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  • Rhythm and Vigilance

    Ethnographies of Surveillance and Time

    Edited by Vita Peacock, Mikkel Kenni Bruun, Claire Elisabeth Dungey, Matan Shapiro ...
    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Studies of surveillance have emphasised how technology is used to control space. This innovative collection examines how new monitoring technologies are also affecting the experience of time.Drawing on Henri Lefebvre’s concept of rhythm, the book brings together ethnographic research from Europe, China and the US, to show how digital ... Read more

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  • Ostia-by-the-Sea

    Society, Population, and Identities in Rome's Port

    by Christer Bruun ...
    Ostia, the Roman settlement founded at the mouth of the river Tiber, was the port of the imperial capital and one of the most important urban centers in the Mediterranean world during the last decades of the Roman Republic and the Early and High Empires. The town's role as a maritime mercantile hub explains why, in its heyday, it was Italy's largest town after the mighty Rome. Ostia is still ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • The cave dwellers of Southern Tunisia : Recollections of a sojourn with the Khalifa of Matmata

    by Daniel Bruun ...
    Welcome to the fascinating world of "The Cave Dwellers of Southern Tunisia: Recollections of a Sojourn with the Khalifa of Matmata" by Daniel Bruun, where ancient traditions meet modern exploration in this captivating account of life among the Berber people.Embark on a journey of discovery as Bruun takes you deep into the heart of Southern Tunisia, where the rugged landscape and rich cultural ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Towards an Anthropology of Psychology

    Ethnographic Studies of Psychological Healthcare

    Edited by Rebecca Hutten, Mikkel Kenni Bruun ...
    Anthropology and psychology share a long history of rivalry, collaboration, and mutual disregard. This volume reconsiders psychology as a field of anthropological enquiry. In doing so, it takes an ethnographic approach to psychology, examining psychotherapeutic practices and models of mental health at the heart of ‘psy’. Featuring ethnographic studies of psychological therapies, subjects, and ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Employment Relation

    Edited by Klaus Lörcher, Professor Niklas Bruun, Ana Teresa Ribeiro ...
    This book is the first comprehensive academic treatment of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and employment rights, which has a global vocation demonstrated by having been ratified by 173 States since it was adopted in 1966.Workers' rights need protection and reinforcement. To achieve this aim, international human rights standards can play an important ... Read more

    $178.19 USD

  • Better Public Transit Systems

    Analyzing Investments and Performance

    by Eric Christian Bruun ...
    Better Public Transit Systems is a complete primer for performance and investment analysis of public transportation. Whether you’re planning a major new public transit project, an extension or expansion of an existing system, or evaluating the needs of your current system, this book provides the tools you need to define your goals and objectives and conceive and analyse design alternatives. This ... Read more

    $224.99 USD

  • The Cave Dwellers of Southern Tunisia

    by Daniel Bruun ...
    Though the midday sun still shone bright and hot, I sat at my ease and breathed again in the pleasant atmosphere of a cool drawing-room, from which the stifling air and the flies were excluded by closely drawn blinds. I had just arrived from Tunis by rail, over the scorching hot plain, and past the milky-white shallow lagoon known as the Lake of Tunis. Beyond Goletta the blue hills seemed to ... Read more

    $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Birds of North America

    A Guide to Field Identification

    by Chandler S. Robbins, Bertel Bruun ...
    Series series Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
    This eBook is best viewed on a color device.Spot the silhouette of a Northern Goshawk in flight. Identify the raucous call of the Red-winged Blackbird. Discover the secret of picking out a Chipping Sparrow from its look-alike cousins. It's simple with this classic field guide, Birds of North America, a treasured favorite among amateur bird lovers and exacting professionals. Recognized as the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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    The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

    A Novel

    by Rainer Maria Rilke ...
    Narrated by Simon Vance ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 28 min

    A stunning, revelatory new translation of the only novel from one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century.A groundbreaking masterpiece of early European modernism, originally published in 1910, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge unspools the vivid reflections of the titular young poet and nobleman. From his Paris garret, Brigge records his encounters with the city and its people, muses ... Read more

    $16.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Southern Anthropocenes

    Edited by Casper Bruun Jensen ...
    Series series CRESC
    This wide‑ranging volume addresses the changing landscape of problems, challenges, and possibilities that emerge once the macroscopic notion of the Anthropocene is replaced with Southern Anthropocenes. It envisions Southern Anthropocenes as an opening towards forms and ends of life that exceed—while remaining in partial relation with—modern socio‑economic horizons and the determinations of the geo ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

    by Rainer Maria Rilke ...
    While his old furniture rots in storage, Malte Laurids Brigge lives in a cheap room in Paris, with little but a library reader's card to distinguish him from the city's untouchables. Every person he sees seems to carry their death with them, and he thinks of the deaths, and ghosts, of his aristocratic family, of which only he remains. The only novel by one of the greatest writers of poetry in ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Effective Enforcement of EU Labour Law

    Edited by Dr Zane Rasnaca, Dr Aristea Koukiadaki, Professor Niklas Bruun, Klaus Lörcher ...
    This book by the ETUI Transnational Trade Union Rights Expert Network analyses enforcement as a key element making EU labour law effective or ineffective.Enforcement is the key ingredient that makes rights effective and ensures compliance. It can make or break a legal system. Despite this, enforcement of EU labour law has received little scholarly attention in recent decades and has rarely been ... Read more

    $72.89 USD