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Man and Natural Resources An Agricultural Perspective

Man and Natural Resources An Agricultural Perspective

Originally published in 1975 yet prophetic in its wisdom this book deals with major aspects of man’s ecological destruction in an industrial framework. As well as discussing the destruction of forests by early civilizations the book examines the rate and extension of environmental deterioration in more recent times and the importance of the integrated ‘feed-back’ controls which maintain stability in the ecosphere of which humankind forms a part. Examining the role of entropy energy quanta and indeterminacy in overthrowing both science and economic theory the book provides examples from the 20th Century of the uncontrolled demands for energy and material resources as well as of increasing toxic hazard in the biosphere. | Man and Natural Resources An Agricultural Perspective

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Revival: An Outline of Psychology (1968)

Revival: An Outline of Psychology (1968)

The time has gone by when any one man could hope to write an adequate text book of psychology. The science has now so many branches so many methods so many fields of application and such an immense mass of data of observation is now on record that no one man can hope to have the necessary familiarity with the whole. But even when a galaxy of learning and talent shall have written the text book of the future there will still be need for the book which will introduce the student to his science which will aim at giving him at the outset of his studies a profitable line of approach a fruitful way of thinking of psychological problems and a terminology as little misleading as possible. The present volume is designed to render these services. | Revival: An Outline of Psychology (1968)

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Thresholds in Geomorphology Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium 9

Thresholds in Geomorphology Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium 9

This book first published in 1980 is a timely and comprehensive appraisal of thresholds in geomorphology. The papers arising from the 9th Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium form the cornerstone of a subject that is increasingly important in geomorphology. This book analyses the historical background to thresholds and geomorphology as well as fluvial landforms hydrogeologic regimes and other processes and the impact of man. | Thresholds in Geomorphology Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium 9

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Towards a Critical Theory of Society Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse Volume 2

Towards a Critical Theory of Society Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse Volume 2

This second volume of Marcuse's collected papers includes unpublished manuscripts from the late 1960s and early 1970s such as Beyond One-Dimensional Man Cultural Revolution and The Historical Fate of Bourgeois Democracy as well as a rich collection of letters. It shows Marcuse at his most radical focusing on his critical theory of contemporary society his analyses of technology capitalism the fate of the individual and prospects for social change in contemporary society. | Towards a Critical Theory of Society Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse Volume 2

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Philosophy through Film

Philosophy through Film

In Philosophy through Film Amy Karofsky and Mary M. Litch use recently released well-received films to explore answers to classic questions in philosophy in an approachable yet philosophically rigorous manner. Each chapter incorporates one or more films to examine one longstanding philosophical question or problem and assess some of the best solutions that have been offered to it. The authors fully integrate the films into their discussion of the issues using them to help students become familiar with key topics in all major areas of Western philosophy and master the techniques of philosophical argumentation. Revised and expanded changes to the Fourth Edition include: A brand new chapter on the mind-body problem (chapter 4) which includes discussions of substance dualism physicalism eliminativism functionalism and other relevant theories. The replacement of older movies with nine new focus films: Ad Astra Arrival Beautiful Boy Divergent Ex Machina Her Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow A Serious Man and Silence. The addition of two new primary readings to the appendix of source materials: excerpts from Patricia Smith Churchland’s Can Neurobiology Teach Us Anything about Consciousness? and Frank Jackson’s What Mary Didn’t Know. The inclusion of a Website with a Story Lines of Films by Elapsed Time for each focus film. The films examined in depth are: Ad Astra Arrival Beautiful Boy Crimes and Misdemeanors Divergent Equilibrium Ex Machina Gone Baby Gone Her Inception Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow The Matrix Memento Minority Report Moon A Serious Man Silence

GBP 56.99
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Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism

Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism

Through a reassessment of phrenology Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism sheds light on all kinds of works in Victorian Britain and America which have previously been unnoticed or were simply referred to with a vague 'naturalism of the times' explanation. It is often assumed that the scientific naturalism familiar in late nineteenth century writers such as T. H. Huxley and John Tyndall are the effects of a 'Darwinian revolution' unleashed in 1859 on an unsuspecting world following the publication of The Origin of Species. Yet it can be misleading to view Darwin's work in isolation without locating it in the context of a well established and vigorous debate concerning scientific naturalism. Throughout the nineteenth century intellectuals and societies had been discussing the relationship between nature and man and the scientific and religious implications thereof. At the forefront of these debates were the advocates of phrenology who sought to apply their theories to a wide range of subjects from medicine and the treatment of the insane to education theology and even economic theories. Showing how ideas about naturalism and the doctrine of natural laws were born in the early phrenology controversies in the 1820s this book charts the spread of such views. It argues that one book in particular The Constitution of Man in Relation to External Objects (1828) by George Combe had an enormous influence on scientific thinking and the popularity of the 'naturalistic movement'. The Constitution was one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century being published continuously from 1828 to 1899 and selling more than 350 000 copies throughout the world many times more than Dawin's The Origin of Species. By restoring Combe and his work to centre stage it provides modern scholars with a more accurate picture of the Victorians' view of their place in Nature.

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American Theology Superhero Comics and Cinema The Marvel of Stan Lee and the Revolution of a Genre

American Theology Superhero Comics and Cinema The Marvel of Stan Lee and the Revolution of a Genre

Stan Lee who was the head writer of Marvel Comics in the early 1960s co-created such popular heroes as Spider-Man Hulk the X-Men the Fantastic Four Iron Man Thor and Daredevil. This book traces the ways in which American theologians and comic books of the era were not only both saying things about what it means to be human but starting with Lee they were largely saying the same things. Author Anthony R. Mills argues that the shift away from individualistic ideas of human personhood and toward relational conceptions occurring within both American theology and American superhero comics and films does not occur simply on the ontological level but is also inherent to epistemology and ethics reflecting the comprehensive nature of human life in terms of being knowing and acting. This book explores the idea of the American monomyth that pervades American hero stories and examines its philosophical and theological origins and specific manifestations in early American superhero comics. Surveying the anthropologies of six American theologians who argue against many of the monomyth’s assumptions principally the staunch individualism taken to be the model of humanity and who offer relationality as a more realistic and ethical alternative this book offers a detailed argument for the intimate historical relationship between the now disparate fields of comic book/superhero film creation on the one hand and Christian theology on the other in the United States. An understanding of the early connections between theology and American conceptions of heroism helps to further make sense of their contemporary parallels wherein superhero stories and theology are not strictly separate phenomena but have shared origins and concerns. | American Theology Superhero Comics and Cinema The Marvel of Stan Lee and the Revolution of a Genre

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Aircraft Digital Electronic and Computer Systems

Aircraft Digital Electronic and Computer Systems

Aircraft Digital Electronic and Computer Systems is a thorough introduction to the principles and practice of aircraft digital electronic avionic and computer systems. New to this third edition integrated modular avionics (IMA) provides an overview of networked avionics found in the latest generation of transport aircraft. Cabin systems covers cabin networks intercommunication and core systems. Aircraft information systems examines flight deck operation aided by electronic flight bags (EFB) and includes a case study that highlights the importance of information systems as well as the potential consequences of their failure. The new edition contains several hundred test questions and its companion website www. 66web. co. uk offers additional resource material. With full coverage of Module 5 and avionics topics in Modules 11 and 13 this book is ideal for those studying towards licensed aircraft maintenance engineer status both independently and part of an EASA Part-66 or FAR-147 approved course. It will also appeal to those taking City & Guilds EDEXCEL National or Higher National Units or a First/Foundation Degree in an aerospace related discipline.

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Globalization and Emerging Trends in African States' Foreign Policy-Making Process A Comparative Perspective of Southern Africa

Globalization and Emerging Trends in African States' Foreign Policy-Making Process A Comparative Perspective of Southern Africa

This title was first published in 2002: The resurgence of the democratization movement in Africa in the post-Cold War era is gradually replacing authoritarianism with forms of democratic systems. These changes have put into question the traditional big man image of African states’ foreign policy and foreign policy-making. The first book of its kind to focus on the foreign policy-making process of Southern African countries in the era of globalization these instructive and rewarding case studies contextualize the increasing involvement of other internal actors in African states foreign policy-making process. Foreign policy actors such as the Presidency Ministries of Defence Foreign Affairs Trade Finance and the Intelligence Community among others are examined in a comparative perspective. | Globalization and Emerging Trends in African States' Foreign Policy-Making Process A Comparative Perspective of Southern Africa

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Christian Pilgrimage Landscape and Heritage Journeying to the Sacred

Christian Pilgrimage Landscape and Heritage Journeying to the Sacred

This volume provides a theoretically and empirically-grounded study of the significance of landscape in the experience of Christian pilgrimage across different denominations and its intersection with cultural heritage and tourism. The book focuses on pilgrimages to Meteora (Greece) Subiaco (Italy) and the Isle of Man. These are each sites of scenic beauty that boast a rich heritage associated respectively to Greek Orthodox Roman Catholic and Ecumenical/ Protestant denominations. The study discusses different Christian theologies practices and perspectives on the nature and the purpose of pilgrimage in these traditions. It draws on participant experiential accounts archival research and interviews with clergy laity and local stakeholders. Special attention is paid to the themes of sacred space and practice aesthetics mobilities embodiment and performance emotional geographies theology cultural heritage consumption and commodification and the pilgrim-tourist continuum. | Christian Pilgrimage Landscape and Heritage Journeying to the Sacred

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Laurence Sterne and the Visual Imagination

Laurence Sterne and the Visual Imagination

The first full-length and comprehensive study of the illustrations of Sterne's work this book explores the ability of Sterne's texts to inspire the visual imagination. It helps to explain why scores of editions of his fiction have been illustrated some profusely: to fulfill the reader's desire as well as the artist's compulsion to visualize Sterne's words. Gerard places his subject in a clear and innovative theoretical framework which opens the field to general word and image studies. The author begins by examining the distinct varieties of pictorialism in Sterne's texts. The remainder of the study takes into account three remarkable series of illustrations-representing Trim reading the sermon didactic sentimentalism in A Sentimental Journey and Henry Mackenzie's Man of Feeling and the many and diverse portrayals of 'poor Maria' - to demonstrate the ways in which culture projects these texts differently through the various artists. | Laurence Sterne and the Visual Imagination

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Stemming the Torrent Expression and Control in the Victorian Discourses on Emotion 1830-1872

Stemming the Torrent Expression and Control in the Victorian Discourses on Emotion 1830-1872

This title was first published in 2002: Gesa Stedman mines the vein of emotion in Victorian writing to unearth new insights into the ways literature responded to the dramatic social and political changes then taking place. Contemporary research from various disciplines including sociology ethnology and history inform this study which juxtaposes canonical material such as Dickens' Hard Times Charlotte Bronte's Shirley and Germaine de Stael's Corinne with popular novels and non-fictional texts such as The Education of the Heart by Sarah Ellis and Darwin's On the Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. The analysis deals with emotions applying to both genders but includes a special section examining the representation of emotion in relation to women. The book aims to provide new insight into the literature of the period and brings to light new material for scholars interested in the philosophy and psychology of emotions. | Stemming the Torrent Expression and Control in the Victorian Discourses on Emotion 1830-1872

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Urban Redevelopment A North American Reader

Urban Redevelopment A North American Reader

Urban redevelopment plays a major part in the growth strategy of the modern city and the goal of this book is to examine the various aspects of redevelopment its principles and practices in the North American context. Urban Redevelopment: A North American Reader seeks to shed light on the practice by looking at both its failures and successes ideas that seemed to work in specific circumstances but not in others. The book aims to provide guidance to academics practitioners and professionals on how when where and why specific approaches worked and when they didn’t. While one has to deal with each case specifically it is the interactions that are key. The contributors offer insight into how urban design affects behavior how finance drives architectural choices how social equity interacts with economic development how demographical diversity drives cities’ growth how politics determine land use decisions how management deals with market choices and how there are multiple influences and impacts of every decision. The book moves from the history of urban redevelopment The City Beautiful movement grand concourses and plazas through urban renewal superblocks and downtown pedestrian malls to today’s place-making: transit-oriented design street quieting new urbanism publicly accessible softer waterfront design funky small urban spaces and public-private megaprojects. This history also moves from grand masters such as Baron Haussmann and Robert Moses through community participation to stakeholder involvement to creative local leadership. The increased importance of sustainability high-energy performance resilience and both pre- and post-catastrophe planning are also discussed in detail. Cities are acts of man not nature; every street and building represents decisions made by people. Many of today’s best recognized urban theorists look for great forces; economic trends technological shifts political movements and try to analyze how they impact cities. One does not have to be a subscriber to the great man theory of history to see that in urban redevelopment successful project champions use or sometimes overcome overall trends using the tools and resources available to rebuild their community. This book is about how these projects are brought together each somewhat differently by the people who make them happen. | Urban Redevelopment A North American Reader

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Rape Culture in the House of David A Company of Men

Rape Culture in the House of David A Company of Men

Rape Culture in the House of David: A Company of Men describes a biblical rape culture sustained and maintained by Yhwh and a host of men—from royal kings and princes to their relatives counselors generals and servants. This volume reveals that sexual violence in the house of David is not simply perpetrated by its most powerful men. Rather in the pursuit of power status authority and honor men form alliances and networks that support the use and abuse of women’s bodies and valorize sexualized violence against other men. The man who is most capable of sexual violence is Israel’s ideal king. Barbara Thiede deftly addresses the power and contemporary relevance of these narratives and argues that exposing and naming rape culture in biblical literature is essential—in social economic and political realms. This is a meaningful feminist intervention in the field of biblical studies and is of great benefit to graduate students and scholars of religion gender studies and masculinity studies. | Rape Culture in the House of David A Company of Men

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Personality Appearance and Speech

Personality Appearance and Speech

First published in 1957 Personality. Appearance and Speech is an intensive analysis of personality reflected by appearance and speech. It is a most fascinating study of the innumerable outward signs by which the man in the street judges personality. The author considers the effects this has on daily life; for example can a person’s real character be assessed by a short interview in which personality counting for so much can be altered deliberately to no little extent? He describes many investigations which have attempted to discover experimentally the nature and accuracy of personality and character assessments and includes personality sketches of F. D. Roosevelt W. E. Gladstone and of other prominent figures. He discusses the social results of the microphone and the effect on good and bad taste of opinions widely expressed by listeners and viewers. The nature and function of the intellectuals who have increasing opportunities of affecting appearance and speech are examined from the psychologist’s standpoint. This book will be of interest to students of psychology sociology and social behaviour. | Personality Appearance and Speech

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The Forsaken Lover White words and black people

The Forsaken Lover White words and black people

First published in 1972 The Forsaken Lover draws upon Chris Searle’s experience as an English teacher in a secondary school in Tobago to focus upon the deep problems of identity encountered by black people having to use the white man’s language. He shows how the white man’s language is primarily interested in vindicating the white man’s pride and culture and denying the black man his true autonomy. Black children are still being educated within a cultural context which denies them their own identity – in order to succeed they must become as white as possible. In the Forsaken Lover (the title comes from a poem written by a West Indian girl). Chris Seale presents a lively and direct account of his experience. The book is full of the children’s own writing – poetry prose drama – and by referring to their words Searle urges the need for change in policies and attitudes of language and education. The immediate context is Caribbean but the issues are common to all societies where differences of colour class and environment exist. The book will be of interest to students of race and ethnic relations education linguistics and public policy. | The Forsaken Lover White words and black people

GBP 85.00
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Max Klinger and Wilhelmine Culture On the Threshold of German Modernism

Max Klinger and Wilhelmine Culture On the Threshold of German Modernism

The Wilhelmine Empire’s opening decades (1870s - 1880s) were crucial transitional years in the development of German modernism both politically and culturally. Here Marsha Morton argues that no artist represented the shift from tradition to unsettling innovation more compellingly than Max Klinger. The author examines Klinger’s early prints and drawings within the context of intellectual and material transformations in Wilhelmine society through an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses Darwinism ethnography dreams and hypnosis the literary Romantic grotesque criminology and the urban experience. His work in advance of Expressionism revealed the psychological and biological underpinnings of modern rational man whose drives and passions undermined bourgeois constructions of material progress social stability and class status at a time when Germans were engaged in defining themselves following unification. This book is the first full-length study of Klinger in English and the first to consistently address his art using methodologies adopted from cultural history. With an emphasis on the popular illustrated media Morton draws upon information from reviews and early books on the artist writings by Klinger and his colleagues and unpublished archival sources. The book is intended for an academic readership interested in European art history social science literature and cultural studies. | Max Klinger and Wilhelmine Culture On the Threshold of German Modernism

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Mircea Eliade Myth Religion and History

Mircea Eliade Myth Religion and History

Mircea Eliade (1907�1986) was one of the twentieth century's foremost students of religion and cultural environments. This book examines the emergence function and value of religion and myth in his work. Nicolae Babuts Robert Ellwood Eric Ziolkowski John Dadosky Robert Segal Mac Linscott Ricketts Douglas Allen and Liviu Borda examine Eliade's views on the interaction between the sacred and the profane. Each explores Eliade's phenomenological approach to the study of religion and myth. They show that modern rites of initiation cultural activities and spectacles like bullfighting film and perhaps surprisingly reading and writing all harken back to the archetypal structures of the mythical imagination. Perhaps the greatest achievement of Eliade's phenomenological approach is that it reveals what we have in common with pre-Socratic man: the mind's structural capacity to endow objects and events with spiritual values and meanings. As a study of Eliade's concept of the mythic imagination the book posits an analogy between the myths of the past and modern imitations. The authors suggest that in spite of their differences and their separate historical sources myths represent basic structures of human consciousness. This book is essential reading for all students of religion philosophy and literature. | Mircea Eliade Myth Religion and History

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The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell'Arte

The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell'Arte

From Commedia dell’Arte came archetypal characters that are still with us today such as Harlequin and Pantalone and the rediscovered craft of writing comic dramas and masked theatre. From it came the forces that helped create and influence Opera Ballet Pantomime Shakespeare Moliere Lopes de Vega Goldoni Meyerhold and even the glove puppet Mr Punch. The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell’Arte is a wide-ranging volume written by over 50 experts that traces the history characteristics and development of this fascinating yet elusive theatre form. In synthesising the elements of Commedia this book introduces the history of the Sartori mask studio; presents a comparison between Gozzi and Goldoni’s complicated and adversarial approaches to theatre; invites discussions on Commedia’s relevance to Shakespeare and illuminates re-interpretations of Commedia in modern times. The authors are drawn from actors mask-makers pedagogues directors trainers and academics all of whom add unique insights into this fundamental pillar of western theatre. Notable contributions include: • Donato Sartori on the twentieth century Sartori mask • Rob Henke on the Form and Freedom in Commedia Improvisation • Anna Cottis on Carlo Boso • Didi Hopkins on One Man Two Guv’nors • Kenneth Richards on acting companies • Antonio Fava on Commedia dell’Arte • Joan Schirle on Carlo Mazzone-Clementi and women in Commedia • M. A. Katritzky on Commedia Iconography. | The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell'Arte

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Music Festivals and the Politics of Participation

Music Festivals and the Politics of Participation

The spread of UK music festivals has exploded since 2000. In this major contribution to cultural studies the lid is lifted on the contemporary festival scene. Gone are the days of a handful of formulaic large events dominating the market place. Across the country hundreds of ’boutique’ gatherings have popped up drawing hundreds of thousands of festival-goers into the fields. Why has this happened? What has led to this change? In her richly detailed study industry insider Dr Roxy Robinson uncovers the dynamics that have led to the formation and evolution of the modern festival scene. Tracing the history of the culture as far back as the fifties this book examines the tensions between authenticity and commerce as festivals grew into a widespread professionalized industry. Setting the scene as a fragmented yet highly competitive market Music Festivals and the Politics of Participation examines the emergence of key trends with a focus on surrealist production and popular theatricality. For the first time the transatlantic relationship between British promoters and the social experiment-come-festival Burning Man is documented uncovering its role in promoting a politics of participation that has dramatically altered the festival experience. Taking an in-depth approach to examining key events including the fastest growing independent music festival in recent years (Hampshire’s BoomTown Fair) the UK market is shown to have produced a scene that champions co-production and the democratization of festival space. This is a vital text for anyone interested in British culture.

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Perception and Imaging Photography as a Way of Seeing

Perception and Imaging Photography as a Way of Seeing

When you look at an image what do you see think and feel? How do you want your audience to react when they view your work? For over 30 years the late Richard Zakia helped photographers enrich their creative vision through his classic book Perception and Imaging. Now he is joined by co-author John Suler who extensively studied and worked with images throughout his career as a clinical psychologist. Together they present their insights into the principles of perception memory color time space shapes illusion subliminals rhetoric personality style and photo critique. Unlike any other book Perception and Imaging will give you an extensive understanding of how photography relates to art design advertising psychology and philosophy as well as what makes photography unique among the image-making disciplines. Whether you are a beginner or a professional this information will help you appreciate photography not simply as a mastering of technique and composition but as a way of truly seeing especially now in the digital age. – New sections about photo sharing in social media and online groups devoted to photography critique – Includes inspirational images from some of the world’s most well-known photographers including Henri Cartier-Bresson Man Ray and Ansel Adams – A comprehensive discussion of the decisive moment photo its vital ingredients and why some consider it the essence of photography – New sections about body language in photographs camera angles aspect ratios self portraits and selfies and how memory and personality affect photography | Perception and Imaging Photography as a Way of Seeing

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Soulmates Resurrecting Eve

Soulmates Resurrecting Eve

In Soulmates: Resurrecting Eve Juliana Geran Pilon argues for a return to an egalitarian view of men and women found in the original Genesis narrative as reflected through Judaism Christianity and Islam. In each of these Abrahamic traditions it was understood that man and woman were created to be soulmates in God's image equal despite their different functions within society. Pilon writes that this original message has gradually been distorted with disastrous effect. Any hope for an ennobling human community begins by resurrecting Eve as an equal partner to Adam. The work examines the Biblical creation narrative comparing it to Greek and other ancient mythologies. Pilon explains how the disturbing association of woman with sin and death led to Eve's demise as Adam's equal. The final section of the work deals with the Goddess myth love and marriage in early religious narratives and modern man's search for his soul no less than for a soulmate. The book at its core is a meditation on the relationship between men and women but also among human beings. The resurrection of Eve is indispensable to attaining a true appreciation of love and faith. Pilon uses religious texts expert commentary and various works of fiction poetry and psychology to make her argument come alive. The work is strengthened by the writing style alternately poetic and humorous and a clear and illuminating progression of ideas. Its emphasis on reconciliation and understanding and its post-feminist outlook will find a receptive audience. | Soulmates Resurrecting Eve

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Five Naval Journals 1789-1817

Five Naval Journals 1789-1817

These documents were selected by Rear-Admiral Thursfield for the light they throw on life afloat in the Navy of the Napoleonic era rather than for their contribution to the history of the operations in which their authors took part. They comprise four ‘Journals’ based mainly on dairies kept at the time and written up at a later date for enjoyment by the author’s friends and family. The fifth document is not a journal at all but the Order Book of a frigate captain. In addition eleven letters are included written by men from the lower deck. Each journal is headed by an Introduction which puts it in its historical context. The journal of the Rev Edward Mangin is a lively record of life aboard a 74-gun battleship in 1812 written by a clergyman who was deeply shocked by the events and deaths he witnessed. Four of the paintings he made on the Gloucester are reproduced. Peter Cullen’s journal covers the period 1789-1802 starting from the time he joined the Navy as an assistant surgeon. He gives a long account of the mutiny at the Nore and was present at Nelson’s battle at Copenhagen. Robert Wilson was a pressed man an able seaman promoted to be signalman on the smart frigate Unité from 1805 to 1809. His journal is packed with details of the many varied duties she undertook in the Mediterranean in the post-Trafalgar period and how these affected her officers and crew. Charles Abbot was a midshipman on the Alceste when she carried Lord Amherst to China as ambassador in 1816 and sank off Borneo on her return voyage. | Five Naval Journals 1789-1817

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Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal

Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal

Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal analyzes political ideologies to help readers understand individual ideologies and the concept of ideology from a political science perspective. This best-selling title promotes open-mindedness and develops critical thinking skills. It covers a wide variety of political ideologies from the traditional liberalism and conservatism to recent developments in liberation politics the emergence of the Alt-Right and environmental politics. NEW TO THIS EDITION Focus on the recent rise of populism and an illiberal democracy and how this poses a real challenge to the pillars of Western Liberal democracy; A look at early Conservatives and the idea of natural aristocracy with focus on the thoughts of Edmund Burke; A new discussion on whether Donald Trump is really a conservative and if so to what extent this is true; An expanded look at Stalinism and the apparent rebirth of Mao Zedong thought in China through Xi Jinping thought; A more in-depth look at the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party and how myth was crucial to legitimizing both the man and the party; New section on the history of American Fascism from its origins to the recent emergence of the Alt-Right; Expansion of the discussion around the recent protest movements Black Lives Matter and #MeToo along with the repercussions of these movements; Discussion on the obstacles facing transgender people implemented in recent years including the bathroom laws and the ban from US military service; Account of how Donald Trump has galvanized the environmental movement like never before through his ardent anti-environment policies and appointments; In-depth look at how the effects of climate change are increasingly turning people into environmental migrants and how the presence of these people has fueled far-right movements across Europe and the US; Additional photos throughout; An updated author-written Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank.

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