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  • Operation Longcloth 1943

    The First Chindit Campaign

    by Robert Lyman ...
    Series Book 441 - Campaign
    A fascinating look at the campaign that launched the Chindit myth and saw Orde Wingate's long range patrol group wreak havoc across the Japanese lines.Arriving in Burma in 1942 to survey the environment and finalise his development of long range penetration units, Major General Orde Wingate set up the training and deployment of the Chindits. Under Operation Longcloth, the Chindits crossed the ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • Journalism and Reporting Synergistic Effects of Climate Change

    Edited by Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., Juliet Pinto ...
    This book examines how journalism functions among “synergistic effects” of climate change, such as compounded impact of severe weather, social and political responses to changing global warming, and the often-unfortunate results and impacts on our environments.The volume emerges as global communities attempt to address climate events already challenging for journalists to cover and the social and ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Climate Change, Media & Culture

    Critical Issues in Global Environmental Communication

    Edited by Juliet Pinto, Robert E. Gutsche Jr., Paola Prado ...
    The acceleration of massive global climate change creates a nexus for the examination of power, political rhetoric, science communication, and sustainable development. This book provides an international view of twenty first century environmental communication, from journalism to artistic expression, to critically explore mediated expressions of climate change.Seeking to understand how government ... Read more

    $123.99 CAD

  • Some Kind of Romance, Any Kind of Existence

    by Ana Castanho, Manuel Aires Mateus, Michel Rojkind, Amin Taha, Pedro Campos Costa, Mikkel Frost, Jaime Font, Nuno Melo Sousa, Eduardo Souto de Moura, João Luís Carrilho da Graça, Álvaro Siza, Vladimir Djurovic, Carme Pigem, Benedetta Tagliabue, Sofia Albrigo, Julien De Smedt, Mark Lee, Sam Chermayeff, Flora Lee, Pablo Bofill, Thomas Coldefy, Chad Oppenheim, Steven Holl, Roberto Bannura, Manuelle Gautrand, Jeanne Gang, Anton Garcia-Abril, Kengo Kuma, Rita Topa, Diogo Brito, Rodrigo Vilas-Boas, Julião Pinto Leite, Francisco Lencastre, João Jesus, The Royal Studio ...
    This book is a bifurcated journey through fifteen years of the architecture practice OODA, designed as a "dream state" inner dialogue between Some Kind of Romance and Any Kind of Existence: mirrored reflections of past and future projects that reflects the practice's work and exploring path from Porto to the world. Read together, these two parts are less about buildings than about a way of being ... Read more

    $74.99 CAD

  • Aventura Pedagógica

    Caminhos e Descaminhos de uma Ação Educativa

    by Mauro Roberto Ribeiro Pinto ...
    Series series 2
    " Ler esta aventura Pedagógica é refletir sobre a angústia do educador que se transformou em educando trocando experiências com suas meninas; é descobrir, com amargura, que às vezes as teorias só funcionam quando aprendemos a ser menos frios e mais humanos, capazes de conhecer na prática o caminho da revelação; é emocionar-se com a alegria do educador que, pouco a pouco, grão por grão, migalha por ... Read more

    $21.15 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • News, Neoliberalism, and Miami's Fragmented Urban Space

    by Moses Shumow, Robert E. Gutsche Jr. ...
    News, Neoliberalism, and Miami’s Fragmented Urban Space examines cultural and social forces responsible for inequalities that have emerged in the rampant development of Miami as a “world city.” This book argues that neoliberal movements rely on the power of journalistic discourses to authorize and legitimize harmful social acts such as gentrification. Moses Shumow and Robert E. Gutsche Jr. provide ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Ports in the Medieval European Atlantic

    Shipping, Transport and Labour

    by Ana María Rivera Medina, Professor Amândio Barros, Professor Eduardo Aznar Vallejo, Professor Mathias Tranchant, Professor María Álvarez Fernández, Dr Sara Pinto, Dr Enrique José Ruiz Pilares, Dr Roberto J. González Zalacain, Professor Jesús Ángel Solórzano Telechea ...
    This book responds to the increasing interest of maritime historians in the study of ports. These enclaves offer significant insights into a variety of subjects, including ships and shipping; trade, commodities, and consumption patterns; the economy, society and culture of port workers and port communities; and systems of regional and international integration. Based on extensive research in a ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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  • Track Two Diplomacy in Theory and Practice

    by Peter Jones ...
    "Jones provides a nuanced perspective on both the promise and limits of this unheralded form of unofficial diplomacy." —Stephen J. Del Rosso, Director, International Peace and Security, Carnegie Corporation of New YorkTrack Two diplomacy consists of informal dialogues among actors such as academics, religious leaders, retired senior officials, and NGO officials that can bring new ideas and new ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rethinking Who We Are

    Critical Reflections on Human Diversity in Canada

    by Paul U. Angelini ...
    Rethinking Who We Are takes a non-conventional approach to understanding human difference in Canada. Contributors to this volume critically re-examine Canadian identity by rethinking who we are and what we are becoming by scrutinizing the “totality” of difference. Included are analyses on the macro differences among Canadians, such as the disparities produced from unequal treatment under Canadian ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • How to Travel

    by The School of Life, Alain de Botton ...
    Going traveling is one of the few things we undertake in a direct attempt to make ourselves happy—and frequently, in fascinating ways, we fail. We get bored, cross, anxious, or lonely. It isn’t surprising: our societies act as if going traveling were simple, just a case of handing over the right sum of money. But a satisfying journey isn’t something we can simply buy, and sadly something that ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Space of the World

    Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media and What If It Can't?

    by Nick Couldry ...
    Over the past thirty years, humanity has made a huge mistake. We handed over to big tech decisions that have allowed them to build what has become our "space of the world" – the highly artificial space of social media platforms where much of our social life now unfolds. This has proved reckless and has huge social consequences.The toxic effects on social life, young people’s mental health, and ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Media and Development

    by Martin Scott ...
    Series series Development Matters
    Media matters. From encouraging charitable donations and delivering public health messages to promoting democratic participation and state accountability, the media can play a crucial role in development. Yet the influence of the media is not always welcome. It can also be used as a mechanism of surveillance and control or to disseminate hate speech and propaganda.How then should we respond to the ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD