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America's foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct Others? Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid? Drawing on her Norton Lectures, Toni Morrison takes up these and other vital questions bearing on identity in The Origin Of Others.
In her search for answers, the novelist considers her own memories as well as history, politics, and especially literature. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, and Camara Laye are among the authors she examines. Readers of Morrison's fiction will welcome her discussions of some of her most celebrated books: Beloved, Paradise, and A Mercy. Morrison also writes about nineteenth-century literary efforts to romance slavery, contrasting them with the scientific racism of Samuel Cartwright and the banal diaries of the plantation overseer and slaveholder Thomas Thistlewood. She looks at configurations of blackness, notions of racial purity, and the ways in which literature employs skin colour to reveal character or drive narrative.
Expanding the scope of her concern, she also addresses globalization and the mass movement of peoples in this century. National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates provides a foreword to Morrison's most personal work of nonfiction to date.
It should come as no surprise that Van Morrison has made an album inspired by skiffle. Van Morrison's love of skiffle dates back to his childhood. He would hang out at the famed Belfast record store Atlantic Records, where he'd hear early 20th century folk, blues and jazz from the likes of Lead Belly and Jelly Roll Morton.
'Moving On Skiffle' finds him taking a homemade style that exploded across Britain in the mid-1950s and infusing it with a level of sophistication and soulfulness that it didn't always possess the first time around. The 23-track album goes to the heart of the music Van Morrison has inhabited ever since he was six years old, hanging out in the smoky confines of Belfast's Atlantic Records.
It also contains songs that underline, in their messages on the importance of freedom and living on your own terms, his lifetime philosophy.
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Malcolm is a geek who's into old-school rap and finds himself in the middle of an adventure involving shady drug dealers, offbeat weirdos and a backpack that can make or break his chance of getting into Harvard.
'If the Waverley sank right now and I wanted to swim to the nearest
land, how far would that be?' 'About a hundred yards, sur.'
'Amazing. Which way?' 'Down!' True 'Glesca' humour and history
combined, Kerryoans up the Clyde! recounts the adventures of a
vessel full of character with a captain to match: Morrison's
Waverley and 'Big Lizzie' are each as formidable and inalienably
Scottish as the other. Morrison captures the charmingly unique
spirit of the last of the Clyde's paddle steamers as well as the
facts of its history. Full of playful tales, many a chuckle and the
quirky illustrations of Bob Dewar, you're sure to find something
that floats your boat!
Out in the vast reaches of the universe, there are an infinite
number of stories waiting to be told. From twisted tales of the
lowliest swamp denizens in backwater galaxies to rulers of entire
star systems, anything is possible in these thrilling visions.
Abandon your preconceptions, expect the unexpected and take a trip
beyond the edges of the imagination! Featuring the early work of
four of comics' biggest names, Peter Milligan (Tank Girl), John
Smith (Judge Dredd), Grant Morrison (Batman: Arkham Asylum) and
Neil Gaiman (Sandman), these vintage thrills are essential reading
for any comic connoisseur.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful
introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and
law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed
to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys
of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete
subject areas. This updated second edition of the Advanced
Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment offers an
up-to-date exploration of the current theory and practice of
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), a crucial tool for
evaluating and mitigating the impacts of development projects on
the environment. Angus Morrison-Saunders provides an overview of
the key concepts, principles, and methodologies of EIA, with a
focus on recent developments, emerging trends, and best practices
in the field. Key Features: Fresh analyses of how environment and
development intersect in EIA Exploration of the fundamental ideas
promoted by the pioneers of EIA Revised content on international
best practice EIA principles and how they apply today Reflections
on the increasing need to adopt a holistic, sustainability-oriented
approach to EIA. With accessible style, comprehensive coverage, and
a practical approach, this book is an essential resource for
students, scholars, and practitioners in environmental studies,
environmental governance, policy and regulation, urban planning,
and related fields who want to deepen their understanding of EIA.
The Blue Diesel years covered in this book started in 1964 when
British Railways steam still had another four years to go. The blue
- in a slightly lighter shade than that which became standard -
first appeared on a demonstration train of new Mk1 coaches with a
repainted Brush Type 4 loco. It was the start of around 20 years of
the blue era, regarded by many as a less interesting time in BR
history. However, what the railway may have lacked in colour it
made up for in the variety of locomotive classes, the great
majority of which are illustrated in this attractive new album from
Gavin Morrison.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful
introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and
law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed
to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys
of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete
subject areas. This updated second edition of the Advanced
Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment offers an
up-to-date exploration of the current theory and practice of
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), a crucial tool for
evaluating and mitigating the impacts of development projects on
the environment. Angus Morrison-Saunders provides an overview of
the key concepts, principles, and methodologies of EIA, with a
focus on recent developments, emerging trends, and best practices
in the field. Key Features: Fresh analyses of how environment and
development intersect in EIA Exploration of the fundamental ideas
promoted by the pioneers of EIA Revised content on international
best practice EIA principles and how they apply today Reflections
on the increasing need to adopt a holistic, sustainability-oriented
approach to EIA. With accessible style, comprehensive coverage, and
a practical approach, this book is an essential resource for
students, scholars, and practitioners in environmental studies,
environmental governance, policy and regulation, urban planning,
and related fields who want to deepen their understanding of EIA.
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The Key: Complete Series (DVD)
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Three-part British drama starring Dawn Steele and Ronni Ancona.
Following members of a Clydeside clan headed by Mary Corrigan
(Steele and later June Watson), the programme follows three
generations of the family over the course of one hundred years as
they face some of the most trying circumstances in British
political history including Bloody Friday of 1919 where workers
marched through Glasgow demanding a 40-hour working week and the
pandemonium of the miner's strike of 1984.
Exam board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Business Management First
teaching: August 2018 First exam: Summer 2019 Practice makes
permanent. Feel confident and prepared for the SQA Higher Business
Management exam with this two-in-one book, containing practice
questions for every question type and topic, plus two full practice
papers - all written by experienced examiners. > Choose to
revise by question type or topic: A simple grid enables you to pick
particular question styles or course areas that you want to focus
on, with answers provided at the back of the book > Remember
more in your exam: Repeated and extended practice will give you a
secure knowledge of the key areas of the course (understanding
business; management of marketing; management of operations;
management of people; management of finance) > Familiarise
yourself with the exam papers: Both practice papers mirror the
language and layout of the real SQA papers; complete them in timed,
exam-style conditions to increase your confidence before the exams
> Find out how to achieve a better grade: Answers to the
practice papers have commentaries for each question, with tips on
writing successful answers and avoiding common mistakes Fully up to
date with SQA's requirements The questions, mark schemes and
guidance in this practice book match the requirements of the
revised SQA Higher Business Management specification for
examination from 2019 onwards.
GOLFLAND describes each one of Scotland's golf courses. It is the
detailed, definitive guide to the country's courses. It's the first
book of its kind in more than a decade, an ambitious celebration of
Scotland's embarrassment of golfing riches. Useful and informative,
it is a practical reference work. Beautifully designed, with
stunning photography by David Cannon, it is also a highly desirable
gift. GOLFLAND is an appropriate name for a book about the courses
of Scotland, the country recognised as the birthplace of the game.
Scotland is a mecca for golf tourists worldwide, who come to play
its most celebrated courses, such as Carnoustie, Muirfield and the
historic links of St Andrews. Yet for all of Scotland's most
distinguished courses, like those which host The Open, there are
hundreds of others, some known to aficionados, some so far-flung as
to be familiar to only a few. GOLFLAND records and celebrates them
all. If you are planning a trip to Scotland or simply want to
explore the richness of the country's golfing landscape, GOLFLAND
is essential. For dreaming about some future game, or else
remembering one played long ago, it is equally invaluable. GOLFLAND
will answer almost all the questions you might have about Scottish
golf courses. GOLFLAND is also the answer to a commonly asked
question: what is the perfect gift for the golfer in my life?
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