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A fascinating re-evaluation of the social history of the second world war, looking at the diaries kept by nine 'ordinary' people in wartime Britain for the Mass Observation social research organization.

Rebecca Nettl-Fiol is an associate professor of dance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and coeditor of The Body Eclectic: Evolving Practices in Dance Training.Luc Vanier is an associate professor in the dance department at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee's Peck School of the Arts and a dance choreographer

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Leighton Vaughan-Williams presents the background and the theory and evidence pertaining to the rapidly growing area of prediction markets as well as some key contributions from leading experts in the field.

This surveys material previously available only in the research literature. It provides a re-worked and simplified account, with improved clarity, fresh insights and many original results about finite length modules, injective modules and projective modules. It culminates in the authors' surprisingly complete structure theorem for projective modules which involves two independent additive invariants: genus and Steinitz class.

In 2005, the Australian Federal Police referred eight Islamic books to the Australian Classification Board. The goal was to secure a ban of the books, all of which were alleged to advocate 'terrorist acts'. After nearly a year of review, and intense public debate, two of the books were refused classification and effectively banned in a move that would have severe repercussions for librarians, scholars, authors and the state of free speech in A...

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This book explores the mythology woven around the Soviet secret police and the Russian cult of state security that has emerged from it"--

Bounce music is a cultural thing. It's like jazz and blues. It's birthed in the United States. It's a product of New Orleans, Louisiana. DJ, producer and performer 10th Ward Buck presents a tour of the streets, clubs and collaborators that make up contemporary bounce culture. Thanks to video sharing and curious partygoers, bounce is snowballing across Louisiana's borders. With hundreds of gorgeous photos, original stories and -- for the first ...

Sport is seen as an increasingly important dimension of civic planning programmes and has moved to the forefront of agendas for cities. This book examines sport within contexts of urban regeneration and looks at the place of sport within planning agendas for 'cities of culture'. It addresses the role of sport stadiums in city 're-imaging'.

Offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the contemporary relationship between politics and the imagination. This title examines how the power of imagination reverberates in the various ambits of social and political life: in law, history, art, gender, economy, religion and the natural sciences.

Social Work: An introduction to contemporary practice has quickly established itself as a leading and uniquely comprehensive introduction to the field. Essential knowledge and skills are examined with authority and depth, and key debates approached in an accessible, informative and engaging way. Underpinned by research and advice to make close illustrative links with practice, it stimulates interest and actively engages the reader.Richly suppo...

Entrepreneurship is a hot topic, yet there is no agreed definition of entrepreneurship. There is even debate about whether entrepreneurship can be taught!This text and case study collection is designed to stimulate critical thinking and reflective learning relating to entrepreneurship. This book enables you to focus on the key issues that need to be considered with regard to new ventures and/or a business plan module, as well as courses on the...

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Pediatrician Sandy Chung finds that new parents have so many questions during the first weeks of their baby's life. What's normal? Is my baby okay? Am I doing this right? Her book presents answers in an easy-to-read format, loaded with illustrations and photographs. Topics include how to give a sponge bath, using that huge nasal suction device from the hospital, rashes, birthmarks, and much more-all the issues that affect babies up to one mont...

This book is an attempt at a critical, constructive, and creative theological praxis of social transformation in Africa. The authors apply a multi-disciplinary approach to examining how Christianity in Africa is engaging the problems of Africa's challenging social context. This is a prophetic work that applies the symbols of "salt" and "light" as ecclesiological images for reenvisioning the path towards procuring abundant life for God's pe...

English Reformation culture centred on 'the word preached'. Throughout this period, the most important public pulpit was Paul's Cross, located in the churchyard of St Paul's Cathedral. This book provides a detailed history of the Paul's Cross sermons, exploring how they were delivered and the tensions between the authorities who controlled them.

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This volume of essays is chiefly concerned with the problems of interpretation raised by fragmentary evidence, especially by the partial or imperfect survival of texts from the classical world. The essays consider a variety of problems, addressing questions of literary history, source-criticism, editorial method, and scholarly technique.