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Intelligence, security and the Attlee governments, 1945–51 : an uneasy relationship? (2016)
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Lomas, D. (2016). Intelligence, security and the Attlee governments, 1945–51 : an uneasy relationship?. Manchester: Manchester University Press

Drawing on recently released documents and private papers, this is the first book-length study to examine the intimate relationship between the Attlee government and Britain's intelligence and security services at the start of the Cold War. Often pra... Read More about Intelligence, security and the Attlee governments, 1945–51 : an uneasy relationship?.

Yodeling and meaning in American music (2016)
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Wise, T. (2016). Yodeling and meaning in American music. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi

Timothy E. Wise presents the first book to focus specifically on the musical content of yodeling in our culture. He shows that yodeling serves an aesthetic function in musical texts. A series of chronological chapters analyzes this musical tradition... Read More about Yodeling and meaning in American music.

Intermedial praxis and Practice as Research : 'Doing-thinking' in action (2016)
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Scott, J. (2016). Intermedial praxis and Practice as Research : 'Doing-thinking' in action. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60234-3

In this book, Jo Scott shares writing and documentation from her practice as research (PaR) project, which explored and analysed a mode of performance she developed, called live intermediality. The book offers a much-needed example of fully developed... Read More about Intermedial praxis and Practice as Research : 'Doing-thinking' in action.

SPARC 2016 Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts (2016)
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McCarthy, R., Ekuma, C., van der Veen, S., Chadwell, A., Greuel, H., Costamagna, E., …Yousef, R. (2016). T. Ireland (Ed.), SPARC 2016 Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts. Salford, UK: University of Salford

The Marvel Studios phenomenon : inside a transmedia universe (2016)
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Flanagan, M., Livingstone, A., & McKenny, M. (2016). The Marvel Studios phenomenon : inside a transmedia universe. New York: Bloomsbury

Marvel Studios has provided some of the biggest worldwide cinematic hits of the last eight years, from Iron Man (2008) to the record-breaking The Avengers (2012), and beyond. Having announced plans to extend its production of connected texts in cinem... Read More about The Marvel Studios phenomenon : inside a transmedia universe.

Performing in comedy : a student's guide (2016)
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Wilkie, I. (2016). Performing in comedy : a student's guide. Abingdon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315691169

Ian Wilkie contends that comic acting is a distinct art form, and as such demands a unique skillset. By exploring the ways in which performance choices and improvised moments can work in conjunction with texts themselves, Performing in Comedy offers... Read More about Performing in comedy : a student's guide.

They are trying to break your heart (2016)
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Savill, D. (2016). They are trying to break your heart. Bloomsbury

In 1994, Marko Novak's world is torn apart by the death of his best friend. Kemal Lekic, a young soldier in the darkest days of the Bosnian war, is killed in the shelling of their home town. But his body is never recovered. After the funeral, Marko f... Read More about They are trying to break your heart.

Desires for reality : radicalism and revolution in Western European film (2016)
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Halligan, B. (2016). Desires for reality : radicalism and revolution in Western European film. New York and London: Berghahn Books

Desires for Reality: Radicalism and Revolution in Western European Film addresses a provocative and controversial period of European cinema: the high-tide of dissenting and militant film-making, of 1968, and its aftermath. This study offers an immers... Read More about Desires for reality : radicalism and revolution in Western European film.

Chinese cinemas, international perspectives (2016)
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(2016). F. Chan, A. Willis, & A. Willis (Eds.), Chinese cinemas, international perspectives. UK/USA: Routledge

Heartwood, a story (2016)
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Hurley, U. (2016). Heartwood, a story. Liverpool: The Argotist Online

This novella length text is the first volume in the Heartwood trilogy. It stages a praxical enquiry in which the creative texts perform a triple function: as original literature, as documents of process, and as critical enquiry. In so doing the texts... Read More about Heartwood, a story.