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African American culture and society after rodney king: Provocations and protests, progression and 'post-racialism' (2016)
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Metcalf, J., & Spaulding, C. (2016). J. Metcalf, & C. Spaulding (Eds.). African American culture and society after rodney king: Provocations and protests, progression and 'post-racialism'. Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315565989

© Josephine Metcalf and Carina Spaulding 2015. 1992 was a pivotal moment in African American history, with the Rodney King riots providing palpable evidence of racialized police brutality, media stereotyping of African Americans, and institutional di... Read More about African American culture and society after rodney king: Provocations and protests, progression and 'post-racialism'.

The accession of James I: Historical and cultural consequences (2016)
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Burgess, G., Wymer, R., & Lawrence, J. (2016). The accession of James I: Historical and cultural consequences. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230501584

This book analyzes the consequences of the accession of James I in 1603 for English and British history, politics, literature and culture. Questioning the extent to which 1603 marked a radical break with the past, the book explores the Scottish, Wels... Read More about The accession of James I: Historical and cultural consequences.

Reshaping medical practice and care with health information systems (2016)
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Dwivedi, A. (Ed.). (2016). Reshaping medical practice and care with health information systems. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9870-3

Technology has become an integral part of our daily interactions, even within the hospitals and healthcare facilities we rely on in times of illness and injury. New technologies and systems are being developed every day, advancing the ways that we tr... Read More about Reshaping medical practice and care with health information systems.

Reflective Conversations with Heads - Exploring School Leadership (2016)
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Marshall, P. (2016). Reflective Conversations with Heads - Exploring School Leadership. Saarbrucken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing

How do Headteachers reflect on their own professional practice to help them sustain themselves and their schools? This is a book about the realities of secondary headship and explores the significance of reflexivity in supporting school leadership.... Read More about Reflective Conversations with Heads - Exploring School Leadership.

Common good politics: British Idealism and social justice in the contemporary world (2016)
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Tyler, C. (2016). Common good politics: British Idealism and social justice in the contemporary world. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32404-3

© The Editor(s) and The Author(s) 2017. This book examines the British tradition of common good politics, both historically and in the contemporary world. We live in a time when many anti-Conservative parties and voters feel a profound sense of crisi... Read More about Common good politics: British Idealism and social justice in the contemporary world.

Children’s Spatialities: Embodiment, Emotion and Agency (2015)
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Seymour, J. (2015). A. Hackett, L. Procter, & J. Seymour (Eds.). Children’s Spatialities: Embodiment, Emotion and Agency. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137464989

Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, architecture and geography, and international contributors, this volume offers both students and scholars with an interest in the interdisciplinary study of childhood a rang... Read More about Children’s Spatialities: Embodiment, Emotion and Agency.

Confronting the internet's dark side: Moral and social responsibility on the free highway (2015)
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Cohen-Almagor, R. (2015). Confronting the internet's dark side: Moral and social responsibility on the free highway. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781316226391

© Raphael Cohen-Almagor 2015. Terrorism, cyberbullying, child pornography, hate speech, cybercrime: along with unprecedented advancements in productivity and engagement, the Internet has ushered in a space for violent, hateful, and antisocial behavio... Read More about Confronting the internet's dark side: Moral and social responsibility on the free highway.

The Controversy over Marine Protected Areas : Science meets Policy (2015)
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Caveen, A., Polunin, N., Gray, T., & Stead, S. M. (2015). The Controversy over Marine Protected Areas : Science meets Policy. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10957-2

This book is a critical analysis of the concept of marine protected areas (MPAs) particularly as a tool for marine resource management. It explains the reasons for the extraordinary rise of MPAs to the top of the political agenda for marine policy, a... Read More about The Controversy over Marine Protected Areas : Science meets Policy.

The selected works of Margaret Oliphant, Part 5 Volume 20: Hester (2015)
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Sanders, V. (2015). V. Sanders (Ed.), The selected works of Margaret Oliphant, Part 5 Volume 20: Hester. Routledge

Margaret Oliphant (1828-97) had a prolific literary career that spanned almost fifty years. She wrote some 98 novels, fifty or more short stories, twenty-five works of non-fiction, including biographies and historic guides to European cities, and mor... Read More about The selected works of Margaret Oliphant, Part 5 Volume 20: Hester.

Classical Hollywood cinema: Point of view and communication (2015)
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Zborowski, J. (2015). Classical Hollywood cinema: Point of view and communication. Manchester University Press

© James Zborowski 2016. All rights reserved. This book offers a new approach to filmic point of view by combining close analyses informed by the tools of narratology and philosophy with concepts derived from communication studies. Each chapter stages... Read More about Classical Hollywood cinema: Point of view and communication.

Meyerhold and the Cubists: Perspectives in Painting and Performance (2015)
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Skinner, A. (2015). Meyerhold and the Cubists: Perspectives in Painting and Performance. Intellect

This book offers a rich analysis of collage practices in the theatre of Vsevolod Meyerhold. Focusing on the philosophical and formal tenets of the form, and supporting her analysis with wide-ranging examples from both theatre and fine art, Amy Skinne... Read More about Meyerhold and the Cubists: Perspectives in Painting and Performance.

El conocimiento de la realidad a través de la ficción: Una lectura epistemológica de Borges y Cortázar (2015)
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Riberi, A. (2015). El conocimiento de la realidad a través de la ficción: Una lectura epistemológica de Borges y Cortázar. Walter Frey

This brief study deals with aspects related to fantastic literature in Borges and Cortázar, and of the worldviews that originate in it. Both Borges and Cortázar redefine the fantastic in epistemological terms, so that their own study can be considere... Read More about El conocimiento de la realidad a través de la ficción: Una lectura epistemológica de Borges y Cortázar.

Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance (2015)
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Pearson, R., & Yoneyama, T. (Eds.). (2015). Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198739005.001.0001

Throughout history humans have commonly organized to prevent or mitigate risks, or to compensate for losses caused by risk events. Given the infinite variety of risks that existed, it is unsurprising that insurance—the primary modern risk mitigation... Read More about Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance.