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Widely considered to be the most important biography of Nelson Mandela, Anthony Sampson's remarkable book has now been updated by acclaimed South African journalist, John Battersby.
Over a decade after his presidency of South Africa, Nelson Mandela remains an inspirational figure to millions of people -- both in his homeland and far beyond her borders. He is, without doubt, one of the most
important figures in global history. Mandela's opposition to apartheid and his 27 year incarceration at the hands of South Africa's all-white regime are familiar to most.
In this utterly compelling book, eminent biographer Anthony Sampson, who knew his subject since 1951, reveals the man behind the events that rocked a continent -- and changed the world. With unprecedented access to the former South African president -- the letters he wrote in prison, his unpublished jail autobiography, extensive conversations, and interviews with hundreds of colleagues, friends, and family -- Sampson depicts the realities of Mandela's private and public life, and the tragic tension between them.
Newly updated by distinguished South African journalist John Battersby, Mandela is the ultimate biography of one of the twentieth century's greatest statesmen.
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Big Feelings Days
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25 postcards featuring artwork from The Book of Dog Poems
illustrated by Sarah Maycock. Features the canine companions
inspired by the poems of William Wordsworth, Rudyard Kipling, Emily
Dickinson and Thomas Hardy among others, alongside short quotations
from the works on the back. Beautifully packaged in a paperback
case. Each card has space on the back for your personal message.
25 postcards featuring artwork from The Book of Cat Poems
illustrated by Sarah Maycock. Features the feline friends inspired
by the poems of John Keats, Margaret Atwood and Oscar Wilde among
others, alongside short quotations from the works on the back.
Beautifully packaged in a paperback case. Each card has space on
the back for your personal message.
A stunning gift book drawing together mythological poems –
classic and brand-new – from around the world, illustrated
throughout in black and white by award-winning former children's
laureate Chris Riddell. Compiled by bestselling anthologist Ana
Sampson, with an introduction by Natalie Haynes, author of Stone
Blind. People all over the world have always told each other
stories. And from the very earliest times, many of these stories
were told in verse. This collection of 150 poems includes
retellings and reimaginings of Roman, Greek, Ancient Egyptian,
Norse, Celtic, Aztec, Mayan and Inca mythology. You will meet gods,
monsters, tricksters, heroes, magical creatures and objects,
magicians and spirits including Medusa, Icarus, Loki, Osiris, the
Minotaur, Pegasus, Bunyip, Kukulcan, Cerberus, Merlin, Beowolf and
Mjolnir and there are asides and footnotes to shine a light on
stories themselves. Includes poems from Neil Gaiman, W B Yeats, Kae
Tempest, Sylvia Plath, Shakespeare, Benjamin Zephaniah, Joseph
Coelho and many more. . .
Great poetry 'finds its way to the hearts of many, not just the
minds of the few', and this delightful collection is the ideal way
to browse, remember and enjoy some of poetry's greatest hits. The
new hardback edition of the first poetry anthology from Ana
Sampson, Tyger Tyger, Burning Bright contains verses from more than
eighty of the world's favourite poets, from the thirteenth century
to the present day. It includes such leading lyricists as Burns,
Keats, Tennyson, T. S. Eliot, Philip Larkin and Seamus Heaney -
taking in the work of W.H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Wilfred Owen, and
many others along the way. Perfect to dip into on the reader's
whim, the chapters cover childhood and youth, nature, love and
romance, home and travel, elegies, and more - each poem set in
context with a lively introduction and entertaining notes on the
poets themselves. This anthology is a lovely reminder of the
nation's finest poems, and the perfect addition to any poetry
lover's collection.
Trade and environment issues are achieving ever greater prominence
in the WTO. This timely volume contains key papers on this
important and highly contentious issue. There is a natural linkage
between trade and environment through the use of policy
instruments. But when does more trade help or hurt the environment?
There is clash between the market-opening principles of free trade,
as reflected in the WTO, and the environmental quality and market
regulating instincts of environmentalists. This volume examines the
conceptual issues involved, as well as the manner in which the
subject has been handled by the WTO. It will be an invaluable
source of reference for students and researchers alike.
Wonder: The Natural History Museum Poetry Book by Ana Sampson is a
beautiful collection of poetry with poems inspired by The Natural
History Museum. Covering everything from the depths of space to the
centre of the earth, this beautiful collection includes poems about
the solar system, planet earth, oceans and rivers, birds,
dinosaurs, fossils, wildlife, flowers, fungi, insects, explorers
and palaeontologists. Each section includes an introduction to the
topic with insights into particularly interesting species. The
museum has a collection of over eighty million objects and, behind
the scenes of its twenty-eight galleries, it holds kilometres of
preserved specimens, libraries of rare books and artworks, wonders
gathered on some of the most famous voyages in history, rooms
packed with pressed plants, warehouses teeming with stuffed animals
and freezers full of DNA. As well as a museum, it is a
state-of-the-art centre for discovery with over three hundred
resident scientists and over ten thousand visiting researchers each
year, investigating everything from dinosaurs to life on other
planets. This collection is made up of brand new and classic poems,
illustrated with botanical drawings and engravings from the
museum’s collections. This fantastic collection speaks of the
wonder of nature and shows us why we need to look after our
incredible planet.
This book provides an accessible, research-informed text for social
work educators, students and practitioners interested in the use of
story to engender the connection of human experiences with ideas,
theories, and skills. A broad lens is also taken to the ways in
which fiction has been used as a teaching tool in other degrees,
ranging from medicine to engineering to philosophy and economics.
Although the research explored is social work specific, this text
has applicability for any educator looking for creative methods to
teach complex theories, skills, and concepts. Showing how fiction
can be used in social work education, it explains why story matters
to social work, and how fiction can emulate these stories, as well
as the capacity of fiction to evoke empathy. Ways in which
educators can enlist fiction to create a ‘safe space’ for the
exploration of complex emotional terrain are explored, as are the
ways in which a community of practice can be created through
fiction. Woven within the end of every chapter some practice
examples and author conversations which work to locate the research
into a practice context. The text concludes with examples of how
fiction has been effectively utilised by the authors, in order to
provide a starting point for those interested in exploring this
pedagogical approach further.
Every May Day, the Obby Oss dances through the streets of Padstow.
Thirza and her brothers join in, with the whole village. But Thirza
never sees her father on May Day. In this particular year, the men
sail off to fight the King's war against the French. The town of
Padstow is left to the women and children. Then one day Thirza sees
a French warship coming to attack Padstow. Turnning to warn the
others, she bumps into the frightening figure of Aunt Ursula
Birdhood. Aunt Ursula tells the boys to grab musical instruments
and the girls and women to put on their red Sunday cloaks. She puts
on the Obby Oss skin and makes Thirza dance in front of her.
Together they save the village and Thirza learns the secret of what
her father does on May Day.
Positing online users as 'sleepwalkers', Tony Sampson offers an
original and compelling approach for understanding how social media
platforms produce subjectivities. Drawing on a wide range of
theorists, including A.N. Whitehead and Gabriel Tarde, he provides
tools to track his sleepwalker through the 'dark refrain of social
media': a refrain that spreads through viral platform architectures
with a staccato-like repetition of shock events, rumours,
conspiracy, misinformation, big lies, search engine weaponization,
data voids, populist strongmen, immune system failures, and
far-right hate speech. Sampson's sleepwalker is not a
pre-programmed smartphone junkie, but a conceptual personae
intended to dodge capture by data doubles and lookalikes.
Sleepwalkers are neither asleep nor wide awake; they are a liminal
experimentation in collective mimicry and self-other relationality.
Their purpose is to stir up a new kind of community that emerges
from the potentialities of revolutionary contagion. At a time in
which social media is influencing more people than ever, A
Sleepwalker's Guide to Social Media is an important reference for
students and scholars of media theory, digital media and social
media.
A stunning gift book containing 150 bold, brave and beautiful poems by women - from classic, well loved poets to innovative and bold modern voices. From suffragettes to school girls, from spoken word superstars to civil rights activists, from aristocratic ladies to kitchen maids, these are voices that deserve to be heard. Collected by anthologist Ana Sampson She is Fierce: Brave, Bold and Beautiful Poems by Women contains an inclusive array of voices, from modern and contemporary poets. Immerse yourself in poems from Maya Angelou, Nikita Gill, Wendy Cope, Ysra Daley-Ward, Emily Bronte, Carol Ann Duffy, Fleur Adcock, Liz Berry, Jackie Kay, Hollie McNish, Imtiaz Dharker, Helen Dunmore, Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver, Christina Rossetti, Margaret Atwood and Dorothy Parker, to name but a few! Featuring short biographies of each poet, She is Fierce is a stunning collection and an essential addition to any bookshelf. The anthology is divided into the following sections: Roots and Growing Up Friendship Love Nature Freedom, Mindfulness and Joy Fashion, society and body image Protest, courage and resistance Endings
Provides an accessible, research informed book for students, social
workers and other social service workers and community development
workers focused on practically linking climate change to social
justice in their everyday practice. Provides theoretical and
contextual analysis linking climate change and social justice and
integrates this discussion with specific examples and case studies
of original research and innovative practice on the ground. Of
interest to all scholars and students of social work, social
welfare, community development, international development,
community health, environmental and community education and policy.
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." With these words,
Elizabeth Barrett Browning has come down to us as a romantic
heroine, a recluse controlled by a domineering father and often
overshadowed by her husband, Robert Browning. But behind the
melodrama lies a thoroughly modern figure whose extraordinary life
is an electrifying study in self-invention. Born in 1806, Barrett
Browning lived in an age when women could not attend a university,
own property after marriage, or vote. And yet she seized control of
her private income, defied chronic illness and disability, became
an advocate for the revolutionary Italy to which she eloped, and
changed the course of cultural history. Her late-in-life verse
novel masterpiece, Aurora Leigh, reveals both the brilliance and
originality of her mind, as well as the challenges of being a woman
writer in the Victorian era. A feminist icon, high-profile activist
for the abolition of slavery, and international literary superstar,
Barrett Browning inspired writers as diverse as Emily Dickinson,
George Eliot, Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde, and Virginia Woolf.
Two-Way Mirror is the first biography of Barrett Browning in more
than three decades. With unique access to the poet’s abundant
correspondence, “astute, thoughtful, and wide-ranging guide”
(Times [UK]) Fiona Sampson holds up a mirror to the woman, her art,
and the art of biography itself.
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Bill Martin, Michael Sampson; Illustrated by Nathalie Beauvois
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The private sector involvement in public service is intended to
achieve efficiency gain and better service quality through
increasing private sector finance and expertise. However, these
benefits are most often not achieved in developing countries due to
investment risk of private finance, and problems of capacity and
regulation of the private sector. This book examines private sector
involvement (PSI) in solid waste collection by exploring the
influence of private sector capacity and Local Governments
regulations on private sector performance in terms of productivity
and service quality. PSI in public service provision evolved to
deal with market and government failures, so this study uses market
and regulatory theories to explore the gaps in policy and practice
of PSI and the factor explaining private sector performance in five
cities in Ghana.
The study shows there were weak regulatory practices and
non-adherence to contractual obligations (unsigned contracts and
delayed payment of subsidy), and consequently led to disincentives
for full cost recovery and better service quality. However, there
is now a gradual well functioning system being put in place with
the recent competitive bidding in two cities with signing of
contracts and city-wide user charging. This study concludes that
the solutions to the problem of solid waste collection and
management in developing countries hinge on adherence to formal
rules of regulation, use of appropriate cost recovery mechanism for
low income group, and restructuring of institutional arrangement to
enforce legislation.
Tell el-Amarna is the modern name for the ancient Egyptian city of
Akhenaten, situated in a bay of hills formed by the cliffs of the
eastern desert about halfway between Cairo and Luxor. The city was
founded in the 14th century BC by the Pharaoh Akhenaten to be a
royal palace for himself and his wife Nefertiti, the capital of all
Egypt, and the center of the state cult of the Sun God in the form
of Aten (sun disc), which became an obsession of the Pharaoh. The
city contained temples, palaces, state buildings and great private
mansions, but was abandoned by Akhenaten’s successor, his son
Tutenkhamen. The city was demolished, never to be re-inhabited.
This volume presents a detailed, illustrated catalogue of the many
statues, statuettes, reliefs, inlays and inscriptions recorded and
collected by Flinders Petrie, together with glass and faience
objects and moulds. Part II provides a summary of developments in
royal names and titles with a discussion on research into names and
evidence of royal status. This series comprises facsimile re-issues
of typological catalogues produced between 1898 and 1937 by W.M.
Flinders Petrie, based on his vast collection of Egyptian artefacts
which now reside in The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese
Archaeology, University College, London. Long out of print, the
catalogues were re-issued in facsimile by publishers Aris &
Phillips in the 1970s alongside newly-commissioned titles by
contemporary experts. Petrie’s catalogues remain invaluable
source material today. The Oxbow Classics in Egyptology series now
makes a selection of these important resources available again in
print for a new generation of students and scholars.
This book offers a socially situated view of the emergence of
emotionality for additional language (L2) learners in classroom
interaction in Japan. Grounded in a complexity perspective, the
author argues that emotions need to be studied as they are
dynamically experienced and understood in all of their
multidimensional colors by individuals (in interaction). Via
practitioner research, Sampson applies a small-lens focus,
interweaving experiential and discursive data, offering
possibilities for exploring, interpreting and representing the
lived experience of L2 study emotions in a more holistic yet
detailed, social yet individual fashion. Amidst the currently
expanding interest in L2 study emotions, the book presents a strong
case for the benefits of locating interpretations of the emergence
of L2 study emotions back into situated, dynamic, social context.
Sampson's work will be of interest to students and researchers in
second language acquisition and L2 learning psychology.
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