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The Harder They Come (DVD)
Janet Barkley, Basil Keame, Winston Stona, Carl Bradshaw, Bobby Charlton, …
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R219
Discovery Miles 2 190
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Cult Jamaican classic starring reggae star Jimmy Cliff as Ivanhoe
Martin, a country boy who comes to Kingston to make it big in the
music industry. Hampered by payola and music industry corruption,
Ivanhoe turns to ganja-dealing to try and make ends meet. Events
spiral out of his control and he soon finds himself on the run from
the police. The celebrated soundtrack is peppered with reggae
classics by the likes of Toots and the Maytals, Desmond Dekker, The
Melodians and Cliff himself who performs, among others, the title
track and the timeless 'Many Rivers to Cross'.
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RIBA Conservation Guide
Marion Barter, Anna Joynt, David McDonald, Andrew Shepherd
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R1,129
R998
Discovery Miles 9 980
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This is an essential guide for those taking either the RIBA
Conservation Register Course or another building conservation
course. Taking as its starting point the ICOMOS Education and
Training Guidelines, the internationally-recognised set of
criteria, this book explores everything you need to know when
undertaking projects that involve architectural conservation. This
is the only book that deals systematically with the ICOMOS
Guidelines, written by RIBA course tutors, bringing their extensive
expertise to the table, with their varied and practical experience
in the public, private and academic sectors. With guidance that can
applied both in the UK and internationally, and covering the
essential aspects of climate change and retrofit, this is a
must-have handbook.
"Dazzling inventions from the far north."
Today's Arctic communities have all the comforts of modern
living. Yet the Inuit survived in this harsh landscape for hundreds
of years with nothing but the land and their own ingenuity. Join
authors Alootook Ipellie and David MacDonald as they explore the
amazing innovations of traditional Inuit and how their ideas
continue to echo around the world.
Some inventions are still familiar to us: the one-person
watercraft known as a kayak retains its Inuit name. Other
innovations have been replaced by modern technology: slitted snow
goggles protected Inuit eyes long before sunglasses arrived on the
scene. And other ideas were surprisingly inspired: using
human-shaped stone stacks (lnunnguat) to trick and trap
caribou.
Many more Inuit innovations are explored here, including: Dog
sleds Kids' stuff Shelter Food preservation Clothing Medicine.
In all, more than 40 Inuit items and ideas are showcased
through dramatic photos and captivating language. From how these
objects were made, to their impact on contemporary culture, The
Inuit Thought of It is a remarkable catalog of Inuit invention.
In recent years as globalization and market liberalization have
marched forward unabated, and the global commons continue to be
commodified and privatized at a rapid pace. In this global process,
the ownership, sale and supply of water is increasingly the
flashpoint for debates and conflict over privatization, and nowhere
is the debate more advanced or acute than in southern Africa. The
Age of Commodity provides an overview on the debates over water
privatization including a conceptual overview of water
'privatization', how it relates to human rights, macro-economic
policy and GATS and how the debates are shaped by research
methodologies. The book then presents case studies of important
water privatization initiatives in the region, drawing out crucial
themes common to water privatization debates around the world
including corruption, gender equity and donor conditionalities.
This is book is powerful and necessary reading in our new age of
commodity.
Indie Next Pick for February 2020 Book of the Month January 2020
LibraryReads January 2020 Pick Bookreporter New Release Spotlight
New York Post "Best Books of the Week" Goodreads "January's Most
Anticipated New Books" The Saturday Evening Post "10 Books for the
New Year" PopSugar "Best Books in January" Book Riot Best Winter
New Releases "Zelda is a marvel, a living, breathing
three-dimensional character with a voice so distinctive she leaps
off the page." -The New York Times "Heartwarming and
unforgettable." -People For Zelda, a twenty-one-year-old Viking
enthusiast who lives with her older brother, Gert, life is best
lived with some basic rules: 1. A smile means "thank you for doing
something small that I liked." 2. Fist bumps and dabs = respect. 3.
Strange people are not appreciated in her home. 4. Tomatoes must go
in the middle of the sandwich and not get the bread wet. 5.
Sometimes the most important things don't fit on lists. But when
Zelda finds out that Gert has resorted to some questionable-and
dangerous-methods to make enough money to keep them afloat, Zelda
decides to launch her own quest. Her mission: to be legendary. It
isn't long before Zelda finds herself in a battle that tests the
reach of her heroism, her love for her brother, and the depth of
her Viking strength. "A most welcome and wonderful debut" (Tyrell
Johnson, author of The Wolves of Winter), When We Were Vikings is
an uplifting debut about an unlikely heroine whose journey will
leave you wanting to embark on a quest of your own, because after
all...we are all legends of our own making.
The editors utilize their 50 years of combined experience in
professional engagement with the behaviour and ecology of wild
felids to draw together a unique network of the world's most
respected and knowledgeable experts. For the first time, this
inter-disciplinary research programme is brought together within a
single volume.
Beginning with a complete account of all 36 felid species, there
follow 8 comprehensive review chapters that span all the topics
most relevant to felid conservation science, including evolution
and systematics, felid form and function, genetic applications,
behavioural ecology, management of species that come into conflict
with people and control of international trade in felid species,
conservation tools/techniques, ex situ management, and felid
diseases. 19 detailed case studies then delve deeply into syntheses
of the very best species investigations worldwide, written by all
the leading figures in the field. These chapters portray the unique
attributes of the wild felids, describe their fascinating (and
conflicting) relationship with humans, and create an unparalleled
platform for future research and conservation measures. A final
chapter analyses the requirements of, and inter-disciplinary
approaches to, practical conservation with cutting-edge examples of
conservation science and action that go far beyond the cat family.
A two-volume set made up of 'Biology and Conservation of Wild
Canids' and 'Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids'. These
advanced textbooks bring together a unique network of the world's
most respected and knowledgeable experts to provide a review of the
biology and conservation of these families, and provide detailed
case-studies from species investigations worldwide.
This work contains three masterpieces by one of the most important
French dramatists of the 17th century. "Berenice" is a tale of love
and personal happiness in conflict with public duty. "Phedre"
concerns a princess with an overwhelming infatuation with her
stepson. "Britannicus" lays bare the relationships at the heart of
power as a world slips into moral chaos. These new versions by two
of the country's most distinguished director-translators prove that
Racine is far from untranslatable; they offer blisteringly
effective poetry, urgent plotting and powerhouse roles for both
actors and actresses.
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Enrico Four (Paperback)
Luigi Pirandello, Robert David MacDonald
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R362
Discovery Miles 3 620
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Premiered in this translation by the Citizens Theatre Company,
Glasgow. Pirandello's study of perceptions has become a
twentieth-century classic which invites us to consider our personal
madness in offering a different face to everyone we meet.
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Brand (Paperback, New Ed)
Henrik Ibsen; Translated by Robert David MacDonald
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R364
Discovery Miles 3 640
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Robert David MacDonald's majestic version of Ibsen's poem-drama
about the triumph of will over compromise. Brand, a fiery
priest-hero, urges his flock to sacrifice their lives to save their
souls.
Adapted by Robert David MacDonald from Gitta Sereny's Into That
Darkness "Robert David MacDonald’s In Quest of Conscience, based
on Gitta Sereny’s Into That Darkness, a record of her interviews
with death camp commandant Franz Stangl, takes it for granted that
the Holocaust was a shocking crime against humanity; what it wants
to know, with an urgency amounting to desperation, is how it
happened, and how it can be prevented from happening again." -
Joyce Macmillan, Scotland on Sunday "Stangl... bureaucrat of death
who administered as massive an evil as the Holocaust in the same
routine spirit in which he would have administered butter rationing
... What manner of man can be responsible for the slaughter of
1,200,000 of his fellows in the space of 14 months?" - Joseph
Farrell, The Scotsman "Plays such as In Quest of Conscience are
messengers of the unspeakable, which is why they should be listened
to as this powerful, dignified piece was in complete moral
silence." - John Peter, The Sunday Times "A brilliant and important
play which is based on the actual interviews with the death camp
commandant Franz Stragl by Gitta Sereny searching desperately to
discover how the Holocaust happened, how one worked and lived with
it, and how to prevent it occurring again" Blanche Marvin
The musteloids are the most diverse super-family among carnivores,
ranging from little known, exotic, and highly-endangered species to
the popular and familiar, and include a large number of introduced
invasives. They feature terrestrial, fossorial, arboreal, and
aquatic members, ranging from tenacious predators to frugivorous
omnivores, span weights from a 100g weasel to 30kg giant otters,
and express a range of social behaviours from the highly gregarious
to the fiercely solitary. Musteloids are the subjects of extensive
cutting-edge research from phylogenetics to the evolution of
sociality and through to the practical implications of disease
epidemiology, introduced species management, and climate change.
Their diversity and extensive biogeography inform a wide spectrum
of ecological theory and conservation practice. The editors of this
book have used their combined 90 years of experience working on the
behaviour and ecology of wild musteloids to draw together a unique
network of the world's most successful and knowledgeable experts.
The book begins with nine review chapters covering hot topics in
musteloid biology including evolution, disease, social
communication, and management. These are followed by twenty
extensive case studies providing a range of comprehensive
geographic and taxonomic coverage. The final chapter synthesises
what has been discussed in the book, and reflects on the different
and diverse conservation needs of musteloids and the wealth of
conservation lessons they offer. Biology and Conservation of
Musteloids provides a conceptual framework for future research and
applied conservation management that is suitable for graduate level
students as well as professional researchers in musteloid and
carnivore ecology and conservation biology. It will also be of
relevance and use to conservationists and wildlife managers.
The musteloids are the most diverse super-family among carnivores,
ranging from little known, exotic, and highly-endangered species to
the popular and familiar, and include a large number of introduced
invasives. They feature terrestrial, fossorial, arboreal, and
aquatic members, ranging from tenacious predators to frugivorous
omnivores, span weights from a 100g weasel to 30kg giant otters,
and express a range of social behaviours from the highly gregarious
to the fiercely solitary. Musteloids are the subjects of extensive
cutting-edge research from phylogenetics to the evolution of
sociality and through to the practical implications of disease
epidemiology, introduced species management, and climate change.
Their diversity and extensive biogeography inform a wide spectrum
of ecological theory and conservation practice. The editors of this
book have used their combined 90 years of experience working on the
behaviour and ecology of wild musteloids to draw together a unique
network of the world's most successful and knowledgeable experts.
The book begins with nine review chapters covering hot topics in
musteloid biology including evolution, disease, social
communication, and management. These are followed by twenty
extensive case studies providing a range of comprehensive
geographic and taxonomic coverage. The final chapter synthesises
what has been discussed in the book, and reflects on the different
and diverse conservation needs of musteloids and the wealth of
conservation lessons they offer. Biology and Conservation of
Musteloids provides a conceptual framework for future research and
applied conservation management that is suitable for graduate level
students as well as professional researchers in musteloid and
carnivore ecology and conservation biology. It will also be of
relevance and use to conservationists and wildlife managers.
This is one of the new Icon titles from Haynes. Originally
published in the classic manual size, this compact format will
appeal to trade outlets and gift markets. Written by two of British
Airways' most experienced Concorde flight crew, the Concorde Manual
is the latest aircraft manual from Haynes, following on from the
acclaim received by the Spitfire Manual. Concentrating on the
technical and engineering aspects of Concorde, this manual gives
rare insights into owning, operating, servicing and flying the
supersonic airliner. Although the British and French Concorde
fleets were prematurely retired in 2003, interest in this marvel of
design and technology remains undiminished and all who admire
Concorde will relish the unique information provided in this
innovative title.
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