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Birmingham Jazz Incarnation

or, Playing the Changes

by Simon Turner ...

Series series The Emma Press Picks
A man walks into a Birmingham bookshop, buys a volume of poetry, and steps out into the road, where a jazz musician seems momentarily to bring the whole city together. In the second poem in Playing the Changes, the same thing happens, only half the words are redacted. Then the experience is retold as a Petrarchan sonnet; a children's skipping rhyme; an Acknowledgements page; a pastiche of Tristram ... Read more

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A man walks into a Birmingham bookshop, buys a volume of poetry, and steps out into the road, where a jazz musician seems momentarily to bring the whole city together. In the second poem in Playing the Changes, the same thing happens, only half the words are redacted. Then the experience is retold as a Petrarchan sonnet; a children's skipping rhyme; an Acknowledgements page; a pastiche of Tristram
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If Only

An Alternative History of the Beautiful Game

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What if Scotland won the first World Cup? If Only challenges the perception that soccer history couldn't have been different. This book reflects on what football history could have been, what it might have been, and in some cases, what it probably should have been.Simon Turner imagines a world in which Scotland win the first-ever World Cup, Derby County are champions of Europe, and 1966 isn't the ... Read more

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What if Scotland won the first World Cup? If Only challenges the perception that soccer history couldn't have been different. This book reflects on what football history could have been, what it might have been, and in some cases, what it probably should have been.Simon Turner imagines a world in which Scotland win the first-ever World Cup, Derby County are champions of Europe, and 1966 isn't the
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Tinpot

Football's Forgotten Tournaments… from the Anglo Italian to Zenith Data Systems Cup

by Simon Turner ...

Tinpot is the story of football's lost tournaments: the strange and forgotten competitions that sparked into life before shuffling off their mortal coil. The book tells their stories, giving them the spotlight they deserve.It's time for something different. It's time to go somewhere new. It's time to wander off the highways of football history and see where long-discarded paths lead.England's ... Read more

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Tinpot is the story of football's lost tournaments: the strange and forgotten competitions that sparked into life before shuffling off their mortal coil. The book tells their stories, giving them the spotlight they deserve.It's time for something different. It's time to go somewhere new. It's time to wander off the highways of football history and see where long-discarded paths lead.England's
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90 Minutes from Europe

Walsall's Greatest Cup Run

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It was the summer of 1983. Walsall were preparing for yet another season in Division Three when, out of the blue, British Airways got in touch. They were launching an innovative advertising campaign and wanted to feature the team underneath the banner 'They're only 90 minutes away from a place in Europe'. The idea was to show how quickly European cities could be reached from Birmingham Airport, ... Read more

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It was the summer of 1983. Walsall were preparing for yet another season in Division Three when, out of the blue, British Airways got in touch. They were launching an innovative advertising campaign and wanted to feature the team underneath the banner 'They're only 90 minutes away from a place in Europe'. The idea was to show how quickly European cities could be reached from Birmingham Airport,
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Politics of Innocence

Hutu Identity, Conflict and Camp Life

by Simon Turner ...

Series Book 30 - Forced Migration
Based on thorough ethnographic fieldwork in a refugee camp in Tanzania this book provides a rich account of the benevolent “disciplining mechanisms” of humanitarian agencies, led by the UNHCR, and of the situated, dynamic, indeterminate, and fluid nature of identity (re)construction in the camp. While the refugees are expected to behave as innocent, helpless victims, the question of victimhood ... Read more

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Based on thorough ethnographic fieldwork in a refugee camp in Tanzania this book provides a rich account of the benevolent “disciplining mechanisms” of humanitarian agencies, led by the UNHCR, and of the situated, dynamic, indeterminate, and fluid nature of identity (re)construction in the camp. While the refugees are expected to behave as innocent, helpless victims, the question of victimhood
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Walsall FC Match of My Life

Saddlers Legends Relive Their Greatest Games

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Relive Walsall FC's greatest moments through the eyes of its legends. Sixteen Walsall legends share their memories of the club's most unforgettable games. From Allan Clarke's FA Cup recollections to Adam Chambers's Wembley experience, this collection spans half a century of Saddlers history.Discover the inside stories behind thrilling encounters, including Alan Buckley's account of conquering ... Read more

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Relive Walsall FC's greatest moments through the eyes of its legends. Sixteen Walsall legends share their memories of the club's most unforgettable games. From Allan Clarke's FA Cup recollections to Adam Chambers's Wembley experience, this collection spans half a century of Saddlers history.Discover the inside stories behind thrilling encounters, including Alan Buckley's account of conquering
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Learn To Play Guitar With Ease

by Simon D. Turner ...

So you want to learn to play the guitar?You know that it will take practice. You know it will need investment of time.But where do you start? After all there are a plethora of tuition books out there. How do you choose?LOOK NO FURTHER THAN LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR WITH EASE.Written by a seasoned guitarist who has learned the hard way - by using books, tapes and NO LESSONS, Simon Turner has a great ... Read more

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So you want to learn to play the guitar?You know that it will take practice. You know it will need investment of time.But where do you start? After all there are a plethora of tuition books out there. How do you choose?LOOK NO FURTHER THAN LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR WITH EASE.Written by a seasoned guitarist who has learned the hard way - by using books, tapes and NO LESSONS, Simon Turner has a great
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Invisibility in African Displacements

From Structural Marginalization to Strategies of Avoidance

Edited by Jesper Bjarnesen, Simon Turner ...

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African migrants have become increasingly demonised in public debate and political rhetoric. There is much speculation about the incentives and trajectories of Africans on the move, and often these speculations are implicitly or overtly geared towards discouraging and policing their movements. What is rarely understood or scrutinised however, are the intricate ways in which African migrants are ... Read more

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African migrants have become increasingly demonised in public debate and political rhetoric. There is much speculation about the incentives and trajectories of Africans on the move, and often these speculations are implicitly or overtly geared towards discouraging and policing their movements. What is rarely understood or scrutinised however, are the intricate ways in which African migrants are
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Reflections on Life in Ghettos, Camps and Prisons

Stuckness and Confinement

Edited by Simon Turner, Steffen Jensen ...

Reflections on Life in Ghettos, Camps and Prisons explores the relationship between ghettos, camps, places of detention and prisons with a focus on those people who are confined, encamped, imprisoned, detained, stuck, or forcibly removed through the lens of ‘stuckness’.From a point of departure in anthropology, with important contributions from criminology, geography and philosophy, the chapters ... Read more

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Reflections on Life in Ghettos, Camps and Prisons explores the relationship between ghettos, camps, places of detention and prisons with a focus on those people who are confined, encamped, imprisoned, detained, stuck, or forcibly removed through the lens of ‘stuckness’.From a point of departure in anthropology, with important contributions from criminology, geography and philosophy, the chapters
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Timescales of Magmatic Processes

From Core to Atmosphere

Edited by Anthony Dosseto, Simon P. Turner, James A. Van-Orman ...

Quantifying the timescales of current geological processes is critical for constraining the physical mechanisms operating on the Earth today. Since the Earth’s origin 4.55 billion years ago magmatic processes have continued to shape the Earth, producing the major reservoirs that exist today (core, mantle, crust, oceans and atmosphere) and promoting their continued evolution. But key questions ... Read more

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Quantifying the timescales of current geological processes is critical for constraining the physical mechanisms operating on the Earth today. Since the Earth’s origin 4.55 billion years ago magmatic processes have continued to shape the Earth, producing the major reservoirs that exist today (core, mantle, crust, oceans and atmosphere) and promoting their continued evolution. But key questions
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Beatles ’66

The Revolutionary Year

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A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose groundbreaking legacy would forever change music and popular culture.They started off as hysteria-inducing pop stars playing to audiences of screaming teenage fans and ended up as musical sages considered responsible for ushering in a new era.The year that changed everything for the Beatles was 1966 ... Read more

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A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose groundbreaking legacy would forever change music and popular culture.They started off as hysteria-inducing pop stars playing to audiences of screaming teenage fans and ended up as musical sages considered responsible for ushering in a new era.The year that changed everything for the Beatles was 1966
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The Pocket Guide to Bad Boyfriends

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A Fun Gift Book for Anyone Who’s Totally Over Modern Dating Culture!“Filled with witty illustrations, interactive checklists, and quizzes that will delight anyone who's been spurned by the modern dating scene . . . Get it for your friend who's deleted and re-downloaded Tinder more times than you can count, your unlucky-in-love work wife, or yourself. Then spend February 14 laughing about it with a ... Read more

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