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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Bad Hair Day
John Phillips; Illustrated by Jennifer Jamieson
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R200
Discovery Miles 2 000
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Yo, what's up, Fuzznut? Sing along with the viral TikTok song
Bad Hair Day in this riotous journey through the world's worst bad
hair day EVER! You won't be able to stop laughing, or
dancing, along to this extraordinary tale. Have you ever woken up
with hair that looks like the back end of a chicken? Well,
let our hilarious chicken sidekick lead you through the WORST bad
hair day, from hair that turns GREEN, to dreaded SCHOOL PHOTOS!
Both hilarious and heart-warming, Bad Hair Day pairs a story
everyone can enjoy with the iconic 'Bad Hair Day' song lyrics and
dance moves so that you can either read, dance or sing along with
this only too relatable tale! MousseâŸain't stickin',
waterâŸain't slickin', It looksâŸlike a feather from the back end
of a chicken. I ain't gonna use no silly hair spray… I’m havin'
such a bad hair day. Authored by Kiwi Kidsongs creator John
Phillips, and humorously brought to life with Jennifer Jamieson's
quirky illustrations, this is an endlessly entertaining picture
book to be enjoyed by children and adults alike! Full of whacky
hair-dos, silliness, chickens and ultimately a message of joyful
inclusivity, Bad Hair Day is the perfect picture book
adventure. Is having a bad hair day really the worst thing in
the world? Â
Understanding the mechanical behavior of solids and contacts
(interfaces and joints) is vital for the analysis, design, and
maintenance of engineering systems. Materials may simultaneously
experience the effects of many factors such as elastic, plastic,
and creep strains, different loading (stress) paths, volume change
under shear stress, microcracking leading to fracture and failure,
strain softening or degradation. Typically the available models
account for only one factor at a time, however, the Disturbed State
Concept (DSC) with the Hierarchical Single Surface (HISS)
plasticity is a unified modelling approach that can allow for
numerous factors simultaneously, and in an integrated manner.
DSC/HISS Modeling Applications for Problems in Mechanics,
Geomechanics, and Structural Mechanics provides readers with
comprehensive information including the basic concepts and
applications for the Disturbed State Concept (DSC)/ HISS modeling
regarding a wide range of engineering materials and contacts.
Uniformity in format and content of each chapter will make it
easier for the reader to appreciate the potential of using the
DSC/HISS modeling across various applications. Features: Presents a
new and simplified way to learn characterizations and behaviors of
materials and contacts under various conditions Offers modeling
applicable to several different materials including geologic
(clays, sands, rocks), modified geologic materials (structured
soils, overconsolidated soils, expansive soils, loess, frozen
soils, chemically treated soils), hydrate bearing sediments, and
more
Contents: 1. Beyond Description: Space Historicity Singapore: Introductory Essay 2. Ghosts, Spectres and the other Presences 3. 'The Vertical Order has Come to an End': The Insignia of the Military C3I and Urbanism in Global Networks 4. Emergency and 'The Return to Normal' 5. As the Wind Blows and Dews Came Down: Ghost Stories and Collective Memory in Singapore. 6. Evangelical Economies and Abjected Spaces: Cultural Territorialisation in Singapore 7. At Home in the Worlds: Community and Consumption in Urban Singapore 8. The Economic Valuation of Land Space in Singapore and its Impact on the Development of Intangible Assets 9. Urbanism and Postmodernity 10. Inside/Outside Architecture 11. Urban Archives 12. Kampong Bugis Guide Plan: The Tale of Two Movements 13. Natural History and Myth: The Garden City of Singapore 14. Conclusion. Index.
This is the second edition of a tax reference which brings together information on the provisions of 58 tax treaties between 12 major trading nations - Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, UK and USA. The guide for revenue officials and tax advisors examines the background of double tax agreements and how they are brought into force. Further sections deal with matters including equipment leasing, the problem of treaty overrides and taxation of sportsmen and entertainers, and transfer pricing.;Article by article, the book reproduces the text of the the OECD Model and provides a short additional commentary. This is followed by an analysis of each countries treaties with each of the other countries dealt with in the book, including details of where they deviate from the OECD model.;"Tax Treaty Networks" also provides help in interpreting special wording used in other treaties by any of the 12 treaty partners - which should also be useful in interpreting the wording of treaties made by countries outside the present scope of the book.
This is the most comprehensive account of Gloucestershire's birds
ever produced, covering all the species recorded in the county in
modern times. There are detailed maps showing the distribution and
abundance of over 130 regular species, based on four years of
fieldwork carried out by hundreds of volunteers. Graphs, tables and
statistics illustrate the patterns of occurrence of many species,
including passage migrants and rarities. Also included are
descriptions of the bird habitats and the history of bird watching
and conservation in the county. Some of Britain's most prominent
bird artists, past and present, including Jackie Garner, Robert
Gillmor, Terence Lambert, Peter Partington, Peter Scott and Keith
Shackleton, have provided beautiful illustrations, which sit
alongside sumptuous photographs of many of the birds and the
county's landscapes. The volume includes a Foreword by His Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales.
Placing Robbe-Grillet's filmic oeuvre in the related contexts of
both his novelistic work and the different historical and cultural
periods in which his films were made, from the early 1960s to the
present, the book traces lines of influence and continuity
throughout his work, which is shown to exhibit a consistent
preoccupation with an identifiable body of themes, motifs and
structures. Close readings of all the films are skilfully combined
with a thematic approach, ranging across the entire filmic corpus.
The book also contains chapters on cinematography and technique.
Now available in paperback, this lucid, comprehensive and
fascinating study shows Robbe-Grillet's contribution to the
evolution of the cinematic art both in France and internationally
to have been considerably more important than previously
acknowledged. -- .
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Sade's Sensibilities (Hardcover)
Kate Parker, Norbert Sclippa; Contributions by Mladen Kozul, Will McMorran, Natania Meeker, …
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R2,254
Discovery Miles 22 540
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Sade's Sensibilities tells a new story of one of the most enduring
and controversial figures in European literature. Blending ideas
about subjectivity, identity and natural philosophy with politics
and pornography, D.A.F. de Sade has fascinated writers and readers
for two hundred years, and his materialist account of the human
condition has been widely influential in post-structuralism,
nihilism, and feminism. This new collection of essays considers
Sade's Enlightenment legacy, both within and beyond the narratives
of radicalism and aberration that have historically marked the
study of his oeuvre. From different points of view, these essays
argue that Sade engaged with and influenced traditional
Enlightenment paradigms-particularly those related to sensibility,
subjectivity, and philosophy-as much as he resisted them. They thus
recover a Sade more relevant, even foundational to our twenty-first
century understanding of modernity, selfhood, and community. In
Sade's Sensibilities Sade is no longer a solitary, peripheral
radical, but an Enlightenment philosopher in his own right.
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Sade's Sensibilities (Paperback)
Kate Parker, Norbert Sclippa; Contributions by Mladen Kozul, Will McMorran, Natania Meeker, …
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R1,285
Discovery Miles 12 850
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Sade's Sensibilities tells a new story of one of the most enduring
and controversial figures in European literature. Blending ideas
about subjectivity, identity and natural philosophy with politics
and pornography, D.A.F. de Sade has fascinated writers and readers
for two hundred years, and his materialist account of the human
condition has been widely influential in post-structuralism,
nihilism, and feminism. This new collection of essays considers
Sade's Enlightenment legacy, both within and beyond the narratives
of radicalism and aberration that have historically marked the
study of his oeuvre. From different points of view, these essays
argue that Sade engaged with and influenced traditional
Enlightenment paradigms-particularly those related to sensibility,
subjectivity, and philosophy-as much as he resisted them. They thus
recover a Sade more relevant, even foundational to our twenty-first
century understanding of modernity, selfhood, and community. In
Sade's Sensibilities Sade is no longer a solitary, peripheral
radical, but an Enlightenment philosopher in his own right.
Laughter and power are here examined in a variety of contexts,
ranging from the satires of Renaissance Humanism through to the
polemics of contemporary journalism. How do the powerful use
laughter as a cultural weapon which re-inforces their position? How
do the powerless use laughter as a last resort in their
self-defence? Sixteenth-century intellectuals applied their satires
to a campaign against intolerance. Seventeenth-century absolutism
demanded of comedy that it serve its interests. Yet subversive
humour survived, even at the court, and led through the
Enlightenment to its apogee in the black humour of Sade.
Twentieth-century experimental fiction owes that trend a conscious
debt. Meanwhile an aesthetic tradition, represented here by
Flaubert, Beckett and Queneau, incites a laughter which releases
tension rather than raising awareness. As humour theorists,
Bergson, Freud and Koestler help focus these concerns.
A common assumption about cities throughout the world is that they are essentially an elaboration of the Euro-American model. Postcolonial Urbanism demonstrates the narrowness of this vision. The book shows that cities in the postcolonial world are producing novel forms of urbanism not reducible to Western models. Despite being heavily colonized in the past, Southeast Asia has been largely ignored in discussions about postcolonial theory in general considerations of global urbanism. An international cast of contributors focuses on the heavily urbanized world region of Southeast Asia to investigate the novel forms of urbanism germinating in postcolonial settings such as Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Hanoi and the Philippines. Offering a mix of theoretical perspectives and empirical accounts, Postcolonial Urbanism presents a panoramic view of the cultures, societies and politics of the postcolonial city.
A common assumption about cities throughout the world is that they are essentially an elaboration of the Euro-American model. Postcolonial Urbanism demonstrates the narrowness of this vision. The book shows that cities in the postcolonial world are producing novel forms of urbanism not reducible to Western models. Despite being heavily colonized in the past, Southeast Asia has been largely ignored in discussions about postcolonial theory in general considerations of global urbanism. An international cast of contributors focuses on the heavily urbanized world region of Southeast Asia to investigate the novel forms of urbanism germinating in postcolonial settings such as Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Hanoi and the Philippines. Offering a mix of theoretical perspectives and empirical accounts, Postcolonial Urbanism presents a panoramic view of the cultures, societies and politics of the postcolonial city.
Melanie Klein holds a unique place in psychoanalytic history and is known for having radically extended the scope of both theory and practice in the field. The essays in Reading Melanie Klein have been chosen to reflect the most innovative work on Kleinian thought in recent years and respond to the upsurge in interest in her work among clinicians and academics. In explaining the central tenets of Klein's thought and providing an introduction to the diversity of current work in this field, the book will act as a catalyst for debate and dialogue not only within the psychoanalytic community but also across social, critical and cultural studies.
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The Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature is a two-volume work that
contains some 540 entries on erotic literature on an international
scale. The Encyclopedia has an unprecedented scope, the first
scholarly reference resource to bring the field together in all its
fascinating variety. The entries examine the history of the
literature in different countries and languages from classical
antiquity to the present day, individual writers from around the
world (not all of them necessarily known as specialist writers of
erotic literature), significant works, genres and critical
approaches, and general themes pertinent to erotic literature
(nudity, prostitution, etc.). The definition of erotic literature
is broad, encompassing all the material recognized in the study of
the field: not just fiction in all genres (novels, poetry, short
stories, drama), but also essays, autobiographies, treatises and
sex manuals from different cultures. This Encyclopedia deals with
sexually explicit texts characterized by sexual representations and
suggestions. All types of sexuality are included. For more
information about the title and the editors, go to:
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/news/latest-news/erotic-encyclopedia-edited-by-london-met-professor.cfm/
The bike that is most fun to ride is the bike that you have made
yourself, and the good news is that anyone can do it. This simple
guide walks you through the process, from working out what you
need, creating the specification, sourcing parts, to the enjoyable
weekend spent building your new bike from scratch. When your bike
is finished it will need looking after, and the book includes
equally clear maintenance guidelines; those expensive and
inconvenient trips to the bike shop will become a thing of the
past. Beautifully illustrated by Lee John Phillips, the book is a
useful self-purchase and equally makes a great gift for cyclists
and hobbyists.
Roscoe Pound has called Charles Doe (1830-1896) one of the ten
greatest jurists in American history, the "one judge upon the bench
of a state court who stands out as a builder of the law since the
Civil War." This is the first booklength biography of Chief Justice
Doe, and as an examination of the constitutional and
jurisprudential theories of a state judge it is probably
unique.
Known for his aversion to formal courtroom procedure and for
his singular methods of conducting jury trials and appellate
sessions, Charles Doe served as Associate Justice of the New
Hampshire Supreme Judicial Court from 1859 to 1874, and as Chief
Justice of New Hampshire from 1876 to 1896. In his thirty-five
years on the bench, Doe was responsible for a number of innovations
in judicial practice. He devoted himself to reforming the rules of
construction, his "newmodelling" of writs revolutionized civil
procedure, and his solution to the question of criminal insanity
was so advanced that it has not yet been superseded, or even
approached, in many states. Perhaps it is in Doe's discussions of
torts, where he expounded tenets in opposition to those held by
Oliver Wendell Holmes, that one may find the most interesting
insight into Doe's view of the law. By redefining and
re-emphasizing the distinction between matters of law and questions
of fact, Chief Justice Doe demonstrated that an original mind
working with familiar legal concepts could depart from traditional
doctrine while at the same time maintaining the continuity and
essential integrity of Anglo-American common law.
This book addresses issues of space, historicity, architecture and
textuality by focusing on Singapore's singular position in the
region and as a global city. The articles consider how various
experiences of Singapore, both from within and from outside, help
to complicate existing assumptions about global urbanism,
postcolonialism, and architectural theory while producing
challenging new ideas from a variety of disciplines concerned with
how space, historicity, architecture and textuality inform one
another. This singular focus is treated from a range of
disciplinary perspectives. Contributors include experts in literary
and cultural criticism, critical theory, cultural anthropology,
history sociology, economics, architecture and philosophy.
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