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Syracuse University Press Western Sahara
Book SynopsisIn the first book-length treatment of the issue in over two decades, Zunes and Mundy examine the origins, evolution, and resilience of the Western Sahara conflict, deploying a diverse array of sources and firsthand knowledge of the region.
£22.46
Cornell University Press The End of Protest
Book SynopsisThe United States has just gone through the worst economic crisis in a generation. Why wasn't there more protest, as there was in other countries? During the United States' last great era of free-market policies, before World War II, economic crises were always accompanied by unrest. The history of capitalism, the economist Joseph Schumpeter warned in 1942, is studded with violent bursts and catastrophes. In The End of Protest, Alasdair Roberts explains how, in the modern age, governments learned to unleash market forces while also avoiding protest about the market's failures.Roberts argues that in the last three decades, the two countries that led the free-market revolutionthe United States and Britainhave invented new strategies for dealing with unrest over free market policies. The organizing capacity of unions has been undermined so that it is harder to mobilize discontent. The mobilizing potential of new information technologies has also been checked. Police forceTrade Review"Kudos to Cornell University Press for launching the series in order to engage the broader public about matters of the moment, such as the question of dissent."-Critical Margins
£11.99
Insight Editions Harry Potter: A Sticker Collection
Book SynopsisCovering all eight films Harry Potter: The Sticker Collection is the exhaustive must have-sticker omnibus for true Harry Potter fans.More than 400 unique stickers from the Harry Potter™ film series! Harry Potter: A Sticker Collection is the first sticker book to include reusable stickers of characters, creatures, and magical items from all eight movies in the Harry Potte film series! Also included are photographs from Years 1 through 7 at Hogwarts and artwork depicting important wizarding locations such as Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, and the Ministry of Magic. This sticker collection can be used to relive your favorite Harry Potter moments and to decorate your locker, room, or notebook with Harry Potter movie magic. Included are stickers of: Harry, Ron, and Hermione VoldemortTM and the Death Eaters Magical Transportation Order of the PhoenixTM Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes Magical Beasts, Creatures, and Beings Triwizard TournamentTM QuidditchTM . . . and much, much more!
£13.57
Brandeis University Press Year Zero of the ArabIsraeli Conflict 1929
Book SynopsisA new and provocative reassessment of the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Remembering Emmett Till
Book SynopsisTell gives us five accounts of the commemoration of the infamous murder of Emmett Till in the Mississippi Delta.
£18.05
U.S. Games Motherpeace Tarot Set
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£36.00
Knock Knock Knock Knock High Five Sticky Notes
Book SynopsisEnsure that even the smallest stuff gets noticed with colorful and witty sticky notes Express yourself and then make it stick 3 x 3 inches, 100 sheets Ensure your smallest stuff gets noticed with the Keep It Simple Stickies Because everything that actually matters can fit onto a sticky note
£999.99
Knock Knock Knock Knock Crap Pad
Book SynopsisWriting a to-do list always feels good, but with this boldly jaded pad in hand, you’ll really show your crap who’s boss. Divide and conquer crap by category, then check it off as you get it done. Call it like you see it. The crap stops here. An ideal gift for anyone with crap to do Includes handy crappiness scale! 6 x 9 inches, 60 sheets
£999.99
Moleskine Moleskine Extra Large Squared Hardcover Notebook
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£23.00
Axel & Ash Press Pause
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£28.64
Pan Macmillan Poems for Love
Book SynopsisA complex and truly timeless emotion, love – whether passion or heartbreak, infatuation or flirtation – has provoked some of the greatest names in literature to write verses of outstanding beauty.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by bestselling author and Romantic Novelist Association prize-winner Joanna Trollope.There has always been love, and we have been writing poetry about it for over 4,000 years. From John Donne and William Shakespeare to Emily Dickinson and Christina Rossetti, the very best classic love poetry is collected in this elegant anthology, Poems for Love. That we still read and enjoy these heartfelt poems today is a testament both to their individual genius and to the enduring power of love.Table of ContentsIntroduction - i: Introduction by Joanna Trollope Chapter - 1: What is Love? Chapter - 2: Madam, Will You Walk? - Longing and Courting Chapter - 3: If All the World and Love Were Young - It must be love Chapter - 4: Delight in Disorder - Kissing etc Chapter - 5: Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds - Love & marriage Chapter - 6: My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close - Lost love
£999.99
Bodleian Library 112 Gripes about the French
Book SynopsisWhen American troops arrived in Paris to help maintain order at the end of the Second World War they were, at first, received by the local population with a sense of euphoria. However, the French soon began to resent the Americans for their display of wealth and brashness, while the US soldiers found the French and their habits irritating and incomprehensible. To bridge the cultural divide, the American generals came up with an innovative solution. They commissioned a surprisingly candid book which collated the GIs’ ‘gripes’ and reproduced them with answers aimed at promoting understanding of the French and their country. The ‘gripes’ reveal much about American preconceptions: ‘The French drink too much’, ‘French women are immoral’, ‘The French drive like lunatics!’, ‘The French don’t bathe’, ‘The French aren’t friendly’ are just some of the many complaints. Putting the record straight, the answers cover topics as diverse as night-clubs, fashion, agriculture and sanitation. They also offer an unusual insight into the reality of daily life immediately after the war, evoking the shortage of food and supplies, the acute poverty and the scale of the casualties and destruction suffered by France during six years of conflict. Illustrated with delightfully evocative cartoons and written in a direct, colloquial style, this gem from 1945 is by turns amusing, shocking and thought-provoking in its valiant stand against prejudice and stereotype.Trade Review'A reminder of just how difficult it is to dislodge cultural prejudices and stereotypes' * The Boston Globe *
£5.65
Crossway Books Against God and Nature
Book SynopsisThis up-to-date monograph on the doctrine of sin looks at what the Bible teaches about sin, exploring its origin, nature, and consequences, and engages with historical and contemporary movements.
£25.49
Union Square & Co. The Positive Journal
Book SynopsisWith 365 days of guidance, inspiration and positivity, this five-minutes-a-day journal can help you develop into 'the best possible you' using the pathways of positive psychology. Using science-backed research, this journal offers inspiring tips, prompts and exercises to guide you to long-term happiness and a fulfilling life. The book includes inspirational quotes and additional decorative borders on some pages to doodle or colour in as well.
£15.29
John Wiley & Sons Hitlers Ostkrieg and the Indian Wars Comparing
Book SynopsisAs he prepared to wage his war of annihilation on the Eastern Front, Adolf Hitler repeatedly drew parallels between the Nazi quest for Lebensraum in Eastern Europe and the US's westward expansion under the banner of Manifest Destiny. Edward Westermann examines the validity, and value, of this claim in this volume.Trade ReviewThis thoughtful, provocative book compares the Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe with the United States's conquest of the American West. Its insights and conclusions are sure to stimulate new debates among a broad array of scholars."" - Robert Wooster, author of The American Military Frontiers: The United States Army in the West, 1783 - 1900""…this sensitive and incisive book…has set a high standard for future work on mass violence and genocide."" - American Historical Review
£17.06
Hodder & Stoughton The Dog Lover's Pocket Bible: Everything you need
Book SynopsisDogs are wonderful animals and dedicated pets, enjoying the title of man's best friend for centuries; they offer companionship and hours of joy to owners and families alike. Whether you own a dog or simply adore these devoted creatures, The Dog Lover's Pocket Bible answers everything essential about dogs, including How did dogs become man's best friend? Can I train a dog to be more obedient? What is the difference between a pure breed and a pedigree? How do you work out dog years? Can I really teach an old dog new tricks?This indispensible little guide will tell you what you need to know when you need to know it.This beautiful hardback edition has both dust-cover and gold embossing on the spine making it the perfect gift. Every Pocket Bible is lovingly crafted to give you a unique mix of useful references, handy tips and fascinating trivia that will enlighten and entertain you at every page. There is a Pocket Bible for everyone...Other titles in the series: The Cat Lover's Pocket Bible, The Wine Pocket Bible, The Camping Pocket Bible, The Football Pocket Bible and The DIY Pocket Bible.
£10.44
Rutgers University Press Extraordinarily Ordinary Us Weekly and the Rise
Book SynopsisOffers a critical analysis of the production of a distinct form of twenty-first century celebrity constructed through the exploding coverage of reality television cast members in Us Weekly magazine.Trade Review“Highly engaging and readable, Extraordinarily Ordinary is a clear, in-depth analysis of both the celebrity gossip magazine genre and the nature of fame in the 21st century.” -- Andrea McDonnell * coauthor of Celebrity: A History of Fame *"Erin A. Meyers provides a masterful, lively account of reality TV celebrity. Extraordinarily Ordinary is a must-read for anyone eager to understand the meaning and power of celebrity today." -- Julie Wilson * coauthor of Mothering through Precarity: Women’s Work and Digital Media *“Highly engaging and readable, Extraordinarily Ordinary is a clear, in-depth analysis of both the celebrity gossip magazine genre and the nature of fame in the 21st century.” -- Andrea McDonnell * coauthor of Celebrity: A History of Fame *"Erin A. Meyers provides a masterful, lively account of reality TV celebrity. Extraordinarily Ordinary is a must-read for anyone eager to understand the meaning and power of celebrity today." -- Julie Wilson * coauthor of Mothering through Precarity: Women’s Work and Digital Media *Table of ContentsThe Ordinary and the Extraordinary: Unpacking the Celebrity Image The Labor of Ordinariness: Famous for "Being Yourself" Celebrity Lifestyle Labor: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary Lauren Conrad: Us Weekly and the Extraordinarily Ordinary Celebrity Conclusion: The Future of the Extraordinarily Ordinary Celebrity
£25.19
Fordham University Press ShellShocked
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface | xiii 1 Trump’s Family Romance and the Magic of Television | 1 2 Gaslight and the Shock Politics Two-Step | 13 3 The President’s House Is Empty: Inauguration Day | 33 4 He Said, He Said: The Feminization of James Comey | 39 5 The Members-Only President Goes to Alabama | 46 6 An Empire unto Himself? Harvey Weinstein’s Downfall | 52 7 Race and the Revolving Door of (Un)Reality TV | 56 8 They Want Civility, Let’s Give It to Them | 62 9 Stormy Daniels’s #MeToo Moment | 70 10 The Trump Doctrine | 76 11 Jon Stewart and the Limits of Mockery | 81 12 Bullying Canada: An American Presidential Tradition | 86 13 House Renovations: For Christine Blasey Ford | 92 14 No Collision: Opting Out of Catastrophe | 98 15 Epstein, Barr, and the Virus of Civic Fatigue (with Sara Rushing) | 107 16 Mueller, They Wrote | 112 17 Unbelievable: Scenes from a Structure | 117 18 Gothic Girls: Bombshell’s Variation on a Theme | 126 19 Boxed In: Debbie Dingell vs. Donald Trump | 130 20 Mediating Masculinity: Rambo Republicanism and the Long Iran Crisis | 138 21 “13 Angry Democrats”? A Noir Reading of 12 Angry Men | 145 22 In the Streets a Serenade: Siena under Lockdown | 153 23 Isn’t It Ironic? Spitballing in a Pandemic | 157 24 Build That Wall: The Politics of Motherhood in Portland | 163 25 Impenetrable: Gaslighting the 14th Amendment | 171 26 “Hallelujah”: The People Want Their House Back | 178 27 Loose Threads | 184 Acknowledgments | 195 Notes | 199 Credits | 241
£20.89
Tuttle Publishing A Japanese Garden in Summertime 1000 Piece
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£14.39
F.A. Davis Company The Intentional Relationship
Book SynopsisAddresses a critical aspect of the occupational therapy practice–the art and science of building effective therapeutic relationships with clients. Renée Taylor has defined a conceptual practice model to identify how the client and the therapist each contribute to the unique interpersonal dynamic that becomes the therapeutic relationship.Table of Contents PART I. Theoretical Foundations and Guidelines for Practice 1. Therapeutic Use of Self in Occupational Therapy: The Importance of Empathy and Intentionality 2. What Defines a Good Therapist? 3. A Model of the Intentional Relationship 4. Knowing Ourselves as Therapists: Introducing the Therapeutic Modes 5. Being Client-Centered: Understanding Interpersonal Characteristics and Mode Preferences 6. Complexities within Client-Therapist Relationships: Inevitable Interpersonal Events of Therapy 7. Uncomplicating the Complicated: The Interpersonal Reasoning Process PART II. Building an Interpersonal Skill Base 8. Therapeutic Communication 9. Establishing Intentional Relationships 10. The Intentional Interview and Strategic Questioning 11. Understanding Families, Social Systems, and Group Dynamics in Occupational Therapy 12. Understanding and Managing Difficult Behavior 13. Resolving Empathic Breaks and Conflicts 14. Professional Behavior, Values, and Ethics 15. On Being Intentional on Fieldwork and in Interprofessional Practice Settings 16. On Becoming a Better Therapist: Self-Care and Developing your Therapeutic Use of Self Glossary Index
£60.30
MP-AND Academy of Nutrition Communicating Nutrition
Book SynopsisWritten and reviewed by experienced nutrition communicators and educators, this authoritative guide provides the knowledge and skills needed to develop and deliver all types of communication in a variety of settings. Students, interns, and practitioners alike will find this to be an indispensable resource.
£104.48
Princeton University Press Objects of Translation
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2011 Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize, Association for Asian Studies, South Asia Council""One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009""This brilliant book does many things well, but two stand out. It is an overview of the art, especially architecture and architectural decoration, of what is now northern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries--from the arrival of Islam to the eve of the Mongol conquests. It is also a trenchant essay of interpretation, substituting a richly textured consideration of cultural dynamics and cultural change on a theoretical level for the traditional dichotomy of Hindu versus Muslim. . . . Nothing is comparable to this deeply learned, engrossing, and well-written albeit often challenging work, which is full of compelling discussions of important monuments. It deserves a wide readership."---L. Nees, Choice"[A] brilliant, far-ranging study. . . . This book is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the medieval 'Hindu-Muslim' encounter."---John E. Cort, Religious Studies Review"Flood's is an outstanding book and its level of scholarship is far in excess of any other work on medieval Indian history that I am aware of. It is a book that gladdens one's heart as much as it enriches one's mind."---Harbans Mukhia, Medieval History Journal"This book will not only be of interest to scholars of material culture, art and architectural history, religion, and medieval history, but is also entirely relevant to scholars of modern South Asia. In its insistence on mobility--of objects, people, and ideas--and resistance to boundaries, Flood's book is a timely reminder that global mobility is hardly a new phenomenon."---Preeti Chopra, Contemporary South Asia"This book is a most welcomed addition to the still meager though growing number of studies in Islamic art and material culture, which are based on theoretical premises and on a close, comparative scrutiny of multiple visual objects and texts. . . . [D]ue to its rich material and novel ideas, this book is a necessary asset in the library of historians and art historians of the Muslim world and India, and a useful text-book in academic teaching, hard to read but fully rewarding."---Rachel Milstein, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam
£31.50
Galison Puz 500 Glow Family Ocean Illuminated
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£14.04
Galison Puz 500 Glow Family Space Illuminated
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£15.60
Abrams Happy Day A Bouquet in a Book
Book SynopsisThis interactive gift book transforms into an everlasting bouquet that delivers a cheering message through the symbolic language of flowers.Trade Review"The Bouquet in a Book series includes two spectacular titles with a twist, Happy Day and Thinking of You - each one guaranteed to wow its reader. Molly Hatch's interactive books include stunning painterly illustrations and flip-up botanical elements to create an impressive display, making them the perfect gift for lovers of all things bright and beautiful. " PaperCrafter
£13.83
Fordham University Press Social Work in the Era of Devolution Toward a
Book SynopsisIn this era of "devolution" the American federal government has been increasingly removed from the provision of services and support to vulnerable populations. This book presents a framework for understanding the impact of these developments on the practice of social work.Trade Review"This is an interesting book which covers a wide range of issues relating to what the editors refer to as "devolution." -The British Journal of Social Work
£28.80
Duke University Press Storytelling Globalization from the Chaco and
Book SynopsisAn ethnography exploring the encounter between modernizing visions of development, the place-based life projects of the Yshiro indigenous people of the Paraguayan Chaco, and the agendas of scholars and activists.Trade Review“This is an important contribution to anthropological efforts to go beyond critical analysis of development towards a deeper understanding of such projects.” - John Gledhill, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute“With a sensitivity to the political nature of the politics of representation, the author passionately argues for a dialogue of knowledge in order to make visible the “anomalies” experienced by Yshiro-Ebitoso communities in Paraguay since 1986, and the political consequences from development interventions beyond the Chaco.” - Alberto Arce, The Americas“A timely contribution to the ethnographic record of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, this book … about the Yshiro, also known as Chamacoco, of the Alto Paraguay Chaco constitutes an innovative anti-totalizing text inspired by border theory and postwestern thought... The book strengthens studies on Native American Societies, specifically the stunning resilience of South American Indians, complementing an experience of survival with other socionatures around the world.” - Guillermo Delgado-P., The Canadian Journal of Native Studies“Storytelling Globalization: From the Chaco and Beyond is a creative—and to some lengths courageous—attempt to demonstrate a different kind of ethnography. . . . Blaser is attempting to tell stories of globalization from and with the Yshiro, and the result will prove an important model for practitioners interested in producing knowledge that in a nonreductive register.” - Jeremy M. Campbell, American Anthropologist“Storytelling Globalization from the Chaco and Beyond is an anthropological tour de force with strong philosophical, political, epistemic, and ontological implications. Mario Blaser shifts the geopolitics of knowing and reasoning by looking at globalization not only from the south but also and mainly through the eyes of those who endure its consequences. In the narratives Blaser presents, border thinking takes on new dimensions and is shown to be an essential aspect of de-colonial thought. Notions about ‘objectivity’ and ‘universal truth’ necessarily give way to a recognition of ontological diversity.”—Walter D. Mignolo, author of The Idea of Latin America“In this instructive and original work, modernity and the drama of globalization offer a historical horizon in relation to which both the activity of the anthropologist and the problems faced by the Yshiro communities in Paraguay are explored. Border dialogue (perhaps even border anthropology) is born precisely in the encounter between modern globalizing tendencies and the opening up of a different global imaginary, one rooted in the reality of there being many epistemic and social worlds.”—Nelson Maldonado-Torres, author of Against War: Views from the Underside of Modernity“Mario Blaser’s talented and deeply insightful storytelling opens up paths into the transition from modernity to globality. Storytelling Globalization from the Chaco and Beyond is a work of depth, scholarship, and hopefulness. Blaser’s years of learning and collaborating with the Yshiro people of the Paraguayan Chaco have pressed him to ask questions that destabilize much of the taken-for-granted knowledge of the Euromodern academy. With his research interlocutor Don Veneto Vera to prod him into dialogical investigations of relational ontologies in the pluriverse, Blaser brings us, the readers, into places where incisiveness, analysis, and passionate commitment converge. This book demonstrates and enacts the power of strong stories: to change our understandings, to open other worlds, to give us untamed glimpses of substantive alternatives for life on Earth.”—Deborah Bird Rose, author of Reports from a Wild Country: Ethics for Decolonisation“When ‘the rest’ meets ‘the West,’ are the modern stories enough? In this deeply disturbing and thought-provoking book, Mario Blaser shows that for the marginalized and exploited, the world is storied and materialized quite differently. Forced to recognize that hegemonic Western knowledges, institutions, and worlds deny those realities, Blaser tells a destabilizing but ultimately affirmative story that is simultaneously analytical, political, and ontological. This superb book will be compulsory reading for all students of anthropology, development studies, postcolonialism, and science and technology studies.”—John Law, author of After Method: Mess in Social Science Research“Storytelling Globalization: From the Chaco and Beyond is a creative—and to some lengths courageous—attempt to demonstrate a different kind of ethnography. . . . Blaser is attempting to tell stories of globalization from and with the Yshiro, and the result will prove an important model for practitioners interested in producing knowledge that in a nonreductive register.” -- Jeremy M. Campbell * American Anthropologist *“A timely contribution to the ethnographic record of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, this book … about the Yshiro, also known as Chamacoco, of the Alto Paraguay Chaco constitutes an innovative anti-totalizing text inspired by border theory and postwestern thought... The book strengthens studies on Native American Societies, specifically the stunning resilience of South American Indians, complementing an experience of survival with other socionatures around the world.” -- Guillermo Delgado-P. * Canadian Journal of Native Studies *“This is an important contribution to anthropological efforts to go beyond critical analysis of development towards a deeper understanding of such projects.” -- John Gledhill * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *“With a sensitivity to the political nature of the politics of representation, the author passionately argues for a dialogue of knowledge in order to make visible the “anomalies” experienced by Yshiro-Ebitoso communities in Paraguay since 1986, and the political consequences from development interventions beyond the Chaco.” -- Alberto Arce * The Americas *Table of ContentsAbout the Series viii Map List ix Preface xi Introduction. Globalization and the Struggle for Worlds and Knowledges Otherwise 1 1. Puruhle/Genealogies 1. Laissez-Faire Progress: Invisibilizing the Yrmo 41 2. State-Driven Development: Stabilizing Modernity 63 3. Sustainable Development: Modernity Unravels? 80 2. Porowo/Moralities 4. Enacting the Yrmo 105 5. Taming Differences 126 3. Azle/Translations 6. Translating Neoliberalism 149 7. A World in which Many Worlds (Are Forced to) Fit 171 8. Becoming the Yshiro Nation 188 9. Reality Check 209 Conclusion. Eisheraho/Renewal 227 Acronyms 241 Notes 243 Glossary 257 References 259 Index 283
£25.19
American Psychiatric Association Publishing Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Book SynopsisDSM-5-TR is the most comprehensive, current, and critical resource for clinical practice available to today's mental health clinicians and researchers. With contributions from over 200 subject matter experts, this must-have updated volume boasts the most current text updates based on the current literature.Table of ContentsDSM-5-TR ClassificationPreface Section I: DSM-5-TR Basics IntroductionUse of the ManualCautionary Statement for Forensic Use of DSM-5-TR Section II: Diagnostic Criteria and Codes Neurodevelopmental DisordersSchizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic DisordersBipolar and Related DisordersDepressive DisordersAnxiety DisordersObsessive-Compulsive and Related DisordersTrauma- and Stressor-Related DisordersDissociative DisordersSomatic Symptom and Related DisordersFeeding and Eating DisordersElimination DisordersSleep-Wake DisordersSexual DysfunctionsGender DysphoriaDisruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct DisordersSubstance-Related and Addictive DisordersNeurocognitive DisordersPersonality DisordersParaphilic DisordersOther Mental DisordersMedication-Induced Movement Disorders and Other Adverse Effects of MedicationOther Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention Section III: Emerging Measures and Models Assessment MeasuresCulture and Psychiatric DiagnosesAlternative DSM-5 Model for Personality DisordersConditions for Further StudyAppendixAlphabetical Listing of DSM-5-TR Diagnoses and Codes (ICD-10-CM)Numerical Listing of DSM-5-TR Diagnoses and Codes (ICD-10-CM)DSM-5 Advisors and Other ContributorsIndex
£999.99
MP-AMM American Mathematical Probability Theory
Book SynopsisThis volume presents topics in probability theory covered during a first-year graduate course given at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, USA. The necessary background material in measure theory is developed, including all the standard topics.Table of ContentsMeasure theory; Weak convergence; Independent sums; Dependent random variables; Martingales; Stationary stochastic processes; Dynamic programming and filtering; Bibliography; Index
£25.60
Duke University Press A Decade of Negative Thinking
Book SynopsisFeatures writings on contemporary art and culture by the author, a painter and feminist art theorist. Mixing theory and practice, the personal and the political, this book tackles questions about the place of feminism in art and political discourse, and the aesthetics and values of contemporary painting.Trade Review“Mira Schor reminds us that some of the best, and most eye-opening, writing on art has always been made by artists themselves. The essays in A Decade of Negative Thinking demolish countless widely held assumptions about contemporary art, and do so with a compelling blend of skepticism and passion.”—Raphael Rubinstein, author of Polychrome Profusion: Selected Art Criticism, 1990–2002“This collection of essays by one of the most engaging writers of contemporary art critically excavates and redefines the enduring questions in aesthetics and politics with extraordinary verve and urgency.”—Gunalan Nadarajan, Vice Provost for Research, Maryland Institute College of Art"An excellent new book. . . .” -- Holland Cotter * New York Times *“Witty and lucid, showing that she’s a believer in art’s power, despite all the naysaying.” -- David O’Neill * Bookforum *“Schor is both an artist and a writer, maybe the perfect person to consider in this search for uncorrupt, valuable criticism. In her excellent book A Decade of Negative Thinking, she describes anonymous online commenting as the worst possible type of criticism, because it almost always falls into what she calls the ‘sucks/bullshit’ mode. (Ah, yup.) If you're looking for the opposite of that, pick up the book.” -- Jen Graves * The Stranger *“Schor stakes out her own distinctive critical territory at the intersections of imagination and practice, concept and craft, anger and hope, humor and gravity. . . . It’s refreshing to accompany Schor as she look sat and opines on the state of culture. As she concludes in the book’s final essay, two qualities an artist can use to escape the trap of recipe art are ‘necessity , and having something to say with an investment in the formal means you use to say it.’ Schor has both.” -- Kathleen Rooney * Bitch *“The essays collected in A Decade of Negative Thinking present lucid, highly engaged and engaging reflections on the politics, rhetoric and political economy of artistic practice.” -- Matt Davies * Visual Studies *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Part 1:She Said, She Said: Feminist Debates, 1971–2009 The ism that dare not speak its name Anonymity as a Political Tactic: Art Blogs, Feminism, Writing, and Politics Generation 2.5 Email to a Young Woman Artist The Womanhouse Films Miss Elizabeth Bennett Goes to Feminist Boot Camp Part 2:Painting Some Notes on Women and Abstraction and a Curious Case History: Alice Neel as a Great Abstract Painter Like a Veneer Modest Painting Blurring Richter Off the Grid: Weather Conditions in Lower Manhattan, September 11, 2001 to October 2, 2001 Part 3:Trite Tropes Trite Tropes, Clichés, or the Persistence of Styles Recipe Art Work and Play New Tales of Scheherazade Appendix: Work document: Grey Notes Bibliography Index
£25.19
Duke University Press Impersonal Passion
Book SynopsisA collection of essays on the everyday workings of language and how language shapes our social and political existence.Trade Review“Denise Riley writes a poet’s prose, and her theoretical originality more than matches the engaging quality of her writing. She breathes life into the claim that the ‘I’ is an effect of language and draws her reader in both for the sake of her brilliant unpacking of existential idioms and for her renewal of the theoretical questions of where and how language locates us and how and with what effect we can relocate ourselves.”—Ellen Rooney, Brown University“Denise Riley’s splendor as a writer is unclassifiable: she is language philosopher, phenomenologist, poet, feminist theorist, and cultural critic all bound into one. In addition to the gorgeous thinking and language, Impersonal Passion offers singular takes on common conundrums that most of us don’t think deeply about let alone get to the bottom of. This book is a rarity: a work of philosophy that one can’t put down.”—Wendy Brown, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1. Malediction 9 2. "What I Want Back Is What I Was": Consolation's Retrospect 29 3. The Right to be Lonely 49 4. Why WHYs and why mes 59 5. Linguistic Inhibition as a Cause of Pregnancy 71 6. "Lying" When You Aren't 85 7. All Mouth and No Trousers: Linguistic Embarrassments 97 8. "But Then I Wouldn't Be Here" 105 9. Your Name Which Isn't Yours 115 Notes 129
£21.59
Duke University Press The Colombia Reader History Culture Politics
Book SynopsisContaining over one hundred selections ranging from songs, artwork, and poetry, to journalism, oral history, and scholarship—most published in English for the first time—The Colombia Reader presents a rich and multi-layered account of this complex nation from the colonial era to the present.Trade Review"Including a wide range of photographs and reproductions of works of art, this remarkable and exciting collection is an indispensable work for all libraries, all scholars of Colombia, Latin Americanists of all sorts, and any interested reader. Essential. All levels/libraries." -- J. M. Rosenthal * Choice *"This book will allow us to write, teach, and tell not only different histories of Colombia but to write, teach, and tell those histories differently.... This collection will certainly become a foundational teaching tool not only for the histories of Colombia but also those of Latin America." -- A. Ricardo López * Revista *
£22.79
Syracuse University Press Carmilla A Critical Edition
Book SynopsisThis title situates Carmilla within its Irish Cultural milieu and treats the text as self-standing rather than as a precursor to Dracula. Unlike other collections of Gothic literature, Costello-Sullivan's work focuses solely on Carmilla.
£15.26
University of Minnesota Press The Singular Objects of Architecture
Book SynopsisFeatures a dialogue between two of the most interesting thinkers working in philosophy and architecture. This work covers fundamental problems of politics, identity, and aesthetics as their exchange becomes an imaginative exploration of the possibilities of modern architecture and the future of modern life.Trade Review"A remarkable installment in Baudrillard's longstanding polemic about the modern object." - Semiotic Review of Books "Enormously suggestive... [The interviews] will leave those willing to wrestle with what is said here with a deeper understanding of the world we live in." - modernism/modernity"
£13.29
University of Minnesota Press Proust And Signs
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The Catholic University of America Press An Answer Key to a Primer of Ecclesiastical Lati
Book SynopsisProvides an answer key to the drills and exercises contained in each of the units of John F Collins's bestselling ""A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin"". Written for those charged with the responsibility of teaching the Latin of the church, this primer aims to give the student the ability to read ecclesiastical Latin.Trade ReviewHere is an opportunity to immerse oneself in the history and culture of a language that once united the world, and at the same time attain a better understanding of how ou own language has been shaped. - The Living Church
£16.96
University of Pennsylvania Press A Natural History of the Romance Novel
Book SynopsisPamela Regis argues that the romance novel, the most popular but least respected of literary genres, does not enslave women but celebrates their freedom and joy. Regis provides critics with an expanded vocabulary for discussing a genre that is both classic and contemporary, sexy and entertaining.Trade Review"Finally, a true and insightful history of the romance novel. This book establishes the historical legitimacy of an important literary genre." * Jayne Ann Krentz *"Regis sets out to analyse the formal features and literary history of this much-maligned genre. . . . A thorough, sensible, and partisan book, arguing for romantic fiction as a genre that celebrates freedom of choice." * Times Literary Supplement *"Useful to those interested in the form and integrity of romance fiction, this volume joins such noteworthy examinations of the romance as Tania Modleski's Loving with a Vengeance and Janice Radway's Reading the Romance." * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface: The Most Popular, Least Respected Literary Genre PART I. CRITICS AND THE ROMANCE NOVEL 1. The Romance Novel and Women's Bondage 2. In Defense of the Romance Novel PART II. THE ROMANCE NOVEL DEFINED 3. The Definition 4. The Definition Expanded 5. The Genre's Limits PART III. THE ROMANCE NOVEL, 1740-1908 6. Writing the Romance Novel's History 7. The First Best Seller: Pamela, 1740 8. The Best Romance Novel Ever Written: Pride and Prejudice, 1813 9. Freedom and Rochester: Jane Eyre, 1847 10. The Romance Form in the Victorian Multiplot Novel: Framley Parsonage, 1861 11. The Ideal Romance Novel: A Room with a View, 1908 PART IV. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ROMANCE NOVEL 12. The Popular Romance Novel in the Twentieth Century 13. Civil Contracts: Georgette Heyer 14. Courtship and Suspense: Mary Stewart 15. Harlequin, Silhouette, and the Americanization of the Popular Romance Novel: Janet Dailey 16. Dangerous Men: Jayne Ann Krentz 17. One Man, One Woman: Nora Roberts Conclusion Works Cited Index Acknowledgments
£21.59
University of Toronto Press Empire and Communications
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1950, Harold A. Innis’s Empire and Communications is considered to be one of the classic works in media studies, yet its origins have received little attention. Ambitious in its scope, the book spans five millennia, tracing a path of development around the globe from 2900 BCE to the twentieth century and revealing the cyclical interplay between communications and power structures across space and time. In this new edition, William J. Buxton pays close attention to handwritten glosses that Innis added to a copy of the original edition and the revisions undertaken by his widow, Mary Q. Innis. A new introduction provides a detailed account of how the book emerged from lectures that Innis delivered at Oxford University in 1948, as well as how it related to other presentations Innis made in Britain during the same period. It explores how Innis sought to enrich his analysis by incorporating material related to phenomena such as war, education, Table of ContentsIntroduction to Empire and Communications William J. Buxton Notes on the Text William J. Buxton Empire and Communications – 1972 edition Harold A. Innis Foreword by Marshall McLuhan Author's Preface Editor's Note by Mary Q. Innis 1. Introduction 2. Egypt 3. Babylonia 4. The Oral Tradition and Greek Civilization 5. The Written Tradition and the Roman Empire 6. Parchment and Paper 7. Paper and the Printing Press Bibliography Compiled by William J. Buxton Index Compiled by William J. Buxton
£26.99
New York University Press Anxious Parents A History of Modern Childrearing
Book SynopsisThe nineteenth and twentieth centuries saw a dramatic shift in the role of children in American society and families. No longer necessary for labor, children became economic liabilities. What caused this shift in the ways parenting and childhood were experienced and perceived? The author explains this phenomenon.Trade Review"A strong, effective, and readable portrayal of how twentieth-century American parents have invested and over-invested in their children. In a fairly short compass, Stearns has demonstrated many of the things that historians have tended to belabor-the role of expertise, why despite their declining numbers, children have become so important socially, the new realm of consumption, how the anxiety about children has become a central matter in twentieth-century culture and even an identifier of American life. Stearns knows what is going on and that children are not a means to express other anxieties, but the very source of many of the anxieties we express." -- Paula S. Fass,University of California, Berkeley"Anxiety is the hallmark of contemporary parenting. Todays parents are tormented by fears of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, child abductions, and juvenile drug and alcohol use. In perhaps his most timely and exciting book, Peter N. Stearns explains with wit and humane insight how modern mothers and fathers came to agonize incessantly about children's personality development, school performance, and psychological well-being." -- Steven Mintz,University of Houston"In what is his trademark style, Stearns creates an artful synthesis that is both revelatory and captivating. An at times unsettling analysis of parental angst, the book is replete with worthy insights for historians and contemporary parents alike." * The Journal of American History *"Stearns points to a number of contemporary phenomena, each of which he considers an expression of parental anxiety. Steans appears to be particularly sensitive to the upward mobility of kids grades." * The New York Review of Books *"(Stearns) has a keen appreciation of what really mattered to 20th-century Americans, in their families and beyond. Indeed, it is his easy command of all that was going on outside the home- and his profound grasp of the connectedness of those larger developments and their consequences for childreaing - that sets his study apart from other histories of the modern American family." * Journal of Social History *"The book is more than a synthesis of existing scholarship. It is a compendium of ideas - some personal, mostly scholarly - about the experience of parenting in the United States since the beginning of the twentieth century. The book is imaginative and thought provoking." * History of Education Quarterly *Table of ContentsContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1 Anxious Parents: A 20th-Century History 2 The Vulnerable Child 3 Discipline 4 All Are above Average: Children at School 5 Work and Chores: Do I Have To? 6 I'm Bored: The Two Faces of Entertainment 7 Conclusion: The Impact of Anxiety Appendix Notes Index About the Author
£22.79
New York University Press Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone
Book SynopsisThis book engages the perspectives of people with autism, including those who have been considered as the most severely disabled within the autism spectrum. The volume allows a look into the rich and insightful perspectives of people who have heretofore been thought of as uninterested in the world.Trade ReviewThe writings of Rubin, Mukhopadhyay, and all of the contributors are testament to the need to embrace a & disability consciousness in seeking educational and therapeutic options for autistic persons so that they can achieve their full potential. While Biklen refrains from extensive analysis of his contributors' words, his book is truly valuable in its straightforward presentation of the voices of autistic persons speaking not only for but as themselves. * Disability Studies Quarterly *Disagrees with the common picture of autism, presenting chapters written by those with autism themselvesincluding those considered most severely disabled within the world of autismto present a personalized view of how autism is experienced by those diagnosed. . . . A & must for any who understand the autistic experience. * Bookwatch *Austism and the Myth of the Person Alone is one of those rare professional books that causes one to pause and consider what it tells us about our literature, our field, and, perhaps, ourselves...Biklen has given us a fascinating, thoughtful and, most important, essential book by including insights, experiences, and perspectives of individuals with autism to add to the canon * American Association on Mental Retardation *Biklens tenacity is to be admired. * CHOICE *The prevailing view of autism and disability is redefined in this beautifully written book. Can you ask for more than to inform, inspire, challenge, and help to create new ways of understanding? Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone forces us to confront misunderstanding, misperceptions, and lack of knowledge, and to rethink disability and autism. It demands that we embrace people who act, communicate, and socialize differently. I love this book! -- Jan Nisbet,Director, Institute on DisabilityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction A Discussion of Methods 1 Framing Autism 2I. An Introduction to Sue Rubin II. A Conversation with Leo Kanner (by Sue Rubin) 3I. An Introduction to Tito Rajarshi MukhopadhyayII. Questions and Answers (by Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay and Douglas Biklen) 4I. An Introduction to Lucy Blackman II. Re?ections on Language (by Lucy Blackman) I. An Introduction to Larry Bissonnette II. Letters Ordered through Typing Produce the Story of an ArtistStranded on the Island of Autism (by Larry Bissonnette) 6I. An Introduction to Alberto Frugone II. Salient Moments in the Life of Alberto, as a Child, a Youth, a Young Man (by Alberto Frugone) 7I. An Introduction to Richard Att?eld II. The Colour of Rich (by Richard Att?eld) 8I. The World as I'd Like It to Be (by Jamie Burke) II. The Myth of the Person Alone (by Douglas Biklen) Bibliography IndexAbout the Authors
£23.74
American Mathematical Society Partial Differential Equations A First Course
Book SynopsisWritten for undergraduate students from different cohorts with one sole purpose: to facilitate a proficiency in many core concepts in PDEs while enhancing the intuition and appreciation of the subject. For mathematics students this will in turn provide a solid foundation for graduate study.Table of Contents Basic definitions First-order PDEs and the method of characteristics The wave equation in one space dimension The wave equation in three and two space dimensions The delta ""function"" and distributions in one space dimension The Fourier transform The diffusion equation The Laplacian, Laplace's equation, and harmonic functions Distributions in higher dimensions and partial differentiation in the sense of distributions The fundamental solution for Green's functions for the Laplacian Fourier series The separation of variables algorithm for boundary value problems Uniting the big three second-order linear equations and what's next Objects and tools of advanced calculus Bibliography Index
£70.20
Seagull Books London Ltd Change Translated by Howard Goldblatt
Book SynopsisA title in which, the author personalizes the political and social changes in his country over the past few decades. By moving back and forth in time and focusing on small events and everyday people, it breathes life into Chinese history by describing the effects of larger-than-life events on the average citizen.Trade Review"In his novels and short stories, Mr. Mo paints sprawling, intricate portraits of Chinese rural life, often using flights of fancy-animal narrators, elements of fairy tales-that evoke the lyrical techniques of South American magical realists." -New York Times "Through a mixture of fantasy and reality, historical and social perspectives, Mo Yan has created a world reminiscent in its complexity of those in the writings of William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, at the same time finding a departure point in old Chinese literature and in oral tradition."-Nobel Committee for Literature "If China has a Kafka, it may be Mo Yan. Like Kafka, Yan has the ability to examine his society through a variety of lenses, creating fanciful, Metamorphosis-like transformations or evoking the numbing bureaucracy and casual cruelty of modern governments."-Publishers Weekly"
£14.98
Haynes Publishing Group Ford Anglia 59 68 Haynes Repair Manual Classic
Book SynopsisAnglia Series 105E and Series 123E Saloon and Estate and Series 307E and Series 309E Vans; Petrol: 1.0 litre (997cc) & 1.2 litre (1198cc).
£29.60
John Wiley & Sons Healing Horses the Classical Way
Book SynopsisHelping to rehabilitate horses who have been disadvantaged, mentally or physically, by inadequate or inappropriate handling is the author's chief love. This book explains why riding and training rooted in the classical tradition is the only sure way to prevent such problems developing and how it can remedy serious and ingrained problems.
£23.75
Haynes Publishing Group Chrysler Marine Outboard Engine 19661984 Service
Book SynopsisSpecific Models Covered:3.5 HP, 3.6 HP, 4 HP, 4.4 HP, 4.5 HP, 4.9 HP, 5; HP, 6 HP, 6.6 HP, 7 HP, 7.5 HP, 8 HP, 9.2 HP, 9.6; HP, 9.9 HP, 10 HP, 12 HP, 12.9 HP, 15 HP, 20; HP, 25 HP, 30 HP, 35 HP, 45 HP, 50 HP, 55 HP,; 60 HP, 65 HP, 70 HP, 75 HP, 85 HP, 90 HP, 100; HP, 105 HP, 115 HP, 120 HP, 125 HP, 130 HP,; 135 HP, 140 HP
£27.00
Oregon State University How to Live Longer and Feel Better
Book SynopsisA New York Times bestseller when it was first published in 1986, Linus Pauling's seminal work proposes taking vitamins and minerals to prevent disease and live a long life. Eminently readable and challenging on many levels, the book compiled for a popular audience a generation of scientific knowledge and helped to revolutionize the way people think about nutrition.
£17.95
Haynes Publishing Group Yamaha DT MX Series Singles Motorcycle 19771983
Book SynopsisSpecific Models Covered:DT100 77-83; DT125 78-81; DT175 78-81; DT250 77-79; DT400 77-78; MX10 0 79-83; MX175 79-81
£33.75
Galison Liberty Tanjore Gardens Memo Pad
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