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Walking Cities: London (second edition) brings together a new
interdisciplinary field of artists, writers, architects, musicians,
human geographers and philosophers to consider how a city walk
informs and triggers new processes of making, thinking, researching
and communicating. In particular, the book examines how the city
contains narratives, knowledge and contested materialities that are
best accessed through the act of walking. The varied contributions
take the form of short stories, illustrated essays, personal
reflections and accounts of walks both real and fictional. While
artist and RCA tutor Rut Blees Luxemburg and philosopher Jean-Luc
Nancy recount a nocturnal journey from Shoreditch to the City of
London; architect Peter St John of the practice Caruso St John
offers a detailed and personal reflection on the Holloway Road; and
architect and author Douglas Murphy examines what he calls London's
'more politically charged locations' in his account of a solitary
walk through an area of South London. Ultimately, Walking Cities:
London seeks to understand the wider significance of changing
geographies to generate critical questions and creative
perspectives for navigating the social and political impact of
rapid urban change.
Walking Cities: London (second edition) brings together a new
interdisciplinary field of artists, writers, architects, musicians,
human geographers and philosophers to consider how a city walk
informs and triggers new processes of making, thinking, researching
and communicating. In particular, the book examines how the city
contains narratives, knowledge and contested materialities that are
best accessed through the act of walking. The varied contributions
take the form of short stories, illustrated essays, personal
reflections and accounts of walks both real and fictional. While
artist and RCA tutor Rut Blees Luxemburg and philosopher Jean-Luc
Nancy recount a nocturnal journey from Shoreditch to the City of
London; architect Peter St John of the practice Caruso St John
offers a detailed and personal reflection on the Holloway Road; and
architect and author Douglas Murphy examines what he calls London's
'more politically charged locations' in his account of a solitary
walk through an area of South London. Ultimately, Walking Cities:
London seeks to understand the wider significance of changing
geographies to generate critical questions and creative
perspectives for navigating the social and political impact of
rapid urban change.
In 2004, the UN's Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan called Darfur
the world's worst humanitarian crisis. A comprehensive food aid
programme soon followed, at the time the largest in the world. Yet
by 2014, while the crisis continued, international agencies found
they had limited access to much of the population, with the
Sudanese regime effectively controlling who received aid. As a
result, acute malnutrition remains persistently high. Food Aid in
Sudan argues that the situation in Sudan is emblematic of a far
wider problem. Analysing the history of food aid in the country
over fifty years, Jaspars shows that such aid often serves to
enrich local regimes and the private sector while leaving war-torn
populations in a state of permanent emergency. Drawing on her
decades of experience as an aid worker and researcher in the
region, and extensive interviews with workers in the food aid
process, Jaspars brings together two key topics of our time: the
failure of the humanitarian system to respond to today's crises,
and the crisis in the global food system. Essential reading for
students and researchers across the social sciences studying the
nature and effectiveness of contemporary humanitarianism,
development and international aid.
Revisiting the Bonaventure Hotel is a photo-essay that describes
the life of a building through a range of film stills, photographic
images and written citations. With Revisiting the Bonaventure Hotel
we wander between references to Fredric Jameson, John Portman and
Arnold Schwarzenegger as we view a world through different
perspectives: vertical, horizontal and rotating. This is a story
about the image.
In 2004, the UN's Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan called Darfur
the world's worst humanitarian crisis. A comprehensive food aid
programme soon followed, at the time the largest in the world. Yet
by 2014, while the crisis continued, international agencies found
they had limited access to much of the population, with the
Sudanese regime effectively controlling who received aid. As a
result, acute malnutrition remains persistently high. Food Aid in
Sudan argues that the situation in Sudan is emblematic of a far
wider problem. Analysing the history of food aid in the country
over fifty years, Jaspars shows that such aid often serves to
enrich local regimes and the private sector while leaving war-torn
populations in a state of permanent emergency. Drawing on her
decades of experience as an aid worker and researcher in the
region, and extensive interviews with workers in the food aid
process, Jaspars brings together two key topics of our time: the
failure of the humanitarian system to respond to today's crises,
and the crisis in the global food system. Essential reading for
students and researchers across the social sciences studying the
nature and effectiveness of contemporary humanitarianism,
development and international aid.
Protocol, With Annexes, Approved At The Plenary Session Of The
Hague Conference, August 31, 1929, And Agreements Concluded At The
Hague Conference, January, 1930.
Protocol, With Annexes, Approved At The Plenary Session Of The
Hague Conference, August 31, 1929, And Agreements Concluded At The
Hague Conference, January, 1930.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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Nose Uncle (Paperback)
Utley, David Jaspar
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R240
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When Nisha and Ram are sent off to spend their holiday with Nose
Uncle at his farm, they are not too happy. After all, Nose Uncle is
old, and he is an archaeologist, so how much fun would they have?
The brother and sister were never more wrong. Because when Nose
Uncle is around, there's not a dull moment. Using his magnificent
nose which resembles the prow of a mighty battleship, Uncle can
sniff out both ancient ruins and modern criminals. While digging in
a field, looking for signs of an ancient Roman port, Uncle and his
young assistants are hurled into a series of mystifying and
extraordinarily dangerous adventures. Is Professor Andre Rigolet,
of the Free University of Central Quebec, really what he claims to
be? Why is he in danger? Who are the shadowy people digging in the
dark night near their archeological dig? Then the children are
kidnapped by a ruthless gang of smugglers, and it is up to Nose
Uncle and his faithful ally, his nose, to get answers to these
intriguing questions, solve the mystery and rescue the children. A
racy adventure story, Nose Uncle marks the exciting debut of a
delightful, eccentric detective.
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