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Although this is a technical publication, it is written for
students and professionals who choose to operate at the 'sharp end'
and want to understand and enjoy pigs and enhance pig comfort with
the help of applied science. The book aims to identify best advice,
best practice and best products for the specialized pig
environment. It nurtures an attitude of continuous improvement that
will not only better the lot of pigs and pig people but also
increase the likelihood of improved consumer satisfaction and
sustained profitability.
Interesting accounts, tales, situations, and scenarios told through
true short stories, each followed up with a train of thought: each
particular train of thought being a philosophical viewpoint on the
specific life lesson learned.
The British Media Industries offers an accessible introduction to
how the media in Britain operates and the impact that recent
political, economic and technological developments have had on the
nature of media industries today. Split into two sections, this
book starts by exploring approaches to understanding contemporary
media industries through political, economic and technological
terms. The second section delves further into issues and practices
relating to individual media industries including newspapers,
magazines, film, television, music, videogames and social media.
The book adopts a political economy approach and is designed to
engage students in an accessible way with key issues around the
ownership and control of different sectors of the British media; UK
and EU government regulation of the media, including content
regulation and market/economic regulation; and the corporate
strategies employed by leading media players, such as the BBC, News
Corporation, Google and Apple. Topics are contextualised within an
increasingly international media marketplace and students will be
familiarised with concepts such as globalisation and media
imperialization. End-of-chapter exercises and case studies help
readers solidify their understanding of key concepts as they work
through the text. This is an essential textbook for undergraduate
students approaching British media industries for the first time
and will also be relevant to students undertaking introductory
courses in Media Management and Media Economics.
THIS SIMPLE BOOK IS A MEANS TO A SERENE STATE OF MIND; IT IS ABOUT
A WAY OF THINKING AND CONTROLLING YOUR FEELINGS, A WAY OF SEEING
THINGS AND DEALING WITH OTHERS, BELIEVING IN YOURSELF AND AN
ULTIMATE UNDERSTANDING ON THE FRAGILITY OF LIFE.
Wag, an enterprising dog, is unique. He can talk. The family pet
strives to keep his secret in a series of adventures with young
twins Lucy and Tom during the summer in World War Two. It's Wag who
discovers a German airman dangling by his parachute from a tree
after his plane is shot down. And he helps recapture the flier
following his escape. He and the twins make friends with two
teenage French refugees - and later make a startling discovery. Wag
comes face-to-face with Winston Churchill, Britain's wartime
leader. Tense nights in the family air raid shelter. The drama of
an unexploded bomb. Moments of comedy such as when Wag chases a cat
into a prison during an outing. The year 1943 ends on a proud note
when Wag is presented with a medal by the King in Buckingham
Palace...for exposing a Nazi spy.
There are poems about animal observations and nature. There are
poems about classical music composers. There are poems about
goblins, vikings, and trolls. There are many, many other
miscellaneous poems. Some grim, some humorous. Much Burtonesque
drawings throughout.
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Trees - From Root to Leaf (Hardcover)
Paul Smith; Foreword by Robert Macfarlane; Text written by Yvette Harvey-Brown
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A landmark publication that captures the beautiful richness of
every aspect of trees and their importance for science, culture and
the future of humankind. Trees feed us, shelter us, inspire us and
heal us. In a world facing the destruction of the Amazon rainforest
and a pressing climate emergency, the importance of these primeval
beings in shaping our future is hard to understate. Generously
illustrated and organized according to tree lifecycle - from seeds,
leaves and form to wood, flowers and fruit - this book celebrates
the great diversity and beauty of the 60,000 tree species that
inhabit our planet. Exquisite details are rendered by surprising
photography and infographics: intricate bark and leaf patterns,
intertwined ecosystems, colourful flower displays, archaic wooden
wheels and timber houses. Integral to science, art and culture,
fundamental and fragile, dependent and depended on, the vitality of
trees is revealed like never before.
Each chapter can be read independently, so useful to a variety of
courses. It presupposes no prior knowledge, so useful for
introductory, as well as more advanced, courses. It enables
students to progress from practical issues to moral theories. It
introduces debates over controversial and topical moral and
political issues - drug laws, punishment, civil disobedience, and
global poverty. It presents clear and concise examination of key
concepts in moral and political theory - liberty, liberty-limiting
principles (harm, offence, paternalism, and harmless wrongdoing),
rights, equality and social justice.This title provides a clear and
concise introduction to moral and political philosophy which
critically analyzes arguments about controversial and topical
practical issues - drug laws, justifications of punishment, civil
disobedience, whether there is a duty to obey the law, and global
poverty.
Future Christ is one of the first English translations of the work
of Francois Laruelle, one of the most exciting voices in
contemporary French philosophy and the creator of the practice of
'non-philosophy'. In this work Laruelle draws on material from the
traditions of Christianity, Judaism and Gnosticism, but he does so
by suspending their authority. This adventure in non-philosophy
does not claim to think for religion, but from it as material and
with disinterest towards its self-given status as ultimate
authority. This provocative, yet remarkably accessible book
introduces philosophy to the lessons of heresy and makes use of
them in a non-philosophical "dualysis" of messianism and
apocalypticism. Laruelle investigates the "heretic question",
analogous to but historically distinguished from the "Jewish
question", to develop a "non-Christian science" that struggles
against and for our World. Future Christ thus opens up novel ways
of thinking within existing religious and philosophical thought and
marks an incisive and wide-ranging non-philosophical engagement
with key contemporary debates in philosophy and theology.
In a period that began with Britain controlling a world-wide empire
and included two world wars, followed by the Cold War and massive
expenditure on nuclear armaments, the relationship between the
politicians and the generals has been central to British history.
While it is correctly assumed that the Armed Forces have never
threatened British political stability in modern times, the
relationship between the military and their political masters is a
major, if under-emphasised, theme of British history. While in
theory the politicians decided strategy and the military
implemented it, in practice decisions often depended on the
personalities and experience of those involved. Asquith, the
epitome of the civilian, left major strategic decisions in the
hands of the military; while Churchill, an ex-soldier and ex-First
Lord of the Admiralty, rode roughshod over professional military
advice. In a period when arms before ever more technologically
sophisticated, there was also the problem of how far politicians
could decide on strategies proposed by the military other than by
the crude yardstick of cost. The essays in Government and the Armed
Forces in Britain, 1856--1990 provide a coherent account not only
of the major decision-making of warfare but also of the changes in
the organisation and control of the Armed Forces.
This is a book filled with epitaphs, verses, and poems; some are
written in verse, some are written with poetic effect, some
philosophical, some passionate, some beautiful, and some dark.
"EPITAPHS: Verses and Poems" is my third book; I hope you enjoy.
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