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      • The Glass Slipper Literary Agency

        The Glass Slipper Literary Agency is a full-service literary agency that seeks to excavate, unearth and unveil stories that provoke, trigger, inflame, inspire and awaken, bringing diverse, marginalized and globally appealing voices to the world. We work with authors and publishers across the Americas, Europe, UK, and South Asia. We aim to change the face of the publishing industry by increasing diversity and evoking marginalized and underrepresented voices, including BIPOC,  LGBTQIA, neurodivergent, and/or differently-abled authors.   We proactively nurture writers across the world and take them through every stage of the roller-coaster that is intrinsic to getting published and/or having your work optioned for on-screen adaptation spanning films, TV shows, web series, and more. We believe in developing and furthering the careers of our authors, also helping them build a solid presence across all traditional and non-traditional media, worldwide. Beyond the contours of traditional representation to publishers, we brainstorm potential new projects, orchestrate all book rights for our clients, including translation, republication and entertainment rights, and actively pitch our authors and their works for slots in prime TV shows, print and electronic media outlets, including but not limited to, interviews, Q&As, book reviews and longer-form features on our writers and their works.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2017

        Imperial cities

        Landscape, display and identity

        by Felix Driver, David Gilbert

        Imperial cities explores the influence of imperialism in the landscapes of modern European cities including London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Marseilles, Glasgow and Seville. Examines large-scale architectural schemes and monuments, including the Queen Victoria Memorial in London and the Vittoriano in Rome. Focuses on imperial display throughout the city, from spectacular exhibitions and ceremonies, to more private displays of empire in suburban gardens. Cconsiders the changing cultural and political identities in the imperial city, looking particularly at nationalism, masculinity and anti-imperialism.

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        February 2013

        Schottland

        by Peter Sager

        Schottland: Das sind die einsamen Highlands, die Festival- und Literaturstadt Edinburgh, an die fünfhundert Inseln der Hebriden und natürlich Glasgow. Peter Sager lässt die schottische Kultur lebendig werden – erzählt von Walter Scotts »Romanfabrik«, der Geschichte des Dudelsacks und begibt sich auf die Spuren Dr. Jekylls & Mr. Hydes.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        July 2018

        Shakespeare and Scotland

        by Willy Maley, Andrew Murphy

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        Colonialism & imperialism
        July 2003

        Imperial cities

        Landscape, display and identity

        by Edited by Felix Driver and David Gilbert

        Imperial cities explores the influence of imperialism in the landscapes of modern European cities including London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Marseilles, Glasgow and Seville. Examines large-scale architectural schemes and monuments, including the Queen Victoria Memorial in London and the Vittoriano in Rome. Focuses on imperial display throughout the city, from spectacular exhibitions and ceremonies, to more private displays of empire in suburban gardens. Cconsiders the changing cultural and political identities in the imperial city, looking particularly at nationalism, masculinity and anti-imperialism.

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        The Arts
        May 2003

        Scotland and the music hall, 1850–1914

        by Paul Maloney, Jeffrey Richards

        Music hall reflected the lifestyles and preoccupations of working people in a way that only television in the modern era has done since. While London dominated the wider British music hall, Glasgow was the centre of a vigorous Scottish performing culture developed in a Presbyterian society with a very different experience of industrial urbanisation. This book explores all aspects of the Scottish music hall industry, from the lives and professional culture of performers and impresarios to the place of music hall in Scottish life. It explores issues of national identity in terms of Scottish audiences' responses to the promotion of imperial themes in songs and performing material, and in the version of Scottish identity projected by Lauder and other kilted acts at home and abroad. ;

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        December 2000

        Contemporary British poetry and the city

        by Peter Barry, Kim Latham

        Though poets have always written about cities, the commonest critical categories (pastoral poetry, nature poetry, Romantic poetry, Georgian poetry, etc.) have usually stressed the rural, so that poetry can seem irrelevant to a predominantly urban populati. Explores a range of contemporary poets who visit the 'mean streets' of the contemporary urban scene, seeking the often cacophonous music of what happens here. Poets discussed include: Ken Smith, Iain Sinclair, Roy Fisher, Edwin Morgan, Sean O'Brien, Ciaran Carson, Peter Reading, Matt Simpson, Douglas Houston, Deryn Rees-Jones, Denise Riley, Ken Edwards, Levi Tafari, Aidan Hun, and Robert Hampson. Approaches contemporary poetry within a broad spectrum of personal, social, literary, and cultural concerns. Includes 'loco-specific' chapters, on cities including Hull, Liverpool, London, and Birmingham, with an additional chapter on 'post-industrial' cities such as Belfast, Glasgow and Dundee. ;

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2020

        Sexual progressives

        Reimagining intimacy in Scotland, 1880-1914

        by Tanya Cheadle

        Sexual Progressives is a major new study of the feminists and socialists who campaigned against the moral conservatism of the Victorian period. Drawing on a range of sources, from letters and diaries to radical newspapers and utopian novels, it provides the first group portrait of Scotland's hitherto neglected sexual rebels. They include Bella and Charles Pearce, prominent Glasgow socialists and disciples of an American-based mystic who taught that religion needed 're-sexed'; Jane Hume Clapperton, a feminist freethinker with advanced views on birth-control and women's right to sexual pleasure; and Patrick Geddes, founder of an avant-garde Edinburgh subculture and co-author of an influential scientific book on sex. A consideration of their lives and work forces a reappraisal of our understanding of British sexual progressivism during this period and will therefore be of interest to all historians of modern gender and sexuality.

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        Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure
        February 2012

        Foreign players and football supporters

        The Old Firm, Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain

        by David Ranc

        'Mercenaries', 'cheats', 'destroying the soul of (English) football', 'destroying the link between football clubs and their supporters': foreign football players have been accused of being at the origin of all the ills of contemporary football. How true is this? Foreign players and football supporters: The Old Firm, Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain is the first academic book to look at supporters' reactions to the increase in the number of foreign players in the very clubs they support week in week out. It shows that football supporters identify with their club through a variety of means, which may change or be replaced with others, and provides the most comprehensive view on football supporters' attachment to their club in the European Union, following the increase in European legislation. Divided into three case studies on Glasgow (Celtic and Rangers), Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal in London, the book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to chart the evolution of the link between supporters and club between 1995 and today. It is based on extensive research through the press of three nations, as well as interviews with officials and supporters. It provides an excellent read for students and researchers in Sports Studies, Politics, European Studies, French Studies and other Social Sciences, or to anyone interested in one of the most original institutions of contemporary western societies: mass spectator sports. ;

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        EXPERIENCING YOUR POTENTIAL

        Following Feldenkrais' Work

        by Abraham Shoshani

        Experiencing your Potential was inspired by the work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais and the renowned Israeli philosopher Prof. Jeshaiahu Leibovich, the author's celebrated teachers and mentors.  Reading the book is a unique experience – the experience of a journey into man’s spiritual world. This world is complex and complicated, but always attractive and interesting.  Experiencing your Potential offers thinking challenges to the interested reader and inspiration and guidance to anyone involved in performance education.  Dr. Shoshani’s knowledge is extensive, amazingly profound, and devoid of stiffing academics. One cannot be but impressed by the intellectual work invested in the writing of this concise yet comprehensive book. The exciting encounter between the worlds of psychology and education lends a special quality and is intellectually challenging.  The author is an artist and researcher who integrates knowledge of eastern and western cultures and creates a new perspective in performance education. His innovative path has been recognized internationally: Dr. Shoshani has lectured in academic institutions abroad, including: the Royal Academy for Music and Drama, Glasgow; the Drama Department of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; Actors Studio in New York; and Ithaca College, N.Y. . Dr. Shoshani is the Head of the Center for the Culture of the East in Jerusalem. The Hebrew edition of this book was adopted by Israel’s Ministry of Education and Culture for use at teacher-training institutes. An English-language eBook edition was published in spring 2013 by Samuel Wachtman's Sons, Inc., CA.  119 pages, 15X23 cm

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        February 2019

        Tourism Information Technology

        by Pierre J Benckendorff, Zheng Xiang, Pauline J Sheldon

        This third edition of 'Tourism Information Technology' provides a contemporary update on the complexities of using information technology in the tourism industry. It examines IT applications in all sectors including airlines, travel intermediaries, accommodation, foodservice, destinations, attractions, events and entertainment. Fully updated throughout and organised around the stages of the visitor journey, the book reviews how tourists are using technologies to support decision making before their trip, during their travels and at the destination. It: · Provides comprehensive and up to date coverage of all key topics in tourism information technologies · Covers new areas such as (among others) augmented and virtual reality, robotics, smart destinations, disruptive innovation and the collaborative economy, crowdsourcing for sustainability, online reputation management and big data · Incorporates a wealth of pedagogic features to aid student learning, including key models and concepts, research and industry insights, case studies, key terms, discussion questions, and links to useful websites. Accompanied online by instructor PowerPoint slides, multiple choice questions and further case studies, this book provides a comprehensive and learning-focused text for students of tourism and related subjects.

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        Experimente Su Potencial

        by Abraham Shoshani

        Experimente Su Potencial: Tras las Huellas de Feldenkrais por Abraham Shoshani Experimente su potencial se inspira en la obra del Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais y del renombrado filósofo israelí Prof. Yeshaiahu Leibovich, celebrados maestros y mentores del autor. La lectura del libro es una experiencia única, la de un viaje al mundo espiritual del hombre. Este mundo es complejo y complicado, pero siempre atractivo e interesante. Experimente su potencial ofrece desafíos de pensamiento al lector interesado e inspiración y guía a toda persona involucrada en la educación para rendimiento académico. Los conocimientos del Dr. Shoshani son vastos, increíblemente profundos y desprovistos de rigidez académica. Es realmente impresionante el trabajo intelectual que se ha invertido para escribir este libro, a la vez conciso y exhaustivo. El apasionante encuentro entre los mundos de la psicología y de la educación le otorga una calidad especial y representa un desafío intelectual. El autor es un artista que integra conocimientos sobre culturas orientales y occidentales y crea una nueva perspectiva en la educación para rendimiento académico. Su camino innovador goza de reconocimiento internacional: el Dr. Shoshani ha dado conferencias en instituciones académicas en todo el mundo, entre otras la Real Academia de Música y Drama de Glasgow, el Departamento de Drama de la Universidad Carnegie de Pittsburgh, así como en el Actors Studio y el Ithaca College de Nueva York. Dr. Shoshani es el director del Centro de Culturas Orientales en Jerusalén. El Ministerio de Educación y Cultura de Israel ha adoptado la versión hebrea de este libro para su uso en centros de enseñanza magisterial.

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        Experimente Su Potencial

        by Abraham Shoshani

        Experimente Su Potencial: Tras las Huellas de Feldenkrais por Abraham Shoshani Experimente su potencial se inspira en la obra del Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais y del renombrado filósofo israelí Prof. Yeshaiahu Leibovich, celebrados maestros y mentores del autor. La lectura del libro es una experiencia única, la de un viaje al mundo espiritual del hombre. Este mundo es complejo y complicado, pero siempre atractivo e interesante. Experimente su potencial ofrece desafíos de pensamiento al lector interesado e inspiración y guía a toda persona involucrada en la educación para rendimiento académico. Los conocimientos del Dr. Shoshani son vastos, increíblemente profundos y desprovistos de rigidez académica. Es realmente impresionante el trabajo intelectual que se ha invertido para escribir este libro, a la vez conciso y exhaustivo. El apasionante encuentro entre los mundos de la psicología y de la educación le otorga una calidad especial y representa un desafío intelectual. El autor es un artista que integra conocimientos sobre culturas orientales y occidentales y crea una nueva perspectiva en la educación para rendimiento académico. Su camino innovador goza de reconocimiento internacional: el Dr. Shoshani ha dado conferencias en instituciones académicas en todo el mundo, entre otras la Real Academia de Música y Drama de Glasgow, el Departamento de Drama de la Universidad Carnegie de Pittsburgh, así como en el Actors Studio y el Ithaca College de Nueva York. Dr. Shoshani es el director del Centro de Culturas Orientales en Jerusalén. El Ministerio de Educación y Cultura de Israel ha adoptado la versión hebrea de este libro para su uso en centros de enseñanza magisterial.

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        Connaître son potentiel

        by Abraham Shoshani

        Connaître son potentiel – en suivant les travaux de Feldenkrais par Abraham Shoshani Connaître son potentiel est inspiré par les travaux du Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais et du fameux philosophe israélien, le Professeur Yeshaiahu Leibovich, qui ont été les vénérés professeurs et modèles de l’auteur. La lecture de ce livre constitue une expérience unique – l’expérience d’un voyage dans le monde spiritual de l’être humain. Ce monde est complexe et compliqué, mais toujours intéressant et attirant. Connaître son potentiel offres des défis intellectuels au lecteur intéressé et, pour quiconque s’occupe d’éducation de performance, inspiration et guidance. Les connaissances du Dr. Shoshani sont étendues, d’une profondeur étonnante et dénuées de rigidité académique. On ne peut s’empêcher d’être impressionné par le travail intellectuel investi dans l’écriture de ce livre concis et cependant complet. La rencontre passionnante entre le monde de la psychologie et celui de l’éducation lui donne une qualité particulière et une marque de défi intellectuel. L’auteur est un artiste et chercheur qui intègre la connaissance des cultures orientale et occidentale et crée une nouvelle perspective dans l’éducation de performance. Son cheminement innovateur jouit d’une reconnaissance internationale: à l’étranger, le Dr. Shoshani a donné des conférences dans des institutions académiques, parmi lesquelles: l’Académie Royale de Musique et d’Art Dramatique à Glasgow; le Département d’Art Dramatique de la Carnegie Mellon University à Pittsburgh; le Actors Studio à New York; et le Ithaca College à New York. Le Dr. Shoshani est le directeur du Centre de la Culture à Jérusalem Est. L'édition du livre en hébreu a été adoptée par le Ministère de l’Education et de la Culture en Israël comme manuel dans les instituts d’entraînement des éducateurs.

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        Business, Economics & Law
        December 2017

        Transforming Travel

        Realising the potential of sustainable tourism

        by Jeremy Smith

        Transforming Travel combines stories from leading companies, interviews with pioneers and thinkers, along with thorough analysis of the industry's potential to make lasting, positive change. - A unique collection of case studies and stories of the most successful, inspirational, impactful and innovative travel businesses in the world. - A vital presentation of the latest research and statistics on the positive impacts and potential of transformative, sustainable tourism, - A positive and realistic vision of the scope of tourism to promote sustainable development at a time when travel and interaction with foreign cultures is facing numerous existential challenges. Written in a highly engaging style Transforming Travel presents an urgent argument for transforming tourism so it might reach its potential to promote tolerance, restore communities and regenerate habitats, while providing a vital guide for anyone looking to develop the successful sustainable tourism enterprises and destinations needed to do so.

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        April 2017

        Fish Viruses and Bacteria

        Pathobiology and Protection

        by Patrick T K Woo, Rocco C Cipriano

        Taking a disease-based approach, Fish Viruses and Bacteria: Pathobiology and Protection focuses on the pathobiology of and protective strategies against the most common, major microbial pathogens of economically important marine and freshwater fish. The book covers well-studied, notifiable piscine viruses and bacteria, including new and emerging diseases which can become huge threats to local fish populations in new geographical regions if transported there via infected fish or eggs. A concise but thorough reference work, this book: - Covers key viral and bacterial diseases of notable fish species; - Reviews major well-established piscine pathogens as well as new, emerging and notifiable diseases; and - Contains the most up-to-date research contributed by a team of over fifty world experts. An invaluable bench book for fish health consultants, veterinarians and all those wanting instant access to information, this book is also a useful textbook for students specializing in fish health and research scientists initiating fish disease research programmes. ; Taking a disease-based approach, this book focuses on the pathobiology of and protective strategies against the most common, major microbial pathogens of economically important marine and freshwater fish. It covers well-studied, notifiable piscine viruses and bacteria, including new and emerging diseases. ; 1: Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus, Arun K. Dhar, Scott LaPatra, Andrew Orry and F.C. Thomas Allnutt 2: Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus, Jo-Ann C. Leong and Gael Kurath 3: Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia Virus, John S. Lumsden 4: Epizootic Haematopoietic Necrosis and European Catfish Virus, Paul Hick, Ellen Ariel and Richard Whittington 5: Oncogenic Viruses: Oncorhynchus masou Virus and Cyprinid Herpesvirus, Mamoru Yoshimizu, Hisae Kasai, Yoshihiro Sakoda, Nanako Sano and Motohiko Sano 6: Infectious Salmon Anaemia, Knut Falk and Maria Aamelfot 7: Spring Viraemia of Carp, Peter Dixon and David Stone 8: Channel Catfish Viral Disease, Larry A. Hanson and Lester H. Khoo 9: Largemouth Bass Viral Disease, Rodman G. Getchell and Geoffrey H. Groocock 10: Koi Herpesvirus Disease, Keith Way and Peter Dixon 11: Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy, Anna Toffan 12: Iridoviral Diseases: Red Sea Bream Iridovirus and White Sturgeon Iridovirus, Yasuhiko Kawato, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Kazuhiro Nakajima,Thomas Waltzek and Richard Whittington 13: Alphaviruses in Salmonids, Marius Karlsen and Renate Johansen 14: Aeromonas salmonicida and A. hydrophila, Bjarnheidur K. Gudmundsdottir and Bryndis Bjornsdottir 15: Edwardsiella spp., Matt J. Griffin, Terrence E. Greenway and David J. Wise 16: Flavobacterium spp.: F. psychrophilum, F. columnare and F. branchiophilum, Thomas P. Loch and Mohamed Faisal 17: Francisella noatunensis, Esteban M. Soto and John P. Hawke 18: Mycobacterium spp., David T. Gauthier and Martha W. Rhodes 19: Photobacterium damselae, John P. Hawke 20: Piscirickettsia salmonis, Jerri Bartholomew, Kristen D. Arkush and Esteban M. Soto 21: Renibacterium salmoninarum, Diane G. Elliott 22: Streptococcus iniae and S. agalactiae, Craig A. Shoemaker, De-Hai Xu and Esteban M. Soto 23: Vibriosis: Vibrio anguillarum, V. ordalii and Aliivibrio salmonicida, Alicia E. Toranzo, Beatriz Magariños and Ruben Avendaño-Herrera 24: Weissella ceti, Timothy J. Welch, David P. Marancik and Christopher M. Good 25: Yersinia ruckeri, Michael Ormsby and Robert Davies

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        Business, Economics & Law
        February 2018

        Strategic Management in Tourism

        by Luiz Moutinho, Alfonso Vargas-Sánchez, Alejandro Pérez-Ferrant, Alfonso Vargas-Sánchez, Anne-Mette Hjalager, Brent W Ritchie, Dawn Gibson, Eduardo Parra-López, Geoff Southern, James Wilson, Jithendran Kokkamikal, José Alberto Martínez-González, Kanes Rajah, Kun-Huang Huarng, Larry Dwyer, Luiz Moutinho, María Moral-Moral, Mercedes Melchior-Navarro, Noel Scott, Rafael Alberto Pérez, Ronnie Ballantyne, S.F. Witt, Scott McCabe, Shirley Rate, Tiffany Hui-Kuang Yu, Vanessa Yanes-Estévez, Yawei Jiang, Yvette Reisinger

        This comprehensive textbook has, at its core, the importance of linking strategic thinking with action in the management of tourism. It provides an analytical evaluation of the most important global trends, as well as an analysis of the impact of crucial environmental issues and their implications. Fully updated throughout, this new edition: -Covers forecasting, functional management and strategic planning; -Includes extra chapters to incorporate a wider spread of important topics such as sustainability, authenticity and crisis management; -Contains pedagogical features throughout, such as learning objectives, questions and case studies to aid understanding Now in its third edition, and reviewing the major factors affecting international tourism management, this well-established student resource provides an essential overview of strategic management for students and professionals in the tourism sector.

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        Medicine
        July 2018

        Are We Pushing Animals to Their Biological Limits?

        Welfare and Ethical Implications

        by Temple Grandin, Martin Whiting

        Stimulating and thought-provoking, this important new text looks at the welfare problems and philosophical and ethical issues that are caused by changes made to an animal's telos, behaviour and physiology, both positive and negative, to make them more productive or adapted for human uses. These changes may involve selective breeding for production, appearance traits, or competitive advantage in sport, transgenic animals or the use of pharmaceuticals or hormones to enhance production or performance. Changes may impose duties to care for these animals further and more intensely, or they may make the animal more robust. The book considers a wide range of animals, including farm animals, companion animals and laboratory animals. It reviews the ethics and welfare issues of animals that have been adapted for sport, as companions, in work, as ornaments, food sources, guarding and a whole host of other human functions. This important new book sparks debate and is essential reading for all those involved in animal welfare and ethics, including veterinarians, animal scientists, animal welfare scientists and ethologists.

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