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Legacies of Occupation
by Gilly CarrThis book explores the way in which the legacy of the German occupation of the Channel Islands has been turned into heritage (or, conversely, neglected) over the last 70 years. Once seen as the 'taint of the mark of the beast', the perception of much of what the Germans left behind has slowly chang... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Nazi Prisons in the British Isles: Political Prisoners during the German Occupation of Jersey and Guernsey, 1940–1945 (Modern Conflict Archaeology)
by Gilly CarrWith firsthand sources and archeological research, this study explores life inside Nazi prisons during the occupation of the Channel Islands.Through most of the Second World War, Nazis occupied the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, two British Crown dependencies in the English Channel. With extensi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Heritage and Memory of War: Responses from Small Islands (Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology #1)
by Gilly Carr • Keir ReevesEvery large nation in the world was directly or indirectly affected by the impact of war during the course of the twentieth century, and while the historical narratives of war of these nations are well known, far less is understood about how small islands coped. These islands – often not nations in ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Cultural Heritage and Prisoners of War: Creativity Behind Barbed Wire
by Harold Mytum • Gilly CarrThis book focuses on the numerous examples of creativity produced by POWs and civilian internees during their captivity, including: paintings, cartoons, craftwork, needlework, acting, musical compositions, magazine and newspaper articles, wood carving, and recycled Red Cross tins turned into plates,... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Prisoners of War
by Harold Mytum • Gilly CarrThe archaeology of war has revealed evidence of bravery, sacrifice, heroism, cowardice, and atrocities. Mostly absent from these narratives of victory and defeat, however, are the experiences of prisoners of war, despite what these can teach us about cruelty, ingenuity, and human adaptability. The ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Proofs and Refutations
by John Worrall • Elie ZaharProofs and Refutations is essential reading for all those interested in the methodology, the philosophy and the history of mathematics. Much of the book takes the form of a discussion between a teacher and his students. They propose various solutions to some mathematical problems and investigate t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1976 -
Proofs and Refutations
Imre Lakatos's Proofs and Refutations is an enduring classic, which has never lost its relevance. Taking the form of a dialogue between a teacher and some students, the book considers various solutions to mathematical problems and, in the process, raises important questions about the nature of math... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Love Luck and Lore
Most cultures and societies around the world have their own unique methods for finding love. For instance, in Genoa, Italy, a yearly celebration commemorates the generosity of Count Fieschi of Lavagna who, in 1240, threw a party with a 30-foot cake. Townsfolk remember him with a parade and a littl... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
The Book of Small
by Sarah Ellis • Emily CarrThe legendary Emily Carr was primarily a painter, but she first gained recognition as an author. She wrote seven popular, critically acclaimed books about her journeys to remote Native communities and about her life as an artist-as well as her life as a small child in Victoria at the turn of the las... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1876 -
The prince boofhead syndrome
Dr Michael Carr-Gregg believes that too many Australian boys have got it too easy - and the result is a generation of 'boofheads': boys with huge egos who think they are too good to stack the dishwasher or turn up to school. They expect the world and give little in return. But things are about to ch... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Psychology of Aid (Routledge Studies in Development and Society #10)
Psychology of Aid provides an original, psychological approach to development studies, focusing as it does on the social aspects of aid and the motivational foundations. Designed as a practical tool for looking at development projects in a new and structured way, the authors bring many of the social... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1998 -
A Dying Plane: Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)
by E. E. King • Ken Liu • Francesco Verso • John B. Rosenman • Thana Niveau • Marian Womack • Raymond Little • Zach Shephard • Steve Carr • Megan Dorei • Barton Aikman • V. K. Blackwell • Brandon Crilly • Ana Maria Curtis • Kate Dollarhyde • Stephanie Ellis • Michael Kortes • Anita Ensal • Sydney Rossman-Reich • Elizabeth Rubio • Shikhandin • Alex Shvartsman • Kristal Stittle • Rebecca E TreasureResources running low, the population exploding, the planet is in danger: are we masters of our own destruction, or have we been invaded by aliens bent on mass extinction? Is this a pattern across the entire universe, or just our small sector of cosmic life? This new title in our successful Gothic F... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Social Tourism: Global Challenges and Approaches
by Anya Diekmann • Lynn Minnaert • Neil Carr • Elisabete Figueiredo • Scott McCabe • Maria João Carneiro • Raija Komppula • Elisa Alén González • Zorana Medaric • Helena Alvelos • Trinidad Domínguez Vila • Adriana E. Estrada-González • Celeste Eusébio • Janja Gabruc • Konstantinos I Kakoudakis • Elisabeth Kastenholz • Nieves Losada Sánchez • Cátia Loureiro • Michel Xavier • Katerina Papadoulaki • Mariana Pedrosa • Rutherford Gill • Fathimath Shiraani • Elli VentoSocial tourism - the practice of offering programmes, events and activities to enable disadvantaged population groups to enjoy tourism - is of increasing interest to academia. Beginning with an introduction to the social tourism concept, its relevance and target groups, this book then provides refle... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Imagistic Care: Growing Old in a Precarious World (Thinking from Elsewhere)
by Robert Desjarlais • Rasmus Dyring • Harmandeep Kaur Gill • Lone Grøn • Maria Louw • Cheryl Mattingly • Lotte Meinert • Maria Speyer • Helle Sofie Wentzer • Susan Reynolds WhyteImagistic Care explores ethnographically how images function in our concepts, our writing, our fieldwork, and our lives. With contributions from anthropologists, philosophers and an artist, the volume asks: How can imagistic inquiries help us understand the complex entanglements of self and other, d... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Intersectionality in the Arts Psychotherapies
by Hayley Berman • S. J. Langer • Georgina Evans • Eleni Tsolka • Wabriya King • Sarah Turneaux-Blick • Jaspal Kaur Lotay • Kairo Maynard • Naomi Rowe • Gillian Datlen • Charlotte Ellston • Noa Yeheskel • Sejal ChadIntersectionality in the Arts Psychotherapies advocates for contextualising of clinical thinking and experience within a social and political framework that acknowledges the importance of intersectionality. Bringing reflections on their own identity and their professional knowledge to the work, crea... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Climate, Ticks and Disease (CABI Climate Change Series #18)
by Charles Hart • Peter Cox • A. Townsend Peterson • Nicholas Johnson • Wei Liu • Jianhong Wu • Richard Wall • Domenico Otranto • Agustín Estrada-Peña • Jeremy Gray • Abdul Jabbar • Jolyon M. Medlock • Sunit Kumar Singh • Giovanni Benelli • Peter Irwin • Richard Bishop • Xue Zhang • Hao Li • DeMar Taylor • Deborah Hemming • Saeed Alasmari • Neil Alexander • Abdelghafar Alkishe • Reiko Arai • Armanda Bastos • Gervasio Henrique Bechara • John Beier • Joshua Benoit • Dennis Bente • Adrien Blisnick • René Bødker • Fernando Boinas • Sarah Bonnet • Nathalie Boulanger • Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz • Alexandre Rodrigues Caetano • Cyril Caminade • Jirí Cerny´ • Roxanne Albertha Charles • Ali Reza Chavshin • Rosalind Cornforth • Neil Coughlan • Lauren Culler • Milan Daniel • Vlasta Danielova • Mona Dehhaghi • Maria Diuk-Wasser • James P Duffy • Olivier Duron • Lars Eisen • Rebecca Eisen • Jana Elsterová • Koray Ergünay • Li-Qun Fang • Natalia Fernández-Ruiz • Erol Fikrig • Serhii Filatov • Durland Fish • Janet Foley • José De Fuente • Roman Ganta • Aysen Gargili Keles • Robin Beat Gasser • Abdul Ghafar • Naftaly Githaka • Lucy Gilbert • Maryna Golovchenko • Yuval Gottlieb • Ernest Gould • Libor Grubhoffer • Gilles J. Guillemin • Kayleigh M. Hansford • John E. Healy • Stephen Higgs • Andrew Hoodless • Yan-Jang S. Huang • Bernard Hudson • Chris Huntingford • Esther Kanduma • Sirri Kar • Maria Kazimirova • Neil Kaye • Thomas C. Kelly • Lene Jung Kjaer • Agatha Onyemowo Kolo • Eduard Korenberg • Nina Król • Chi-Chien Kuo • Timothy J. Kurtti • Xavier De Lamballerie • Patrick A. Leighton • L. Robbin Lindsay • Geoffrey E. Lynn • Ilya Maclean • Ben J. Mans • Maristela Martins de Camargo • Karen D. McCoy • Ulrike G. Munderloh • Atle Mysterud • Sukanya Narasimhan • Anna Obiegala • Dasiel Obregón Alvarez • Nick H. Ogden • Mari H. Ogihara • Stefan Vilges Oliveira • Charlotte Oskam • Kennan J. Oyen • Neha Pandey • Hamed Kazemi Panahi • John H. Pettersson • Martin Pfeffer • L. Paul Phipps • Heather J. Plumpton • Tatjana Pustahija • Ram Raghavan • Ryan O.M Rego • Annapaola Rizzoli • Isobel Ronai • Franz Rubel • Natalie Rudenko • Benjamin Ruiwen • Rufus Sage • Abdallah M. Samy • Gustavo Seron Sanches • Isabel Kinney Santos • Marcello Otake Sato • Megumi Sato • Richard Schloeffel • Seyyed Javad Seyyed-Zadeh • Ladislav Šimo • Daniel E. Sonenshine • Morgan Sparey • Frederic Stachurski • Snorre Stuen • Matias Pablo Szabó • Mike Teglas • Sam R. • Saravanan Thangamani • Georgia Titcomb • Attila J. Trájer • Michael Turell • Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji • Dana L. Vanlandingham • Laurence Vial • Margarita Villar • André B. Wilke • G. R. Wint • Zbigniew ZajacThis book brings together expert opinions from scientists to consider the evidence for climate change and its impacts on ticks and tick-borne infections. It considers what is meant by 'climate change', how effective climate models are in relation to ecosystems, and provides predictions for changes i... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022