Nigel Bradley's Books

How Vision Works

The Physiological Mechanisms Behind What We See

By: Nigel Daw

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

How Vision Works

The Physiological Mechanisms Behind What We See

By: Nigel Daw

This book covers all aspects of the visual system from sensory aspects to eye movements, attention, and visual memory in a brief format. Each chapter describes the psychology, followed by where in the brain that aspect is dealt with, the properties of the cells in that area, and what happens if a patient has a lesion or stroke in that area.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

287

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199921415

ISBN 13

9780199921416

What's Wrong with Rights?

By: Nigel Biggar

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

What's Wrong with Rights?

By: Nigel Biggar

Are natural rights 'nonsense on stilts', as Jeremy Bentham memorably put it? Must the very notion of a right be individualistic, subverting the common good? Should the right against torture be absolute, even though the heavens fall? Are human rights universal or merely expressions of Western neo-imperial arrogance? Are rights ethically fundamental, proudly impervious to changing circumstances? Should judges strive to extend the reach of rights from civil Hamburg to anarchical Basra? Should judicial oligarchies, rather than legislatures, decide controversial ethical issues by inventing novel rights? Ought human rights advocates learn greater sympathy for the dilemmas facing those burdened with government? These are the questions that What's Wrong with Rights? addresses. In doing so, it draws upon resources in intellectual history, legal philosophy, moral philosophy, moral theology, human rights literature, and the judgments of courts. It ranges from debates about property in medieval Christendom, through Confucian rights-scepticism, to contemporary discussions about the remedy for global hunger and the justification of killing. And it straddles assisted dying in Canada, the military occupation of Iraq, and genocide in Rwanda. What's Wrong with Rights? concludes that much contemporary rights-talk obscures the importance of fostering civic virtue, corrodes military effectiveness, subverts the democratic legitimacy of law, proliferates publicly onerous rights, and undermines their authority and credibility. The solution to these problems lies in the abandonment of rights-fundamentalism and the recovery of a richer public discourse about ethics, one that includes talk about the duty and virtue of rights-holders.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

384

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0192606530

ISBN 13

9780192606532

The D-Day Landings

The Allies’ Invasion of Nazi-Occupied Europe

By: Nigel Cawthorne

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The D-Day Landings

The Allies’ Invasion of Nazi-Occupied Europe

By: Nigel Cawthorne

This book tells the story of Operation Overlord, the largest and most meticulously planned seaborne invasion in the history of warfare. As dawn broke on 6 June 1944, thousands of Allied soldiers - American, British, Canadian, Free French and Polish - hit the Normandy beaches and stormed the German defenses of the Atlantic Wall. By Midnight, over 150,000 troops had been safely landed, and the ling push towards Berlin and the final defeat of the Third Reich had begun. Including useful maps with troop movements, as well as an index of the armies, battles, campaigns and commanders, The D-Day Landings is a brilliant guide to this historic battle which turned the tide against Adolf Hitler.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

291

Publisher

Arcturus Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1788284291

ISBN 13

9781788284295

Victory in World War II

By: Nigel Cawthorne

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Victory in World War II

By: Nigel Cawthorne

Before Alamein we never won a battle, after Alamein we never lost one." Winston Churchill Although this is an exaggeration, it is perhaps a pardonable one. The second battle of El Alamein in November 1942 was followed in April 1943 by the complete withdrawal of German troops from North Africa. Meanwhile, on the Eastern Front, the Red Army had entered the hell of Stalingrad and emerged victorious. In the Pacific, American troops had captured and held the strategically vital island of Guadalcanal, in the teeth of frantic Japanese counter-attacks. In Burma, the Chindits were continuing to harass the enemy while British forces regrouped in preparation for the recapture of the country. The tide of the war had begun inexorably to turn in favour of the Allies. Victory covers all fronts in detail as it charts the progress of the final years of World War II.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

490

Publisher

Arcturus Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

178828643X

ISBN 13

9781788286435

Military Commanders

The 100 Greatest Throughout History

By: Nigel Cawthorne

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Military Commanders

The 100 Greatest Throughout History

By: Nigel Cawthorne

From ancient Greece to Desert Storm, Military Commanders presents a chronological history of great battles and the men who won them. Beginning with Leonidas of Sparta, who died at Thermopylae and ending with Colin Powell, this book includes such world famous leaders as Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Grant and Lee, Patton and Rommel. In addition, it includes the military theorist Sun Tzu, who wrote "The Art of War," as well as lesser known but important figures, such as Red Cloud, Shaka Zulu, and General Giap. Military Commanders, containing pertinent quotations, anecdotes, and detailed facts is a highly-readable combination of history and biography.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

216

Publisher

Enchanted Lion Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1592700292

ISBN 13

9781592700295

Fighting them on the Beaches

The D-Day Landings - June 6, 1944

By: Nigel Cawthorne

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fighting them on the Beaches

The D-Day Landings - June 6, 1944

By: Nigel Cawthorne

This book tells the story of Operation Overlord, the largest and most meticulously planned seaborne invasion in the history of warfare. As dawn broke on 6 June 1944, thousands of Allied soldiers - American, British, Canadian, Free French and Polish - hit the Normandy beaches and stormed the German defenses of the Atlantic Wall. By Midnight, over 150,000 troops had been safely landed, and the ling push towards Berlin and the final defeat of the Third Reich had begun. Including useful maps with troop movements, as well as an index of the armies, battles, campaigns and commanders, Fighting Them on the Beaches is a brilliant guide to this historic battle which turned the tide against Adolf Hitler.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

242

Publisher

Arcturus Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

184858427X

ISBN 13

9781848584273

Pirates

The Truth Behind the Robbers of the High Seas

By: Nigel Cawthorne

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Pirates

The Truth Behind the Robbers of the High Seas

By: Nigel Cawthorne

Pirates have an almost mythical status in the public imagination - we think of rogue heroes riding the high seasand 'X marks the spot'. But this image is flawed at best. Using contemporary sources, Nigel Cawthorne turns the spotlight on the reality of pirate life, revealing the truth behind the legends. It gives us an insight into infamous the men and women who plundered ship and shore, including Captain Kidd, Blackbeard and Mary Read. We learn of the hazy distinction between pirates and state-approved privateers who were used to maintain empire, as well as the Port Royal pirate base in Jamaica - known as the 'wickedest city in the world'. Including details of various pirate exploits, as well as their weapons, ships and unhappy victims, this fascinating read will divide fact from slippery fiction.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

281

Publisher

Arcturus Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1839402393

ISBN 13

9781839402395

Nigel Owens: The Final Whistle

By: Nigel Owens,Paul Abbandonato

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Nigel Owens: The Final Whistle

By: Nigel Owens,Paul Abbandonato

The story of the second half of Nigel's career as one of the most famous referees in World Rugby and one of only two Welsh referees ever to officiate at a Rugby World Cup Final, including the full story of his last Rugby World Cup in 2019.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

299

Publisher

Y Lolfa

Published Date

ISBN 10

1800993358

ISBN 13

9781800993358

Mask

MI5's Penetration of the Communist Party of Great Britain

By: Nigel West

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mask

MI5's Penetration of the Communist Party of Great Britain

By: Nigel West

MI5’s dramatic interception of secret signals to Moscow from a hidden base in Wimbledon uncovered the true extent of Soviet espionage in Britain. Intelligence expert Nigel West reveals how MASK, the codename for one of the most secretive sources ever run by British intelligence, enabled Stanley Baldwin and his cabinet to monitor the activities of the Communist Party of Great Britain and track wireless traffic between the Soviet Union and its Comintern representatives abroad, in countries as far apart as the United States, China and Austria. The Government Code and Cipher School was one of the most secret branches of Whitehall, under the command of the Secret Intelligence Service, and used its covert intercept station in Denmark Hill, South London to make vital advances in the intelligence war. This gripping account exposes for the first time how the Communist Party of Great Britain was infiltrated and the actual contents of its communications with the Soviets.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

322

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134265751

ISBN 13

9781134265756

Democracy Burning?

Urban Fire Departments and the Limits of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia, 1850-1914

By: Nigel Raab

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Democracy Burning?

Urban Fire Departments and the Limits of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia, 1850-1914

By: Nigel Raab

Nineteenth-century commentators often claimed that Russia burned to the ground every thirty years. In an empire whose cities were built of wood, firefighters had a visible presence throughout Russia's urban centres and became politically active across the country. Democracy Burning? studies the political, cultural, and social values of volunteer firefighters and reveals the ways in which their public organizations cooperated with the authoritarian state. Nigel Raab considers the important roles that nationalism, regionalism, militarism, photography, and civil society played in fire departments and challenges prevailing notions that volunteer organizations opposed the state. His analysis not only provides insights into questions about a nascent civic consciousness in the years leading to revolution but also reveals new and important information about other aspects of urban life. A skilled work of history and urban studies, Democracy Burning? forces us to rethink the way we consider large public organizations and their relation to authoritarian governments.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

277

Publisher

McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published Date

ISBN 10

0773580697

ISBN 13

9780773580695

British Serial Killers

By: Nigel Wier

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

British Serial Killers

By: Nigel Wier

The book is about British serial killers from the 19th century all the way to the present day. I have written the book to show the readers what a serial killer is and why he is so different from any other killers. In Britain it is estimated that there are between 70 and 80 known serial killers and the book will cover about 75% of them. Fortunately for us most serial killers are arrested and sentenced to very long prison sentences and of course the earlier serial killers were executed. But is also shows some serial killers who have remained unidentified and have never been arrested.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

493

Publisher

AuthorHouse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1467881406

ISBN 13

9781467881401

Montgomery

D-Day Commander

By: Nigel Hamilton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Montgomery

D-Day Commander

By: Nigel Hamilton

This fascinating study of military leadership follows British general Bernard Law Montgomery's military career from his cadet days and service in World War I to his great victories of World War II, including his defeat of the great German panzer commander, Erwin Rommel, at Alamein. Nigel Hamilton presents a brilliant, arrogant Montgomery, who refused to bow to authority and skated on the edge of dismissal like his American counterpart, George S. Patton. Though very different in their command styles, Montgomery and Patton became the two most successful Allied field generals in World War II. From North Africa through the invasion of Sicily, they routed the Germans in battle, with Patton as a thrusting cavalryman and Montgomery as an infantry commander devoted to applying massive force at a vital point. The author contends that Montgomery's planning and leadership transformed Operation Overlord from a Second Front project doomed to fail into a successful Allied invasion plan. Allied operations after Normandy foundered in bitter arguments and failure, for Montgomery at Arnhem and Patton at Metz. Had Montgomery and Patton been ordered to fight in the same direction after Normandy, argues Professor Hamilton, the Allies might have ended the war in Europe in 1944. As it was, Montgomery and Patton had to save the Allies from sensational defeat in the Battle of the Bulge in what was to be their last battle together. The war ended for Monty on May 4, 1945, when he accepted the surrender of all German forces in the north.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

190

Publisher

Potomac Books, Inc.

Published Date

ISBN 10

1612340660

ISBN 13

9781612340661

A History of Pirates

Blood and Thunder on the High Seas

By: Nigel Cawthorne

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A History of Pirates

Blood and Thunder on the High Seas

By: Nigel Cawthorne

The modern image of the pirate is derived from Captain Charles Johnson's accounts of the cut-throats who sailed under the Jolly Roger. It was he who gave mythical status to the likes of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd. Using contemporary sources, Nigel Cawthorne now turns the spotlight on the reality of pirate life, revealing the truth behind the legends. It gives us an insight into the men - and women - their weapons, their ships, their unhappy victims and their hide-outs, including the capital city of the pirate 'empire', Port Royal in Jamaica - known as the 'wickedest city in the world'.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

328

Publisher

Arcturus Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1848584962

ISBN 13

9781848584969

De-Professionalism and Austerity

Challenges for the Public Sector

By: Nigel Malin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

De-Professionalism and Austerity

Challenges for the Public Sector

By: Nigel Malin

Austerity’s impacts on the healthcare, social care and education professions are under the spotlight in this important book. From scarcer resources to greater stresses, and falling training budgets to rising risks, it charts how policies and cuts have compromised workers’ ability to undertake their professional roles. It combines research and practice experience to assess the extent of de-professionalisation in recent years and how workers have responded. This book is a vital review of how austerity has resculpted our notions of professionalism.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

314

Publisher

Policy Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1447350197

ISBN 13

9781447350194

Lost Mines of the Tamar

By: Nigel Burch

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Lost Mines of the Tamar

By: Nigel Burch

Forgotten mines, forgotten industries…We’ve all heard of the Beaconsfield gold rush, but who remembers the rush to asbestos, or the long search for coal? Do you remember sandsoap, or Loira and Dilston bricks? Did you know the best ochre in Australia is around the Tamar, and we used to have an ochre-based natural paint industry? This is the history of our great-grandparents’ toils, and the mines (including gold) that were forgotten.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

236

Publisher

BookPOD

Published Date

ISBN 10

0987371347

ISBN 13

9780987371348

Bristol: A Worshipful Town and Famous City

An Archaeological Assessment from Prehistory to 1900

By: Nigel Baker,Jonathan Brett,Robert Jones

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Bristol: A Worshipful Town and Famous City

An Archaeological Assessment from Prehistory to 1900

By: Nigel Baker,Jonathan Brett,Robert Jones

Bristol is a major city and port in the south-west of England. In medieval times, it became the third largest city in the kingdom, behind London and York. Bristol was founded in the late Saxon period and grew rapidly in the 12th and 13th centuries. Initially, seaborne trading links with Ireland and France were particularly significant; later, from the 16th century onwards, the city became a focus for trade with Iberia, Africa, and the New World. This led to the growth of new industries such as brass manufacture, glass production and sugar refining, producing items for export, and processing imported raw materials. Bristol also derived wealth from the slave trade between Africa and the New World. The city has a long history of antiquarian and archaeological investigation. This volume provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the historical development of Bristol, based on archaeological and architectural evidence. Part 1 describes the geological and topographical context of Bristol and discusses evidence for the environment prior to the foundation of the city. The history of archaeological work in Bristol is discussed in detail, as is the pictorial record and the cartographic evidence for the city. In Part 2, a series of period-based chapters considers the historical background and archaeological evidence for Bristol’s development from the prehistoric, Roman, and post-Roman eras through the establishment and growth of Bristol between about 950 and 1200 AD; the medieval city; early modern period; and the period from 1700 to 1900 AD, when Bristol was particularly important for its role in transatlantic trade. Each chapter discusses the major civic, military, and religious monuments of the time and the complex topographical evolution of the city. Part 3 assesses the significance of Bristol’s archaeology and presents a range of themes for future research.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

867

Publisher

Oxbow Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1785708783

ISBN 13

9781785708787

The Faith of the English

Integrating Christ and culture

By: Nigel Rooms

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Faith of the English

Integrating Christ and culture

By: Nigel Rooms

How Christian are the English? How English is their Christianity? These questions are probed by Nigel Rooms in a book which is both readable and scholarly. If England is a mission field, how is Christian faith to be understood by the English? And how are English Christians to become aware of the links and the tensions between their own culture and their faith? This book is important reading for Christians in search of self-understanding, for all who seek for a renewal of Christian faith in England, and for the many English people who are curious about the part that Christian faith continues to play in the national culture.' John M. Hull, Emeritus Professor of Religious Education, University of Birmingham

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

105

Publisher

SPCK

Published Date

ISBN 10

028106704X

ISBN 13

9780281067046

Essential Theory for Social Work Practice

By: Chris Beckett,Nigel Horner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Essential Theory for Social Work Practice

By: Chris Beckett,Nigel Horner

Focusing on what students really need to know, this book breaks down all of the key social work theory covered across a students′ training, demystifying complex concepts by demonstrating their application to real-life practice. Multiple case studies highlight applied theory in different practice settings and across issues and challenges that students might face, while self-assessment exercises, practice notes, concise chapter summaries and discussion points help to consolidate their understanding. New chapters bring the book right up to date and include Relationship-based Work, The Importance of Language, Political Perspectives and Environmental Intervention. Written by two well-established and expert authors, this is the ′must-have′ theory text for all social work students.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

289

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

1473911729

ISBN 13

9781473911727

Jutland, 1916

Death in the Grey Wastes

By: Nigel Steel,Peter Hart

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Jutland, 1916

Death in the Grey Wastes

By: Nigel Steel,Peter Hart

Dramatic, illustrated account of the biggest naval battle of the First World War. On 31 May, 1916, the great battle fleets of Britain and Germany met off Jutland in the North Sea. It was a climactic encounter, the culmination of a fantastically expensive naval race between the two countries, and expectations on both sides were high. For the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet, there was the chance to win another Trafalgar. For the German High Seas Fleet, there was the opportunity to break the British blockade and so change the course of the war. But Jutland was a confused and controversial encounter. Tactically, it was a draw; strategically, it was a British victory. Naval historians have pored over the minutiae of Jutland ever since. Yet they have largely ignored what the battle was actually like for its thousands of participants. Full of drama and pathos, of chaos and courage, JUTLAND, 1916 describes the sea battle in the dreadnought era from the point of view of those who were there.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

597

Publisher

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Published Date

ISBN 10

1780225733

ISBN 13

9781780225739

Eighteenth Century Britain

Religion and Politics 1714-1815

By: Nigel Yates

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Eighteenth Century Britain

Religion and Politics 1714-1815

By: Nigel Yates

The church of the eighteenth century was still reeling in the wake of the huge religious upheavals of the two previous centuries. Though this was a comparatively quiet period, this book shows that for the whole period, religion was a major factor in the lives of virtually everybody living in Britain and Ireland. Yates argues that the established churches, Anglican in England, Irelandand Wales, and Presbyterian in Scotland, were an integral part of the British constitution, an arrangement staunchly defended by churchmen and politicians alike. The book also argues that, although there was a close relationship between church and state in this period, there was also limited recognition of other religions. This led to Britain becoming a diverse religious society much earlier than most other parts of Europe. During the same period competition between different religious groups encouraged ecclesiastical reforms throughout all the different churches in Britain.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

269

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317866479

ISBN 13

9781317866473

Effective Primary Teaching

Research-based Classroom Strategies

By: Paul Croll,Nigel Hastings

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Effective Primary Teaching

Research-based Classroom Strategies

By: Paul Croll,Nigel Hastings

First Published in 1996. This book is concerned with bringing the findings of educational research to bear on the practical problems faced by teachers in primary school classrooms. We take as our starting point a number of claims which we shall develop in more detail through the book: Teachers matter, relationship between teaching behaviour and educational outcomes, any attempt to improve education mist be concerned with outcomes, there is no single one 'best' approach, teaching situations have important aspects in common, teaching is a thoughtful activity that demands considerable intellectual engagement, and reflective and self-critical analysis.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

168

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

113408885X

ISBN 13

9781134088850

Enlightened Oxford

The University and the Cultural and Political Life of Eighteenth-Century Britain and Beyond

By: Nigel Aston

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Enlightened Oxford

The University and the Cultural and Political Life of Eighteenth-Century Britain and Beyond

By: Nigel Aston

Enlightened Oxford aims to discern, establish, and clarify the multiplicity of connections between the University of Oxford, its members, and the world outside; to offer readers a fresh, contextualised sense of the University's role in the state, in society, and in relation to other institutions between the Williamite Revolution and the first decade of the nineteenth century, the era loosely describable (though not without much qualification) as England's ancien regime. Nigel Aston asks where Oxford fitted in to the broader social and cultural picture of the time, locating the University's importance in Church and state, and pondering its place as an institution that upheld religious entitlement in an ever-shifting intellectual world where national and confessional boundaries were under scrutiny. Enlightened Oxford is less an inside history than a consideration of an institutional presence and its place in the life of the country and further afield. While admitting the degree of corporate inertia to be found in the University, there was internal scope for members so inclined to be creative in their teaching, open new research lines, and be unapologetic Whigs rather than unrepentant Tories. For if Oxford was a seat of learning rooted in its past - and with an increasing antiquarian awareness of its inheritance - yet it had a surprising capacity for adaptation, a scope for intellectual and political pluralism that was not incompatible with enlightened values.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

844

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0198872887

ISBN 13

9780198872887

Military Justice

The Rights and Duties of Soldiers and Government

By: White, Nigel D.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Military Justice

The Rights and Duties of Soldiers and Government

By: White, Nigel D.

While military law is often narrowly understood and studied as the specific and specialist laws, processes and institutions governing service personnel, this accessible book takes a broader approach, examining military justice from a wider consideration of the rights and duties of government and soldiers engaged in military operations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

392

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1789902800

ISBN 13

9781789902808

Non-Representational Theory

Space, Politics, Affect

By: Nigel Thrift

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Non-Representational Theory

Space, Politics, Affect

By: Nigel Thrift

This astonishing book presents a distinctive approach to the politics of everyday life. Ranging across a variety of spaces in which politics and the political unfold, it questions what is meant by perception, representation and practice, with the aim of valuing the fugitive practices that exist on the margins of the known. It revolves around three key functions. It: introduces the rather dispersed discussion of non-representational theory to a wider audience provides the basis for an experimental rather than a representational approach to the social sciences and humanities begins the task of constructing a different kind of political genre. A groundbreaking and comprehensive introduction to this key topic, Thrift’s outstanding work brings together further writings from a body of work that has come to be known as non-representational theory. This noteworthy book makes a significant contribution to the literature in this area and is essential reading for researchers and postgraduates in the fields of social theory, sociology, geography, anthropology and cultural studies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

681

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134162715

ISBN 13

9781134162710

Christianity Outside the Box

Learning from Those Who Rocked the Boat

By: Nigel Scotland

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Christianity Outside the Box

Learning from Those Who Rocked the Boat

By: Nigel Scotland

A major aspect of the history of Christian missions is the way groups who have jumped the ecclesiastical ship have renewed and recalled their parent bodies back to biblical roots and a biblical vision. This book examines fourteen such vibrant Christian movements which operated outside the box. Each chapter ends with a practical section highlighting those factors that made the particular group successful. They were all missional movements that pursued a Christian vision and developed structures to facilitate it. In contrast, the traditional organizations from which they emerged tended to do mission from an established, given structure. Here are seriously committed movements that offer a dynamic challenge to our contemporary churches.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

341

Publisher

Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1621898997

ISBN 13

9781621898993

The Mammoth Book of New CSI

Forensic science in over thirty real-life crime scene investigations

By: Nigel Cawthorne

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Mammoth Book of New CSI

Forensic science in over thirty real-life crime scene investigations

By: Nigel Cawthorne

Detailed accounts of over 30 contemporary cases, or older cases reopened as a result of advances in forensic science. Crime scene investigations draw on a wide range of cutting-edge technology including genetic fingerprinting, blood splatter analysis, laser ablation, toxicology and ballistics analysis. Cases covered here include: the abduction of Madeleine McCann; the vindication of Colin Stagg, convicted of having murdered Rachel Nickell; Hadden Clark who killed and ate a six-year-old child in Maryland; Robert Pickton, the Vancouver farmer who fed his female victims to his pigs; the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia (was Amanda Knox guilty?); Lindsay Hawker's gruesome death in Japan; Josef Fritzl and the cellar in which he imprisoned and raped his daughter.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

411

Publisher

C & R Crime

Published Date

ISBN 10

1780335342

ISBN 13

9781780335346

Aggravation, Mitigation, and Mercy in English Criminal Justice

By: Nigel Walker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Aggravation, Mitigation, and Mercy in English Criminal Justice

By: Nigel Walker

Offering a comment on the justification for sentences, this work refutes jurisprudential attacks on the propriety of mercy, and discusses the shortcomings of the Court of Appeal's approaches to consistency and other principles of sentencing. The appendices list "guideline cases" and definitions of "seriousness" for the purpose of different statutes.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

310

Publisher

Blackstone Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1854319434

ISBN 13

9781854319432

Historical Dictionary of International Intelligence

By: Nigel West

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Historical Dictionary of International Intelligence

By: Nigel West

Intelligence is now acknowledged as the hidden dimension to international diplomacy and national security. It is the hidden piece of the jigsaw puzzle of global relations that cements relationships, undermines alliances and topples tyrants, and after many decades of being deliberately overlooked or avoided, it is now regarded as a subject of legitimate study by academics and historians. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of International Intelligence covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on espionage techniques, categories of agents, crucial operations spies, defectors, moles, double and triple agents, and the tradecraft they apply. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the international intelligence.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

489

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1442249579

ISBN 13

9781442249578

A History of Stourbridge

By: Nigel Perry

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A History of Stourbridge

By: Nigel Perry

Stourbridge came into existence in the early Middle Ages. It has seen much development from Roman and Saxon times and during the reigns of Elizabeth and Victoria. More changes followed in the 20th century; though an agricultural market town it is also renown for its glass-making.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

434

Publisher

The History Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0750993138

ISBN 13

9780750993135

The Night Sky

An astronomers guide to the night sky and the universe

By: Heather Couper,Nigel Henbest

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Night Sky

An astronomers guide to the night sky and the universe

By: Heather Couper,Nigel Henbest

Discover the wonders of the Universe with this indispensable guide. The Night Sky is chock full of information explaining what, when and how to observe space and understanding the night sky. Not only accessible, but also invaluable, this is the perfect practical guide for both budding and seasoned astronomers, an easy introduction to astronomy and a useful resource for more experienced stargazers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

262

Publisher

Cassell

Published Date

ISBN 10

1788404599

ISBN 13

9781788404594

War and Peace

FDR's Final Odyssey, D-Day to Yalta, 1943-1945

By: Nigel Hamilton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

War and Peace

FDR's Final Odyssey, D-Day to Yalta, 1943-1945

By: Nigel Hamilton

Going to See Stalin -- Stonewall Roosevelt -- Triumph in Tehran -- Who Will Command Overlord? -- In Sickness and in Health -- D-Day -- the July Plot -- Quebec -- Yalta -- Warm Springs.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

613

Publisher

Mariner Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

0544876806

ISBN 13

9780544876804

USA Darts

Soft Tip Tournament Results

By: Nigel Boeg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

USA Darts

Soft Tip Tournament Results

By: Nigel Boeg

This book has been compiled to provide details of tournament winners and runners up of USA soft tip dart tournaments. Every effort has been used to identify and correctly record winners and runners up of tournaments. In some cases there will be results “missing”. If these can be identified they will be included in a future edition. There maybe errors with names being mispelt and ladies surnames may have changed. Where possible, hosting organisation and the year that the tournament was first held will be listed. Other facts about the tournament will be listed if available. This book provides the reader and dart enthuiast information on other published books and magazines, links to web sites of dart manufacturers, Professional Bodies and Organisations, and dart stores. This is not a comprehensive list but begins the work of collating details into one place. Instead of being scattered around the World Wide Web across many sites and publications. I hope you enjoy the book.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

736

Publisher

BookRix

Published Date

ISBN 10

3748769407

ISBN 13

9783748769408

Rhyme and Rhyming in Verbal Art, Language, and Song

By: Venla Sykäri,Nigel Fabb

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Rhyme and Rhyming in Verbal Art, Language, and Song

By: Venla Sykäri,Nigel Fabb

This interdisciplinary collection explores the forms and aesthetics of rhyme in a variety of languages and from a variety of perspectives. A wide-ranging introduction that ends with a list and associated bibliography of rhyming traditions of the world is followed by thirteen chapters. These explore the history of rhyme, including Arabic and medieval Latin and the older Germanic languages, as well as literary and folk traditions in Northern Europe where rhyme plays a complex role alongside alliteration. Literary rhyme is explored from a psychological perspective, and oral composition with end rhyme is addressed. Discussions of modernist poetry, rap lyrics, and previously undiscussed traditions shed new light on the possibilities of rhyme. The book will be of interest to literary scholars, folklorists, and anyone interested in written, oral, and song traditions. Students, poets, and songwriters will find insights into the functions and aesthetics of rhyme.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

290

Publisher

BoD - Books on Demand

Published Date

ISBN 10

9518585873

ISBN 13

9789518585872

The Ancestral Power of Amulets, Talismans, and Mascots

Folk Magic in Witchcraft and Religion

By: Nigel Pennick

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Ancestral Power of Amulets, Talismans, and Mascots

Folk Magic in Witchcraft and Religion

By: Nigel Pennick

• Looks at the age-old spiritual principles, folklore, and esoteric traditions behind the creation of magical objects as well as the use of numbers, colors, sigils, geometric emblems, knots, crosses, pentagrams, and other symbols • Explores hundreds of artifacts, such as hagstones, Norse directional amulets, car hood mascots, objects made from bones and teeth, those connected with plants and animals, charms associated with gambling, and religious relics • Includes photos of artifacts from the author’s extensive collection Offering an illustrated exploration of the origins and history of amulets, lucky charms, talismans, and mascots, including photos of unique and original artifacts from his extensive collection, Nigel Pennick examines these objects from a magical perspective, from ancient Egypt to the present. He looks at the age-old spiritual principles, folklore, and esoteric traditions behind their creation as well as the use of numbers, colors, sigils, geometric emblems, knots, crosses, pentagrams, and other symbols. Pennick explores magical charms and objects manufactured from bones, teeth, claws, and horns and those that include symbols of the human body. He also discusses religious relics as well as the combining of charms to make more powerful objects, from the bind runes of the Norse and the crowns of ancient Egypt to the Mojo hand and the medicine pouch. Revealing the lasting power of amulets, talismans, charms, and mascots, Pennick shows that these objects and symbols have retained their magic across the centuries.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

352

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1644112213

ISBN 13

9781644112212

Book's by Nigel Bradley

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email