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Hello, Mister Blue (Hardcover)
Daria Peoples; Illustrated by Daria Peoples
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In light of the recent Equality Court judgement on hate speech, the
importance of hearing women's voices in a society increasingly
dominated by male voices shouldn't be downplayed. The timely
release of this, the fifth highly successful annual POWA Breaking
the Silence collection, goes some way in describing the experiences
of women whose lives have defied prescribed boundaries; lives that
deliberately, or as a consequence of survival, transgress society's
defined norms. Women who defy such norms are often subjected to
discrimination, violence and exclusion. Sometimes, as in the case
of activists and artists, and just about any woman who resists the
prescribed mould of what it means to be a woman, the defiance is
intentional. Other times, however, the defiance is a by-product of
the often difficult task of survival, or even the quest to be true
to oneself. Despite the many judgements, prejudices and multiple
violations they face, women continue to work, live and strive to
love according to their own design.
This textbook introduces students to the sub-field of critical
security studies through a detailed yet accessible survey of
emerging theories and practices. This third edition contains two
new chapters - on 'Ontological security' and '(In)Security and the
everyday' - and has been fully revised and updated. Written in an
accessible and clear manner, Critical Security Studies: offers a
comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to critical security
studies locates critical security studies within the broader
context of social and political theory evaluates fundamental
theoretical positions in critical security studies against a
backdrop of new security challenges. The book is divided into two
main parts. Part I, 'Approaches', surveys the newly extended and
contested theoretical terrain of critical security studies:
constructivist theories, Critical Theory, feminist and gender
approaches, postcolonial perspectives, poststructuralism and
International Political Sociology, Ontological security, and
securitisation theory. Part II, 'Issues', examines how these
various theoretical approaches have been put to work in critical
considerations of environmental and planetary security; health,
human security and development; information, technology and
warfare; migration and border security; (in)security and the
everyday; and terror, risk and resilience. The historical and
geographical scope of the book is deliberately broad and each of
the chapters in Part II concretely illustrates one or more of the
approaches discussed in Part I, with clear internal referencing
allowing the text to act as a holistic learning tool for students.
This book is essential reading for upper level students of critical
security studies, and an important resource for students of
international/global security, political theory and international
relations.
Frantic (1988)
American doctor Richard Walker checks into a Paris hotel with his wife Sondra to attend a conference and celebrate their wedding anniversary. However, shortly after arriving at the hotel Sondra disappears and soon Richard is plunged into a nightmare kidnap scenario, roaming the streets of Paris trying to find a lead in the search for his missing wife. His only clue comes in the form of drugged-up young punk Michelle.
Presumed Innocent (1990)
Based on the bestseller by Scot Turow, Rusty Sabich is an attorney who finds himself charged with murder. The victim was a colleague of his with whom he had a brief but intense affair and Rusty finds himself in need of a defence lawyer.
The Fugitive (1993)
Based on the 1960s American television series, eminent Chicago surgeon Dr Richard Kimble, married to wealthy heiress Helen, arrives home one night to find his wife murdered and a one-armed man in his house. Due to incriminating evidence and prime motivation, Kimble is wrongly convicted for murder. However, on his way to death row he is involved in a spectacular train crash that precipitates his escape. Kimble then strives to prove his innocence whilst staying one step ahead of the dogged US Marshal Sam Gerard.
Firewall (2006)
Jack Stanfield is an average family man in Seattle who heads up the hi-tech security team at his local bank. But following a seemingly trivial case of identity theft, Jack's life is turned upside down when his wife and two children are kidnapped. The ransom is $100 million which the kidnappers, led by Bill Cox, want Jack to obtain for them via his expert computer skills. Initially compliant, Jack is soon irked by Cox and his cronies to the point where he decides to risk everything to get his family back and bring the bad guys to justice.
42 (2013)
A biographical drama about African-American baseball player Jackie Robinson, here portrayed by the late Chadwick Boseman. In 1945, having been spotted by a scout, Robinson is signed by Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey and becomes the first black man to play in the Major League. Despite his talent, Robinson is met with opposition, even from his fellow players, because of his race. As he tries to keep his own frustrations in check, he excels in his sport and gradually receives the recognition he deserves.
This textbook introduces students to the sub-field of critical
security studies through a detailed yet accessible survey of
emerging theories and practices. This third edition contains two
new chapters - on 'Ontological security' and '(In)Security and the
everyday' - and has been fully revised and updated. Written in an
accessible and clear manner, Critical Security Studies: offers a
comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to critical security
studies locates critical security studies within the broader
context of social and political theory evaluates fundamental
theoretical positions in critical security studies against a
backdrop of new security challenges. The book is divided into two
main parts. Part I, 'Approaches', surveys the newly extended and
contested theoretical terrain of critical security studies:
constructivist theories, Critical Theory, feminist and gender
approaches, postcolonial perspectives, poststructuralism and
International Political Sociology, Ontological security, and
securitisation theory. Part II, 'Issues', examines how these
various theoretical approaches have been put to work in critical
considerations of environmental and planetary security; health,
human security and development; information, technology and
warfare; migration and border security; (in)security and the
everyday; and terror, risk and resilience. The historical and
geographical scope of the book is deliberately broad and each of
the chapters in Part II concretely illustrates one or more of the
approaches discussed in Part I, with clear internal referencing
allowing the text to act as a holistic learning tool for students.
This book is essential reading for upper level students of critical
security studies, and an important resource for students of
international/global security, political theory and international
relations.
This book is a case study of economic change on a small Pacific
island. The island, called Kosrae by the inhabitants, lies in the
eastern Caroline Islands, which are part of the geographic and
culture area known popularly as Micronesia. The author’s major
aim is to show how economic change in one of the island's four
villages is affected by the recent policies of the United States
government, which has administered the widely scattered islands of
Micronesia since 1947.
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This Is It (Hardcover)
Daria Peoples-Riley; Illustrated by Daria Peoples-Riley
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Using the Socratic Method in Counseling shows counselors how to use
the Socratic method to help clients solve life problems using
knowledge they may not realize they have. Coauthored by two experts
from the fields of philosophy and counseling, the book presents
theory and techniques that give counselors a client-centered and
contextually bound method for better addressing issues of
ethnicities, genders, cultures. Readers will find that Using the
Socratic Method in Counseling is a thorough and useful text on a
new theoretical orientation grounded in ancient philosophy.
Give your brain an intensive workout with this suberb collection of
crossword puzzles. This widely varied selection contains all sorts
of puzzles for every day of the week! There are classic crosswords,
anagrids, skeleton crosswords, cryptic and more
From timid shrews to commonly seen rabbits, red deer to minke
whales, and including the many species of bats, there are over 60
resident wild mammals in the UK or around its coasts. The aim of
this book is to provide a brief account of these and also of some
that are no longer here. They represent a diverse and sometimes
surprising group.The essential illustrated guide for children and
adults alike.
With the growth of just-in-time delivery and e-commerce, fast and
efficient cargo delivery remains in high demand around the globe.
Not so long ago, the air cargo mode was employed mostly to move
higher valued goods. Open international trade, combined with
scale/scope economies in air transport and the use of modern
commercial jets means that now some formerly "bulky" commodities
are moved by air, a modal choice that would have been unthinkable a
generation ago. However, as it grows the industry is not without
its controversies or detractors. Employing various empirical
techniques and modeling perspectives, the authors highlight the
methods by which air cargo companies today provide effective and
increasingly affordable services and how such services enhance
economic growth, trade and development. The chapters cover three
broad operational areas: costs and competitiveness, shipper
services and air cargo company demand, and international
competition and economic development. This volume provides the
researcher with an updated "snapshot" of this international
industry and provides governments with strong evidence that the
development of an internationally competitive air cargo sector will
likely continue to generate significant economic benefits across
the globe.
Many small-scale economies depend on or are affected significantly
by subsidies granted by foreign powers. An especially interesting
example of this form of financial dependence is Micronesia, a
Pacific archipelago that has been a trust territory of the United
States since 1947. During the 197Os, appropriations from the U.S.
government to Micronesia amounted to more than $1000 per capita.
The appropriations provided social services and capital improvement
projects, along with employment opportunities for many local
people. This book describes the impact of externally funded, public
sector employment on the economy of Micronesia in general and of
one island (Kosrae) in particular. Dr. Peoples shows how government
employment affects the agricultural sector, consumption patterns,
investment decisions by private businesses, allocation of labor,
and the economies of individual households. He also shows how the
island's indigenous economic organization and cultural practices
interact with U.S. policy to influence the pattern of economic
change. Comparisons with other dependent areas examine the
relevance of the Micronesian case to development studies in
general.
This book concentrates on a wide range of advances related to IT
cybersecurity management. The topics covered in this book include,
among others, management techniques in security, IT risk
management, the impact of technologies and techniques on security
management, regulatory techniques and issues, surveillance
technologies, security policies, security for protocol management,
location management, GOS management, resource management, channel
management, and mobility management. The authors also discuss
digital contents copyright protection, system security management,
network security management, security management in network
equipment, storage area networks (SAN) management, information
security management, government security policy, web penetration
testing, security operations, and vulnerabilities management. The
authors introduce the concepts, techniques, methods, approaches and
trends needed by cybersecurity management specialists and educators
for keeping current their cybersecurity management knowledge.
Further, they provide a glimpse of future directions where
cybersecurity management techniques, policies, applications, and
theories are headed. The book is a rich collection of carefully
selected and reviewed manuscripts written by diverse cybersecurity
management experts in the listed fields and edited by prominent
cybersecurity management researchers and specialists.
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Imagine John Yoko (Hardcover)
John Lennon, Yoko Ono, With contributions from the people who were there
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Personally compiled and curated by Yoko Ono, Imagine John Yoko is
the definitive inside story - told in revelatory detail - of the
making of the legendary album and all that surrounded it: the
locations, the creative team, the artworks and the films, in the
words of John & Yoko and the people who were there. Features
80% exclusive, hitherto-unpublished archive photos and footage
sequences of all the key players in situ, together with lyric
sheets, Yoko's art installations, and exclusive new insights and
personal testimonies from Yoko and over forty of the musicians,
engineers, staff, celebrities, artists and photographers who were
there - including Julian Lennon, Klaus Voormann, Alan White, Jim
Keltner, David Bailey, Dick Cavett and Sir Michael Parkinson. 'A
lot has been written about the creation of the song, the album and
the film of Imagine, mainly by people who weren't there, so I'm
very pleased and grateful that now, for the first time, so many of
the participants have kindly given their time to "gimme some truth"
in their own words and pictures' Yoko Ono Lennon, 2018 In 1971,
John Lennon & Yoko Ono conceived and recorded the critically
acclaimed album Imagine at their Georgian country home, Tittenhurst
Park, in Berkshire, England, in the state-of-the-art studio they
built in the grounds, and at the Record Plant in New York. The
lyrics of the title track were inspired by Yoko Ono's 'event
scores' in her 1964 book Grapefruit, and she was officially
co-credited as writer in June 2017. Imagine John Yoko tells the
story of John & Yoko's life, work and relationship during this
intensely creative period. It transports readers to home and
working environments showcasing Yoko's closely guarded archive of
photos and artefacts, using artfully compiled narrative film
stills, and featuring digitally rendered maps, floorplans and
panoramas that recreate the interiors in evocative detail. John
& Yoko introduce each chapter and song; Yoko also provides
invaluable additional commentary and a preface. All the minutiae is
examined: the locations, the key players, the music and lyrics, the
production techniques and the artworks - including the creative
process behind the double exposure polaroids used on the album
cover. With a message as universal and pertinent today as it was
when the album was created, this landmark publication is a fitting
tribute to John & Yoko and their place in cultural history.
Airports serve an essential role in domestic and international
travel, facilitating the origination, termination, and connections
of air flights. Airport services enhance regional, national, and
global connections, increasing the mobility of people worldwide and
enhancing local and regional economies. Although there is a large
amount of literature that examines airline costs and productivity,
consumer welfare from air travel, and the influence of economic
regulation of airline services, there is much less literature that
examines airports. This is important, as airport operations play a
critical role in influencing airline travel. This volume examines
the role that airports play in economic development and land
values, the regulation and economic efficiency of airports, airport
pricing and competition, and the role played by airports in
influencing airline operations and networks.
An efficient air transport system is critical to countries
attaining and sustaining healthy economies in an increasingly
interconnected world economy. Competing successfully now means
quick shipping over long distances at reasonable rates. Societies
also prosper when people from different countries can travel around
the world using efficient transport. This volume includes
literature surveys and original empirical research examining
airline efficiency in the twenty first century. Topics cover
airline productivity, sources of airline efficiency, the cost and
scope of operations in airline transport; airline productivity for
different global regions; methodologies estimating productivity
growth and efficiency. Further chapters on sources of airline
efficiency examine fuel efficiency differences, efficiency in
different stages of production, and the contributions of
technological change, mergers, and low-cost carrier competition to
efficiency. Chapters on the cost and scope of operations examine
all-cargo carrier efficiency, gains from airline/high speed-rail
cooperation, and airport economies of scope in passenger and
freight operations.
Liberalization of regulatory policy on international air
transportation through the use of bilateral and multilateral open
skies agreements contributes to a business environment that
presents air carriers with the opportunity to take advantage of
greater access to aviation markets world-wide. Chapters in this
volume of Advances in Airline Economics provide in-depth analysis
of open skies agreements. In addition, contributions present
empirical analysis of the effect of greater availability of
international air transportation services on air fares, export
flows, operating efficiency, and passenger demand for international
flights. The influence of international airports on local
metropolitan areas' economic development is also examined.
Regulation of international air transportation, however, is not
limited to the erosion of entry barriers. Companies providing
international air transportation services also face restrictions on
pollution emissions. This volume provides a more complete analysis
of the economics of international air transportation by presenting
research on the costs borne by air transportation companies due to
pollution regulation in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
This open access book captures and elaborates on the skill of
storytelling as one of the distinct leadership features of Xi
Jinping, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and
the President of the People's Republic of China. It gathers the
stories included in Xi's speeches on various occasions, where they
conveyed the essence of China's history and culture, its reform and
development, and the principles of China's participating in global
governance and cooperating with other countries to build a
community of common destiny. The respective stories not only convey
abstract and profound concepts of governance in comparatively
straightforward language, but also create an immediate emotional
connection between the narrator and the listener. In addition to
the original stories, extensive additional materials are provided
to convey the original context in which each was told, including
when and to whom Xi told it, helping readers attain a deeper,
intuitive understanding of their relevance.
Stepped-up competition in the airline industry over the past 40
years profoundly changed how carriers set fares. Chapters in this
volume contribute to our understanding of fare determination in
this industry by examining carrier pricing behavior, such as
non-linear pricing, pricing decisions associated with strategic
alliances, competition from low cost carriers, and the challenges
faced by carriers experiencing financial distress. These
contributions present nuanced analyses of fare determination that
include new ways of examining whether the prices charged by
carriers are consumer welfare-enhancing. Examination of airline
carrier pricing only tells part of the story of firm behavior, as
analysis of carriers' ability to provide quality services is also
significant in understanding the economics of this industry. This
volume includes chapters examining non-price characteristics of
business operations, such as frequency of service, passenger
safety, availability of aircraft types for different transportation
services, and the geographic distribution of air
transportation-related noise by aircraft departures and arrivals at
airports.
Using engaging stories and clear writing, HUMANITY: AN INTRODUCTION
TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Eleventh Edition, introduces cultural
anthropology within a solid framework centered on globalization and
culture change. Peoples and Bailey focus on the social and cultural
consequences of globalization, emphasizing culture change and world
problems. The book's engaging narrative provides new ways of
looking at many of the challenges facing the world in this century.
As you explore contemporary issues including recent debates on gay
marriage, cultural and economic globalization, population growth,
hunger, and the survival of indigenous cultures, you will gain a
better understanding of the cultural information you need to
successfully navigate in today's global economy. The authors
emphasize the diversity of humanity and reveal why an appreciation
and tolerance of cultural differences is critical in the modern
world.
Regulatory reform represents a major shift in the government's role
toward price determination in the transportation and
telecommunication industries. The resulting policy emphasizes
dependence on market forces to set prices and to encourage
efficient production techniques. While extensive research
investigates the influence of deregulation on prices, profits and
productivity, the effect on labor markets has not received the same
scrutiny. Firms in these industries are of major importance to
business operations in other industries because they provide the
critical services of transporting goods and transmitting
information. This may partly explain such extensive research on the
product market aspects of regulatory reform. Examining labor
markets in the transportation and telecommunications industries is
also highly warranted, as historically these industries represented
some of the most heavily unionized sectors in the economy. The
extent to which regulatory reform has encouraged product market
competition may not necessarily result in the same degree of
competition across industries. Regulatory Reform and Labor Markets
debates the notion that research on regulatory reform and labor
markets should develop within the framework of the competitive
model. This is achieved by presenting diverging views on wage and
employment determination in distinctly different deregulated
industries.
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