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The Garden Children - Harvest Season (Hardcover): Ariana Rosenberg The Garden Children - Harvest Season (Hardcover)
Ariana Rosenberg; Illustrated by Andrea Benko
R497 Discovery Miles 4 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Reise S.M. Schiffes Albatros (Hardcover): Jerolim Benko Von Boinik (Freiherr) Reise S.M. Schiffes Albatros (Hardcover)
Jerolim Benko Von Boinik (Freiherr)
R1,036 Discovery Miles 10 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Disney Frozen 2: Forest Of Shadows (Paperback): Kamilla Benko Disney Frozen 2: Forest Of Shadows (Paperback)
Kamilla Benko
Sold By Readers Warehouse - Fulfilled by Loot
R130 R109 Discovery Miles 1 090 Save R21 (16%) Ships in 5 - 7 working days

This thrilling young adult novel bridges the epic adventures of Frozen and Frozen 2

Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, Volume 31-2 (Hardcover): Alisa Gibson,... Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, Volume 31-2 (Hardcover)
Alisa Gibson, Kip Benko
R1,715 Discovery Miles 17 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics guest edited by Drs. Alisa Gibson and Kip Benko focuses on Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat emergencies. It features article topics such as: Inflammatory/infectious ophthomology, Eye trauma and other catastrophes, Facial fractures, Mandible fractures and dental trauma, Facial wound management, Ear, Sore throat, Oral lesions, and Salivary gland pathology.

The Garden Children - Season's Change (Hardcover): Ariana Rosenberg The Garden Children - Season's Change (Hardcover)
Ariana Rosenberg; Illustrated by Andrea Benko
R495 Discovery Miles 4 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Leisure, Health and Well-Being - A Holistic Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Zsuzsanna Benko, Ishwar Modi, Klara Tarko Leisure, Health and Well-Being - A Holistic Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Zsuzsanna Benko, Ishwar Modi, Klara Tarko
R4,507 Discovery Miles 45 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores health and leisure as a holistic phenomenon with individual and social dimensions. Contributors to this edited volume explore the physical, mental, emotional, sexual and social aspects of health and leisure as well as the influence of moral and religious principles. The connections between the individual and the social structure, social integration, the social division of labor, and the natural environment are also analysed. The volume studies this relationship from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including sociology, psychology, psychiatry, medical sciences, sport sciences, education, policy making, and from both national and international perspectives. As such, the collection will be of interest to scholars and students across a range of disciplines, including Leisure Studies, Health Studies, Health Promotion, Psychology and Mental Health, Sociology and Sport Studies.

Rayne's New Home (Hardcover): Ariana Rosenberg Rayne's New Home (Hardcover)
Ariana Rosenberg; Illustrated by Andrea Benko
R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Geography, History and Social Sciences (Hardcover, 1995 ed.): Georges B. Benko, Ulf Strohmayer Geography, History and Social Sciences (Hardcover, 1995 ed.)
Georges B. Benko, Ulf Strohmayer
R3,090 Discovery Miles 30 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Georges Benko "Societies are much messier than our theories of them" Michael Mann The Sources of Social Power 1 Towards a unified social theory Why are there communication problems between the different disciplines of the social sciences? And why should there be so much misunderstanding? Most probably because the encounter of several disciplines is in fact the encounter of several different histories, and therefore of several different cultures, each interpreting the other according to the code dictated by its own culture. Inevitably geographers view other disciplines through their own cultural filter, and even a benevolent view remains 'ethnocentric'. It was in order to avoid such ethnocentricity that Femand Braudel called for more unity among the social sciences in 1958 : "l wish the social sciences . . . would stop discussing their respective differences so much . . . and instead look for common ground . . . on which to reach their first agreement. Personally I would call these ways : quantification, spatial awareness and 'longue duree'". In its place at the center of the social sciences, geography reduces all social reality to its spatial dimensions. Unfortunately, as a discipline, it considers itself all too often to be in a world of its own. There is a need in France for a figure like Vidal de la Blanche who could refocus attention away from issues of time and space, towards space and social reality. Geographic research will only take a step forward once it learns to address the problems facing all the sciences.

The Holistic Home - Feng Shui for Mind, Body, Spirit, Space (2nd Edition, Second Edition): Laura Benko The Holistic Home - Feng Shui for Mind, Body, Spirit, Space (2nd Edition, Second Edition)
Laura Benko
R441 Discovery Miles 4 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Rule the world and take control of your emotional and mental health from where you sit, stand, and sleep. Chapter by chapter, learn how to tackle it all—relationships, clutter, health, communities, inner balance, and more—by looking within your immediate environment to make direct connections in your life. The Holistic Home is based on an original lifestyle concept focused on creating a dynamic, healthy, and thoughtful space within yourself and your home by combining three planes of action—mind, body, and spirit—that result in profound change. The condition of the mind affects the psychology of how you dwell: subconscious influences, decorating with intention, and allowing your emotional issues and challenges to manifest in your space. The physical aspects of your design space, such as furniture positioning, design elements, sustainability, wellness, and organization, are representative of your relationship with your body. And finally, the spirit refers to all the invisible energies within you and your home—feng shui, atmosphere, and the soul of your home. Years ago, author and holistic feng shui expert Laura Benko was diagnosed with a rare cancer. Around that time, a book serendipitously fell on her head. She took this as a much-needed sign to devote the next decade of her life to research and hundreds of transformative holistic design consultations. Her clients’ real-life, inspiring stories, along with specific actions and tips, have become the foundation for The Holistic Home. In this updated, second edition of The Holistic Home, Laura includes a brand-new chapter that addresses the questions that have been most frequently asked in her certification classes based on the book in which her students learn to implement Feng Shui change.

Better Living through TV - Contemporary TV and Moral Identity Formation (Hardcover): Steven A. Benko Better Living through TV - Contemporary TV and Moral Identity Formation (Hardcover)
Steven A. Benko; Contributions by Steven A. Benko, Jill B. Delston, John Hillman, Douglas L. Howard, …
R2,872 Discovery Miles 28 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Watching television need not be a passive activity or simply for entertainment purposes. Television can be the site of important identity work and moral reflection. Audiences can learn about themselves, what matters to them, and how to relate to others by thinking about the implicit and explicit moral messages in the shows they watch. Better Living through TV: Contemporary TV and Moral Identity Formation analyzes the possibility of identifying and adopting moral values from television shows that aired during the latest Golden Era of television and Peak TV. The diversity of shows and approaches to moral becoming demonstrate how television during these eras took advantage of new technologies to become more film-like in both production quality and content. The increased depth of characterization and explosion of content across streaming and broadcast channels gave viewers a diversity of worlds and moral values to explore. The possibility of finding a moral in the stories told on popular shows such as The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Wire, and The Good Place, as well as lesser known shows such as Letterkenny and The Unicorn, are explored in a way that centers television viewing as a site for moral identity formation.

Ethics in Comedy - Essays on Crossing the Line (Paperback): Steven A. Benko Ethics in Comedy - Essays on Crossing the Line (Paperback)
Steven A. Benko
R879 Discovery Miles 8 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

All humans laugh. However, there is little agreement about what is appropriate to laugh at. While laughter can unite people by showing how they share values and perspectives, it is also has the power to separate and divide. Humor that "crosses the line" can make people feel excluded and humiliated. This collection of new essays addresses possible ways that moral and ethical lines can be drawn around humor and laughter. What would a Kantian approach to humor look like? Do games create a safe space for profanity and offense? Contributors to this volume work to establish and explain guidelines for thinking about the moral questions that arise when humor and laughter intersect with medicine, gender, race, and politics. Drawing from the work of stand-up comedians, television shows, and ethicists, this volume asserts that we are never just joking.

Human Geography - A History for the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover): Georges Benko, Ulf Strohmayer Human Geography - A History for the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
Georges Benko, Ulf Strohmayer
R4,959 Discovery Miles 49 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Human Geography' examines the major trends, debates, research and conceptual evolution of human geography during the twentieth century. Considering each of the subject's primary subfields in turn, it addresses developments in both continental European and Anglo-American geography, providing a cutting-edge evaluation of each. Written clearly and accessibly by leading researchers, the book combines historical astuteness with personal insights and draws on a range of theoretical positions. A central theme of the book is the relative decline of the traditional subdisciplines towards the end of the twentieth century, and the continuing movement towards interdisciplinarity in which the various strands of human geography are seen as inextricably linked. This stimulating and exciting new book provides a unique insight into the study of geography during the twentieth century, and is essential reading for anyone studying the history and philosophy of the subject.

Chopin's Prophet - The Life of Pianist Vladimir de Pachmann (Paperback): Gregor Benko, Edward Blickstein Chopin's Prophet - The Life of Pianist Vladimir de Pachmann (Paperback)
Gregor Benko, Edward Blickstein
R1,534 Discovery Miles 15 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Vladimir de Pachmann was perhaps history's most notorious pianist. Widely regarded as the greatest player of Chopin's works, Pachmann embedded comedic elements-be it fiddling with his piano bench or flirting with the audience-within his classic piano recitals to alleviate his own anxiety over performing. But this wunderkind, whose admirers included Franz Liszt and music critic James Gibbons Huneker (who cheekily nicknamed Pachmann the "Chopinzee"), would by the turn of the century find his antics on the concert stage scorned by critics and out of fashion with listeners, burying his pianistic legacy. In Chopin's Prophet: The Life of Pianist Vladimir de Pachmann, the first biography ever of this remarkable figure, Edward Blickstein and Gregor Benko explore the private and public lives of this master pianist, surveying his achievements within the context of contemporary critical opinion and preserving his legacy as one of the last great Romantic pianists of his time. Chopin's Prophet paints a colorful portrait of classical piano performance and celebrity at the turn of the 20th century while also documenting Pachmann's attraction to men, which ultimately ended his marriage but was overlooked by his audiences. As the authors illustrate, Pachmann lived in a radically different world of music making, one in which eccentric personality and behavior fit into a much more flexible, and sometimes mysterious, musical community, one where standards were set not by certified experts with degrees but by the musicians themselves. Detailing the evolution of concert piano playing style from the era of Chopin until World War I, Chopin's Prophet tells the fantastic and true story of an artist of and after his time.

Chopin's Prophet - The Life of Pianist Vladimir de Pachmann (Hardcover, New): Edward Blickstein, Gregor Benko Chopin's Prophet - The Life of Pianist Vladimir de Pachmann (Hardcover, New)
Edward Blickstein, Gregor Benko
R2,883 Discovery Miles 28 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Vladimir de Pachmann was perhaps history's most notorious pianist. Widely regarded as the greatest player of Chopin's works, Pachmann embedded comedic elements-be it fiddling with his piano bench or flirting with the audience-within his classic piano recitals to alleviate his own anxiety over performing. But this wunderkind, whose admirers included Franz Liszt and music critic James Gibbons Huneker (who cheekily nicknamed Pachmann the "Chopinzee"), would by the turn of the century find his antics on the concert stage scorned by critics and out of fashion with listeners, burying his pianistic legacy. In Chopin's Prophet: The Life of Pianist Vladimir de Pachmann, the first biography ever of this remarkable figure, Edward Blickstein and Gregor Benko explore the private and public lives of this master pianist, surveying his achievements within the context of contemporary critical opinion and preserving his legacy as one of the last great Romantic pianists of his time. Chopin's Prophet paints a colorful portrait of classical piano performance and celebrity at the turn of the 20th century while also documenting Pachmann's attraction to men, which ultimately ended his marriage but was overlooked by his audiences. As the authors illustrate, Pachmann lived in a radically different world of music making, one in which eccentric personality and behavior fit into a much more flexible, and sometimes mysterious, musical community, one where standards were set not by certified experts with degrees but by the musicians themselves. Detailing the evolution of concert piano playing style from the era of Chopin until World War I, Chopin's Prophet tells the fantastic and true story of an artist of and after his time.

Space and Social Theory: Interpreting Modernity and Postmodernity (Hardcover, 1997. Corr. 3rd): Benko Space and Social Theory: Interpreting Modernity and Postmodernity (Hardcover, 1997. Corr. 3rd)
Benko
R4,633 Discovery Miles 46 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The last decade has been a decade of tremendous change across the broad of the human and social sciences. Ancient certainties, trusted ideologies and tested methods all came under immense pressure once so-called 'postmodern' ideas and concepts gained wider currency particularly among those with an interest in social theory. No longer content with framing social reality according to the logic of one core metaphor, the human and social sciences both rediscovered the local particularity of truth where hitherto a general explanation was deemed sufficient. In short: the revitalizing and formative power of 'space' was acknowledged once again.

More than ten years into the debate, the present collection of original essays seeks to assess both the impact and current state of the debate around postmodernism and the spatial social sciences. It aims not at solving contradictions and differences within the debate since such a claim would be both fruitless and immature; rather, it seeks to demonstrate the diversity of interpretations that has come about by the mutual discovery of postmodern discourses and human geography since the mid 1980s. Celebrations of postmodernity, the insistence of a continuation of modernity, interpretations of globally-emerging postmodern spaces, even the call for an analysis of hypermodernity thus coexist in the collection at hand. In-between the essays, a new discursive agenda for the spatial human sciences emerges: not to pave the way for a new orthodoxy but simply to allow for the recognition of new ideas taking root in today's academic environment.

This book is at once critical, provocative and accessible. It will be widely welcomed by advanced students ofspatial and social theory in geography and related disciplines.

Human Geography - A History for the Twenty-First Century (Paperback): Georges Benko, Ulf Strohmayer Human Geography - A History for the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)
Georges Benko, Ulf Strohmayer
R1,184 Discovery Miles 11 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Human Geography' examines the major trends, debates, research and conceptual evolution of human geography during the twentieth century. Considering each of the subject's primary subfields in turn, it addresses developments in both continental European and Anglo-American geography, providing a cutting-edge evaluation of each. Written clearly and accessibly by leading researchers, the book combines historical astuteness with personal insights and draws on a range of theoretical positions. A central theme of the book is the relative decline of the traditional subdisciplines towards the end of the twentieth century, and the continuing movement towards interdisciplinarity in which the various strands of human geography are seen as inextricably linked. This stimulating and exciting new book provides a unique insight into the study of geography during the twentieth century, and is essential reading for anyone studying the history and philosophy of the subject.

Secret in the Stone (Paperback): Kamilla Benko Secret in the Stone (Paperback)
Kamilla Benko
R266 R237 Discovery Miles 2 370 Save R29 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fire In The Star (Paperback): Kamilla Benko Fire In The Star (Paperback)
Kamilla Benko 1
R264 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Save R37 (14%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Claire Martinson has always depended on her older sister, Sophie, to take care of her, but now it's Claire's turn to protect her sister. On the trail of the last unicorn, Claire sets off on her own to make things right in Arden - the magical land she and her sister discovered when they climbed their great-aunt's chimney. But there are terrible forces working against her.

Queen Estelle has returned, and she will not stop until she has taken revenge on all those who have opposed her. Claire, Sophie, and their friends must convince Arden's four guilds of magic to set aside the past if they are to have any hope of a future. Because if the queen has her way, Claire and Sophie will never return home and the unicorns of Arden will be lost . forever.

The thrilling third book in the series for fans of Cornelia Funke, Diana Wynne Jones or The Chronicles of Narnia.

The Good Place and Philosophy (Paperback): Steven A. Benko, Andrew Pavelich The Good Place and Philosophy (Paperback)
Steven A. Benko, Andrew Pavelich
R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Good Place is a fantasy-comedy TV show about the afterlife. Eleanor dies and finds herself in the Good Place, which she understands must be mistake, since she has been anything but good. In the surprise twist ending to Season One, it is revealed that this is really the Bad Place, but the demon who planned it was frustrated, because the characters didn't torture each other mentally as planned, but managed to learn how to live together. In The Good Place and Philosophy, twenty-one philosophers analyze different aspects of the ethical and metaphysical issues raised in the show, including: Indefinitely long punishment can only be justified as a method of ultimately improving vicious characters, not as retribution. Can individuals retain their identity after hundreds of reboots? Comparing Hinduism with The Good Place, we can conclude that Hinduism gets things five percent correct. Looking at all the events in the show, it follows that humans don't have free will, and so people are being punished and rewarded unjustly. Is it a problem that the show depicts torture as hilarious? This problem can be resolved by considering the limited perspective of humans, compared with the eternal perspective of the demons. The Good Place implies that even demons can develop morally. The only way to explain how the characters remain the same people after death is to suppose that their actual bodies are transported to the afterlife. Since Chidi knows all the moral theories but can never decide what to do, it must follow that there is something missing in all these theories. The show depicts an afterlife which is bureaucratic, therefore unchangeable, therefore deeply unjust. Eleanor acts on instinct, without thinking, whereas Chidi tries to think everything through and never gets around to acting; together these two characters can truly act morally. The Good Place shows us that authenticity means living for others. The Good Place is based on Sartre's play No Exit, with its famous line "Hell is other people," but in fact both No Exit and The Good Place inform us that human relationships can redeem us. In The Good Place, everything the humans do is impermanent since it can be rebooted, so humans cannot accomplish anything good. Kant's moral precepts are supposed to be universal, but The Good Place shows us it can be right to lie to demons. The show raises the question whether we can ever be good except by being part of a virtuous community.

Leisure, Health and Well-Being - A Holistic Approach (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017): Zsuzsanna... Leisure, Health and Well-Being - A Holistic Approach (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)
Zsuzsanna Benko, Ishwar Modi, Klara Tarko
R4,188 Discovery Miles 41 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores health and leisure as a holistic phenomenon with individual and social dimensions. Contributors to this edited volume explore the physical, mental, emotional, sexual and social aspects of health and leisure as well as the influence of moral and religious principles. The connections between the individual and the social structure, social integration, the social division of labor, and the natural environment are also analysed. The volume studies this relationship from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including sociology, psychology, psychiatry, medical sciences, sport sciences, education, policy making, and from both national and international perspectives. As such, the collection will be of interest to scholars and students across a range of disciplines, including Leisure Studies, Health Studies, Health Promotion, Psychology and Mental Health, Sociology and Sport Studies.

The Unicorn Quest (Paperback): Kamilla Benko The Unicorn Quest (Paperback)
Kamilla Benko 1
R247 R207 Discovery Miles 2 070 Save R40 (16%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Claire Martinson still worries about her older sister Sophie, who battled a mysterious illness last year. But things are back to normal as they move into Windermere Manor ... until the sisters climb a strange ladder in a fireplace and enter the magical land of Arden.

There, they find a world in turmoil. The four guilds of magic no longer trust each other. The beloved unicorns have disappeared, and terrible wraiths roam freely. Scared, the girls return home. But when Sophie vanishes in the night, it will take all of Claire's courage to climb back up the ladder, find her sister, and uncover the unicorns' greatest secret.

Blending the timeless feel of The Chronicles of Narnia with Frozen's powerful themes of identity and sisterhood, The Whisper in the Stone will drawn you into a magical world you'll never want to leave.

Geography, History and Social Sciences (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1995): Georges B. Benko, Ulf... Geography, History and Social Sciences (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1995)
Georges B. Benko, Ulf Strohmayer
R2,927 Discovery Miles 29 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Georges Benko "Societies are much messier than our theories of them" Michael Mann The Sources of Social Power 1 Towards a unified social theory Why are there communication problems between the different disciplines of the social sciences? And why should there be so much misunderstanding? Most probably because the encounter of several disciplines is in fact the encounter of several different histories, and therefore of several different cultures, each interpreting the other according to the code dictated by its own culture. Inevitably geographers view other disciplines through their own cultural filter, and even a benevolent view remains 'ethnocentric'. It was in order to avoid such ethnocentricity that Femand Braudel called for more unity among the social sciences in 1958 : "l wish the social sciences . . . would stop discussing their respective differences so much . . . and instead look for common ground . . . on which to reach their first agreement. Personally I would call these ways : quantification, spatial awareness and 'longue duree'". In its place at the center of the social sciences, geography reduces all social reality to its spatial dimensions. Unfortunately, as a discipline, it considers itself all too often to be in a world of its own. There is a need in France for a figure like Vidal de la Blanche who could refocus attention away from issues of time and space, towards space and social reality. Geographic research will only take a step forward once it learns to address the problems facing all the sciences.

Race in John's Gospel - Toward an Ethnos-Conscious Approach (Hardcover): Andrew Benko Race in John's Gospel - Toward an Ethnos-Conscious Approach (Hardcover)
Andrew Benko
R2,471 Discovery Miles 24 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Directly or indirectly, race makes many appearances in the Fourth Gospel. What is the meaning of all this attention to ethnic labels? Race in John's Gospel investigates how John reflects the racialized ideas current in its milieu, challenging some and adapting others. Ultimately, John dismisses race as valid grounds for prejudice or discrimination, devaluing the very criteria on which race is based. The cumulative effect of this rhetoric is to undermine the category itself, exposing earthly race as irrelevant and illusory. However, John's anthropology is layered, and looks beyond this unimportant earthly level. Above it, John constructs a heavenly level of racial identity, based on one's descent from either God or the devil.

Wetlands - Ecology, Management & Conservation (Hardcover): Andras Baranyai, Dionysius Benko Wetlands - Ecology, Management & Conservation (Hardcover)
Andras Baranyai, Dionysius Benko
R3,802 Discovery Miles 38 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Wetlands have already been recognised to hold the capacity for efficiently reducing or removing large amounts of pollutants from point sources (e.g. municipal and certain industrial effluents) as well as non-point sources (e.g. mining, agricultural and urban runoff) including organic matter, suspended solids, excess of nutrients, pathogens, metals and other micropollutants. This pollutant removal is accomplished by the interdependent action of several physical, chemical and biological processes which include sedimentation, filtration, chemical precipitation, sorption, biodegradation, and plants uptake among others. In this book, the authors present studies on the ecology, management and conservation of these valuable wetlands.

Bigfoot M.D. - Doctor of Love: Zachary John Benko Bigfoot M.D. - Doctor of Love
Zachary John Benko; Photographs by Patrick McPheron; Wolfe Hans
R328 Discovery Miles 3 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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