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Dr Thomas Harrison Butler was a skilled, yet amateur, designer
responsible for some hundreds of classic English cruising yachts
which still grace our seas. Cruising Yachts, his design manifesto,
first appeared in 1945-the year of his death-and last appeared in
print in 1995. This long overdue Fifth Edition has been produced in
collaboration with the Harrison Butler Association, and is a
complete re-setting of the original text, drawings and mono
photographs, documenting in detail HB's approach to the design and
equipping of a yacht, providing an annotated catalogue of notable
designs, and including a biographical portrait by HB's daughter,
the late Joan Jardine-Brown. New for this edition are a modern
gallery of colour photographs of HB yachts, and a thoughtful and
illuminating Foreword by Ed Burnett, one of today's foremost
designers of yachts in the classic English idiom.
The classic Persian poem of romance and tragedy captured as a
sumptuous and richly colourful graphic novel, inspired by
traditional art of the region. It is a story known around the
world. Born of an Arabic tale, it has been interpreted hundreds of
times in Persian, Turkish, and Indian languages. It has influenced
playwrights, composers, filmmakers, scholars, modern popular
language, the first opera of Islamic origin, and individuals as
varied as Aleister Crowley and Eric Clapton. The tragic tale of
love unfulfilled - Majnun and Layla. Qais and Layla were madly in
love. So in love, it has been said, that the young man could not
contain his passion for his beloved, singing to the winds with such
fervour he was given the nickname “Majnun” — The Madman. But
their love could not be, as the lovers were separated by fate and
man, leading to a tragic end for these star-crossed souls.
Experience the classic Persian poem as painted in the lush palette
of artist Yann Damezin. Through his brush, we see a decadent and
sensorial world, one as raw and vulnerable as the love between the
Majnun and his Layla.
This interdisciplinary anthology explores a wide range of
intersecting issues contributing to and arising from gun violence.
Millions of people are hurt and killed by gun violence globally,
and the traumatic realities of these events are navigated by
individuals and communities widely. In this context, gun violence
fundamentally threatens social functioning in significant ways, and
profoundly test the resilience of families. The resulting
transformations carry social, political, legal, and economic
implications for mothering, family dynamics, and community
engagement. This collaborative volume brings together diverse
perspectives intended to deconstruct perceptions, realities, risks,
and impacts of gun violence, as seen by researchers, educators,
community advocates, public health/health care experts,
criminologists, social workers, field-based practitioners, and
victims/survivors of gun violence. The distinct and broad range of
contributions in this volume critically unpacks representations,
stress and trauma, resilience, advocacy/activism, policymaking,
family functioning, social justice and equity, governmentality and
the criminal justice system, public health/health care, and
community programs/interventions. Ultimately, the work is a unique
contribution to the literature in which there is a lack of wide
academic consideration of gun violence and a demonstrably
unsatisfactory political response stretching back decades.
A distinguished team of internationally renowned scholars surveys the great empires from 1600 BC to AD 500, from the ancient Mediterranean to China, in ten comprehensive chapters, taking in the empires of New Kingdom Egypt; the Hittites; Assyria and Babylonia; Achaemenid Persia; Athens; Alexander; Parthian and early Sasanian Persia; Rome; India; and Qin and Han China. Each chapter conveys the main narrative of events, their impact on ancient societies and the dominant rulers who shaped that history, from Ramesses II in Egypt to Chandragupta in India, from Rome’s Augustus to China’s Shi-huangdi.
Exploring the very nature of empire itself, the authors show how profoundly imperialism in the distant past influenced the 19th-century powers and the modern United States.
Offers a philosophical history of bridges-both literal bridges and
their symbolic counterparts-and the acts of cultural connection
they embody. "Always," wrote Philip Larkin, "it is by bridges that
we live." Bridges represent our aspirations to connect, to soar
across divides. And it is the unfinished business of these
aspirations that makes bridges such stirring sights, especially
when they are marvels of ingenuity. A rich compendium of myths,
superstitions, and literary and ideological figurations, Of Bridges
organizes a poetic and philosophical history of bridges into nine
thematic clusters. Leaping in lucid prose between distant times and
places, Thomas Harrison questions why bridges are built and where
they lead. He probes links forged by religion between life's
transience and eternity as well as the consolidating ties of music,
illustrated by the case of the blues. He investigates bridges in
poetry, as flash points in war, and the megabridges of our
globalized world. He illuminates real and symbolic crossings facing
migrants each day and the affective connections that make persons
and societies cohere. In readings of literature, film, philosophy,
and art, Harrison engages in a profound reflection on how bridges
form and transform cultural communities. Of Bridges is a
mesmerizing, vertiginous tale of bridges both visible and
invisible, both lived and imagined.
Offers a philosophical history of bridges—both literal bridges
and their symbolic counterparts—and the acts of cultural
connection they embody. “Always,” wrote Philip Larkin, “it is
by bridges that we live.” Bridges represent our aspirations to
connect, to soar across divides. And it is the unfinished business
of these aspirations that makes bridges such stirring sights,
especially when they are marvels of ingenuity. A rich compendium of
myths, superstitions, and literary and ideological figurations, Of
Bridges organizes a poetic and philosophical history of bridges
into nine thematic clusters. Leaping in lucid prose between distant
times and places, Thomas Harrison questions why bridges are built
and where they lead. He probes links forged by religion between
life’s transience and eternity as well as the consolidating ties
of music, illustrated by the case of the blues. He investigates
bridges in poetry, as flash points in war, and the megabridges of
our globalized world. He illuminates real and symbolic crossings
facing migrants each day and the affective connections that make
persons and societies cohere. In readings of literature, film,
philosophy, and art, Harrison engages in a profound reflection on
how bridges form and transform cultural communities. Of Bridges is
a mesmerizing, vertiginous tale of bridges both visible and
invisible, both lived and imagined.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The Age of
Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical
understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking.
Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel
Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and
moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade.
The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and
Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a
debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below
data was compiled from various identification fields in the
bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an
additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++British LibraryT104253Horizontal chain lines.London: printed by
H. Goldney, 1780. vi, 2],163, 1]p.; 8
Lawyers, Crown counsels, district attorneys, and paralegals are
often tasked with managing negotiation and conflict resolution in
the courtroom; however, very little theory or literature
surrounding this specialization exists. This handbook effectively
closes these gaps and extensively discusses theories of negotiation
and conflict resolution in criminal practice. Part one discusses
communicating effectively and appropriately with clients, court
staff, and opposing counsel by identifying and establishing
cultural competence, rapport, and nonverbal cues. Part two
identifies alternative processes in negotiation and conflict
resolution including victim-offender mediation and retroactive
justice, while part three covers career development in areas such
as managing challenging clients and developing strategies for
dealing with high-stress scenarios. This ground-breaking resource
is well suited to students in a wide variety of courses that
specialize in negotiation and conflict resolution including
criminal justice, law, paralegal, police studies, or criminology.
FEATURES: includes case studies, ethical dilemmas, and suggestions
for further readings
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