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As a child, Elias Chacour lived in a small Palestinian village in
Galilee. When tens of thousands of Palestinians were killed and
nearly one million forced into refugee camps in 1948, Elias began a
long struggle with how to respond. In Blood Brothers, he blends his
riveting life story with historical research to reveal a
little-known side of the Arab-Israeli conflict, exploring whether
bitter enemies can ever be reconciled. This book offers hope and
insight to help each of us learn to live at peace in a world of
tension and terror.
This book explores English single sheet satirical prints published
from 1780-1820, the people who made those prints, and the
businesses that sold them. It examines how these objects were made,
how they were sold, and how both the complexity of the production
process and the necessity to sell shaped and constrained the
satiric content these objects contained. It argues that production,
sale, and environment are crucial to understanding late-Georgian
satirical prints. A majority of these prints were, after all,
published in London and were therefore woven into the commercial
culture of the Great Wen. Because of this city and its culture, the
activities of the many individuals involved in transforming a
single satirical design into a saleable and commercially viable
object were underpinned by a nexus of making, selling, and
consumption. Neglecting any one part of this nexus does a
disservice both to the late-Georgian satirical print, these most
beloved objects of British art, and to the story of their
late-Georgian apotheosis - a story that James Baker develops not
through the designs these objects contained, but rather through
those objects and the designs they contained in the making.
Many informal organisations around the world are making a positive
impact on the environment and their communities by turning waste
into a resource, increasing the social capacity of their community
and reducing the amount of pollution in their environment. Ending
Plastic Waste: Community Actions Around the World presents a
collection of stories, advice and information from experts in the
fields of waste management, plastic pollution and environmental
finance to give a broad outlook on how 19 programs from 14
different countries are protecting our planet. By sharing these
journeys, the authors hope to encourage others to take a community
approach to ending plastic waste. Perfect for decision-makers
working in environmental and marine fields, industry stakeholders,
and citizen scientist groups, this book provides guidance on how to
successfully implement a new program, what resources are needed and
the lessons learned by the people behind these programs in
overcoming barriers.
Intense heat and drought in the summer of 1988...greenhouse
warming...acid rain...the ozone hole...rain forest
destruction...Hurricane Hugo: "The Endangered Earth" is making
headlines around the world, and we are aware as never before of the
fragility of the global environment and our own vulnerability to
climate change. Yet, despite the technological advances of the last
three decades, our knowledge of how the Earth's systems work and
interact remains incomplete at best. To determine environmental
policies for the future, we need more information and better global
climate models.
In "Planet Earth" D. James Baker provides a concise, up-to-date
overview of the ongoing international research efforts that will
improve our ability to predict global climate change. In
straightforward terms, Baker describes remote sensing from space.
He reviews extant spacebased satellites and their instruments and
describes the areas in which operational and research missions are
gathering ever-increasing data--on Earth-sun interaction, land
vegetation patterns, ocean color, temperature, the atmosphere, the
ice sheets of the polar regions, the shape and motion of the
Earth's crust, the Earth's gravity field--which fill in gaps in our
knowledge even as they raise new questions about critical global
processes. In view of these questions and the subsequent need for
more accurate global models, the satellite networks being planned
for the 1990s will require state-of-the-art instrumentation, a new
generation of supercomputers, and a high level of international
cooperation if they are to succeed. Baker focuses on the United
States initiative, Mission to Planet Earth, a long range attempt to
study the planet as a whole using polar-orbiting, geostationary,
and special orbit satellites coupled with a network of ground
stations. In the concluding chapter, the author looks to the next
century and examines the difficult long-term problems-of national
security, technology transfer, data dissemination, cost,
international coordination--that could undermine the achievement of
the global operational system he proposes.
"Planet Earth" is a timely, well-illustrated introduction to
Earth-observing satellite technology for the nonspecialist and
specialist alike. It distills complex information that is otherwise
available only in the technical literature. For those who follow
space research, it will prove an indispensable guide.
The isolation of graphene in 2004 by two scientists at the
University of Manchester-a breakthrough later recognised by the
Nobel Prize for physics-revealed to the world a brand new 'wonder
material' which had been 'completely hidden from science'.
Graphene, the world's first two-dimensional material, promises huge
opportunities for a range of sectors, from aerospace to energy to
biomedical. But how can the UK be known for 'Made in Britain' as
well as discovered in Britain? As an answer, this book explores how
the Manchester model of innovation has evolved to not only support
great science but also accelerate the adoption of graphene into
real-world products and anchoring an innovation ecosystem in the
place of UK discovery. This book features first-hand experience,
case studies and interviews with key strategic players in the
graphene story to illustrate how Manchester has built a unique
model of collaboration with industry to create an ecosystem that
features a supply chain of companies not only producing graphene
material but also starting to disrupt the marketplace with new
products and application as we approach the tipping point of
commercialisation.
James Baker Hall's blackly comic coming-of-age novel has been
denied, by unfortunate circumstances surrounding its original 1964
publication, its rightful place alongside classics such as Catcher
in the Rye and One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest in the canon of
essential late-twentieth-century American fiction.
Set in Lexington, Kentucky, the story unfolds through the eyes
of thirteen-year-old Yates Paul. He becomes consumed with
revelations about his inattentive father's loneliness, his
grandmother's stormy relationship with his boisterous alcoholic
uncle, and the frustration of being the best photography assistant
in town when no one else knows it. In pursuing his career and
falling in love with women twice his age, the precocious Yates
falls back on Walter Mittyesque day-dreams to cope with a
frequently humorous, sometimes dark, world.
Long respected among literary insiders, sought after but nearly
impossible to obtain, this "lost" classic will finally reach the
wider audience it deserves.
This book explores English single sheet satirical prints published
from 1780-1820, the people who made those prints, and the
businesses that sold them. It examines how these objects were made,
how they were sold, and how both the complexity of the production
process and the necessity to sell shaped and constrained the
satiric content these objects contained. It argues that production,
sale, and environment are crucial to understanding late-Georgian
satirical prints. A majority of these prints were, after all,
published in London and were therefore woven into the commercial
culture of the Great Wen. Because of this city and its culture, the
activities of the many individuals involved in transforming a
single satirical design into a saleable and commercially viable
object were underpinned by a nexus of making, selling, and
consumption. Neglecting any one part of this nexus does a
disservice both to the late-Georgian satirical print, these most
beloved objects of British art, and to the story of their
late-Georgian apotheosis - a story that James Baker develops not
through the designs these objects contained, but rather through
those objects and the designs they contained in the making.
Nationally acclaimed poet, photographer, filmmaker, and novelist
James Baker Hall has long been regarded as one of Kentucky's most
profound artists. Hall's growing body of work is an essential part
of Kentucky's literary tradition, and yet his poetry in particular
transcends the borders of the Commonwealth.
The Total Light Process collects poems spanning Hall's
celebrated career as well as new poems that have never before been
published. The subjects of Hall's poems range from humorous and
revealing portraits of his fellow writers and friends Wendell
Berry, Ed McClanahan, and Gurney Norman, to the traumatic
experience of his mother's suicide when he was eight years old, to
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the tragic murder of Matthew
Shepherd.
James Baker Hall, the former Kentucky Poet Laureate and a native
of Kentucky, has taught creative writing at the University of
Kentucky since 1973. He is the recipient of numerous awards,
including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in poetry
and a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in creative writing at Stanford.
Hall is the author of five volumes of poetry, two novels, and four
collections of photography. His works include Praeder's Letters;
Yates Paul, His Grand Flights, His Tootings; and Tobacco
Harvest.
This book is for teachers of Media Studies and English who are
responsible for delivering this exciting and demanding area of the
curriculum. Suitable for both new and experienced teachers, it
provides a range of approaches from the focused teaching of film in
Media Studies to the use of film as support material in English
courses. Clear explanations of the key concepts and ideas for film
study are accompanied by a series of case studies, providing
practical advice and exercises for every classroom environment. It
includes: different approaches to using film in the classroom; an
introduction to key concepts for studying film; an overview of
influential critical and academic perspectives; a survey of
historical and industrial contexts for production and consumption
of film; and case studies of films within particular genres, Action
films, Comic book adaptations and Teen movies. The guide is
supported by extensive online resources to help the busy teacher
get the most out of their students.
Comparative, International and Global Justice: Perspectives from
Criminology and Criminal Justice presents and critically assesses a
wide range of topics relevant to criminology, criminal justice and
global justice. The text is divided into three parts: comparative
criminal justice, international criminology, and transnational and
global criminology. Within each field are located specific topics
which the authors regard as contemporary and highly relevant and
that will assist students in gaining a fuller appreciation of
global justice issues. Authors Cyndi Banks and James Baker address
these complex global issues using a scholarly but accessible
approach, often using detailed case studies. The discussion of each
topic is a comprehensive contextualized account that explains the
social context in which law and crime exist and engages with
questions of explanation or interpretation. The authors challenge
students to gain knowledge of international and comparative
criminal justice issues and think about them in a critical manner.
It has become difficult to ignore the global and international
dimensions of criminal justice and criminology and this text aims
to enhance criminal justice education by focusing on some of the
issues engaging criminology worldwide, and to prepare students for
a future where fields of study like transnational crime are
unexceptional.
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