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Engines of Mischief

Technology, Rebellion, and the Industrial Revolution in England, 1817-1818

de Louise Blakeney Williams, Brendan Palla, Megan Squire ...

Series series Reacting to the Past™
Engines of Mischief explores the day-to-day labor, economic, political, and social climate at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in Manchester, England, between 1817 and 1818. Using new economic theories of the time, parliamentary commissions, and news reports, students will engage with crucial issues of the day, debating factory conditions and child labor; the role of the government in the ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

Engines of Mischief explores the day-to-day labor, economic, political, and social climate at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in Manchester, England, between 1817 and 1818. Using new economic theories of the time, parliamentary commissions, and news reports, students will engage with crucial issues of the day, debating factory conditions and child labor; the role of the government in the
... Leer más
Climate Chaos

Killing People, Places, and the Planet

de John Hans Gilderbloom, Joshua D. Ambrosius, Bobby Austin, Russell Barnett, Christopher Bird, Leah Callahan, Chad Frederick, Robert Friedland, Elliott Grantz, Matthew Hanka0, Bunny Hayes1, Antwan Jones2, Avery Kahl3, Zachary E. Kenitzer4, Isaiah Kingsberry5, Wesley L. Meares6, Justin Mog7, Lisa Murray8, Chris Nolan9, Karrie Ann Quenichet0, William Riggs1, Stephen A. Roosa2, Ellen Slaten3, Carla J. Snyder4, Jennifer Stekardis5, Porter Stevens6, Ra’Desha Williams7, Garlynn Woodsong8, Charlie Zhang9, Gregory D. Squires0 ...

Featuring insights from influential figures like Pope Francis and Albert Gore alongside contributions from over thirty esteemed authors, Climate Chaos: Killing People, Places and the Planet charts a transformative path from despair to optimism. Grounded in rigorous scientific research, the book unflinchingly exposes the links between industries such as coal, fossil fuels, chemical factories, ... Leer más

$36.99 USD

Featuring insights from influential figures like Pope Francis and Albert Gore alongside contributions from over thirty esteemed authors, Climate Chaos: Killing People, Places and the Planet charts a transformative path from despair to optimism. Grounded in rigorous scientific research, the book unflinchingly exposes the links between industries such as coal, fossil fuels, chemical factories,
... Leer más
Rethinking Knife Crime

Policing, Violence and Moral Panic?

de Elaine Williams, Peter Squires ...

Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
This critical textbook looks beyond the immediate data on knife crime to try and make sense of what is a global phenomenon. Yet it especially explores why the UK in particular has become so preoccupied by this form of interpersonal, often youthful, violence. The book explores knife crime in its global and historical context and examines crime patterns including the “second wave” of knife crime in ... Leer más

$49.99 USD

This critical textbook looks beyond the immediate data on knife crime to try and make sense of what is a global phenomenon. Yet it especially explores why the UK in particular has become so preoccupied by this form of interpersonal, often youthful, violence. The book explores knife crime in its global and historical context and examines crime patterns including the “second wave” of knife crime in
... Leer más
Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions

Power, Diversity, and the Emancipatory Struggle in Higher Education

Edición de Bianca C. Williams, Dian D. Squire, Frank A. Tuitt ...

Series series SUNY series, Critical Race Studies in Education
Argues that plantation life, its racialized inequities, and the ongoing struggle against them are embedded in not only the physical structures but also the everyday workings of higher education.Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions provides a multidisciplinary exploration of the contemporary university's entanglement with the history of slavery and settler colonialism in the United States. ... Leer más

$35.99 USD

Disponible también en: Audiolibro

Argues that plantation life, its racialized inequities, and the ongoing struggle against them are embedded in not only the physical structures but also the everyday workings of higher education.Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions provides a multidisciplinary exploration of the contemporary university's entanglement with the history of slavery and settler colonialism in the United States.
... Leer más

Disponible también en: Audiolibro
Audiolibro

The School for Scandal

de Richard Brinsley Sheridan ...

Narrado por Edith Evans, Cecil Parker, Harry Andrews, Baliol Holloway, Alec Clunes, Claire Bloom, Athene Seyler, George Howe, William Squire, Anne Leon, Peter Williams, Peter Halliday, Michael Gough ...

Abreviado

2 hora 5 minutos

Sheridan’s most famous play, The School for Scandal, has been called ‘the best existing English comedy of intrigue’. A favourite with audiences and critics alike since its premiere in 1777, this play is a classic English comedy of manners. Full of satirical wit, it subverts the Georgian social mores of its day with subtlety and charm. This historic recording features Edith Evans, Cecil Parker, and ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

Sheridan’s most famous play, The School for Scandal, has been called ‘the best existing English comedy of intrigue’. A favourite with audiences and critics alike since its premiere in 1777, this play is a classic English comedy of manners. Full of satirical wit, it subverts the Georgian social mores of its day with subtlety and charm. This historic recording features Edith Evans, Cecil Parker, and
... Leer más
Audiolibro

Emlyn Williams: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

Seven Full Cast Productions including The Corn Is Green

de Emlyn Williams ...

Narrado por Imelda Staunton, Anna Massey, Michael Redgrave, Rosaline Ayres, Edward de Souza, Carole Boyd, Elizabeth Morgan, Siôn Probert, William Squire, Sharon Morgan, Roger Hammond, Peter Penry-Jones, Sian Phillips, Freddie Jones, Melanie Walters, Richard Harrington, Full Cast ...

Completo

9 hora 14 minutos

A superb selection of Emlyn Williams’ finest playsEmlyn Williams was one of the brightest stars of Welsh stage and screen. An acclaimed playwright, actor and director, he made over 40 film and TV appearances, re-invented the one-man show with his virtuoso portrayals of Charles Dickens and Dylan Thomas, and wrote numerous plays and screenplays. Featured here are seven of his most popular works, ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

A superb selection of Emlyn Williams’ finest playsEmlyn Williams was one of the brightest stars of Welsh stage and screen. An acclaimed playwright, actor and director, he made over 40 film and TV appearances, re-invented the one-man show with his virtuoso portrayals of Charles Dickens and Dylan Thomas, and wrote numerous plays and screenplays. Featured here are seven of his most popular works,
... Leer más
Bridging the High School-College Gap

The Role of Concurrent Enrollment Programs

de Susan Henderson, Barbara D. Hodne, E. J. Anderson, Thomas E. Leahey, Dennis R. Waller, Angela L. Kremers, Amanda Nolen, Brenda E. Abbott, Jason P. Alteri, Julie Williams, Adam I. Lowe, Ted R. Ungricht, Cynthia Grua, George Tombaugh, Richard Seils, Daniel Judd, Carl A. Saltarelli, Donald H. Dutkowsky, Jerry M. Evensky, Brian Boecherer, Kalpana Srinivas, Joni Swanson ...

Concurrent enrollment programs offer high-achieving high school students the opportunity to take college credit-bearing courses taught by college-approved high school teachers. This low-cost, scalable model brings accelerated coursework to urban, suburban, and rural students. In this book, scholars explore the function of concurrent enrollment programs in addressing the gap between high school ... Leer más

$32.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Concurrent enrollment programs offer high-achieving high school students the opportunity to take college credit-bearing courses taught by college-approved high school teachers. This low-cost, scalable model brings accelerated coursework to urban, suburban, and rural students. In this book, scholars explore the function of concurrent enrollment programs in addressing the gap between high school
... Leer más
Tracking the Rise of the Radical Right Globally

CARR Yearbook 2018/2019

de Megan Armstrong, Imran Iwan, Roland Clark, Sadie Chana, Maureen A. Eger, Andreas Dafnos, Aristotle Kallis, Marta Lorimer, Paul Stocker, David Barnes, Paul Jackson, Daniel Jones, Liam Liburd, Henry Mead, Dan Stone, Leonard Weinberg, Chris Webb, Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero, Chris Allen, James Downes, Mikael Hjerm, Valery Engel, Maik Fielitz, Bernhard Forchtner, Terri E. Givens, Hans-Georg Betz, Julian Göpffarth, Barbara Manthe, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Özgür Özvatan, Cathrine Thorleifsson, Mette Wiggen, Manès Weisskircher, Ruth Wodak, Bharath Ganesh, Jade Hutchinson, Bethan Johnson, Rob May, Mark Potok, Lella Nouri, Tamir Bar-On, Juliana Chueri, Katherine Kondor, Balsa Lubarda, Samuel Salzborn, Louie Dean Valencia-García, Palak Rao, Benjamin Bland, Yannick David Veilleux-Lepage, Sean Arbuthnot, William Baldet, Craig McCann, Natalie James, Katherine Parsons, Imran Awan, Jacob Davey, Matthew Feldman, Brian Hughes, Amy-Louise Watkin, Andreas Önnerfors, Megan Squire, Archie Henderson ...

2018 was a tumultuous year in global politics. Starting with the rise of the Lega Nord in Italy and ending with the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, it has never been such a pertinent time to study the radical right. This yearbook pulls together the best commentary and analysis from an international consortium of expert scholars examining the ebb and flow of radical right movements from ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

2018 was a tumultuous year in global politics. Starting with the rise of the Lega Nord in Italy and ending with the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, it has never been such a pertinent time to study the radical right. This yearbook pulls together the best commentary and analysis from an international consortium of expert scholars examining the ebb and flow of radical right movements from
... Leer más
Audiolibro

Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions

Power, Diversity, and the Emancipatory Struggle in Higher Education

Narrado por Mia Ellis ...

Completo

13 hora 39 minutos

Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions provides a multidisciplinary exploration of the contemporary university's entanglement with the history of slavery and settler colonialism in the United States. Inspired by more than a hundred student-led protests during the Movement for Black Lives, contributors examine how campus rebellions—and university responses to them—expose the racialized ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions provides a multidisciplinary exploration of the contemporary university's entanglement with the history of slavery and settler colonialism in the United States. Inspired by more than a hundred student-led protests during the Movement for Black Lives, contributors examine how campus rebellions—and university responses to them—expose the racialized
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
Horrors of the Deep

de Franklin Ard, Elizabeth Beechwood, Joseph Carro, Paul Carro, Shane R. Collins, Renee S. DeCamillis, Devin Gaither, Rachel Halpern, Derek B. Hoffman, Rebecca McKenna, Karen Menzel, John Christopher Nelson, Sarah Parke, Cristina Perachio, Richard Squires, Genevieve Williams ...

The sea roils. The siren calls. The kraken awakens. Will you join the voyage into the unknown?In the murky depths lurk the strangest, most frightening creatures, things that thrive in the dangerous waters of the night. From wandering ghost ships to murderous mermaids to the horrifying kraken, the ocean is rife with dark legends that enthrall and fascinate us to this day.Prepare to be taken under ... Leer más

$4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

The sea roils. The siren calls. The kraken awakens. Will you join the voyage into the unknown?In the murky depths lurk the strangest, most frightening creatures, things that thrive in the dangerous waters of the night. From wandering ghost ships to murderous mermaids to the horrifying kraken, the ocean is rife with dark legends that enthrall and fascinate us to this day.Prepare to be taken under
... Leer más
Youth Marginality in Britain

Contemporary Studies of Austerity

de Anthony Rudd, Robert Mcpherson, Frances Atherton, Jane Mckay, Sean Murphy, Emma Davidson, Claire Tupling, Patrick Ainley, Jenny van Krieken Robson, Lucy Williams, Kim Robinson, L. Ling, Alistair Fraser, L. Whittaker, Susan Anusas Batchelor, Mary Jane Kehily, Linda Brooks, Eldin Fahmy, Peter Squires ...

Tabloid headlines such as ‘Anti-social Feral Youth,’ ‘Vile Products of Welfare in the UK’ and ‘One in Four Adolescents is a Criminal’ have in recent years obscured understanding of what social justice means for young people and how they experience it. Youth marginality in Britain offers a new perspective by promoting young people’s voices and understanding the agency behind their actions. It ... Leer más

$47.99 USD

Tabloid headlines such as ‘Anti-social Feral Youth,’ ‘Vile Products of Welfare in the UK’ and ‘One in Four Adolescents is a Criminal’ have in recent years obscured understanding of what social justice means for young people and how they experience it. Youth marginality in Britain offers a new perspective by promoting young people’s voices and understanding the agency behind their actions. It
... Leer más
Audiolibro

Shakespeare: The Histories

Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II, Henry V, Henry VI Part I, Henry VI Part II, Henry VI Part III, Henry VIII, King John, Richard II, Richard III

de William Shakespeare ...

Narrado por Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Prunella Scales, William Squire, Timothy West, full cast ...

Series Audiolibro 1 - Argo Classics
Completo

27 hora 9 minutos

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.All 10 of Shakespeare’s timeless histories, performed by the celebrated Marlowe Dramatic Society and ... Leer más

$44.99 USD

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.All 10 of Shakespeare’s timeless histories, performed by the celebrated Marlowe Dramatic Society and
... Leer más