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Why is it easy to hate and difficult to love? When societies
fracture into warring tribes, we demonise those who oppose us. We
tear down our statues, forgetting that what begins with the
destruction of statues, often leads to the killing of people.
Blending history, philosophy and psychology, A History of Love and
Hate in 21 Statues is a compelling exploration of identity and
power. This remarkable book spans every continent, religion and
era, through the creation and destruction of 21 statues from
Hatshepsut and the Buddhas of Bamiyan to Mendelssohn, Edward
Colston and Frederick Douglass. The 21 statues are Hatshepsut
(Ancient Egypt), Nero (Suffolk, UK), Athena (Syria), Buddhas of
Bamiyan (Afghanistan), Hecate (Constantinople), Our Lady of
Caversham (near Reading, UK), Huitzilopochtli (Mexico), Confucius
(China), Louis XV (France), Mendelssohn (Germany), The Confederate
Monument (US), Sir John A. Macdonald (Canada), Christopher Columbus
(Venezuela), Edward Colston (Bristol, UK), Cecil Rhodes (South
Africa), George Washington (US), Stalin (Hungary), Yagan
(Australia), Saddam Hussein (Iraq), B. R. Ambedkar (India) and
Frederick Douglass (US).
Why is it easy to hate and difficult to love? When societies
fracture into warring tribes, we demonise those who oppose us. We
tear down our statues, forgetting that what begins with the
destruction of statues, often leads to the killing of people.
Blending history, philosophy and psychology, A History of Love and
Hate in 21 Statues is a compelling exploration of identity and
power. This remarkable book spans every continent, religion and
era, through the creation and destruction of 21 statues from
Hatshepsut and the Buddhas of Bamiyan to Mendelssohn, Edward
Colston and Frederick Douglass. The 21 statues are Hatshepsut
(Ancient Egypt), Nero (Suffolk, UK), Athena (Syria), Buddhas of
Bamiyan (Afghanistan), Hecate (Constantinople), Our Lady of
Caversham (near Reading, UK), Huitzilopochtli (Mexico), Confucius
(China), Louis XV (France), Mendelssohn (Germany), The Confederate
Monument (US), Sir John A. Macdonald (Canada), Christopher Columbus
(Venezuela), Edward Colston (Bristol, UK), Cecil Rhodes (South
Africa), George Washington (US), Stalin (Hungary), Yagan
(Australia), Saddam Hussein (Iraq), B. R. Ambedkar (India) and
Frederick Douglass (US).
The issue of 'sustainability' in the developed world is nowhere
more critical than in the field of personal travel, which in many
countries has become the fastest-growing contributor to global
warming. Unless the use of cars can be brought under control, there
is little chance of meeting government targets for reducing
greenhouse emissions. Personal Transport and the Greenhouse Effect
sets out the steps that could be taken to lessen the conflict
between personal mobility and long-term environmental security. It
provides a detailed analysis of the policy options available for
limiting carbon dioxide emissions, and highlights the limitations
of technological measures in solving the problem. Instead, the
book's 12-point plan for sustainability shows how a significant
reduction in emissions requires the use of all the policy measures
available. This valuable contribution to a crucial area of debate
covering energy, transport policy and the environment will be
essential reading for policy makers, planners and students alike.
Peter Huges is deputy editor of Local Transport Today, and has
contributed to a wide range of publications including The Daily
Telegraph, The Guardian, New Scientist and Energy Policy.
Originally published in 1993
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X-Men: Days of Future Past (DVD)
Halle Berry, Michael Fassbender, Evan Peters, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, …
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Bryan Singer directs this blockbuster superhero sequel based on the
characters from the Marvel comic strip. With a storyline that
alternates between the past and present, the film acts as a direct
sequel to three separate films, 'X-Men: The Last Stand' (2006),
'X-Men: First Class' (2011) and 'The Wolverine' (2013). When the
survivors of the battle in 'X-Men: The Last Stand', led by Magneto
(Ian McKellen), Professor X (Patrick Stewart) and Storm (Halle
Berry), discover that total annihilation now awaits humans and
mutants alike, they send the ageless Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) back
in time to try and change the course of events. In the past,
Wolverine must team up with the younger incarnations of the X-Men
seen in 'X-Men: First Class', Charles Xavier (James McAvoy),
Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), to
avert disaster. Will he succeed?
The changing climate and its affect on all of us is becoming
increasingly apparent - ozone depletion, hurricanes, floods and
extreme weather behaviour. Introduction to Environmental Physics
challenges the way we think about how and why environmental change
occurs. This authoritative book aims to cover some of the more
common and popular topics addressed in "physics of the earth",
"physics of the environment" and "environmental physics" courses.
It provides an essentially non- mathematical treatment suitable for
a first year undergraduate level course. The principle topics
covered are the physics of the built environment, the physics of
human survival, energy for living, environmental health, revealing
the planet, the sun and the atmosphere, the biosphere, the global
climate and climate change. With contributions from well-respected
experts on the subject, this textbook contains a summary,
references and questions at the end of each chapter. This is an
ideal textbook for first year undergraduates in a variety of
courses, particularly physical geography, physics, environmental
and earth science, with worked examples illustrating principles and
vignettes from scientists who have made a significant contribution
to the field enlightening the student along the way. As the authors
say in the preface to this book, "At the outset of the 21st century
there are many environmental challenges to be wrestled with, and
though the environment is changing, the Physics is not!"
***BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS - FINALIST 2021*** An inspirational success
story that shows how anyone can be a champion, overcome challenges
and create a better world for yourself and others 65 Roses and a
Trunki: Defying the Odds in Life and Business, is the extraordinary
success story of entrepreneur Rob Law, designer and inventor of
Trunki, the award-winning children's ride-on suitcase that's sold
millions of units worldwide. Born with cystic fibrosis, Rob watched
his twin sister die from the same illness at sixteen. Told he could
not expect to live into his twenties, he made a promise that he was
going to defy the odds and live a long and successful life. Despite
being humiliated in Dragons Den where his business was described as
"worthless", Rob went on to create a new category of consumer
product, build a global business brand, become an accomplished
athlete, get an MBE from the Queen, bring joy to millions of
children all over the world and become a father to three children
after being told he would die childless. After beating overwhelming
odds on the road to success in his personal and professional life,
Rob wrote this memoir to help anyone facing difficult challenges in
life and business. From brand-building and harnessing your
creativity to managing a chronic health condition and facing your
demons, you'll learn how to defy the odds, follow your passion,
keep fighting when experts are telling you to quit and overcome
every challenge you face. 65 Roses and a Trunki is a life-affirming
book. Drawing on key insights from personal and business
psychology, it tells an inspirational story that can be your story
too.
Volunteering in Global Mental Health provides
much-needed information, practical guidance and inspiration
for mental health professionals embarking on global volunteering
across different cultures. It provides the background theory
and key principles to know when thinking about volunteering, so
that volunteering can be done ethically, respectfully and
collaboratively. The book then leads on to chapters that outline
the practical aspects of preparation and implementation of a
project, with key tips on avoiding common pitfalls. This section is
followed by personal and inspiring lived field examples
of volunteer and hosts' experiences of recent projects
in locations such as Somaliland, Sudan, Kashmir and more.
These bring to life the mutual benefits and learning potential of
global volunteering. The book will help potential volunteers
to understand the process, challenges and benefits of working with
colleagues around the world, and inspire readers to undertake
mental health volunteering globally.
First published in 1988, Peter Hughes explores the work of V. S.
Naipaul, and the interplay of fictional and non-fictional patters
in what is his obsessive vision of human life. Hughes shows how
Naipaul's narratives pair off histories and novels, travel-writing
and psycho-biography, reinforcing one another and Naipaul's vision
of 'a world undoing itself'; a world of disorder and fantasy. He
includes a reading of Naipaul's texts, usually considered highly
traditional, that shows their innovative side, and points out ways
that they can be illuminated through modern literary theory. A
detailed analysis, this companion to V. S. Naipaul's writing will
interest students of modern literature and those with an interest
in Naipaul's writing more generally.
Using an innovative auto-ethnographic approach to investigate the
otherness of the places that make up the childhood home and its
neighbourhood in relation to memory-derived and memory-imbued
cultural geographies, Remembering the Cultural Geographies of a
Childhood Home is concerned with childhood spaces and children's
perspectives of those spaces and, consequentially, with the
personalised locations that make up the childhood family home and
its immediate surroundings (such as the garden, the street, etc.).
Whilst this book is primarily structured by the author's memories
of living in his own Welsh childhood home during the 1970s - that
is, the auto-ethnographic framework - it is as much about living
anywhere amid the remembered cultural remnants of the past as it is
immersing oneself in cultural geographies of the here-and-now. As a
result, Remembering the Cultural Geographies of a Childhood Home is
part of the ongoing pursuit by cultural geographers to provide a
personal exploration of the pluralities of shared landscapes,
whereby such an engagement with space and place aid our
construction of cognitive maps of meaning that, in turn, manifest
themselves as both individual and collective cultural experiences.
Furthermore, touching upon our co-habiting of ghost topologies,
Remembering the Cultural Geographies of a Childhood Home also
encourages a critical exploration of children's spirituality amid
the haunted cultural and geographical spaces and places of a house
and its neighbourhood: the cellar, hallway, parlour, stairs,
bedroom, attic, shops, cemeteries, and so on.
This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International
Education to support the full syllabus for examination from 2022.
Confidently navigate the updated Cambridge International AS & A
Level Chemistry (9701) syllabus with a structured approach ensuring
that the link between theory and practice is consolidated,
scientific skills are applied, and analytical skills developed. -
Enable students to monitor and build progress with short
'self-assessment' questions throughout the student text, with
answers at the back of the book, so students can check their
understanding as they work their way through the chapters. - Build
scientific communication skills and vocabulary in written responses
with a variety of exam-style questions. - Encourage understanding
of historical context and scientific applications with extension
boxes in the student text. - Have confidence that lessons cover the
syllabus completely with a free Scheme of Work available online. -
Provide additional practice with the accompanying write-in
Practical Skills Workbooks, which once completed, can also be used
to recap learning for revision.
Using an innovative auto-ethnographic approach to investigate the
otherness of the places that make up the childhood home and its
neighbourhood in relation to memory-derived and memory-imbued
cultural geographies, Remembering the Cultural Geographies of a
Childhood Home is concerned with childhood spaces and children's
perspectives of those spaces and, consequentially, with the
personalised locations that make up the childhood family home and
its immediate surroundings (such as the garden, the street, etc.).
Whilst this book is primarily structured by the author's memories
of living in his own Welsh childhood home during the 1970s - that
is, the auto-ethnographic framework - it is as much about living
anywhere amid the remembered cultural remnants of the past as it is
immersing oneself in cultural geographies of the here-and-now. As a
result, Remembering the Cultural Geographies of a Childhood Home is
part of the ongoing pursuit by cultural geographers to provide a
personal exploration of the pluralities of shared landscapes,
whereby such an engagement with space and place aid our
construction of cognitive maps of meaning that, in turn, manifest
themselves as both individual and collective cultural experiences.
Furthermore, touching upon our co-habiting of ghost topologies,
Remembering the Cultural Geographies of a Childhood Home also
encourages a critical exploration of children's spirituality amid
the haunted cultural and geographical spaces and places of a house
and its neighbourhood: the cellar, hallway, parlour, stairs,
bedroom, attic, shops, cemeteries, and so on.
First published in 1988, Peter Hughes explores the work of V. S.
Naipaul, and the interplay of fictional and non-fictional patters
in what is his obsessive vision of human life. Hughes shows how
Naipaul s narratives pair off histories and novels, travel-writing
and psycho-biography, reinforcing one another and Naipaul s vision
of a world undoing itself - a world of disorder and fantasy. He
includes a reading of Naipaul s texts, usually considered highly
traditional, that shows their innovative side, and points out ways
that they can be illuminated through modern literary theory. A
detailed analysis, this companion to V. S. Naipaul s writing will
interest students of modern literature and those with an interest
in Naipaul s writing more generally."
The issue of 'sustainability' in the developed world is nowhere
more critical than in the field of personal travel, which in many
countries has become the fastest-growing contributor to global
warming. Unless the use of cars can be brought under control, there
is little chance of meeting government targets for reducing
greenhouse emissions. Personal Transport and the Greenhouse Effect
sets out the steps that could be taken to lessen the conflict
between personal mobility and long-term environmental security. It
provides a detailed analysis of the policy options available for
limiting carbon dioxide emissions, and highlights the limitations
of technological measures in solving the problem. Instead, the
book's 12-point plan for sustainability shows how a significant
reduction in emissions requires the use of all the policy measures
available. This valuable contribution to a crucial area of debate
covering energy, transport policy and the environment will be
essential reading for policy makers, planners and students alike.
Peter Huges is deputy editor of Local Transport Today, and has
contributed to a wide range of publications including The Daily
Telegraph, The Guardian, New Scientist and Energy Policy.
Originally published in 1993
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The Modulus of Rupture
Peter Hughes
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Comments on previous work by Peter Hughes: 'a poet who stands at
the very forefront of twenty-first-century lyricism' —Ian
Brinton, P.N. Review 'Peter Hughes personalises and modernises the
Romantic lyric mode of address, blending it into the stratum of
practical everyday living with its hassles and clutter, and the
conversational speaking voice. He plays with the inheritance of the
European love poem as a renewal of it, sometimes seeming to
undermine it and then folding it back into his purpose. This is a
poet working very much in his own way, and breaking the rules of
just about all current schools.' —Peter Riley 'Peter Hughes has
persevered in the face of everything that conspires to stop you
doing it. This is now a measured poetry of the everyday, an intense
clarity produced from a steady gaze and replete with respect for
the otherness of people, place and things. It is immanent with the
numinous which moves towards the surface and sometimes manifests
itself in a startling cognition.' —John James 'I turn the new
page and am in bliss with the pertinence and grace of the living
language.' —Kelvin Corcoran 'Read it, in the expectation of any
number of lyrical pleasures, for the ear, for the play of line
against continuous movement, for its celebration of remembered
pleasures, for its good will and for its wit. By this last, I mean
a mind in evidence in the poems that can constantly surprise itself
in the turns of speech, that can dance in the syllables and still
have world and experience in its sights.' —John Hall
After a decade concentrating on his distinctive versions of Italian
classics, Peter Hughes moves on to this collection of poetry
crystallising out of extended stays in Cambridge and Berlin. Of
Peter's previous work Kelvin Corcoran has written: `I turn the new
pages and am in bliss with the pertinence and grace of the living
language'. John Hall commented: `Read it, in the expectation of any
number of lyrical pleasures, for the ear, for the play of line
against continuous movement, for its celebration of remembered
pleasures, for its good will and for its wit. By this last, I mean
a mind in evidence in the poems that can constantly surprise itself
in the turns of speech, that can dance in the syllables and still
have world and experience in its sights.'
If you're stuck in an old leadership paradigm, get ready for
marginal performance and disappointing results. With change
quickening every day, it's more important than ever to create a
positive and enabling culture to thrive. In this business guidebook
to leadership excellence, Peter Hughes explores how to: - motivate
and engage employees; - fix problems that will have an immediate
impact on your bottom line; - discern the differences between
management and leadership; and - help employees overcome their
greatest challenges. The author also examines whether leaders are
born or whether anyone can become a successful leader, ways lean
concepts are being applied differently in organizational settings,
and why smart people so often fail after being promoted to the
managerial ranks. Take a journey that leads to substantial
improvements in performance and create a positive culture where
everyone is poised to succeed with this leadership guidebook.
Leadership & The Road to High Performance provides an operating
philosophy and a detailed road map for managers to create high
performing organizations. This book integrates five major themes
and the tools and techniques managers can use immediately to
substantially improve the performance of their teams and
organizations. The five major themes in this book that provide a
prescription for managers to achieve a new level of success and
sustainable performance in their teams are; exercising
transformational leadership, developing high performing teams,
creating operational excellence, implementing organizational
change, and shaping the ideal organizational culture. This book
will challenge managers to become transformational leaders by
creating and implementing organizational changes and demonstrating
new leadership behaviors that will create a new dimension of
organizational success.
Decision that the Super Committee should have presented to Congress
to reduce spending and create fiscal stability
Peter Hughes, born in 1956, has been writing for 30 years, and this
volume sums up his career to date. Already the author of
two-and-a-half Shearsman collections, and editor of a Shearsman
anthology devoted to poets from his own chapbook press,
Oystercatcher, this volume will cement his reputation as one of the
UK's most interesting, and unclassifiable poets.
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