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  • Cities of Tomorrow

    An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design Since 1880

    by Peter Hall ...
    Peter Hall’s seminal Cities of Tomorrow remains an unrivalled account of the history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Now comprehensively revised, the fourth edition offers a perceptive, critical, and global history of urban planning and design throughout the twentieth-century and beyond.A revised and updated ... Read more

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  • Sex and Death

    Stories

    Edited by Sarah Hall, Peter Hobbs ...
    In this provocative and haunting collection of short stories, edited by two masters of the form, a diverse group of contemporary writers probes the nature and connection between two of the most powerful, exhilarating, and terrifying forces that define and shape the human experience."What else is there?"—Alice Munro, on why so much of her work deals with the twin themes of sex and death.The drive ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Dead Friends Society

    Drew and her friends aren't like most college kids.They're dead.Murdered in 1998 by a masked killer known only as The Fireman, their spirits are trapped in Greywood House, desperate to escape...until Abbey and her family arrive.The new girl finds herself drawn to their haunting presence, which only makes things worse. Because the dead know what the living can't: The Fireman is coming back.And this ... Read more

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  • Governing Growth

    The Postwar Transformations of Capitalism and Democracy

    by Peter A. Hall ...
    A groundbreaking account of how politics and economics have interacted in Western democracies over the past eighty yearsHow do capitalist economies change over time? And what political consequences follow? In Governing Growth, Peter Hall traces the interactions between politics and economics in Western democracies over the past eighty years, identifying a series of profound shifts in the political ... Read more

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  • The Political Power of Economic Ideas

    Keynesianism across Nations

    by Peter A. Hall ...
    John Maynard Keynes once observed that the "ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood." The contributors to this volume take that assertion seriously. In a full-scale study of the impact of Keynesian doctrines across nations, their essays trace the reception accorded Keynesian ideas, initially ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

  • Critical Visualization

    Rethinking the Representation of Data

    Information may be beautiful, but our decisions about the data we choose to represent and how we represent it are never neutral. This insightful history traces how data visualization accompanied modern technologies of war, colonialism and the management of social issues of poverty, health and crime. The discussion is based around examples of visualization, from the ancient Andean information ... Read more

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  • Political Change and Electoral Coalitions in Western Democracies

    Series series Elements in European Politics
    This Element documents long-term changes in the political attitudes of occupational groups, shifts in the salience of economic and cultural issues, and the movement of political parties in the electoral space from 1990 to 2018 in eight Western democracies. We evaluate prominent contentions about how electoral contestation has changed and why support for mainstream parties has declined while ... Read more

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    In the Psychiatrist's Chair

    The renowned BBC Radio 4 interview series

    Unabridged

    7 hours 5 min

    Twelve editions of the groundbreaking BBC Radio 4 interview series presented by Dr Anthony Clare.A master of incisive interrogation, Dr Anthony Clare became renowned for In the Psychiatrist's Chair. From 1982 until 2001 he conducted in-depth interviews with prominent people from different walks of life, inviting them to answer penetrating questions about their lives and careers.These twelve shows ... Read more

    $13.42 USD

  • Theoretical Perspectives for Direct Social Work Practice

    A Generalist-Eclectic Approach

    This bestselling text introduces students and practitioners to a wide range of theories for direct social work practice, offering a generalist-eclectic framework that integrates the scientific and artistic elements of practice. Now in its fourth edition, it has been fully updated, reorganized, and expanded with nine new chapters, including coverage of dialectical behavior therapy, eye movement ... Read more

    $101.69 USD

  • Successful Societies

    How Institutions and Culture Affect Health

    Why are some societies more successful than others at promoting individual and collective well-being? This book integrates recent research in social epidemiology with broader perspectives in social science to explore why some societies are more successful than others at securing population health. It explores the social roots of health inequalities, arguing that inequalities in health are based ... Read more

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  • Making an Exhibition of Myself: the autobiography of Peter Hall

    The Autobiography of Peter Hall

    by Peter Hall ...
    The story of a railway worker's son who became one of the most powerful, outspoken and charismatic figures in European theatre. Sir Peter Hall has been director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, artistic director of Glyndebourne, and director of Britain's National Theatre from 1973 to 1988. He has directed over 150 productions of plays, operas and films, and now runs his own acclaimed theatre ... Read more

    $29.99 USD