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Speak Not - Empire, Identity and the Politics of Language (Paperback): James Griffiths Speak Not - Empire, Identity and the Politics of Language (Paperback)
James Griffiths
R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A New Yorker Best Book of 2022 A Globe & Mail Book of the Year "A stimulating work on the politics of language." LA Review of Books As globalisation continues languages are disappearing faster than ever, leaving our planet's linguistic diversity leaping towards extinction. The science of how languages are acquired is becoming more advanced and the internet is bringing us new ways of teaching the next generation, however it is increasingly challenging for minority languages to survive in the face of a handful of hegemonic 'super-tongues'. In Speak Not, James Griffiths reports from the frontlines of the battle to preserve minority languages, from his native Wales, Hawaii and indigenous American nations, to southern China and Hong Kong. He explores the revival of the Welsh language as a blueprint for how to ensure new generations are not robbed of their linguistic heritage, outlines how loss of indigenous languages is the direct result of colonialism and globalisation and examines how technology is both hindering and aiding the fight to prevent linguistic extinction. Introducing readers to compelling characters and examining how indigenous communities are fighting for their languages, Griffiths ultimately explores how languages hang on, what happens when they don't, and how indigenous tongues can be preserved and brought back from the brink.

Cuban Fury (Blu-ray disc): Ian McShane, Rashida Jones, Chris O'Dowd, Nick Frost, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Olivia Colman,... Cuban Fury (Blu-ray disc)
Ian McShane, Rashida Jones, Chris O'Dowd, Nick Frost, Wendi McLendon-Covey, … 1
R31 Discovery Miles 310 Ships in 10 - 20 working days

Nick Frost stars as a former salsa dancer desperate to regain his mojo in this comedy directed by James Griffiths. 22 years after a bullying incident robbed him of his shot at glory in the UK Junior Salsa Championships, overweight and self-loathing office worker Bruce Garrett (Frost) falls for the charms of his new, seemingly out-of-reach American boss Julia (Rashida Jones). Bruce's hopes rise, however, when he discovers that Julia also shares a passion for the dance floor, inspiring him to try to turn back the clock and win the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, there's a problem - Bruce's testosterone-fuelled colleague Drew (Chris O'Dowd) has made it quite obvious that he's got his own carnal designs on Julia. Can Bruce regain his confidence, unleash his dormant Latin fire and snatch the ultimate prize?

Speak Not - Empire, Identity and the Politics of Language (Hardcover): James Griffiths Speak Not - Empire, Identity and the Politics of Language (Hardcover)
James Griffiths
R762 Discovery Miles 7 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A New Yorker Best Book of 2022 A Globe & Mail Book of the Year "A stimulating work on the politics of language." LA Review of Books As globalisation continues languages are disappearing faster than ever, leaving our planet's linguistic diversity leaping towards extinction. The science of how languages are acquired is becoming more advanced and the internet is bringing us new ways of teaching the next generation, however it is increasingly challenging for minority languages to survive in the face of a handful of hegemonic 'super-tongues'. In Speak Not, James Griffiths reports from the frontlines of the battle to preserve minority languages, from his native Wales, Hawaii and indigenous American nations, to southern China and Hong Kong. He explores the revival of the Welsh language as a blueprint for how to ensure new generations are not robbed of their linguistic heritage, outlines how loss of indigenous languages is the direct result of colonialism and globalisation and examines how technology is both hindering and aiding the fight to prevent linguistic extinction. Introducing readers to compelling characters and examining how indigenous communities are fighting for their languages, Griffiths ultimately explores how languages hang on, what happens when they don't, and how indigenous tongues can be preserved and brought back from the brink.

Geomorphological Mapping, Volume 15 - Methods and Applications (Hardcover, 15th edition): Mike Smith, James Griffiths Geomorphological Mapping, Volume 15 - Methods and Applications (Hardcover, 15th edition)
Mike Smith, James Griffiths; Edited by Paolo Paron
R3,980 Discovery Miles 39 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Geomorphological Mapping: a professional handbook of techniques and applications is a new book targeted at academics and practitioners who use, or wish to utilise, geomorphological mapping within their work. Synthesising for the first time an historical perspective to geomorphological mapping, field based and digital tools and techniques for mapping and an extensive array of case studies from academics and professionals active in the area. Those active in geomorphology, engineering geology, reinsurance, Environmental Impact Assessors, and allied areas, will find the text of immense value.
Growth of interest in geomorphological mapping and currently no texts comprehensively cover this topicExtensive case studies that will appeal to professionals, academics and students (with extensive use of diagrams, potentially colour plates)Brings together material on digital mapping (GIS and remote sensing), cartography and data sources with a focus on modern technologies (including GIS, remote sensing and digital terrain analysis)Provides readers with summaries of current advances in methodological/technical aspectsAccompanied by electronic resources for digital mapping

Prevenge (DVD): Kate Dickie, Gemma Whelan, Alice Lowe, Joe Hartley, Kayvan Novak, Tom Davis, Eileen Davies, Grace Calder, Tom... Prevenge (DVD)
Kate Dickie, Gemma Whelan, Alice Lowe, Joe Hartley, Kayvan Novak, …
R117 R109 Discovery Miles 1 090 Save R8 (7%) Out of stock

Alice Lowe writes, directs and stars in this drama about a pregnant woman seeking revenge. Seven months pregnant and recently widowed, Ruth (Lowe) believes that she is being guided by her unborn child as she begins a murderous rampage through the streets of Cardiff. As she seeks revenge on anyone who was remotely connected to her husband's death, her baby becomes more and more demanding of her special skills, making sure that no potential witness is left alive. The cast also includes Gemma Whelan, Eileen Davies and Kate Dickie.

Queen in the 1970s - Decades (Paperback): James Griffiths Queen in the 1970s - Decades (Paperback)
James Griffiths
R489 R396 Discovery Miles 3 960 Save R93 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

When Freddie Bulsara arrived in England in 1964, fleeing with his family from a bloody revolution on the streets of his homeland Zanzibar, he already knew that he wanted to be a rock'n'roll star. But before that dream could become a reality, there were three specific people he needed to meet. Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon were the other three components in what became Queen, a band whose name is now writ large in rock legend, but whose members spent their early career mired in legal troubles, critical hostility and financial hardship. In the early 1970s, with their preening singer and arch conceptualiser now renamed Freddie Mercury, the group projected an image that was at once regal, mystical and exotic. Yet behind the black eyeliner and billows of dry ice, Queen were four sharply contrasting individuals whose dogged struggle to win success was every bit as dramatic as the ogre battles and fairy king fantasias that populated their music. Queen in the Seventies is an up-close examination of the band's now critically adored first ten years, the decade when they forged their unique vision, beat off the critics and became, after many epic tantrums and much violent throwing of crockery, champions of the world.

Holocaust Education in Primary Schools in the Twenty-First Century - Current Practices, Potentials and Ways Forward (Paperback,... Holocaust Education in Primary Schools in the Twenty-First Century - Current Practices, Potentials and Ways Forward (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
Claus-Christian W. Szejnmann, Paula Cowan, James Griffiths
R2,703 Discovery Miles 27 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection is the first of its kind, bringing together Holocaust educational researchers as well as school and museum educators from across the globe, to discuss the potentials of Holocaust education in relation to primary school children. Its contributors are from countries that have a unique relationship with the Holocaust, such as Germany, Israel, neutral Switzerland, and Allied countries outside the UK. Their research provides new insight into the diverse ways in which primary aged students engage with Holocaust education. Chapters explore the impact of teaching the Holocaust to this age group, school and museum teaching pedagogies, and primary students' perspectives of the Holocaust. This book will appeal to school and museum educators of primary aged students whose work requires them to teach the Holocaust, Citizenship (or Civics) or Human Rights Education. Since the turn of the twenty-first century there has been a transformation in school and museum-based Holocaust education. This book clearly demonstrates that primary education has been included in this transformation.

Fable, Method, and Imagination in Descartes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): James Griffith Fable, Method, and Imagination in Descartes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
James Griffith
R3,212 Discovery Miles 32 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What role do fables play in Cartesian method and psychology? By looking at Descartes' use of fables, James Griffith suggests there is a fabular logic that runs to the heart of Descartes' philosophy. First focusing on The World and the Discourse on Method, this volume shows that by writing in fable form, Descartes allowed his readers to break from Scholastic methods of philosophizing. With this fable-structure or -logic in mind, the book reexamines the relationship between analysis, synthesis, and inexact sciences; between metaphysics and ethico-political life; and between the imagination, the will, and the passions.

Turning The Screen - Personalisation and Privacy (Paperback): David Huw Griffith-Jones, Robert James Griffith-Jones, R&d... Turning The Screen - Personalisation and Privacy (Paperback)
David Huw Griffith-Jones, Robert James Griffith-Jones, R&d Griffith-Jones
R206 Discovery Miles 2 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Adventures of Chi Chi Giraffe (Paperback): James Griffiths The Adventures of Chi Chi Giraffe (Paperback)
James Griffiths
R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Mac & the Rainbow Crystal (Paperback): James Griffiths Mac & the Rainbow Crystal (Paperback)
James Griffiths
R168 Discovery Miles 1 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Mac is an ordinary boy, that falls into a well in his grandmothers garden. He arrives in another world, where he becomes a super hero, fighting against the evil Lord Houk

Papers On Subjects Connected With The Duties Of The Corps Of Royal Engineers, Volume 15 (Hardcover): Great Britain Army Royal... Papers On Subjects Connected With The Duties Of The Corps Of Royal Engineers, Volume 15 (Hardcover)
Great Britain Army Royal Engineers, Sir Henry James, Griffith George Lewis
R951 Discovery Miles 9 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Leisure Hours - A Series of Poems, Original and Translated, by Zeta (Paperback): James Griffiths Leisure Hours - A Series of Poems, Original and Translated, by Zeta (Paperback)
James Griffiths
R513 R421 Discovery Miles 4 210 Save R92 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Holocaust Education in Primary Schools in the Twenty-First Century - Current Practices, Potentials and Ways Forward (Hardcover,... Holocaust Education in Primary Schools in the Twenty-First Century - Current Practices, Potentials and Ways Forward (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Claus-Christian W. Szejnmann, Paula Cowan, James Griffiths
R3,506 Discovery Miles 35 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection is the first of its kind, bringing together Holocaust educational researchers as well as school and museum educators from across the globe, to discuss the potentials of Holocaust education in relation to primary school children. Its contributors are from countries that have a unique relationship with the Holocaust, such as Germany, Israel, neutral Switzerland, and Allied countries outside the UK. Their research provides new insight into the diverse ways in which primary aged students engage with Holocaust education. Chapters explore the impact of teaching the Holocaust to this age group, school and museum teaching pedagogies, and primary students' perspectives of the Holocaust. This book will appeal to school and museum educators of primary aged students whose work requires them to teach the Holocaust, Citizenship (or Civics) or Human Rights Education. Since the turn of the twenty-first century there has been a transformation in school and museum-based Holocaust education. This book clearly demonstrates that primary education has been included in this transformation.

The Great Firewall of China - How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet (Paperback, 2nd edition): James... The Great Firewall of China - How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet (Paperback, 2nd edition)
James Griffiths
R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

China's 'Great Firewall' has evolved into the most sophisticated system of online censorship in the world. As the Chinese internet grows and online businesses thrive, speech is controlled, dissent quashed, and attempts to organise outside the official Communist Party are quickly stamped out. Updated throughout and available in paperback for the first time, The Great Firewall of China draws on James Griffiths' unprecedented access to the Great Firewall and the politicians, tech leaders, dissidents and hackers whose lives revolve around it. New chapters cover the suppression of information about the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, disinformation campaigns in response to the exposure of the persecution of Uyghur communities in Xinjiang and the crackdown against the Umbrella movement in Hong Kong.

The Great Firewall of China - How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet (Hardcover): James Griffiths The Great Firewall of China - How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet (Hardcover)
James Griffiths 1
R875 Discovery Miles 8 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Readers will come away startled at just how fragile the online infrastructure we all depend on is and how much influence China wields - both technically and politically' - Jason Q. Ng, author of Blocked on Weibo 'An urgent and much needed reminder about how China's quest for cyber sovereignty is undermining global Internet freedom' - Kristie Lu Stout, CNN 'An important and incisive history of the Chinese internet that introduces us to the government officials, business leaders, and technology activists struggling over access to information within the Great Firewall' - Adam M. Segal, author of The Hacked World Order Once little more than a glorified porn filter, China's 'Great Firewall' has evolved into the most sophisticated system of online censorship in the world. As the Chinese internet grows and online businesses thrive, speech is controlled, dissent quashed, and attempts to organise outside the official Communist Party are quickly stamped out. But the effects of the Great Firewall are not confined to China itself. Through years of investigation James Griffiths gained unprecedented access to the Great Firewall and the politicians, tech leaders, dissidents and hackers whose lives revolve around it. As distortion, post-truth and fake news become old news James Griffiths shows just how far the Great Firewall has spread. Now is the time for a radical new vision of online liberty.

Hobbes and Modern Political Thought (Paperback): James Griffith Hobbes and Modern Political Thought (Paperback)
James Griffith; Yves Charles Zarka
R861 Discovery Miles 8 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Reveals the Hobbesian origins of contemporary political concerns, especially the relationships between state, individual and lawYves Charles Zarka shows you how Hobbes established the framework for modern political thought. Discover the origin of liberalism in the Hobbesian theory of negative liberty; that Hobbesian interest and contract are essential to contemporary discussions of the comportment of economic actors; and how state sovereignty returns anew in the form of the servility of the state. At the same time, Zarka controversially argues against received readings claiming that Hobbes is a thinker of a state monopoly on legitimate violence.

Beliefs and Holy Places - A Spiritual Geography of the Pimeria Alta (Paperback): James Griffith Beliefs and Holy Places - A Spiritual Geography of the Pimeria Alta (Paperback)
James Griffith
R685 R604 Discovery Miles 6 040 Save R81 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The region once known as Pimeria Alta now southern Arizona and northern Sonora has for more than three centuries been a melting pot for the beliefs of native Tohono O'odham and immigrant Yaquis and those of colonizing Spaniards and Mexicans. One need look no further than the roadside crosses along desert highways or the diversity of local celebrations to sense the richness of this cultural commingling. Folklorist Jim Griffith has lived in the Pimeria Alta for more than thirty years, visiting its holy places and attending its fiestas, and has uncovered a background of belief, tradition, and history lying beneath the surface of these cultural expressions. In Beliefs and Holy Places, he reveals some of the supernaturally sanctioned relationships that tie people to places within that region, describing the cultural and religious meanings of locations and showing how bonds between people and places have in turn created relationships between places, a spiritual geography undetectable on physical maps. Throughout the book, Griffith shows how culture moves from legend to art to belief to practice, all the while serving as a dynamic link between past and future. Now as the desert gives way to newcomers, Griffith's book offers visitors and residents alike a rare opportunity to share in these rich traditions.

The Great Firewall of China - How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet (Hardcover, 2nd edition): James... The Great Firewall of China - How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
James Griffiths
R2,306 Discovery Miles 23 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

China's 'Great Firewall' has evolved into the most sophisticated system of online censorship in the world. As the Chinese internet grows and online businesses thrive, speech is controlled, dissent quashed, and attempts to organise outside the official Communist Party are quickly stamped out. Updated throughout and available in paperback for the first time, The Great Firewall of China draws on James Griffiths' unprecedented access to the Great Firewall and the politicians, tech leaders, dissidents and hackers whose lives revolve around it. New chapters cover the suppression of information about the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, disinformation campaigns in response to the exposure of the persecution of Uyghur communities in Xinjiang and the crackdown against the Umbrella movement in Hong Kong.

Les aventures de Chi-Chi la Girafe (French, Paperback): James Griffiths Les aventures de Chi-Chi la Girafe (French, Paperback)
James Griffiths
R452 Discovery Miles 4 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sji-Sji Sjiraf og vennene hans (Norwegian, Paperback): James Griffiths Sji-Sji Sjiraf og vennene hans (Norwegian, Paperback)
James Griffiths
R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

2 korte eventyr om Sji Sji Sjiraf og Vennene hans. Including the English Version.

The Body Speaks - Therapeutic Dialogues For Mind-Body Problems (Hardcover, New): James Griffith, Melissa Griffith The Body Speaks - Therapeutic Dialogues For Mind-Body Problems (Hardcover, New)
James Griffith, Melissa Griffith
R1,592 Discovery Miles 15 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For decades, health care providers have worked as though there were a monolithic wall dividing the ailments of the mind from those of the body. Theorists on either side developed separate languages and philosophies to explain symptoms. This distinction has left many clinicians unable to treat successfully patients whose symptoms - such as headaches, conversion paralysis, and seizures - arise from the place where mind and body meet. In this book, the authors describe a powerful narrative therapy, one that relies on the wisdom and everyday language of patients' real-life stories instead of the expert knowledge and professional language of the clinician. This approach can be used across all categories of somatic symptoms, from factitious ones to medical illnesses such as asthma or migraine headaches. The authors show how somatic symptoms are often related to unspeakable dilemmas, as in the case of a child who, after discovering a parent's marital infidelity, is afraid to disclose the secret and begins having blackout spells for which a neurologist can find no physiological basis. These dilemmas can be understood only if a clinician creates the kind of relationship in which privately held stories of fear, shame, and threat can be told safely. Detailed case studies and numerous brief examples vividly illustrate techniques for helping patients escape the dilemmas that bind their bodies by finding new language and stories that can free them. In an innovative section, the authors rethink the current ideas and practices of psychopharmacology. Rather than "treating" a brain disease, a clinician uses medications to recalibrate brain systems that register alarm, thereby opening new possibilitiesfor therapeutic change through speaking, listening, reflecting, and relating. This book offers all clinicians - psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists, nurses, physicians, and family therapists - a way to use language to help patients resolve bodily symptoms. It avoids the stigmatization that patients and families so often experience - and the frustration clinicians feel - when struggling to find answers for mind-body problems.

Fable, Method, and Imagination in Descartes (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018): James Griffith Fable, Method, and Imagination in Descartes (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
James Griffith
R3,212 Discovery Miles 32 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What role do fables play in Cartesian method and psychology? By looking at Descartes' use of fables, James Griffith suggests there is a fabular logic that runs to the heart of Descartes' philosophy. First focusing on The World and the Discourse on Method, this volume shows that by writing in fable form, Descartes allowed his readers to break from Scholastic methods of philosophizing. With this fable-structure or -logic in mind, the book reexamines the relationship between analysis, synthesis, and inexact sciences; between metaphysics and ethico-political life; and between the imagination, the will, and the passions.

Hecho a Mano - The Traditional Arts of Tucson's Mexican American Community (Paperback): James Griffith Hecho a Mano - The Traditional Arts of Tucson's Mexican American Community (Paperback)
James Griffith
R699 Discovery Miles 6 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Arts as intimate as a piece of needlework or a home altar. Arts as visible as decorative iron, murals, and low riders. Through such arts, members of Tucson's Mexican American community contribute much of the cultural flavor that defines the city to its residents and to the outside world. Now Tucson folklorist Jim Griffith celebrates these public and private artistic expressions and invites us to meet the people who create them.

- Josefina Lizarraga learned to make paper flowers as a girl in her native state of Nayarit, Mexico, and ensures that this delicate art is not lost.
- Ornamental blacksmith William Flores runs the oldest blacksmithing business in town, a living link with an earlier Tucson.
- Ramona Franco's family has maintained an elaborate altar to Our Lady of Guadalupe for three generations.
- Signmaker Paul Lira, responsible for many of Tucson's most interesting signs, brings to his work a thoroughly "mexicano" sense of aesthetics and humor.
- Muralists David Tineo and Luis Mena proclaim Mexican cultural identity in their work and carry on a tradition that has blossomed in the last twenty years.

Featuring a foreword by Tucson author Patricia Preciado Martin and a spectacular gallery of photographs, many by Pulitzer prize-winning photographer Jose Galvez, this remarkable book offers a close-up view of a community rich with tradition and diverse artistic expression. "Hecho a Mano" is a pinata bursting with unexpected treasures that will inspire and inform anyone with an interest in folk art or Mexican American culture.

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