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Peach Tree (Hardcover)
Michael Hughes; Illustrated by Skye Higgins
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R479
Discovery Miles 4 790
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Published in commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of
the "Titanic"'s sinking, this book tells the story of that fateful
night from an unusual angle: through the many wireless
communications sent to and from the land stations and the ships
involved as the tragic events unfolded.Drawing on the extensive
record of wireless transmissions in the Marconi Archives, "Titanic
Calling" recounts this legendary story the way it was first heard,
beginning with repeated warnings--just hours before the
collision--of several large icebergs unusually far south and
alarmingly close to the "Titanic"'s course. The story follows
senior operator Jack Phillips as he sends distress messages to
nearby ships and shows how these urgent calls for help were
received and rapidly relayed across the Atlantic in a desperate
attempt to save the lives of the "Titanic"'s passengers and crew.
Finally, the distant SS "Virginian" receives the "Titanic"'s final,
broken message. The story concludes with the rescue of the
fortunate survivors, who radio messages to loved ones from aboard
the RMS "Carpathia "while safely on their way to New York.
Illustrated throughout with photographs of the messages and
including full transcripts of original material, the book also
features an introduction to the development of maritime wireless
communications and a discussion of the Marconi Archives's "Titanic
"collection. The forced brevity of the messages lends the narrative
a startling sense of immediacy and brings to life to the voices of
the individuals involved.
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Lagoon (Hardcover)
Michael Hughes
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R474
Discovery Miles 4 740
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Michael Hugh Lythgoe grew up in Evansville, Indiana. A retired Air
Force officer, he holds an MFA from Bennington College. He worked
for the Smithsonian Institution, and directed an educational
foundation. He lives in Aiken, SC. His collection, BRASS, won the
Kinloch Rivers chapbook contest in 2006. His poems, reviews and
interviews appear in Windhover, The Writer's Chronicle,
Christianity & Literature, The Caribbean Writer.
Praise for BRASS: "In the riveting, precise language of an
experienced poet, Lythgoe not only probes the horror of war with
uncanny clarity and insight but leavens it with exquisite poems
about art and color" (Larry Thomas, author of Where Skulls Speak
Wind). Lythgoe's poems are frequently in tense settings facing
potential destruction, yet they "seem to morph into the natural or
the homespun without any sense of irony.almost hypnotic sonority.."
(John Harris, editor of Praesidium)
Prasise for Holy Week: "Shifting in remarkably spry fashion from
gargoyles to bear-men to Degas to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to
knee surgery to Ash Wednesday, Lythgoe's poems read like a
travelogue through .one man's diversely lived and deeply considered
life. His poems are at once serious, surreal, and sacrosanct. In
his work, tragedy and triumph are inevitable bedfellows (case in
point, the poignant and mournful "Easter Sonnet"). Returning is all
about the leaving, he writes. At their most profound, these poems
are poems of loss. At 'his' most profound, he is a poet of
redemption (Jill Alexander Essbaum, author of Harlot).
From the Foreward by Audell Shelburne: "There is a Renaissance
concept.known as copiousness, a fullness and richness that comes
when a poem is complete, expansive, whole. It gains in richness
from the texture of the details. It adds depth through the insight
and thought of a considerate, kind and intelligent poet. Lythgoe's
work is copious."
Out of the numerous books and articles on the Third Reich, few
address its material culture, and fewer still discuss the
phenomenon of Nazi memorabilia. This is all the more surprising
given that Nazi symbols, so central to sustaining Hitler’s
movement, continue to live long after the collapse of his 12-year
Reich. Neither did Nazi ideology die; far-right populists would
like to see the swastika flown over the White House or Buckingham
Palace. Against a backdrop of right-wing extremism, military
re-enactors think nothing of dressing up in Waffen-SS uniforms and
romanticising the Third Reich in the name of living history.
Auctioneers are prepared to hammer down Nazi artefacts to the
highest bidder, but who is buying them, and why do they do so?
Should collectors be allowed to decorate their homes with Nazi
flags? The Anarchy of Nazi Memorabilia begins by examining the
creation and context of Nazi artefacts and symbols during the
volatile Weimar Republic to their wider distribution during the
Third Reich. There were few people in Nazi Germany who did not wear
a badge or uniform of some sort. Whether it be mothers, soldiers or
concentration camp inmates, they were all branded. The chapter on
the Second World War demonstrates that although German soldiers
were cynical about being given medals in exchange for freezing in
Russia. They still continued to fight, for which more decorations
were awarded. A large proportion of this book is therefore given to
the meaning that Nazi symbols had before Nazi Germany was
eventually defeated in May 1945. Equally important, however, and
one of the characteristics of this book, is the analysis of the
meaning and value of Nazi material culture over time. The
interpreters of Nazi symbols that this book focuses on are
internationally based private collectors and traders. Sustained
attention is given in a chapter outlining the development of the
collectors’ market for Nazi memorabilia from 1945 onwards. No
matter how much collectors go out of their way to paint the hobby
in a positive light, their activities do not fully escape the
troubled past of the material that they desire. So contested are
Nazi symbols that another chapter is devoted to the ethics and
morals of destroying or preserving them. The issues surrounding
private versus public custody and ownership of Nazi artefacts are
also discussed. So far, in this book, the examination of Nazi
artefacts has been restricted to physical objects within societies
that are generally aware of the consequences of Hitlerism. As we
increasingly move into the digital age, however, and there are few
survivors of the Second World War left to relay their horrific
experiences, the final chapter contemplates the future of Nazi
symbols both digitally and physically, fake or real. This book will
appeal to all those interested in the Third Reich, Nazi ideology,
Neo-Nazism, perceptions of the Nazis post-1945, modern European
history and political symbolism. It will also hold particular
appeal to those interested in the collecting and trading of
contested and highly emotive artefacts. It considers aesthetics,
authenticity, commodification, gift exchange, life histories of
people and objects, materiality and value theory.
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Women and Terrorism (Hardcover)
Luisella De Cataldo Neuburger, Tiziana Valentini, Trans Leo Michael Hughes
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R2,776
Discovery Miles 27 760
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Women and Terrorism analyses a new phenomenon of international
concern: the participation of women in subversive terrorist
movements. The book deals with four main issues: 1) women's
participation in violent terrorist movements to discover the key to
the psychological and sociological interpretation of their
involvement in a life experience they are not traditionally
associated with; 2) the different responses to 'penitentism'
between men and women; 3) the psychological and social
interpretation of women's support of armed struggle and an inquiry
- through the personal experience of the women terrorists
interviewed - into the reasons for women's greater resistance to
repentance; 4) the use of the leads this inquiry has furnished for
prognostic purposes and to predict and create conditions that
facilitate repentance.
This book presents new ways of understanding heritage and heritage
work. It develops and addresses the ways in which physical
processes of creation, maintenance and decay are entangled with
cultural and political processes of management, access, and care.
The book analyses a critical practice of heritage work that is
oriented to recognising and collaborating with diverse knowledge
holders and their practices of caring for heritage. This requires
rethinking accepted heritage concepts, such as heritage management,
artefact, site, and the definition of heritage itself. The book
presents an engaging and applied approach to this task through
examples that include Majapahit statues and temples in Indonesia,
skating in London, an online heritage movement, building bivouacs
in Australia, First Nations advocacy for Country, and batik
collections in the Netherlands. Offering a new model for
collaborative heritage research and analysis, this book will be of
interest to researchers, students and practitioners. . Drawing from
developments from the posthumanities, cultural geography, and
critical heritage studies, it presents a collaborative mode of
scholarship and writing that considers how people care for and use
the things they are left by history.
This biography examines the long life of the traveller and author
Stephen Graham. Graham walked across large parts of the Tsarist
Empire in the years before 1917, describing his adventures in a
series of books and articles that helped to shape attitudes towards
Russia in Britain and the United States. In later years he
travelled widely across Europe and North America, meeting some of
the best known writers of the twentieth century, including
H.G.Wells and Ernest Hemingway. Graham also wrote numerous novels
and biographies that won him a wide readership on both sides of the
Atlantic. This book traces Graham's career as a world traveller,
and provides a rich portrait of English, Russian and American
literary life in the first half of the twentieth century. It also
examines how many aspects of his life and writing coincide with
contemporary concerns, including the development of New Age
spirituality and the rise of environmental awareness. Beyond Holy
Russia is based on extensive research in archives of private papers
in Britain and the USA and on the many works of Graham himself. The
author describes with admirable tact and clarity Graham's heterodox
and convoluted spiritual quest. The result is a fascinating
portrait of a man who was for many years a significant literary
figure on both sides of the Atlantic.
Out of the numerous books and articles on the Third Reich, few
address its material culture, and fewer still discuss the
phenomenon of Nazi memorabilia. This is all the more surprising
given that Nazi symbols, so central to sustaining Hitler's
movement, continue to live long after the collapse of his 12-year
Reich. Neither did Nazi ideology die; far-right populists would
like to see the swastika flown over the White House or Buckingham
Palace. Against a backdrop of right-wing extremism, military
re-enactors think nothing of dressing up in Waffen-SS uniforms and
romanticising the Third Reich in the name of living history.
Auctioneers are prepared to hammer down Nazi artefacts to the
highest bidder, but who is buying them, and why do they do so?
Should collectors be allowed to decorate their homes with Nazi
flags? The Anarchy of Nazi Memorabilia begins by examining the
creation and context of Nazi artefacts and symbols during the
volatile Weimar Republic to their wider distribution during the
Third Reich. There were few people in Nazi Germany who did not wear
a badge or uniform of some sort. Whether it be mothers, soldiers or
concentration camp inmates, they were all branded. The chapter on
the Second World War demonstrates that although German soldiers
were cynical about being given medals in exchange for freezing in
Russia. They still continued to fight, for which more decorations
were awarded. A large proportion of this book is therefore given to
the meaning that Nazi symbols had before Nazi Germany was
eventually defeated in May 1945. Equally important, however, and
one of the characteristics of this book, is the analysis of the
meaning and value of Nazi material culture over time. The
interpreters of Nazi symbols that this book focuses on are
internationally based private collectors and traders. Sustained
attention is given in a chapter outlining the development of the
collectors' market for Nazi memorabilia from 1945 onwards. No
matter how much collectors go out of their way to paint the hobby
in a positive light, their activities do not fully escape the
troubled past of the material that they desire. So contested are
Nazi symbols that another chapter is devoted to the ethics and
morals of destroying or preserving them. The issues surrounding
private versus public custody and ownership of Nazi artefacts are
also discussed. So far, in this book, the examination of Nazi
artefacts has been restricted to physical objects within societies
that are generally aware of the consequences of Hitlerism. As we
increasingly move into the digital age, however, and there are few
survivors of the Second World War left to relay their horrific
experiences, the final chapter contemplates the future of Nazi
symbols both digitally and physically, fake or real. This book will
appeal to all those interested in the Third Reich, Nazi ideology,
Neo-Nazism, perceptions of the Nazis post-1945, modern European
history and political symbolism. It will also hold particular
appeal to those interested in the collecting and trading of
contested and highly emotive artefacts. It considers aesthetics,
authenticity, commodification, gift exchange, life histories of
people and objects, materiality and value theory.
Originally published in 1980, this book gives a concrete
description of the development of Scottish companies and Scottish
capital through the 20th Century, based on empirical study. The
study begins with the major companies of 1904-5 and examines their
history and subsequent development. The top companies in a number
of periods are also examined and the study concludes with an
investigation of the major companies of 1973-4 and their response
to the (then) recent oil developments. The book uses both detailed
company histories and broad historical interpretations as sources
drawing the data together into chronologically ordered sections.
Its focus is on the companies and people which make up the system
of Scottish capital, seen as a relatively distinct system with its
own characteristics and its own pattern of development within the
British system.
Originally published in 1980, this book gives a concrete
description of the development of Scottish companies and Scottish
capital through the 20th Century, based on empirical study. The
study begins with the major companies of 1904-5 and examines their
history and subsequent development. The top companies in a number
of periods are also examined and the study concludes with an
investigation of the major companies of 1973-4 and their response
to the (then) recent oil developments. The book uses both detailed
company histories and broad historical interpretations as sources
drawing the data together into chronologically ordered sections.
Its focus is on the companies and people which make up the system
of Scottish capital, seen as a relatively distinct system with its
own characteristics and its own pattern of development within the
British system.
"Women and Terrorism" analyses a new phenomenon of international
concern: the participation of women in subversive terrorist
movements. The book deals with four main issues: 1) women's
participation in violent terrorist movements to discover the key to
the psychological and sociological interpretation of their
involvement in a life experience they are not traditionally
associated with; 2) the different responses to 'penitentism'
between men and women; 3) the psychological and social
interpretation of women's support of armed struggle and an inquiry
- through the personal experience of the women terrorists
interviewed - into the reasons for women's greater resistance to
repentance; 4) the use of the leads this inquiry has furnished for
prognostic purposes and to predict and create conditions that
facilitate repentance.
Experienced editors bring widespread knowledge of foundations of
teacher preparation from global contexts. Volume invites teachers
to reflect on their work rather than simply be technicians of their
work. Connects teachers' often abstract motivations to the
realities of the profession.
Experienced editors bring widespread knowledge of foundations of
teacher preparation from global contexts. Volume invites teachers
to reflect on their work rather than simply be technicians of their
work. Connects teachers' often abstract motivations to the
realities of the profession.
Sustainable tourism is a widely used term that has accumulated
considerable attention from researchers and policy makers over the
past two decades. However, there is still an apparently wide gap
between theory and practice in the area. Recent scholarly research
has tended to focus on niche areas of alternative tourism rather
than address the broader issues and vagaries and paradoxes that
appear to plague the broader notion of sustainable tourism. As
such, there is a need for a new and pragmatic analysis of
sustainable tourism as an overarching idea and how this manifests
in practice. The Practice of Sustainable Tourism fulfils this need
by offering a fresh perspective on sustainable tourism as an
umbrella concept with inherent tensions. It presents a way of
thinking about tourism based on the notion of finding common ground
using the dialectic tradition of philosophy. Dialectics focusses on
resolving opposing viewpoints by recognising they have common
elements that can be combined into a rational and practical
solution over time. As part of this approach, the book examines the
strongly apparent tensions within alternative tourism as well as
the paradox of continuing growth and other mass tourism related
issues. It is divided into three parts, Part I includes chapters
discussing the general concept of sustainable tourism, its history,
current status and possible futures; Part II includes a range of
destination case studies exploring how sustainable tourism has been
applied and Part III includes perspectives from the tourism
operator view. Given the international content and challenging
themes, the book will be appealing internationally to students,
researchers and academics in the fields of tourism, geography,
sustainability and social science.
This title was first published in 2000. This collection of works
explores the sources of conflict and change which affect
professional occupations, the responses of these occupations to
such forces and the possible or likely outcomes of these actions
and reactions for the character of British management.
This title was first published in 2000. This collection of works
explores the sources of conflict and change which affect
professional occupations, the responses of these occupations to
such forces and the possible or likely outcomes of these actions
and reactions for the character of British management.
The nature of international diplomacy and Britain's world role
changed immeasurably after the end of the First World War, and this
book shows how the various men who headed the Foreign Office during
the interwar years sought to operate in the shifting political and
bureaucratic environments that confronted them. British Foreign
Secretaries in an Uncertain World examines the careers of each of
the interwar Foreign Secretaries, including Lord Curzon, Ramsay
MacDonald and Anthony Eden. Using an extensive range of primary
sources both published and unpublished, official and private,
Michael Hughes provides a detailed assessment of how these men
approached their role and how influential they were in
international diplomacy. The book also looks at the Foreign
Secretaries' successes or failures within the British political
system, analysing how influential the Foreign Office was under each
Secretary in determining British foreign policy. A fascinating book
with a unique focus, British Foreign Secretaries in an Uncertain
World takes a rigorous look at a key topic in British history.
Randall Davidson was Archbishop of Canterbury for quarter of a
century. Davidson was a product of the Victorian ecclesiastical and
social establishment, whose advance through the Church was
dependent on the patronage of Queen Victoria, but he became
Archbishop at a time of huge social and political change. He guided
the Church of England through the turbulence of the Edwardian
period, when it faced considerable challenges to its status as the
established Church, as well as helping shape its response to the
horrors of the First World War. Davidson inherited a Church of
England that was sharply divided on a range of issues, and he
devoted his career as Archbishop to securing its unity, whilst
ensuring that its voice continued to be heard both nationally and
internationally. A modest and pragmatic man, he was widely
respected both within the Church of England and beyond, helping to
find solutions to a range of political and ecclesiastical problems.
This book explores Davidson's role within the Church and in the
life of Britain more broadly during his time at Canterbury. It
includes a large selection of documents that help to reveal the
Archbishop's character and cast light on the way in which he
carried out his varied and demanding duties.
The world's coastlines represent a myriad of dynamic and constantly
changing environments. Heavily settled and intensely used areas,
they are of enormous importance to humans and understanding how
they are shaped and change is crucial to our future.Introduction to
Coastal Processes and Geomorphologybegins by discussing coastal
systems and shows how these systems link to the processes examined
in detail throughout the book. These include the morphodynamic
paradigm, tides, waves and sediment transport. Later chapters
explore fluvial deltas, estuaries, beaches and barriers, coastal
sand dunes and geologically-influenced coasts such as cliffs, coral
reefs and atolls. A new chapter addresses the forward-facing aspect
of coastal morphodynamics, including the ways in which coasts
respond to rapid climate changes such as present day global
warming. Also new to this second edition is a chapter on future
coasts which considers the wider effects of coastal change on other
important aspects of coastal systems, including ecology,
management, socio-cultural activities, built and natural heritage,
and archaeology. Case studies using examples from around the world
illustrate theory in practice and bring the subject to life. Each
chapter starts by outlining the 'aims' and questions at the end
allow you to track your progress.
Increasing concerns over climate and environmental change, the
global economic and financial crisis and impacts on host
communities, audiences, participants and destinations has
reinforced the need for more sustainable approaches to events.
Sustainability now features as part of the bid process for many
mega-events, such as the Olympic Games, as well as significant
regional and local events, where the event organisers are required
by funding bodies and governments to generate broader outcomes for
the locality. This book is the first to offer students a
comprehensive introduction to the full range of issues and topics
relevant to event sustainability including impacts, operating and
policy environments, stimulating urban regeneration and creating
lasting legacies, as well as practical knowledge on how to achieve
a sustainable event. Taking a holistic approach drawing on
multidisciplinary theory it offers insight into the economic,
socio-cultural and environmental impacts and how these can be
adapted or mitigated. Theory and practice are linked through
integrated case studies based on a wide range of event types from
mega events to community festivals to show impacts, best practice
and how better sustainable practice can be achieved in the future.
Learning objectives, discussion questions and further reading
suggestions are included to aid understanding and further
knowledge; additional resources for lecturers and students
including power point slides, video and web links are available
online. Events and Sustainability is essential reading for all
events management students and future managers.
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