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Pearson Edexcel A level Economics A Fifth Edition (Paperback): Peter Smith, Peter Davis, Marwan Mikdadi Pearson Edexcel A level Economics A Fifth Edition (Paperback)
Peter Smith, Peter Davis, Marwan Mikdadi
R1,942 Discovery Miles 19 420 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

- Revised synoptic links to aid thinking across A-level topics - Knowledge-check questions to test students' understanding and grow their confidence - Refreshed real-world case studies on up-to-date topics with follow-up questions to build knowledge - New practice questions to develop important assessment skills, with answers available online - New examples, statistics and information in context

Studies on Decapoda and Copepoda in Memory of Michael Turkay (Hardcover): Celio Magalhaes, Carola Becker, Peter Davie, Sven... Studies on Decapoda and Copepoda in Memory of Michael Turkay (Hardcover)
Celio Magalhaes, Carola Becker, Peter Davie, Sven Klimpel, Pedro Martinez Arbizu, …
R6,586 Discovery Miles 65 860 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume is dedicated to the memory of the eminent carcinologist Michael Turkay, of the Research Institute and Natural History Museum Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is a tribute to his outstanding international contribution to the study of decapod crustaceans. An extensive account of Michael's life and achievements is presented, along with thirty-one scientific papers by 62 of his friends and colleagues from around the world. The book's focus is almost entirely on decapod crustaceans, and covers a variety of topics, including taxonomy, systematics, zoogeography, morphology, palaeontology, genetics, general biology and ecology. Numerous new taxa are described from a number of marine and freshwater groups, including one new genus and 13 new species named in honour of Michael himself. The contents of this volume were originally published in 2017 in Crustaceana volume 90, issue 7-10.

Studies on Brachyura: a Homage to Daniele Guinot (Hardcover): Peter Ng, Peter Castro, Peter Davie, Betrand Richer de Forges Studies on Brachyura: a Homage to Daniele Guinot (Hardcover)
Peter Ng, Peter Castro, Peter Davie, Betrand Richer de Forges
R6,347 Discovery Miles 63 470 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume is in honour of DaniA]le Guinot (MusA(c)um National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France), and was born out of our admiration for DaniA]lea (TM)s immense contributions to her discipline. A total of 35 of her colleagues have contributed to this volume, submitting papers on those aspects of the Brachyura to which DaniA]le, herself, has significantly contributed a " taxonomy, evolution, morphology, palaeontology and general biology of crabs.

Jesus - His Earthly Life in Chronological Order (Hardcover): Peter Davies Jesus - His Earthly Life in Chronological Order (Hardcover)
Peter Davies
R645 Discovery Miles 6 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book places the earthly life of Jesus Christ in chronological order and is based on the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. All verses in the four gospels are accounted for either in the text or in the comparative passages in the appendix.

Edinburgh German Yearbook 11 - Love, Eros, and Desire in Contemporary German-Language Literature and Culture (Hardcover):... Edinburgh German Yearbook 11 - Love, Eros, and Desire in Contemporary German-Language Literature and Culture (Hardcover)
Helmut Schmitz, Peter Davies; Contributions by Helmut Schmitz, Esther K. Bauer, Sven Glawion, …
R2,069 Discovery Miles 20 690 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

New essays exploring the resurgence of the theme of romantic relationships and love in German literature since around the turn of the millennium. While sociologists have long agreed that the problems of modern and contemporary subjectivity crystallize in the issue of romantic relationships and love (e.g., Luhmann, Illouz, Beck, etc.), the theme of love, so crucial to the foundational text of modern German literature, Goethe's Werther, all but disappeared from German prose literature in the second half of the twentieth century. Yet over the past fifteen years German-language literature has witnessed an explosion of novels with "Liebe" in their titles as well as novels that centrally focus on intersubjective erotic and emotional relationships. A number of major contemporary writers (Treichel, Walser, Kermani, Ortheil, Maron, Zaimoglu, Genazino) have written Liebesromane or novels in which significant sociohistorical questions are refracted through the love relationships of their protagonists. German film likewise has increasingly thematized love relationships under postromantic conditions, e.g. in the films of the Berlin school. Simultaneously, the development of both feminist and LGBTQ politics over the past decades has exploded the heteronormative discourses ofdesire in a way that has both expanded and enriched the lovers' discourse, while recent developments of urban (hetero)sexuality have expanded the previously available models of expressing erotic relationships in ways that are reminiscent of the utopian ending of Goethe's first version of Stella. The present collection offers a wide-ranging set of essays on these developments. Contributors: Esther K. Bauer, Sven Glawion, Silke Horstkotte,Sarra Kassem, Maria Roca Lizarazu, Helmut Schmitz, Angelika Vybiral. Helmut Schmitz is Reader in German at the University of Warwick. Peter Davies is Professor and Head of German at the University of Edinburgh.

Adminiculum Puerile; or, a Help for School-boys. Containing I. Fundamental Exercises ... II. English Examples ... III. Some... Adminiculum Puerile; or, a Help for School-boys. Containing I. Fundamental Exercises ... II. English Examples ... III. Some Necessary Cautions ... IV. English for Latin Verses. V. Some Examples of Themes ... VI. Three Indexes (Hardcover)
Peter Davys
R762 Discovery Miles 7 620 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Across the Three Pagodas Pass - The Story of the Thai-Burma Railway (Hardcover, New edition): Peter Davies Across the Three Pagodas Pass - The Story of the Thai-Burma Railway (Hardcover, New edition)
Peter Davies
R3,080 Discovery Miles 30 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a translation of the only known detailed account of the building of the notorious 262-mile long Thai-Burma Railway by one of the Japanese professional engineers who was involved in its construction. The author, Yoshihiko Futamatsu, provides an invaluable new source of historical and technical reference that complements the existing large body of literature in English on this subject. Futamatsu's memoir also includes wide-ranging reflections on the course and conduct of 'his' war as well as his engineering and army experiences. The Thai-Burma Railway took eighteen months to build and cost the lives of some 90,000 people (mostly British, Australian, Dutch and American POWs, as well as great numbers of local labourers) out of a total of over 200,000, including some 12-15,000 Japanese who were engaged in the enterprise. The 'Three Pagodas Pass' was located at the Thai-Burma frontier. Across the Three Pagodas Pass is edited and introduced by Peter N. Davies who provides the back story to the publication of this book and the key people involved. This is followed by translator Ewart Escritt's original Introduction to his translation of Futamatsu's memoir which also includes a detailed account of his own POW experiences as well as his reflections on the war and its outcomes. Many contemporary original drawings, maps and photographs appear in the plate section.

Sir William Jardine - A Life in Natural History (Hardcover): Christine E. Jackson, Peter Davis Sir William Jardine - A Life in Natural History (Hardcover)
Christine E. Jackson, Peter Davis
R5,585 Discovery Miles 55 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This biography of Sir William Jardine (1800-1874), the foremost Scottish naturalist of the 19th century, uses original source material (manuscripts, correspondence, etc.). Despite Jardine's considerable achievements as ornithologist, ichthyologist, publisher and catalyst of Victorian science, no comprehensive biography exists. Jardine owned the finest private natural history museum and library in Britain and made natural history available to anyone who could read by issuing 40 small volumes on birds, mammals, fishes and insects.

Pearson Edexcel A-Level Economics A Theme 1 Workbook: Introduction to markets and market failure (Paperback): Peter Davis Pearson Edexcel A-Level Economics A Theme 1 Workbook: Introduction to markets and market failure (Paperback)
Peter Davis
R289 Discovery Miles 2 890 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This new edition Workbook has been fully updated for 2019 and covers Theme 1 Introduction to markets and market failure A-level Paper 1 Markets and business behaviour, and A-level Paper 3 Microeconomics and Macroeconomics will both draw on topics from Theme 1. Up-to-date and focused to help students practice their skills and improve their subject knowledge both inside and outside the classroom, this Practice Workbook: - Covers specific aspects of the course, providing targeted support for complex and challenging topics - Reinforces students' understanding, with more new practice questions and exam-style questions to develop their skills and improve their confidence - Includes more sample answers with commentary to help students meet the demands of the specification - Adapts easily and flexibly to existing textbooks and schemes of work - Provides opportunities for self-directed learning and self-testing, helping students revise on their own terms

An Archaeology of Australia Since 1788 (Hardcover, 2011 ed.): Susan Lawrence, Peter Davies An Archaeology of Australia Since 1788 (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)
Susan Lawrence, Peter Davies
R1,644 Discovery Miles 16 440 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume provides an important new synthesis of archaeological work carried out in Australia on the post-contact period. It draws on dozens of case studies from a wide geographical and temporal span to explore the daily life of Australians in settings such as convict stations, goldfields, whalers' camps, farms, pastoral estates and urban neighbourhoods. The different conditions experienced by various groups of people are described in detail, including rich and poor, convicts and their superiors, Aboriginal people, women, children, and migrant groups. The social themes of gender, class, ethnicity, status and identity inform every chapter, demonstrating that these are vital parts of human experience, and cannot be separated from archaeologies of industry, urbanization and culture contact.

The book engages with a wide range of contemporary discussions and debates within Australian history and the international discipline of historical archaeology. The colonization of Australia was part of the international expansion of European hegemony in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The material discussed here is thus fundamentally part of the global processes of colonization and the creation of settler societies, the industrial revolution, the development of mass consumer culture, and the emergence of national identities. Drawing out these themes and integrating them with the analysis of archaeological materials highlights the vital relevance of archaeology in modern society. "

Durability of Composites in a Marine Environment 2 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Peter Davies, Yapa D.S. Rajapakse Durability of Composites in a Marine Environment 2 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Peter Davies, Yapa D.S. Rajapakse
R4,318 Discovery Miles 43 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents selected papers from the 2nd Workshop on "Durability of Composites in a Marine Environment", which was held in Brest, France in August 2016. Providing an overview of the state of the art in predicting the long-term durability of composite marine structures, it addresses modelling water diffusion; damage induced by water accelerated testing, including durability in design; in-service experiences; ocean energy; and offshore applications. Ensuring long-term durability is not only necessary for safety reasons, but also determines the economic viability of future marine structures, and as such, the book is essential reading for all those involved with composites in the marine industry, from initial design and calculation through to manufacture and service exploitation. It also provides information unavailable elsewhere on the mechanisms involved in degradation and how to take account of them.

Enlivening Secondary History: 50 Classroom Activities for Teachers and Pupils (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Peter Davies, Rhys... Enlivening Secondary History: 50 Classroom Activities for Teachers and Pupils (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Peter Davies, Rhys Davies
R4,496 Discovery Miles 44 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Enlivening Secondary History is the ideal handbook for busy history teachers who want to do something different in their classrooms, but have little time to plan and organise their lessons. Featuring tried-and-tested practical ideas complete with relevant exemplars and step-by-step advice, this best-selling book is a compendium of creative activities to enhance your lessons.

For the 11-19 age range, each activity includes links to important topics including the Crusades, the Reformation, the world wars, the Russian Revolution and many more. All the ideas are explained in a clear, user-friendly style, with a breakdown of the time and resources needed for each one.

Featuring a brand new expanded section about teaching history through role play, this book also covers:

  • Visuals picturing the past
  • Numerical data adding interest
  • Concepts making them real
  • Primary texts bringing them alive.

Written by practitioners for practitioners, Enlivening Secondary History helps teachers to bring history alive in an imaginative way. It will be an indispensible guide for both experienced and student teachers.

Durability of Composites in a Marine Environment (Hardcover, 2014 ed.): Peter Davies, Yapa D.S. Rajapakse Durability of Composites in a Marine Environment (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Peter Davies, Yapa D.S. Rajapakse
R4,662 Discovery Miles 46 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Composites are widely used in marine applications. There is considerable experience of glass reinforced resins in boats and ships but these are usually not highly loaded. However, for new areas such as offshore and ocean energy there is a need for highly loaded structures to survive harsh conditions for 20 years or more. High performance composites are therefore being proposed. This book provides an overview of the state of the art in predicting the long term durability of composite marine structures. The following points are covered: * Modelling water diffusion * Damage induced by water * Accelerated testing * Including durability in design * In-service experience. This is essential reading for all those involved with composites in the marine industry, from initial design and calculation through to manufacture and service exploitation. It also provides information unavailable elsewhere on the mechanisms involved in degradation and how to take account of them. Ensuring long term durability is not only necessary for safety reasons, but will also determine the economic viability of future marine structures.

Families and Communities Responding to AIDS (Hardcover): Peter Aggleton, Peter Davies, Graham Hart Families and Communities Responding to AIDS (Hardcover)
Peter Aggleton, Peter Davies, Graham Hart
R5,763 Discovery Miles 57 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

All over the world, families and communities are key providers of care and support. This is particularly true in relation to serious illnesses such as HIV and AIDS. Yet families and communities can also stigmatise their members, leaving people to die in the most appalling conditions. This book examines the diversity of family and community responses to HIV and AIDS. By examining contexts such as nuclear, extended and refugee family households, and gay community networks and structures, it offers insight into the factors which lead to positive responses and those which trigger negative ones.

Edinburgh German Yearbook 8 - New Literary and Linguistic Perspectives on the German Language, National Socialism, and the... Edinburgh German Yearbook 8 - New Literary and Linguistic Perspectives on the German Language, National Socialism, and the Shoah (Hardcover)
Peter Davies, Andrea Hammel
R3,046 Discovery Miles 30 460 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

New perspectives on the relationship - or the perceived relationship - between the German language and the causes, nature, and legacy of National Socialism and the Shoah. There is seemingly no escaping the association of the language of Goethe with the language of Hitler: the two leaden cliches seem to be inseparable, suggesting a Sonderweg between enlightened sophistication and subtle beauty on the one hand and linguistic barbarism on the other. Victor Klemperer suggested that the Lingua Tertii Imperii was a perversion of German that needed to be purged from the language, but does the notion of "Nazi language" as an identifiably separate entity really hold water, or does it only reflect a desire to construct a clear demarcation line between "Germans" and "Nazis"? What new linguistic, literary, or historical perspectives are availableon the functioning of language during and after the Third Reich? Must German always be the "language of the perpetrators," entailing a constant state of heightened self-awareness or vigilance against contamination, or is neutral,objective speech about National Socialism possible in German? This collection provides new perspectives on the relationship - or the perceived relationship - between the German language in all its manifestations and the causes, nature, and legacy of National Socialism and the Shoah. Contributors: Ian Biddle and Beate Muller, Mary Cosgrove, Peter Davies, Sylvia Degen, Andrea Hammel, Geraldine Horan, Teresa Ludden, Dora Osborne, Marko Pajevic, James Parsons, Simone Schroth, Arvi Sepp, Simon Ward, Jenny Watson. Peter Davies is Professor of Modern German Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Andrea Hammel is Senior Lecturer in German at Aberystwyth University.

The Modern Restoration - Re-thinking German Literary History 1930-1960 (Hardcover): Stephen Parker, Peter Davies, Matthew... The Modern Restoration - Re-thinking German Literary History 1930-1960 (Hardcover)
Stephen Parker, Peter Davies, Matthew Philpotts
R5,727 Discovery Miles 57 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book seeks to move twentieth-century German literary history away from its stubbornly persistent reliance on the political turning-points of 1933 and 1945. In the first part of the book, the authors analyze a synchronic corpus of literary journals, identifying a restorative aesthetic mood in the years 1930-1960 which persists across political date boundaries. In the second part, the careers of five writers are considered diachronically against this prevailing restorative climate: Gottfried Benn, Johannes R. Becher, Bertolt Brecht, Gunter Eich, and Peter Huchel. Combining these two approaches, the authors show that a fresh perspective that challenges established literary-historical periodisations can shed light on the common cultural and aesthetic ground shared by writers, editors and critics across the ideological divides of the era.

Myth, Matriarchy and Modernity - Johann Jakob Bachofen in German Culture. 1860-1945 (Hardcover): Peter Davies Myth, Matriarchy and Modernity - Johann Jakob Bachofen in German Culture. 1860-1945 (Hardcover)
Peter Davies
R3,658 Discovery Miles 36 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This study explores the prevalence in German culture of myths about ancient matriarchal societies, discussing their presence in left and right wing politics, feminist and antifeminist writing, sociology, psychoanalysis and literary production. By tracing the influence of the works of the Swiss jurist and theorist of matriarchy, Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815-1887), and the controversies about the reception and interpretation of his work, this study shows how debate about the matriarchal origins of culture was inextricably linked with anxieties about modernity and gender identities at the turn of the twentieth century. By moving beyond the discussion of canonical authors and taking seriously the scope of the discussion, it becomes clear that it is not possible to reduce matriarchal theories to any particular political ideology; instead, they function as a mythic counterdiscourse to a modernity conceived as oppressive, rational and masculine. Writers considered include Ludwig Klages, Hofmannsthal, Kafka, Hauptmann, Lou Andreas-Salome, Sir Galahad, Clara Viebig, Mathilde Vaerting, Thomas Mann, Elisabeth Langgasser, Ilse Langner, Otto Gross, Franz Werfel, and many others.

Simulating Societal Change - Counterfactual Modelling for Social and Policy Inquiry (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Peter Davis, Roy... Simulating Societal Change - Counterfactual Modelling for Social and Policy Inquiry (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Peter Davis, Roy Lay-Yee
R1,426 Discovery Miles 14 260 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book presents a method for creating a working model of society, using data systems and simulation techniques, that can be used for testing propositions of scientific and policy nature. The model is based on the example of New Zealand, but will be applicable to other countries. It is expected that collaborators in other countries can emulate this example with their data systems for teaching and policy purposes, producing a cross-national "collaboratory". This enterprise will evolve with, and to a degree independently of, the book itself, with a supporting website as well as teaching and scientific initiatives. Readers of this text will, for the first time, have a simulation-based working model of society that can be interrogated for policy and substantive purposes. This book will appeal to researchers and professionals from various disciplines working within the social sciences, particularly on matters of demography and public policy.

Edinburgh German Yearbook 2 - Masculinity and German Culture (Hardcover): Sarah Colvin, Peter Davies Edinburgh German Yearbook 2 - Masculinity and German Culture (Hardcover)
Sarah Colvin, Peter Davies; Contributions by Antje Roeben, Bryan Ganaway, Clare Bielby, …
R3,293 Discovery Miles 32 930 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Volume focusing on a multitude of incarnations and meanings of "masculinity" in German culture from medieval times to the present. Intended to encourage and disseminate lively and open discussion of themes pertinent to German Studies, viewed from all angles -- literary, artistic, musical, theoretical -- Edinburgh German Yearbook takes particular interest in cultural problems and issues arising out of politics and history. Each year, EGYB invites scholarly contributions on a topic of current challenge to German Studies. No other yearbook covers the entire field of GermanStudies while addressing a focused theme in each issue; by doing so, EGYB aims to encourage real debate around the issues at hand. Volume 2 examines the meanings and significance of "masculinity" in German culture, from medieval mystics to the cultural impact of young male immigrants living in Germany today. Other topics include medieval masculinity, the heroic Germanic ideal in the 16th and 17th centuries, masculinity in fairy tales, Jewishness andthe masculine, toys for boys in Wilhelmine Germany, the science of sexology, and the masculine as it appears in photography, fashion, army magazines, terrorism, and prison culture. Contributors: Peter Davies, Cordula Politis, Theresia Heimerl, Franziska Ziep, Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly, Hanne Boenisch, Antje Roeben, Laura Martin, Kristiane Gerhardt, Michael Gratzke, Martin Lucke, Stephanie Catani, Bryan Ganaway, Jason Lieblang, David James Prickett, Katie Sutton, Elisabeth Krimmer, Franz Bokel, Andrew Bickford, Ingrid Sharp, Clare Bielby, Sarah Colvin, Elke Gilson, Frauke Matthes. Sarah Colvin is Professor and Eudo C. Mason Chair of German, and Peter Davies is Senior Lecturer in German, both at the University of Edinburgh.

RMS Titanic - A Modelmaker's Manual (Paperback): Peter Davis-Garner RMS Titanic - A Modelmaker's Manual (Paperback)
Peter Davis-Garner
R500 R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Save R42 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

RMS Titanic has had more written about her than any other ship but, surprisingly, there is little information directed at the model shipwright. This new edition of the bestselling manual contains all the information needed to build a highly accurate model, right down to the tiniest details of the hull's rivets. The book is based on the author's own remarkable 18ft model, commissioned for a travelling exhibition through North America and Europe. It contains a mass of practical information on how to construct every part of the great liner and is equally useful for building a small, static bread-and-butter display model as it is for creating a large-scale working version. It is illustrated throughout with superb close-up photographs of the model, detailed drawings, and a large collection of photographs of the prototype herself. In addition the book contains a complete set of plans of the _Titanic_ which are considered to be the most accurate yet drawn. This new paperback edition makes all this remarkable information available again to a new generation of _Titanic_ enthusiasts and modellers.

Cricket and Community in England - 1800 to the Present Day (Paperback): Peter Davies Cricket and Community in England - 1800 to the Present Day (Paperback)
Peter Davies; As told to Robert Light
R890 Discovery Miles 8 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Available in paperback for the first time, Cricket and Community in England: 1800 to the Present Day is a path-breaking enquiry into the social history of the summer game. It is written by two specialist cricket historians and based on extensive primary research. It traces the history of the sport at grassroots level from its origins right up to the present day. It will appeal to the cricket historian and the general sports enthusiast alike. The book has two main goals: to provide readers with an accessible introduction to the history of grassroots cricket in England and to supply a clear overview of the different phases of this history. The structure of book is chronological but also thematic. The six chapters look at such issues as early cricket, the origins of clubs, competition, the two world wars, multiculturalism and cricket in the twenty-first century. -- .

Displaced Heritage - Responses to Disaster, Trauma, and Loss (Paperback): Ian Convery, Gerard Corsane, Peter Davis Displaced Heritage - Responses to Disaster, Trauma, and Loss (Paperback)
Ian Convery, Gerard Corsane, Peter Davis; Contributions by Andy Law, Aron Mazel, …
R944 Discovery Miles 9 440 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Considerations of the effect of trauma on heritage sites. The essays in this volume address the displacement of natural and cultural heritage caused by disasters, whether they be dramatic natural impacts or terrible events unleashed by humankind, including holocaust and genocide. Disasters can be natural or human-made, rapid or slow, great or small, yet the impact is effectively the same; nature, people and cultural heritage are displaced or lost. Yet while heritage and place are at risk from disasters, in time,sites of suffering are sometimes reframed as sites of memory; through this different lens these "difficult" places become heritage sites that attract tourists. Ranging widely chronologically and geographically, the contributors explore the impact of disasters, trauma and suffering on heritage and sense of place, in both theory and practice. Contributors: Kai Erikson, Catherine Roberts, Philip R. Stone, Stephen Miles, Susannah Eckersley, Gerard Corsane, Graeme Were, Jo Besley, Tim Padley, Chia-Li Chen, Jonathan Skinner, Diana Walters, Shalini Sharma, Ellie Land, Rob Morley, Ian Convery, John Welshman, Aron Mazel, Andrew Law, Bryony Onciul, Sarah Elliott, Rebecca Whittle,Will Medd, Maggie Mort, Hugh Deeming, Marion Walker, Clare Twigger-Ross, Gordon Walker, Nigel Watson, Richard Johnson, Esther Edwards, James Gardner, Brij Mohan, Josephine Baxter, Takashi Harada, Arthur McIvor, Rupert Ashmore, Peter Lurz, Marc Ancrenaz, Isabelle Lackman, OEzgun Emre Can, Bryndis Snaebjoernsdottir, Mark Wilson, Pat Caplan, Billy Sinclar, Phil O'Keefe

The Man Behind the Bridge - Colonel Toosey and the River Kwai (Hardcover): Peter Davies The Man Behind the Bridge - Colonel Toosey and the River Kwai (Hardcover)
Peter Davies
R4,941 Discovery Miles 49 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Lieutenant Colonel Philip Toosey was the senior British officer concerned with the building of the notorious "Bridge over the River Kwai". Toosey understood from the very beginning that the only real issue was how to ensure that as many of his men as possible should survive their captivity. Many thousands who knew how Toosey stood up to their oppressors at great personal risk were incensed by Alec Guinness's brilliant portrayal of 'Colonel Nicholson' in the film version of Boulle's book. This book provides an accurate historical account of the terrible events during which more than 16,000 PoWs died while building the Thai-Burma railway, of which "the bridge" formed an essential part. A memorial to Toosey, this book is also a definitive history of the building of the railway in the context of the Far Eastern theatre of World War II. First published in 1991, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage (Hardcover): Michelle L. Stefano, Peter Davis, Gerard Corsane Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage (Hardcover)
Michelle L. Stefano, Peter Davis, Gerard Corsane; Contributions by Alexandra Denes, Alissandra Cummins, …
R3,304 Discovery Miles 33 040 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Wide-ranging essays on intangible cultural heritage, with a focus on its negotiation, its value, and how to protect it. Awareness of the significance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has recently grown, due to the promotional efforts of UNESCO and its Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003). However, the increased recognition of intangible heritage has brought to light its undervalued status within the museum and heritage sector, and raised questions about safeguarding efforts, ownership, protective legal frameworks, authenticity and how global initiatives can be implemented at a local level, where most ICH is located. This book provides a variety of international perspectives on these issues, exploring how holistic and integrated approaches to safeguarding ICH offer an opportunity to move beyond the rhetoric of UNESCO; in partiular, the authors demonstrate that the alternative methods and attitudes that frequently exist at a local level can be the most effective way of safeguarding ICH. Perspectives are presented both from "established voices", of scholars and practitioners, and from "new voices", those of indigenous and local communities, where intangible heritage lives. It will be an important resource for students of museum and heritage studies, anthropology, folk studies, the performing arts, intellectual property law and politics. Michelle Stefano is Folklorist-in-Residence, University of Maryland BaltimoreCounty; Peter Davis is Professor of Museology, International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University; Gerard Corsane is Senior Lecturer in Heritage, Museum and Galley Studies, International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, School of Arts and Cultures, Newcastle University. Contributors: Marilena Alivizatou, Alissandra Cummins, Kate Hennessey, Ewa Bergdahl, George Abungu, Shatha Abu-Khafajah, Shaher Rababeh, Vasant Hari Bedekar, Christian Hottin, Sylvie Grenet, Lyn Leader-Elliott, Daniella Trimboli, Leontine Meijer-van Mensch, Peter van Mensch, Andrew Dixey, Susan Keitumetse, Richard MacKinnon, Alexandra Denes, Christina Kreps, Harriet Deacon, D. Jared Bowers, Gerard Corsane, Paula Assuncao dos Santos, Elaine Muller, Michelle L. Stefano, Maurizio Maggi, Aron Mazel

Sex, Gay Men and AIDS (Hardcover): Peter Davies Sex, Gay Men and AIDS (Hardcover)
Peter Davies
R5,758 Discovery Miles 57 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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