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Monthly Review Press,U.S. Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food and the Environment
There is growing popular fear over possible pesticide contamination of food and the microbiological safety of the food supply. This work explains why corporate agribusiness is a rising threat to farmers, the environment, and consumers. Ranging in subject from the politics of hunger to the new agricultural biotechnologies, the book addresses the reasons for the expansion of hunger despite the increase of world food supplies, and points the way toward organic, sustainable solutions to the problems of food supply and distribution.
£18.99
Vintage Publishing A Whistling Woman
It is 1968 and Frederica Potter is surprised to find herself embarking on a new career in television. While she endeavours to navigate this fast-paced and occasionally bewildering industry, her lover John takes up a post working with a pair of unusual scientists. Yet in Frederica’s home county of Yorkshire, tumultuous events are unfolding. Soon her future, and that of the people closest to her, begins to look rather different.THE FOURTH FREDERICA POTTER NOVEL
£12.99
Little, Brown & Company Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Chapter 4: The Sanctuary and the Witch of Greed, Vol. 3
Apprehensive about the Frederica affair, Subaru gets acceptance from the Sanctuaryand returns to Roswaal Manor. There, he encounters the "Bowel Hunter" Elsa, who hasmade him taste death more than once in his previous lives...
£10.99
Quarto Publishing PLC A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues
Why is it easy to hate and difficult to love? When societies fracture into warring tribes, we demonise those who oppose us. We tear down our statues, forgetting that what begins with the destruction of statues, often leads to the killing of people. Blending history, philosophy and psychology, A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues is a compelling exploration of identity and power. This remarkable book spans every continent, religion and era, through the creation and destruction of 21 statues from Hatshepsut and the Buddhas of Bamiyan to Mendelssohn, Edward Colston and Frederick Douglass. The 21 statues are Hatshepsut (Ancient Egypt), Nero (Suffolk, UK), Athena (Syria), Buddhas of Bamiyan (Afghanistan), Hecate (Constantinople), Our Lady of Caversham (near Reading, UK), Huitzilopochtli (Mexico), Confucius (China), Louis XV (France), Mendelssohn (Germany), The Confederate Monument (US), Sir John A. Macdonald (Canada), Christopher Columbus (Venezuela), Edward Colston (Bristol, UK), Cecil Rhodes (South Africa), George Washington (US), Stalin (Hungary), Yagan (Australia), Saddam Hussein (Iraq), B. R. Ambedkar (India) and Frederick Douglass (US).
£20.00
Mantra Lingua Hansel and Gretel
£11.43
The University of Chicago Press The Atheist's Bible: The Most Dangerous Book That Never Existed
A comprehensive biography of the Treatise of the Three Impostors, a controversial nonexistent medieval book. Like a lot of good stories, this one begins with a rumor: in 1239, Pope Gregory IX accused Frederick II, the Holy Roman Emperor, of heresy. Without disclosing evidence of any kind, Gregory announced that Frederick had written a supremely blasphemous book—De tribus impostoribus, or the Treatise of the Three Impostors—in which Frederick denounced Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad as impostors. Of course, Frederick denied the charge, and over the following centuries the story played out across Europe, with libertines, freethinkers, and other “strong minds” seeking a copy of the scandalous text. The fascination persisted until finally, in the eighteenth century, someone brought the purported work into actual existence—in not one but two versions, Latin and French. Although historians have debated the origins and influences of this nonexistent book, there has not been a comprehensive biography of the Treatise of the Three Impostors. In The Atheist’s Bible, the eminent historian Georges Minois tracks the course of the book from its origins in 1239 to its most salient episodes in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, introducing readers to the colorful individuals obsessed with possessing the legendary work—and the equally obsessive passion of those who wanted to punish people who sought it. Minois’s compelling account sheds much-needed light on the power of atheism, the threat of blasphemy, and the persistence of free thought during a time when the outspoken risked being burned at the stake.
£24.43
Plough Publishing House The Inconvenient Gospel: A Southern Prophet Tackles War, Wealth, Race, and Religion
“Clarence Jordan spoke with an unwavering prophetic voice. He firmly rejected materialism, militarism, and racism as obstacles to authentic faith… He was a fearless and innovative defender of human rights.” —President Jimmy CarterOn 440 depleted acres in Sumter County, Georgia, a young Baptist preacher and farmer named Clarence Jordan gathered a few families and set out to show that Jesus intended more than spiritual fellowship. Like the first Christians, they would share their land, money, and possessions. Working together to rejuvenate the soil and the local economy, they would demonstrate racial and social justice with their lives.Black and white community members eating together at the same table scandalized local Christians, drew the ire of the KKK, and led to drive-by shootings, a firebombing, and an economic boycott.This bold experiment in nonviolence, economic justice, and sustainable agriculture was deeply rooted in Clarence Jordan’s understanding of the person and teachings of Jesus, which stood in stark contrast to the hypocrisy of churches that blessed wars, justified wealth disparity, and enforced racial segregation. “You can’t put Christianity into practice,” Jordan wrote, “You can’t make it work. As desperately as it is needed in this poor, broken world, it is not a philosophy of life to be ‘tried.’ Nor is it a social or ethical ideal which has tantalized humankind with the possibility of attainment. For Christianity is not a system you work – it is a Person who works you.”This selection from his talks and writings introduces Clarence Jordan’s radically biblical vision to a new generation of peacemakers, community builders, and activists.
£9.15
Random House USA Inc 101 Things I Learned in Law School
£14.39
Guilford Publications Treating Substance Abuse, Third Edition: Theory and Technique
This state-of-the-art text and clinical resource captures the breadth of current knowledge about substance abuse and its treatment. For each of the major evidence-based treatment approaches, a chapter on basic assumptions and theories is followed by a chapter on clinical applications, including illustrative case material. Expert contributors cover motivational, contingency management, cognitive-behavioral, 12-step, family, and pharmacological approaches. Concluding chapters discuss effective ways to integrate different treatments in a range of clinical settings. New to This Edition *Reflects significant advances in research and clinical practice. *Chapter on the biology of substance use disorders. *Chapter on an additional treatment setting: primary care. *Chapter on case management.
£40.99
Baker Publishing Group The Family – A Christian Perspective on the Contemporary Home
This proven, comprehensive resource covers every issue that affects Christian family life. It has been in print for over thirty years and has sold nearly 100,000 copies. This new edition is updated throughout with discussions of recent family-related issues. It includes a new chapter on work and family balance and a new section on the increasing role grandparents take in parental responsibilities.
£22.49
Imprint Academic Humberto Maturana: Reflections on Bringing Forth Worlds
£19.95
Fonthill Media Ltd 806 Naval Air Squadron
£22.50
Random House USA Inc 101 Things I Learned in Film School
£15.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Clinician's Handbook for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Inference-Based Therapy
This book is the first to bring together new research to offer a hands-on clinical guide to treating people with all types of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) using an inference-based therapy (IBT). Provides clinical examples from the full range of OCD subtypes Coverage integrates theory and application Decribes case management in detail - from initial assessment to terminating therapy and follow-up Shows how IBT can also be generalized and applied to other serious psychiatric disorders
£35.95
General Press India Burmese Days (Hardcover Library Edition)
£24.33
Bolinda Publishing The Fourth Protocol
£16.18
Bolinda Publishing No Comebacks
£17.98
Deep Vellum Publishing Faust, Part One: A New Translation with Illustrations
The original tale of moral destruction, in a brand-new translation: Faust is a man torn between the urges of the living world and the significance of moral living. He feels nothing, he lives for nothing, and thus engages in a wager with Mephistopheles, the devil himself. Goethe’s master work shares the deep complexity of a human life, rife with pain, mistakes and dynamic complexity. With Faust, the lushly lyrical and philosophically brilliant drama on which the poet spent almost his entire life, Goethe solidified himself as a major literary figure whose work would transcend time and space to create the modern world. Now, this brand-new, dynamic translation demands we ask of our world: who will win, humanity or Mephistopheles?
£14.00
Rowman & Littlefield Feminism and Philosophy
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£59.00
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Zero Balancing: Touching the Energy of Bone
The definitive guide to Zero Balancing brings this increasingly popular therapy to life. It contains a clear description of the anatomy and physiology of energy which leads on to a compelling explanation of how and why this form of bodywork can have such powerful effects. Throughout, there are illustrations which convey the unique energy of a Zero Balancing session and John Hamwee provides fascinating examples of clients, their experiences and the outcomes of the work.
£17.53
Royal Society of Chemistry Kinase Drug Discovery: Modern Approaches
Kinase inhibition remains an area of significant interest, and growing importance, across academia and the pharmaceutical industry. There are now many marketed drugs that target kinases and a significant number of compounds are currently in various stages of clinical development. This book is a forward-looking analysis of a number of key areas for kinase inhibition in the coming years and builds on the first volume. This includes topics such as screening approaches to target kinases along with different modes of inhibition such as allosteric and covalent. Novel approaches such as macrocyclisation are considered along with how the properties of kinase inhibitors have evolved, including the potential for brain penetration. Recent areas of great importance also covered include cutting edge molecular modelling approaches and the importance of kinase mutations. The evolving biology of kinases has also resulted in increased interest in the immuno-oncology area and also pseudokinases as a target family. As with the first volume the book finishes with a forward looking view of how research against this fascinating target class may evolve.
£169.00
Nova Science Publishers Inc Georgia: Profiles, Foreign Relations & Human Rights
£76.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Capitalizing on Culture: Successful Patterns of Parental Participation for African American Students
£55.79
Nova Science Publishers Inc Tomatoes: Agricultural Procedures, Pathogen Interactions & Health Effects
£139.49
Dover Publications Inc. The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom: A Comprehensive History
£16.99
Wells & Winter Pears
£17.99
Hodder & Stoughton Hallam Square: Book Four in the brilliantly entertaining and heartwarming Gibson Family Saga
In this saga set in 19th-century Lancashire and featuring the Gibson family, Annie is now happily married to mill-owner Frederick Hallam, but a threat from the past emerges to cause her anxiety.
£9.04
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S. Responding to Catastrophes: U.S. Innovation in a Vulnerable World
£43.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A War Transformed: WWI on the Doggerland Front: A Wargame
The Great War meets the horrors of forgotten folklore in this occult skirmish wargame. 1916: A World Transformed. As the Great War raged, the Moon fell from its orbit. Seas shifted, uncovering new lands and revealing what tide and time had concealed. Long known as a potent occult power, the Moon’s descent also heralded the terrifying resurgence of magic. Long-forgotten gods and spirits began to stir in hidden groves and caverns and old traditions found new strength. Soon, stone circles echoed once more with the chanting of ancient rituals and menhirs were again bedecked with wildflowers and presented with offerings of honey and blood. 1918: A War Transformed. Rival nations battle on new fronts, seeking dominance with weapons of spell, song, and sacrifice. Thrust to the surface, Doggerland, the ancient bridge between Britain and Europe, becomes a crucial battleground in the conflict. In this alien landscape, raiding parties pick through the ribs of wrecks and the ruins of lost villages, war machines festooned with totems and fetishes roll over the brittle bones of long-dead giants, and cavalry charge across plains made verdant by the vegetation returning to this new land with unnatural speed. A War Transformed is a skirmish wargame set in a world where World War I was utterly changed by forces far beyond human comprehension. Players command small forces of infantry, cavalry, artillery, and other… stranger… troops on the Doggerland Front. Fast-paced gameplay and a tense initiative bidding system are combined with authentic folk traditions and occult philosophies of the era – it is a game of rifle and relic, of bayonet and belief, of machine gun and magic.
£22.50
Gale Ecco, Print Editions The History of the Seven Years war. ... Translated From the French by Thomas Holcroft. of 2; Volume 1
£26.95
Trema Forlag The Ghost Cars
£30.00
Roli Books Pvt Ltd Fallen Angels
£17.36
North Star Editions Sports Superstars: Drew Brees
This title introduces readers to Drew Brees, covering his early life, career, and life off the field. This title features informative sidebars, detailed infographics, vivid photos, and a glossary.
£10.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Defense Health Care: Treatment, Performance and TRICARE
£127.79
Arcturus Publishing Ltd Ecce Homo
Nietzsche is one of the most influential philosophers of the modern age.
£9.04
State University of New York Press Knowing and Value: Toward a Constructive Postmodern Epistemology
£26.97
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd Breathing Trouble
£10.01
Harvard University Press The Proof Uses of Evidence in Law Politics and Everything Else
£18.95
Open University Press Special Educational Needs Inclusion and Diversity 4e
This new edition of an indispensable textbook covers a huge range of topics illustrated by case studies and practical activities. It will enable schools to navigate through the complex challenges they meet on a daily basis, making education both inclusive and effective for all.Uta Frith, Emeritus Professor in Cognitive Development, University College London, UKThis updated edition of an already essential text is a must read for anyone with an interest in special educational needs, inclusion and diversity in education. It is thoroughly researched, accessibly written, and strikes the perfect balance between emphases on theory, research, policy and practice throughout.Neil Humphrey, Sarah Fielden Professor of Psychology of Education, University of Manchester, UKSpecial Educational Needs, Inclusion and Diversity has established itself as the textbook on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This new edition retains the co
£35.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Telling Secrets
£13.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Peculiar Treasures
£14.99
North Star Editions Major League Sports: National Hockey League
This title introduces readers to the National Hockey League, covering exciting moments in the sport, top competitors, and the sport's history. This title features informative sidebars, detailed infographics, vivid photos, and a glossary.
£10.99
Seven Leaves Press The Lies We Tell Ourselves: How to Face the Truth, Accept Yourself, and Create a Better Life
£14.71
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC History of Philosophy Volume 4: The Rationalists: Descartes to Leibniz
Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit and specialist in the history of philosophy, first created his history as an introduction for Catholic ecclesiastical seminaries. However, since its first publication (the last volume appearing in the mid-1970s) the series has become the classic account for all philosophy scholars and students. The 11-volume series gives an accessible account of each philosopher's work, but also explains their relationship to the work of other philosophers.
£25.00
Transworld Publishers Ltd Fist Of God
During those fateful weeks before Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, a fragment of radio intercept had referred to Qubth-ut-Allah, a devastating secret weapon that could rain death and destruction on the Allied forces.Despite Allied scepticism, Major Mike Martin, an SAS man who can pass as an Arab, is sent into Kuwait to assess Iraqi strength and help the resistance. What he discovers there takes him into the heart of Baghdad, where he is to 'run' the Iraqi spy known as Jericho, the sleeper who might be prepared to provide vital information for money. It is a highly dangerous operation, the results of which cause the Allies to delay their ground assault for four days - while Martin parachutes into the Iraqi mountains on the most hazardous mission of his life: to find and destory Qubth-ut-Allah - the Fist of God.
£10.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK Peter Rabbit: Based on the Major New Movie
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway is in cinemas now! But relive your favourite moments from the first film with this action-packed chapter book!Peter Rabbit is always breaking into Old Mr McGregor's garden and stealing his vegetables. And it's always getting him into trouble! But everything is about to change . . . Will Peter finally be able to take control of the vegetable patch, or will someone stand in his way? Peter Rabbit™ stars James Corden (the voice of Peter Rabbit), Domhnall Gleeson (Mr. McGregor) and Rose Byrne (McGregor's animal loving neighbour, Bea). Bigger and better than ever, this heart-warming tale of adventure will capture the hearts of fans old and new.Other Titles In The Series:Peter Rabbit The Movie: Sticker Activity BookPeter Rabbit 2 NovelisationPeter Rabbit 2 Quiz Book Peter Rabbit 2Sticker Activity BookPeter Rabbit 2 Colouring Sticker Activity BookPerfect for keeping younger Peter Rabbit fans busy for hours!
£7.15
Helion & Company Under Himmler's Command: The Personal Recollections of Oberst Hans-Georg Eismann, Operations Officer, Army Group Vistula, Eastern Front 1945
£16.95
HarperCollins Publishers The Earls Cinderella Countess
The one matchshe doesn't want to makeA Matchmakers of Bath story. The Earl of Fleetwood was Eleanor St Aubin's first love, but being a mere vicar's daughter held her back from admitting her feelings. Now a successful matchmaker, she considers the prospect of finding Frederick the wealthy wife he needs to settle his inherited debts a nightmare come true! But, returning from war, Frederick is facing nightmares of his own. Eleanor feels compelled to help himbut could she ever be his Cinderella countess?
£10.45