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It’s the Second World War as you’ve never seen it before –
discover the hidden stories of incredible human spirit during the
world’s darkest hour. Everyone knows what Adolf Hitler, Franklin
D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill were doing during World War II,
but what about ordinary people? In this beautifully illustrated
book, war historian Hattie Hearn reveals some of the most
incredible true tales from the war, including: • The Canadian
cabin boy who avoided German U-boats crossing the Atlantic • The
Navajo soldiers who developed a secret code to outfox their enemies
• The African-American jazz singer who worked as a spy for the
French Resistance Beautifully illustrated by Margarida Esteves and
featuring stories from all over the world, it also contains
jaw-dropping tales including the dog used to find survivors in the
London Blitz, the champion cyclist who carried secret messages to
help Jews escape the Nazis, and the bear who was recruited by the
Polish army! Interspersed throughout the stories are pages
explaining the key events of the war– from Pearl Harbour and
Dunkirk to D-Day and the Holocaust.
The Future of Creative Work provides a unique overview of the
changing nature of creative work, examining how digital
developments and the rise of intangible capital are causing an
upheaval in the social institutions of work. It offers a profound
insight into how this technological and social evolution will
affect creative professions. Expert international contributors
explore how robotics, artificial intelligence, blockchain, global
digital platforms and autonomous systems will shape the design,
production and consumption of culture. Taking a multidisciplinary
approach incorporating creative industries studies, business,
education and economics, the book analyses the technological
drivers of disruption in the world of creative work. Chapters
reveal how these changes will create new axes of power and
inequality in the global sphere of creative work, predicting that
conventional creative professions will be challenged and different
species of creative work will evolve as a result. By charting the
impact of digital and technological developments, The Future of
Creative Work challenges traditional views of creative work,
careers and education. This book will be a valuable resource for
students and researchers undertaking creative industries studies.
Its discussion of the application of creative careers across the
economy will also be beneficial for scholars and practitioners
interested in business, economics, and advertising and marketing
studies.
This book is intended to act as a guide to would-be adopters as to
how the process works within the Local Authority network. A must
read for anybody contemplating adoption.
This is a delightfully amusing story about a determined young pet
stylist called Herschel, who makes it his mission to brush a
bear... He's a head stylist, pet pamperer, extraordinaire! He
dreams of awards, and longs to win prizes, For coiffuring creatures
in all shapes and sizes! But a bear's not a pet!! And brushing a
bear is something he should forget! This charming story introduces
us to Herschel, an adventurous and ambituous pet stylist who wants
to style an animal he has never worked with before... a bear! He
ventures deep into the woods in order to accomplish his aim. He
follows a trail of leaves into a dark cave, discovering a GIANT and
TERRIFYING BEAR... who turns out to be quite polite! Bright and
lively illustrations accompany rhyming text to create a fun story
that will have children laughing out loud as they read along. The
latest title from award-winning author and illustrator Sam Hearn
this book will be beloved by children and adults alike.
Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling
collection of ghostly tales told and retold across the centuries.
From Goblin infested caves and haunted Tombs, to vengeful spirits
and strange, sinister happenings, Ancient Japan was a country and
culture that lived with between realms: the world of everyday and
the world of supernatural. It was a time and place where men could
be brought down by karmic forces or lured into deadly danger by
ghostly apparitions, and where the land held sorrowful secrets or
stories that long-awaited an opportunity to reveal them and seek
reparation. The Snow Ghost and Other Tales brings together some of
the best and scariest tales that endured across centuries of folk
lore in one new beautiful hardback collection. Finally commited to
writing during the turn of the twenieth cenutry by a unique set of
folklorists, the ghost stories presented in this new anthology will
transport readers to a time of magic and mystery, and let them
relish in the spine-tingling traditions of Japanese culture largely
lost now to modernity.
From the author of the Pegasus series comes the second book in a
spellbinding fantasy series for fans of Rick Riordan and Shannon
Messenger, in which Riley’s return home is short-lived and full
of unforeseen danger. Riley thought that her adventure was over
when she arrived back home in Colorado. Although she misses her
dad, she’s back with her mom and brother and has caught up with
her classes at school. Though Maggie, Pea, and her aunt have to
hide in their basement apartment during the day, they are making
the most of things and settling into their new life. But things get
much more complicated when a gang of thieves plagues Riley’s
neighborhood and her family takes in a group of children who
don’t know about the Atlanteans living in the basement. To make
matters worse, the Atlanteans are becoming gravely ill, and
everyone starts to worry that they may not be able to survive so
far from the island’s magic. As tensions escalate, their only
option is to return to Atlantis—and face all the enemies they
made during their escape, plus a few new ones.
From the New York Times bestselling creator of The Iron Druid
Chronicles comes the final book in the epic fantasy trilogy that
began with A Plague of Giants, about a war that broke a continent -
and opened the door to a new world. Seeker and Sower Pen Yas ben
Min's cousin was one of the legendary heroes of the wars against
the giants until her untimely death. Pen has grown up in her famous
cousin's shadow, but when she's given a quest to plant the seed of
the magical Fourth Tree, she has a chance to step into the light -
and usher in a new age for her country. Fighter and Friend Abhi's
life - and the world - changed when he discovered a lost magic: the
power to speak to animals. After fighting so many battles, he's
weary and longs for home and his love, Tamhan. But before he can
return, there is one last mission that only Abhi can complete: to
speak to the colossal creatures who wait beneath the waves - the
krakens. Sailor and Explorer Koesha and her shipmates have already
made an impossible journey by navigating the Northern Yawn, at the
end of which she secured an unusual cloak. But when that cloak
turns out to be the key to unlocking the mystery of the Seventh
Kenning, Koesha has to risk everything on another life-threatening
journey and hope that she can steer her crew to safety. Don't miss
any of Kevin Hearne's action-packed Seven Kennings series A Plague
of Giants A Blight of Blackwings A Curse of Krakens Praise for the
Seven Kennings series: 'Truly epic fantasy' James Islington, author
of The Shadow of What Was Lost 'This isn't just a breath of fresh
air for the genre, it's a damned hurricane' Jason M. Hough, New
York Times bestselling author 'A rare masterpiece that's both
current and timeless . . . merging the fantasy bones of Tolkien and
Rothfuss with a wide cast of characters who'll break your heart'
Delilah S. Dawson
Indigo McCloud's sister Peaches is every adult's favourite child:
pretty, golden-haired, polite and charming. But the children of
Blunt know better: Peaches and her sisters are a gang of bullies
who will stop at nothing to get their way. This is the story of
Indigo's battle to stop his sisters. Leaping across the rooftops of
Blunt, he tries to keep one step ahead of their wicked schemes -but
he has to tangle with 437 hungry geese, an avalanche of toilets,
curry farts, bungling policemen, vicious eels, a pig in a witch's
hat, a three legged spider with a toilet brush and a dangerous
villain in odd socks ...
A young girl, a winged horse, and an Olympian war make for an
adventurous start to an exciting trilogy.
When Pegasus crashes onto a Manhattan roof during a terrible storm,
thirteen-year-old Emily's life changes forever. Suddenly allied
with a winged horse she'd always thought was mythical, Emily is
thrust into the center of a fierce battle between the Roman gods
and a terrifying race of multiarmed stone warriors called the
Nirads. Emily must team up with a thief named Paelen, the goddess
Diana, and a mortal boy named Joel in order to return Pegasus to
Olympus and rescue the gods from a certain death.
Along the way, Emily and her companions will fight monsters, run
from a government agency that is prepared to dissect Pegasus, and
even fly above the Manhattan skyline--all as part of a quest to
save Olympus before the Olympic flame burns out.
Lian Hearn’s The Tale of Shikanoko series is an epic four-volume adventure in mythical medieval Japan, a world of warriors and assassins, demons and spirits. In a rich tapestry of compelling drama and intrigue, the fate of a ravaged nation is being manipulated by those craving power and wealth who have deposed the heir to the emperor. Only Shika can end the madness by returning the Lotus Throne to its rightful ruler.
This book explores the concept of authenticity in tourism through
the analysis of six tourist sites in Guangdong Province and Macau,
China. Through a review of tourism literature, it develops the
concept of pseudo-authenticity in which tourist sites and cultural
products function to give signs of authenticity for tourists. This
is achieved through the influence of media, authentic fakery, and
façadism. Readers will gain greater insight into tourist sites in
China that operate through cultural preservation, the
miniaturization of cultural assets, and the replication of foreign
signs through reproductions of foreign cities. The authors outline
the tourist sites, an aesthetic analysis, on-site interviews with
tourists, and an examination of online reviews of the sites. A
useful work for scholars and students of tourism studies in China
and around the world, especially those concerned with issues of
authenticity and the effects of commodification on cultural assets.
Nicholas Hilliard has helped form our ideas of the appearance of
Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, Sir Francis Drake and James I
among others. His painted works open a remarkable window onto the
highest levels of English/British society in the later years of the
sixteenth and the early years of the seventeenth century, the
Elizabethan and Jacobeans ages. In this book Karen Hearn gives us
an intimate portrait of Nicholas Hilliard, his life, his work and
the techniques he used to produce his exquisite miniatures. Karen
Hearn is curator of Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Art at the
Tate Britain. She has written on Marcus Gheeraerts II, Dynasties:
Painting in Tudor and Jacobean England 1530-1630 and In
Celebration: The Art of the Country House.
Knowledge Policy illustrates how the production of knowledge has
become central to economic life, and that competitiveness in the
21st century market place is characterized by the ability to
translate scientific and technological knowledge into innovation.
Does this therefore render cultural and social knowledge
unimportant? The contributors attempt to answer this and other
important questions using a broader epistemological base for the
term 'knowledge'. Policy implications are then developed from this
perspective. By examining long-term challenges, this unique book
explains what we actually mean by the term 'knowledge' and raises
fundamental critiques of existing conceptions of knowledge. It
argues that fresh policy thinking is needed not only in more
obviously knowledge-intensive sectors, but also across all areas of
knowledge production. By way of illustration, the effects of the
different dynamics of the knowledge era on defence, health,
employment, environment, indigenous and international relations,
multiculturalism and urban policy are explored. The book then
addresses the enduring question of whether it is possible to
produce too much knowledge at the expense of wisdom. Providing a
thorough treatment on the meaning, production and application of
knowledge, this book will provide a fascinating read for academics,
researchers, students, practitioners and policymakers with an
interest in public policy and knowledge-based economies.
Policymakers globally are seeing the potential for future growth
through embedding greater creativity across their economies. Yet
much academic research has focused on the creative industries as
traditionally defined, rather than looking at the bigger picture.
CCI's research has been the exception, making significant
conceptual and empirical breakthroughs in our understanding of
creative work in the wider economy. This volume should be required
reading for students, researchers and practitioners of innovation
policy.' - Hasan Bakhshi, Director, Creative Economy in Policy
& Research, Nesta, UK'Hearn and his colleagues have amassed an
impressive array of empirical evidence, theoretical insights and
policy prescriptions for understanding how creative workers are
contributing to a variety of industries outside the purely cultural
or creative industry sectors. The scope of their investigations
includes healthcare, banking, manufacturing, digital technology,
creative services, journalism, media and communication, and higher
education. This book significantly advances our understanding of
how creative workers are utilizing their capabilities to contribute
broadly to the economy. It also offers important insights into
professional learning for creative workers and shows how education
can prepare future generations of creative study students to
succeed in today s knowledge based economy.' - Robert DeFillippi,
Suffolk University, US Creative workers are employed in sectors
outside the creative industries often in greater numbers than
within the creative field. This is the first book to explore the
phenomena of the embedded creative and creative services through a
range of sectors, disciplines, and perspectives. Despite the
emergence of the creative worker, there is very little known about
the work life of these 'creatives', and why companies seek to
employ them. This book asks: how does creative work actually
'embed' into a service or product supply chain? What are creative
services? Which industries are they working in? This collection
explores these questions in relation to innovation, employment and
education, using various methods and theoretical approaches, in
order to examine the value of the embedded creative and to discover
the implications of education and training for creative workers.
This book will be of interest to practitioners, policy makers and
industry leaders in the creative industries, in particular digital
media, application development, design, journalism, media and
communication. It will also appeal to academics and scholars of
innovation, cultural studies, business management and labour
studies. Contributors include: D. Bennett, R. Bridgstock, J.
Coffey, S. Cunningham, S. Fitzgerald, A. Freeman, B. Goldsmith, G.
Hearn, J. Pagan, P. Petocz, A. Podkalicka, J. Potts, A. Rainnie, J.
Rodgers, J.H.P. Rodrigues, T. Shehadeh, D. Swan, O. Zelenko
A classic children's fairy tale retold with an anarchic and
hilarious new spin for a new generation of readers.
This edited collection brings together critical and up-to-date
assessments of how mainstream American and British media cover
their respective foreign policies, paying special attention to
'official enemies'. In the age of the internet and social media,
the reporting and commentary on world events by mainstream Western
media remains tightly bound by the way in which Western governments
promote their framing. This book explores the extent to which
historical and recent Western media coverage has reflected and
continues to reflect the foreign policies of the United States and
the United Kingdom towards ten non-Western countries: Afghanistan,
China, Cuba, Haiti, Iran, Palestine, Russia, Serbia, Syria, and
Vietnam. Chapters analyse media coverage before, during and after
war and geo-political and economic conflicts. Drawing from diverse
perspectives and methods, including historical analysis, content
analysis, critical discourse analysis, and critical linguistics,
Journalism and Foreign Policy offers original insight into the
Western media's representation of important global events and
developments, as well as the key scholarly issues of propaganda and
digital media, across a wide range of recent coverage. This volume
is key reading for academics and students in the areas of foreign
policy and international politics, international communication,
media content analysis, and journalism.
This is the best-selling biography of the IRA resistance fighter
and hunger-striker, Bobby Sands. In this updated, new edition,
Denis O'Hearn draws from a wealth of interviews with friends,
comrades, fellow prisoners and prison wardens, to provide a
faithful and shocking insight into life in Northern Ireland's
H-Block prisons, an exploration of the motivations and thoughts of
the Republican strikers and the story of one of the world's most
radical, inspirational figures. Following his journey from its very
beginnings - an ordinary boy from a working-class background in
Belfast to a highly politicised, articulate revolutionary whose
death in HM Prison Maze sent reverberations around the world, Bobby
Sands: Nothing But An Unfinished Song captures the atmosphere of
the time and the vibrancy of the man: a militant anti-imperialist
who held on to his humanity despite living through a bitter, ugly
struggle.
Join Emily and Pegasus as the legend continues in a new epic
adventure ... The ancient rivalry between the Olympians and the
Titans, thought long over, is rekindled - but this time the Titans
have a secret weapon that can rival the power of the Flame of
Olympus. The balance of power is tipped in Saturn's favour now that
he has found his own Flame of Titus. Jupiter's Olympus will finally
be in his grasp! Caught in the middle of this ancient power
struggle, Emily and Pegasus must head to the Diamond Head volcano
in Hawaii to track down the one thing that can save Olympus ...
before the Titans get there first. Fans of Percy Jackson won't want
to miss the Pegasus series by Kate O'Hearn. Have you read the rest
of the series? Pegasus and the Flame, Pegasus and the Fight to Save
Olympus, Pegasus and the New Olympians, Pegasus and the Origins of
Olympus
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