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The greening of the city : urban parks and public leisure 1840 - 1939 (2019)
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O'Reilly, C. (2019). The greening of the city : urban parks and public leisure 1840 - 1939. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315866840

Urban parks are a much-loved feature of the city environment. However, our knowledge of the true scale of their impact remains uneven. Much work has been done on their origins and design features but this book aims to extend this beyond the nineteent... Read More about The greening of the city : urban parks and public leisure 1840 - 1939.

Understanding digital events : Bergson, Whitehead, and the experience of the digital (2019)
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Kreps, D. E. A. (2019). D. Kreps (Ed.), Understanding digital events : Bergson, Whitehead, and the experience of the digital. London: Routledge

This book introduces an events-based approach to understanding digital experience. Focusing on the event-ontologies of Bergson and Whitehead’s process metaphysics, it explores subjective experience and objective reality as unified ‘events’ in the for... Read More about Understanding digital events : Bergson, Whitehead, and the experience of the digital.

Infrastructure delivery systems : governance and implementation issues (2019)
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Awuzie, B., & McDermott, P. (2019). Infrastructure delivery systems : governance and implementation issues. Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7291-9

This book provides a framework for governing policy implementation by various stakeholders during the delivery of infrastructure projects. This framework relies on the tenets of the Viable Systems Model (VSM), a systems cybernetic model that enjoys a... Read More about Infrastructure delivery systems : governance and implementation issues.

Revolution in the echo chamber : audio drama's past, present, and future (2019)
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McMurtry, L. (2019). Revolution in the echo chamber : audio drama's past, present, and future. Intellect Books

This book is a sociohistorical analysis of British and US radio and audio drama from 1919 to the present day. This volume examines the aesthetic, cultural and technical elements of audio drama along with its context within the literary canon. It pr... Read More about Revolution in the echo chamber : audio drama's past, present, and future.

Ideologies of American foreign policy (2019)
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Callaghan, J., O'Connor, B., & Phythian, M. (2019). Ideologies of American foreign policy. London: Routledge (Taylor & Francis)

A comprehensive account of ideology and its role in the foreign policy of the United States of America, this book investigates the way United States foreign policy has been understood, debated and explained in the period since the US emerged as a glo... Read More about Ideologies of American foreign policy.

OPTIMAX 2018 - a focus on education in radiology (2019)
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(2019). A. van der Heij-Meijer, C. Buissink, & P. Hogg (Eds.), OPTIMAX 2018 - a focus on education in radiology. Greater Manchester, UK: University of Salford

This year, OPTIMAX was warmly welcomed by
University College Dublin. For the sixth time
students and teachers from Europe, South Africa,
South America and Canada have come together
enthusiastically to do research in the Radiography
domain. As in... Read More about OPTIMAX 2018 - a focus on education in radiology.

Japón para otakus : guía de museos, parques temáticos y otros centros de la cultura manganime (2019)
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Hernandez Perez, M., & Santiago, J. (2019). Japón para otakus : guía de museos, parques temáticos y otros centros de la cultura manganime. Diablo Ediciones

¡EL LIBRO QUE TODO AMANTE DE LA CULTURA JAPONESA ESPERABA!

Para todos aquellos que hemos crecido leyendo manga y viendo anime, Japón es mucho más que un

país: es el destino definitivo de toda peregrinación otaku. Esta guía ofrece una recopilaci... Read More about Japón para otakus : guía de museos, parques temáticos y otros centros de la cultura manganime.

Serial killers and the media : the Moors Murders legacy (2019)
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Cummins, I., Foley, M., & King, M. (2019). Serial killers and the media : the Moors Murders legacy. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04876-1

This book examines the media and cultural responses to the awful crimes of Brady and Hindley, whose murders provided a template for future media reporting on serial killers. It explores a wide variety of topics relating to the Moors Murders case incl... Read More about Serial killers and the media : the Moors Murders legacy.

Digital Skills Development : Effective digital profiles for researchers (2018)
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Kerry, G., Whitnall, D., & Worsley, H. (2018). Digital Skills Development : Effective digital profiles for researchers. Salford, UK: University of Salford

We are living in a digital era where the majority of people spend a vast amount of time on social media. So as academics it is important that we access this digital world and use it to our advantage. Social media is a key aspect of science communicat... Read More about Digital Skills Development : Effective digital profiles for researchers.

Glamour and gloom : 1930s Architecture in Belfast (2018)
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(2018). T. Poppelreuter (Ed.), Glamour and gloom : 1930s Architecture in Belfast. Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society

Glamour and Gloom : 1930s Architecture in Belfast is a richly illustrated book that consists of three essays and nineteen case studies on a selection of modern buildings that together display the architectural wealth of this decade in Belfast. Most o... Read More about Glamour and gloom : 1930s Architecture in Belfast.

Italy Transformed : politics, society and institutions at the end of the great recession (2018)
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(2018). M. Bull, & G. Pasquino (Eds.), Italy Transformed : politics, society and institutions at the end of the great recession. Abingdon, UK: Routledge (Taylor & Francis)

The decade commencing with the great crash of 2008 was a watershed period for Italian politics, involving fundamental and dramatic changes, many of which had not been anticipated and which are charted in this book, which analyses: the impact of the E... Read More about Italy Transformed : politics, society and institutions at the end of the great recession.

Manchester at work (2018)
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Nevell, M. (2018). Manchester at work. Stroud: Amberley Publishing

'Manchester at Work' explores the life of the city and its people, from pre-industrial beginnings through to the early 21st century. It charts the rise and fall of the textile industry, the town's role as a major inland port, post-war industrial decl... Read More about Manchester at work.

We must betray our potential (2018)
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Thurston, S. (2018). We must betray our potential. New Mills, Derbyshire: The Red Ceilings Press

We Must Betray Our Potential


In these metaphysical dialogues between the dancing and linguistic self, Thurston circles questions of being, ‘self’-presence and identity. The temporality of dance – its fleeting, unrestricted movements – and the a... Read More about We must betray our potential.

This changes everything – ICT and climate change : what can we do? (2018)
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(2018). D. Kreps, C. Ess, L. Leenen, & K. Kimppa (Eds.), This changes everything – ICT and climate change : what can we do?. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99605-9

This book contains the proceedings of the 13th International Human Choice and Computers (HCC13) Conference, held at Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland, during September 19–21, 2018. The conference was held by the International Federati... Read More about This changes everything – ICT and climate change : what can we do?.

City of segregation : one hundred years of struggle for housing in Los Angeles (2018)
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Gibbons, A. (2018). City of segregation : one hundred years of struggle for housing in Los Angeles. New York and London: Verso

Racism has been central to the way that the city of Los Angeles—and all US cities—have formed and grown. There is a long, ugly history of state-supported segregation, the violent local defence of white neighbourhood and racial boundaries with continu... Read More about City of segregation : one hundred years of struggle for housing in Los Angeles.