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Understanding the Constructions of Identities by Young New Europeans

Kaleidoscopic selves

By: Alistair Ross

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Understanding the Constructions of Identities by Young New Europeans

Kaleidoscopic selves

By: Alistair Ross

How do young people construct their identities in the complexity of their own country, belonging to the European Union, and being part of global society? This book is based on a unique empirical study of a thousand young people, aged between eleven and nineteen, from fifteen European countries. Covering East European states that joined the EU be

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1315886804

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9781315886800

Education, Globalization and the Nation

By: Andrew Peterson,Ian Davies,King Man Chong,Terrie Epstein,Carla L. Peck,Alistair Ross,Alan Sears,Maria Auxiliadora Moreira dos Santos Schmidt,Debbie Sonu

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Education, Globalization and the Nation

By: Andrew Peterson,Ian Davies,King Man Chong,Terrie Epstein,Carla L. Peck,Alistair Ross,Alan Sears,Maria Auxiliadora Moreira dos Santos Schmidt,Debbie Sonu

Globalization' and 'the Nation' provide significant contexts for examining past educational thinking and practice and to identify how education has been influenced today. This book, written collaboratively, explores country case studies - Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the UK and USA as well as discussing the transnational European Union.

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Springer

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1137460350

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9781137460356

X

By: Alistair McDowall

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X

By: Alistair McDowall

“McDowall masterfully plants ideas that grow until they explode into extraordinary shapes. Filthy humour breaks down into a cracked algorithm of letters and loss ... a play that will gnaw away at you. It's sci-fi – and theatre – at its best.” The Stage Billions of miles from home, the lone research base on Pluto has lost contact with Earth. Unable to leave or send for help, the skeleton crew sit waiting. Waiting. Waiting long enough for time to start eating away at them. To lose all sense of it. To start seeing things in the dark outside. X premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2016. This new Modern Classics edition features an introduction by Dr Cristina Delgado-García.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350088463

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9781350088467

Gangs & Crime

Critical Alternatives

By: Alistair Fraser

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Gangs & Crime

Critical Alternatives

By: Alistair Fraser

This book takes students on a guided tour of the gang phenomenon through history, as well as current representations of gangs in literature and media. It includes: - A detailed global overview of gang culture, covering, amongst others, Glasgow, Chicago, Hong Kong, and Shanghai - A chapter on researching gangs which covers quantitative and qualitative methods - Extra chapter features such as key terms, chapter overviews, study questions and further reading suggestions. Alistair Fraser brings together gang-literature and critical perspectives in a refreshingly new way, exploring ‘gangs’ as a social group with a long and fascinating history.

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SAGE

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1526421844

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9781526421845

Anzac Memories

Living with the Legend

By: Alistair Thomson

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Anzac Memories

Living with the Legend

By: Alistair Thomson

Anzac Memories was first published to acclaim in 1994, and has achieved international renown for its pioneering contribution to the study of war memory and mythology. Michael McKernan wrote that the book gave ‘as good a picture of the impact of the Great War on individuals and Australia as we are likely to get in this generation’, and Michael Roper concluded that ‘an immense achievement of this book is that it so clearly illuminates the historical processes that left men like my grandfather forever struggling to fashion myths which they could live by’. In this new edition Alistair Thomson explores how the Anzac legend has transformed over the past quarter century, how a ‘post-memory’ of the Great War creates new challenges and opportunities for making sense of the national past, and how veterans’ war memories can still challenge and complicate national mythologies. He returns to a family war history that he could not write about twenty years ago because of the stigma of war and mental illness, and he uses newly released Repatriation files to question his own earlier account of veterans’ post-war lives and memories and to think afresh about war and memory.

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Monash University Publishing

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1921867582

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9781921867583

As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories

By: Alistair MacLeod

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As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories

By: Alistair MacLeod

The superbly crafted stories collected in Alistair MacLeod’s As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories depict men and women acting out their “own peculiar mortality” against the haunting landscape of Cape Breton Island. In a voice at once elegiac and life-affirming, MacLeod describes a vital present inhabited by the unquiet spirits of a Highland past, invoking memory and myth to celebrate the continuity of the generations even in the midst of unremitting change. His second collection, As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories confirms MacLeod’s international reputation as a storyteller of rare talent and inspiration.

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New Canadian Library

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155199545X

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9781551995458

Dementia 3Ed

By: David Ames,Alistair Burns,John O'Brien

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Dementia 3Ed

By: David Ames,Alistair Burns,John O'Brien

The rising prevalence of dementia in the population continues to pose a serious public health challenge in both the developed and the developing world. Previous editions of Dementia have become acknowledged as a key 'gold standard' work in this field, and have had a genuinely international approach. The third edition has been fully revised and upda

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CRC Press

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1444114611

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9781444114614

Memories of the Great & the Good

By: Alistair Cooke

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Memories of the Great & the Good

By: Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke knew, met, interviewed, or reported on many of the most influential men and women of the twentieth century and in this collection profiles the twenty-three he considered the most remarkable In his career of more than fifty years broadcasting the BBC radio program Letter from America and as the US correspondent for the Guardian for more than twenty-five years, Alistair Cooke met and mixed with many famous people. In Memories of the Great & the Good he shares his portraits of the men and women that he felt made the world a better, more stimulating place. We read about Franklin D. Roosevelt’s maintenance of his public image by means of a gentleman’s agreement with the press and Lyndon Johnson’s masterful backroom dealings. “Eisenhower at Gettysburg” reveals a conversation between Cooke and the president, touching on everything from their mutual love of golf to what it was like to grow up in a small Kansas farming town at the turn of the twentieth century. Literary figures including P. G. Wodehouse, Erma Bombeck, and George Bernard Shaw are succinctly sketched. And, in the final pair of essays, Cooke pays moving tribute to two of the men he admired the most: Winston Churchill and golfing legend Bobby Jones.

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Open Road Media

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1497697794

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9781497697799

CSB Spurgeon Study Bible, Brown/Tan Cloth Over Board

By: Alistair Begg,CSB Bibles by Holman

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CSB Spurgeon Study Bible, Brown/Tan Cloth Over Board

By: Alistair Begg,CSB Bibles by Holman

Charles Spurgeon has been called the “Prince of Preachers.” He preached to over 10 million people in his lifetime, and his written sermons have impacted millions more. The Spurgeon Study Bible features thousands of excerpts from Spurgeon’s sermons, chosen and edited by Alistair Begg in order to bring the richness of the Prince of Preachers’ insights into your daily study of God’s Word.

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B&H Publishing Group

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1586409719

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9781586409715

Island: The Complete Stories

By: Alistair MacLeod

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Island: The Complete Stories

By: Alistair MacLeod

Winner of the PEN/Malamud Award: “The genius of his stories is to render his fictional world as timeless.”—Colm Tóibín The sixteen exquisitely crafted stories in Island prove Alistair MacLeod to be a master. Quietly, precisely, he has created a body of work that is among the greatest to appear in English in the last fifty years. A book-besotted patriarch releases his only son from the obligations of the sea. A father provokes his young son to violence when he reluctantly sells the family horse. A passionate girl who grows up on a nearly deserted island turns into an ever-wistful woman when her one true love is felled by a logging accident. A dying young man listens to his grandmother play the old Gaelic songs on her ancient violin as they both fend off the inevitable. The events that propel MacLeod's stories convince us of the importance of tradition, the beauty of the landscape, and the necessity of memory.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393246825

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9780393246827

CSB Spurgeon Study Bible, Black/Brown LeatherTouch®

By: Alistair Begg,CSB Bibles by Holman

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CSB Spurgeon Study Bible, Black/Brown LeatherTouch®

By: Alistair Begg,CSB Bibles by Holman

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KJV Spurgeon Study Bible

By: Alistair Begg,Holman Bible Publishers

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KJV Spurgeon Study Bible

By: Alistair Begg,Holman Bible Publishers

Charles Spurgeon has been called the “Prince of Preachers.” He preached to over 10 million people in his lifetime, and his written sermons have impacted millions more. Now available in the King James translation, the KJV Spurgeon Study Bible features thousands of excerpts from Spurgeon’s sermons, chosen and edited by Alistair Begg, in order to bring the richness of the Prince of Preachers’ insights into your daily study of God’s Word. Features Include: Introductory biography of Charles Spurgeon, study notes crafted from Spurgeon sermons, extracted sermon illustrations placed on the same page as the associated biblical text, sermon notes and outlines in Spurgeon’s own handwriting, “Spurgeon Quotables” inserted throughout the Bible, book introductions with book overviews in Spurgeon’s own words, topical subheadings, two-column text, concordance, smyth-sewn binding, presentation page, and full-color maps. The KJV Spurgeon Study Bible features the authorized version of the King James translation (KJV). The KJV is one of the best-selling translations of all time and captures the beauty and majesty of God’s Word for those who love the rich heritage and reverent language of this rendering of the Holy Bible.

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1535925574

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9781535925570

Heaven

By: Alistair Canlin

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Heaven

By: Alistair Canlin

Heaven is a lap dancing club run by Jack Fisher and Max Morton. To say it has a reputation is an understatement. They do not call it Heaven for nothing. The exploits around the club are being investigated by the police, and they set up an undercover investigation. But things are not always what they seem. The lines between love & hate, business & pleasure become blurred, as you are thrown into a world of shady criminals, bent coppers and beautiful women. Can you keep up? Or is Heaven too much for you?

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Lulu.com

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1411656687

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9781411656680

Ten Pound Poms

A Life History of British Postwar Emigration to Australia

By: A. James Hammerton,Alistair Thomson

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Ten Pound Poms

A Life History of British Postwar Emigration to Australia

By: A. James Hammerton,Alistair Thomson

The authors draw upon a rich life history archive of letters, diaries, personal photographs and oral history interviews with former migrants, including those who settled in Australia and those who returned to Britain. They offer original interpretations of key historical themes, including motivations for emigration; gender relations and the family dynamics of migration; the 'very familiar and awfully strange' confrontation with the new world; the anguish of homesickness and return; and the personal and national identities of both settlers and returnees, fifty years on. --book cover.

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Manchester University Press

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071907133X

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9780719071331

Faithful Science

Teaching Intelligent Design to Evangelical Students

By: Alistair J. McKitterick

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Teaching Intelligent Design to Evangelical Students

By: Alistair J. McKitterick

This thesis studies the impact of teaching intelligent design to evangelical students. Science is often presented as a reason why some find sharing their faith difficult in a secular culture: teaching the science of intelligent design enables Christians to initiate conversations and overcome obstacles with those whose worldview is more Darwinian and materialist. The professional doctoral research employs both action research and practical theology. Lin Norton's pedagogical action research provides the structure for the qualitative research and thematic analysis, showing that students find learning about intelligent design empowering for evangelism. Richard Osmer's model of practical theology enables an interdisciplinary reflection on how intelligent design challenges Western secular culture. Intelligent design is seen as the most integrative of all the different ways of relating science and theology. Theologically, teaching intelligent design is like teaching a modern parable to contemporary society and, just like the Gospel parables, some respond with faith and some reject it. Evangelical students find learning about it both liberating and empowering in their ability to share their faith more confidently with others, especially in schools and youth groups.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666722022

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9781666722024

The Life and Death of the Shopping City

Public Planning and Private Redevelopment in Britain since 1945

By: Alistair Kefford

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The Life and Death of the Shopping City

Public Planning and Private Redevelopment in Britain since 1945

By: Alistair Kefford

Traces the transformation redevelopment of Britain's cities from post-war reconstruction and modernist urban renewal to the present day.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108836690

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9781108836692

Global Foodscapes

Oppression and resistance in the life of food

By: Alistair Fraser

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Global Foodscapes

Oppression and resistance in the life of food

By: Alistair Fraser

What we eat – as well as how it is produced, processed, moved, sold, and used by our bodies seems to matter like never before. Global Foodscapes takes on this topicality and asks readers to think about how we are all involved in the making of an odd and, in many ways, troubling and contested food economy. It explores how food is conceived, traded, grown, reared, processed, sold, and consumed; investigates what goes wrong along the way; and assesses what diverse people around the world are doing to fix these faults. The text uses a carefully-crafted framework that explores the interaction of five forms of oppression and five means of resistance as they are worked out over five stages in the food economy. It draws on case studies from around the world that illuminate key issues about food in today's world; examines how oppression affects diverse people caught up in the food economy; and highlights how individuals, groups, and institutions such as governments, but also firms, are trying to improve how we interact with the food system. Global Foodscapes is a highly accessible and useful text for undergraduate students interested in the global food economy. The global range of case studies, examples, and reference points, as well as its original framework allows the text to speak to diverse audiences and generate debate about whether anything – and if so, what – needs to be done about the food system we depend upon so heavily. Additional materials such as suggested readings and discussion points help students consider the issues at hand and conduct initial and more detailed research on today's food economy.

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Routledge

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1317274865

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9781317274865

McDowall Plays: 1

Brilliant Adventures; Captain Amazing; Talk Show; Pomona

By: Alistair McDowall

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Brilliant Adventures; Captain Amazing; Talk Show; Pomona

By: Alistair McDowall

This is the first collection from groundbreaking playwright Alistair McDowall, "an exceptionally talented and fast-rising writer. Still only in his twenties, this writer is surely going places. Whatever he dreams up next, his name will almost certainly be in lights at the Royal Court soon, if not at the National Theatre." (The Times) Having won a Judges Award at the Bruntwood Prize in 2011 and been shortlisted for the Writers' Guild Best Play Award in 2013, Alistair McDowall is one of the most exciting playwrights of this generation. The anthology features the play that brought McDowall to people's attention, Brilliant Adventures, up to his latest major play, Pomona, that received ecstatic reviews, transferred to the National Theatre, and hailed him as one of the most important playwrights of this generation. It also includes two previously unpublished plays. Brilliant Adventures (Royal Exchange/Live Theatre, 2013) is a fast paced tale of brotherhood, addiction and breaking the laws of physics. It won McDowall a Bruntwood Prize. Captain Amazing (Live Theatre, 2013) is a funny and poignant one-man show that thrusts us into the life of Britain's only part-time superhero. Talk Show (Royal Court, 2013) is black comedy about talking and transmission. It was premiered as part of the Royal Court's Open Court season and has not previously been published. Pomona (Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama/Orange Tree Theatre, 2014) is a sinister and surreal thriller, which takes as its setting Manchester's Pomona - an abandoned concrete island at the heard of the city; a place where journeys end and nightmares are born. The anthology is introduced by the author and includes a foreword by Olivier-award-winning playwright Simon Stephens.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350007455

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9781350007451

Italy's Paradise

A History of Tuscany

By: Alistair Moffat

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Italy's Paradise

A History of Tuscany

By: Alistair Moffat

A delicious trip through the geography, history and culture of the region' – Sunday Telegraph Ever since the days of the Grand Tour, Tuscany has cast its magic spell on foreign vistiors. Attracted by the perfect combination of history, art, architecture, superb natural beauty and weather – not to mention magnificent traditions of food and drink – British visitors and residents have been at times so numerous that the local word for foreigners was simply ' gli inglesi' – 'the English'. What is it that makes this exquisite part of Italy so seductive? Alistair Moffat embarks on a journey into Tuscany's past. From the flowering of the Etruscan civilization in the seventh century bc through the rise of the powerful medieval communes of Arezzo, Luca, Pisa and Florence, and the role the area played as the birthplace of the Renaissance, he underlines both the area's regional uniqueness as well as the vital role it has played in the history of the whole of Italy. Insightful, readable and imbued with the author's own enthusiasm for Tuscany, this book includes a wealth of information not found in tourist guides. 'A sun-drenched meditation on the character of the place and its people' – The Scotsman

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Birlinn Ltd

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1788857259

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9781788857253

Medical Misadventures

54 Years at the Cutting Edge of the NHS

By: Alistair Fraser-Moodie

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Medical Misadventures

54 Years at the Cutting Edge of the NHS

By: Alistair Fraser-Moodie

A memoir looking at the ups and downs of a doctor’s life. A ‘warts and all’ examination of the NHS through the last 50 years. The book also looks at the looming crisis in the NHS when the number of doctors will dramatically fall.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1789010950

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9781789010954

The Game Changer

How Leading Organisations in Business and Sport Changed the Rules of the Game

By: Alistair Gray

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The Game Changer

How Leading Organisations in Business and Sport Changed the Rules of the Game

By: Alistair Gray

The Game Changer powerfully demonstrates how some organisations in business and sport have done more than raise their performance; they have also changed the rules of the game or the game itself within their industry. It gives examples of the strategies and governance programmes that have emerged to accomplish this, and the challenges of executing them. This book brings to life strategic management in business, sport and not-for-profit organisations. It explores many of the theories taught on MBA and other professional programmes through case studies from the worlds of sport and business, written by authors who have played a part in the change. Alistair Gray has spent much of his career in senior roles in these sectors and brings a unique insight to the field, as well as providing the reader with tools and techniques for improvement in governance and performance. The Game Changer is essential reading for both professionals looking for methods to improve their own performance and to embed strong principles of governance, and business students looking for real-life lessons from practice.

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Routledge

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0429777345

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9780429777349

Remembrance

By: Alistair MacLeod

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Remembrance

By: Alistair MacLeod

From the internationally celebrated author of No Great Mischief comes a moving short story of three generations of men from a single family whose lives are forever altered by the long shadow of war. In the early morning hours of November 11, David MacDonald, a veteran of the Second World War, stands outside his Cape Breton home, preparing to attend what will likely be his last Remembrance Day parade. As he waits for the arrival of his son and grandson, he remembers his decision to go to war in desperation to support his young family. He remembers the horrors of life at the frontlines in Ortona, Italy, and then what happened in Holland when the Canadians arrived as liberators. He remembers how the war devastated his own family, but gave him other reasons to live. As the story unfolds, other generations enter the scene. What emerges is an elegant, life-affirming meditation on the bond between fathers and sons, "how the present always comes out of the past," and how even in the midst of tragedy and misfortune there exists the possibility for salvation. His first new short story in over a decade, Remembrance is a powerful reminder of why Alistair MacLeod is one of the most beloved storytellers of our time.

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McClelland & Stewart

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0771055781

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9780771055782

But What Do You Actually Do?

A Literary Vagabondage

By: Alistair Horne

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But What Do You Actually Do?

A Literary Vagabondage

By: Alistair Horne

This wonderfully entertaining journey takes us from Alistair Horne's childhood as a wartime evacuee in America to his career as a highly successful historian and biographer, via a stint as a foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. We travel with him from Germany to America, from Canada to France, from Latin America to the Middle East. A consummate biographer, the pages of Horne's 'Literary Vagabondage' abound with vivid character sketches of the friends and foes that have shaped his life.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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0297865137

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9780297865131

Alistair Cooke's America

50th Anniversary Edition

By: Alistair Cooke

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Alistair Cooke's America

50th Anniversary Edition

By: Alistair Cooke

A new edition of Alistair Cooke's classic work, which has sold ore than 2 million copies to date. Full of Cooke's signature wit and wisdom, this is a lucid and illuminating history of the United States. Republished to mark the 50th anniversary of the classic BBC series.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1398114545

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9781398114548

Karol Szymanowski

His Life and Work

By: Alistair Wightman

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Karol Szymanowski

His Life and Work

By: Alistair Wightman

The music of the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) has enjoyed a resurgence of interest in recent years. Despite wide recognition in his own lifetime, Szymanowski?s works were somewhat overlooked in the decades following his death. Outside Poland, changing fashions militated against acceptance of his achievement, and subsequent generations of Polish composers regarded his music as too reactionary to provide a basis on which to found a national musical identity. In this full-scale study of Karol Szymanowski?s life and music, Alistair Wightman explores the composer?s position as a constant outsider in his own country, yet a ?good European? in the ways in which he responded positively to a diverse range of musical talents, in particular as Stravinsky, Strauss, Berg, Hindemith, Prokofiev and Ravel. The book throws light on Szymanowski?s relationship to the Polish musical establishment, the reception of his works at home and abroad, his work as an educationalist, and the essentially European dimension of his art, drawing on letters, polemical writings, verse, theatrical sketches and the memoirs of family, friends and contemporaries. All of Szymanowski?s significant works are discussed, illustrated with nearly 140 music examples. Evaluation is made of the close links existing between the composer?s musical and literary works from the earliest stages of his career, as well as the various ideological strands that went together to form the unique, humanistic synthesis, characteristic of his mature work.

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Routledge

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1351561367

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9781351561365

Edexcel AS and A Level Music Study Guide

By: Alistair Wightman,Hugh Benham

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Edexcel AS and A Level Music Study Guide

By: Alistair Wightman,Hugh Benham

Edexcel AS and A Level Music Study Guide is a definitive study guide for the AS and A Level syllabuses, written for exams 2017/2018 onwards. This comprehensive guide: - supports all components of the AS and A Level courses: Performing, Composing and Appraising - covers every set work in detail - provides guidance on the full list of composition briefs - includes tests and practice essay questions - Sample pages are available to view here.

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Rhinegold Education

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1783239727

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9781783239726

Modern Playhouses

An Architectural History of Britain's New Theatres, 1945-1985

By: Alistair Fair

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Modern Playhouses

An Architectural History of Britain's New Theatres, 1945-1985

By: Alistair Fair

Modern Playhouses is the first detailed study of the major programme of theatre-building which took place in Britain between the 1950s and the 1980s. Drawing on a vast range of archival material - much of which had never previously been studied by historians - it sets architecture in a wide social and cultural context, presenting the history of post-war theatre buildings as a history of ideas relating not only to performance but also to culture, citizenship, and the modern city. During this period, more than sixty major new theatres were constructed in locations from Plymouth to Inverness, Aberystwyth to Ipswich. The most prominent example was the National Theatre in London, but the National was only the tip of the iceberg. Supported in many cases by public subsidies, these buildings represented a new kind of theatre, conceived as a public service. Theatre was ascribed a transformative role, serving as a form of 'productive' recreation at a time of increasing affluence and leisure. New theatres also contributed to debates about civic pride, urbanity, and community. Ultimately, theatre could be understood as a vehicle for the creation of modern citizens in a consciously modernizing Britain. Yet while recognizing, as contemporaries did, that the new theatres of the post war decades represented change, Modern Playhouses also asks how radically different these buildings really were, and what their 'mainstream' architecture reveals of the history of modern British architecture, and of post-war Britain.

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Oxford University Press

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0192534424

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9780192534422

Higher Education and Social Class

Issues of Exclusion and Inclusion

By: Louise Archer,Merryn Hutchings,Alistair Ross

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Higher Education and Social Class

Issues of Exclusion and Inclusion

By: Louise Archer,Merryn Hutchings,Alistair Ross

Built on research findings and data from a wide variety of empirical and attitudinal sources, this book raises timely issues about elitism, expansion, quality and access in higher education.

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Routledge

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113447492X

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No Great Mischief

By: Alistair MacLeod

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No Great Mischief

By: Alistair MacLeod

Alexander MacDonald guides us through his family’s mythic past as he recollects the heroic stories of his people: loggers, miners, drinkers, adventurers; men forever in exile, forever linked to their clan. There is the legendary patriarch who left the Scottish Highlands in 1779 and resettled in “the land of trees,” where his descendents became a separate Nova Scotia clan. There is the team of brothers and cousins, expert miners in demand around the world for their dangerous skills. And there is Alexander and his twin sister, who have left Cape Breton and prospered, yet are haunted by the past. Elegiac, hypnotic, by turns joyful and sad, No Great Mischief is a spellbinding story of family, loyalty, exile, and of the blood ties that bind us, generations later, to the land from which our ancestors came.

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Emblem Editions

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1551995476

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Winning the H Factor

The Secrets of Happy Schools

By: Alistair Smith

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Winning the H Factor

The Secrets of Happy Schools

By: Alistair Smith

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A&C Black

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1855395703

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Scotland's Forgotten Past

A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced and Misunderstood

By: Alistair Moffat

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Scotland's Forgotten Past

A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced and Misunderstood

By: Alistair Moffat

While Scotlands history cannot be separated from its kings and queens, saints and warriors, there is a rich story to tell about the countrys lesser-known places, people and events. This colourful history of Scotland tells those other tales, half-forgotten or misunderstood, that have been submerged by the wash of history. Bringing these stories to light and to life, this entertaining book reveals the richness and complexity of this nation on the northwest edge of Europe. Alistair Moffat guides us from the geological formation of the land that makes up Scotland to the first evidence of human habitation right up to modern times. In the process, we learn about the cave of headless children, the origins of the Scottish kings and the real heroes of Scottish independence, the invention of tartan and the romance of the Highlands, Scotlands answer to Shakespeare, and the many U.S. Presidents with Scottish heritage, among many other fascinating tales brought to life by Joe McLarens attractive woodcut-style illustrations. Even the most knowledgeable Scot will experience a sense of newfound knowledge and appreciation for this unique country, its history and people.

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Thames & Hudson

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0500778183

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Books, Buildings and Social Engineering

Early Public Libraries in Britain from Past to Present

By: Alistair Black,Simon Pepper,Kaye Bagshaw

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Books, Buildings and Social Engineering

Early Public Libraries in Britain from Past to Present

By: Alistair Black,Simon Pepper,Kaye Bagshaw

Public libraries have strangely never been the subject of an extensive design history. Consequently, this important and comprehensive book represents a ground-breaking socio-architectural study of pre-1939 public library buildings. A surprisingly high proportion of these urban civic buildings remain intact and present an increasingly difficult architectural problem for many communities. The book thus includes a study of what is happening to these historic libraries now and proposes that knowledge of their origins and early development can help build an understanding of how best to handle their future.

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Routledge

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1317173287

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Social Change in Modern France

Towards a Cultural Anthropology of the Fifth Republic

By: Henri Mendras,Alistair Cole

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Social Change in Modern France

Towards a Cultural Anthropology of the Fifth Republic

By: Henri Mendras,Alistair Cole

Social Change in Modern France is a concise and lucid account of the profound transformations that have reshaped French society over the past thirty years. The authors show how the characteristic institutions of the Third Republic have been weakened, destroyed, or severely altered in the face of a late and rapid industrialization. The church, the army, the trade unions, the schools, even the French communist party--all have lost their capacity to excite major conflict and tension, and in their stead a series of local institutions, voluntary associations and family ties have arisen, serving as the basic network for social relations and social life. Traditional French "joie de vivre" has assumed new forms, and, the authors maintain, a very sturdy and cohesive society has arisen, based on widespread consensus.

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Cambridge University Press

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052139998X

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A New Vision of Liberal Education

The good of the unexamined life

By: Alistair Miller

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A New Vision of Liberal Education

The good of the unexamined life

By: Alistair Miller

‘This is an extremely important book. Wonderfully well researched and written, it develops a powerful argument about how we should conceive of the aims of education and design curricula. It should define the field for a very considerable period of time.’ - Professor Michael J Reiss, Institute of Education, University of London, UK Many philosophers of education believe that the main aim of education is to endow students with personal autonomy, producing citizens who are reflective, make rational choices, and submit their values and beliefs to critical scrutiny. This book argues that the ‘good life’ need not be the life of the philosopher, politician or critical thinker, but that an ordinary ‘unexamined’ life is also worth living. Central to this ethical life is the engagement in worthwhile activities or ‘practices’, and the best way to prepare pupils for their engagement in these practices is to cultivate a range of moral and intellectual virtues. In this book, Alistair Miller brings together a range of philosophical and historical perspectives to argue for a new vision of liberal education: liberal in the sense that it forms a moral and cultural inheritance, new in the sense that it would enable all pupils to lead flourishing lives. Divided into two sections, the first part of the book seeks to establish the justified aims of education in a liberal democratic society; the second part explores the nature of the school curriculum that might realise these aims. A New Vision of Liberal Education will appeal to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of philosophy of education, moral and values education, liberal education, and curriculum studies.

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1317410866

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The Rainbow Bridge

Rainbows in Art, Myth, and Science

By: Raymond L. Lee,Alistair B. Fraser

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The Rainbow Bridge

Rainbows in Art, Myth, and Science

By: Raymond L. Lee,Alistair B. Fraser

Venerated as god and goddess, feared as demon and pestilence, trusted as battle omen, and used as a proving ground for optical theories, the rainbow's image is woven into the fabric of our past and present. From antiquity to the nineteenth century, the rainbow has played a vital role in both inspiring and testing new ideas about the physical world. Although scientists today understand the rainbow's underlying optics fairly well, its subtle variability in nature has yet to be fully explained. Throughout history the rainbow has been seen primarily as a symbol&—of peace, covenant, or divine sanction&—rather than as a natural phenomenon. Lee and Fraser discuss the role the rainbow has played in societies throughout the ages, contrasting its guises as a sign of optimism, bearer of Greek gods' messages of war and retribution, and a symbol of the Judeo-Christian bridge to the divine. The authors traverse the bridges between the rainbow's various roles as they explore its scientific, artistic, and folkloric visions. This unique book, exploring the rainbow from the perspectives of atmospheric optics, art history, color theory, and mythology, will inspire readers to gaze at the rainbow anew. For more information on The Rainbow Bridge, visit: &

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