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  • A Critical Approach to Youth Sector Peacebuilding

    Dialogue, Politics, and Power

    by Andy Hamilton, Mark Hammond, Eliz McArdle ...
    Using Northern Ireland as a compelling case study, this book offers a critique of peacebuilding approaches with young people in contested societies. In the north of Ireland, the spectre of murderous violence is increasingly distant for peace-agreement generations. However, legacies stemming from the 30 years of protracted conflict are ever-present in young people’s segregated lives.This book ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Art and Entertainment

    A Philosophical Exploration

    by Andy Hamilton ...
    Philosophers have discussed art – or artistic practices such as poetry – since ancient times. But systems of art and entertainment appeared only in the modern era – in the West, during the 18th and 19th centuries. And philosophers have largely neglected the concept of entertainment. In this book Andy Hamilton explores art and entertainment from a philosophical standpoint. He argues, against ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • The Aesthetics of Imperfection in Music and the Arts

    Spontaneity, Flaws and the Unfinished

    Edited by Professor Andy Hamilton, Dr Lara Pearson ...
    The aesthetics of imperfectionemphasises spontaneity, disruption, process and energy over formal perfection and is often ignored by many commentators or seen only in improvisation. This comprehensive collection is the first time imperfection has been explored across all kinds of musical performance, whether improvisation or interpretation of compositions.Covering music, visual art, dance, comedy, ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • The First-Time Forager

    A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Britain’s Edible Plants

    by Andy Hamilton ...
    Series series National Trust
    A friendly, honest guide for wary would-be foragersOnly plants that are easy to find, easy to identify and tastyClear photographic guides to the speciesWe all love the idea of foraging – as a way of being connected to nature and discovering new tastes. But in reality, most of us are very wary, and sometimes a bit underwhelmed when we do try. What’s needed is this totally honest, safety-first guide ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Fermenting Everything

    How to Make Your Own Cultured Butter, Fermented Fish, Perfect Kimchi, and Beyond

    by Andy Hamilton ...
    Kombucha, kimchi, kefir, and more! Yes, you can ferment nearly anything—for healthy, exciting, and tasty dishesFermentation is the secret behind some of today’s trendiest dishes. The bonus? It can even help build a healthier gut. With an ever-growing list of ways to ferment, author Andy Hamilton is here to help readers—both newcomers and lifelong fermenters—keep up with this age-old trick for ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Pianos, Toys, Music and Noise

    Conversations with Steve Beresford

    by Professor Andy Hamilton ...
    Steve Beresford's polymathic activities have formed a prism for the UK improv scene since the 1970s. He is internationally known as a free improviser on piano, toy piano and electronics, composer for film and TV, and raconteur and Dadaist visionary. His résumé is filled with collaborations with hundreds of musicians and other artists, including such leading improvisers as Derek Bailey, Evan Parker ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Blue was the Colour

    A Tale of Tarnished Love

    by Andy Hamilton ...
    Series Book 3 - Football Shorts
    Blue was the Colour is a witty, wise and charming assessment of modern football by Chelsea FC fan Andy Hamilton, one of the country' s leading comedy writers and stand-ups, and a novelist to boot.Andy grew up in the streets surrounding Stamford Bridge and fell in love with Chelsea and football as a six-year-old taken to his first match by his older brother. That love endured as an obsession until ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Perfect Pint

    A Beer Lover's Handbook

    by Andy Hamilton ...
    With over 300 breweries opening in the UK every single year, why not swap 'a pint of the usual' for something more unusual? Andy Hamilton has tried hundreds, if not thousands, of pints from the avalanche of new flavours now available and has convinced commercial, craft and home brewers across Britain to share some of their top secret best recipes.- Learn how to taste - and talk - beer like the ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • The Self in Question

    Memory, The Body and Self-Consciousness

    by Andy Hamilton ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    A humanistic account of self-consciousness and personal identity, and offering a structural parallel between the epistemology of memory and bodily awareness. It provides a much-needed rapprochement between Analytic and Phenomenological approaches, developing Wittgenstein's insights into "I"-as-subject and self-identification. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Lee Konitz

    Conversations on the Improviser's Art

    by Andy Hamilton ...
    Series series Jazz Perspectives
    “Meticulously researched, detailed and documented, this long awaited overview justly establishes Konitz as one of the most consistently brilliant, adventurous and original improvisers in the jazz tradition—a genius as rare as Bird himself.”—John Zorn“Hamilton’s work may well mark the inception of a format new to writing on Western music, one which avoids both the self-aggrandizing of autobiography ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and On Certainty

    by Andy Hamilton ...
    Series series Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks
    Ludwig Wittgenstein is arguably the most important philosopher of the twentieth century. In On Certainty he discusses central issues in epistemology, including the nature of knowledge and scepticism. The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and On Certainty introduces and assesses:Wittgenstein's career and the background to his later philosophythe central ideas and text of On Certainty, ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • The Philosophy of Rhythm

    Aesthetics, Music, Poetics

    Edited by Peter Cheyne, Andy Hamilton, Max Paddison ...
    Rhythm is the fundamental pulse that animates poetry, music, and dance across all cultures. And yet the recent explosion of scholarly interest across disciplines in the aural dimensions of aesthetic experience--particularly in sociology, cultural and media theory, and literary studies--has yet to explore this fundamental category. This book furthers the discussion of rhythm beyond the discrete ... Read more

    $46.79 USD