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The Witching Hour

A thrilling new Dandy Gilver mystery to enjoy this summer

By: Catriona McPherson

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The Witching Hour

A thrilling new Dandy Gilver mystery to enjoy this summer

By: Catriona McPherson

♥️ ' . . . an absolute delight . . . these are the perfect reads for a night by the fire' ♥️ Scotsman War is hovering on the horizon, and Dandy Gilver wants nothing more than to keep her friends and family close. But then a call in the night places her oldest friend Daisy at the centre of a murder investigation. With her friend's future on the line, Dandy and her fellow sleuth Alec Osbourne must race to prove her innocence. But when they reach the idyllic Scottish village of Dirleton, residents confirm a woman was seen at the crime scene - an ancient stone called the louping stane, still spattered with the victim's blood. And the longer the detectives spend in the village the more they question Daisy's involvement. They're not getting the answers they need, but are they asking the right questions? . . .

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319

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Hodder & Stoughton

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1399720414

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9781399720410

Contemporary Art and Feminism

By: Jacqueline Millner,Catriona Moore

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Contemporary Art and Feminism

By: Jacqueline Millner,Catriona Moore

This important new book examines contemporary art while foregrounding the key role feminism has played in enabling current modes of artmaking, spectatorship and theoretical discourse. Contemporary Art and Feminism carefully outlines the links between feminist theory and practice of the past four decades of contemporary art and offers a radical re-reading of the contemporary movement. Rather than focus on filling in the gaps of accepted histories by ‘adding’ the ‘missing’ female, queer, First Nations and women artists of colour, the authors seek to revise broader understandings of contemporary practice by providing case studies contextualised in a robust art historical and theoretical basis. Readers are encouraged to see where art ideas come from and evaluate past and present art strategies. What strategies, materials or tropes are less relevant in today’s networked, event-driven art economies? What strategies and themes should we keep hold of, or develop in new ways? This is a significant and innovative intervention that is ideal for students in courses on contemporary art within fine arts, visual studies, history of art, gender studies and queer studies.

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237

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Routledge

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1000404307

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9781000404302

Scot Mist

By: Catriona McPherson

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Scot Mist

By: Catriona McPherson

Despite efforts to create a safe environment to see out the pandemic, the residents of the Last Ditch Motel face more dangers than they imagined possible in this hilarious yet claustrophobic mystery. March 2020 and Operation Cocker is a go! The owners of the Last Ditch Motel, with a little help from their friend Lexy Campbell, are preparing to support one another through the oncoming lockdown, offering the motel's spare rooms to a select few from the local area in need of sanctuary. While the newbies are settling in, an ambiguous banner appears demanding one of them return home. But who is it for? Lexy and her friends put a plan into action to ward off the perpetrator, but the very next night, a resident disappears and a message scrawled in human blood is found. As California shuts down, the Last Ditchers make another gruesome discovery. They tried to create a haven but now it seems as if everyone's in danger. Is the motel under attack from someone on the outside? Scary as that is, the alternative is worse by far.

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241

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Severn House Publishers Ltd

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1448307341

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9781448307340

Whaur Extremes Meet

Scotland's Twentieth Century

By: Catriona M.M. MacDonald

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Whaur Extremes Meet

Scotland's Twentieth Century

By: Catriona M.M. MacDonald

On the cusp of memory and history, the story of Scotland's twentieth-century is contested territory: international yet parochial; prosperous yet ailing; and, passionate yet temperate. This thematic account of Scotland's twentieth century examines the economic, social, political and cultural aspects that shaped the country during the period. Catroina MacDonald underlines the tensions inherent in the life of a nation distinguished by stark changes and surprising continuities, a fragmented identity, a shifting and at times uneasy accommodation in the UK nation state, and an ongoing engagement with globalising tendencies. In identifying the choices, ambitions, possibilities and contradictions that Scotland experienced during a century of profound change, she uncovers a country in which one can truly say extremes met.

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598

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Birlinn Ltd

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1788856023

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9781788856027

In Place of Fear

A gripping 2023 medical murder mystery crime thriller set in Edinburgh

By: Catriona McPherson

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In Place of Fear

A gripping 2023 medical murder mystery crime thriller set in Edinburgh

By: Catriona McPherson

Authentic social history at the birth of the NHS, an intriguing murder, a strong and convincing central character, and McPherson's wonderful story-telling skills make this a very classy mystery' ANN CLEEVES 'A hauntingly atmospheric weaving of social history and layered mystery, with a gutsy heroine determined to deliver justice. McPherson's writing is compelling, moving and memorable' SARAH YARWOOD-LOVETT Helen leaned close enough to fog the mirror with her breath and whispered, 'You, my girl, are a qualified medical almoner and at eight o'clock tomorrow morning you will be on the front line of the National Health Service of Scotland.' Her eyes looked huge and scared. 'So take a shake to yourself!'' Edinburgh, 1948. Helen Crowther leaves a crowded tenement home for her very own office in a doctor's surgery. Upstart, ungrateful, out of your depth - the words of disapproval come at her from everywhere but she's determined to take her chance and play her part. She's barely begun when she stumbles over a murder and learns that, in this most respectable of cities, no one will fight for justice at the risk of scandal. As Helen resolves to find a killer, she's propelled into a darker world than she knew existed, hardscrabble as her own can be. Disapproval is the least of her worries now. IN PLACE OF FEAR is a gripping new historical crime novel that is both enthralling and entertaining, and perfect for fans of AJ Pearce and Nicola Upson. Readers love IN PLACE OF FEAR: 'What a wonderful book this is!' 'I loved [it] ... Helen is another cracker of a heroine from McPherson and I hope to read much more of her story in future' 'Historical crime from a talented pen. Intriguing and compelling in equal measure' 'An excellent read

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330

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Hodder & Stoughton

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1529337992

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9781529337990

Seaweed Ecology and Physiology

By: Catriona L. Hurd,Paul J. Harrison,Kai Bischof,Christopher S. Lobban

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Seaweed Ecology and Physiology

By: Catriona L. Hurd,Paul J. Harrison,Kai Bischof,Christopher S. Lobban

A synthesis of concepts and examples of how physiological processes influence seaweed communities worldwide, authored by experts in the field.

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567

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Cambridge University Press

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0521145953

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9780521145954

The Human Embryo in vitro

Breaking the Legal Stalemate

By: Catriona A. W. McMillan

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The Human Embryo in vitro

Breaking the Legal Stalemate

By: Catriona A. W. McMillan

Proposes that the human embryo in vitro is in a unique 'legal stasis' between potential person and useful research artefact.

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249

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Cambridge University Press

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1108844103

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9781108844109

When Face Recognition Goes Wrong

By: Catriona Havard

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When Face Recognition Goes Wrong

By: Catriona Havard

When Face Recognition Goes Wrong explores the myriad ways that humans and machines make mistakes in facial recognition. Adopting a critical stance throughout, the book explores why and how humans and machines make mistakes, covering topics including racial and gender biases, neuropsychological disorders, and widespread algorithm problems. The book features personal anecdotes alongside real-world examples to showcase the often life-changing consequences of facial recognition going wrong. These range from problems with everyday social interactions through to eyewitness identification leading to miscarriages of justice and border control passport verification. Concluding with a look to the future of facial recognition, the author asks the world’s leading experts what are the big questions that still need to be answered, and can we train humans and machines to be super recognisers? This book is a must-read for anyone interested in facial recognition, or in psychology, criminal justice and law.

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197

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Taylor & Francis

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1040150357

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9781040150351

Being Australian

Narratives of national identity

By: Catriona Elder

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Being Australian

Narratives of national identity

By: Catriona Elder

After a century of speculation by writers, filmmakers, travelers and scholars, being Australian' has become a recognisable shorthand for a group of national characteristics. Now, in an era of international terrorism, being seen as un-Australian' has become a potent rhetorical weapon for some, and a badge of honour for others. Catriona Elder explores the origins, meaning and effects of the many stories we tell about ourselves, and how they have changed over time. She outlines some of the traditional stories and their role in Australian nationalism, and she shows how concepts of egalitarianism, peaceful settlement and sporting prowess have been used to create a national identity. Elder also investigates the cultural and social perspectives that have been used to critique dominant accounts of Australian identity, including ideas of class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and race. She shows how these critiques have been, in turn, queried in recent years. Being Australian is an ideal introduction to studying Australia for anyone interested in understanding Australian society, culture and history. A clever work: incisive and original. At a time when Australian identities have never been more debated, Elder finds an open way through the closed doors which often restrict cultural representations of Australian-ness.' Professor Adam Shoemaker, Dean of Arts, ANU This is a timely and significant new analysis essential reading on issues of identity and our own anxieties about national belonging and what it means to be Australian' in a globalising world.' Kate Darian-Smith, Professor of Australian Studies and History, University of Melbourne

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Routledge

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1000256359

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9781000256352

The Future of Precision Medicine in Australia

By: Robert C. Williamson,Warwick Anderson,Stephen Duckett,Ian Frazer,Carrie Hillyard,Emma Kowal,John Mattick,Catriona McLean,Kathryn North,Adrian Turner,Courtney Addison

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The Future of Precision Medicine in Australia

By: Robert C. Williamson,Warwick Anderson,Stephen Duckett,Ian Frazer,Carrie Hillyard,Emma Kowal,John Mattick,Catriona McLean,Kathryn North,Adrian Turner,Courtney Addison

The Future of Precision Medicine in Australia explores the current trends in precision medicine technologies and the role that broader implementation of precision medicine capabilities may play in the Australian context.Recent technological advances allow the determination of a wide range of data about an individual's genetic and biochemical make-up, as formed by their genes, environment and lifestyle. These advances can and do affect the clinical management of a person's health and disease. The ability to analyse disease in terms of an individual's make-up, when compared with and studied alongside aggregated clinical and laboratory data from healthy and diseased populations, is termed 'precision' or 'personalised' medicine. Although medicine has always had personal and predictive aspects, precision medicine allows health and disease to be viewed at an increasingly fine-grained resolution, attuned to the complexities of both the biology of each individual and variation within the population.

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180

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0994373872

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9780994373878

The Witching Hour

A thrilling new Dandy Gilver mystery to enjoy this summer

By: Catriona McPherson

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The Witching Hour

A thrilling new Dandy Gilver mystery to enjoy this summer

By: Catriona McPherson

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1399720414

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Book's by Catriona McLean

The Witching Hour

The Witching Hour

Contemporary Art and Feminism

Contemporary Art and Feminism

Scot Mist

Scot Mist

Whaur Extremes Meet

Whaur Extremes Meet

In Place of Fear

In Place of Fear

Seaweed Ecology and Physiology

Seaweed Ecology and Physiology

The Human Embryo in vitro

The Human Embryo in vitro

When Face Recognition Goes Wrong

When Face Recognition Goes Wrong

Being Australian

Being Australian

The Future of Precision Medicine in Australia

The Future of Precision Medicine in Australia

The Witching Hour

The Witching Hour

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