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Managing Knowledge Work and Innovation

By: Sue Newell,Harry Scarbrough,Jacky Swan

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Managing Knowledge Work and Innovation

By: Sue Newell,Harry Scarbrough,Jacky Swan

Written by a team of highly respected authorities on management and organizational behaviour, this core textbook is grounded in an extensive body of international research and analysis that demonstrates that knowledge work depends primarily on the behaviours, attitudes and motivations of those who undertake and manage it and not simply on the implementation of information systems technology. Throughout the book, engaging case studies and role plays demonstrate the range of perspectives that can be applied to knowledge work, and the organisational conditions under which it can be managed effectively. This book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students on modules covering Knowledge Management, and ideal for modules in Human Resource Management and Organisational Studies. New to this Edition: - Updated case studies based on the latest research and with international reach - Enhanced learning and teaching tools to help students understand important concepts - A new companion website with lecturer resources

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0230366414

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9780230366411

Vicious, Elegant Bastards

The Truth Behind the Legend of the Krays

By: Jacky Hyams

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Vicious, Elegant Bastards

The Truth Behind the Legend of the Krays

By: Jacky Hyams

They ruled the streets of London in the 1960s. Half a century later, Ronnie and Reggie Kray, unrepentant purveyors of violence and murder, hold more fascination than ever before. Portrayed as charismatic gangsters on the big screen, the saga of the twins, their firm and their thirty-odd years behind bars is one that is determinedly and deliberately embellished with every passing year. Yet it is only recently that the stark, unvarnished truth about the twins has started to emerge after being so cunningly concealed behind the façade of charitable deeds and East End loyalties. Bestselling author Jacky Hyams has carefully re-examined some of the stories, the lies and the myths to reveal a very different portrait of the twins and those closest to them. She reveals the complexity of their relationships and their closest bonds, and contests the police's belief that Ronnie Kray senselessly murdered 'one of their own'. Ronnie Kray is said to have described he and his twin as 'vicious, elegant bastards'. It is one of the few truths ever uttered by either of them.

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The History Press

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075099990X

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9780750999908

Conduct Literature for Women, Part V, 1830-1900 vol 6

By: Jacky Eden,Roy Vickers,Pam Morris

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Conduct Literature for Women, Part V, 1830-1900 vol 6

By: Jacky Eden,Roy Vickers,Pam Morris

Covers the Victorian period, bringing together a range of texts reflecting the role of women in an era when their cultural influence broadened as science, religious doubt, and the idea of the nation evolved as systems of cultural representation.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040282695

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9781040282694

The Growth Paradox

Rethinking Control, Accountability, and Change to Move Your Business to the Next Level

By: Jacky Fischer

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The Growth Paradox

Rethinking Control, Accountability, and Change to Move Your Business to the Next Level

By: Jacky Fischer

Award-winning CEO Jacky Fischer her signature management method to help small businesses scale up by avoiding the most common and destructive pitfalls. If you hold on too tightly as a leader—to your people, to everyday decision-making, to the past—you will cut off vital oxygen necessary for growth. The solution: Stop being a control freak and instead empower your employees, get out of your own way, and establish a clear vision for the future. In other words: Let go to help your business grow. Embrace the growth paradox to get unstuck and grow your company to the next level. By leaning into some key, counterintuitive business ideas, you’ll make space for changes that will lead to nonlinear growth. In this uniquely insightful guide, you’ll learn why: Holding people accountable doesn’t work Helping employees often hurts performance Giving up power and control can increase growth Focusing on money can reduce profits Introducing big ideas can derail your progress What’s more, Fisher shares lessons she learned from growing a small family business into an organization with annual revenue topping $40 million—as well as practical tools for taking stock of where you are and charting an actionable plan so that you can create hypergrowth in your business.

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BenBella Books

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1637744099

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9781637744093

Spitfire Stories

True Tales from Those Who Designed, Maintained and Flew the Iconic Plane

By: Jacky Hyams

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Spitfire Stories

True Tales from Those Who Designed, Maintained and Flew the Iconic Plane

By: Jacky Hyams

Published in association with the Imperial War Museum, this is a fascinating anthology of first-hand stories from Spitfire heroes and heroines of World War II. Using documents, letters, stories, photographs and articles from the Museum's unparalleled archive, this is a tribute to the most iconic plane in aviation history - and the people behind it.

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Michael O'Mara Books

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1782438173

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The Day The War Ended

Untold true stories from the last days of the war

By: Jacky Hyams

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The Day The War Ended

Untold true stories from the last days of the war

By: Jacky Hyams

Tuesday, 8 May 1945: Victory in Europe Day. A day of joyous celebration, as the end of a conflict which had engulfed the world came within touching distance. Millions of people celebrated in the streets throughout Britain. Yet not all was right in the world. Struggles remained ahead - war still raged on between the Allies and Japan. Agreements and treaties were yet to be forged. Lives continued to be lost around the world. Meanwhile in Britain, although the pressure of supporting active military campaigns was reduced, lives were irrevocably changed in other ways. Bonds forged by the momentum of struggle, by hardship, unity and common purpose would begin to fade, and give way to the wounds of sorrow, upheaval and trauma that six years of conflict had riven. What was it really like to be living in Britain as the war drew to a close, giving way to a new era of hope, but also of deep uncertainty? In The Day the War Ended, bestselling author Jacky Hyams delivers a sweeping story, weaving together illuminating untold stories with contemporary records and photographs. The result is a moving, personal insight into hearts and minds across the home front right through the momentous year of 1945, as war ended and 'everything after' took root, shaping the world we know today.

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John Blake

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1789463505

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9781789463507

Organizational Learning in Asia

Issues and Challenges

By: Jacky Hong,Robin Snell,Chris Rowley

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Organizational Learning in Asia

Issues and Challenges

By: Jacky Hong,Robin Snell,Chris Rowley

Organizational Learning in Asia: Issues and Challenges addresses important and pressing questions on organizational learning in Asia in both domestic and foreign firms—those that have been forgotten in the mainstream literature or that remain unasked and unanswered. Three sets of questions are especially salient. First, how can firms operating in, or from, Asia detect, respect, recognize, and honor different cultural stances on suggestion-giving, knowledge sharing, and standardization while also challenging accepted wisdom, avoiding risks and mistakes, and voicing disagreement? Second, how can such firms facilitate local experimentation and innovation by providing a common knowledge platform in a non-totalitarian manner? Finally, how can such forums promote 'reverse' knowledge transfer from subsidiary to headquarters and across subsidiaries in different nations by avoiding ethnocentricity, cultivating local talent, and building a group of 'communities of practice' across cultural and status boundaries? - Addresses important and pressing questions about organizational learning in Asia for both domestic and foreign firms - Explores how such firms can facilitate local experimentation and innovation - Promotes 'reverse' knowledge transfer from subsidiary, to headquarters, and across subsidiaries in different nations

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Elsevier

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0128095806

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9780128095805

Guardian Angels

Guidance and inspiration for happiness and healing

By: Jacky Newcomb

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Guardian Angels

Guidance and inspiration for happiness and healing

By: Jacky Newcomb

Learn to recognise and be inspired by angelic signs, chart your magical journey and create a truly healing and supportive connection in your life. Learn to tune in and pick up on magical signs and symbols from your celestial messenger – a white feather crossing your path or a fragrance suddenly appearing and disappearing are just a couple of signs that your Guardian Angel is communicating with you. Leading angel expert Jacky Newcomb offers inspiring, real-life stories, exercises, and rituals to help you connect with the healing energies and powers of Guardian Angels and benefit from your heavenly relationship. When you recognise your Guardian Angel is communicating with you, you'll draw more contact into your life! Chart your personal angel journey and create your own journal – a fill-in section at the end of the book offers empowering guidance, questions to consider and a personal space to log all your angelic experiences.

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Ryland Peters & Small

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1800653905

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9781800653900

Walking Pepys's London

By: Jacky Colliss Harvey

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Walking Pepys's London

By: Jacky Colliss Harvey

Brings to life the world of Samuel Pepys with five walks through London. Samuel Pepys, the seventeenth century's best-known diarist, walked around London for miles, chronicling these walks in his diary. He made the two-and-a-half-mile trek to Whitehall from his house near the Tower of London on an almost daily basis. These streets, where many of his professional conversations took place while walking, became for him an alternative to his office. With Walking Pepys’s London, we come to know life in London from the pavement up and see its streets from the perspective of this renowned diarist. The city was a key character in Pepys’s life, and this book draws parallels between his experience of seventeenth-century London and the lives of Londoners today. Bringing together geography, biography, and history, Jacky Colliss Harvey reconstructs the sensory and emotional experience of Pepys’s time. Full of fascinating details, Walking Pepys’s London is a sensitive exploration into the places that made the greatest English diarist of all time.

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Haus Publishing

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1913368297

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9781913368296

The Real Big Bang

By: Jacky West

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The Real Big Bang

By: Jacky West

Deep in the heart of East Anglia lies the sleepy village of Red Kep. A village known for its juicy greens. A village which a weary motorist could easily miss with the blink of an eye. A place where nothing out of the ordinary ever happens. At least that is what Jemima Sally thinks when she takes her first teaching post in the drowsy town. But the naive teacher couldn’t be any more wrong. Before she realises it, Jemima Sally has been catapulted into the realms of the paranormal. She is forced to adapt to a world of low flying students, chlorophyll enhanced children, secret military flights and a cabbage patch war. Miss Sally begins to question her eyesight, the school curriculum and her own sanity. At the point of despair, the school teacher finds an ally in Primrose Green, a pupil with abnormal sensory abilities and an eco system living atop her head. The unlikely duo starts to uncover the truth about the bizarre goings on in Red Kep. A trail of clues leads to a mad, local inventor who has dabbled outside the boundaries of science and nature. Sleepy Red Kep looks set to imprint its name in the history books when an EXPLOSIVE situation develops. Things can only go one way. Up.

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Fast-Print Publishing

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1784560677

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The Female Few

Spitfire Heroines

By: Jacky Hyams,Richard Poad

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The Female Few

Spitfire Heroines

By: Jacky Hyams,Richard Poad

Through the darkest days of the Second World War, an elite group of courageous civilian women risked their lives as aerial courier pilots, flying Lancaster bombers, Spitfires and many other powerful war machines in thousands of perilous missions. The dangers these women faced were many: they flew unarmed, without radio and in some cases without instruments, in conditions where even unexpected cloud could mean disaster. In The Female Few, five of these astonishingly brave women tell their awe-inspiring tales of incredible risk, tenacity and sacrifice. Their spirit and fearlessness in the face of death still resonates down the years, and their accounts reveal a forgotten chapter in the history of the Second World War.

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The History Press

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0752481223

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9780752481227

White Boots & Miniskirts - A True Story of Life in the Swinging Sixties

The follow up to Bombsites and Lollipops

By: Jacky Hyams

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White Boots & Miniskirts - A True Story of Life in the Swinging Sixties

The follow up to Bombsites and Lollipops

By: Jacky Hyams

London, 1966, was a time when anything seemed possible, especially for a young, free-spirited girl in search of adventure. With pop music, fashion and youth culture at its height London was the most 'swinging' city on earth and the outlook was optimistic. In the follow-up to her bestselling memoir Bombsites and Lollipops, Jacky Hyams takes a look back to the years that changed Britain forever. A time of miniskirts, sexual-freedom, and spies from behind the Iron Curtain. But the excitement of the Swinging Sixties was to only last a decade and by 1970 things had turned bleaker. With wry humor and honesty, Jacky tells how the revolutionary fervor became the cash-strapped Seventies and how her search for love and success bridged the two.

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Kings Road Publishing

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1782193685

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9781782193685

How to Teach Using Simulation in Healthcare

By: Mike Davis,Jacky Hanson,Mike Dickinson,Lorna Lees,Mark Pimblett

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How to Teach Using Simulation in Healthcare

By: Mike Davis,Jacky Hanson,Mike Dickinson,Lorna Lees,Mark Pimblett

How to Teach Using Simulation in Healthcare provides an ideal introduction and easy-to-use guide to simulation in medical education. Written by a team of experienced medical educators, this practical text – packed full of case examples and tips – is underpinned by the theory of simulation in education, and explores how to integrate simulation into teaching. Key topics include: Use of low, medium and high fidelity equipment Issues of simulation mapping and scenario design Role of human factors Formative and summative assessment New social media and technologies Detailed explorations of some examples of simulation. How to Teach Using Simulation in Healthcare is invaluable reading for all healthcare professionals interested and involved in the origins, theoretical underpinnings, and design implications of the use of simulation in medical education.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119130735

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9781119130734

The Making of the West End Stage

Marriage, Management and the Mapping of Gender in London, 1830–1870

By: Jacky Bratton

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The Making of the West End Stage

Marriage, Management and the Mapping of Gender in London, 1830–1870

By: Jacky Bratton

All roads lead to London - and to the West End theatre. This book presents a new history of the beginnings of the modern world of London entertainment. Putting female-centred, gender-challenging managements and styles at the centre, it redraws the map of performance history in the Victorian capital of the world. Bratton argues for the importance in Victorian culture of venues like the little Strand Theatre and the Gallery of Illustration in Regent Street in the experience of mid-century London, and of plays drawn from the work of Charles Dickens as well as burlesques by the early writers of Punch. Discovering a much more dynamic and often woman-led entertainment industry at the heart of the British Empire, this book seeks a new understanding of the work of women including Eliza Vestris, Mary Ann Keeley and Marie Wilton in creating the template for a magical new theatre of music, feeling and spectacle.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139502220

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9781139502221

In Every Season

By: Jacky Warwicker

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In Every Season

By: Jacky Warwicker

Straddled over two continents with a range of vivid characters, In Every Season celebrates the enduring power of love. An inventive novella for modern times, it is by turns tragic, funny, and deftly unpredictable. A pithy book with insightful dialogue, In Every Season extols the courage of women fighting back after adversity. Following a period of turmoil, Perdy uses her hard-won journalistic prowess to propel herself forward. Readers mindful of the pressures heaped on young people will relish her heroic journey to independence. Infused with social realism, the touching novella weaves together a series of emotive stories. Plunged into the murky world of crime, Perdy draws strength from Rocco, her eternal soulmate who guides her from afar. After the dark days of estrangement, Perdy begins to form close relationships with those around her. When she returns home, the thrall of nature and an encounter with an old friend pull her in a new direction. Only one thing remains certain for Perdy: in every season of her life, Rocco will be part of her.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1035851342

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Protected by Angels

Magical True Stories of Angelic Intervention

By: Jacky Newcomb

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Protected by Angels

Magical True Stories of Angelic Intervention

By: Jacky Newcomb

Exploring the detail behind the events – how they occurred, what each person learned and the impact it had on their life – this comforting book brings true tales of miraculous intervention from guardian angels and timely contact from deceased loved ones to create an uplifting and reassuring read. Read about: • the loving spirit that left a Christmas message on a mobile phone • the deceased uncle who congratulated his niece on passing her driving test… the day before she took it! • the angel who pushed a dying woman back into her body because it wasn’t ‘her time’ • the numerous children around the world that are now seeing the Archangel Michael • the giant ‘angel hands’ that lifted a car up into the air to save the occupants from a head-on collision Discover these and many more amazing stories from around the world, as you learn about the fascinating signs that show when angels are with us, and have all of your angel questions answered!

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Hay House, Inc

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1848509103

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9781848509108

The Real Life Downton Abbey

How Life Was Really Lived in Stately Homes a Century Ago

By: Jacky Hyams

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The Real Life Downton Abbey

How Life Was Really Lived in Stately Homes a Century Ago

By: Jacky Hyams

Step back a hundred years to the world of the pampered, privileged upper classes and look inside Downton Abbey to find out exactly what goes on behind the magisterial doors of TV's favourite stately home. They were the super rich of their times, pampered beyond belief - the early 20th century Edwardian gentry, who lived like superstars, their every desire or need catered to by an army of butlers, servants, footmen, housekeepers and grooms. Class, money, inheritance, luxury and snobbery dominated every aspect of the lives of the upper crust Edwardian family, led by Robert Crawley, The Earl of Grantham - played in the hit show by Hugh Bonneville. While below stairs the staff, including Carson the Butler (Jim Carter), Bates the Valet (Brendan Coyle), O'Brien the Ladies' Maid (Siobhan Finneran), and Daisy the Kitchen Maid (Sophie McSherra), inhabited a completely different world, their very lives dependent on servicing the rich, pandering to their masters' every whim, rubbing shoulders with wealth and privilege, privy to their most intimate and darkest secrets - yet faced ruin and shame if they ventured to make the smallest step outside the boundaries of their class ridden world. From manners and morals to etiquette and style, The Real Life Downton Abbey opens the doors to TV's favourite stately home.

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Kings Road Publishing

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1843588277

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Beyond Words

The Othering Excursion in Contemporary American Literature

By: Wendy Harding,Jacky Martin

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Beyond Words

The Othering Excursion in Contemporary American Literature

By: Wendy Harding,Jacky Martin

This is a book about reading, or rather about the moment when the usual frames of interpretation no longer apply. That is where the Othering Excursion begins. Through disruptive forms of rhetoric, writers discard the structures and norms of the cultural system and use the disorders thus created to suggest what lies beyond it. Cultivating distortion, conceptual blocks and chaotic constructions, their texts flout normal processes of interpretation. Whereas traditional approaches often overlook these disorders or treat them as a form of informational noise, in this study they become the basis of critical reflection. Harding and Martin elaborate a critical concept and a range of reading methods to deal with what seem to be zones of obscurity in literary texts. Cutting across boundaries of race, ethnicity and gender, they treat a wide range of poetry and short fiction that challenges traditional interpretations. Giving new readings of canonical texts, the book examines works by American authors that are widely read and taught, like Elizabeth Bishop, A.R. Ammons, Don DeLillo, Leslie Marmon Silko, or Sandra Cisneros. At the same time, it includes studies of emerging writers like Kate Braverman, Dan Chaon, or Chase Twichell. "There is something deeply moving in witnessing the birth of a new concept. And indeed Wendy Harding and Jacky Martin’s concept of “Othering” is a welcome addition to an already crowded field, where concepts like “difference”, “alterity” or “hybridity” are firmly established. But the new concept is more than an addition, it is more in the nature of a substitution, as it aims to replace the now exhausted concepts, allows the authors to avoid the trivialities of a criticism based on gender and race, and, by focusing on form and language (or style), to recapture the now largely lost intuitions of close reading. This combination of close reading and a firm grasp of theory is one of the attractions of the book. I am impressed by their mastery of the intricacies of theory and the range of their literary corpus (in terms both of genres and texts). I have no doubt that their book will be a major contribution to the renewal of the study of contemporary American literature." —Professor Jean-Jacques Lecercle, University of Nanterre, Paris In Beyond Words, Wendy Harding and Jacky Martin offer “a new attitude to reading” that approaches true diversity by ignoring trends toward traditional groupings of authors by race and gender and instead examining, democratically, recent American literature in terms of its unique and peculiar achievements. In choosing texts that employ “the rhetoric of the inexpressible,” the authors have identified “Othering” as the common thread running through short fiction and poetry by authors as varied as Allen Ginsberg, Raymond Carver, Sandra Cisneros, Adrienne Rich, and Li-Young Lee. In transliterating the language of the ineffable and unspoken, Beyond Words employs its superbly original methodology toward unfolding previously inaccessible layers of meaning and provoking a fuller understanding of the creative process and its cultural milieu. —Michael Waters, Professor of English at Salisbury University, USA "A germinal study from an "other" (in this case, European) perspective of an at once idiosyncratic and indicative range of American texts with a view of how they, themselves, encounter the unexamined and unexpected." —Marilyn Hacker, Professor at City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center "Invigorating and original, Beyond Words: The Othering Excursion in Contemporary American Literature challenges conventional ways of approaching literary texts. Eschewing binaries, Wendy Harding and Jacky Martin propose a new approach to reading and analyzing the heterogeneity of recent American literature. By juxtaposing both well-known and less-familiar poetry and short fiction by authors as various as Gayl Jones, John Ashbery, Russell Banks, and Marilyn Nelson, Harding and Martin consider a stimulating variety of texts that cross aesthetic, generic, canonical and political boundaries. Harding and Martin’s polysemous approach to literary texts, a procedure they call “othering,” is groundbreaking and enlightening. Beyond Words provides rich insights for scholars and general readers alike. Harding and Martin’s new mapping of American literature is a remarkable achievement, certain to provoke dialogue for decades to come." —Sue Standing, Jane Ruby Professor of English, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts "In this new book with the apt title Beyond Words: the Othering Excursion in Contemporary American Literature, Wendy Harding and Jacky Martin promise to generate intense conversation about their conceptual approach to reading canonical, as well as newer texts in late twentieth century American literature. Beyond Words favors a shift in thinking about all texts that defy conventional analysis, and it resists the cleavages that it finds in unsatisfactory terms like “alterity” and “hybridity” conceived to account for differences in gender-racial, ethnic, and class contexts. Re-conceiving Othering as a corroborative and complementary methodology rather than a splintered one, Beyond Words invites an illuminating, comprehensive analysis of literary production in late twentieth century American texts." —Helena Woodard, Associate Professor of English, Department of English, University of Texas at Austin, USA

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443808989

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Hoop Skirts and Ponytails - A Fifties Memoir

By: Jacky Hyams

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Hoop Skirts and Ponytails - A Fifties Memoir

By: Jacky Hyams

Elvis is waiting outside in a big pink Caddy. Or rather, he would be if the dreams and fantasies of millions of teenage girls could only come true... And like so many other thirteen-year-olds, East End schoolgirl Jacky Hyams has fallen under the spell of the man with the swivel hips and sexy voice, an unforgettable moment in time amidst a tidal wave of social change in Britain: the era of the Fifties teenager. All around her, people are shaking off the memory of the drab austerity years after the Second World War. Ration books are now history. The good times have finally arrived. Families like Jacky’s are starting to be tempted by the incredible new household goods in high-street shop windows: TVs, fridges, washing machines, electric heaters, now widely available on credit. Wimpy bars and frozen fish fingers are changing the culinary landscape. Even the Prime Minister is telling the country: ‘You Never Had it So Good.’ Now, for the first time ever, teenagers are being wooed as never before, consumers in their own right, rather than mere mini versions of their elders. It is a dramatic cultural shift that sparks a huge rift between the generations. As bewildered parents struggle to cope with her teenage rebellion against old-fashioned attitudes, for Jacky all these tempting changes can only lead her in one direction – an all embracing desire for freedom – and a growing determination to break free of the traditional East End way of life.

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Kings Road Publishing

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1786063425

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The Mysterious Beach Hut

By: Jacky Atkins

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The Mysterious Beach Hut

By: Jacky Atkins

Holly, 12, and her sister, Beth, 9, are in their Brighton beach hut one day when there is a knock at the door. Marjorie, the little girl they meet, is somehow different, and very soon a friendship develops that mysteriously transports them to the summer of 1914 and the eve of the outbreak of war.

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1606934341

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I Can See Angels

True Tales of Real Life Angelic Encounters

By: Jacky Newcomb

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I Can See Angels

True Tales of Real Life Angelic Encounters

By: Jacky Newcomb

A delightful and comforting new collection of real-life angel encounters—to show you that there’s always an angel by your side. In I Can See Angels, you’ll read about: • the grandma who attended her granddaughter’s wedding—even after she’d ‘passed away’. • the angel who saved three people from drowning—before mysteriously disappearing • the teenager who was dramatically rescued from a soon-to-be demolished building • and the mysterious ‘angel on a plane'. At once fascinating and uplifting, these true stories of angelic encounters offer hope and comfort to anyone who has lost a loved one, proving that our angels are never far away.

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Hay House, Inc

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184850408X

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Unnecessary Death

By: Jacky Walker

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Unnecessary Death

By: Jacky Walker

Working with figures all her life Eve Somerset is persuaded to look in to the possibility of irregularities within the Greenway Holder Group of companies. The Inland Revenue dont have any issues and the police cannot get involved in an unofficial capacity, Eve is sceptical but agrees to see what see what she can find. When the body found in the burnt out remains of a stolen car is identified as the editor of the local newspaper, Bert Foxley, everyone is in shock. The unexpected arrival of James Foxley helps Eve in many ways but also adds to her confusion. The investigation in to Bert Foxleys death is going nowhere, no motive, no suspect. Eve is getting nowhere fast as she continues to look into the workings of Greenway Holder getting more confused by the day. But slowly, inexorably the two events are drawing together. A seemingly unconnected comment from James Foxley and the admission that his brother had been the recipient of a hate campaign that had gone on for years send Eve to the hospital bedside of a long-time acquaintance where she hears a terrible confession. Nothing to do with Berts death, she is assured. The problems at Greenway Holder and Eves conclusions are handed over to the police and in attempt to help keep an eye on the Greenway Holder staff possibly involved, Eve makes a startling discovery that provides the police with both motive and suspect for the murder of the newspaper editor. The trial of the accused, which should be straight forward and uncomplicated, proves to be anything but. A Not Guilty plea and the arrival of a hot-shot, media savvy defence barrister and the revelations that follow turn the justice system upside down. Its said you cant get away with murder.......................Dont you believe it!

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1469135795

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A Fairy Treasury

The Ultimate Guide to the Enchanted Fairy Realm

By: Jacky Newcomb,Alicen Geddes

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A Fairy Treasury

The Ultimate Guide to the Enchanted Fairy Realm

By: Jacky Newcomb,Alicen Geddes

AFaerie Treasury is a comprehensive, insightful, and magical guide to the world of the fae! You'll find a wealth of facts, real-life faerie stories, tips, advice, and faerie inspiration. This detailed yet fun book explains the hierarchy of faerie, their culture, religion, and lives, and is designed to be dipped into whenever you need inspiration – the perfect gift for anyone wanting to know how to bring faerie wisdom and magic into their lives! You will discover: •Amazing real-life stories of contact with the faerie folk from all over the world •The flowers and trees favoured by the little people, and the best oils, crystals, and candle colours to encourage faeries into your space. •Use the remarkable A-Z reference of faeries to find out which faeries are good… and which are just plain naughty! •Discover the faeries’ secret hide-outs •Find out how to turn your home and garden into magical faerie spaces •Have fun with magical faerie crafts History, myths, and real-life accounts are combined in this fascinating book, for all those who are intrigued by the enchanting, magical, and mysterious realm of faeries! This is a repackage of A Faerie Treasury

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Hay House, Inc

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1401968414

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Red

A History of the Redhead

By: Jacky Colliss Harvey

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A History of the Redhead

By: Jacky Colliss Harvey

Red is a brilliantly told, captivating history of red hair throughout the ages. A book that breaks new ground, dispels myths, and reinforces the special nature of being a redhead, with a look at multiple disciplines, including science, religion, politics, feminism and sexuality, literature, and art. With an obsessive fascination that is as contagious as it is compelling, author Jacky Colliss Harvey (herself a redhead) begins her exploration of red hair in prehistory and traces the redhead gene as it made its way out of Africa with the early human diaspora to its emergence under Northern skies. She goes on to explore red hair in the ancient world; the prejudice manifested against red hair across medieval Europe; red hair during the Renaissance as both an indicator of Jewishness during the Inquisition and the height of fashion in Protestant England, under the reign of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I; the modern age of art and literature, and the first positive symbols of red hair in children's characters; modern medicine and science and the genetic and chemical decoding of red hair; and finally, red hair in contemporary culture, from advertising and exploitation to "gingerism" and the new movement against bullying.

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Black Dog & Leventhal

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1603764038

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Semantic Similarity from Natural Language and Ontology Analysis

By: Sébastien Harispe

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Semantic Similarity from Natural Language and Ontology Analysis

By: Sébastien Harispe

Artificial Intelligence federates numerous scientific fields in the aim of developing machines able to assist human operators performing complex treatments---most of which demand high cognitive skills (e.g. learning or decision processes). Central to this quest is to give machines the ability to estimate the likeness or similarity between things in the way human beings estimate the similarity between stimuli. In this context, this book focuses on semantic measures: approaches designed for comparing semantic entities such as units of language, e.g. words, sentences, or concepts and instances defined into knowledge bases. The aim of these measures is to assess the similarity or relatedness of such semantic entities by taking into account their semantics, i.e. their meaning---intuitively, the words tea and coffee, which both refer to stimulating beverage, will be estimated to be more semantically similar than the words toffee (confection) and coffee, despite that the last pair has a higher syntactic similarity. The two state-of-the-art approaches for estimating and quantifying semantic similarities/relatedness of semantic entities are presented in detail: the first one relies on corpora analysis and is based on Natural Language Processing techniques and semantic models while the second is based on more or less formal, computer-readable and workable forms of knowledge such as semantic networks, thesauri or ontologies. Semantic measures are widely used today to compare units of language, concepts, instances or even resources indexed by them (e.g., documents, genes). They are central elements of a large variety of Natural Language Processing applications and knowledge-based treatments, and have therefore naturally been subject to intensive and interdisciplinary research efforts during last decades. Beyond a simple inventory and categorization of existing measures, the aim of this monograph is to convey novices as well as researchers of these domains toward a better understanding of semantic similarity estimation and more generally semantic measures. To this end, we propose an in-depth characterization of existing proposals by discussing their features, the assumptions on which they are based and empirical results regarding their performance in particular applications. By answering these questions and by providing a detailed discussion on the foundations of semantic measures, our aim is to give the reader key knowledge required to: (i) select the more relevant methods according to a particular usage context, (ii) understand the challenges offered to this field of study, (iii) distinguish room of improvements for state-of-the-art approaches and (iv) stimulate creativity toward the development of new approaches. In this aim, several definitions, theoretical and practical details, as well as concrete applications are presented.

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Springer Nature

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3031021568

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9783031021565

Choreographies

Tracing the Materials of an Ephemeral Art Form

By: Jacky Lansley

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Choreographies

Tracing the Materials of an Ephemeral Art Form

By: Jacky Lansley

Choreographer Jacky Lansley has been practicing and performing for more than four decades. In Choreographies, she offers unique insight into the processes behind independent choreography and paints a vivid portrait of a rigorous practice that combines dance, performance art, visuals and a close attention to space and site. Choreographies is both autobiography and archive – documenting production through rehearsal and performance photographs, illustrations, scores, process notes, reviews, audience feedback and interviews with both dancers and choreographers. Covering the author’s practice from 1975 to 2019, the book delves into an important period of change in contemporary British dance – exploring British New Dance, postmodern dance and experimental dance outside of a canonical US context. A critically engaged reflection that focuses on artistic process over finished product, Choreographies is a much-needed resource in the fields of dance and choreographic art making.

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Intellect Books

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1783207671

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A Little Angel Love: Spread Happiness and Inspiration, with Help from the Angels

By: Jacky Newcomb

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A Little Angel Love: Spread Happiness and Inspiration, with Help from the Angels

By: Jacky Newcomb

SPECIAL PRICE FOR A LIMITED TIME Bring love, happiness and fulfilment into your own life and those around you, with this gift book of inspirational guidance, quotes and stories of angels and spirits from the other side.

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0007344252

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