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European civil war films : memory, conflict and nostalgia (2013)
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Kosmidou, S. (2013). European civil war films : memory, conflict and nostalgia. New York, London: Routledge

This monograph examines the ways in which late twentieth-century European cinema deals with the neglected subject of civil war. Exploring a range of films about the Spanish, Irish, Former Yugoslavian, and Greek civil wars, this comparative and interd... Read More about European civil war films : memory, conflict and nostalgia.

Veiled dreams (2013)
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James, G. (2013). Veiled dreams. Arlesford: John Hunt

Feisty fifteen-year-old Christina’s parents don’t like her biker boyfriend. They think he’s too old and his hair is too long. She doesn’t like her epilepsy but has to deal with it. An accident leaves her in a coma for several weeks. Whilst in the com... Read More about Veiled dreams.

The music documentary : acid rock to electropop (2013)
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(2013). B. Halligan, R. Edgar, & K. Fairclough-Isaacs (Eds.), The music documentary : acid rock to electropop. US and UK: Routledge

The Music Documentary offers a wide-range of approaches, across key moments in the history of popular music, in order to define and interrogate this prominent genre of film-making. The writers in this volume argue persuasively that the music document... Read More about The music documentary : acid rock to electropop.

European code of good conduct for microcredit provision (2013)
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Dayson, K., & Vik, P. (2013). European code of good conduct for microcredit provision. Brussels: European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional Policy. https://doi.org/10.2776/37362

The European Code of Good Conduct for Microcredit Provision provides a set of standards in terms of management, governance, risk management, reporting, and consumer and investor relations that are common to the microcredit sector in the European Unio... Read More about European code of good conduct for microcredit provision.

Creating romanticism : case studies in the literature, science and medicine of the 1790s (2013)
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Ruston, S. (2013). Creating romanticism : case studies in the literature, science and medicine of the 1790s. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137264299

This book argues that the term 'Romanticism' should be more culturally-inclusive, recognizing the importance of scientific and medical ideas that helped shape some of the key concepts of the period, such as natural rights, the creative imagination an... Read More about Creating romanticism : case studies in the literature, science and medicine of the 1790s.

Fibbin' Archie (2013)
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James, G. (2013). Fibbin' Archie. Manchester: Chapletown

Archie has quite a reputation as a practised fibber. Normally his lies are harmless but as time goes by they begin to get him into more and more trouble. They lose him his girlfriend, and bizarrely, his hearing as his ears begin to react in a very st... Read More about Fibbin' Archie.

Un nuovo cinema politico italiano? volume 1 (2013)
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Hope, W., d'Arcangeli, L., & Serra, S. (2013). W. Hope, L. d'Arcangeli, & S. Serra (Eds.), Un nuovo cinema politico italiano? volume 1. Leicester, UK: Troubador Publishing

Edited volume examining representations of labour relations, immigration, and gender relations in 21st century Italian cinema. The volume contains nineteen essays and an interview with the Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore.

The tower (2013)
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James, G. (2013). The tower. Manchester: The Red Telephone

Kaleem has given up the love of his life in order to protect her. He now lives and works on Zandra. A sudden landquake, not known on the planet for many years, destroys many of the forests his father has planted to bring life back to the planet. Th... Read More about The tower.

Music and technologies (2013)
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Meesawat, K., Kucinskas, D., Kanchanapradit, J., Besasparyte, E., Martinelli, D., Ash, K., …Zarskiene, R. (2013). D. Kucinskas, & S. Davismoon (Eds.), Music and technologies. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Based on the conference held in Kaunas, Lithuania, 2011, Music and Technologies aims to augment discussion within the field of interdisciplinary music research developed currently at such important forums as the CIM and the ISMIR. The book consists o... Read More about Music and technologies.

Resonances : noise and contemporary music (2013)
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(2013). M. Goddard, B. Halligan, & N. Spelman (Eds.), Resonances : noise and contemporary music. New York and London: Continuum / Bloomsbury

Noise seems to stand for a lack of aesthetic grace, to alienate or distract rather than enrapture. And yet the drones of psychedelia, the racket of garage rock and punk, the thudding of rave, the feedback of shoegaze and post-rock, the bombast of thr... Read More about Resonances : noise and contemporary music.

Laughing matters : understanding comedy in film, television and radio (2012)
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White, G., & Mundy, J. (2012). Laughing matters : understanding comedy in film, television and radio. Manchester University Press

Although comedy is an important aspect of contemporary culture and a significant presence in film, television and radio, there is a surprising shortage of academic writing about comedy and the media. Laughing Matters: Understanding Comedy in Film, Te... Read More about Laughing matters : understanding comedy in film, television and radio.

A gallery for Nick (Sample chapter) (2012)
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James, G. (2012). A gallery for Nick (Sample chapter). Manchester: Chapeltown

Nick is dying. Barney spends much of his time keeping him company, helping him to lead an almost normal life and sharing his carefully guarded secret. The two boys often go down to the old harbour, to look at the boats and take photographs. Barney... Read More about A gallery for Nick (Sample chapter).

Poet to poet : Edward Thomas's letters to Walter de la Mare (2012)
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Kendall, J. (2012). J. Kendall (Ed.), Poet to poet : Edward Thomas's letters to Walter de la Mare. Wales: Seren

An edited collection of Edward Thomas's letters to Walter de la Mare, with an introduction by the editor.

Virtual Landscapes : The Modern Era (2000-2012) (2012)
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Ali, U. (2012). Virtual Landscapes : The Modern Era (2000-2012). United Kingdom: Zayn Creative

The magical essence of natural landscapes since the dawn of man have been a source of intrigue, wonder and inspiration in art, philosophy and literature. With each new era in civilisation, new methods of creative expression have been used by artists... Read More about Virtual Landscapes : The Modern Era (2000-2012).

Virtual landscapes : the transition era (1990-1999) (2012)
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Ali, U. (2012). Virtual landscapes : the transition era (1990-1999). United Kingdom: Zayn Creative

The magical essence of natural landscapes since the dawn of man have been a source of intrigue, wonder and inspiration in art, philosophy and literature. With each new era in civilisation, new methods of creative expression have been used by artists,... Read More about Virtual landscapes : the transition era (1990-1999).

Virtual landscapes : the embryonic era (2012)
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Ali, U. (2012). Virtual landscapes : the embryonic era. United Kingdom: Zayn Creative

The magical essence of natural landscapes since the dawn of man have been a source of intrigue, wonder and inspiration in art, philosophy and literature. With each new era in civilisation, new methods of creative expression have been used by artists... Read More about Virtual landscapes : the embryonic era.

Reverberations: The philosophy, aesthetics and politics of noise (2012)
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(2012). B. Halligan, M. Goddard, & P. Hegarty (Eds.), Reverberations: The philosophy, aesthetics and politics of noise. London and New York: Continuum

Noise permeates our highly mediated and globalised cultures. Noise as art, music, cultural or digital practice is a way of intervening so that it can be harnessed for an aesthetic expression not caught within mainstream styles or distribution. Thi... Read More about Reverberations: The philosophy, aesthetics and politics of noise.

Proceedings of the Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC) 2011 (2012)
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Aljunaidy, M., Al Azawi, W., Al Ghazali, F., Al Jameel, H., Al Rawahi, M., Berlin, J., …Lord, J. (2012). Proceedings of the Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC) 2011. University of Salford

These proceedings bring together a selection of papers from the 2011 Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference(SPARC). It includes papers from PhD students in the arts and social sciences, business, computing, science and engineering, education... Read More about Proceedings of the Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC) 2011.

The structure of Mehri (2012)
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Watson, J. (2012). The structure of Mehri. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz

Popular music and the myths of madness (2012)
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Spelman, N. (2012). Popular music and the myths of madness. Farnham: Routledge- Taylor & Francis (first published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing)

Studies of opera, film, television, and literature have demonstrated how constructions of madness may be referenced in order to stigmatise but also liberate protagonists in ways that reinforce or challenge contemporaneous notions of normality. But to... Read More about Popular music and the myths of madness.