1968 Notes Index
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University of Toronto Press Travelling Concepts in the Humanities
Book SynopsisBal's focus for this book is the idea that interdisciplinarity in the humanities - necessary, exciting, serious - must seek its heuristic and methodological basis in concepts rather than its methods.
£31.50
Pluto Press The Global Police State
Book SynopsisA critical look at the terrifying ways the police are used to control 'surplus' populations worldwide.Trade Review'Every socialist should read this book' -- Neil Faulkner, historian and archaeologist'A field guide to repression in the 21st century, with its state control and new forms of surveillance and technological manipulation.' -- Christopher McMichael, New Frame'Robinson gives powerful theoretical coherence to everyone's fear that the fascism is being reborn, but adds the important twist that repression itself has grown into an essential engine of accumulation' -- Mike Davis, author of 'Planet of Slums' and co-author of 'Set the Night on Fire: Los Angeles in the Sixties''For the last twenty years, William Robinson has been one of the most important analysts of global capitalism and the dynamics of globalization. In this new work, Robinson turns his attention to the emergence of a 21st century "global police state" that has developed as a corollary to growing inequality, climate collapse, and intensifying migration movements of the dispossessed. As Robinson warns, with great deprivation comes great repression, policing and potentially war. Robinson writes pointedly and with urgency for a broad audience with an interest in mobilizing for a just world' -- Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and author of 'From #BlackLives Matter to Black Liberation''Karl Marx aspired to a world in which our animal needs would be satisfied and our human needs could be addressed. It is a realistic possibility now, as William Robinson outlines – or the alternative that is taking shape before our eyes: a 'global police state' controlled by narrowly concentrated capital with 'surplus humanity' left to survive somehow on its own. The choice is in our hands. There could hardly be a more compelling one' -- Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and author of 'Who Rules the World?'‘A crucial reflection on power, capitalism and war globally … The Global Police State provides an accessible and compact overview of repression and corporate expansion into policing and surveillance.’ -- ‘ROAR’Table of ContentsA Brief Acknowledgment of Collective Authorship List of Acronyms Introduction: “George Orwell Got It Wrong” 1. Global Capitalism and its Crisis 2. Savage Inequalities: The Imperative of Social Control 3. Militarized Accumulation and Accumulation by Repression 4. The Battle for the Future Notes Index
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MY - University of Toronto Press Williams Hebrew Syntax Third Edition
Book SynopsisDeveloped over fifteen years in a formal course on Hebrew syntax at the University of Toronto, it treats the syntax of the noun, the verb, particles and clauses, with a selection of illustrative examples.Trade Review'The particular excellence of the book... is its abundant quotation, to illustrate every nuance of the language of the Hebrew Bible.' Times Educational Supplement
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Pluto Press The Kurdish Womens Movement
Book SynopsisA detailed ethnographic account of the revolutionary Kurdish women's movementTrade Review'Dilar Dirik is one the foremost writers, scholars and participants in the Kurdish women's movement. Her revolutionary work against all forms of state and social oppression and exploitation is unsparing in its truth-telling and expansive in its political orientation - a true people's historian from below' -- Harsha Walia, author of 'Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism' (Haymarket, 2021)'Compelling [...] As a social history from below, it goes beyond the hype and reveals the radical roots of this movement' -- Dr Yara Hawari, writer, academic and political analyst'Read to 'feelthink' and to embrace the memories of the historical struggle of the Kurdish sisters against the fascist and capitalist patriarchy. From the mountains, academia and daily life in resistance, their legacy walks towards liberation, healing and dignity' -- Lorena Kab'nal, Mayan Ancestral Healer, Territorial Community Feminist and Community Social Psychologist'What should a women's revolution look like? With clarity, Dilar Dirik lays bare the thoughts and experiments of the inspiring Kurdish women who for decades having been setting example to anyone fighting for a more equal world. This is an important book for everyone interested in revolution, gender equality, anti-fascist and anti-capitalist struggle' -- Alpa Shah, Professor of Anthropology at London School of Economics and award-winning authorTable of ContentsFigures Abbreviations and acronyms Locations in Kurdish Map Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: The Kurdistan women’s revolution – A social history from below PART I: HISTORY 1. Mapping the Kurdistan of women 2. The Kurdistan Revolutionaries 3. Berxwedan jiyan e! – The Diyarbakır prison resistance 4. Vejîn! – The first bullet 5. Edî bes e! – The dirty war 6. Towards women’s autonomy 7. International conspiracy and internal crisis 8. The battle for the PKK’s soul 9. Enter Democratic Confederalism PART II: THEORY 10. ‘Struggling woman’: Ideology and identity 11. Building ‘democratic modernity’ 12. Jineolojî: ‘A science of woman and life’ PART III: PRACTICE 13. Stateless society 14. Öcalan: Leader, prisoner, comrade 15. Revolutionizing love 16. Mothers 17. Self-defence 18. Martyrs 19. Prisoners 20. Education 21. Media 22. Ecology 23. Mexmûr: From displacement to self-determination 24. Bakur: Women against politicide 25. Başûr: ‘Freedom is more than the absence of dictatorship’ 26. Rojava: A women’s revolution 27. Resistance or feminicide: Women against Daesh 28. Şengal: From feminicide to women’s autonomy 29. Kobanê did not fall 30. Life after Daesh: Women’s solidarity in Manbij 31. War and peace PART IV: EMPOWERMENT OR REVOLUTION? 32. Two rivers, two freedom agendas? Notes Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey Islamism Violence and
Book SynopsisAn academic insider's account of the Islamist social movement Kurdish HizbullahTrade Review'An excellent ethnographic analysis of the impact of Islamism within the Kurdish movement in Turkey, a must read for those especially interested in the interaction of religion and ethnic identity in the Middle East' -- Fatma Müge Göçek, Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, The University of Michigan'With deep personal knowledge, Mehmet Kurt offers us an unrivalled insight into the world view of those involved in this important Kurdish Islamic movement. He shows how deeply and broadly embedded Hizbullah is, and how it may well help shape the future' -- David McDowall, author of A Modern History of the Kurds'The first major anthropological study of Turkey's Hizbullah, the most important Kurdish Islamist movement' -- Martin van Bruinessen, Professor of the Comparative Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, Utrecht UniversityTable of ContentsPreface to the English Translation Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Historical Overview of Hizbullah 2. The 'Grounded' Dimensions of Hizbullah as Islamist Organisation and Social Movement 3. The Construction of Social Memory in the Stories and Novels of Hizbullah Conclusion Appendix: The Text of the Written Interview with Hizbullah Officials Notes Bibliography Index
£47.50
University of Toronto Press Klaebers Beowulf Fourth Edition
Book SynopsisReaders will find that the book remains recognizably Klaeber's work, but with altered and added features designed to render it as useful today as it has ever been.Trade ReviewRevising Klaeber's Beowulf was a feat commensurate with the heroic deeds of the poem's protagonist. The new edition is a roaring success. -- Anatoly Liberman, Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis, vol 15:01:10
£35.10
University of British Columbia Press Hunters and Bureaucrats Power Knowledge and
Book SynopsisA timely anthropological examination of the effect of land claims settlements and co-management of resources on the Kluane First Nation of the Southwest Yukon.Trade ReviewThe book is well written and carefully argued. Nadasdy draws effectively on the seminal ethnography and ethnological work of the Penn Boasians: Frank Speck, A.I. Hallowell, and their many informal students, and his own ethnographic observations are revealing and apt. -- David Dinwoodie, University of New Mexico * Western Historical Quarterly, Summer 2005 *At first blush, it seems a very long reach from the aboriginal hunting camps of the Kluane in Canada’s Yukon wilderness to the poststructuralist environs of modern French philosophy. Yet careful reading of Paul Nadasdy’s prodigal new work of contemporary ethnography reveals that geographically, culturally, and philosophically the distance involved is much less than might be expected. -- William Hipwell, Department of Geography, Kyungpook National University, South Korea * Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, Spring 2005 *Table of ContentsIllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Aboriginal-State Relations in Kluane Country: An Overview2 “It’s Not Really ‘Knowledge’ at All, It’s More a Way of Life”3 The Politics of TEK: Power and the Integration of Knowledge4 Counting Sheep: The Ruby Range Sheep Steering Committee and the Construction of Knowledge5 Knowledge-Integration in Practice: The Case of the Ruby Range Sheep Steering Committee6 “Just Like Whitemen”: Property and Land Claims in Kluane CountryConclusionNotesReferencesIndex
£26.99
University of British Columbia Press Cripping Intersex
Book SynopsisCripping Intersex explores the political, discursive, and embodied connections between intersex and disability to develop a radically innovative approach to intersex studies and activism.
£27.90
University of Nebraska Press Beyond Papillon
Book SynopsisThrough an analysis of criminal case files, administrative records, and prisoner biographies, this book reconstructs life in the penal colonies and examines how the social sciences, tropical medicine, and sensational journalism evaluated and exploited the inmates' experiences.Trade Review"An engaging and well-researched account of the 100-year histories of the penal colonies of French Guiana and New Caledonia... Beyond Papillon makes important contributions to the histories of colonization and crime and punishment... The very idea of creating overseas penal colonies presents us with troubling questions about how societies deal with offenders against the social order, and Toth's discussion provides historical perspectives on important contemporary debates."-Deborah Neill, Itinerario ItinerarioTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Back to the Future: France and Penal Colonization; 2. The Desire to Deport: The Recidivist of Fin de Siecle France; 3. Life in the Penal Colony: The View from Above and Below; 4. The Lords of Discipline: The French Penal Colony Service; 5. The Battle over the Bagnard: Tropical Medicine in the Bagne; 6. The Not-So-Fatal Shore: The Criminological Conception of the Fin de Siecle Bagne; 7. The Bagne Obscura: Representational Crisis and the Twentieth CenturyConclusion
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Cornell University Press What Universities Can Be
Book SynopsisIn What Universities Can Be, the high-profile educator Robert J. Sternberg writes thoughtfully about the direction of higher education in this country and its potential to achieve future excellence.Trade Review"What Universities Can Be by Robert J. Sternberg makes a compelling argument that standardized tests, admission standards, and much of college instruction administration and governance are well aligned and completely irrelevant for preparing young people to be creative participants in the workforce, who are appropriately engaged in civil discourse and service to others, and are capable of being the ethical leaders we need for the future. He explains how we could realign all of those elements in appropriate ways, and he provides clear and thoughtful insights into why the world of higher education looks the way it does." -- Ed Ray, President, Oregon State University"In What Universities Can Be, Robert J. Sternberg contributes notably to the higher education field by establishing a model to guide the evolution of the modern university. Sternberg's conversational style is interesting and highly readable." -- Pamela Fry, Associate Provost and Associate Vice President of Undergraduate Education, Oklahoma State University"Robert J. Sternberg draws on his exceptional scholarship and years in the administrative trenches to craft some nuggets of practical wisdom about what colleges and universities need to do to realize their espoused aspirations." -- George D. Kuh, Director, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, University of Illinois"What if we valued institutions of higher education for fostering good citizens and ethical leaders? Robert J. Sternberg, one of our most thoughtful psychologists, reflects intriguingly on this possibility." -- Howard Earl Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, author of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed: Educating for the Virtues in the Twenty-first CenturyTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I A New Future for Universities 1. Three Traditions of Higher Education in Relation to Democracy 2. The Mission of the ACCEL University 3. The Skills ACCEL Universities Should Develop 4. Diversity Part II Who Gets In and Who Is Able to Go? 5. Admissions 6. Financial Aid and College Costs Part III Student Learning and Life 7. Teaching and Learning 8. Assessing Student Learning 9. Retention and Graduation 10. The Role of Athletics Part IV Structural Issues 11. Assessing Faculty 12. Governance 13. Marketing Higher Education 14. It's Not Only Students Who Need to Learn: A Model of Institutional Change for Assessing Universities as Learning Organizations Part V Putting Theory into Practice 15. Transforming a University into an ACCEL University: What One Can Do Right Now
£22.79
Cornell University Press Corporate Warriors
Book SynopsisSome have claimed that "War is too important to be left to the generals," but P. W. Singer asks "What about the business executives?" Breaking out of the guns-for-hire mold of traditional mercenaries, corporations now sell skills and services that...Trade ReviewProvides a sweeping survey of the work of MPRI, Airscan, Dyncorp, Brown and Root, and scores of other firms that can variously put troops in the field, build and run military bases, train guerrilla forces, conduct air surveillance, mount coups, stave off coups, and put back together the countries that wars have just destroyed. * The Atlantic Monthly *The creeping military-industrial complex about which President Dwight Eisenhower warned us five decades ago has reached critical mass. In fact, P. W. Singer, a security analyst at the Brookings Institution, suggests that Ike would be flabbergasted by the recent proliferation of privatized military firms and their influence on public policy both here and abroad. Calling them the corporate evolution of old-fashioned mercenaries, Singer's illuminating new book, says they provide the service side of war rather than weapons. * Christian Science Monitor *Large-scale wars may still be the sole provenance of sovereign governments, but many countries are now quietly outsourcing smaller-scale functions to privatized military firms (PMFs), which do not carry the same political weight as national troops. These firms might build camps, provide supplies, or furnish combat troops, technical assistance, or expert consultants for training programs. This is a new area for policymakers to debate and scholars to explore.... This portrait of the military services industry is well documented with many footnotes and a lengthy bibliography. * Library Journal *Provides a thoughtful, engaging critique of the U.S. government's growing dependence on private companies to wage war. Mercenaries in the employ of the Pentagon have made news with every new controversy in Iraq, from the ambush that sparked the siege of Fallujah to the prisoner abuses in Abu Ghraib prison and the raid on Ahmed Chalabi's offices. The involvement of those for-profit fighters has inspired plenty of political vitriol, much of it directed at Halliburton, Vice-President Dick Cheney's former employer. But there are some less-well-known players here, too: DynCorp, MPRI, and ICI Oregon, which do everything from database work to intelligence-gathering. * Business Week *The first notable book on the subject. * The Financial Times *Table of ContentsPART I. THE RISE1. An Era of Corporate Warriors?2. Privatized Military History3. The Privatized Military Industry Distinguished4. Why Security Has Been PrivatizedPART II. ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION5. The Global Industry of Military Services6. The Privatized Military Industry Classified7. The Military Provider Firm: Executive Outcomes8. The Military Consultant Firm: MPRI9. The Military Support Firm: Brown & RootPART III. IMPLICATIONS10. Contractual Dilemmas11. Market Dynamism and Global Disruptions12. Private Firms and the Civil-Military Balance13. Public Ends, Private Military Means?14. Morality and the Privatized Military Firm15. ConclusionsPOSTSCRIPTThe Lessons of IraqAppendix I. PMFs on the WebAppendix 2. PMF ContractNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Nebraska Press Mad Love
Book SynopsisOffers an adulation of love as both mystery and revelation. This book is dedicated to defying "the widespread opinion that love wears out, like the diamond, in its own dust."Trade Review"Mad Love is a bizarre, beautiful book. It is a novel, an autobiography, a manifesto--a highly unusual hybrid or, better yet, a 'miracle of rare device.'... [Breton] has seduced me. I have tried to make sense, using words, of his longings. I am in love with this book, but like Breton, I cannot explain my deep, irrational responses."--Review of Contemporary Fiction
£14.24
Cornell University Press The French Revolution in Global Perspective
Book SynopsisSituating the French Revolution in the context of early modern globalization for the first time, this book offers a new approach to understanding its international origins and worldwide effects. A distinguished group of contributors shows that the political culture of the Revolution emerged out of a long history of global commerce, imperial competition, and the movement of people and ideas in places as far flung as India, Egypt, Guiana, and the Caribbean. This international approach helps to explain how the Revolution fused immense idealism with territorial ambition and combined the drive for human rights with various forms of exclusion. The essays examine topics including the role of smuggling and free trade in the origins of the French Revolution, the entwined nature of feminism and abolitionism, and the influence of the French revolutionary wars on the shape of American empire.The French Revolution in Global Perspective illuminates the dense connections among the cultural,Trade ReviewThe eleven contributions are clustered under the traditional headings of the origins, internal dynamics and consequences of the Revolution. Their analyses are far from traditional, however, consistently teasing out transnational connections and contrasts, and it is unusual to have a collection of such uniformly high quality which has such tightly linked concerns. The chapters are all closely documented, and the notes will be a treasure-trove for researchers as much as the text will engage students and teachers alike. -- Peter McPhee * H-France Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction by Suzanne Desan, Lynn Hunt, and William Max NelsonPart I. Origins1. The Global Underground: Smuggling, Rebellion, and the Origins of the French Revolution by Michael Kwass2. The Global Financial Origins of 1789 by Lynn Hunt3. The Fall from Eden: The Free-Trade Origins of the French Revolution by Charles Walton4. 1685 and the French Revolution by Andrew JainchillPart II. "Internal" Dynamics5. Colonizing France: Revolutionary Regeneration and the First French Empire by William Max Nelson6 Foreigners, Cosmopolitanism, and French Revolutionary Universalism by Suzanne Desan7. Feminism and Abolitionism: Transatlantic Trajectories by Denise Z. DavidsonPart III. Consequences8. Egypt in the French Revolution by Ian Coller9. Abolition and Reenslavement in the Caribbean: The Revolution in French Guiana by Miranda Spieler10 The French Revolutionary Wars and the Making of American Empire, 1783–1796 by Rafe BlaufarbCoda11. Every Revolution Is a War of Independence by Pierre Serna, translated by Alexis PernsteinerNotes List of Contributors Index
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University of Nebraska Press The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast
Book SynopsisGiordano Bruno's most representative work, "Spaccio de la bestia trionfante", published in an atmosphere of secrecy in 1584, was singled out by the church tribunal at the summation of his final trial. This title provides an introduction to the philosopher who dared to voice his audacious theories of nature, religion, and history.Trade Review"Bruno's works . . . Will always find a place in the heart of those who wish to move more deeply into the European Hermetic and classical spiritual inheritance."—Parabola"Not only worth reading as a work of art and intellect, it illuminates an aspect of that crucial period which saw the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation and the Inquisition."—Los Angeles Times
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