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‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ is the 14th studio album from Manic Street Preachers. It is both reflection and reaction; a record that gazes in isolation across a cluttered room, fogged by often painful memories, to focus on an open window framing a gleaming vista of land melting into sea and endless sky.
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Best Friends Crochet
Jenny Street
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Make amazing crochet gifts with your friends, and learn about the
powerful boost friendships give to your wellbeing, with Fab Friends
Crochet
'Fascinating ... Connected both to old wisdom and new scientific
frontiers of discovery' Lauren Laverne ________________________ 'We
can all learn something from 52 Ways to Walk. I know I can.'
Michael Ball, BBC Radio 2 ________________________ Walking
strengthens our bodies, calms our minds and lifts our spirits. But
it does so much more than this. Our vision, hearing, respiration,
sleep, cognition, memory, blood pressure, sense of smell and
balance are all enhanced by how we walk. For instance: * Walking in
cold weather burns extra fat and builds more muscle. * Walking
alone strengthens our memories. * Walking in woodland helps us
sleep. * And there's nothing more restorative than a romantic
nighthike. Our choice of location, time, direction, duration,
walking companion and gait, as well as the weather we opt to walk
in, can transform our daily stroll. Here, Annabel Streets shares
the thrill of 52 different ways to walk, explaining the latest
science behind each one, and providing practical tips for making
the most of your daily steps. 52 Ways to Walk is a revelatory and
informative handbook for anyone stuck in a walking rut, curious
about the lesser-known benefits of walking or merely in need of
some on-foot novelty and adventure.
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pocket-sized, 52 Ways to Walk is a love letter to walking.
One 'alone, but not lonely' boy's triumph over adversity, motivated
by his dream of becoming a professional footballer and a longing
for truth and connection. Street's childhood memoir is a sensitive
and honest portrayal, through a poetic autistic lens, of growing up
with learning differences and epilepsy in an unconventional family
during the 1950s and 60s. A unique and vivid social document of the
period, highlighting much of the discrimination still faced by
minority and disabled communities today.
Traditions & Encounters offers an inclusive vision of the
global past-one that is meaningful and appropriate for the
interdependent world of contemporary times. Given the diversity of
human societies, gathering and organizing the sheer mass of
information in a meaningful way is a daunting challenge for any
world history survey course. The seven-part chronological
organization enables students to understand the development of the
world through time, while also exploring broader, big-picture
thematic issues in world history. Through new and revised
chapter-level and part-level features, the hallmark twin themes of
traditions and encounters emerge in greater clarity than ever
before in this sixth edition. As a result, students have resources
that enable them to move beyond the facts of history and examine
the past critically, analyze causes and effects, and recognize
similarities and differences across world regions and time periods.
By digging deeper into the implications of world history's
stories-not just the who, the what, and the where, but also the why
and the how-students can make sense of the human past.Connect is
the only integrated learning system that empowers students by
continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when
they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more
engaging and effective.
A heartless beast A sister's sacrifice And a love so strong it will
drown the raging sea ... THIS FAIRYTALE IS CURSED In a kingdom that
fears the sea, Ria Lucroy longs to be brave. Bodies are washing
ashore and everyone knows who's to blame. Legends of the Heartless
King shroud the continent in fear; they call him a pirate, a
monster, a god. When his mercenaries raid her father's merchant
ship, Ria's family is faced with a horrifying demand. They will
spare his life, in exchange for one of his daughters. Determined to
save her sisters, Ria launches herself into the world of pirates.
Face-to-face with the Heartless King, she finds he is far more than
the stories told. He is a man, with a human name and blood-stained
hands, bound to the seas by a centuries-old curse. As their
chemistry blooms into something more, Ria finds herself caught in
an ancient web of secrets. Battling creatures of the deep alongside
those that reign its surface, Ria discovers how to love a heartless
man and that some curses aren't so easy to break. Prepare for
stormy seas and swoony romance in this addictive retelling of
Beauty and the Beast ... Perfect for fans of Brigid Kemmerer's
Cursebreakers series and Sarah J Maas's A Court of Thorns and
Roses.
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Calming Crochet
Jenny Street
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Learn to create three cute crochet characters and discover the
mindfulness benefits of crochet, with Calming Crochet
Most people are familiar with the use of horses and their
often-heroic actions in the First World War, but what about camels,
monkeys and the mighty elephant? In this wonderfully illustrated
title, learn about how animals were trained and used, the role pets
had to play in the war, and the plight of animals on the farm, down
the mine and in the street. Although animals were used heavily on
the front line and in major battles such as the Somme, they also
had a role to play at home and, indeed, in almost every aspect of
wartime life. From their first use to how animals were treated when
the war ended, and including the involvement of the RSPCA and
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, this volume contains stories that
will shock, delight and move you.
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Victim (DVD)
Ashley Chin, Ashley Madekwe, Jason Maza, Anna Nightingale, Michael Maris, …
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This British crime drama set in London's East End is the cinematic
debut of TV director Alex Pillai. Ashley Madekwe stars as Tia, a
middle class girl from the Home Counties who becomes caught up in a
world of crime when she goes to stay in the London council flat of
her cousin, Davina (Anna Nightingale). Much to her cousin's
displeasure, Tia becomes increasingly involved with one of her
friends, Tyson (Ashley Chin). As she becomes closer to Tyson, Tia
discovers that he has his own complex and very personal reasons for
turning to a life of crime.
From the time of the pharaohs to world-famous internet sensations,
cats have inspired artists to strive to capture their lithe
movements and cryptic personalities for as long as they've been our
furry companions. This joyous collection celebrates cats in art,
spanning eras, styles and continents, from the brushes of masters
such as Manet, Gauguin, Klee, Hokusai, Renoir and more.
Science has proved that smiling not only gives your mood a boost
but helps your body release cortisol and endorphins that provide
numerous health benefits – including literally lengthening your
lifespan. That’s right. By harnessing the incredible
life-improving powers of adorable, tiny animals, this book will
help you live longer. Featuring pint-sized pigs, teensy
kittens, miniature bunnies and the smallest, cutest creatures out
there, we’ve compiled this collection for whenever you need a
pick-me-up.
Revolution Is Love: A Year of Black Trans Liberation is the
powerful and celebratory visual record of a contemporary activist
movement in New York City, and a moving testament to the enduring
power of photography in activism, advocacy, and community. In June
2020, after a Black trans woman in Missouri and a Black trans man
in Florida were killed just weeks apart, activists Qween Jean and
Joela Rivera returned to the historic Stonewall Inn-site of the
1969 riots that launched the modern gay rights movement-where they
initiated weekly actions known thereafter as the Stonewall
Protests. Brought together by the urgent need to center Black trans
and queer lives within the Black Lives Matter movement, a vibrant
and radical community emerged. Over the following year, the
Stonewall Protests brought together thousands of people across
communities and social movements to gather in solidarity,
resistance, and communion. Each Thursday was an invitation for
protests, healing, and celebration-whether through marches, voguing
balls, or vigil-and a living testament to love in revolution. This
book gathers twenty-four photographers who participated in these
actions to share images and words on the demonstrations and their
community at large, preserving this legacy as it unfolded. Through
photographs, interviews, and text, Revolution Is Love celebrates
the power of shared joy and struggle in trans community and
liberation. Featuring images and text by Ramie Ahmed, Lucy
Baptiste, Budi, Brandon English, Deb Fong, Snake Garcia, Stas
Ginzburg, Katie Godowski, Robert Hamada, Chae Kihn, Zak Krevitt,
Erica Lansner, Daniel Lehrhaupt, Caroline Mardok, Ryan McGinley,
Josh Pacheco, Jarrett Robertson, Phoenix Robles, Souls of a
Movement, Madison Swart, Cindy Trinh, Sean Waltrous, Ruvan
Wijesooriya, and David Zung
This collection gathers a set of provocative essays that sketch
innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to Genre Theory in the
21st century. Focusing on the interaction between tragedy and
comedy, both renowned and emerging scholarly and creative voices
from philosophy, theatre, literature, and cultural studies come
together to engage in dialogues that reconfigure genre as social,
communal, and affective. In revisiting the challenges to aesthetic
categorization over the course of the 20th century, this volume
proposes a shift away from the prescriptive and hierarchical
reading of genre to its crucial function in shaping thought and
enabling shared experience and communication. In doing so, the
various essays acknowledge the diverse contexts within which genre
needs to be thought afresh: media studies, rhetoric, politics,
performance, and philosophy.
The Second Amendment, by far the most controversial amendment to
the US Constitution, will soon celebrate its 225th anniversary.
Yet, despite the amount of ink spilled over this controversy, the
debate continues on into the 21st century. Initially written with a
view towards protecting the nascent nation from more powerful
enemies and preventing the tyranny experienced during the final
years of British rule, the Second Amendment has since become
central to discussions about the balance between security and
freedom. It features in election contests and informs cultural
discussions about race and gender. This book seeks to broaden the
discussion. It situates discussion about gun controls within
contemporary debates about citizenship, culture, philosophy and
foreign policy as well as in the more familiar terrain of politics
and history. It features experts on the Constitution as well as
chapters discussing the symbolic importance of Annie Oakley, the
role of firearms in race, and filmic representations of armed
Hispanic girl gangs. It asks about the morality of gun controls and
of not imposing them. The collection presents a balanced view
between those who favour more gun controls and those who would
prefer fewer of them. It is infused with the belief that through
honest and open debate the often bitter cultural divide on the
Second Amendment can be overcome and real progress made. It
contains a diverse range of perspectives including, uniquely, a
European perspective on this most American of issues.
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Sea-Change (Hardcover)
Jessica Streeting
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Jessica Streeting and her family - sister Alice, mother Judith and
father Revered Paul Farnham - move east in their ancient London
taxi to the deep countryside of Norfolk. It is 1975 and the rector
has a new position at the church of St Agnes in the village of
Cawston. Here they find a world populated by people who embody both
the ancient and new of late 20th century rural life. Children of
the soil, whose parents work it and depend on it, living a simple
life as old as their church. The musical ones. The clever ones. The
artists, accountants, shopkeepers and publicans. Among it all,
their vicar plays a role for all people; guide, educator, lighter
of the way. Admired and adored he strove to buoy his congregation
week after week, unwittingly mythologising himself as he went. The
hole he left then, when in a moment he was ripped from the
community, was vast. In this epic poem Jess revisits that place,
for the first time addressing the grief she so quickly suppressed
in the manner of the age. She brings to life in heart-breaking
clarity the joy of a world made by industrious children and their
imaginations, until unforeseen tragedy muted the colours of that
golden time. With a foreword by Stephen Fry - for whom Paul Farnham
played an inspirational role - Sea-Change is a book whose potency
reminds us not only of the power of shared stories, but also that
how they are told can make us all feel like players in their drama.
From millennia-old cave art to world-famous internet sensations,
dogs have inspired artists to strive to capture their loyal
personalities and antics for as long as they've been our furry
friends. This joyous collection celebrates dogs in art, spanning
eras, styles and continents, from the brushes of masters such as
Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Sargent, Gauguin, Klee, Picasso and more.
What does a place sound like - and how does the sound of place
affect our perceptions, experiences, and memories? The Sound of a
Room takes a poetic and philosophical approach to exploring these
questions, providing a thoughtful investigation of the sonic
aesthetics of our lived environments. Moving through a series of
location-based case studies, the author uses his own field
recordings as the jumping-off point to consider the underlying
questions of how sonic environments interact with our ideas of
self, sense of creativity, and memories. Advocating an awareness
born of deep listening, this book offers practical and poetic
insights for researchers, practitioners, and students of sound.
How to Enjoy Art: A Guide for Everyone provides the tools to
understand and enjoy works of art. Debunking the pervasive idea
that specialist knowledge is required to understand and appreciate
art, instead How to Enjoy Art focuses on experience and pleasure,
demonstrating how anyone can find value and enjoyment in art.
Examples from around the world and throughout art history-from
works by Fra Angelico and Berthe Morisot to Kazuo Shiraga and Kara
Walker-are used to demonstrate how a handful of core strategies and
skills can help enhance the experience of viewing art works. With
these skills, anyone can encounter any work of art-regardless of
media, artist, or period-and find some resonance with their own
experiences. How to Enjoy Art encourages us to rediscover the
fundamental pleasure in viewing art.
This book explores the idea of the poetic in radio and sound as
well as the concept of pure sound as poetry, both historically and
within a contemporary perspective, examining examples of makers and
works internationally.
The work examines the development of poetic forms in sound
broadcasting historically and geographically through chapters
taking narrative themes. It includes primary source material
gathered through interviews conducted by the author with
distinguished producers and poets. Among these are producers Piers
Plowright, Matt Thompson, Alan Hall, Simon Elmes and Julian May
(UK) Edwin Brys, (Belgium) Hildegard Westerkamp (Germany/Canada)
Chris Brookes (Canada) Robyn Ravlitch, Michael Ladd and Kaye
Mortley (Australia) as well as poets, including Michael Symmons
Roberts and Jeremy Hooker. There is a chapter on the poetic sound
in the natural world, which focuses in particular on the work of
the renowned UK sound recordist, Chris Watson.
Alongside audio poetry, the book discusses the spoken word
including documentaries and public announcements, the radio
feature, soundscapes, sonic art with contributions from key figures
such as Colin Black (Australia) and Marcus Leadley (UK)and the
poetry of the vernacular in speech and sound. It considers new
platforms for listening including podcasts and developments in
mobile technologies, examining the work of current practitioners
including Francesca Panetta, who is responsible for The Guardian's
podcasts as well as the award-winning Hackney Podcast, and Tim
Wright.
Many Americans believe Barack Obama represents a hopeful future for
America. But does he also reflect the American politics of the
past? This book offers the broadest and best-informed understanding
on the meaning of the Obama phenomenon to date.Paul Street was on
the ground throughout the Iowa campaign, and his stories of the
rising Obama phenomenon are poignant. Yet the author s background
in American political history allows him to explore the deeper
meanings of Obama s remarkable political career. He looks at Obama
in relation to contemporary issues of class, race, war, and empire.
He considers Obama in the context of our nation s political
history, with comparisons to FDR, JFK, Bill Clinton, and other
leaders. Street finds that the Obama persona, crafted by campaign
consultants and filtered through dominant media trends, masks the
change candidate s adherence to long-prevailing power structures
and party doctrines. He shows how American political culture has
produced misperceptions by the electorate of Obama s positions and
values. Obama is no magical exception to the narrow-spectrum
electoral system and ideological culture that have done so much to
define and limit the American political tradition. Yet the author
suggests key ways in which Obama potentially advances democratic
transformation. Street makes recommendations on how citizens can
productively respond to and act upon Obama s influence and the
broader historical and social forces that have produced his
celebrity and relevance. He also lays out a real agenda for change
for the new presidential administration, one that addresses the
recent failures of democratic politics.This study differs from
previous books on Obama in at least three ways: (1) Street s
determination to offer a balanced but critical assessment of the
Obama phenomenon from a perspective shaped by years of engagement
with Left theory and activism; (2) Street s effort to understand
the phenomenon in a deeply researched historical, societal, and
institutional context, consistently relating Obama s career and
candidacy to the ongoing historical development and dilemmas of
U.S. political culture; (3) Street s ability to deepen his account
by drawing on his considerable direct experience with the
phenomenon over years as a civil rights researcher and advocate on
the south side of Chicago (2000 2005) and as a campaign activist in
Iowa during the long and critical Iowa primary (caucus) season of
2007 2008.Read the "Huffington Post" interview with Paul Street:
Huffington Post interviewRead the "ZNet" interview with Paul
Street: ZNet Interview Read the "Firedoglake Book Salon" feature of
this book: Firedoglake Review"
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