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Jazz (2011)
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(2011). T. Whyton (Ed.), Jazz. Farnham: Ashgate

The featured articles in this volume provide an overview of jazz studies writings from the 1990s to the present day, and each text engages with issues that are central to the changing discourse of jazz in popular culture. The volume includes studies... Read More about Jazz.

Kiters (2011)
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James, G. (2011). Kiters. Manchester: Tabby Cat Press

Robbie is a little disappointed when he gets a home-made kite for his birthday. He would really have liked a computer. But then he gets more than he bargained for with his new kite. Can it help him, though, to find out what is killing the fish and th... Read More about Kiters.

Law and the Media (2011)
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Hadwin, S., & Bloy, D. (2011). Law and the Media. (2nd). Sweet and Maxwell

Addressing the key legal issues impacting on today’s journalist, Law and the Media:
Acts as an invaluable text for those studying media studies, journalism, a media module of a law course, as well as for trainee and practising journalists
Applies t... Read More about Law and the Media.

Designing out crime. A designer's guide (2011)
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Davey, C., Wootton, A., & Marselle, M. (2011). Designing out crime. A designer's guide. London: Design Council

These are guidelines for design professionals interested in considering crime prevention within the design process.

Radical gardening: politics, idealism & rebellion in the garden (2011)
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Mckay, G. (2011). Radical gardening: politics, idealism & rebellion in the garden. London: Frances Lincoln

'War is the natural occupation of man … war-and gardening.'
Winston Churchill to Siegfried Sassoon, 1918

In the common public perception, contemporary gardening is understood as suburban, as leisure activity, as television makeover opportunity. I... Read More about Radical gardening: politics, idealism & rebellion in the garden.

Babel (2011)
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James, G. (2011). Babel. Manchester: The Red Telephone (Bridge House)

Kaleem has found his father and soon finds the love of his life, Rozia Laurence, but he is still not comfortable with his role as peace Child. He also has to face some of the less palatable truths about his home planet: it is blighted by the existenc... Read More about Babel.

Creative documentary : theory and practice (2011)
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de Jong, W., Knudsen, E., & Rothwell, J. (2011). Creative documentary : theory and practice. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315834115

Key features: • Five sections covering creativity and creative documentary and the contemporary creative industries: strategies for developing documentary ideas; the art of documentary narrative; digital production methods; new documentary forms; dis... Read More about Creative documentary : theory and practice.

Key articles in British sociology: BSA 60th anniversary special collection (2011)
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(2011). G. Crawford, E. Green, K. O’Reilly, & C. Yuill (Eds.), Key articles in British sociology: BSA 60th anniversary special collection. London: Sage

The British Sociological Association 60th Anniversary Special Collection is a celebration of classic and contemporary articles from the stable of BSA journals: Cultural Sociology; Sociological Research Online; Sociology; and Work, Employment and Soci... Read More about Key articles in British sociology: BSA 60th anniversary special collection.

Maestri of political science (2011)
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(2011). D. Campus, G. Pasquino, & M. Bull (Eds.), Maestri of political science. University of Essex: ECPR Press

This book continues the editors' work (started in the volume Masters of Political Science) of highlighting and re-evaluating the contributions of the most important political scientists who have gone before. Its basis is the belief that the future de... Read More about Maestri of political science.

John Mirk's Festial edited from British Library MS Cotton Claudius A.II. Volume II. (2011)
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Powell, S. (2011). John Mirk's Festial edited from British Library MS Cotton Claudius A.II. Volume II. Oxford: Oxford University Press

The Festial, as the most frequently circulated orthodox English sermon collection of the Middle Ages, presents a particularly difficult task for the editor. There are two recensions, and there is also a comprehensive revision and expansion in four ex... Read More about John Mirk's Festial edited from British Library MS Cotton Claudius A.II. Volume II..

The twentieth-century Gothic (2011)
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Armitt, L. (2011). The twentieth-century Gothic. Cardiff: University of Wales Press

Why, at a time when the majority of us no longer believe in ghosts, demons or the occult, does Gothic continue to have such a strong grasp upon literature, cinema and popular culture? This book answers the question by exploring some of the ways in wh... Read More about The twentieth-century Gothic.

Special issue: Forty years of European Political Science (2010)
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(2010). J. Briggs, M. Bull, L. de Sousa, & J. Moses (Eds.), Special issue: Forty years of European Political Science. Palgrave Macmillan

This Special Issue of European Political Science on 'forty Years of European Political Science' is part of the celebrations of the European Consortium of Political Research's 40th anniversary in 2010. The issue is less a celebration of the ECPR, howe... Read More about Special issue: Forty years of European Political Science.

Going places (2010)
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Acker, F., Ashby, T., Brown, G., England, S., Flynn, L., Freeman, P., …Woolf-Hoyle, V. (2010). G. James (Ed.), Going places. Manchester: Bridge House

Journeys. We all make them. Often they take us to exotic places. Sometimes they take us even further. They might take us through time. Or they might take us into a new way of life. There are times too, when we go all over the world and back again onl... Read More about Going places.

Devils, Demons and Werewolves (2010)
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Clarke, M., Corbett-Jones, J., Flynn, L., Ferry, K., Corrigan, J., Hargreaves, C., …Westley, E. (2010). G. James (Ed.), Devils, Demons and Werewolves. Manchester: Bridge House

Devils, demons, werewolves and other creatures of the night don’t have to be scary. In fact, at times they can be downright funny. They have their fair share of the type of problems we humans have – pesky monthly cycles, others out to get them, a lac... Read More about Devils, Demons and Werewolves.

Mosaic (2010)
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Ashby, T., Beveridge, G., Charles, L., Croxton, C., England, S., Everington, S., …Wysocki, K. (2010). G. James (Ed.), Mosaic. Manchester: Bridge House

This anthology includes the winners of our 2009 Short Story Competition. All of the stories in this collection are strong and well-crafted. It’s an exciting mix. Surprise and delight follow surprise and delight. It truly is a mosaic of wondrous tal... Read More about Mosaic.

The international political economy of work and employability (2010)
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Moore, P. (2010). The international political economy of work and employability. Palgrave Macmillan

The dominant themes of flexibilisation and restructuring at all levels of corporate and global change have had a dramatic impact on the concept of what makes people 'employable' at a time of ongoing expansion of neoliberal capitalism. This contempora... Read More about The international political economy of work and employability.

International energy cooperation among Asian energy consumers : a game theory analysis (2010)
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Wu, F. (2010). International energy cooperation among Asian energy consumers : a game theory analysis. Shanghai: Shanghai People's Publishing House

As Asian countries are prospering from the rapid economic growth, their demands for energies grow increasingly huge and mounts a serious challenge to the world market. The book discusses their energy cooperation and competition by studying the case o... Read More about International energy cooperation among Asian energy consumers : a game theory analysis.