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What does history look like without 'civilisations'? Josephine Quinn calls for a major reassessment of the West and the concepts that define it.
The West, history tells us, was built on the ideas and values of Ancient Greece and Rome, which disappeared from Europe during the Dark Ages and were then rediscovered by the Renaissance. In a bold and magisterial work of immense scope, Josephine Quinn argues that the true story of the West is much bigger than this established paradigm leads us to believe. So much of our shared history has been lost, drowned out by the concept – developed in the Victorian era – of ‘civilisations’.
Quinn reveals a new narrative: one that traces the relationships that built what is now called the West from the Bronze Age to the Age of Exploration, as societies met, tangled and sometimes grew apart. She makes the case that it is contact and connections, rather than distinct and isolated civilisations, that drive historical change. It is not peoples that make history – people do.
This provocative and timely book identifies and disrupts the
conventional regulation and governance discourses concerning AI and
big data. It suggests that, instead of being used as tools for
exclusionist commercial markets, AI and big data can be employed in
governing digital transformation for social good. Analysing the
ways in which global technology companies have colonised data
access, the book reveals how trust, ethics, and digital
self-determination can be reconsidered and engaged to promote the
interests of marginalised stakeholders in data arrangement.
Chapters examine the regulation of labour engagement in digital
economies, the landscape of AI ethics, and a multitude of questions
regarding participation, costs, and sustainability. Presenting
several informative case studies, the book challenges some of the
accepted qualifiers of frontier tech and data use and proposes
innovative ways of actioning the more conventional regulatory
components of big data. Scholars and students in information and
media law, regulation and governance, and law and politics will
find this book to be critical reading. It will also be of interest
to policymakers and the AI and data science community.
Adopting a holistic and multidisciplinary approach, this expertly
crafted book comprehensively maps out the complex
multi-jurisdictional legal landscape pertaining to the EU’s
circular energy system. Offering in-depth critical analysis, it
identifies several areas of law and policy that require further
scholarly inquiry to ensure the creation of an effective policy
framework which can facilitate the move from a linear to a circular
energy system. In three thematic sections, the expert contributors
first examine the interactions between EU law and policy for waste,
agriculture, food and forestry. Focus is then drawn to how, when,
and by whom the energy sources created from biowaste can become
part of the EU’s energy mix. A range of legal instruments that
impact the financing of the circular energy system through
taxation, EU financing, and state aid are also considered. The book
concludes by reflecting on inefficiencies and ineffectiveness
caused by these interactions of legal and policy areas related to
the circular energy system. This insightful and progressive book
will be of great interest to practitioners and policymakers looking
to better understand the legal complexities of implementing a
circular energy system. It will also prove an essential read for
scholars and students interested in environmental law, energy law,
European law, and affordable and clean energy studies.
In 1871 Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn recommended that the
state legislature support the formation of Alcorn University. The
campus of Oakland
College, a school founded by the Presbyterian Church in 1830, had
been abandoned after the Civil War and was purchased for forty
thousand dollars and designated for the education of black youth.
The school became Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College in
1878, and Alcorn State University in 1974. In this unique pictorial
retrospective, over one hundred years of growth and change at
Alcorn are explored and celebrated. Included within these pages are
vintage photographs of the students and faculty that have shaped
the schoolas history. From early classes and sporting events to
distinguished alumni and prominent leaders, the images depict a
university continually striving to educate, train, and inspire
young African Americans. Alcornas picturesque campus, with
moss-draped trees and scenic
lakes, provides a setting where, for over a century, students have
been given a multitude of opportunities to grow. The first
land-grant institution for blacks in the United States, Alcorn is a
public university committed to academic
excellence. The challenges faced by its students and faculty in its
earliest days brought forth an unyielding determination to succeed,
which is still evident today among its diverse student body.
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Red is Home
Emma Bettridge; Illustrated by Josephine Birch
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Love Me If You Dare (DVD)
Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard, Thibault Verhaeghe, Joséphine Lebas-Joly, Gérard Watkins, …
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This dark romantic comedy is the debut feature for director Yann
Samuell. The film follows the intimate but twisted relationship
between two would-be lovers, Julien (Guillaume Canet) and Sophie
(Marion Cotillard), who first meet as eight-year-olds in
inauspicious circumstances: Julien's mother is dying, while Sophie
is suffering ferocious bullying at school. When Julien plays a
practical joke on the children who are picking on Sophie, a close
friendship evolves between the two, which is based on an ongoing
game of dares and forfeits. As they grow older, the game
increasingly becomes a power struggle as they use it to torment and
embarrass each other - but could it really be an elaborate cover
for the deep affection they hold for one another?
The perfect start to the Starcrossed series. Dive into the world of
modern-day demigods with a dazzling new enemies to lovers novel
from bestselling author Josephine Angelini. This Greek mythology
series is ideal for fans of Alexandra Bracken and Chloe Gong. New
York City, 1993. It wasn't Daphne's choice to move into the heart
of a struggle that has been secretly waging for thirty-three
hundred years, but not much in her life has been up to her. Fate
has brought Daphne, daughter of Zeus, and Heir to the House of
Atreus to where the descendants of the Greek gods can shed blood
over her once again. Men are fated to kill for her. But New York
holds a surprise for Daphne and her cursed face-the same one that
once launched a thousand ships. A series of murals painted all over
town mysteriously pull at her in ways she can't understand. That's
because the artist is Ajax Delos, Son of Apollo, Scion of the House
of Thebes, and Daphne's mortal enemy. She found the one worth dying
for. With the Fates manipulating them like pieces on a chessboard,
Daphne and Ajax must find a way to break the cycle of destruction
set in motion by their ancestors before the walls of Troy, or risk
becoming yet another pair of star-crossed lovers doomed to repeat
the same fatal mistakes.
The highly anticipated continuation of the Starcrossed saga, the #1
international bestselling series. Perfect for fans
of Alexandra Bracken and Chloe Gong.
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A fate avoided... After successfully using a clever bit of trickery
to avoid all-out war with the gods and defeat Zeus, Helen sets out
to enjoy her final year of high school with Lucas and her friends.
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A debt owed... But happily ever after eludes her. Zeus has found a
way to strike back at Helen from inside the prison she devised for
him. Growing weaker with every one of Zeus’ attacks, Helen
scrambles to complete the three tasks she owes to the Titans,
hurling through time on Cronus’ bidding.   Â
   A promise broken... But Helen’s odyssey
proves to be more challenging than she could have imagined, because
Lucas has mysteriously started pulling away from her, burdened by a
secret that threatens to tear them apart.
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My Teenage Daughter (DVD)
Sylvia Syms, Wanda Ventham, Kenneth Haigh, Josephine Fitzgerald, Anna Neagle, …
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Herbert Wilcox directs this classic British drama starring Anna
Neagle and Sylvia Syms. The film follows Valerie Carr (Neagle), a
widowed mother, who struggles to keep her 17-year-old daughter
Janet (Syms) under control and out of trouble. However, with Janet
falling under the influence of Tony Ward Black (Kenneth Haigh), an
apparently wealthy and carefree young man, Valerie has her work cut
out for her...
Bestselling author Josephine Tey's classic final mystery featuring
her best-loved character, Inspector Alan Grant, filled with "all
the Tey magic and delight" and now featuring a new introduction by
Robert Barnard.
On sick leave from Scotland Yard, Inspector Alan Grant is planning
a quiet holiday with an old school chum to recover from overwork
and mental fatigue. Traveling on the night train to Scotland,
however, Grant stumbles upon a dead man and a cryptic poem about
"the stones that walk" and "the singing sand," which send him off
on a fascinating search into the verse's meaning and the identity
of the deceased. Grant needs just this sort of casual inquiry to
quiet his jangling nerves, despite his doctor's orders. But what
begins as a leisurely pastime eventually turns into a full-blown
investigation that leads Grant to discover not only the key to the
poem but the truth about a most diabolical murder.
The much-anticipated continuation to Scions, the prequel to the
Starcrossed series, the #1 international bestseller. This
Greek mythology series is ideal for fans of Alexandra Bracken and
Chloe Gong. Presumed dead, Daphne and Ajax try to steal away what
happiness they can while living as Outcasts, when they discover
that the Fates aren’t done with them yet. Ajax may have escaped
death, but his fate is sealed. Like mice in a maze, both are led
back to New York City, where Daphne must find a way to keep the
Fates from killing Ajax. But returning to the city puts them both
in grave danger, and they are forced to seek help in the
unlikeliest of places -- from a reluctant Heir to the House
of Athens, and from a Prince of the House of Rome. But their
biggest challenge will come from Tantalus, Heir to the House of
Thebes, who has been busy plotting to start the war he knows he is
destined to win, but who tragically finds himself caught between
his devotion to his brother, and his obsession with Daphne.
With a best friend like Wulfie, anything is possible! Wulfie is
just like a puppy: fluffy and adorable. But unlike a puppy, he
talks. And he's purple. His favourite food is smelly socks. He can
be small as a snail or big as a bear. He's sweet and loyal and he's
Libby's best friend. Funny and heartwarming tales of a girl and her
wolfish best friend.
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The Letter (Paperback)
Josephine Cox
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Will its words uncover a dark family secret? Readers love Josephine
Cox! ’Loved the story and the characters’ ’Family secrets
hidden away for years. I really loved this story’ ’I was hooked
from start to finish’ ’This one goes to the top of my list …
a five star read’ Another gripping and dramatic family drama from
the Sunday Times bestseller Bella can’t wait to be married to her
fiancée Sidney, and dreams of the day she will walk up the aisle
to be given away by her widowed father, with her bookish sister
Alice as her bridesmaid. Their lives are disturbed when they
receive a letter from their fifteen-year-old cousin Millie. Taken
in by her austere aunt and uncle when her parents were killed in an
accident, Millie says she is being badly treated and pleads to be
rescued. When the two sisters take a trip to find out the truth,
things take a troubling turn. Millie is brought home to live with
them, her only possessions her ill-fitting clothes and a tatty
suitcase. But soon they are questioning this act of kindness. Does
their teenaged cousin just need some love and kindness? Or is she a
troublemaker, with only mischief and malice on her mind…?
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Mater 2-10 (Paperback)
Hwang Sok-yong; Translated by Sora Kim-Russell, Youngjae Josephine Bae
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This provocative book investigates the relationship between law and
artificial intelligence (AI) governance, and the need for new and
innovative approaches to regulating AI and big data in ways that go
beyond market concerns alone and look to sustainability and social
good. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the contributors
demonstrate the interplay between various research methods, and
policy motivations, to show that law-based regulation and
governance of AI is vital to efforts at ensuring justice, trust in
administrative and contractual processes, and inclusive social
cohesion in our increasingly technologically-driven societies. The
book provides valuable insights on the new challenges posed by a
rapid reliance on AI and big data, from data protection regimes
around sensitive personal data, to blockchain and smart contracts,
platform data reuse, IP rights and limitations, and many other
crucial concerns for law's interventions. The book also engages
with concerns about the 'surveillance society', for example
regarding contact tracing technology used during the Covid-19
pandemic. The analytical approach provided will make this an
excellent resource for scholars and educators, legal practitioners
(from constitutional law to contract law) and policy makers within
regulation and governance. The empirical case studies will also be
of great interest to scholars of technology law and public policy.
The regulatory community will find this collection offers an
influential case for law's relevance in giving institutional
enforceability to ethics and principled design.
When the San Angelo drifts into port in the Thames Estuary,
telephones begin to ring across the capital and an intricate series
of events is set in motion. Beset by dreadful storms in the Bay of
Biscay, the ship, along with the 'mixed cargo' it carries, is late.
Unaware of the machinations of avaricious importers, wayward
captains and unscrupulous traders, Harry Reed and June Harvey are
thrust together by a riverside accident, before being swept into
the current of a dark plot developing on the dockside. A moody
classic set around London's historic docks published in 1938,
Josephine Bell's unique and atmospheric writing shines in a mystery
weaving together blackmail, bootleg lingerie and, of course,
murder.
Who really killed the princes in the tower? Was Richard III truly
the ogre of legend and Shakespeare's play. - a wicked uncle who
murdered his nephews to steal the crown of England? Inspector Alan
Grant is not so sure. Laid up in hospital with a broken leg, he
becomes obsessed with unravelling this most enduring of historical
mysteries. As he investigates with the help of an enthusiastic
young American scholar, he unearths long-buried intrigues and comes
to a startling conclusion.
I can. It is the mantra of many successful athletes. The successful
athletes we all enjoy watching and aspire to join don't just work
physically hard - they learn how to use their brain really well
too. In their time in sport they have learnt tonnes of mental
skills and have honed a performance focused mindset to give
themselves the best chance of achieving their sporting dreams. This
book is designed to help you become one of these athletes. Someone
whose body can already show off brilliant sporting skills but who
now wants to learn to master the mental skills too. The book covers
what it takes to be successful, how to handle competition nerves,
ways to push harder and get braver, techniques to build your
confidence, ways to improve your emotional control, activities to
increase your concentration and focus, tactics for dealing with
setbacks and injury, advice on how to feel comfortable in the
sporting world and finally tips on how to look after your wellbeing
as an athlete. In each chapter there are questions to think about
and answer, activities to complete and elite insights and
interviews from some of the best athletes in the world. The skills
we cover will not only help you in sport, but also in school,
music, and any other hobbies. So, if you want to be able to say 'I
can' with confidence and know that you can handle whatever your
sport throws at you, then open up this book and get started on
developing your mindset for sporting success.
The latest funny adventure for a young girl and her wolfish best
friend! Aunt Ilda is coming to visit, and that means big trouble
for Libby and her adorable purple best friend, Wulfie. Ilda will do
anything to win the top dog show prize on live TV. Anything.
Including kidnapping Wulfie! But Wulfie, of course, isn't a dog at
all. He talks, he shrinks and grows, and when he sneezes - time
freezes. He's the sweetest best friend Libby could hope for - and
now he needs her help. Can Libby rescue Wulfie and humiliate Aunt
Ilda on TV? Well, with a best friend like Wulfie, anything can
happen.
The French have a legendary sense of style and this is nowhere more
evident than in their interiors. In French Home, dealer in French
antiques Josephine Ryan explores the elements that combine to
create elegant yet comfortable spaces with a distinctly French
feel. She points out the architectural details that enhance the
framework of a room, explores the textures and the colour palette
that flatter various styles of furniture, and shows us options for
lighting, mirrors, decorative objects and paintings. By exploring
real homes that deftly synthesise all these elements and more,
French Home examines the sophisticated alchemy of an enduringly
popular look that can be either lush and complex, or simple and
pared-down.
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