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| "Few and Far Between: On the Trail of Britain's Rarest Animals by Charlie Elder (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "A Guardian Nature Book of the Year'It's a dream to scout out the UK's natural treasures - and find them!' Chris PackhamSeeking the beautiful the breathtaking and the bizarre Charlie Elder goes in search of Britain's rarest and most endangered animals Travelling the length and breadth of the UK and meeting up with experts along the way he tracks down secretive and scarce mammals birds reptiles amphibians fish and insects living on the brink ranging from the iconic Scottish wildcat and surreal spiny seahorse to the striking golden oriole outlandish wart-biter cricket and sinister black rat Few And Far Between celebrates the diversity on our doorstep and highlights the natural treasures we risk losing For more information visit wwwcharlieeldercom"
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| "Nick Baker's Bug Book : Discover the World of the Mini-beast!" |
| "We are all fascinated by and often wary of the tiny animals that creep and crawl in our gardens or lurk in the dark corners of our homes but how much do we really know about insects and their relatives? Nick Baker's Bug Book aims to encourage our understanding of all types of bugs by providing practical information and fun activities Learn how to determine the sex of a spider how to look after ants in a home-made formicarium and even how to rear your own dragonflies Packed with details on essential equipment for bug watching and collecting informative illustrations and close-up photography this book is essential reading for budding entomologists of all ages"
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| "Soccermatics : Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game Pro-Edition" |
| "'Football looked at in a very different way' Pat Nevin former Chelsea and Everton star and football media analystFootball - the most mathematical of sports From shot statistics and league tables to the geometry of passing and managerial strategy the modern game is filled with numbers patterns and shapes How do we make sense of them? The answer lies in the mathematical models applied in biology physics and economics Soccermatics brings football and mathematics together in a mind-bending synthesis using numbers to help reveal the inner workings of the beautiful game This new and expanded edition analyses the current big-name players and teams using mathematics and meets the professionals working inside football who use numbers and statistics to boost performance Welcome to the world of mathematical modelling expressed brilliantly by David Sumpter through the prism of football No matter who you follow - from your local non-league side to the big boys of the Premiership La Liga the Bundesliga Serie A or the MLS - you'll be amazed at what mathematics has to teach us about the world's favourite sport"
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| "The Epic Voyages of Maud Berridge : The seafaring diaries of a Victorian lady" |
| "Maud Berridge (1845-1907) was the wife of a Master Mariner and she travelled with him on at least five occasions (1869 1880 1882 1883 1886) sailing to Melbourne with emigrants and cargo The first occasion was 1869 just after they were married when Henry was Captain of the Walmer Castle and they returned via New Zealand instead of travelling east and around Cape Horn However most of Henry and Maud's voyages were undertaken in the three-masted clipper Superb sailing from Gravesend at the start of summer and leaving Melbourne for home at the end of the year (the southern summer best for heading east with the trade winds and rounding Cape Horn) Record times taken from London to Melbourne under Captain Henry were 79 days (1878) 76 days (1881) and a final time of 74 days (1886) In 1880 Maud and Henry took their two sons (aged six and eight) with them In 1883 they sailed on from Melbourne to Newcastle in New South Wales to take on a load of coal then on through the Windward Isles to San Francisco (51 days) Here they stayed for two months exploring SF and surrounds unloaded the coal and took on a load of wheat (in large bags) at Port Costa They then sailed down the west coast of the Americas around Cape Horn and on to Queenstown in County Cork (134 days) The whole voyage took 14 months There are also some photographs of Henry Maud and the crew taken in San Francisco and a photo from the State Library of Victoria showing the Superb at dock in Melbourne Maud wrote diaries of these voyages of which one in particular that of the 1883 voyage comprise some 50 000 words The book will tell MaudEURTMs story through her own words and through a number of relevant contemporary documents and will paint a picture of the life of a captainEURTMs wife in the Victorian era as well as aspects of society in Britain the US and Australia at the time Her enthusiasm for new experiences shines through her writing"
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| "Who's Wearing a Hat?" |
| "This adorable book for babies and toddlers is full of fun rhyming questions to answer and charming illustrations Little ones will love looking at the pictures and discovering which animal is wearing a hat which dog is chasing a ball and much more A lovely book to enjoy together"
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| "100 Pterosaurs to Fold and Fly" |
| "Bring ancient flying creatures back to life with this pad of pterosaur-themed paper gliders including 100 tear-out sheets to fold into some of the strangest and most fearsome reptiles ever to take flight Includes detailed folding instructions for four flight designs plus tips on launching flying and looking after your paper pterosaurs"
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| "Baby Jesus" |
| "One starry night a long long time ago a very special baby was born Follow the animals the shepherds and three wise men to say hello to him Beautifully illustrated by Ag Jatkowska this charming retelling of the Nativity story has been specially written for very young children"
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| "Sweet Thing : A Novel" |
| "Mia Kelly thinks she has it all figured out She's an Ivy League graduate a classically trained pianist and the beloved daughter of a sensible mother and offbeat father Yet Mia has been stalling since graduation torn between putting her business degree to use and exploring music her true love When her father unexpectedly dies she decides to pick up the threads of his life while she figures out her own Uprooting herself from Ann Arbor to New York City Mia takes over her father's cafe a treasured neighbourhood institution that plays host to undiscovered musicians and artists She's denied herself the thrilling and unpredictable life of a musician but a chance encounter with Will a sweet gorgeous and charming guitarist offers her a glimpse of what could be When Will becomes her friend and then her roommate she does everything in her power to suppress her passions-for him for music-but her father's legacy slowly opens her heart to the possibility of something more A heart-breaking and romantic (Aestas Book Blog) debut Sweet Thing explores the intensity and complexities of first love and self-discovery"
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| "Algorithms in a Nutshell : A Practical Guide" |
| "Creating robust software requires the use of efficient algorithms but programmers seldom think about them until a problem occurs This updated edition of Algorithms in a Nutshell describes a large number of existing algorithms for solving a variety of problems and helps you select and implement the right algorithm for your needs-with just enough math to let you understand and analyze algorithm performance With its focus on application rather than theory this book provides efficient code solutions in several programming languages that you can easily adapt to a specific project Each major algorithm is presented in the style of a design pattern that includes information to help you understand why and when the algorithm is appropriate With this book you will Solve a particular coding problem or improve on the performance of an existing solution Quickly locate algorithms that relate to the problems you want to solve and determine why a particular algorithm is the right one to use Get algorithmic solutions in C C Java and Ruby with implementation tips Learn the expected performance of an algorithm and the conditions it needs to perform at its best Discover the impact that similar design decisions have on different algorithms Learn advanced data structures to improve the efficiency of algorithms"
Price: 29.49 |
| "Getting Started with Bluetooth Low Energy : Tools and Techniques for Low-Power Networking" |
| "With Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) smart devices are about to become even smarter This practical guide demonstrates how this exciting wireless technology helps developers build mobile apps that share data with external hardware and how hardware engineers can gain easy and reliable access to mobile operating systems This book provides a solid high-level overview of how devices use BLE to communicate with each other You'll learn useful low-cost tools for developing and testing BLE-enabled mobile apps and embedded firmware and get examples using various development platforms including iOS and Android for app developers and embedded platforms for product designers and hardware engineers Understand how data is organized and transferred by BLE devices Explore BLEs concepts key limitations and network topology Dig into the protocol stack to grasp how and why BLE operates Learn how BLE devices discover each other and establish secure connections Set up the tools and infrastructure for BLE application development Get examples for connecting BLE to iPhones iPads Android devices and sensors Develop code for a simple device that transmits heart rate data to a mobile device"
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| "Building Progressive Web Apps" |
| "Move over native apps New progressive web apps have capabilities that will soon make you obsolete With this hands-on guide web developers and business execs will learn how-and why-to develop web apps that take advantage of features that have so far been exclusive to native apps Features that include fast load times push notifications offline access homescreen shortcuts and an entirely app-like experience By leveraging the latest browser APIs progressive web apps combine all of the benefits of native apps while avoiding their issues Throughout the book author Tal Ater shows you how to improve a simple website for the fictional Gotham Imperial Hotel into a modern progressive web app Plus Understand how service workers work and use them to create sites that launch in an instant regardless of the user's internet connection Create full-screen web apps that launch from the phone's homescreen just like native apps Re-engage users with push notifications even days after they have left your site Embrace offline-first and build web apps that gracefully handle loss of connectivity Explore new UX opportunities and challenges presented by progressive web apps"
Price: 24.99 |
| "Production-Ready Microservices : Building Standardized Systems Across an Engineering Organization" |
| "One of the biggest challenges for organizations that have adopted microservice architecture is the lack of architectural operational and organizational standardization After splitting a monolithic application or building a microservice ecosystem from scratch many engineers are left wondering what's next In this practical book author Susan Fowler presents a set of microservice standards in depth drawing from her experience standardizing over a thousand microservices at Uber You'll learn how to design microservices that are stable reliable scalable fault tolerant performant monitored documented and prepared for any catastrophe Explore production-readiness standards including Stability and Reliability develop deploy introduce and deprecate microservices; protect against dependency failures Scalability and Performance learn essential components for achieving greater microservice efficiency Fault Tolerance and Catastrophe Preparedness ensure availability by actively pushing microservices to fail in real time Monitoring learn how to monitor log and display key metrics; establish alerting and on-call procedures Documentation and Understanding mitigate tradeoffs that come with microservice adoption including organizational sprawl and technical debt"
Price: 20.49 |
| "MRI: The Basics" |
| "Concise readable and engaging MRI The Basics 4th Edition offers an excellent introduction to the physics behind MR imaging Clinically relevant coverage includes everything from basic principles and key math concepts to more advanced topics including the latest MR techniques and optimum image creation Hundreds of high-quality illustrations board-style questions and answers legible equations and instructive diagrams take you from the basics of MR physics through current applications FeauturesContains all-new chapters on general MR safety and contrast safety as well as a new chapter on motion correctionAddresses timely topics such as susceptibility-weighted imaging (including other potential uses beyond hemorrhage detection) Restriction Spectrum Imaging (RSI) MR elastography and MR relaxometryProvides 100 new board-style questions in a separate chapter as well as problem-solving and multiple choice questions in each chapterIncludes key points at the end of each chapter for quick reference and reviewIdeal for radiologists radiology residents and fellows and radiologic technologists as well as other professionals who encounter MRI in their practice and those preparing for examsYour book purchase includes a complimentary download of the enhanced eBook for iOS Android PC & Mac Take advantage of these practical features that will improve your eBook experienceThe ability to download the eBook on multiple devices at one time - providing a seamless reading experience online or offlinePowerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that allow you to search within this book or across your entire library of VitalSource eBooksMultiple viewing options that enable you to scale images and text to any size without losing page clarity as well as responsive designThe ability to highlight text and add notes with one click"
Price: 50.49 |
| "Green Smoothies for Life" |
| "A brand-new meal plan that will assist readers with incorporating green smoothies into their everyday routine while developing healthier long-term eating habits and improving their overall health In her new book Green Smoothies for Life Smith presents a way that green smoothies can be incorporated into your daily regimen With over thirty recipes for everything from hot dinners to desserts and snacks sixty thoughtfully composed green smoothie recipes a thirty-day meal plan and the corresponding shopping lists the book provides you with a step-by-step prescriptive daily regimen that shows you how to eat mindfully and healthily In addition to green smoothies and colour photographs of select recipes the book includes more than twenty effective methods to detox and testimonials from dieters who've change their approach to not just food but also life since while following her advice Whether you are just starting out on your weight loss journey or already a smoothie convert Green Smoothies for Life is the essential next step in continuing your pursuit of a healthier lifestyle"
Price: 8.99 |
| Overruled |
| "A Washington DC defence attorney Stanton Shaw keeps his head cool his questions sharp and his arguments irrefutable They don't call him the Jury Charmer for nothing Men want to be him and women want to be thoroughly cross examined by him Stanton's a man with a plan And for a while life was going according to that plan Until the day he receives an invitation to the wedding of his high school sweetheart the mother of his beloved ten-year-old daughter Jenny is getting married-to someone who isn't him Sofia Santos is a city-raised no-nonsense litigator who plans to become the most revered criminal defence attorney in the country She doesn't have time for relationships or distractions But when Stanton her friend with mind-blowing benefits begs her for help she finds herself out of her element out of her depth and obviously out of her mind Because she agrees to go with him to The-Middle-Of-Nowhere Mississippi to do all she can to help Stanton win back the woman he loves Her head tells her she's crazyand her heart says something else entirely What happens when you mix a one-stop-light town two professional arguers a homecoming queen four big brothers some Jimmy Dean sausage and a gun-toting Nana?"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Human Rights in China : A Social Practice in the Shadows of Authoritarianism" |
| "How can we make sense of human rights in China's authoritarian system? In this insightful book China law expert Eva Pils offers a nuanced account of this contentious area examining human rights as a set of social practices involving a variety of actors including officials of the system and civil society actors Drawing on a wide range of resources including years of interaction with Chinese human rights defenders Pils discusses sources of human rights violations as well as institutional avenues of protection and social practices of human rights defence Three central areas are given special attention liberty and integrity of the person and the right not to be tortured; freedom of thought and expression; and inequality and socio-economic rights Pils argues that the Party-State system is inherently opposed to human rights principles in all these areas Yet civil society actors have developed social practices of human rights advocacy whose political significance is not entirely dependent on the Party-State Despite authoritarianism's lengthening shadows China's human rights movement has so far proved resourceful and resilient and the trajectories discussed in this book will continue to shape ongoing struggles"
Price: 15.99 |
| "Will the Internet Fragment? : Sovereignty, Globalization and Cyberspace" |
| "The Internet has united the world as never before But is it in danger of breaking apart? Cybersecurity geopolitical tensions and calls for data sovereignty have made many believe that the Internet is fragmentingIn this incisive new book Milton Mueller argues that the fragmentation diagnosis misses the mark The rhetoric of fragmentation camouflages the real issue the attempt by governments to align information flows with their jurisdictional boundaries The fragmentation debate is really a power struggle over the future of national sovereignty It pits global governance and open access against the traditional territorial institutions of government This conflict the book argues can only be resolved through radical institutional innovations Will the Internet Fragment? is essential reading for students and scholars of media and communications international relations political science and STS as well as anyone concerned about the quality of Internet governance"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Mental Health in China : Change, Tradition and Therapeutic Governance" |
| "China's massive economic restructuring in recent decades has generated alarming incidences of mental disorder affecting over one hundred million people This timely book provides an anthropological analysis of mental health in China through an exploration of psychology psychiatry psychotherapy and psychosocial practices and the role of the State The book offers a critical study of new characteristics and unique practices of Chinese psychology and cultural tradition highlighting the embodied holistic heart-based approach to mental health Drawing together voices from her own research and a broad range of theory Jie Yang addresses the mental health of a diverse array of people including members of China's elite the middle class and underprivileged groups She argues that the Chinese government aligns psychology with the imperatives and interests of state and market mobilizing concepts of mental illness to resolve social moral economic and political disorders while legitimating the continued rule of the party through psychological care and permissive empathy This thoughtful analysis will appeal to those across the social sciences and humanities interested in well-being in China and the intersection of society politics culture and mental health"
Price: 15.99 |
| Bioinformation |
| "From DNA sequences stored on computer databases to archived forensic samples and biomedical records bioinformation comes in many forms Its unique provenance - the fact that it is 'mined' from the very fabric of the human body - makes it a mercurial resource; one that no one seemingly owns but in which many have deeply vested interests Who has the right to exploit and benefit from bioinformation? The individual or community from whom it was derived? The scientists and technicians who make its extraction both possible and meaningful or the commercial and political interests which fund this work? Who is excluded or even at risk from its commercialisation? And what threats and opportunities might the generation of 'Big Bioinformational Data' raise?In this groundbreaking book authors Bronwyn Parry and Beth Greenhough explore the complex economic social and political questions arising from the creation and use of bioinformation Drawing on a range of highly topical cases including the commercialization of human sequence data; the forensic use of retained bioinformation; biobanking and genealogical research they show how demand for this resource has grown significantly driving a burgeoning but often highly controversial global economy in bioinformation But they argue change is afoot as new models emerge that challenge the ethos of privatisation by creating instead a dynamic open source 'bioinformational commons' available for all future generations"
Price: 14.49 |
| "After the Internet" |
| "In the wake of Edward Snowden's revelations and concern that the internet has heightened rather than combated various forms of political and social inequality it is time we ask what comes after a broken internet? Ramesh Srinivasan and Adam Fish reimagine the internet from the perspective of grassroots activists and citizens on the margins of political and economic power They explore how the fragments of the existing internet are being utilized - alongside a range of peoples places and laws - to make change possible From indigenous and non-Western communities and activists in Tahrir Square to imprisoned hackers and whistleblowers this book illustrates how post-digital cultures are changing the internet as we know it - from a system which is increasingly centralized commodified and personalized into something more in line with its original spirit autonomous creative subversive The book looks past the limitations of the internet reconceptualizing network technology in relation to principles of justice and equality Srinivasan and Fish advocate for an internet that blends the local concerns of grassroots communities and activists with the need to achieve scalable change and transformation"
Price: 14.99 |
| "Nostradamus : A Healer of Souls in the Renaissance" |
| "One of the most enigmatic figures in history Nostradamus - apothecary astrologer and soothsayer - is a continual source of fascination Indeed his predictions are so much the stock-in-trade of the wildest merchants of imminent Doom that one could be forgiven for ignoring the fact that Michel de Nostredame 1503-1566 was a figure firmly rooted in the society of the French Renaissance In this bold new account of the life and work of Nostradamus Denis Crouzet shows that any attempt to interpret his Prophecies at face value is misguided Nostradamus was not trying to predict the future He saw himself rather as 'prophesying' ie bringing the Word of God to humankind In a century marked by the extreme violence of the Wars of Religion Nostradamus' profound Christian faith placed him among the 'evangelicals' of his generation Rejecting the confessional tensions tearing Europe apart he sought to coax his readers towards an interiorised piety based on the essential presence of Christ Like Rabelais for whom laughter was a therapy to help one cope with the misery of the times Nostradamus saw himself as a physician of the soul as much as of the body His unveiling of the menacing and horrendous events which await us in the future was a way of frightening his readers into the realisation that inner hatred was truly the greatest peril of all to which the sole remedy was to live in the love and peace of Christ This inspired interpretation penetrates the imaginative world of Nostradamus a man whose life is as mysterious as his writings It shows him in a completely new dimension securing for him a significant place among the major thinkers of the Renaissance"
Price: 19.99 |
| "The Invention of Celebrity" |
| "Frequently perceived as a characteristic of modern culture the phenomenon of celebrity has much older roots In this book Antoine Lilti shows that the mechanisms of celebrity were developed in Europe during the Enlightenment well before films yellow journalism and television and then flourished during the Romantic period on both sides of the Atlantic Figures from across the arts like Voltaire Garrick and Liszt were all veritable celebrities in their time arousing curiosity and passionate loyalty from their fans The rise of the press new advertising techniques and the marketing of leisure brought a profound transformation in the visibility of celebrities private lives were now very much on public show Nor was politics spared this cultural upheaval Marie-Antoinette George Washington and Napoleon all experienced a political world transformed by the new demands of celebrity And when the people suddenly appeared on the revolutionary scene it was no longer enough to be legitimate; it was crucial to be popular too Lilti retraces the profound social upheaval precipitated by the rise of celebrity and explores the ambivalence felt toward this new phenomenon Both sought after and denounced celebrity evolved as the modern form of personal prestige assuming the role that glory played in the aristocratic world in a new age of democracy and evolving forms of media While uncovering the birth of celebrity in the eighteenth century Lilti's perceptive history at the same time shines light on the continuing importance of this phenomenon in today s world"
Price: 19.49 |
| "Will Robots Take Your Job?: A Plea for Consensus" |
| "The trend that began with ATMs and do-it-yourself checkouts is moving at lightning speed Everything from driving to teaching to the care of the elderly and indeed code-writing can now be done by smart machines Conventional wisdom says there will be new jobs to replace those we lose but is it so simple? And are we ready?Technology writer and think-tank director Nigel Cameron argues it's naive to believe we face a smooth transition Whether or not there are new jobs we face massive disruption as the jobs millions of us are doing get outsourced to machines A twenty-first-century rust belt will rapidly corrode the labor market and affect literally hundreds of different kinds of jobs simultaneouslyRobots won't design our future we will Yet shockingly political leaders and policy makers don't seem to have this in their line of sight So how should we assess and prepare for the risks of this unknown future?"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Ex Captivitate Salus : Experiences, 1945 - 47" |
| "When Germany was defeated in 1945 both the Russians and the Americans undertook mass internments in the territories they occupied The Americans called their approach automatic arrest Carl Schmitt although not belonging in the circles subject to automatic arrest was held in one of these camps in the years 1945 6 and then in March 1947 in the prison of the international tribunal in Nuremberg as witness and possible defendant A formal charge was never brought against him Schmitt s way of coping throughout the years of isolation was to write this book In Ex Captivitate Salus or Deliverance from Captivity Schmitt considers a range of issues relating to history and political theory as well as recent events including the Nazi defeat and the newly emerging Cold War Schmitt often urged his readers to view the book as though it were a series of letters personally directed to each one of them Hence there is a decidedly personal dimension to the text as Schmitt expresses his thoughts on his own career trajectory with some pathos while at the same time emphasising that this is not romantic or heroic prison literature This reflective work sheds new light on Schmitt s thought and personal situation at the beginning of a period of exile from public life that only ended with his death in 1985 It will be of great value to the many students and scholars in political theory and law who continue to study and appreciate this seminal theorist of the twentieth century"
Price: 14.99 |
| "Violence and Islam - Conversations with Houria Abdelouahed" |
| "Adonis' influence on Arabic literature has been likened to that of T S Eliot in the English-speaking world Yet alongside this spearheading of a modernist literary revolution the secular Syrian-born poet is also renowned for his persistent and staunch attacks on despotism across the Arab world In these conversations with the psychoanalyst Houria Abdelouahed Adonis brings into sharp relief the latest wave of violence and war to engulf Arabic countries tracing the cause of ongoing tensions back to the beginnings of Islam itself Since the death of the prophet Muhammad Islam has been used as a political and economic weapon exploiting and reinforcing tribal divisions to aid the pursuit of power Adonis argues that recent events in the Middle East from the failures of the Arab Spring to the rise of ISIS and the bloody war in his native Syria attest to the destructive effects of an Islamic worldview that prohibits any notion of plurality and breeds violence If there is to be any hope of peace or progress in the Arab world it is therefore imperative that these mentalities are overcome In their place Adonis urges a new spirit of enquiry embodied in the freedoms to interrogate the past and to question cultural norms Adonis' penetrating analysis comes at a critical time offering an alternative path to the cycle of violence that plagues the Arab world today"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Strangers at Our Door" |
| "Refugees from the violence of wars and the brutality of famished lives have knocked on other people's doors since the beginning of time For the people behind the doors these uninvited guests were always strangers and strangers tend to generate fear and anxiety precisely because they are unknown Today we find ourselves confronted with an extreme form of this historical dynamic as our TV screens and newspapers are filled with accounts of a 'migration crisis' ostensibly overwhelming Europe and portending the collapse of our way of life This anxious debate has given rise to a veritable 'moral panic' - a feeling of fear spreading among a large number of people that some evil threatens the well-being of society In this short book Zygmunt Bauman analyses the origins contours and impact of this moral panic - he dissects in short the present-day migration panic He shows how politicians have exploited fears and anxieties that have become widespread especially among those who have already lost so much - the disinherited and the poor But he argues that the policy of mutual separation of building walls rather than bridges is misguided It may bring some short-term reassurance but it is doomed to fail in the long run We are faced with a crisis of humanity and the only exit from this crisis is to recognize our growing interdependence as a species and to find new ways to live together in solidarity and cooperation amidst strangers who may hold opinions and preferences different from our own"
Price: 10.49 |
| "Twitter is a household name discussed for its role in national elections natural disasters and political movements as well as for what some malign as narcissistic chatter The first edition of Murthy s balanced and incisive book pioneered the study of this medium as a serious platform worthy of scholarly attention Much has changed since Twitter s infancy although it is more relevant than ever to our social political and economic lives This timely second edition shows how Twitter has evolved and how it is used today Murthy introduces some of the historical context that gave birth to the platform while providing up-to-date examples such as the blacklivesmatter movement and Donald Trump s use of Twitter in the US election The chapters on journalism and social movements have been thoroughly updated and completely new to this edition is a chapter on celebrities and brands Seeking to answer challenging questions around the popular medium the second edition of Twitter is essential reading for students and scholars of digital media"
Price: 15.99 |
| "Crime and Global Justice : The Dynamics of International Punishment" |
| "Over the last quarter of a century a new system of global criminal justice has emerged But how successful has it been? Are we witnessing a new era of cosmopolitan justice or are the old principles of victors justice still in play? In this book Daniele Archibugi and Alice Pease offer a vibrant and thoughtful analysis of the successes and shortcomings of the global justice system from 1945 to the present day Part I traces the evolution of this system and the cosmopolitan vision enshrined within it Part II looks at how it has worked in practice focusing on the trials of some of the world s most notorious war criminals including Augusto Pinochet Slobodan Milo evi Radovan Karad i Saddam Hussein and Omar al-Bashir to assess the efficacy of the new dynamics of international punishment and the extent to which they can operate independently without the interference of powerful governments and their representatives Looking to the future Part III asks how the system s failings can be addressed What actions are required for cosmopolitan values to become increasingly embedded in the global justice system in years to come?"
Price: 17.99 |
| Cocoa |
| "Chocolate has long been a favorite indulgence But behind every chocolate bar we unwrap there is a world of power struggles and political maneuvering over its most important ingredient cocoa In this incisive book Kristy Leissle reveals how cocoa which brings pleasure and wealth to relatively few depends upon an extensive global trade system that exploits the labor of five million growers as well as countless other workers and vulnerable groups The reality of this dramatic inequity she explains is often masked by the social cultural emotional and economic values humans have placed upon cocoa from its earliest cultivation in Mesoamerica to the present day Tracing the cocoa value chain from farms in Africa Asia Latin America and the Caribbean through to chocolate factories in Europe and North America Leissle shows how cocoa has been used as a political tool to wield power over others Cocoa's politicization is not however limitless it happens within botanical parameters set by the crop itself and the material reality of its transport storage and manufacture into chocolate As calls for justice in the industry have grown louder Leissle reveals the possibilities for and constraints upon realizing a truly sustainable and fulfilling livelihood for cocoa growers and for keeping the world full of chocolate"
Price: 14.49 |
| "I am Not a Brain : Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century" |
| "Many consider the nature of human consciousness to be one of the last great unsolved mysteries Why should the light turn on so to speak in human beings at all? And how is the electrical storm of neurons under our skull connected with our consciousness? Is the self only our brain's user interface a kind of stage on which a show is performed that we cannot freely direct? In this book philosopher Markus Gabriel challenges an increasing trend in the sciences towards neurocentrism a notion which rests on the assumption that the self is identical to the brain Gabriel raises serious doubts as to whether we can know ourselves in this way In a sharp critique of this approach he presents a new defense of the free will and provides a timely introduction to philosophical thought about the self all with verve humor and surprising insights Gabriel criticizes the scientific image of the world and takes us on an eclectic journey of self-reflection by way of such concepts as self consciousness and freedom with the aid of Kant Schopenhauer and Nagel but also Dr Who The Walking Dead and Fargo"
Price: 49.99 |
