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Come Hope or High Water - Escaping Addiction to Save Family Farms in the Western Corn Belt (Hardcover): Candi S Cross Come Hope or High Water - Escaping Addiction to Save Family Farms in the Western Corn Belt (Hardcover)
Candi S Cross
R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Nerves of Steel - Lessons That MS Taught Me (Hardcover): Trace J Sherer, Candi S Cross Nerves of Steel - Lessons That MS Taught Me (Hardcover)
Trace J Sherer, Candi S Cross
R633 Discovery Miles 6 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Shaping South East Europe's Security Community for the Twenty-First Century - Trust, Partnership, Integration (Hardcover):... Shaping South East Europe's Security Community for the Twenty-First Century - Trust, Partnership, Integration (Hardcover)
S. Cross, S. Kentera, R. Vukadinovic, R. Nation
R2,622 R1,945 Discovery Miles 19 450 Save R677 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book brings together leading academic specialists and policy practitioners to explore and develop cooperative approaches for managing critical contemporary and emerging security challenges for South East Europe and the wider international community.
Including a range of contributors from South East European countries, the United States, and other interested regional parties, this book focuses upon trust, partnership, and a striving for more effective regional integration. In antithesis to traditional approaches to national security driven by the illusions of power and national egotism, this collection adopts what has become the dominant approach to security management in South East Europe today - an attempt to conceptualize and realize security in all of its aspects as a cooperative endeavour for the collective good.
This book explores transnational challenges that will dominate the international security agenda in the years to come, in South East Europe and beyond. Issues considered include management of weapons of mass destruction, cyber security, transnational organized crime and corruption, violent extremism and terrorism, energy security, maritime security, economic development, and demographic change.

Freak Show Legacies - How the Cute, Camp and Creepy Shaped Modern Popular Culture (Hardcover): Gary S Cross Freak Show Legacies - How the Cute, Camp and Creepy Shaped Modern Popular Culture (Hardcover)
Gary S Cross
R2,198 R2,053 Discovery Miles 20 530 Save R145 (7%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Society has long been fascinated with the freakish, shocking and strange. In this book Gary Cross shows how freakish elements have been embedded in modern popular culture over the course of the 20th century despite the evident disenchantment with this once widespread cultural outlet. Exploring how the spectacle of freakishness conflicted with genteel culture, he shows how the condemnation of the freak show by middle-class America led to a transformation and merging of genteel and freak culture through the cute, the camp and the creepy. Though the carnival and circus freak was marginalised by the 1960s and had largely disappeared by the 1980s, forms of freakish culture survived and today appear in reality TV, horror movies, dark comedies and the popularity of tattoos. Freak Show Legacies will focus less on the individual ‘freak’ as ‘the other’ in society, and more on the audience for the freakish and the transformation of wonder, sensibility and sensitivity that this phenomenon entailed. It will use the phenomenon of ‘the freak’ to understand the transformation of American popular culture across the 20th century, identify elements of ‘the freak’ in popular culture both past and present, and ask how it has prevailed despite its apparent unpopularity.

Shaping South East Europe's Security Community for the Twenty-First Century - Trust, Partnership, Integration (Paperback,... Shaping South East Europe's Security Community for the Twenty-First Century - Trust, Partnership, Integration (Paperback, 1st ed. 2013)
S. Cross, S. Kentera, R. Vukadinovic, R. Nation
R1,495 Discovery Miles 14 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this book, leading academics and policy practitioners develop approaches for managing critical contemporary and emerging security challenges for South East Europe. They attempt to conceptualize and realize security as a cooperative endeavour for collective good, in contrast to security narratives driven by power and national egotism.

Mediating Madness - Mental Distress and Cultural Representation (Hardcover): S. Cross Mediating Madness - Mental Distress and Cultural Representation (Hardcover)
S. Cross
R1,511 Discovery Miles 15 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Mediating Madness examines how mediations of madness emerge, disappear and interleave, only to re-emerge at unexpected moments. Drawing on social and cultural histories of madness, history of art, and popular journalism, the book offers a unique interdisciplinary understanding of historical and contemporary media representations of madness"--Provided by publisher.

Free Time - The History of an Elusive Ideal: Gary S Cross Free Time - The History of an Elusive Ideal
Gary S Cross
R1,278 R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Save R424 (33%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The history of leisure time, from the earliest societies to the work-from-home era Free time, one of life’s most precious things, often feels unfulfilling. But why? And how did leisure activities transition from strolling in the park for hours to “doomscrolling” on social media for thirty minutes? Today, despite the promise of modern industrialization, many people experience both a scarcity of free time and a disappointment in it. Free Time offers a broad historical explanation of why our affluent society does not afford more time away from work and why that time is often unsatisfying. Gary S. Cross explores the cultural, social, economic, and political history, especially of the past 250 years to understand the roots of our conceptions of free time and its use. By the end of the nineteenth century, a common expectation was that industrial innovations would lead to a progressive reduction of work time and a subsequent rise in free time devoted to self-development and social engagement. However, despite significant changes in the early twentieth century, both goals were frustrated, thus leading to the contemporary dilemma. Cross touches on leisure of all kinds, from peasant festivals and aristocratic pleasure gardens to amusement parks, movie theaters and organized sports to internet surfing, and even the use of alcohol and drugs. This wide-ranging cultural and social history explores the industrial-era origins of our modern obsession with work and productivity, but also the historical efforts to liberate time from work and cultivate free time for culture. Insightful and informative, this book is sure to help you make sense of your own relationship to free time.

Freak Show Legacies - How the Cute, Camp and Creepy Shaped Modern Popular Culture (Paperback): Gary S Cross Freak Show Legacies - How the Cute, Camp and Creepy Shaped Modern Popular Culture (Paperback)
Gary S Cross
R729 Discovery Miles 7 290 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Society has long been fascinated with the freakish, shocking and strange. In this book Gary Cross shows how freakish elements have been embedded in modern popular culture over the course of the 20th century despite the evident disenchantment with this once widespread cultural outlet. Exploring how the spectacle of freakishness conflicted with genteel culture, he shows how the condemnation of the freak show by middle-class America led to a transformation and merging of genteel and freak culture through the cute, the camp and the creepy. Though the carnival and circus freak was marginalised by the 1960s and had largely disappeared by the 1980s, forms of freakish culture survived and today appear in reality TV, horror movies, dark comedies and the popularity of tattoos. Freak Show Legacies will focus less on the individual ‘freak’ as ‘the other’ in society, and more on the audience for the freakish and the transformation of wonder, sensibility and sensitivity that this phenomenon entailed. It will use the phenomenon of ‘the freak’ to understand the transformation of American popular culture across the 20th century, identify elements of ‘the freak’ in popular culture both past and present, and ask how it has prevailed despite its apparent unpopularity.

Climate and Conservation - Landscape and Seascape Science, Planning, and Action (Paperback, 2nd Ed.): Jodi A. Hilty, Charles C... Climate and Conservation - Landscape and Seascape Science, Planning, and Action (Paperback, 2nd Ed.)
Jodi A. Hilty, Charles C Chester, Molly S. Cross
R1,139 Discovery Miles 11 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Climate and Conservation" presents case studies from around the world of leading-edge projects focused on climate change adaptation - regional-scale endeavours where scientists, managers, and practitioners are working to protect biodiversity by protecting landscapes and seascapes in response to threats posed by climate change. The book begins with an introductory section that frames the issues and takes a systematic look at planning for climate change adaptation. The 19 chapters that follow examine particular case studies in every part of the world, including landscapes and seascapes from equatorial, temperate, montane, polar, and marine and freshwater regions. Projects profiled range from grasslands to boreal forests to coral reefs to Alpine freshwater environments. Chapter authors have extensive experience in their respective regions and are actively engaged in working on climate-related issues. The result is a collection of geographical case studies that allows for effective cross-comparison while at the same time recognising the uniqueness of each situation and locale. "Climate and Conservation" offers readers tangible, place-based examples of projects designed to protect large landscapes as a means of conserving biodiversity in the face of the looming threat of global climate change. It informs readers of how a diverse set of conservation actors have been responding to climate change at a scale that matches the problem, and is an essential contribution for anyone involved with large-scale biodiversity conservation.

Shared Representations - Sensorimotor Foundations of Social Life (Hardcover): Sukhvinder S. Obhi, Emily S. Cross Shared Representations - Sensorimotor Foundations of Social Life (Hardcover)
Sukhvinder S. Obhi, Emily S. Cross
R3,538 Discovery Miles 35 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Socially situated thought and behaviour are pervasive and vitally important in human society. The social brain has become a focus of study for researchers in the neurosciences, psychology, biology and other areas of behavioural science, and it is becoming increasingly clear that social behaviour is heavily dependent on shared representations. Any social activity, from a simple conversation to a well-drilled military exercise to an exquisitely perfected dance routine, involves information sharing between the brains of those involved. This volume comprises a collection of cutting-edge essays centred on the idea of shared representations, broadly defined. Featuring contributions from established world leaders in their fields and written in a simultaneously accessible and detailed style, this is an invaluable resource for established researchers and those who are new to the field.

Machines of Youth - America's Car Obsession (Paperback): Gary S Cross Machines of Youth - America's Car Obsession (Paperback)
Gary S Cross
R1,009 Discovery Miles 10 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For American teenagers, getting a driver’s license has long been a watershed moment, separating teens from their childish pasts as they accelerate toward the sweet, sweet freedom of their futures. With driver’s license in hand, teens are on the road to buying and driving(and maybe even crashing) their first car, a machine which is home to many a teenage ritual—being picked up for a first date, “parking” at a scenic overlook, or blasting the radio with a gaggle of friends in tow. So important is this car ride into adulthood that automobile culture has become a stand-in, a shortcut to what millions of Americans remember about their coming of age. Machines of Youth traces the rise, and more recently the fall, of car culture among American teens. In this book, Gary S. Cross details how an automobile obsession drove teen peer culture from the 1920s to the 1980s, seducing budding adults with privacy, freedom, mobility, and spontaneity. Cross shows how the automobile redefined relationships between parents and teenage children, becoming a rite of passage, producing new courtship rituals, and fueling the growth of numerous car subcultures. Yet for teenagers today the lure of the automobile as a transition to adulthood is in decline.Tinkerers are now sidelined by the advent of digital engine technology and premolded body construction, while the attention of teenagers has been captured by iPhones, video games, and other digital technology. And adults have become less tolerant of teens on the road, restricting both cruising and access to drivers’ licenses. Cars are certainly not going out of style, Cross acknowledges, but how upcoming generations use them may be changing. He finds that while vibrant enthusiasm for them lives on, cars may no longer be at the center of how American youth define themselves. But, for generations of Americans, the modern teen experience was inextricably linked to this particularly American icon.

I Survived - Courageous Stories of the Overcomer (Paperback): Ikisha S Cross I Survived - Courageous Stories of the Overcomer (Paperback)
Ikisha S Cross; Contributions by Jennifer Elaine, Peggy Cross
R300 R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Save R25 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Not Afraid to Slay - Women of the Haunt Industry (Paperback): Jan Knuth, Candi S Cross Not Afraid to Slay - Women of the Haunt Industry (Paperback)
Jan Knuth, Candi S Cross
R407 R376 Discovery Miles 3 760 Save R31 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wanted - From Child Homelessness to a Death-Defying Search for Love and Belonging (Paperback): Mat Bunch, Candi S Cross Wanted - From Child Homelessness to a Death-Defying Search for Love and Belonging (Paperback)
Mat Bunch, Candi S Cross
R457 R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Save R33 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Radical Courage - How One Marine's Sacrifice Helped Change America (Paperback): Eric Alva, Candi S Cross Radical Courage - How One Marine's Sacrifice Helped Change America (Paperback)
Eric Alva, Candi S Cross
R462 R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Save R32 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Original Comics by You! (Paperback): Michelle S Cross Original Comics by You! (Paperback)
Michelle S Cross
R285 Discovery Miles 2 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nerves of Steel - Lessons That MS Taught Me (Paperback): Trace J Sherer, Candi S Cross Nerves of Steel - Lessons That MS Taught Me (Paperback)
Trace J Sherer, Candi S Cross
R481 Discovery Miles 4 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Engineer's Field Book (Hardcover): Charles S. Cross Engineer's Field Book (Hardcover)
Charles S. Cross
R798 Discovery Miles 7 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hang-Ups and Hangovers (Paperback): Candi S Cross Hang-Ups and Hangovers (Paperback)
Candi S Cross; Kyle Milligan
R590 Discovery Miles 5 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Engineer's Field Book (Hardcover): Charles S. Cross Engineer's Field Book (Hardcover)
Charles S. Cross
R862 Discovery Miles 8 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Machines of Youth - America's Car Obsession (Hardcover): Gary S Cross Machines of Youth - America's Car Obsession (Hardcover)
Gary S Cross
R2,819 Discovery Miles 28 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For American teenagers, getting a driver’s license has long been a watershed moment, separating teens from their childish pasts as they accelerate toward the sweet, sweet freedom of their futures. With driver’s license in hand, teens are on the road to buying and driving(and maybe even crashing) their first car, a machine which is home to many a teenage ritual—being picked up for a first date, “parking” at a scenic overlook, or blasting the radio with a gaggle of friends in tow. So important is this car ride into adulthood that automobile culture has become a stand-in, a shortcut to what millions of Americans remember about their coming of age. Machines of Youth traces the rise, and more recently the fall, of car culture among American teens. In this book, Gary S. Cross details how an automobile obsession drove teen peer culture from the 1920s to the 1980s, seducing budding adults with privacy, freedom, mobility, and spontaneity. Cross shows how the automobile redefined relationships between parents and teenage children, becoming a rite of passage, producing new courtship rituals, and fueling the growth of numerous car subcultures. Yet for teenagers today the lure of the automobile as a transition to adulthood is in decline.Tinkerers are now sidelined by the advent of digital engine technology and premolded body construction, while the attention of teenagers has been captured by iPhones, video games, and other digital technology. And adults have become less tolerant of teens on the road, restricting both cruising and access to drivers’ licenses. Cars are certainly not going out of style, Cross acknowledges, but how upcoming generations use them may be changing. He finds that while vibrant enthusiasm for them lives on, cars may no longer be at the center of how American youth define themselves. But, for generations of Americans, the modern teen experience was inextricably linked to this particularly American icon.

Prostaglandin Inhibitors in Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy (Hardcover): Kenneth V. Honn Prostaglandin Inhibitors in Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy (Hardcover)
Kenneth V. Honn; Jules E. Harris, Donald P. Braun; Contributions by William L. Smith, Odette Laneuville; …
R11,383 Discovery Miles 113 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book provides an updated overview of eicosanoid metabolism. It also presents a timely discussion of eicosanoid metabolism in the process of tumor cell metastasis, in chemoprotection and radioprotection associated with cancer therapy, and in cell differentiation. The book focuses on the role of eicosanoids in the immunology of malignant disease. This includes how various immune cell populations in cancer are affected by the secretion and action of various eicosanoids and metabolites of eicosanoids and how these processes may be affected by various pharmacological manipulations and interventions to augment anti-tumor immunity. Head and neck cancer is covered in great detail to illustrate a cancer in humans where these considerations are particularly relevant. This important volume demonstrates that the principal factor in cancer patient immunologic deficiency is related to excess secretion by monocytes of prostaglandins.

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