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British Music, Musicians and Institutions, C. 1630-1800

Essays in Honour of Harry Diack Johnstone

By: Julian Rushton

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British Music, Musicians and Institutions, C. 1630-1800

Essays in Honour of Harry Diack Johnstone

By: Julian Rushton

Building upon the developing picture of the importance of British music, musicians and institutions during the eighteenth century, this book investigates the themes of composition, performance (amateur and professional) and music-printing, within the wider context of social, religious and secular institutions. British music in the era from the death of Henry Purcell to the so-called 'Musical Renaissance' of the late nineteenth century was once considered barren. This view has been overturned in recent years through a better-informed historical perspective, able to recognise that all kinds of British musical institutions continued to flourish, and not only in London. The publication, performance and recording of music by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British composers, supplemented by critical source-studies and scholarly editions, shows forms of music that developed in parallel with those of Britain's near neighbours. Indigenous musicians mingled with migrant musicians from elsewhere, yet there remained strands of British musical culture that had no continental equivalent. Music, vocal and instrumental, sacred and secular, flourished continuously throughout the Stuart and Hanoverian monarchies. Composers such as Eccles, Boyce, Greene, Croft, Arne and Hayes were not wholly overshadowed by European imports such as Handel and J. C. Bach. The present volume builds on this developing picture of the importance of British music, musicians and institutions during the period. Leading musicologists investigate themes such as composition, performance (amateur and professional), and music-printing, within the wider context of social, religious and secular institutions.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1783276479

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Mahler's Voices

Expression and Irony in the Songs and Symphonies

By: Julian Johnson

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Mahler's Voices

Expression and Irony in the Songs and Symphonies

By: Julian Johnson

Mahler's Voices brings together a close reading of the renowned composer's music with wide-ranging cultural and historical interpretation, unique in being a study not of Mahler's works as such but of Mahler's musical style.

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Oxford University Press

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0199888205

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Music in Ancient Arabia and Spain

By: Julian Ribera

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Music in Ancient Arabia and Spain

By: Julian Ribera

This antiquarian text contains a fascinating treatise on ancient Arabic and Spanish music, with information on its structure, history, diversity, and much more. The topic of ancient Arabic and Spanish music is one full of mystery and lost knowledge, and this detailed monogram on the subject offers its readers a unique and invaluable insight into this realm of lost art. A book that will be of considerable utility to those with an interest in the topic, 'Music In Ancient Arabia And Spain' is not to be missed by the discerning collector. The chapters of this book include: 'Difficulties in The Way of Historical Investigations into the Art of Music', 'Ignorance of the Music in the Ancients', 'Lack of Knowledge of Medieval Arabic Music', 'Investigations into Arabic Music', 'Methods and Criteria used in Determining its Structure', 'Results Obtained', and much more. We are republishing this book with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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Read Books Ltd

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1446545571

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Japrocksampler

By: Julian Cope

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Japrocksampler

By: Julian Cope

A unique account of the Japanese rock phenomenon from a legendary rock musician with an army of fans 'The most obscenely enjoyable book of the year ... enlightening, thrilling and occasionally hilarious ... Cope is a supremely engaging writer whose aim is to entertain, educate and freak out' Telegraph 'This book's astonishing blend of seriousness and hilariousness is testament to perhaps the most remarkable mind in rock today' Word Julian Cope, eccentric and visionary rock musician, follows the runaway underground success of his book Krautrocksampler with Japrocksampler, a cult deconstruction of Japanese rock music, and reveals what really happened when East met West after World War Two. It explores the clash between traditional, conservative Japanese values and the wild rock 'n' roll renegades of the 1960s and 70s, and tells of the seminal artists in Japanese post-war culture, from itinerant art-house poets to violent refusenik rock groups with a penchant for plane hijacking.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1408880679

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Medical Ethics and Law

The Core Curriculum

By: Dominic Wilkinson,Julian Savulescu,Tony Hope,Judith Hendrick, BA, LLM

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Medical Ethics and Law

The Core Curriculum

By: Dominic Wilkinson,Julian Savulescu,Tony Hope,Judith Hendrick, BA, LLM

This is a short textbook of ethics and law aimed primarily at medical students. The book is in two sections. The first considers general aspects of ethics (in the context of medicine); the second section covers the topics identified in the 'consensus agreement'. The content of medical law is not intended to be comprehensive and relates very much to the ethical issues. The law will be updated throughout including: consent in light of Mental Capacity Act; mental health law in light of Mental Health Act; end of life (depending on outcome of Burke case and the passage of the Joffe Bill); assisted reproduction in light of expected changes in HFEA. New guidelines to be added: the guidelines and processes around medical research are under review and likely to develop and change; GMC guidelines are under continual revision (the Burke case in particular may have direct impact, but it is also likely that the confidentiality guidelines will undergo revision particularly in view of the increasing importance of genetic data). The new legal aspects outlined above will require some changes to the ethical analysis: the ethical issues of new technology will be included (cloning; transgenesis and chimera, i.e. forming organisms from more than one species) and stem-cells; resource allocation ethics is moving on to examining a wider range of issues than covered in the first edition and this will be discussed; the whole area of mental disorder and capacity to consent is an active area of ethical research and the second edition would cover some of this new work.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0443103372

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Animal Rights and Moral Philosophy

By: Julian H. Franklin

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Animal Rights and Moral Philosophy

By: Julian H. Franklin

Animal Rights and Moral Philosophy" examines the major arguments for animal rights proposed to date and adds a new dimension. Julian H. Franklin begins by considering the utilitarian argument of equal respect for animals associated with Peter Singer and the rights approach advanced by Tom Regan. Despite their merits, both positions are found too limited as theoretical foundations for animal rights. Franklin follows with a new interpretation of Kant's categorical imperative, showing that it can be expanded to provide the basis of a system of rights that includes all sentient beings. He also shows why other forms of rationalism cannot be similarly expanded. Franklin then critically discusses the concern for animals in doctrines of compassion, including the ecofeminist ethic of care and Albert Schweitzer's ethic of reverence for life. In a concluding chapter he considers the conflict between the rights of animals and humans to the environment and reflects on possible solutions.

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Columbia University Press

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0231134231

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Movie Blockbusters

By: Julian Stringer

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Movie Blockbusters

By: Julian Stringer

Big-budget, spectacular films designed to appeal to a mass audience: is this what - or all - blockbusters are? Movie Blockbusters brings together writings from key film scholars, including Douglas Gomery, Peter Kramer, Jon Lewis and Steve Neale, to address the work of notable blockbuster auteurs such as Steven Spielberg and James Cameron, discuss key movies such as Star Wars and Titanic, and consider the context in which blockbusters are produced and consumed, including what the rise of the blockbuster says about the Hollywood film industry, how blockbusters are marketed and exhibited, and who goes to see them. The book also considers the movie scene outside Hollywood, discussing blockbusters made in Bollywood, China, South Korea, New Zealand and Argentina

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The Jarmusch Way

Spirituality and Imagination in Dead Man, Ghost Dog, and The Limits of Control

By: Julian Rice

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The Jarmusch Way

Spirituality and Imagination in Dead Man, Ghost Dog, and The Limits of Control

By: Julian Rice

Since the early 1980s, Jim Jarmusch has produced a handful of idiosyncratic films that have established him as one of the most imaginatively allusive directors in the history of American cinema. Three of his films—Dead Man (1995), Ghost Dog (1999), and The Limits of Control (2009)—demonstrate the director’s unique take on Eastern and Aboriginal spirituality. In particular, they reflect Jarmusch’s rejection of Western monotheism’s fear-driven separation of life and death. While these films address historical issues of imperialism, colonialism, and genocide, they also demonstrate a uniquely spiritual form of resistance to conditions that political solutions have not resolved. The impact of Dead Man, Ghost Dog, and The Limits of Control cannot be fully felt without considering the multicultural sources from which the writer/director drew. In The Jarmusch Way, Julian Rice looks closely at these three films and explores their relation to Eastern philosophy and particular works of Western literature, painting, and cinema. This book also delves deeply into the films’ association with Native American culture, a subject upon which Rice has written extensively. Though he has garnered a passionate following in some circles, Jarmusch remains critically underappreciated. Making a case that this director deserves far more serious attention than he has received thus far, The Jarmusch Way thoroughly discusses three of his most intriguing films.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810885735

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A Sentence of Life

By: Julian Gloag

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A Sentence of Life

By: Julian Gloag

First published in 1967, this is a tale of Jordan Maddox who has so disciplined his own emotions that he has, in reality, little contact with life: indifferent, he no longer responds to the signs of love-even of desperation- from those who are close to him. Suddenly he finds himself accused of murder. At first he reacts calmly. It seems to him an absurd, almost an amusing, mistake. To his Wife, his friends, his very lack of passion is proof of his innocence. But to the police, Maddox is the guilty man. At their hands he is relentlessly stripped of his invulnerability. Imprisoned, alone, ignoring the insistent demands of his own defense, he sets out to find his way back to life. In the memories of his childhood and in the act of death and violence of which he stands accused, Maddox submits himself to a far more crucial, far more agonizing trial than the one in which he appears every day as the defendant. For his real trial is that of a man attempting, for the first time, perhaps too late, to accept the responsibilities of living.

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A&C Black

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144820853X

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Schubert

By: Julian Horton

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Schubert

By: Julian Horton

The collection of essays in this volume offer an overview of Schubertian reception, interpretation and analysis. Part I surveys the issue of Schubert‘s alterity concentrating on his history and biography. Following on from the overarching dualities of Schubert explored in the first section, Part II focuses on interpretative strategies and hermeneutic positions. Part III assesses the diversity of theoretical approaches concerning Schubert‘s handling of harmony and tonality whereas the last two parts address the reception of his instrumental music and song. This volume highlights the complexity and diversity of Schubertian scholarship as well as the overarching concerns raised by discrete fields of research in this area.

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1351549960

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W. A. Mozart: Idomeneo

By: Julian Rushton

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W. A. Mozart: Idomeneo

By: Julian Rushton

This comprehensive guide charts the genesis of Idomeneo, based on the composer's own accounts in his letters home.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521437415

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Hearts and Minds

The Controversy Over Laboratory Animals

By: Julian McAllister Groves

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Hearts and Minds

The Controversy Over Laboratory Animals

By: Julian McAllister Groves

Living in a university town that is a center of biomedical research, Groves found he could not ignore the intense opposition to research using animals. He began to analyze the formation and activities of local protest groups, attending meetings and talking to activists about their beliefs. To his surprise, many activists emphasized rational and scientific justifications for their commitment to the movement. Conversely, scientists frequently discussed their use of lab animals in the context of their attachment to pets or other animals and their concern for the environment. Groves seeks to understand these positions in connection with popular beliefs about the place of emotions in public life. Hearts and Minds looks past the placards and sound-bites to people's intellectual and psychological explanations for their positions. It discards worn generalizations and offers a nuanced portrait of people who are seriously engaged in reconciling their ethics and their behavior.

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Temple University Press

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1439907692

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OCR A Level Religious Studies: Religion and Ethics

By: Julian Waterfield,Chris Eyre,Karen Dean

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OCR A Level Religious Studies: Religion and Ethics

By: Julian Waterfield,Chris Eyre,Karen Dean

Engage students with the 'Religion and Ethics' content for OCR A Level Religious Studies; build their knowledge, deepen their understanding and develop their skills using this accessible textbook, brought to you by subject specialists with examining experience and the leading A Level Religious Studies publisher and OCR's Publishing Partner. - Confidently cover the content your students need to know in an appropriate level of depth with this component textbook that has been written in light of what has been learned from from the first assessment - Enable students to develop and hone the AO2 skills they need, with Analyse and Evaluate tables in every topic outlining the key evaluation points - Help students of all ability levels to build their subject knowledge with key content explained clearly throughout using accessible language - Engage students with the content; each topic begins with a real-life example which puts the content into context and has discussion points throughout to get students actively thinking about key concepts - Encourage students to critically engage with challenging issues and ideas; core, stretch and challenge activities at the end of every topic help students to develop a comprehensive and nuanced understanding - Provide students with the opportunity to check their knowledge and p

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Hodder Education

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1510477713

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9781510477711

Exiles on Main Street

Jewish American Writers and American Literary Culture

By: Julian Levinson

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Exiles on Main Street

Jewish American Writers and American Literary Culture

By: Julian Levinson

How have Jews reshaped their identities as Jews in the face of the radical newness called America? Julian Levinson explores the ways in which exposure to American literary culture -- in particular the visionary tradition identified with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman -- led American Jewish writers to a new understanding of themselves as Jews. Discussing the lives and work of writers such as Emma Lazarus, Mary Antin, Ludwig Lewisohn, Waldo Frank, Anzia Yezierska, I. J. Schwartz, Alfred Kazin, and Irving Howe, Levinson concludes that their interaction with American culture led them to improvise new and meaningful ways of being Jewish. In contrast to the often expressed view that the diaspora experience leads to assimilation, Exiles on Main Street traces an arc of return to Jewish identification and describes a vital and creative Jewish American literary culture.

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Indiana University Press

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0253000289

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9780253000286

Alan Parsons' Art & Science of Sound Recording

The Book

By: Julian Colbeck,Alan Parsons

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Alan Parsons' Art & Science of Sound Recording

The Book

By: Julian Colbeck,Alan Parsons

(Technical Reference). More than simply the book of the award-winning DVD set, Art & Science of Sound Recording, the Book takes legendary engineer, producer, and artist Alan Parsons' approaches to sound recording to the next level. In book form, Parsons has the space to include more technical background information, more detailed diagrams, plus a complete set of course notes on each of the 24 topics, from "The Brief History of Recording" to the now-classic "Dealing with Disasters." Written with the DVD's coproducer, musician, and author Julian Colbeck, ASSR, the Book offers readers a classic "big picture" view of modern recording technology in conjunction with an almost encyclopedic list of specific techniques, processes, and equipment. For all its heft and authority authored by a man trained at London's famed Abbey Road studios in the 1970s ASSR, the Book is also written in plain English and is packed with priceless anecdotes from Alan Parsons' own career working with the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and countless others. Not just informative, but also highly entertaining and inspirational, ASSR, the Book is the perfect platform on which to build expertise in the art and science of sound recording.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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1480397237

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After Debussy

Music, Language, and the Margins of Philosophy

By: Julian Johnson

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After Debussy

Music, Language, and the Margins of Philosophy

By: Julian Johnson

Focusing on the music of Debussy and its legacy in the century since his death, this book offers a groundbreaking new perspective on twentieth-century music that foregrounds a sensory logic of sound over quasi-linguistic ideas of structure or meaning

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0190066822

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One Three One

A Time-Shifting Gnostic Hooligan Road Novel

By: Julian Cope

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One Three One

A Time-Shifting Gnostic Hooligan Road Novel

By: Julian Cope

Welcome to Sardinia: my hell, my home, my prison, my meditation these past sixteen years. What a place to die. But that's precisely why I was back." When drugged-up Time Traveller and '80s musical burnout Rock Section and his fellow English hooligans get kidnapped during Italia '90, there are ruinous implications. But now Rock has returned to Sardinia one final time to settle some scores and uncover the truth. He believes only Dutch cult leader Judge Barry Hertzog, still incarcerated on the island for the crime, can provide the answers. But through prescription drugs, the persistence of his driver Anna and a quest for the hidden ancient doorways strewn around Sardinia's only highway, the 131, Rock will discover that a greater truth awaits him. Judgement, consequences, hoodwinking on a grand scale, Gnosticism versus agnosticism... 131 is a Gnostic whodunit that pursues readers' memories of all previous fiction into a peat bog and impales them with seven-foot-long pikes.

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Faber & Faber

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0571270433

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9780571270439

Ghetto Brother

Warrior to Peacemaker

By: Julian Voloj

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Ghetto Brother

Warrior to Peacemaker

By: Julian Voloj

An engrossing and counter view of one of the most dangerous elements of American urban history, this graphic novel tells the true story of Benjy Melendez, a Bronx legend who founded, at the end of the 1960s, the formidable Ghetto Brothers gang. From the seemingly bombed-out ravages of his neighborhood, wracked by drugs, poverty, and violence, he managed to extract an incredibly positive energy from this riot ridden era: his multiracial gang promoted peace rather than violence. Among its many accomplishments, the gang held weekly concerts on the streets or in abandoned buildings, which fostered the emergence of hip-hop.

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NBM Publishing

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1561639508

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The Bolds to the Rescue

By: Julian Clary

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The Bolds to the Rescue

By: Julian Clary

The Bolds—the hyena family successfully impersonating as humans—have become legendary in the animal kingdom. Soon their house is full of visitors hoping to learn how to pass as humans too. There's a crocodile who can't quite tame her appetite, a poodle who wants to be a famous singer, and runaway racehorses hiding from their owner. With so many houseguests, the Bolds have their hands (ahem, paws) full. Can they teach these outcast critters to survive in the human world?

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Carolrhoda Books ®

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1512432709

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Songbook

A Musical

By: Monty Norman,Julian More

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Songbook

A Musical

By: Monty Norman,Julian More

The life and times of Moony Shapiro, a songwriter who survived 69 years of whatever the 20th century might throw at him. This fictitious songwriter and his music provide an ideal spoof of musical revues.

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573681627

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The White Father

By: Julian Mitchell

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The White Father

By: Julian Mitchell

[ The White Father] was to be a State of the Nation novel, about the end of Empire, contrasting the last generation of men who'd served it, and the new one which was just breaking out from the long dullness of the post-war years, but didn't really know where it was going...' Julian Mitchell, from his new Preface Mitchell's fourth novel, published in 1964, earned him both the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Somerset Maugham Award. Its protagonist Hugh Shrieve is District Officer in charge of the Ngulu, a small tribe in an African colony on the verge of independence. Fearing 'his' tribe will be overlooked in the politics of a constitutional conference set to take place in London, Hugh returns to England for the first time in years. But there he soon feels lost in his own country.

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Faber & Faber

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0571304230

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Short Stories, Childhood Anecdotes and Simple Poems for Everyone

By: Julian Lorenzana

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Short Stories, Childhood Anecdotes and Simple Poems for Everyone

By: Julian Lorenzana

Short Stories, Childhood Anecdotes and Simple Poems for Everyone contains four stories. In one, a little girl is traumatized by two auto accidents that claimed the lives of all her relatives. At the Los Nios Receiving Home, she attends school, and she is bullied. She becomes rebellious at school and at her foster homes, so she is returned to Los Nios. Finally, a school friend invites her to live with her family and her existence becomes more pleasant. She eventually graduates from college with a teaching credential and soon marries her prince charming. Another story deals with a hate-love feud between classmates that ends up in matrimony. In the next two stories, children and adults are taught that heeding advice can help avoid unpleasant consequences. Finally, the anecdotes and the poems listed are mainly personal experiences expressed in prose or in simple rhyme for everyone to fully understand and enjoy.

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1546252681

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The Ultimate Resource 2

By: Julian Lincoln Simon

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The Ultimate Resource 2

By: Julian Lincoln Simon

Rev. ed. of: The ultimate resource by Julian L. Simon, published Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c1981.

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Princeton University Press

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0691003815

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Professional Legal Ethics

Critical Interrogations

By: Donald Nicolson,Julian Webb

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Professional Legal Ethics

Critical Interrogations

By: Donald Nicolson,Julian Webb

Ethics and regulation have become catchwords of the late 1990s, yet relatively little has been written about the ethical discourse and regulation of the legal professions in England and Wales. This book represents the first attempt to subject the ethical discourse of the English legal professions to in-depth analysis and sustained critique. Drawing on insights from moral philosophy, social theory, the sociology of the legal profession, public law theories of regulation, and the extensive American literature on lawyers' ethics, it argues that, in seeking to provide definitive answers to particular problems of professional conduct, professional legal ethics has failed to deliver an approach which requires lawyers actively to engage with the ethical issues raised by legal practice. Through an analysis of the core issues facing lawyers, the authors locate this failure in the profession's reliance on a liberal and adversarial role morality that conceptualises the ethical values of human dignity, autonomy and equality in a formalistic and narrowly legalistic manner. This encourages lawyers to overlook the real invasions of these values so often wrought by upholding clients legal rights, and to ignore the competing claims of affected third parties, the wider community and the environment In seeking to move beyond critique, the authors develop throughout the book a contextual approach to individual ethical decision-making and outline a range of institutional, regulatory and educational reforms which, they suggest, could form the basis for a more ethical brand of professionalism. Professional Legal Ethics: Critical Interrogations is a wide-ranging and thought-provoking analysis written for lawyers, ethicists and policy-makers interested in this neglected area of professional ethics and regulation.

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Oxford University Press

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0192672002

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Mystical Islam

An Introduction to Sufism

By: Julian Baldick

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Mystical Islam

An Introduction to Sufism

By: Julian Baldick

Covers the origins of Sufism and early influences, particularly from Christianity; the rise of the great Sufi organizations; the thought of Sufism's main theorist and systemizer, Ibn Arabi; Rumi and the Whirling Dervishes; relations with Shi'ism in Iran; Sufism in the heyday of the great empires in Iran, India, and Turkey; and relations with Turkey and Egypt during the nineteenth century as well as Sufi practices in the twentieth century."--Page 4 of cover.

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NYU Press

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0814711391

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My Revision Notes OCR A Level Religious Studies: Religion and Ethics

By: Julian Waterfield,Chris Eyre

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My Revision Notes OCR A Level Religious Studies: Religion and Ethics

By: Julian Waterfield,Chris Eyre

Exam board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: Religious Studies First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2017 Target success in OCR A Level Religious Studies with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam-style tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide you can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge. With My Revision Notes you can: - Plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner - Consolidate subject knowledge by working through clear and focused content coverage - Test understanding and identify areas for improvement with regular 'Now Test Yourself' tasks and answers - Improve exam technique through practice questions, expert tips and examples of typical mistakes to avoid

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Hodder Education

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1510417818

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9781510417816

How to Think like a Philosopher

Twelve Key Principles for More Humane, Balanced, and Rational Thinking

By: Julian Baggini

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How to Think like a Philosopher

Twelve Key Principles for More Humane, Balanced, and Rational Thinking

By: Julian Baggini

An invitation to the habits of good thinking from philosopher Julian Baggini. By now, it should be clear: in the face of disinformation and disaster, we cannot hot take, life hack, or meme our way to a better future. But how should we respond instead? In How to Think like a Philosopher, Julian Baggini turns to the study of reason itself for practical solutions to this question, inspired by our most eminent philosophers, past and present. Baggini offers twelve key principles for a more humane, balanced, and rational approach to thinking: pay attention; question everything (including your questions); watch your steps; follow the facts; watch your language; be eclectic; be a psychologist; know what matters; lose your ego; think for yourself, not by yourself; only connect; and don’t give up. Each chapter is chockful of real-world examples showing these principles at work—from the discovery of penicillin to the fight for trans rights—and how they lead to more thoughtful conclusions. More than a book of tips and tricks (or ways to be insufferably clever at parties), How to Think like a Philosopher is an invitation to develop the habits of good reasoning that our world desperately needs.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226826651

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9780226826653

Human Genetic Diversity

Functional Consequences for Health and Disease

By: Julian C. Knight

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Human Genetic Diversity

Functional Consequences for Health and Disease

By: Julian C. Knight

The secrets of our genetic heritage are finally being unlocked. The massive scientific effort to sequence the human genome is in fact just the beginning of a long journey as the extraordinary genetic diversity that exists between individuals becomes clear. Work in this field promises much: to understand our evolutionary origins, to define us as individuals, to predict our risk of disease and to more effectively understand, treat and prevent illness. Contemporary genetic research is allowing the basis of both rare inherited disorders and common multifactorial diseases like asthma and diabetes to be more clearly defined. Huge investments are being made and great advances have been achieved, but the challenges remain daunting. This book provides an authoritative overview of this topical and very rapidly advancing field of biomedical research. Human Genetic Diversity describes the major classes of genetic variation and their functional consequences. A combination of cutting-edge research and landmark historical studies illustrate developments in the field, the rationale for current studies and likely future directions. Major structural variants at a chromosomal level are described, as well as copy number variation and sequence level genetic diversity. Evidence of selective pressures in human populations and insights into human evolution are illustrated. The book describes the development of linkage analysis and more recently genome-wide association studies to define the genetic basis of disease, current approaches to defining functional causative variants and the emerging fields of pharmacogenomics and individualised medicine.

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OUP Oxford

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0191572586

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The Hospital Autopsy

A Manual of Fundamental Autopsy Practice, Third Edition

By: Julian L. Burton,Guy Rutty

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The Hospital Autopsy

A Manual of Fundamental Autopsy Practice, Third Edition

By: Julian L. Burton,Guy Rutty

Now in full colour, this new and revised edition of The Hospital Autopsy presents a clear and systematic approach to safe and effective modern autopsy practice for pathologists. It begins by discussing issues such as legislation governing autopsies, religious attitudes and ensuring safety, before covering the procedures of external examination, evisceration, dissection of internal organs and report writing. Six new chapters have been added and contemporary specialist techniques, such as near virtual autopsy, are covered in depth, with chapters devoted to complex issues including perinatal autopsies, maternal deaths and autopsies where the cause of death is unascertained. The Hospital Autopsy is an indispensable resource for pathologists in training, as well as a concise reference for practicing pathologists and autopsy technicians.

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CRC Press

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0340965142

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Nothing to be Frightened Of

By: Julian Barnes

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Nothing to be Frightened Of

By: Julian Barnes

I don’t believe in God, but I miss him." So begins Julian Barnes’s brilliant new book that is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on mortality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God and a homage to the writer Jules Renard. Barnes also draws poignant portraits of the last days of his parents, recalled with great detail, affection and exasperation. Other examples he takes up include writers, "most of them dead and quite a few of them French," as well as some composers, for good measure. The grace with which Barnes weaves together all of these threads makes the experience of reading the book nothing less than exhilarating. Although he cautions us that "this is not my autobiography," the book nonetheless reveals much about Barnes the man and the novelist: how he thinks and how he writes and how he lives. At once deadly serious and dazzlingly playful, Nothing to Be Frightened Of is a wise, funny and constantly surprising tour of the human condition.

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Vintage Canada

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0307368440

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