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The book is a comparative case study of collective memory in two
small communities situated on two Central-European borderlands.
Despite different pre-war histories, Ukrainian Zhovkva (before 1939
Polish Zolkiew) and Polish Krzyz (before 1945 German Kreuz) were to
share a common fate of many European localities, destroyed and
rebuilt in a completely new shape. As a result of war, and post-war
ethnic cleansing and displacement, they lost almost all of their
pre-war inhabitants and were repopulated by new people. Based on
more than 150 oral history interviews, the book describes the
process of reconstruction of social microcosm, involving the reader
in a journey through the lives of real people entangled in the
dramatic historical events of the 20th century.
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Go (Paperback)
Simon Lewis
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R284
Discovery Miles 2 840
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From cheesy London nightclubs to Christmas in Goa, inner city tower
blocks to Hong Kong karaoke bars, sleepy Welsh villages to jaded
Chinese towns, Lee, Sol, and Vix are all fleeing their own personal
demons. But how far do you have to go to get away?
Belarus is often regarded as "Europe's last dictatorship", a
sort-of fossilized leftover from the Soviet Union. However, a key
factor in determining Belarus's development, including its likely
future development, is its own sense of identity. This book
explores the complex debates and competing narratives surrounding
Belarus's identity, revealing a far more diverse picture than the
widely accepted monolithic post-Soviet nation. It examines in a
range of media including historiography, films and literature how
visions of Belarus as a nation have been constructed from the
nineteenth century to the present day. It outlines a complex
picture of contested myths - the "peasant nation" of the nineteenth
century, the devoted Soviet republic of the late twentieth century
and the revisionist Belarusian nationalism of the present. The
author shows that Belarus is characterized by immense cultural,
linguistic and ethnic polyphony, both in its lived history and in
its cultural imaginary. The book analyses important examples of
writing in and about Belarus, in Belarusian, Polish and Russian,
revealing how different modes of rooted cosmopolitanism have been
articulated.
Belarus is often regarded as "Europe's last dictatorship", a
sort-of fossilized leftover from the Soviet Union. However, a key
factor in determining Belarus's development, including its likely
future development, is its own sense of identity. This book
explores the complex debates and competing narratives surrounding
Belarus's identity, revealing a far more diverse picture than the
widely accepted monolithic post-Soviet nation. It examines in a
range of media including historiography, films and literature how
visions of Belarus as a nation have been constructed from the
nineteenth century to the present day. It outlines a complex
picture of contested myths - the "peasant nation" of the nineteenth
century, the devoted Soviet republic of the late twentieth century
and the revisionist Belarusian nationalism of the present. The
author shows that Belarus is characterized by immense cultural,
linguistic and ethnic polyphony, both in its lived history and in
its cultural imaginary. The book analyses important examples of
writing in and about Belarus, in Belarusian, Polish and Russian,
revealing how different modes of rooted cosmopolitanism have been
articulated.
Reconstruction is one of the most complex, overlooked, and
misunderstood periods of American history. The thirteen essays in
this volume address the multiple struggles to make good on
President Abraham Lincoln’s promise of a “new birth of
freedom” in the years following the Civil War, as well as the
counter-efforts including historiographical ones—to undermine
those struggles. The forms these struggles took varied enormously,
extended geographically beyond the former Confederacy, influenced
political and racial thought internationally, and remain open to
contestation even today. The fight to establish and maintain
meaningful freedoms for America’s Black population led to the
apparently concrete and permanent legal form of the three key
Reconstruction Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, as well as the
revised state constitutions, but almost all of the latter were
overturned by the end of the century, and even the former are not
necessarily out of jeopardy. And it was not just the formerly
enslaved who were gaining and losing freedoms. Struggles over
freedom, citizenship, and rights can be seen in a variety of
venues. At times, gaining one freedom might endanger another. How
we remember Reconstruction and what we do with that memory
continues to influence politics, especially the politics of race,
in the contemporary United States. Offering analysis of educational
and professional expansion, legal history, armed resistance, the
fate of Black soldiers, international diplomacy post-1865 and much
more, the essays collected here draw attention to some of the vital
achievements of the Reconstruction period while reminding us that
freedoms can be won, but they can also be lost.
"Regions of memory" are a scale of social and cultural memory that
reaches above the national, yet remains narrower than the global or
universal. The chapters of this volume analyze transnational
constellations of memory across and between several geographical
areas, exploring historical, political and cultural interactions
between societies. Such a perspective enables a more diverse field
of possible comparisons in memory studies, studying a variety of
global memory regions in parallel. Moreover, it reveals
lesser-known vectors and mechanisms of memory travel, such as
across Cold War battle lines, across the Indian Ocean, or between
Southeast Asia and western Europe. Chapters 1 and 6 are available
open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
License via link.springer.com.
Inspector Jian is a Chinese cop from the Siberian borders who
thinks he's seen it all. But his search for his missing daughter
brings him to the meanest streets he's ever faced - in rural
England. Migrant worker Ding Ming is distressed - his gangmaster's
making demands, he owes a lot of money to the snakeheads and no one
will tell him where his wife has been taken. Maybe England isn't
the `gold mountain' he was promised..... Two desperate men, uneasy
allies in a baffling foreign land, are pitted against a band of
ruthless criminals. There's BAD TRAFFIC ahead.
"When I was thirty-five, my wife and I were both reported dead by
the first paramedics to arrive at the scene of a
seventy-five-mile-an-hour hit-and-run. My wife Marcy died instantly
that day. With brain damage from a massive stroke and my body
broken, I wasn't expected to survive either."
So begins "Rise and Shine," the dramatic story of Simon Lewis and
his remarkable recovery from a horrific car accident. Told through
the eyes of someone who has "lived through it" and successfully
overcome the hurdles of the health insurance maze, Rise and Shine
is a first-person account of unexpected tragedy and life-affirming
courage, with lessons both medical and spiritual.
"Rise and Shine" shows how much patients can achieve, beyond the
limited horizons of insurance-based diagnosis, treatment and
rehabilitation, to attain maximum regeneration and rebuild their
lives. An inspiring story about what it means to return to life
after a near-death experience, "Rise and Shine" is, essentially, an
exploration of the nature of consciousness itself, and an
impassioned tale about survival and recovery.
Reconstruction is one of the most complex, overlooked, and
misunderstood periods of American history. The thirteen essays in
this volume address the multiple struggles to make good on
President Abraham Lincoln's promise of a "new birth of freedom" in
the years following the Civil War, as well as the counter-efforts
including historiographical ones-to undermine those struggles. The
forms these struggles took varied enormously, extended
geographically beyond the former Confederacy, influenced political
and racial thought internationally, and remain open to contestation
even today. The fight to establish and maintain meaningful freedoms
for America's Black population led to the apparently concrete and
permanent legal form of the three key Reconstruction Amendments to
the U.S. Constitution, as well as the revised state constitutions,
but almost all of the latter were overturned by the end of the
century, and even the former are not necessarily out of jeopardy.
And it was not just the formerly enslaved who were gaining and
losing freedoms. Struggles over freedom, citizenship, and rights
can be seen in a variety of venues. At times, gaining one freedom
might endanger another. How we remember Reconstruction and what we
do with that memory continues to influence politics, especially the
politics of race, in the contemporary United States. Offering
analysis of educational and professional expansion, legal history,
armed resistance, the fate of Black soldiers, international
diplomacy post-1865 and much more, the essays collected here draw
attention to some of the vital achievements of the Reconstruction
period while reminding us that freedoms can be won, but they can
also be lost.
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The C-word (DVD)
Paul Nicholls, Rebekah Staton, Sheridan Smith, Tom Hutch, Stephanie Vogt, …
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R129
Discovery Miles 1 290
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Sheridan Smith and Paul Nicholls star in this adaptation of Lisa
Lynch's battle with cancer. After being diagnosed with aggressive
breast cancer at the age of 28 Lisa Lynch (Smith) was abruptly
forced to re-evaluate her life to face the disease. The journalist
turned to her computer and started a blog to share the
life-altering experiences and frustations she faced, following her
diagnosis, with the world. The story charts the ups and downs of
her personal battle while she receives support from her devoted
husband Pete (Nicholls) and her wider family and friends.
Intensely practical and down to earth, this text covers the breadth
of health emergency preparedness, resilience and response topics in
the context of inter-disciplinary and whole society responses to a
range of threats. It includes public, private and third sector
roles in preparation for and in response to natural and man-made
events, such as: major incident planning; infectious disease
epidemics and pandemics; natural disasters; terrorist threats; and
business and service continuity management. The book builds upon
the basics of risk assessment and writing an emergency plan, and
then covers inter-agency working, command and control,
communication, personal impact and business continuity as well as
training, exercises and post-incident follow up. Detailing the full
emergency preparedness and civil protection planning cycle, the
book is illustrated throughout with real-life examples and case
studies from global experts in the field for countries with both
advanced and developing healthcare systems. This practical handbook
covering the essential aspects of major incident and disaster
management is ideal for undergraduate and master's students in
emergency management and public health, as well as for
practitioners in emergency preparedness and civil protection. It
will be valuable to all health practitioners from ambulance,
hospital, primary and community care, mental health and public
health backgrounds.
Bored of the 'mango smoothie' trail and keen to spice up their
Facebook albums, and perhaps also their sex lives, Jake and Will
take a tour into China's jungle borderland with Burma. Their guide,
however, has his own agenda and gradually the two gap-year students
slip into a nightmarish spiral of murder and moral decay; their
chance of survival determined by a game of hide and seek played out
with deadly crossbows. A fast paced, adrenaline ride of a novel:
Deliverance meets Lord of the Flies.
'Brilliantly written and genuinely one of the most important books
I have ever read' - Ellie Mae O'Hagan An engrossing exploration of
the science, history and politics of the Anthropocene, one of the
most important scientific ideas of our time, from two
world-renowned experts Meteorites, methane, mega-volcanoes and now
human beings; the old forces of nature that transformed Earth many
millions of years ago are joined by another: us. Our actions have
driven Earth into a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. For the
first time in our home planet's 4.5-billion year history a single
species is dictating Earth's future. To some the Anthropocene
symbolises a future of superlative control of our environment. To
others it is the height of hubris, the illusion of our mastery over
nature. Whatever your view, just below the surface of this
odd-sounding scientific word, the Anthropocene, is a heady mix of
science, philosophy, religion and politics linked to our deepest
fears and utopian visions. Tracing our environmental impact through
time to reveal when humans began to dominate Earth, scientists
Simon Lewis and Mark Maslin masterfully show what the new epoch
means for all of us.
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Border Run (Paperback)
Simon Lewis
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R416
R367
Discovery Miles 3 670
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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From the author of "Bad Traffic" (a "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize
nominee), a fast-paced adventure novel about two young backpackers
who find themselves in serious trouble in the jungle of Southeast
Asia.
On the Burmese border, two naive backpackers, Will and Jake, follow
a tour guide into the jungle, tantalized by the possibility of
dalliances with the tribal women who live there. At an idyllic
waterfall, they discover that nothing is as it seems and their
guide has his own agenda. It is not long before the two young men
slip into a nightmarish spiral of murder and moral decay, their
chance of survival determined by a game of hide-and-seek played out
with deadly crossbows. As the stakes get increasingly higher, the
bonds of friendship are tested and lives are put on the line.
"Border Run" is a gripping, amphetamine-paced novel about the
hidden perils that can lurk in paradise, and the fine line that we
draw for ourselves between what is "civilized" and what is not.
Superhero Batman has always rescued so many people never having a
moment to his self. He hasn't seen his family and friends in so
very long because crime has been high as always. But this year he
is able to take a mini vaction after months of anti crime he goes
to Hawaii leaving his students to fend for themselves once the
joker returns read this thrilling book written by sisters and
brothers in their spare time. They age from 3 years old to a 10
year old. See what happens when they put their imagination to work.
In this easy-to-read book, Simon Lewis explores why some digital
products are so hard to use, and offers three straightforward but
powerful ways to make interacting with them much easier. Written
for software engineers, project and product managers, designers,
marketers, CEOs and entrepreneurs, Taming the Turing Machine shows
why the machine that can do anything has become the machine that
does everything. And the machine that does everything has left many
of us confused.
The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain Project (AHOB) funded by
the Leverhulme Trust began in 2001 and brought together researchers
from a range of disciplines with the aim of investigating the
record of human presence in Britain from the earliest occupation
until the end of the last Ice Age, about 12,000 years ago. Study of
changes in climate, landscape and biota over the last million years
provides the environmental backdrop to understanding human presence
and absence together with the development of new technologies. This
book brings together the multidisciplinary work of the project. The
chapters present the results of new fieldwork and research on old
sites from museum collections using an array of new analytical
techniques.
Features an up-to-date treatment of the record of human presence in
the British Isles during the Palaeolithic period(700,000 - 10,000
years before present)Takes multidisciplinary approach that includes
archaeology, geochemistry, geochronology, stratigraphy and
sedimentologyCoincides with the culmination of the AHOB project in
2010, providing a benchmark statement on the record of human
occupation in Britain that can be utilized and tested by future
research
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