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Postcolonialism

A Very Short Introduction

by Robert J. C. Young ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Postcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial deconstruction of western dominance. This Very Short Introduction discusses both the history and key debates of postcolonialism, and considers its importance as a means of changing the way we think about the world. Robert J. C. Young examines the key strategies that postcolonial ... Read more

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Postcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial deconstruction of western dominance. This Very Short Introduction discusses both the history and key debates of postcolonialism, and considers its importance as a means of changing the way we think about the world. Robert J. C. Young examines the key strategies that postcolonial
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Empire, Colony, Postcolony

by Robert J. C. Young ...

Empire, Colony, Postcolony provides a clear exposition of the historical, political and ideological dimensions of colonialism, imperialism, and postcolonialism, with clear explanations of these categories, which relate their histories to contemporary political issues. The book analyzes major concepts and explains the meaning of key terms.The first book to introduce the main historical and cultural ... Read more

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Empire, Colony, Postcolony provides a clear exposition of the historical, political and ideological dimensions of colonialism, imperialism, and postcolonialism, with clear explanations of these categories, which relate their histories to contemporary political issues. The book analyzes major concepts and explains the meaning of key terms.The first book to introduce the main historical and cultural
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Postcolonialism

An Historical Introduction

by Robert J. C. Young ...

This seminal work—now available in a 15th anniversary edition with a new preface—is a thorough introduction to the historical and theoretical origins of postcolonial theory.Provides a clearly written and wide-ranging account of postcolonialism, empire, imperialism, and colonialism, written by one of the leading scholars on the topicDetails the history of anti-colonial movements and their leaders ... Read more

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This seminal work—now available in a 15th anniversary edition with a new preface—is a thorough introduction to the historical and theoretical origins of postcolonial theory.Provides a clearly written and wide-ranging account of postcolonialism, empire, imperialism, and colonialism, written by one of the leading scholars on the topicDetails the history of anti-colonial movements and their leaders
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Another Spy for Paris

by Robert J. Young ...

While Canadian history professor Andrew Stanhope is doing research in Paris on the German invasion of France, his interest is piqued when he stumbles upon an odd exchange of correspondence between Colonel Marius Michel, principal deputy in the Deuxième Bureau, France’s counter-intelligence agency, and Louis Chastenet, Directeur général of the Val de Grâce military hospital. The Colonel wants ... Read more

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While Canadian history professor Andrew Stanhope is doing research in Paris on the German invasion of France, his interest is piqued when he stumbles upon an odd exchange of correspondence between Colonel Marius Michel, principal deputy in the Deuxième Bureau, France’s counter-intelligence agency, and Louis Chastenet, Directeur général of the Val de Grâce military hospital. The Colonel wants
... Read more
Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals

by Robert J. Young ...

Series series UFAW Animal Welfare
Environmental enrichment is a simple and effective means of improving animal welfare in any species – companion, farm, laboratory and zoo. For many years, it has been a popular area of research, and has attracted the attention and concerns of animal keepers and carers, animal industry professionals, academics, students and pet owners all over the world.This book is the first to integrate ... Read more

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Environmental enrichment is a simple and effective means of improving animal welfare in any species – companion, farm, laboratory and zoo. For many years, it has been a popular area of research, and has attracted the attention and concerns of animal keepers and carers, animal industry professionals, academics, students and pet owners all over the world.This book is the first to integrate
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Everyday Kindness

A collection of uplifting tales to brighten your day

by Adam Hamdy, Alex Smith, Alison Stockham, Anne O’Leary, Barbara Copperthwaite, C.L. Taylor, Caroline Mitchell, Casey Kelleher, Chris McDonald, Claire Sheehy, Clare Flynn, Darren O'Sullivan, David Leadbeater, Debbie Young, Deborah Carr, Emma Robinson, Graham Brack, Hannah Lynn, Heather Martin, Holly Martin, Ian Sainsbury, Imogen Clark, J.J. Marsh, James Gilbert, Jane Corry, JD Kirk, Jean Gill, Judith O'Reilly, Kelly Clayton, Kim Nash, Leah Mercer, Liz Fenwick, LJ Ross, Louise Beech, Louise Jensen, Louise Mumford, Malcolm Hollingdrake, Marcia Woolf, Marcie Steele, Mark Stay, Natasha Bache, Nick Jackson, Nick Quantrill, Nicky Black, Patricia Gibney, Rachel Sargeant, Rob Parker, Rob Scragg, S.E. Lynes, Shelley Day, Sophie Hannah, Various Authors, Victoria Connelly, Victoria Cooke, Will Dean ...

Narrated by Aidan Kelly, Avita Jay, Celia Imrie, Damian Lynch, Dervla Kirwin, Deryn Oliver, Emilea Wilson, Eva Pope, Gemma Whelan, Jilly Bond, Jonathan Keeble, Julie Walters, Kathryn Drysdale, Katie Leung, Laurel Lefkow, Nicolette Chin, Rachel Atkins, Raj Ghatak, Richard Armitage, Robert G Slade, Ruth Jones, Sara Powell, Sophie Roberts ...

Unabridged

18 hours 50 min

Everyday Kindness is a charity anthology of short, fictional stories of kindness, edited by LJ Ross. These uplifting tales of hope and of small, everyday kindnesses are intended to support wider, positive mental health goals and foster wellbeing through the act of reading tales of goodwill inspired by others. Featuring authors across the spectrum of literature, some international bestsellers and ... Read more

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Everyday Kindness is a charity anthology of short, fictional stories of kindness, edited by LJ Ross. These uplifting tales of hope and of small, everyday kindnesses are intended to support wider, positive mental health goals and foster wellbeing through the act of reading tales of goodwill inspired by others. Featuring authors across the spectrum of literature, some international bestsellers and
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

by Robert C. O'Brien ...

Illustrated by Zena Bernstein ...

“Thoroughly engrossing, thought-provoking fantasy.” —School Library Journal (starred review)Some extraordinary rats come to the aid of a mouse family in this “treasure of a book” (The Times, London), the Newbery Medal–winning classic by notable children’s author Robert C. O’Brien.Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to ... Read more

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“Thoroughly engrossing, thought-provoking fantasy.” —School Library Journal (starred review)Some extraordinary rats come to the aid of a mouse family in this “treasure of a book” (The Times, London), the Newbery Medal–winning classic by notable children’s author Robert C. O’Brien.Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to
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Z for Zachariah

by Robert C. O'Brien ...

Series series Young Adult Post-Apocalypse
In this post-apocalyptic novel from Newbery Medal–winning author Robert C. O’Brien, a teen girl struggling to survive in the wake of unimaginable disaster comes across another survivor.Ann Burden is sixteen years old and completely alone. The world as she once knew it is gone, ravaged by a nuclear war that has taken everyone from her. For the past year, she has lived in a remote valley with no ... Read more

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In this post-apocalyptic novel from Newbery Medal–winning author Robert C. O’Brien, a teen girl struggling to survive in the wake of unimaginable disaster comes across another survivor.Ann Burden is sixteen years old and completely alone. The world as she once knew it is gone, ravaged by a nuclear war that has taken everyone from her. For the past year, she has lived in a remote valley with no
... Read more

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Colonial Desire

Hybridity in Theory, Culture and Race

by Robert J. C. Young ...

The language of contemporary cultural theory shows remarkable similarities with the patterns of thought which characterised Victorian racial theory. Far from being marked by a separation from the racialised thinking of the past, Colonial Desire shows we are operating in complicity with historical ways of viewing 'the other', both sexually and racially.Colonial Desire is a controversial and bracing ... Read more

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The language of contemporary cultural theory shows remarkable similarities with the patterns of thought which characterised Victorian racial theory. Far from being marked by a separation from the racialised thinking of the past, Colonial Desire shows we are operating in complicity with historical ways of viewing 'the other', both sexually and racially.Colonial Desire is a controversial and bracing
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Red Frontier 2: Classic Tales of Mars

Classic Adventures on Science Fiction’s Greatest Frontier

by Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Clifford D. Simak, Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber, Harlan Ellison, Donald A. Wollheim, Harry Harrison, John Wyndham, Frank M. Robinson, Evan Hunter, J. F. Bone, Charles E. Fritch, Robert F. Young, Dick Purcell, Richard R. Smith, Bryce Walton, Alan K. Lang ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Anthologies
Unabridged

10 hours 12 min

Red Frontier 2: Classic Tales of Mars continues the journey across science fiction’s most legendary world with twenty unforgettable adventures from the golden age of the genre. For generations of readers, Mars represented far more than a neighboring planet—it was a place where imagination could roam free, where ancient civilizations lingered beneath crimson sands, and where every expedition ... Read more

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Red Frontier 2: Classic Tales of Mars continues the journey across science fiction’s most legendary world with twenty unforgettable adventures from the golden age of the genre. For generations of readers, Mars represented far more than a neighboring planet—it was a place where imagination could roam free, where ancient civilizations lingered beneath crimson sands, and where every expedition
... Read more
White Mythologies

by Robert J.C. Young ...

We must, many now argue, `get back' to history. but which one? History has always been a problematical concept in Western theory, particularly for Marxism. In the wake of postmodernism, its status has become ever less certain. Is it possible to write history that avoids the trap of Eurocentrism? Robert Young's investigation of 'the history of History', from Hegel and Marx to Althusser and Foucault ... Read more

$63.99 CAD

We must, many now argue, `get back' to history. but which one? History has always been a problematical concept in Western theory, particularly for Marxism. In the wake of postmodernism, its status has become ever less certain. Is it possible to write history that avoids the trap of Eurocentrism? Robert Young's investigation of 'the history of History', from Hegel and Marx to Althusser and Foucault
... Read more
Fear the Reaper

by Taylor Grant, Richard Thomas, Joe McKinney, Rick Hautala, Gary Fry, Ross Warren, Marty Young, Eric S. Brown, Dean M. Drinkel, Stephen Bacon, Sam Stone, Mark Sheldon, Steve Lockley, Robert S. Wilson, Jeremy C. Shipp, Jeff Strand, Lawrence Santoro, E.C. McMullen Jr., Rena Mason, John Kenny, Gary A. Braunbeck ...

But be warned, fellow traveler… this is not just a book—it is a journey into the very life of Death.Listen to the tales of the afterlife: Halloween, vampires, Heaven, Hell, Armageddon, zombies, death-bringing angels, ghosts, cults, ritual killings, nightmares from Vietnam... The lists goes on and on.Ever wondered if it was possible to cheat death? To kill Death?Did you know Death was a girl?Or ... Read more

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But be warned, fellow traveler… this is not just a book—it is a journey into the very life of Death.Listen to the tales of the afterlife: Halloween, vampires, Heaven, Hell, Armageddon, zombies, death-bringing angels, ghosts, cults, ritual killings, nightmares from Vietnam... The lists goes on and on.Ever wondered if it was possible to cheat death? To kill Death?Did you know Death was a girl?Or
... Read more

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