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        Biography & True Stories
        November 2024

        Walking in the dark

        James Baldwin, my father and I

        by Douglas Field

        A moving exploration of the life and work of the celebrated American writer, blending biography and memoir with literary criticism. Since James Baldwin's death in 1987, his writing - including The Fire Next Time, one of the manifestoes of the Civil Rights Movement, and Giovanni's Room, a pioneering work of gay fiction - has only grown in relevance. Douglas Field was introduced to Baldwin's essays and novels by his father, who witnessed the writer's debate with William F. Buckley at Cambridge University in 1965. In Walking in the dark, he embarks on a journey to unravel his life-long fascination and to understand why Baldwin continues to enthral us decades after his death. Tracing Baldwin's footsteps in France, the US and Switzerland, and digging into archives, Field paints an intimate portrait of the writer's life and influence. At the same time, he offers a poignant account of coming to terms with his father's Alzheimer's disease. Interweaving Baldwin's writings on family, illness, memory and place, Walking in the dark is an eloquent testament to the enduring power of great literature to illuminate our paths.

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        Business, Economics & Law
        December 2017

        Tour Operators and Operations

        Development, Management and Responsibility

        by Jacqueline Holland, David Leslie

        With a focus on the creation and distribution of packaged holidays, this text covers the fundamentals of business and the relationship between tour operators and destinations. With particular reference to the sustainability of both parties, it reviews the impacts and influences of tour operations and practices on destinations within the overriding context of tour operator responsibility. It addresses the entirety of this key component of the tourism sector, and reflects the shift in recent years from traditional 'sun, sea and sand' holiday to more bespoke packages. Taking into account tour operators as a growing factor among the major emergent economies of the world, this book is: - The first textbook to provide such in-depth content of tour operators and operations. - Written by authors with industry, research and teaching experience. - A wealth of information regarding popular eco, nature and adventure trips, as well as myriad niche and special interest products. Full of international and highly topical case studies, exercises and discussion questions, Tour Operators and Operations: Development, Management and Responsibility is a fundamental text for students of tourism.

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        April 2024

        Farm Animal Medicine and Surgery for Small Animal Veterinarians

        by Graham R Duncanson

        Small animal veterinarians are increasingly taking on caseloads that include farm animals, with cases being presented by local hobby farmers, smallholders, and 'novelty pet' owners. With the increase in veterinary telemedicine, they now also receive requests for advice electronically from owners further afield. Recognising this trend, this book provides a quick reference for small-animal orientated veterinarians in the basics of surgery and treatment of farm animals. Popular animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, camelids and backyard poultry are covered, and basic techniques such as anaesthesia, clinical examination techniques, breeding, surgery and euthanasia are discussed. This new edition: - Expands on recent developments in all areas of medicine and surgery, covering advances such as the increased use of ultrasound across species and adding a new section on anthelmintics. - Provides updates on current major disease threats, as well as providing a One Health perspective. - Includes full colour images to help bring the subject to life. Ideal for looking up information during a consult, or for use as a refresher guide and continuing professional development resource, this book is an important tool for veterinarians in small and mixed practices.

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        Zoology & animal sciences
        October 2020

        Raptor Medicine, Surgery and Rehabilitation

        by David Scott

        Comprehensive, practical and extensively illustrated, this book accumulates years of practical knowledge when dealing with injured birds of prey. Written by a practicing veterinarian it is a concise, helpful, day-to-day guide which outlines everything from handling and the intake examination, through to practical procedures and the treatment of a comprehensive range of conditions and injuries. Also covering advice on housing, rehabilitation and eventual release, and fully updated throughout, this new edition incorporates new images as well as new and expanded information on electrocution, pesticides, feeding puppets and species habitats. With plenty of new 'raptor tips' and questions, Raptor Medicine, Surgery and Rehabilitation, 3rd Edition, includes handy hints, clinical pearls and retains its emphasis on practical procedures throughout. Forming a complete and approachable guide to raptor veterinary care, this book also features numerous rapid reference charts and appendices.

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        The Arts
        July 2024

        Theatre, activism, subjectivity

        Searching for the Left in a fragmented world

        by Bishnupriya Dutt, Silvija Jestrovic

        Through the lens of performance and politics, this collection zooms in on the context-specific dimensions, analogies, and micro-histories of the Left to better understand the larger picture. It proposes a search for the Left not from totalising Leftist ideological positions and partisan politics but from ethical dimensions through smaller-scale Left-leaning struggles; not from the political to the aesthetic, but from the potentiality of art to offer new political imagination and critique; not from the individual subordinated to the collective, but from the dialectics of subjectivity and collectivity. This is not an attempt at a sweeping global overview of Leftist cultures either, but a collection that brings together culture-specific and comparative perspectives. This book searches for fragments of and on the Left, past and present, through which to rethink and patch a fragmented world.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2021

        Anna of Denmark

        The material and visual culture of the Stuart courts, 1589–1619

        by Jemma Field

        Approaching the Stuart courts through the lens of the queen consort, Anna of Denmark, this study is underpinned by three key themes: translating cultures, female agency and the role of kinship networks and genealogical identity for early modern royal women. Illustrated with a fascinating array of objects and artworks, the book follows a trajectory that begins with Anna's exterior spaces before moving to the interior furnishings of her palaces, the material adornment of the royal body, an examination of Anna's visual persona and a discussion of Anna's performance of extraordinary rituals that follow her life cycle. Underpinned by a wealth of new archival research, the book provides a richer understanding of the breadth of Anna's interests and the meanings generated by her actions, associations and possessions.

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        September 2022

        Identity or Not?

        by Jean-Pierre Wils (ed.)

        Questions of identity trigger controversial and highly emotional discussions in the political and social debate. The positions range from radically emancipatory perspectives to authoritarian and restorative efforts on the far right wing of politics. Liberal democracies are now opening up – slowly – as identity- and gender-sensitive forums. Opposite them are the 'new ethics' of illiberal democracies and totalitarian states that are aimed at ethnic homogeneity and gender uniformity. But that's not to say that there is unity in the liberal settings on the necessary degree of identity politics. Both language and gender politics are deeply controversial. Do we need an 'identity' and, if so, which one or how many? Can the identity debate be extended by means of other concepts?

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        June 2022

        Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 98/1

        The Artist of the Future Age: William Blake, Neo-Romanticism, Counterculture and Now

        by Douglas Field

        This special issue of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library is devoted to William Blake. It explores the British and European reception of Blake's work from the late nineteenth century to the present day, with a particular focus on the counterculture. Opening with two articles by the late Michael Horovitz, an important figure in the 'Blake Renaissance' of the 1960s, the issue goes on to investigate the ideological struggle over Blake in the early part of the twentieth century, with particular reference to W. B. Yeats. This is followed by articles on the artistic avant-garde and underground of the 1960s and on Blake's significance for science fiction authors of the 1970s. The issue closes with an article on the contemporary Belgian art collective maelstrÖm reEvolution.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        December 2023

        Transitional justice in process

        Plans and politics in Tunisia

        by Mariam Salehi

        After the fall of the Ben Ali regime in 2011, Tunisia swiftly began dealing with its authoritarian past and initiated a comprehensive transitional justice process, with the Truth and Dignity Commission as its central institution. However, instead of bringing about peace and justice, transitional justice soon became an arena of contention. Through a process lens, the book explores why and how the process evolved, and explains how it relates to the country's political transition. Based on extensive field research in Tunisia and the US, and interviews with a broad range of international stakeholders and decision-makers, this is the first book to comprehensively study the Tunisian transitional justice process. It provides an in-depth analysis of a crucial period, examining the role of justice professionals in different stages, as well as the alliances and frictions between different actor groups that cut across the often-assumed local-international divide.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        2020

        Bridges Instead of Walls, or What Unites Ukrainians?

        by Tetiana Teren

        In this collection of essays, twenty Ukrainian intellectuals reflect on the phenomenon of social bridges and walls. Why do they both exist? Do bridges always bring understanding? Or do they perhaps sometimes allow crossing boundaries? Do walls necessarily separate? Or do they occasionally protect? With whom and how should we build bridges, and from whom shall we isolate by walls? The result of the media project of the Ukrainian branch of the International PEN Club, published in the New Time publication, is now under one cover. On the pages of the book, you will find essays by the following authors: Kateryna Kalytko, Kateryna Botanova, Vakhtang Kebuladze, Zoya Kazanzhy, Ostap Slyvinskyi, Olena Stiazhkina, Larysa Denysenko, Myroslava Barchuk, Viktoriya Amelina, Vitaliy Ponomariov, Vasyl Makhno, Volodymyr Rafeenko, Mykola Riabchuk, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Svitlana Pyrkalo, Borys Gudziak, Ihor Isichenko, Halyna Vdovychenko, Pavlo Kazarin, Vitaliy Portnykov. Compiled by Tetiana Teren. Foreword by Andriy Kurkov.

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        Krav Maga :

        Comment se défendre contre un assaillant armé

        by Imi Sdé-Or et Eyal Yanilov

        Krav Maga : Comment se défendre contre un assaillant armé Imi Sdé-Or et Eyal Yanilov Un manuel pratique d’autodéfense fondé sur le Krav Maga, célèbre système israélien de combat sans armes. Cette remarquable méthode d’autodéfense a été adoptée par l’armée, la police et les autres services chargés de la sécurité en Israël en tant que méthode officielle de tactique de défense et est reconnue au niveau international comme une des meilleures du genre par les experts du monde entier. Aux Etats-Unis, en Europe et particulièrement en France, cette unique méthode d’autodéfense est d’ores et déjà enseignée et utilisée pour faire respecter la loi (par le GIGN, FBI, CIA…) aussi bien que par les citoyens ordinaires. Une édition en anglais a été publiée aux Etats-Unis en 2001, avec huit réimpressions. Elle fut immédiatement suivie par une édition japonaise. Les éditions en espagnol pour le Mexique et en hollandais ont été publiées en 2002, alors que celles en allemand, et espagnol castillan furent publiées en 2003 et l’édition tchèque en 2004. Les éditions française et hongroise sont sorties en mi-2006, l'édition en polonais a été publiée en septembre 2008. 256 pages, 500-plus n/b photos & illustrations ; 16,5 X 24 cm A voir dans d'autres langues DES NOUVEAUX TITRES SUPPLEMENTAIRES DANS LA SERIE DE KRAV MAGA : Deux autres volumes de cette série intitulés Krav Maga – Les bases du Self-défense, se concentrent sur comment se défendre contre un assaillant non-armé, par exemple contre toutes sortes de coups de poing, coups de pied, saisies, maintiens, etc. L’édition en anglais pour l’Amérique du Nord devrait paraître en 2011. Chaque volume comprend 240 pages, avec plus de 800 photos et illustrations en noir et blanc ; 16.5 x 24 cm. A propos des auteurs Eyal Yanilov a commence à s’entraîner en Krav Maga avec le Grand-Maître Imi Sdé-Or quand il avait 15 ans. Yanilov fur la première personne qui ait commencé à former des instructeurs de Krav Maga hors d’Israël, et il a entraîné des unités spéciales, des militaires et des civils dans plus de 18 pays. Le Grand-Maître Imi Sdé-Or, qui a inventé le Krav Maga, est décédé à 88 ans en 1998.

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        The Arts
        September 2020

        Science in performance

        Theatre and the politics of engagement

        by Simon Parry

        This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book is about science in theatre and performance. It explores how theatre and performance engage with emerging scientific themes from artificial intelligence to genetics and climate change. The book covers a wide range of performance forms from Broadway musicals to educational theatre, from Somali drama to grime videos. It features work by pioneering companies including Gob Squad, Headlong Theatre and Theatre of Debate as well as offering fresh analysis of global blockbusters such as Wicked and Urinetown. The book offers detailed description and analysis of theatre and performance practices as well as broader commentary on the politics of theatre as public engagement with science. Science in performance is essential reading for researchers, students and practitioners working between science and the arts within fields such as theatre and performance studies, science communication, interdisciplinary arts and health humanities.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        February 2023

        Politics, performance and popular culture

        Theatre and society in nineteenth-century Britain

        by Peter Yeandle, Katherine Newey, Jeffrey Richards

        This collection brings together studies of popular performance and politics across the nineteenth century, offering a fresh perspective from an archivally grounded research base. It works with the concept that politics is performative and performance is political. The book is organised into three parts in dialogue regarding specific approaches to popular performance and politics. Part I offers a series of conceptual studies using popular culture as an analytical category for social and political history. Part II explores the ways that performance represents and constructs contemporary ideologies of race, nation and empire. Part III investigates the performance techniques of specific politicians - including Robert Peel, Keir Hardie and Henry Hyndman - and analyses the performative elements of collective movements.

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        KRAV MAGÁ: Cómo defenderse contra ataques armados

        by Imi Sde-Or y Eyal Yanilov

        KRAV MAGÁ: Cómo defenderse contra ataques armados por Imi Sde-Or y Eyal Yanilov Manual práctico de defensa personal basado en Krav Magá, el famoso método israelí de combate sin armas. Krav Magá fue durante años un método estrictamente reservado a los agentes de seguridad y a unidades de comando del ejército israelí. Hoy día, goza de una popularidad cada vez mayor y de una siempre creciente aceptación por parte de expertos en todo el mundo. En Estados Unidos y en algunos países de Europa, este singular método de defensa forma parte del programa de entrenamiento de diversos organismos de seguridad, así como del ciudadano de a pie. Una primera versión en inglés de Cómo defenderse contra ataques armados se publicó en el verano de 2001 y ya se ha reimprimido ocho veces. Poco después fue seguida de una versión en japonés, así como de versiones en español de México y en holandés (2002). En 2003 se publicaron las versiones en alemán y español y una versión en checo vio la luz en 2004. A mediados de 2006 se publicaron las versiones en francés y en húngaro y una versión en polaco se publicó en el otoño de 2008. 256 páginas, más de 500 fotos e ilustraciones en blanco y negro; 16,5 x 24 cm. OTROS NUEVOS TÍTULOS DE LA SERIE DE KRAV MAGÁ: Krav Magá: Cómo defenderse contra ataques físicos

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        Krav Maga – Selbstverteidigung gegen körperliche Angriffe

        by Imi Sde-Or (Lichtenfeld) und Eyal Yanilov

        Krav Maga – Selbstverteidigung gegen körperliche Angriffe Von Großmeister Imi Sde-Or (Lichtenfeld) und Chief Instructor Eyal Yanilov Zwei Bände in Vorbereitung werden die Bestseller-Serie über Krav Maga ergänzen. Sie basieren auf der berühmten israelischen unbewaffneten Selbstverteidigung, mit Schwerpunkt auf die Verteidigung gegen unbewaffnete Angriffe, z.B. alle Arten von Schlägen und Tritten, Klammergriffen usw. Erscheinungsdatum: 2009. Krav Maga ist eine von Großmeister Sde-Or (Lichtenfeld) seit den 30er Jahren entwickelte Methode der unbewaffneten Verteidigung. Die Methode war anfangs streng auf Sicherheitsagenten und Mitglieder der Mossad und der Eliteeinheiten der israelischen Streitkräfte beschränkt. Die Methode wurde nun für den zivilen Gebrauch adaptiert, so dass jeder sie nutzen kann, unabhängig von Alter, Geschlecht und körperlicher Verfassung. Die Disziplin basiert auf natürlichen Reaktionen des menschlichen Körpers und ist leicht zu lernen und anzuwenden sowie sehr praxisorientiert. Krav Maga ist mittlerweile sehr populär und wird von Sicherheitsexperten in aller Welt anerkannt. In den USA, Südamerika, Europa, Australien und im Fernen Osten wird diese einzigartige Methode der Selbstverteidigung sowohl von staatlichen Sicherheitsbehörden als auch von vielen gewöhnlichen Zivilisten eingesetzt. Krav Maga – Selbstverteidigung gegen körperliche Angriffe ist der erste von zwei Bänden, in denen die Kernprinzipien und Trainingsmethoden für die unbewaffnete Verteidigung vorgestellt werden. Die Verfasser, Imi Sde-Or und sein Hauptschüler Eyal Yanilov, stellen in einem übersichtlichen Format Schritt für Schritt die Grundlagen vor: Sicherheit beim Training, Aufwärm-, Dehn- und Beweglichkeitsübungen bis zu Angreifmethoden, Stand- und Startpositionen. Die Autoren bieten Strategien für alle denkbaren Szenarien: Verteidigung gegen Tritte und Hiebe, Befreiung aus Klammergriffen, Griffe, Würfe und mehr. Ebenso werden die psychologischen Grundlagen der Disziplin vorgestellt. Abschnitte über mentales Training, Schwachpunkte, mehrfache Angreifer und Selbstverteidigung für Frauen ergänzen die Beschreibung des Systems.  Die Autoren Eyal Yanilov begann das Training mit Krav Maga mit Großmeister Sde-Or im Alter von 15 Jahren. Yanilov bildete als erster Krav Maga-Spezialist Trainer außerhalb von Israel aus. Er lehrte die Methode für Spezialeinheiten im militärischen und zivilen Bereich in über 18 Ländern. Großmeister Imi Sde-Or verstarb 1998 im Alter von 88 Jahren. Jeder Band hat etwa 240 Seiten mit zusammen über 800 Schwarzweißfotos und Illustrationen; 16,4 x 24 cm.   Eine englischsprachige Ausgabe für Nordamerika ist für Sommer 2012 geplant.

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        Krav Maga : Les bases du Self-défense

        by Imi Sdé-Or (Lichtenfeld) et Eyal Yanilov

        Krav Maga : Les bases du Self-défense par le Grand-Maître Imi Sdé-Or (Lichtenfeld) et le Chef Instructeur Eyal Yanilov Voici deux volumes dans cette série de best-sellers Krav Maga, fondée sur le système renommé de combat à mains nues israélien : ces volumes se concentrent sur la façon de se défendre contre un assaillant non-armé, par exemple contre toutes sortes de coups de poing, coups de pied, saisies, maintiens, etc.   Le Krav Maga, développé par le Grand-Maître Imi Sdé-Or (Lichtenfeld) depuis les années 1930, était autrefois une méthode de combat à mains nues strictement réservée aux agents de sécurité et aux membres du MOSSAD ou des unités d’élite de l’armée israélienne. La méthode a été adaptée pour les civils, de sorte que quiconque, quelque soit son âge ou son sexe, ou même sa capacité physique, peut l'utiliser efficacement. Sur la base des réactions naturelles du corps humain, la discipline est facile à apprendre et à exécuter, et pratique à utiliser.   Le Krav Maga est rapidement devenu populaire et a obtenu la reconnaissance des experts du monde entier. Aux Etats-Unis, en Amérique du Sud, en Europe, en Australie et en Extrême-Orient, cette méthode unique d’autodéfense est déjà enseignée et utilisée par les forces de l’ordre, et aussi par de nombreux citoyens ordinaires.   Ecrit par Imi Sdé-Or et son disciple distingué Eyal Yanilov dans le cadre de la Série du Fondateur, Krav Maga : Les bases du Self-défense présente, en deux volumes, les grands principes et les méthodes d'entraînement au combat non-armé. Conçu dans un format accessible, étape par étape, le livre traite des principes de base, de la sécurité à l'entraînement, de l'échauffement, de l’assouplissement et la flexibilité jusqu’aux principes d'attaques, de posture et de positions de départ. Les auteurs proposent des stratégies pour chaque scénario imaginable : la défense à coups de poing et à coups de pied, comment se libérer d’un étranglement, d’une prise de tête et d’une prise nelson, de saisies, de coups de poing, de projections, et plus encore. Cet ouvrage, soulignant également les fondements psychologiques de la discipline, complète son utilité en consacrant des sections à l'entraînement mental, aux points vulnérables, aux cas de multiples agresseurs et les problèmes d'auto-défense particuliers aux femmes.   A propos des auteurs   Eyal Yanilov a commence à s’entraîner en Krav Maga avec le Grand-Maître Imi Sdé-Or quand il avait 15 ans. Yanilov fur la première personne qui ait commencé à former des instructeurs de Krav Maga hors d’Israël, et il a entraîné des unités spéciales, des militaires et des civils dans plus de 18 pays. Le Grand-Maître Imi Sdé-Or, qui a inventé le Krav Maga, est décédé à 88 ans en 1998. Une édition en anglais pour l’Amérique du Nord devrait paraître en 2011. Chaque volume comprend 240 pages, avec plus de 800 photos et illustrations en noir et blanc ; 16.5 x 24

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        Dietetics & nutrition
        December 2012

        Nutrition and Physical Activity in Inflammatory Diseases

        by Philip C Calder, Anne Marie Minihane, Elizabeth Kovacs, Sridevi Devaraj, David Heber, Samir Samman, Goran Paulsen, Jeff Coombes, Monica Bullo, Catherine J Field, Josep Bassaganya-Riera, Rohan Walker, Caryl Nowson, Marlena C Kruger, Lynnette Ferguson, Mohsen Meydani, Robert McNamara, Burno Pot, Andreia Oliveira, Anette E Buyken. Edited by Manohar L Garg, Lisa G Wood.

        Certain nutrients and physical activity can significantly alter immune function and inflammation. Targeted interventions may be an effective and inexpensive means to improve the inflammation and immune dysfunction associated with chronic diseases. This book defines the relevant underlying biological mechanisms and strengthens our understanding of how nutrients and physical activity impact inflammatory diseases. A useful reference for researchers and students of nutrition, physiology and sports science, it explores the unique aspects of inflammation induced by nutritional deficiencies or activity levels, and their interrelationship.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 2023

        Leaving the field

        by Robin James Smith, Sara Delamont

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