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  • Maria Izquierdo and Frida Kahlo

    University of Texas Press Maria Izquierdo and Frida Kahlo

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    Book Synopsis María Izquierdo (1902–1955) and Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) were the first two Mexican women artists to achieve international recognition. During the height of the Mexican muralist movement, they established successful careers as easel painters and created work that has become an integral part of Mexican modernism. Although the iconic Kahlo is now more famous, the two artists had comparable reputations during their lives. Both were regularly included in major exhibitions of Mexican art, and they were invariably the only women chosen for the most important professional activities and honors. In a deeply informed study that prioritizes critical analysis over biographical interpretation, Nancy Deffebach places Kahlo’s and Izquierdo’s oeuvres in their cultural context, examining the ways in which the artists participated in the national and artistic discourses of postrevolutionary Mexico. Through iconographic analysis of paintings and themes within each arTrade ReviewDeffebach's feminist critique of the Mexican avant-garde and her discussion of women's rights are valuable. * Latin American Research Review *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: The Problem of the Hero 1. Women on the Wire: Izquierdo's Images of Female Circus Performers 2. Saints and Goddesses: Kahlo's Appropriations of Religious Iconography in Her Self-portraits Part Two: Legitimating Traditions 3. Revitalizing the Past: Precolumbian Figures from West Mexico in Kahlo’s Paintings 4. Kahlo's The Girl, the Moon and the Sun, 1942 5. Mother of the Maize: Izquierdo’s Images of Rural Gardens with Granaries Part Three: The Wall of Resistance6. What Sex Is the City? Izquierdo's Aborted Mural Project Part Four: Still-Life Paintings 7. Picantes pero sabrosas: Kahlo’s Still-Life Paintings and Related Images 8. Grain of Memory: Izquierdo's Paintings of Altars to the Virgin of Sorrows Part Five: Women's Rights in Modern Mexico9. Beyond the Canvas: Izquierdo, Kahlo, and Women’s Rights Conclusion Bibliography Index

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    £999.99

  • Queen of Versailles  Madame de Maintenon First

    McGill-Queen's University Press Queen of Versailles Madame de Maintenon First

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisAn intriguing portrait of the life and court career of the Sun King's secret wife, Françoise d'Aubigné.Trade Review"Queen of Versailles thoroughly explores the roles Madame de Maintenon played in the reign of Louis XIV. Mark Bryant follows Maintenon through the morass of seventeenth-century politics, religious controversies, and court factions to produce a truly impressive work of scholarship, demonstrating a confident command of a vast array of sources." Kathleen Wellman, Southern Methodist University and author of Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France"This is first rate research. Byrant is among the first people to bear insights drawn from modern gender history on Maintenon, who was one of the most powerful women in early modern Europe. Every scholar interested in the history of Louis XIV's Europe will read this book and it will be a vitally important addition to early modern women’s history." James Collins, Georgetown University and author of The State in Early Modern France

    1 in stock

    £37.99

  • I Dont Like the Blues  Race Place and the

    MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina I Dont Like the Blues Race Place and the

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisIn this illuminating work, B. Brian Foster takes us where not many blues writers and scholars have gone: into the homes, memories, speculative visions, and lifeworlds of black folks in contemporary Mississippi to hear what they have to say about the blues and all that has come about since their forebears first sang them.Trade ReviewFoster's thoughtful and well-researched look at race and the blues via an exploration of a distressed and declining Southern rural town will be useful to music and sociology academics." —Library Journal

    1 in stock

    £23.76

  • Modern Mobility Aloft  Elevated Highways

    Temple University Press,U.S. Modern Mobility Aloft Elevated Highways

    Book SynopsisIn the first half of the twentieth century, urban elevated highways were much more than utilitarian infrastructure, lifting traffic above the streets; they were statements of civic pride, asserting boldly modern visions for a city's architecture, economy, and transportation network. Yet three of the most ambitious projects, launched in Chicago, New York, and Boston in the spirit of utopian models by architects such as Le Corbusier and Hugh Ferriss, ultimately fell short of their ideals. Modern Mobility Aloft is the first study to focus on pre-Interstate urban elevated highways within American architectural and urban history. Amy Finstein traces the idealistic roots of these superstructures, their contrasting realities once built, their impacts on successive development patterns, and the recent challenges they have posed to contemporary urban designers. Filled with more than 100 historic photographs and illustrations of beaux arts and art deco architecture, Modern Mobility Aloft provides a critical understanding of urban landscapes, transportation, and technological change as cities moved into the modern era.Trade Review“Like the elevated railroads before them, elevated highways have generally been viewed in negative terms by urban dwellers. Yet the elevated highway represents an important, if not altogether welcome, phase in the daunting challenges to reconcile the demands of accommodating motor vehicles to city fabric on a large scale. Amy Finstein’s beautifully researched and written book examines the seminal early stages of implementing this complex and costly infrastructure in Chicago, New York, and Boston during the first half of the twentieth century. Modern Mobility Aloft is an important analysis of the visionary schemes first devised to address the issue and the myriad factors involved in conceiving and implementing actual projects. Economic considerations, local politics, architectural design values, and changes in building and transportation technology are all addressed in a seamless, engaging narrative.”—Richard Longstreth, Professor of American Studies Emeritus, George Washington University“In Modern Mobility Aloft, Finstein looks deeply at the historical intersection of civil engineering, technology, and urbanism and comes up with a major topic that no one has seen before. She is exactly right in her assertion that the elevated highway as a specific mode of technological response to the problem of automobile congestion has not been treated systematically. More importantly, she sees the connection between the elevated highway and elements of modernist urbanism and culture. Her extensive, original archival work and case studies of downtown congestion and early highway design point to a new integration of the history of technology and urban history.”—Robert Fishman, Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, Taubman College, University of Michigan"This handsomely produced, well-written book is about how three cities—New York, Chicago, and Boston—used elevated roadways well into the 20th century to alleviate the growing crush of traffic on surface roadways. Finstein chronicles the reconciliation of competing interests of political, engineering, and architectural remedies in the solutions offered and in what was either not built, built and later rebuilt, or demolished. Notable is Finstein's attention to issues of architectural style in projects thought of as mere engineering.... Well-illustrated with charts, plans, and photos, and supported by lots of endnotes and bibliographic information, this is an important scholarly resource. Summing Up: Recommended."—Choice"Modern Mobility Aloft focuses on the aesthetics of the structures, the design decisions that went into these highways, and their legacies.... [It is a] strong design-oriented history of elevated highways."—Technology and Culture"Finstein develops a clear and detailed narrative of the history and design of the three elevated highway projects, and presents an impressive amount of information, including numerous images, collected through extensive archival research. This makes the book an enjoyable read…. [T]he book offers important and relevant insights for urban planning and design professionals."—Journal of Planning History"[A] timely book.... Finstein offers an important addition to our understanding of the roots of America’s current transportation systems and of modern American cities.... One of the greatest strengths of Finstein’s work is the effective job she does of showing how a diffuse group of proponents viewed the elevated highways as the perfect solution to a range of issues faced in inter-war cities.... This book firmly and convincingly asserts that the period, the projects and the people who made them a reality influenced a great deal of the post-war world." —Urban History"A welcome addition to the growing body of literature on the impact of automobiles on the American built environment that includes suburbanization and large-scale highway systems.... Modern Mobility Aloft effectively broadens and deepens our understanding of highways as built form."—Buildings & Landscapes

    £21.59

  • Lands End  New and Selected Poems

    The University of Chicago Press Lands End New and Selected Poems

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this comprehensive volume, Mazur demonstrates a remarkable mastery of poetic technique as she depicts human relationships in all of their ambiguities. . . . Here, as elsewhere, the speaker boldly and sensitively proclaims her own lack of understanding. It is this vulnerability, equipped and complemented with extensive erudition, that makes Mazur’s poems as poignant as they are accomplished in their craft." * Publishers Weekly, Starred Review *"In her honed and arresting new collection of poetry, Land’s End, Gail Mazur rightly observes that the sycamores along Memorial Drive in Cambridge do something different than the showy blaze of other trees in fall, 'patterning the road and the old river/with their own kind of darkness and light.' . . . In these new and selected poems, Mazur, who lives in Cambridge and Provincetown, writes with sensual specificity of the Cape, its mussels and sand flats and sandpipers, a hummingbird moth, turnips grown in Eastham, the humble and sublime." -- Nina MacLaughlin * The Boston Globe *"In Land’s End, Mazur has done the hard work, building a palette of primal elements, the metaphors of place — gulls, sand, pebbles worn by tides — to express the yearnings of mortality." * Provincetown Independent *"Before I had received Gail Mazur’s Land’s End, it had already been praised to me as an artifact, a book that looks and feels handsome. In this day of cookie-cutter template publication and undistinguished design, that’s already a quality to celebrate, and not simply incidental to the poet’s own work." -- Jim Kates * Arts Fuse *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNew PoemsHall Mirror At 4 A.M. That Was Then My American Poem At Land’s End Walking Barefoot, August Thoreauvian The Conversation Nostalgia End of Summer Eastham Turnips, November Rest Stop The Breakwater * Josef Albers The High Line Snapshots There Came a Time Blue Work Shirt * Early Morning Walks More, More from Forbidden City (2016)Mount Fuji Forbidden City My Studio Believe That Even in My Deliberateness I Was Not Deliberate * Shade Age On Jane Cooper’s “The Green Notebook” Philip Guston The 70s Elephant Memory To the Charles River * We Swam to an Island of Bees Instance of Me The Self in Search of the Sublime Things Family Crucible Grieffrom Figures in a Landscape (2011)Figures in a Landscape Hermit The Age Poem Shipwreck To the Makers Borges in Cambridge, 1967 To the Women of My Family History of My Timidity Dear Migraine, Isaac Rosenberg Inward Conversation Post-Pastoral Concordance to a Life’s Workfrom Zeppo’s First Wife (2005)Blue Umbrella The Mission September Queenie Dana Street, December Zeppo’s First Wife Seven Sons Waterlilies American Ghazal Rudy’s Treefrom They Can’t Take That Away from Me (2001)Five Poems Entitled “Questions” Michelangelo: to Giovanni da Pistoia When the Author Was Painting the Vault of the Sistine Chapel Poems Maybe It’s Only the Monotony Young Apple Tree, December I Wish I Want I Need The Weskit Evening Girl in a Library Air Drawingfrom The Common (1995)I’m a Stranger Here Myself In Houston Whatever They Want Bluebonnets Poem for Christian, My Student Foliage Ice Poem Ending with Three Lines of Wordsworth’s Bedroom at Arlesfrom The Pose of Happiness (1986)The Horizontal Man Jewelweed Reading Akhmatova Hurricane Watch Fallen Angels Listening to Baseball in the Car To RTSL, 1985from Nightfire (1978)Baseball

    10 in stock

    £22.80

  • Science on a Mission

    The University of Chicago Press Science on a Mission

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book shows why oceanography may be the vital science whose history we need to understand if we want a picture of the evolving relationships between science and the American state over the last century. With her characteristic but rare combination of philosophical and historical insight, and her sharp eye for the politics beneath the surface, Oreskes has skillfully interpreted the wide-ranging legacies of oceanography, and brought them into our understanding of scientific--and political--debates of the present day."--Katharine Anderson, York UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 The Personal, the Political, and the Scientific 2 Seeing the Ocean through Operational Eyes: The Stommel-Arons Model of Abyssal Circulation 3 Whose Science Is It Anyway? The Woods Hole Palace Revolt 4 Stymied by Secrecy: Harry Hess and Seafloor Spreading 5 The Iron Curtain of Classification: What Difference Did It Make? 6 Why the Navy Built Alvin 7 Painting Projects White: The Discovery of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents 8 From Expertise to Advocacy: The Seabed Disposal of Radioactive Waste 9 Changing the Mission: From the Cold War to Climate Change Conclusion: The Context of Motivation Acknowledgments Sources and Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

    10 in stock

    £34.20

  • Fundamentals of Musculoskeletal Imaging

    F.A. Davis Company Fundamentals of Musculoskeletal Imaging

    4 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe book that set the standard for the role of correlating imaging findings to clinical findings as part of a comprehensive patient evaluation, more specific treatment plans and better outcomes is back. This comprehensive guide helps you develop the knowledge you need to accurately interpret imaging studies and understand written reports.Table of Contents 1. General Principles of Musculoskeletal Imaging 2. Radiologic Evaluation, Search Patterns, and Diagnosis 3. Radiologic Evaluation of Fracture 4. Computed Tomography 5. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 6. Diagnostic Ultrasound 7. Radiologic Evaluation of the Cervical Spine 8. Radiologic Evaluation of the Temporomandibular Joint 9. Radiologic Evaluation of the Thoracic Spine, Sternum, and Ribs 10. The Chest Radiograph and Cardiopulmonary Imaging 11. Radiologic Evaluation of the Lumbosacral Spine and Sacroiliac Joints 12. Radiologic Evaluation of the Pelvis and Hip 13. Radiologic Evaluation of the Knee 14. Radiologic Evaluation of the Ankle and Foot 15. Radiologic Evaluation of the Shoulder 16. Radiologic Evaluation of the Elbow 17. Radiologic Evaluation of the Hand and Wrist 18. Integration of Imaging Into Physical Therapy Practice Answers to Self-Test Questions

    4 in stock

    £109.80

  • Neurosurgery Case Review Questions and Answers

    Thieme Medical Publishers Inc Neurosurgery Case Review Questions and Answers

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisNeurosurgical vignettes in question and answer format provide robust prep for the ABNS oral exam!Neurosurgery Case Review: Questions and Answers, 2nd Edition by Remi Nader, Abdulrahman Sabbagh, Samer Elbabaa, Hosam Al-Jehani, Jaime Gasco, and Cristian Gragnaniello provides a robust study guide for the American Board Neurological Surgery and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada oral board examinations. The second edition expands on the highly successful first edition, presenting 148 cases commonly encountered by neurosurgeons in clinical practice. The cases are broadly divided into seven sectionstumor, vascular intracranial pathology, trauma, pediatric, functional, spine, and peripheral nerves. The chapters are arranged in a manner that mirrors the oral board exam. Each case includes a brief clinical scenario followed by questions on presentation, diagnosis, imaging, management, surgical detail, complications, and outcome. The presented information is backed by the l

    3 in stock

    £109.72

  • Creating Spaces of Engagement

    University of Toronto Press Creating Spaces of Engagement

    Book SynopsisThere is a growing need for public buy-in if democratic processes are to run smoothly. But who exactly is the public? What does their engagement in policy-making processes look like? How can our understanding of the public be expanded to include or be led by diverse voices and experiences, particularly of those who have been historically marginalized? And what does this expansion mean not only for public policies and their development, but for how we teach policy? Drawing upon public engagement case studies, sites of inquiry, and vignettes, this volume raises and responds to these and other questions while advancing policy justice as a framework for public engagement and public policy. Stretching the boundaries of deliberative democracy in theory and practice, Creating Spaces of Engagement offers critical reflections on how diverse publics are engaged in policy processes.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Why Create Spaces of Engagement? Connecting Theory, Policy, and Practice Leah R.E. Levac, University of Guelph and Sarah Marie Wiebe, University of Hawai’i, Manoa Part One: Across Disciplines and Beyond the Academy: Stretching Deliberative Democratic Theory 1. Revelatory Protest, Deliberative Exclusion, and the B.C. Missing Women Commission of Inquiry: Bridging the Micro/Macro Divide Genevieve Fuji Johnson, Simon Fraser University 2. The Alberta Energy Futures Lab: A Case Study in Socio-Cultural Transition Through Public Engagement Stephen Williams, Energy Futures Lab 3. Deliberative Democracy and Collective Impact: Seeing and Believing Shared Outcomes and Shared Participation Ellen Szarleta, Indiana University Northwest 4. Northern Women’s Conceptualizations of Wellbeing: Engaging in the "Right" Policy Conversations Leah R.E. Levac, University of Guelph and Jacqueline Gillis, University of Guelph 5. Unsettled Democracy: The Case of the Grandview-Woodlands Citizen Assembly Rachel Magnusson, City of Vancouver 6. Opening to the Possible: Girls and Women with Disabilities Engaging in Vietnam Deborah Stienstra, University of Guelph and Xuan Thuy Nguyen, Carleton University Part Two: Centring Voices from the Margins: Expanding and Evaluating Engagement Practices 7. How OpenMedia.ca Has Used Social Media to Engage Thousands in "Policy Hacking" for Regulatory Reforms at the CRTC and Other Government Bodies Tara Mahoney, Simon Fraser University 8. An Experiment in Engaging the "Heart and Mind": Building Community Capacity on Post-Secondary Campuses Catriona Remocker, University of Victoria, Tim Dyck, University of Victoria, and Dan Reist, University of Victoria 9. Art-Full Methods of Democratic Participation: Listening, Engagement, and Connection Joanna Ashworth, Simon Fraser University 10. Power, Privilege, and Policy-Making: Reflections on “Changing Public Engagement from the Ground Up” Alana Cattapan, University of Waterloo, April Mandrona, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Tammy Findlay, Mount Saint Vincent University, and Alexandra Dobrowolsky, Saint Mary’s University 11. Engaging with Women in Low-Income: Implications for Government-Convened Public Engagement Initiatives and Deliberative Democracy Leah R.E. Levac, University of Guelph Part Three: Effective and Affective Spaces of Deliberation 12. The heART of Engagement: Experiences of a Community-Created Mobile Art Gallery in Brazil Bruno de Oliviera Jayme, Royal Roads University 13. Temporary Labour Migrants’ Engagement and (Dis)engagement with the Policy Process Ethel Tungohan, York University 14. Storytelling as Engagement: Learning from Youth Voices in Attawapiskat Sarah Marie Wiebe, University of Hawai’i, Manoa 15. Making Spaces for Truth: Exploring the Lived Meanings of Deliberating Reconciliation in Higher Education Derek Tannis, Saskatchewan Polytechnic 16. Global Development Agendas with Local Relevance? "Glocal" Approaches, Tensions, and Lessons on Measuring Aid Effectiveness Astrid Pérez Piñán, University of Victoria Conclusion: Concluding Reflections on Policy Justice Deliberative Democracy, Citizen Participation, and the Future of Policy-Making Leah R.E. Levac, University of Guelph and Sarah Marie Wiebe, University of Hawai’i, Manoa

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  • I Was Never Alone or Oporniki

    University of Toronto Press I Was Never Alone or Oporniki

    Book SynopsisI Was Never Alone or Oporniki presents an original ethnographic stage play, based on fieldwork conducted in Russia with adults with disabilities. The core of the work is the script of the play itself, which is accompanied by a description of the script development process, from the research in the field to rehearsals for public performances. In a supporting essay, the author argues that both ethnography and theatre can be understood as designs for being together in unusual ways, and that both practices can be deepened by recognizing the vibrant social impact of interdependency animated by vulnerability, as identified by disability theorists and activists.Table of ContentsAbout This Book Foreword Play Script Cast of Characters Setting Time Portrait I: Vera Portrait II: Vakas Portrait III: Alina Portrait IV: Sergei Portrait V: Rudak Portrait VI: Anya Photos Ethnographer’s Essay: Rituals of Vulnerability Introduction Background a. Words for Disability b. Disability in Russia c. Defining Performance Ethnography d. Performance Ethnography and/in Anthropology Staging Disability: Interdependency and Crip Time Making I Was Never Alone or Oporniki: Origins and Writing Process Representing Russia on the North American Stage Making I Was Never Alone or Oporniki: Casting and Rehearsing Access: Disability Theatre in Practice Conclusion Afterword Appendix 1: Performance Ethnography Exercises Appendix 2: Disability Terminology Appendix 3: Russian and Soviet Historical References Appendix 4: Suggestions for Reading this Work in the Classroom Appendix 5: Prop List and Dramaturgical Note Appendix 6: An Ethic of Accommodation Appendix 7: Glossary and Pronunciation of Russian Words

    £17.99

  • Western Europes Democratic Age

    Princeton University Press Western Europes Democratic Age

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisTrade Review"An investigation of how this remarkably successful but 'consciously unheroic' transition was achieved in western continental Europe. A scholarly work of history that displays a deep knowledge of different political cultures, [Western Europe's Democratic Age] offers valuable context for today’s crisis of liberal democracy."---Ben Hall, Financial Times"[Western Europe's Democratic Age] had a real influence on me."---E. J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post"An important and insightful study. . . . highly readable [and] well-written."---Julia Eichenberg, H/Soz/Kult

    2 in stock

    £37.80

  • Glenn Miller Declassified

    MQ - University of Nebraska Press Glenn Miller Declassified

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe story of American musical legend Glenn Miller, including his tragic and mysterious disappearance.

    1 in stock

    £19.94

  • Notre Dame Cathedral

    Pennsylvania State University Press Notre Dame Cathedral

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisA visual survey of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris over the past 850 years. Addresses a series of key themes in the cathedral’s history, including the fundraising campaign, the construction of vaults, and the liturgical function of the choir.Trade Review“Smaller, more concise, and more streamlined than a traditional monograph, it emphasizes a series of graphics developed from Tallon’s 3D-scan data, which together purport to show the development of Notre-Dame over the nine centuries of its history. In this way it helps to make the fruits of recent research on the cathedral’s history readily accessible to nonspecialist readers. The new translation undertaken by Lindsay Cook, who studied with both Murray and Tallon and whose own research considers parish churches constructed in the orbit of Notre-Dame, now effectively expands that mission to anglophone audiences.”—Robert Bork caa.reviews“With up-to-date scholarship and information from a laser scan now being consulted for the repairs of Notre Dame, this survey is at once authoritative and accessible, an important addition to the specialist and non-specialist libraries alike.”—Nancy Wu SpeculumTable of ContentsIntroduction 11163: Planning the CathedralThe BishopThe Cathedral ChapterThe FabricResourcesEpiscopal DonationsCapitular DonationsLay Donations1170: Building the CathedralThe MaterialsThe Master MasonThe DesignThe Construction1177: Constructing the VaultsThe VaultsTechnical Aspects of Vault ConstructionThe Space of the Choir1182: Liturgical Choir and SanctuaryThe Liturgical ChoirStaging the Ecclesiastical HierarchyThe Medieval Sanctuary1208: Form and MeaningThe ChoirThe Nave1220: Portals and the Gallery of Kings1225: Changing TastesA Radical TransformationThe ChangesInstability of the West Front1245: Towers and Bells, Marking Time at the CathedralThe Casting of a Bell1265: Relics and ProcessionsRelics and ReliquariesStational Liturgy and Processions1300: Pious Foundations and TombsThe Choir: Preserve of Prelates and PrincesThe ChapelsConfraternities at Notre Dame1350: A Point of ReferenceThe ArchitectsDirecting the Works1780: Baroque Transformations1860: The Major Restoration of Lassus and Viollet-le-DucNotre Dame in PerilThe Invention of French Cultural HeritageThe CompetitionThe ProjectThe RestorationThe Rational CathedralThe Cathedral TodayConclusionPlan of Notre DameGlossarySelected BibliographyCredits

    3 in stock

    £26.96

  • Stories under Occupation

    Seagull Books London Ltd Stories under Occupation

    20 in stock

    Book SynopsisPalestinian theater today is drawing increasing interest throughout the Arab world and beyond, as theaters and universities in the English-speaking world are becoming familiar with companies like the Freedom Theatre, Al-Kasaba Theatre, Ashtar, Al-Rowwad, Yes Theatre, Al-Harah, and the Palestinian National Theatre. This volume for the first time presents contemporary plays from a number of Palestinian theatres in English. The collection offers a rare look into the dynamic life of contemporary Palestinian theater. The works gathered here arise directly from the physical and psychological realities of the occupation, combining activism and critical self-inquiry. The anthology represents both the micro-political geography and theatrical institutions of Palestine, covering the West Bank from the farthest north to the farthest south, the Galilee, Gaza, and Jerusalem. What emerges is the range of contemporary Palestinian national identity as expressed in the content, styles and institutions of its theater. As part of the In Performance series, the plays in this anthology will be of interest to those who want to produce new work, read diverse dramatic and performance literature, and understand the ways in which theater contributes to international discussions of culture, rights, history, and more.

    20 in stock

    £33.25

  • Remains of Socialism

    Cornell University Press Remains of Socialism

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisIn Remains of Socialism, Maya Nadkarni investigates the changing fates of the socialist past in postsocialist Hungary. She introduces the concept of remainsboth physical objects and cultural remaindersto analyze all that Hungarians sought to leave behind after the end of state socialism.Spanning more than two decades of postsocialist transformation, Remains of Socialism follows Hungary from the optimism of the early years of transition to its recent right-wing turn toward illiberal democracy. Nadkarni analyzes remains that range from exiled statues of Lenin to the socialist-era Bambi soda, and from discredited official histories to the scandalous secrets of the communist regime''s informers. She deftly demonstrates that these remains were far more than simply the leftovers of an unwanted past. Ultimately, the struggles to define remains of socialism and settle their fates would represent attempts to determine the futureand to mourn futures that never materializeTrade ReviewRemains of Socialism is an examination of 'mature' postsocialism that aptly demonstrates the ongoing disciplinary relevance of the region. Nadkarni offers her astute observations in clear, confident, accessible prose. * American Anthropologist *Multi-layered, intimate, and insightful on many levels, this remarkable and beautifully written book sets a new standard in the field of memory studies. * Association for Women in Slavic Studies *[Remains of Socialism] constitute[s] highly valuable contributions to the literature on the memory of the socialist past and the elements of nostalgia and retro in this memory. [The book] also offer[s] a new, more reflective, analytical reading of nostalgia. * H-Soz-Kult *Nadkarni is a superbly well-informed anthropologist. It is almost a hopeless endeavor to scrutinize her text for factual inaccuracies, misunderstandings, or mistranslations. Her grasp of both the language and the gestures of her interviewees likely finds those anthropologists struggling to make sense of the production of meaning in their field research envious. * Austrian History Yearbook *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Banishing Remains 2. The Hole in the Flag 3. Nostalgia and the Remains of Everyday Life 4. Recovering National Victimhood at the House of Terror 5. Secrets, Inheritance, and a Generation's Remains 6. A Past Returned, A Future Deferred Conclusion

    1 in stock

    £97.20

  • The Decisive Network

    University of California Press The Decisive Network

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisSince its founding in 1947, the legendary Magnum Photos agency has been telling its own story about photographers who were witnesses to history and artists on the hunt for decisive moments. Based on unprecedented archival research, The Decisive Network unravels Magnum's mythologies to offer a new history of what it meant to shoot, edit, and sell news images after World War II. Nadya Bair shows that between the 1940s and 1960s, Magnum expanded the human-interest story to global dimensions while bringing the aesthetic of news pictures into new markets. Working with a vast range of editorial and corporate clients, Magnum made photojournalism integral to postwar visual culture. But its photographers could not have done this alone. By unpacking the collaborative nature of photojournalism, this book shows how picture editors, sales agents, spouses, and publishers helped Magnum photographers succeed in their assignments and achieve fame. Bair concludes in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when changing market conditions led Magnum to consolidate its brand. In that moment, Magnum's photojournalists became artists and their assignments oeuvres. Bridging art history, media studies, cultural history, and the history of communication, The Decisive Network transforms our understanding of the photographic profession and the global circulation of images in the predigital world.Trade Review"Ms. Bair’s book excels at revealing Magnum’s secret history as a supplier for companies eager to appropriate Magnum’s empathetic point of view." * Wall Street Journal *"In this impressively researched study of the early decades of Magnum, Nadya Bair uncovers the complex interactions of artistic ambition and business acumen that somehow produced a kind of order out of chaos. . . . An important contribution to the growing reassessment of photographic history. " * Inside Story *"Bair’s independent thinking ​. . . and the innovative premise used to map them is just the kind of thing photo history needs more of.​" * Critical Inquiry *"An archivally rich and methodologically innovative study." * Art Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Photo Agencies and the Magnum Model 2. Human-Interest Stories from the Postwar World 3. Freelancing for Life 4. Traveling for Holiday 5. Shooting for Corporations 6. Magnum Systems, Magnum Mythologies Conclusion: The Magnum Archive Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

    2 in stock

    £37.80

  • Encounters with a Radical Erasmus

    University of Toronto Press Encounters with a Radical Erasmus

    Book SynopsisAlthough Erasmus is now accepted as a harbinger of liberal trends in mainstream Christian theology, the radical - even subversive - aspects of his work have received less attention. Beginning with a redefinition of the term radicalism, Peter G. Bietenholz examines the ways in which the radical aspects of Erasmus' writings inspired radical reactions among sixteenth- and seventeenth-century readers.Bietenholz examines the challenges to orthodoxy in Erasmus' scholarly work on the New Testament and the ways in which they influenced generations of thinkers, including John Milton and Sir Isaac Newton. Turning to other aspects of Erasmus' writings, the author shows the ways in which his opposition to war encouraged radical manifestations of pacifism; how his reflections on freedom of thought and religious toleration elicited both warm approval and fierce rejection; and the ways his critical attitude helped foster the early modern culture of Scepticism.An engaging look at ErasTrade Review`With this work, University of Toronto Press continues its series of excellent studies on the fortuna of Erasmus in the early modern period.’ -- Jonathan Woolfson, The Historian: vol73:01:2011

    £26.99

  • Fundamentals of Microwave and RF Design

    MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Fundamentals of Microwave and RF Design

    4 in stock

    Book SynopsisEnables mastery of the essential concepts required to cross the barriers to a successful career in microwave and RF design. Extensive treatment of scattering parameters, that naturally describe power flow, and of Smith-chart-based design procedures prepare the student for success.

    4 in stock

    £14.36

  • Johns Hopkins University Press The Chetnik Movement and the Yugoslav Resistance

    Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1975. This book fills a gap in the historical knowledge of wartime Yugoslavia. Focusing on the Chetnik movement provides a better understanding of the various ways that important segments of the population, including members of the Yugoslav officer corps and Serb civilians, perceived and responded to the occupation. The partisans' ultimate success does not conceal the fact that during the greater part of the war, several armed groups, owing at least some sort of allegiance to Mihailovic, chose very different courses of resistance. The overriding question for Milazzo is how a movement whose leadership was in no sense pro-Axis found itself progressively drawn into a hopelessly compromising set of relationships with the occupation authorities and the Quisling regime. What was it about the situation in occupied Yugoslavia and the Serb officers' response to that state of affairs that prevented them from carrying out serious anti-Axis activity or engaging in effectiveTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. The Axis Powers and the Destruction of YugoslaviaChapter 2. The Mihailovic Movement in Serbia, 1941Chapter 3. The Serb Nationalist Movement in the Italian Occupation ZoneChapter 4. The Formation of the Chetnik MovementChapter 5. The Dilemma of Tactical CollaborationChapter 6. Operation WeissChapter 7. The Crisis of the Chetnik LeadershipChapter 8. Collaboration and DefeatConclusionSelected BibliographyIndex

    £26.50

  • Frederik vi

    John Wiley & Sons Frederik vi

    1 in stock

    Book Synopsis

    1 in stock

    £11.95

  • Training and Conditioning for MMA

    Human Kinetics Publishers Training and Conditioning for MMA

    Book SynopsisBased on scientific evidence, Training and Conditioning for MMA covers physical training, nutrition, and injury prevention for all martial arts disciplines. It uses actual training programs and showcases real examples from countless elite MMA fighters.Trade Review"This book covers everything about strength and conditioning, nutrition, periodization, injury and prevention, and, more importantly, it shows real training models that could be used to get you in the best shape and performance mode. I highly recommend Training and Conditioning for MMA."—Junior Dos Santos, Brazilian Professional Wrestler and Mixed Martial Artist, Former Heavyweight Champion of UFC“After training with professor and scientist Stéfane Dias (in Melbourne, Florida), I can assure you he knows everything about the training and physical preparation of fighters. He shares that knowledge with you in Training and Conditioning for MMA.”—Anderson Silva, MMA Legend and Former UFC Middleweight ChampionTable of ContentsChapter 1. Concepts in the Methodology of Sports TrainingOverload Principle Applied to Sports TrainingModes of TrainingTraditional Periodization MethodsBlock PeriodizationPeriodization Model Used at American Top TeamConstruction of a Training SessionChapter 2. Program DesignPrinciples of Resistance TrainingResistance Training for Strength and Muscle HypertrophyResistance Training for PowerHigh-Intensity Interval TrainingNew Russian Concept of TrainingMethods of Training the Heart MuscleMethods of Directing Adipose Tissue ActivityHeat AcclimationChapter 3. Physical Assessment of the FighterBody CompositionMetabolic and Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Laboratory TestingMetabolic and Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Field TestingTests Specific to FightersNeuromuscular-Musculoskeletal FitnessVelocityFlexibilityChapter 4. The Importance of Nutrition in High-Level TrainingEnergyCarbohydratesProteinFatVitaminsMineralsErgogenic AidsChapter 5. Methods of Training for MMABody Weight TrainingResistance TrainingAgonist-Antagonist TrainingEccentric TrainingFunctional TrainingSuspension TrainingPower TrainingSpecific Power TrainingPower Endurance TrainingSpeed TrainingAgility TrainingPrecompetition TrainingMMA-Specific Cross TrainingTraining for Adaptive MMA AthletesTraining to Improve MMA TakedownsMMA, Muay Thai, and Jiu-Jitsu Preparation Training for WomenTraining for Wrestlers and GrapplersTraining for Jiu-JitsuOutdoor Training for MMAHigh-Intensity Interval Training for MMACircuits for Five-Round MatchesResistance Band TrainingTraining Using the Isoton MethodTraining to Increase Muscular Endurance and Number of Mitochondria in Type II Muscle FibersTraining to Increase Strength and Power in Type II Muscle FibersTraining to Increase SpeedChapter 6. Prevention of MMA-Related InjuriesInjury Prevention in MMA FightersHead and Face InjuriesSpinal InjuriesElbow, Wrist, and Hand InjuriesShoulder InjuriesHip and Thigh InjuriesKnee InjuriesAnkle and Foot InjuriesThe Science of Stretching and Flexibility

    £25.19

  • OnscreenOffscreen

    University of Toronto Press OnscreenOffscreen

    Book SynopsisBased on over a decade of ethnographic fieldwork in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Onscreen/Offscreen is an exploration of the politics and being of filmic images. The book examines contestations inside and outside the Tamil film industry over the question "what is an image?" Answers to this question may be found in the ontological politics that take place on film sets, in theatre halls, and in the social fabric of everyday life in South India, from populist electoral politics and the gendering of social space to caste uplift and domination.Bridging and synthesizing linguistic anthropology, film studies, visual studies, and media anthropology, Onscreen/Offscreen rethinks key issues across a number of fields concerned with the semiotic constitution of social life, from the performativity and ontology of images to questions of spectatorship, realism, and presence. In doing so, it offers both a challenge to any approach that would separate image from social Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transliteration, Quotation, Names, and Transcripts Introduction: Ontological Politics of the Image Introduction From Ontologies to Ontological Politics Toward a Linguistic Anthropology of Cinema A Brief History of Tamil Cinema For a “Tamil” Cinema Realism and the Mass Hero Overview of the Chapters Part I: Presence/Representation 1. The Hero’s Mass Introduction Presence of the Film Image Gravity of the Hero’s Mass Presence of Mass Image-Act of the Slaps Sociological Realism of the Mass Hero’s Image Aesthetic Realism and the Event of the Slaps Ambivalent Realisms Authorizing the Slaps, or the Principal of Animation Conclusion 2. The Heroine’s Stigma Introduction Item’s Interruption Item’s Titillation Item’s Spectacle Ontological Politics of Sexual Difference Actness of the Image Politics of Vision Explicitness of Performativity Voyeurism and Exhibitionism in 7/G Rainbow Colony Kinship Chronotopes and Sociological Traces of the Performativity of Presence Marriage and Not-to-be-looked-at-ness An Alien Presence Conclusion Epilogue Part II: Representation/Presence 3. The Politics of Parody Introduction Anti-Cine-Politics of Thamizh Padam A Politics of (Im/possible) Worlds Chronopolitics For Another Kind of Image For a Less Serious Industry A Politics of Production The Politics for an Image Conclusion 4. The Politics of the Real Introduction Questions of Realism Register of Realism Enregistering Realism in Tamil Cinema Kaadhal (“Love”) Realism’s Heroism This Is a True Story Representing Taboo Caste and Sexuality in Kaadhal Frustrated Textuality and Sexual Reference Production Format of Realism New Faces and the Director’s Image Realism’s Illiberal Extimacy and the Suspension of Belief Conclusion Conclusions An End of an Era Killing the Mass Hero Performativity Representation and the Method Theory of a Linguistic Anthropology of Cinema For a Linguistic Anthropology of … Notes Interviews and Works Cited Index

    £21.59

  • Acrocanthosaurus Inside and Out

    MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma Acrocanthosaurus Inside and Out

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisHow can paleontologists know what a living dinosaur was like more than a hundred million years ago, particularly when only partial skeletons remain? Focusing on one large carnivorous dinosaur, Acrocanthosaurus, paleontologist Kenneth Carpenter explains the process, pairing scholarly findings with more than 75 colour illustrations.

    1 in stock

    £17.06

  • Diversion and Deception

    John Wiley & Sons Diversion and Deception

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisCombining military and deception histories - so often viewed in isolation - this book provides context for deceptions and adds a layer of knowledge regarding the planning of military operations. The result is a more complete and nuanced view of Allied operations than is to be found in most histories of World War II.

    1 in stock

    £18.86

  • From the Boarding Schools

    University of Nebraska Press From the Boarding Schools

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisArnold Krupat’s From the Boarding Schools makes available previously unheard Apache voices from the Indian boarding schools. It includes selections from two unpublished autobiographies by Sam Kenoi and Dan Nicholas, produced in the 1930s with the anthropologist Morris Opler, as well as material by and about Vincent Natalish, a contemporary of Kenoi and Nicholas. Natalish was one of more than one hundred Apaches taken from Fort Marion to the Carlisle Indian School by its superintendent, Captain Richard Henry Pratt, in 1887. A considerable number of these students died at the school, and many who were sent home for illness or poor health did not recover. Natalish, however, remained at Carlisle and graduated in 1899. He married, had a son, and lived and worked in New York. He also actively sought the release of his relatives and other Apaches held prisoner at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Apache people have been telling and circulating stories among themselves Trade Review“The federal Indian boarding schools are an increasingly important subject for both scholars and the general public. Apache autobiographical sources are rare, and so collecting them and making them available is an important contribution. From the Boarding Schools is written in an accessible style, which is a real strength of this book.”—John R. Gram, author of Education at the Edge of Empire: Negotiating Pueblo Identity in New Mexico’s Indian Boarding SchoolsTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Sam Kenoi’s School Years, as told by Himself 2. Dan Nicholas’s School Years, as told by Himself 3. Vincent Natalish: His Schooling, Life, and Writing Notes References Index

    3 in stock

    £48.60

  • The Bartering Mindset

    University of Toronto Press The Bartering Mindset

    Book SynopsisWe use money to solve our everyday problems, and it generally works well. Despite its economic benefits, however, money has a psychological downside: it trains us to think about negotiations narrow-mindedly, leading us to negotiate badly. Suggesting that we need a non-monetary mindset to negotiate better, The Bartering Mindset shows us how to look outside the monetary economy to the bartering economies of the past, where people traded what they had for what they needed. The book argues that, because of the economic difficulties associated with bartering, barterers had to use a more sophisticated form of negotiation a strategic approach that can make us master negotiators today. Now available in paperback, this book immerses readers in the assumptions made by barterers, collectively referred to as the bartering mindset, and then demonstrates how to apply this mindset to modern, monetary negotiations. The Bartering Mindset concludes that our individual, organizaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 The Limits of the Monetary Mindset 2 The Bartering Mindset 3 Step 1: Deeply and Broadly Defi ne Your Needs and Offerings 4 Steps 2–3: Map Out the Full Range of Transaction Partners and the Full Range of Their Possible Needs and Off erings 5 Step 4: Anticipate the Most Powerful Set of Partnerships across the Market 6 Step 5: Cultivate the Most Powerful Set of Partnerships across the Market 7 Integrating the Bartering and Monetary Mindsets 8 Objections to the Bartering Mindset 9 Conclusions and Applications Notes Index

    £17.99

  • Deep Time

    Princeton University Press Deep Time

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    £27.00

  • Everybodys Classroom  Differentiating for the

    Teachers' College Press Everybodys Classroom Differentiating for the

    Book SynopsisOffers K-12 teachers both the foundations for differentiating their instruction and the means to maximize learning opportunities by getting to know students beyond the labels and stereotypes that often accompany them into the classroom.

    £27.54

  • Metaphysics and Gender

    Emmaus Academic Metaphysics and Gender

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe emergent science of transgenderism and related philosophies of gender propose a full-scale inversion of the understanding of God, man, and the created order articulated in classical metaphysics, undermining and parodying both the causality and ontology voiced by Genesis 1:27 (God created man in His own image,... male and female He created them.). Whether through subversive performative identity or by surgical sex change, the divinely made human person is now threatened with abolition and replacement by the self-made man and the man-made woman. In Metaphysics and Gender, Michele M. Schumacher offers a corrective to this distorted and distorting outlook, calling for the recovery of an anthropological vision rooted in recognition of the normative divine art of nature and of the likenessand far greater unlikenessbetween divine and human causality. Surveying contemporary transgender trends, Schumacher identifies and excavates their conceptual and ideological foundations in the gender

    3 in stock

    £23.70

  • Ecclesial Exegesis  A Synthesis of Ancient and

    The Catholic University of America Press Ecclesial Exegesis A Synthesis of Ancient and

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisEmploying a dialogic movement between the inductive-exegetical and the deductive-dogmatic, Gregory Vall offers nine studies that bring to the surface issues such as the relationship between Old Testament and New Testament, literal sense and spiritual sense, and Scripture and Tradition.

    2 in stock

    £27.96

  • Stalins Final Films

    MB - Cornell University Press Stalins Final Films

    1 in stock

    Book Synopsis

    1 in stock

    £38.70

  • Jean Peters  Hollywoods Mystery Girl

    MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Jean Peters Hollywoods Mystery Girl

    7 in stock

    Book SynopsisFrom 1947 to 1955, Jean Peters (1926-2000) appeared in films opposite such Hollywood leading men as Tyrone Power, Marlon Brando, Burt Lancaster, Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, and Robert Wagner. This book offers an in-depth analysis of each of her nineteen films and is enriched by photographs from the author's personal collection.

    7 in stock

    £27.96

  • How I Feel When I Hear NO

    MX - APA Publishing How I Feel When I Hear NO

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisAn engaging story that uses imaginative metaphors to explore a child’s anger when his mom tells him “no.”

    2 in stock

    £15.19

  • The Faith Once for All Delivered

    Emmaus Academic The Faith Once for All Delivered

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisIn the third verse of his eponymous New Testament epistle, Jude exhorts his readers to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered, a charge that continues to resound to the present day. This collection of essays responds to the apostle's call by providing both a diagnosis of the ills of modern progressivist Catholic doctrinal and moral theology and a prescription for the safeguarding of orthodoxy via a rightly understood return to the traditional sources of theology. The essays in the first part of this collection seek to answer the question, What went wrong with Catholic theology since the Second Vatican Council?. Following a brief account of the movement in modern theology from its philosophical basis in Kant and Hegel to the nouvelle théologie and later progressivist theologies of the twentieth century, the writings of Karl Rahner, Walter Kasper, and Bernhard Häring are treated as representative of principal problematic trends, and the concept of heresy is surveyed as

    2 in stock

    £30.56

  • The Appeal of Insurance

    University of Toronto Press The Appeal of Insurance

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    £23.39

  • Teaching Climate Change to Children  Literacy

    Teachers' College Press Teaching Climate Change to Children Literacy

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    £34.20

  • Hanukkah Pop-Up Menorah: An 8-Day Celebration of

    Insight Editions Hanukkah Pop-Up Menorah: An 8-Day Celebration of

    Book SynopsisA safe, no-mess, and fun way to celebrate Hanukkah! Pop up the menorah and add a sturdy paper candle for each of the eight nights of Hanukkah!Discover fun and festive Hanukkah collectibles and a stunningly detailed pop-up menorah in this unique Hanukkah decoration and activity. This is the perfect way to celebrate the Festival of Lights! Open a new pocket each night to discover a paper candle to place on the menorah. Fun, interactive, and fire-free, Hanukkah Pop-Up Calendar is a beautiful addition to your holidays! NEW HANUKKAH TRADITION: Count down the eight nights of Hanukkah by opening a pocket each night to discover a new paper candle to place on the pop-up menorah. FIRE-FREE FUN: A safe way to “light” the menorah for all ages. 

    £39.15

  • Divided by Terror

    The University of North Carolina Press Divided by Terror

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisA compelling history that shifts the focus on America's War on Terror from the battlefield to the arena of political and cultural conflict, revealing how fierce debates over the war are inseparable from debates about the meaning of patriotism itself.Trade ReviewA highly recommended work that sheds insight on how patriotism is formed and sustained during times of crisis. Bodnar's work is also important for its understanding of the power of collective memory and how it has shaped American society in the 21st century."—Library Journal"Well-written and argued, this is a valuable contribution to history, political sociology, and cultural studies collections."—CHOICE"Highly readable and wide-ranging. . . . Bodnar has produced a compelling analysis of American patriotism in the twenty-first century."—Peace & Change"The first serious cultural history to explore how the September 11th terrorist attacks split the U.S. public into at least two ideological tribes."—Diplomatic History"What makes Bodnar's depiction of war-based patriotism ring so true is also what makes it so politically frightening and historically discouraging."—Reviews in American History

    3 in stock

    £21.56

  • Circus World  Roustabouts Animals and the Work of

    MO - University of Illinois Press Circus World Roustabouts Animals and the Work of

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    £17.99

  • Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption

    Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption

    20 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis book is about innovation ecosystems, Clusters of Innovation (COI) and the Global Networks of Clusters of Innovation (GNCOI) they naturally form. What is innovation and why is it important to us? Innovation is nothing less than the ability for constructive response and adaptation to change. The cause and catalyst for that change is frequently identified as technology and its unceasing pressure to improve on existing solutions and address unmet needs. The last decade has painfully demonstrated that exogenous environmental shocks are also sources of change that call for innovative responses, ranging from the obvious challenges such as global warming and Covid-19 to the more subtle social and political perturbations of our time.Entrepreneurs, in collaboration with venture investors and major corporations can create a flywheel of constructive engagement, a cluster of Innovation, that helps build the resiliency of our communities to adsorb and rebound from these shocks. The process is enhanced when actively supported by government, universities, and other elements of the ecosystem. This book provides the tools for understanding this value creation process and the means to enhance it, in both emerging and mature innovation ecosystems.This book provides a framework for understanding innovation in mature and emerging innovation ecosystems to a wide swath of professionals and academics, from senior executives of major corporations, government leaders, public policy makers, and consultants, to academics, researchers, and educators.Trade Review‘Governments world-wide are seeking to encourage the growth of new ventures. Making this task harder is the fact that entrepreneurship is undoubtedly an “increasing returns” activity: the presence of nearby high-growth ventures increases the innovation and success of a new business. This volume presents a fascinating series of country-specific “case studies” that show the potential and challenges associated with growing entrepreneurial clusters.’ -- Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School, US‘Professor Jerome Engel has updated, expanded, and extended his Clusters of Innovation framework in this new book. There are fresh ideas about culture and behavior in these clusters. There are new regions included. And there is an extension to a non-geographic cluster built around a business model instead of a location. Anyone wishing to gain new insights into what makes the Silicon Valley cluster of innovation work will find this new volume an essential resource.’ -- Henry Chesbrough, University of California, Berkeley, US and Luiss University, Rome, Italy‘How do entrepreneurs, risk capital and corporate Innovation strategy come together to form an innovation cluster? Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption provides a framework for understanding how this happens. This essential text updates the innovation cluster framework and provides a series of case studies on urban clusters and national strategies. Insightful, intuitive and intelligent – Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption is a guide to creating value out of chaos.’ -- Steve Blank, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xv David J. Teece Preface: Silicon Valley – a state of mind xx Jerome S. Engel 1 Introduction: Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption 1 Jerome S. Engel PART I CLUSTERS OF INNOVATION: REFINING AND EXTENDING THE FRAMEWORK 2 Global Cluster of Innovation theory and practice in the 21st century: COI Components 13 Jerome S. Engel and Aline Figlioli 3 Global Cluster of Innovation theory and practice in the 21st century: COI Behaviors 35 Jerome S. Engel and Aline Figlioli 4 Major Corporations and Open Innovation: capturing value from disruptive innovation 81 Jerome S. Engel, Dickson Louie and David Charron 5 Business-model-led Clusters of Innovation: the case of Product Led Growth 115 Itxaso del Palacio PART II GLOBAL CASE STUDIES: REGIONAL AND URBAN CLUSTERS 6 The Munich high-tech region: development towards a leading European startup cluster 129 Helmut Schönenberger 7 The Oslo case: agile and adaptive responses to Covid-19 challenges by actors in local and globally extended health technology clusters 152 Per Ingvar Olsen and Morten H. Abrahamsen 8 Changing pathways: urban dynamics and governance at 22@Barcelona 181 Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and Josep Miquel Piqué PART III GLOBAL CASE STUDIES: NATIONAL STRATEGIES 9 The development of Singapore’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem 206 Poh Kam Wong 10 State- and private-led Clusters of Innovation in China 245 Virginia Trigo and Chen Peng 11 Strategy for economic recovery from the COVID-19 disaster: Japan aims to become a startup nation again 269 Shigeo Kagami 12 Supporting innovation in India through a special Service Organization 292 Manav Subodh 13 Australian Sports Technologies Network: adding value through creating synergies 312 James Demetriou, Martin Schlegel and Danny Samson 14 Conditions for the implementation of a biotechnology Cluster of Innovation in Colombia: a benchmark of best practices with German clusters 341 Christian Bruszies and Carlos Scheel 15 The Brazilian innovation ecosystem takes off 425 Flavio Feferman PART IV CONCLUSION 16 Clusters of Innovation: lessons learned and final thoughts 420 Jerome S. Engel Index

    20 in stock

    £140.00

  • Shooting for Change

    MD - Duke University Press Shooting for Change

    5 in stock

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    5 in stock

    £20.69

  • Reading Autobiography Now

    MP - University Of Minnesota Press Reading Autobiography Now

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    £19.94

  • Aníbal Quijano

    MD - Duke University Press Aníbal Quijano

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    £23.39

  • Messianic Zionism in the Digital Age

    MW - Rutgers University Press Messianic Zionism in the Digital Age

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    £20.89

  • Meaningful Conversations with My Grandparents:

    Random House USA Inc Meaningful Conversations with My Grandparents:

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisDeepen your family's relationship with your grandparents using this beautiful deck of conversation cards. These conversation starters will help your family spark discussions with your grandmother or grandfather about their favourite memories and wisdom they've gained over the years. If you're eager to learn more about their lives and experience, but don't know where to begin, this deck will help you ignite the conversation. Thoughtfully designed by bestselling author Korie Herold, Meaningful Conversations with My Grandparents is the perfect gift for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, birthdays, or any time of year. It's also designed to look beautiful on a dining table or coffee table even when not in use. Cards include questions, such as: Early Childhood: What was your house like growing up? What were your favourite toys or playtime activities? School Years: What did you think you wanted to be when you grew up? What were you like as a teenager? Work and Travel: What was your first job? What family vacations do you remember the most? Love and Family: What's your best relationship advice? How did you feel when you found out you were going to be a grandparent? Character and Values: What do you value most in life? What family values do you hope to pass down? Hypotheticals and Curiosities: What's something you wish you had done differently? What's the best advice you ever received? Special features include: Elegant designed box with gold foil Gold foil and hand-drawn illustrations printed on matte paper and heavy cardstock Carefully-developed designs and prompts allow to you reflect and remember "We are not taught how to have meaningful conversation," says author Korie Herold. "That's a skill gained over time, and it's my mission to help you learn it." The Meaningful Conversations with Grandparents deck can be used as a standalone item, or as a companion to the guided journals Grandma's Story and Grandpa's Story. Use the conversation cards to start discussions around the dinner table, and then if you're so inclined, purchase one of the guided journals to document your grandparent's answers as you go along.

    10 in stock

    £21.74

  • Universities on Fire  Higher Education in the

    Johns Hopkins University Press Universities on Fire Higher Education in the

    5 in stock

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    5 in stock

    £26.10

  • Making History Move  Five Principles of the

    MW - Rutgers University Press Making History Move Five Principles of the

    Book Synopsis

    £25.19

  • Powerful Literacy in the Montessori Classroom

    Teachers' College Press Powerful Literacy in the Montessori Classroom

    Book SynopsisTeaching reading successfully requires deep knowledge of the reading process and development, as well as the implementation of impactful reading instruction and differentiation. This book aligns Montessori didactic materials and pedagogy, developed over a century ago, with current research on reading development.Trade Review"This book is clearly written and well-supported by concrete examples of materials and implementation strategies that are directly aligned with current research findings. It is especially useful for teachers in Montessori settings. However, the ideas are universal and could easily find effective implementation in traditional classrooms should the appropriate materials be available."—Teachers College RecordTable of Contents Contents (Tentative) Foreword by Daniel Willingham and Trisha Thompson-Willingham Welcome Preface Acknowledgments 1. Montessori Education Dr. Maria Montessori Growth of Montessori Education Montessori Materials and the Prepared Environment The Montessori Educator's Approach to Instruction 2. Science of Reading Overview Structured Literacy Seminal Research Simple View of Reading Hollis Scarborough's Reading Rope Considering the Montessori Curriculum and Alignment to the Science of Reading (SoR) Literature Part I: Word Recognition Chapter 3: Phonological Awareness Science of Reading—Phonological Awareness Phonological Awareness in the Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Phonological Awareness Activities 4. Decoding Science of Reading—Decoding Decoding in the Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Decoding Activities 5. Sight Recognition Science of Reading—Sight Recognition Sight Recognition in the Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Sight Recognition Activities Part II: Language Comprehension Overview Chapter 6: Background Knowledge Science of Reading—Background Knowledge Background Knowledge in a Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Background Knowledge Activities 7. Vocabulary Science of Reading—Vocabulary Vocabulary in a Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Vocabulary Activities 8. Language Structures Science of Reading—Language Structures Language Structures in a Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Language Structures Activities 9. Verbal Reasoning Science of Reading—Verbal Reasoning Verbal Reasoning in a Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Verbal Reasoning Activities 10. Literacy Knowledge Science of Reading—Literacy Knowledge Literacy Knowledge in a Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Literacy Knowledge Activities 11. Conclusion Scientific Thinking, Discourse, and Advocacy to Improve the Lives of Children References Index About the Authors

    £24.69

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