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Why pamper life's complexities?

Essays on The Smiths

by Peter Martin, Martin Hargreaves ...

Series series Music and Society
For five short years in the 1980s, a four-piece Manchester band released a collection of records that had undeniably profound effects on the landscape of popular music and beyond. Today, public and critical appreciation of The Smiths is at its height, yet the most important British band after The Beatles have rarely been subject to sustained academic scrutiny. Why pamper life’s complexities?: ... Read more

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For five short years in the 1980s, a four-piece Manchester band released a collection of records that had undeniably profound effects on the landscape of popular music and beyond. Today, public and critical appreciation of The Smiths is at its height, yet the most important British band after The Beatles have rarely been subject to sustained academic scrutiny. Why pamper life’s complexities?:
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The Dictionary Wars

The American Fight over the English Language

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A compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of EnglishIn The Dictionary Wars, Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival Samuel Johnson’s 1755 Dictionary of the English Language. But what began as a cultural war of ... Read more

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A compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of EnglishIn The Dictionary Wars, Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival Samuel Johnson’s 1755 Dictionary of the English Language. But what began as a cultural war of
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THE NUCLEAR FUSION

Unlocking the Power of the Stars A Guide to Understanding Nuclear Fusion

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Series series Science and Technology Books
THE NUCLEAR FUSIONNuclear fusion is a fascinating and cutting-edge method of generating energy that might fundamentally alter our way of life. The same process that powers the stars is at work here, and if we can harness it, it will provide a plentiful and healthy supply of energy for a very long time.With our in-depth manual, "The Nuclear Fusion Book," learn the revolutionary developments in ... Read more

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THE NUCLEAR FUSIONNuclear fusion is a fascinating and cutting-edge method of generating energy that might fundamentally alter our way of life. The same process that powers the stars is at work here, and if we can harness it, it will provide a plentiful and healthy supply of energy for a very long time.With our in-depth manual, "The Nuclear Fusion Book," learn the revolutionary developments in
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In the Spirit of Crazy Horse

The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's War on the American Indian Movement

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An “indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) chronicle of a fatal gun-battle between FBI agents and American Indian Movement activists by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the novel In ParadiseOn a hot June morning in 1975, a desperate shoot-out between FBI agents and Native ... Read more

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An “indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) chronicle of a fatal gun-battle between FBI agents and American Indian Movement activists by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the novel In ParadiseOn a hot June morning in 1975, a desperate shoot-out between FBI agents and Native
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by NT Anderson, SJ Covey, KC Davard, Rose J Fairchild, Jon Ford, Kayla Hicks, Peter James Martin, Alex Minns, Anya Pavelle, Melissa Rose Rogers, Halo Scot, Ross Young ...

Series Book 3 - Malarkey's ImaginOmnibus
Within these pages await tales of misfortune, of harrowing battles, and cruel mistakes, of joy and relief, and of just desserts, of romance and fear, and all things between.From twelve authors with Hubble Bubble on the brain, we once more welcome you to our world of the strange, the mysterious, the unusual, and the inexplicable. Witches, centaurs, ghosts, ghouls, vampires, fairies, merfolk, magic ... Read more

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Within these pages await tales of misfortune, of harrowing battles, and cruel mistakes, of joy and relief, and of just desserts, of romance and fear, and all things between.From twelve authors with Hubble Bubble on the brain, we once more welcome you to our world of the strange, the mysterious, the unusual, and the inexplicable. Witches, centaurs, ghosts, ghouls, vampires, fairies, merfolk, magic
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China's Civilian Army

The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy

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The untold story of China's rise as a global superpower, chronicled through the diplomatic shock troops that connect Beijing to the world. China's Civilian Army charts China's transformation from an isolated and impoverished communist state to a global superpower from the perspective of those on the front line: China's diplomats. They give a rare perspective on the greatest geopolitical drama of ... Read more

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The untold story of China's rise as a global superpower, chronicled through the diplomatic shock troops that connect Beijing to the world. China's Civilian Army charts China's transformation from an isolated and impoverished communist state to a global superpower from the perspective of those on the front line: China's diplomats. They give a rare perspective on the greatest geopolitical drama of
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The King's Children

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The King's Children, Signy, Regin and Buri, are forced to flee from their home when their father is killed by the marauding chieftain Harwolf and his men.Behind the high mountains, somewhere to the East, there is a strange kingdom where they hope to find help avenging their father and winning back their homeland.Along the way, they discover a world inhabited by witches, elves, the undead, giants ... Read more

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The King's Children, Signy, Regin and Buri, are forced to flee from their home when their father is killed by the marauding chieftain Harwolf and his men.Behind the high mountains, somewhere to the East, there is a strange kingdom where they hope to find help avenging their father and winning back their homeland.Along the way, they discover a world inhabited by witches, elves, the undead, giants
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Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design in Weak Rocks

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Weak rocks encountered in open pit mines cover a wide variety of materials, with properties ranging between soil and rock. As such, they can provide a significant challenge for the slope designer. For these materials, the mass strength can be the primary control in the design of the pit slopes, although structures can also play an important role. Because of the typically weak nature of the ... Read more

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Weak rocks encountered in open pit mines cover a wide variety of materials, with properties ranging between soil and rock. As such, they can provide a significant challenge for the slope designer. For these materials, the mass strength can be the primary control in the design of the pit slopes, although structures can also play an important role. Because of the typically weak nature of the
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Understanding Classical Sociology

Marx, Weber, Durkheim

by Wes Sharrock, John Hughes, Peter J Martin ...

Praise for the First Edition:`Totally reliable… the authors have produced a book urgently needed by all those charged with introducing students to the classics… quite indispensable′ - Times Higher Education SupplementThis is a fully updated and expanded new edition of the successful undergraduate text. Providing a lucid examination of the pivotal theories of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, the authors ... Read more

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Praise for the First Edition:`Totally reliable… the authors have produced a book urgently needed by all those charged with introducing students to the classics… quite indispensable′ - Times Higher Education SupplementThis is a fully updated and expanded new edition of the successful undergraduate text. Providing a lucid examination of the pivotal theories of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, the authors
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Burford's Wartime Stories

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Echoes of war in a Cotswold's townSituated in the Cotswolds, Burford has always possessed a sense of tranquillity: medieval stone cottages and streets seemingly untouched by the passage of time. War, however, weighed down on every part of the British Isles and Burford was no exception.Burford's Wartime Stories is a social history - a mosaic of memories that reveals how ordinary people responded to ... Read more

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Echoes of war in a Cotswold's townSituated in the Cotswolds, Burford has always possessed a sense of tranquillity: medieval stone cottages and streets seemingly untouched by the passage of time. War, however, weighed down on every part of the British Isles and Burford was no exception.Burford's Wartime Stories is a social history - a mosaic of memories that reveals how ordinary people responded to
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Music and the sociological gaze

Art worlds and cultural production

by Peter J. Martin ...

Series series Music and Society
In this important new book, Peter J. Martin explores the interface between musicological and sociological approaches to the analysis of music, and in doing so reveals the differing foundations of cultural studies and sociological perspectives more generally. Building on the arguments of his earlier book Sounds and society, Dr Martin initially contrasts text-based attempts to develop a ‘social’ ... Read more

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In this important new book, Peter J. Martin explores the interface between musicological and sociological approaches to the analysis of music, and in doing so reveals the differing foundations of cultural studies and sociological perspectives more generally. Building on the arguments of his earlier book Sounds and society, Dr Martin initially contrasts text-based attempts to develop a ‘social’
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Food History

A Feast of the Senses in Europe, 1750 to the Present

Edited by Sylvie Vabre, Martin Bruegel, Peter J. Atkins ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Modern History
This pioneering book elevates the senses to a central role in the study of food history because the traditional focus upon food types, quantities, and nutritional values is incomplete without some recognition of smell, touch, sight, hearing, and taste.Eating is a sensual experience. Every day and at every meal the senses of smell, touch, sight, hearing, and taste are engaged in the acts of ... Read more

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This pioneering book elevates the senses to a central role in the study of food history because the traditional focus upon food types, quantities, and nutritional values is incomplete without some recognition of smell, touch, sight, hearing, and taste.Eating is a sensual experience. Every day and at every meal the senses of smell, touch, sight, hearing, and taste are engaged in the acts of
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