Search results for ""Author Susan Leigh""
Stellar Books Publishing Dealing with Stress, Managing its Impact
Have you reached a point in your life where the stress you are experiencing at work, at home or in your relationships has become too much? If so, this is the book for you. This is a definitive guide to help you to deal with the stresses and strains of daily life. It will help you to feel more positive about yourself, enable you make constructive changes to your life and enjoy better relationships with your partner, colleagues, family and friends. Susan's wisdom and advice will provide you with insight, inspiration and practical solutions to help you cope with whatever life throws at you.
£11.36
University of California Press Reading Dancing: Bodies and Subjects in Contemporary American Dance
Borrowing from contemporary semiotics and post-structuralist criticism, Foster outlines four models for representation in dance which are illustrated through an analysis of the works of contemporary choreographers and through historical examples beginning with court ballets of the Renaissance.
£26.10
Stackpole Books How to Keep a Naturalist's Notebook
£18.96
Stellar Books Publishing Dealing With Death, Coping With The Pain
Grief and loss affect us all, no matter what age we might be. From the death of a much loved relative or pet, the lost opportunity of an important scholarship or promotion, a family divorce, death and loss have to grieved over, dealt with and hopefully recovered from. In simple, jargon free language this book covers ways to understand and resolve the diverse, sometimes confusing and conflicting emotions experienced at times of intense personal distress. There are sections that cover how to build personal confidence, a positive mental attitude and self-esteem which benefit us all in everyday life.
£10.64
Stellar Books Publishing 101 Days of Inspiration: #Tipoftheday
Based on the positive feedback she received from her #tipoftheday on social media, Susan Leigh decided to extend these tips into a book of thoughts and inspirations, designed to be enjoyed throughout the day. Here are some of the comments from followers: 'Love your tips of the day. What a refreshing change.' 'Thanks for your tips, they're fab.' 'I think it's amazing that you offer your advice on different topics for free, accessible everywhere. I think you are amazing. Thank you Susan.' 'Spot on post. It's the truth.' 'Susan, you are purely amazing. End of.' 'This is my bible. So many times this is the root of all issues.'
£9.19
Cornell University Press Standards and Their Stories: How Quantifying, Classifying, and Formalizing Practices Shape Everyday Life
Standardization is one of the defining aspects of modern life, its presence so pervasive that it is usually taken for granted. However cumbersome, onerous, or simply puzzling certain standards may be, their fundamental purpose in streamlining procedures, regulating behaviors, and predicting results is rarely questioned. Indeed, the invisibility of infrastructure and the imperative of standardizing processes signify their absolute necessity. Increasingly, however, social scientists are beginning to examine the origins and effects of the standards that underpin the technology and practices of everyday life.Standards and Their Stories explores how we interact with the network of standards that shape our lives in ways both obvious and invisible. The main chapters analyze standardization in biomedical research, government bureaucracies, the insurance industry, labor markets, and computer technology, providing detailed accounts of the invention of "standard humans" for medical testing and life insurance actuarial tables, the imposition of chronological age as a biographical determinant, the accepted means of determining labor productivity, the creation of international standards for the preservation and access of metadata, and the global consequences of "ASCII imperialism" and the use of English as the lingua franca of the Internet.Accompanying these in-depth critiques are a series of examples that depict an almost infinite variety of standards, from the controversies surrounding the European Union's supposed regulation of banana curvature to the minimum health requirements for immigrants at Ellis Island, conflicting (and ever-increasing) food portion sizes, and the impact of standardized punishment metrics like "Three Strikes" laws. The volume begins with a pioneering essay from Susan Leigh Star and Martha Lampland on the nature of standards in everyday life that brings together strands from the several fields represented in the book. In an appendix, the editors provide a guide for teaching courses in this emerging interdisciplinary field, which they term "infrastructure studies," making Standards and Their Stories ideal for scholars, students, and those curious about why coffins are becoming wider, for instance, or why the Financial Accounting Standards Board refused to classify September 11 as an "extraordinary" event.
£25.99
MIT Press Ltd Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences
£36.00
Cornell University Press Standards and Their Stories: How Quantifying, Classifying, and Formalizing Practices Shape Everyday Life
Standardization is one of the defining aspects of modern life, its presence so pervasive that it is usually taken for granted. However cumbersome, onerous, or simply puzzling certain standards may be, their fundamental purpose in streamlining procedures, regulating behaviors, and predicting results is rarely questioned. Indeed, the invisibility of infrastructure and the imperative of standardizing processes signify their absolute necessity. Increasingly, however, social scientists are beginning to examine the origins and effects of the standards that underpin the technology and practices of everyday life.Standards and Their Stories explores how we interact with the network of standards that shape our lives in ways both obvious and invisible. The main chapters analyze standardization in biomedical research, government bureaucracies, the insurance industry, labor markets, and computer technology, providing detailed accounts of the invention of "standard humans" for medical testing and life insurance actuarial tables, the imposition of chronological age as a biographical determinant, the accepted means of determining labor productivity, the creation of international standards for the preservation and access of metadata, and the global consequences of "ASCII imperialism" and the use of English as the lingua franca of the Internet.Accompanying these in-depth critiques are a series of examples that depict an almost infinite variety of standards, from the controversies surrounding the European Union's supposed regulation of banana curvature to the minimum health requirements for immigrants at Ellis Island, conflicting (and ever-increasing) food portion sizes, and the impact of standardized punishment metrics like "Three Strikes" laws. The volume begins with a pioneering essay from Susan Leigh Star and Martha Lampland on the nature of standards in everyday life that brings together strands from the several fields represented in the book. In an appendix, the editors provide a guide for teaching courses in this emerging interdisciplinary field, which they term "infrastructure studies," making Standards and Their Stories ideal for scholars, students, and those curious about why coffins are becoming wider, for instance, or why the Financial Accounting Standards Board refused to classify September 11 as an "extraordinary" event.
£97.20
Stellar Books Publishing Your Divorce Handbook: It's What You Do Next That Counts
Are you feeling broken, perhaps in pieces, not knowing which way to turn? Separation and divorce often catch us at our most vulnerable, at a time when we're especially in need of impartial, solid counsel in order to decide on the best course of action for us. This book's been written by a group of professionals, with many decades of experience in working with separating and divorcing clients. They have worked together to give you an insight into the steps that may be available to you, to answer some frequently asked questions and to offer reassurance that things will get better in time. Sections on family law, mediation, finance, mortgages, mental health and wellbeing are here for you to dip into as and when you need. It's Your Divorce Handbook - It's What You Do Next That Counts.
£12.99
Indiana University Press Decomposition: Post-Disciplinary Performance
The fluid nature of performance studies and the widening embrace of the idea of performativity has produced in Decomposition: Post-Disciplinary Performance a collection of great interest that crosses disciplinary lines of academic work. The essays move from the local to the global, from history to sport, from body parts to stage productions, and from race relations to global politics.
£18.99
