Vaccination is arguably the greatest public health achievement in history, yet the disappearance of many diseases has also seen an increased focus on the side effects of vaccines and the rise of the anti-vax movement. The COVID-19 pandemic propelled anti-vaccination sentiment into the mainstream including from some leaders in the medical profession in an explosion of pseudoscience and disinformation that's made it increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction.
In Vaccine Nation, internationally acclaimed epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre examines the history of vaccines and how they work, vaccine safety, public policy, cutting-edge new technologies, and the miraculous new developments in vaccines to fight cancer and other chronic diseases. At a critical time when vaccination rates are falling globally, MacIntyre argues that science must reclaim the stage or we will lose centuries of gains that vaccines have brought to the world.
'Vaccines helped us emerge from the worst of the COVID pandemic, yet rather than being a triumph, we now see anti-vaccine claims eclipsing public health policies. Raina MacIntyre outlines the history of vaccines and despairs at how the medical profession is among those pushing anti-vaccine myths. This important book documents where opposition to vaccination is leading the world and how science can reclaim centre stage.' Laura Tingle, author and journalist
'For the rst time in human history, we have the scientic know-how to vaccinate against most of the infectious diseases that killed our ancestors. Vaccine Nation takes us through exciting developments in using vaccines to protect against non-infectious threats such as cancer and heart disease. MacIntyre shows how these advances are being counterbalanced by a spreading mistrust of science in general and vaccines in particular. This book, by one of the world's leading biosecurity experts, tells the story of how vaccines transformed the public health landscape and suggests what we might do to restore public trust in their ecacy and safety.' Professor Trish Greenhalgh OBE, University of Oxford
'A timely wake-up call.' Sydney Morning Herald/The Age
'Vaccine Nation is essential reading.' Adrian Esterman, The Conversation
]]>Throughout the twentieth century, a group of trailblazing women writers challenged the nation's status quo. Miles Franklin's forceful voice invigorated the emerging women's movement, Mary Gilmore was a groundbreaking feminist journalist, and novelists Katharine Susannah Prichard and Eleanor Dark explored the colonial displacement of Australia's Indigenous people. Kylie Tennant spoke up for battlers during the Depression. Dymphna Cusack, Katharine Susannah Prichard and Dorothy Hewett, all members of Australia's Communist Party, advocated for social reform. Ruth Park's The Harp in the South jolted the NSW government into developing slum clearance programs. And the work of First Nations poet and activist Kath Walker (later Oodgeroo Noonuccal) was crucial in achieving constitutional reform for Indigenous peoples.
Acclaimed biographer Jacqueline Kent traces these women's stories, shaped by the seismic social and political events of their time, and illuminates their immense courage and principled determination to change the world.
'Kent brings her cast of writers effortlessly to life.' Jason Steger
'Each of these seven women writers set out, in her own way, to change the world, and this well-researched and engagingly written book makes clear their individual and collective bravery, curiosity and fearlessness.' Heidi Maier, InDaily
'Highly informed, engaging, often wittily observed, this is also an impressively orchestrated study of groundbreaking writers and the tumultuous times they mirrored and interpreted.' Sydney Morning Herald / The Age
'Inconvenient Women is a fluent stream of fascinating detail. It brings to the fore names half-remembered now, their collaborations with activist men such as Guido Baracchi and Egon Kisch as well as other women, and the political environment they all operated in. Once begun, it is difficult to put down: you'll finish with dozens of notes to follow up.' Miriam Cosic, The Saturday Paper
]]>'If we were different people, to write down these words might be to leave them behind us. But words are our artifacts, and I am seeding a trail for the journey, home.'
What does the daughter of a Nakba survivor inherit? It is not property or tangible heirlooms, nor the streets and neighbourhoods of a father's childhood and the deep roots of family who have lived in one place, Jerusalem, for generation upon generation.
Fixing her gaze on moments, places and objects from the streets of Bethlehem to the Palestinian neighbourhoods of the New Jerusalem Micaela Sahhar assembles a story of Palestinian diaspora. Find Me at the Jaffa Gate is a book about the gaps and blank spaces that cannot be easily recounted, but which insists on the vibrant reality of chance, fragments and memory to reclaim a place called home.
'Micaela Sahhar's Find Me at the Jaffa Gate is one of the most inventive, thought-provoking and captivating chronicles of Palestinian diasporic life I've had the pleasure of reading. It is a memoir written by a poet, poetry written by a novelist, literature written by an academic it is all these things at once, insisting with a gentle yet unwavering confidence in the power of its unique, brilliantly evocative and genre-defying voice. Sahhar's love for her family, homeland, the details and intimacies of everyday life; for language, history, archives, photographs and the treasured ephemera of a life in diaspora, shine through every line. The result is a book in which every word is deliberate, each line commands attention, each chapter is a world within a world.' Randa Abdel-Fattah, academic and writer, author of 11 Words for Love
'Micaela Sahhar's family history has everything that makes any Palestinian family history worth telling and reading about. On the one hand, a rich culture that ranges from distinctive culinary practices to a distinctive sense of humour, and on the other hand, a tragic settler-colonial history of dispossession and oppression leading to a transnational diasporic existence, and that makes for a characteristic sense of space and place. But this is not any book about Palestine. Sahhar is a superior storyteller with a knack for highlighting evocative details. Storytelling, like any craft, embodies in different degrees the labour of the many people who have told stories about one's subject matter in the past. The more a writer is well-read the more this shows in the historical density and the social complexity of their storytelling. Sahhar's book is definitely dense and socially complex in this way. This could make for 'heavy' reading if it wasn't for Sahhar's superior writing skills. Indeed, I would say that more than anything else, this is a book for people who enjoy good writing, regardless of what the story is about. But of course, it matters what this story is about. This is a book about Palestine and Palestinians, and in the way the book is grounded in both the Palestinian tragedy and the Palestinian unlimited capacity to affirm life, the spirit of anti-colonial resistance animates every one of its pages. Sahhar finishes the book saying that like Mahmoud Darwish's father she hopes that one day she will be able to go to Palestine, to the streets where her family originates from, and shout I am I. And I am here. But in a way, by writing this book, she already does that, if not from Palestine at least from the position she occupies within the transnational space of western colonialism.' Ghassan Hage, professor of anthropology at the University of Melbourne and author of The Diasporic Condition: Ethnographic Explorations of the Lebanese in the World
'Find Me at the Jaffa Gate is an aching and tender study of diaspora, grief, memory and history. Sahhar has a masterful voice, playing subtly with tense and form to give agency to a beautifully layered narrative, interwoven with fragments, records and intimate moments of lives permanently changed by Nakba. Find Me at the Jaffa Gate tells an unmissable story of Palestinian survival and resistance across space and time.' Evelyn Araluen, Bundjalung poet and author of Dropbear
'Sahhar chronicles the essential truths of Palestine with intricacy and finesse and in doing so, has crafted a mighty text that demands unbroken attention. Find Me at the Jaffa Gate is a book that will be read, re-read, dog-eared, underlined and recited.' Hasib Hourani, author of rock flight
'Find Me at the Jaffa Gate opens with a recollection of the five-year-old Micaela bobbing off to preparatory school with pigtails, glasses and missing teeth. As she enters the classroom, her sense of self is shattered in a nation that is home but not home, when a teacher butchers her family name and is visibly appalled when told the name is Palestinian. As the child of diaspora, born on the unceded lands of Australia, Micaela is ever conscious of the tension between being in exile on homelands now occupied; and living, working and writing on the occupied lands of Naarm in colonial Australia a site of invasion, and genocide. Find Me at the Jaffa Gate writes of and to dispossession, displacement, trauma, loss, resilience and is testimony to the power of intergenerational story and memory that survives, and lives on so that all those who remain, and their children and children's children remember. In this polyphonic narrative, we hear many voices some still living, others passed, now scattered across nations and continents, yet still connected through home Palestine.' Jeanine Leane, Wiradjuri writer, critic, poet and author of Gawimarra: Gathering
'At a time when Israel is literally trying to wipe Palestinians off the map, this book lands with a powerful thud of fury, beauty and resistance. Weaving personal stories with history in all its unvarnished details, Micaela Sahhar delivers a deeply affecting story that articulates one of the great outrages of our time.' Antony Loewenstein, independent journalist, film-maker and author of The Palestine Laboratory
'Find me at the Jaffa Gate is more than a lyrical memoir that binds personal storytelling with global history; Sahhar has built an archive for future generations. Readers interested in tales of migration and ancestral history will find a treasure trove in Sahhar's emotive and detailed offering.' Hellai Gul, Books+Publishing
'Find Me at the Jaffa Gate has been one of my favourite books of the year.' Alex Creece, author of Potty Mouth, Potty Mouth and Online Editor at Archer
'Find Me at the Jaffa Gate is a story that traverses time and place, love and hate; it's a story of ongoing and unforgettable Palestinian survival.' Readings
'[Through] beautiful prose, Sahhar pulls together a story, full of gaps and questions, about her Palestinian family, their memories and their connection to home.' Celina Ribeiro, Guardian Australia
'This is a book that is about more than displacement it's about resilience, truth-telling and the fragments of stories that are often forgotten but which form the bones and heart of what it means to Palestinian diaspora.' Soaliha Iqbal, Missing Perspectives
'Author and poet Micaela Sahhar's lyrical story of generations of Palestinian diaspora is as timely as ever.' Cheryl Akle, The Weekend Australian
'Sahhar not only reconstitutes an archive of her own family's past, she creates a new archive for the generations that follow.' This Week in Palestine
'Through the lens of her family's history Sahhar successfully immerses the reader in the big history and culture of Palestine, and the experience of being Palestinian.' Rowan Cahill, Journal of Intercultural Studies
'One knows that Find Me at the Jaffa Gate has been percolating for a long time when they read it. Within 48 short chapters, Micaela Sahhar pieces fragments of memory, speculation, and archival research to tell a story of both the construction of her selfhood and Palestinian family: 'not a story about wounds but about the preservation of something all its own'. It is a book full of brilliances even as occupation and exile cause history and geography to cut loose and spin around each other and as Sahhar herself asks, 'What does it mean to be exiled and how do we take our revenge?' Find Me at the Jaffa Gate is a gift, a remarkable debut memoir that is simultaneously a work of poetry in its lyricism and feeling; humour, anger, warmth, grief and love eddy in a whirlpool to form a work about sumud and survival.' VPLA judges' report
'No book is as essential for these past two years as Micaela Sahhar's Find Me at the Jaffa Gate.' Winnie Dunn, Sydney Morning Herald
]]>In The Power of Choice, award-winning photographer Julian Kingma turns his camera on those who choose assisted dying, and those who help them on their final journey. These intimate portraits, along with essays from Andrew Denton and Richard Flanagan, invite us to ask, perhaps for the first time, what makes a good death.
'Mute and frozen witnesses, we watched Death take this strong man my father and shake him out until he was nothing.'
Andrew Denton
'They choose voluntary assisted dying because they want a good death and not a bad death. Because, dying, they want an end to their suffering, not its indefinite continuation and worsening.'
Richard Flanagan
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]]>From page to screen and everything in between, Griffith Review 88: Culture Vultures consumes the culture of the twenty-first century and tries to outrun the algorithm.
]]>Beau Windon is a is a neurodivergent Wiradjuri writer based Naarm (Melbourne). He writes quirky stories about quirky people (including his quirky self) and poetry about all of the dark goo coating his mind. In 2021, his creative non-fiction saw him awarded a Writeability Fellowship. In 2023 Beau was one of the winning writers for Griffith Review's Emerging Voices competition, and in 2024 he was a finalist for the Writer's Prize in the Melbourne Prize for Literature.
]]>Sarah is a brown female doctor who emigrated to Australia in the 1990s. Her journey to becoming a paediatrician has been challenging, right from the schoolyard. As a minority, she was perceived as different. She tried hard to blend in, but she was unfamiliar to her peers. No brown heroines in the fairytales she was exposed to left her with few role models. As an adult, a graduate in the medical world, she experienced a new kind of obstacle: being female in a male-driven hospital environment.
When she eventually walked across the stage to get her paediatric letters, with a drip in her arm, a pregnant belly, a toddler on her hip and heels that could shatter a glass ceiling, victory was bittersweet.
In the spirit of Dr Neela Janakiramanan's The Registrar, Sarah Malik's Desi Girl and Anita Rani's The Right Sort of Girl, this is a story of grit and determination, hope and self-discovery. It is a powerful call for social change and a greater acceptance of diversity.
]]>In this deeply intimate narrative, the band members recount their evolution from their early days playing localclubs on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles to the iconic, and sometimes infamous, moments that defined theircareer. From the electrifying release of anthems like 'Light My Fire', 'The End' and 'Riders on the Storm', to thenotorious Dinner Key Auditorium performance in Miami, the book captures the essence of their meteoric riseand the cultural impact they left in their wake.
Featuring new and insightful contributions from a diverse array of artists, including Van Morrison, NileRodgers, Slash, Nancy Sinatra and more, the book is anchored by a foreword from Nirvana bassist KristNovoselic and an afterword by maestro Gustavo Dudamel. These unique voices offer fresh perspectives on TheDoors' influence and legacy.
Granted unprecedented access to the band's archives, Night Divides the Day is a visual and narrative feast. Thebook showcases a stunning collection of historical artifacts childhood photographs, handwritten song lyrics,poster art, movie stills and previously unseen album cover outtakes. Images of the band in the recording studio,along with work from celebrated photographers and trusted insiders, transport readers behind the scenes and onthe road with The Doors.
In addition, rare and invaluable items from the band's history, including vintage instruments and recordingequipment, are specially photographed to enrich this kaleidoscopic portrait of one of rock music's mostlegendary bands.
Night Divides the Day is the ultimate account of The Doors, capturing their incredible story and enduringlegacy in a way that has never been seen before.
'We were reflecting on our own career as it was happening. It's not that we weretrend-conscious, we were doing exactly what we would have been doing anyway.' Jim Morrison
'We didn't sit down and have a meeting to say, "Hey, we want to change theminds of people." We didn't say it but we enjoyed doing it.' John Densmore
'The Doors is bigger than any of us, and that only happens once in a lifetime andnot to many people. It's an honour to be one of The Doors.' Robby Krieger
'We were just a bunch of psychedelic guys trying to spread the word and the feel ofwhat it was like to be high in Venice back in the mid-sixties. And boy, was it a good feeling to watchthat sun set into the middle of the ocean and feel that peace, and to feel at one with the universe.' Ray Manzarek
]]>With an intoxicating, genre-blending sound, provocative and uncompromising songs, and themesmerising power of singer Jim Morrison's poetry and presence, The Doors had a transformativeimpact not only on popular music but on popular culture.
Morrison's mystical command of the frontman role may be the iconic heart of The Doors, but thegroup's extraordinary power would hardly have been possible without the virtuosic keyboardtapestries of Ray Manzarek, the gritty, expressive fretwork of guitarist Robby Krieger and thesupple, dynamically rich grooves of drummer John Densmore. From baroque art-rock to jazz-infused pop to gutbucket blues, the band's instrumental triad could navigate any musical territorywith aplomb and all three contributed mightily as songwriters.
]]>Everyone recalls eating their first oyster, just like they remember their first kiss ...
Portrait of an Oyster delves beyond the shucked shell to reveal the rich and surprising world of the oyster and the artists, philosophers, explorers, and chefs the mollusk has inspired across the centuries. Illustrated with full-colour paintings, vintage advertisements, line drawings, and archival photographs, Portrait of an Oyster shares intriguing insights into the biology and cultivation of oysters as the author embarks on an expedition across Europe and North America to taste some of the world's best.
Did you know that oysters shift their gender several times over the course of their lifetimes? They have one muscle that serves to keep their two shells clamped firmly shut, and a heart and basic circulatory system largely dependent on seawater although they have no brain or known nervous system.
In the French region of Marennes-Oleron where much of the technology of modern oysters farming was pioneered oysters are still considered among the finest in the world. Like champagne, oysters from this region are protected by geographic distinction laws, with some even getting initials lasered into their shells, to preserve their prestige. Portrait of an Oyster travels across France, Europe, and North America, sampling some of the best oysters and restaurants in the world, including in the UK and Copenhagen, and then Boston, New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco.
This book's stunning features include:
Renee von Paschen, born in Canada, is a literary translator, conference interpreter, and bilingual poet. She has taught literary translation, as well as theater, film, and media, at several universities. She won a Cine Golden Eagle for best history documentary in 2008.
]]>In The Spirit of Shinto, longtime Japan resident and bestselling author Hector Garcia (Ikigai: the Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life and The Book of Ichigo Ichie) offers an engaging introduction to the history, principles, and continuing influence of Shintoism in Japan. Garcia takes readers on a time travel;ing journey to witness Shinto's rich history and enduring cultural influence firsthand, as well as to discover ways Shinto can help us find harmony with nature and each other as we navigate our daily lives.
This unique book provides:
Garcia's book underscores the things we all seek a world that values and preserves nature and respects all living beings. Whether you're passionate about Japanese culture and spirituality or intrigued by its representation in anime and manga, this book is a compelling read that connects past and present in meaningful ways.
]]>Russell Calvert has a masters degree in translation studies from Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona). He has 25 years TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) experience, including posts at ESADE Business School (Barcelona) and Salalah College of Applied Sciences (Oman). He was the subtitler, translator and interpreter for the 2012 Mecal International Short Film Festival of Barcelona.
]]>Our ikigai is very similar to change: it is a constant that transforms depending on which phase of life we are in. Our 'reason for being' is not the same at 15 as it is at 70. Through three sections, this book helps you to accept and embrace that - acting as a tool to revolutionize your future by helping you to understand the past, so you can enjoy your present.
Japan has one of the longest life spans in the world, and the greatest number of centenarians - many of whom cite their strong sense of ikigai as the basis for their happiness and longevity. Unlike many 'self-care' practices, which require setting aside time in an increasingly busy world, the ikigai method helps you find peace and fulfillment in your busy life.
'From the authorsof Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life comes a sequelthat goes beyond the concept of understanding and empowering all aspects ofikigai (one's purpose in life). Garcia and Miralles use the metaphor of thebusiest train in Japan, taking readers through various stations in the future,past, and present. Along each stop readers are instructed how to developpatience and perseverance, cultivate undivided attention, and tune in to lifegoals. Ikigai adherents can find their ultimate purpose by listing theirattributes in a Venn diagram to point the way to the intersection of what theyare good at, what the world needs, what they love, and what they can be paidfor to live out their ikigai...Beneficial for readers who find theconcept of ikigai intriguing.' - Library Journal
Praise for Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life:
'Ikigai urgesindividuals to simplify their lives by pursuing what sparks joy for them...Much in the same way that The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up emphasises'choosing what we want to keep, and not what we want to get rid of,' [Ikigai]demonstrates that aging could be an opportunity to keep working,keep smiling, keep active, and keep beingsocial.' -KonMari Newsletter
'Want to live longer? Keep super busy. If hygge is the art ofdoing nothing, ikigai is the art of doing something - and doing it withsupreme focus and joy...Pack up those cozy blankets and candles youpurchased in last year's hygge-fueled Ikea spree. Fall's biggestimported lifestyle trend is ikigai, and it might help you live to 100.' - New York Post
'Persuasively shows that small changes can helpreaders find more joy and purpose in their lives [with] clear, succinctinformation...skillfully compiled...into an engaging, easily accessibleformat with lists, charts, and illustrations.' - Publishers Weekly
Oxford's, streets, colleges and buildings, the River Thames, and the villages on its banks, are imbued with literally hundreds of intricate connections to the books. Their author, Charles Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll, spent most of his life as an academic at Christ Church, one of the largest and oldest of the Oxford colleges. His muse, Alice Liddell, who is the thinly-disguised Alice of the books, was the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, and lshe lived there as she was growing up. The 'Alice' books began as stories told to Alice and her sisters, and Dodgson incorporated local people, places, and events that they would recognise. But as the books grew, he included a much wider range of satire and caricature, until Oxford itself became an eccentric Wonderland.
This book, a guide and a history, explores the city, the colleges, and the river that Alice and Lewis Carroll knew and shared, in all their eccentric and entertaining glory.
]]>In addition, nd 40 assorted gift tags and cards to add a special personalised touch to your gifts.
]]>Since the 1980s, Marilyn Minter has been a pioneer of sex-positive feminism in the contemporary art world, pushing the boundaries of what kind of imagery is acceptable in fine art, especially when produced by women. In her photorealistic paintings, including of celebrities such as Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Lizzo, Minter draws on the aesthetics of fashion magazines, depicting cropped women's faces and bodies laden with jewels and couture accessories. In some of her work, she has explored how the meaning of pornographic imagery changes when it's appropriated and transformed by a woman artist. Gathered from interviews, articles, and other sources, Minter-isms is a compelling collection of quotations that presents Minter's revealing thoughts on art, women, power, sexuality, pornography, politics, and more. Filled with wisdom and humor, the book offers new insights about the life, work, and mind of this groundbreaking artist.
Larry Warsh has been active in the art world for more than thirty years as a publisher and artist-collaborator. He is the editor of many books, including Abramovi-isms, Judy Chicago-isms, Holzer-isms, Warhol-isms, and Weiwei-isms (all Princeton).
]]>Shepard Fairey is one of today's most important and influential street artists, activists, and graphic designers. His instantly recognisable designs 'Andre the Giant has a Posse', 'Obey Giant', the Obama 'Hope' poster, and the 'We the People' posters for the 2017 Women's March have become an indelible part of visual culture, appearing in countless media, including stickers, stencils, prints, T-shirts, album covers, murals, and fine art. Fairey-isms is a compelling collection of quotations from this fascinating artist. Gathered from interviews, articles, and other sources, these quotations offer rich insights about his life and work, including his thoughts on art, creativity, politics, and propaganda and his reflections on his influences from skateboarding, The Clash, and Public Enemy to Russian Constructivism and artists such as Futura, Barbara Kruger, and Andy Warhol.
arry Warsh has been active in the art world for more than thirty years as a publisher and artist-collaborator. He is the editor of many books, including Warhol-isms, Weiwei-isms, Basquiat-isms, Haring-isms, Neshat-isms, Holzer-isms, Abramovi-isms, and JR-isms (all Princeton).
]]>In this new edition the entire acid sulfate soil section has been replaced with the most current information. The interpretation of some soil chemistry tests has been updated, such as soil phosphorus values based on phosphorus buffering capacity, the influence of sparingly soluble salts and chloride on interpreting salinity data and EC values, and some critical values for soil chloride levels added. The sodicity section has been revised to include the latest information and understanding of sodicity. The soil organic carbon section now includes the latest information and understanding on soil organic carbon. Intensive sampling in small areas and a new section on pipeline corrosion have been added. The soil contamination chapter has been revised, providing the latest understanding and critical values, and a new section on PFAS chemicals added.
Interpreting Soil Test Results is an important reference for students of soil science and environmental science and environmental engineering, as well as for professional soil scientists, environmental scientists, engineers and consultants and for local government agencies. It also offers a reference for legal professionals in land and environment cases.
]]>Dr Brian Murphy has worked as a soil scientist for over 30 years with a strong focus on applied soil science. He obtained his PhD in 1999 from the University of NSW for his work on soil structure in cropping systems. Brian's practice has a strong focus on the application of soil science to agriculture, land management, carbon sequestration, hydrology, salinity and urban land use.
]]>Manga artist and passionate home gardener Hideki Yoda illustrates the joy and simplicity of raising vegetables in your own small home garden. He covers everything from creating the rows and preparing the soils to building the trellises and keeping the pests and weeds away without the use of any chemicals.
Hundreds of detailed step-by-step colour photos and drawings throughout the book explain the techniques and guide you through each step. This book is loaded with great advice on:
Yoda's lighthearted illustrations and cartoon 'assistants' keep it all fun. They show you how to grow beautiful potatoes, peppers, taro, tomatoes, melons, edamame, turmeric and dozens of other vegetables, fruits and herbs over 50 varieties in total.
The perfect book for beginners who like a playful, illustrated approach to information!
]]>Author Parker T. Barnes writes effusively about how the sight of houseplants fills him with joy, and ebulliently shares deep knowledge about Dutch bulbs and Cape bulbs and the lighting and moisture conditions to cultivate them and offers sage advice on everything from how to construct planters, to maintaining a healthy temperature, to reviving ailing plants.
Originally published in 1909, Barnes' little book is comprehensive and friendly. Readers will enjoy the classic style of the writing, as well as the timeless quality of the suggestions Barnes makes for turning your home into a verdant paradise.
]]>Everyone needs a little help to get through the day and who better to provide it than Koupen-chan, the adorable baby penguin who has stolen Japan's heart! Did you cook a meal, show up for work, or just get out of bed in the morning? Koupen-chan is here to say, 'You are amazing!'
This hardcover gift book from Japanese illustrator Rurutea features 300 charming illustrations of Koupen-chan and friends enjoying the simple joys in life and showing up for one another with a hug and an encouraging word.
Each page has an uplifting message such as:
Koupen-chan's cute friends include Adelie, a tough-talking penguin who likes to cook; Evil Enaga, a cute bird plotting to take over the world; and Polar Bear, who is always ready to share a wise lesson. They bring gentle humour to the book, reminding us that life can be complicated and challenging but also deeply fulfilling when you accept yourself as you are.
Koupen-chan & You combines kawaii Japanese cute culture with sage advice. It will appeal to Koupen-chan's many fans as well as anyone who needs a little love and encouragement.
]]>Kamikey is a rising star in the origami world and her new book features 75 kawaii models that are all unbelievably cute and exceptionally easy to fold!
These models are easy enough for beginners and intended for folders of all ages. Kamikey also provides you with lots of creative props and unique backgrounds to use in displaying your finished models!
The following are just some of the unique origami models you'll enjoy making with this book:
Paul Jackson has been teaching origami for 40 years and knows from experience that many people struggle to follow the folding instructions for origami models. He has created an all-new collection of original designs specifically aimed at first timers. These 'pureland' models feature only simple mountain and valley folds and each step is shown in a separate diagram so that the instructions are exceptionally clear for virtually guaranteed results!
If you've been wanting to try origami but have been put off by the 'difficulty factor', this is the book for you! The 36 hassle-free models in this book include:
These paper models are not only easy they are incredibly beautiful and playful. You'll have hours of fun folding them and displaying them.
]]>Galileo famously wrote that the book of nature is written in mathematical language. The Language of Mathematics is a wide-ranging and beautifully illustrated collection of short, colourful histories of the most commonly used symbols in mathematics, providing readers with an engaging introduction to the origins, evolution, and conceptual meaning of each one.
In dozens of lively and informative entries, Ral Rojas shows how today's mathematics stands on the shoulders of giants, mathematicians from around the world who developed mathematical notation through centuries of collective effort. He tells the stories of such figures as al-Khwrizm, Rene Descartes, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Augustin-Louis Cauchy, Karl Weierstrass, Sofia Kovalevskaya, David Hilbert, and Kenneth Iverson. Topics range from numbers and variables to sets and functions, constants, and combinatorics. Rojas describes the mathematical problems associated with different symbols and reveals how mathematical notation has sometimes been an accidental process. The entries are self-contained and can be read in any order, each one examining one or two symbols, their history, and the variants they may have had over time.
An essential companion for math enthusiasts, The Language of Mathematics shows how mathematics is a living and evolving entity, forever searching for the best symbolism to express relationships between abstract concepts and to convey meaning.
]]>Rather than study the history of the fine-art nude, for example, this book explores new territory revealing the ways in which religious teachers, politicians, protestors and cultural icons have used nudity to enlighten or empower themselves, or simply to entertain us.
From the naked sages of India and St Francis of Assisi to modern-day druids and Christian nudists, from The Full Monty and Calendar Girls to Lady Godiva and Lady Gaga, A Brief History of Nakedness surveys the touching, sometimes tragic, and often bizarre story of our relationship with our own and with others' naked bodies.
'I absolutely loved A Brief History of Nakedness. Besides being a fascinating read, it contains the most fun, intriguing, and diverse collection of nude photographs anywhere. A must for anyone interested in art, political activism, and cultural studies. This 'brief' history must have taken forever to research. It makes me want to rip off my clothes for a good cause immediately.' Annie Sprinkle PhD, artist / sexologist
'In this lucid and wide-ranging book Philip Carr-Gomm...strips bare the paradoxes of humanity's attitude toward its own naked figures. Using a snappy blend of history and imagery, he invites readers to join him in making thrilling, confusing, funny, and beautiful realizations about that simultaneously mysterious and obvious state of unclothedness. From the rituals of witchcraft to the human art installations of Spencer Tunick to the non-nakedness of the Naked Chef, Carr-Gomm offers the revelation that far from being merely a basic physical state, human nakedness - sacred, obscene - holds the key to understanding politics, culture, and our very nature as human beings.' Kathleen Rooney, author of Live Nude Girl: My Life as an Object
]]>As 95 per cent of our brain activity carries on at a subconscious level, we're not always aware of why we think what we think and do the things we do. Sometimes these subconscious wirings can make us think or act in ways that are not optimal for our happiness they can bring out the illogical in us all.
How Your Brain Is Wired draws on recent breakthroughs in our understanding of how the brain really works, empowering the reader to take control over their own behaviour. Full of insight and practical advice, it equips you with a toolkit of simple changes you can put into action to: reduce conflict and anxiety, achieve a positive mindset, make better decisions, have more fun and reach new goals.
This book is about rewiring your attitudes; re-seeing yourself and your choices. It reveals something rather magical: how tiny tweaks to your behavior can be all you need to deliver a big, sometimes thrilling, reboot to your life.
]]>Cathy Tomlinson is a behavioural researcher with years of consumer research experience. She led the book's volunteer 'brain team' on their journey of discovery and empowerment.
]]>Stefan Stern draws on the major themes of Macbeth and discusses how they can be applied to ambition in modern life. From the success of the first US woman vice president, Kamala Harris, the obstacles she faced and the possibilities that still lie ahead, to Boris Johnson's young aspirations to be 'world king' and the pathological intensity of his ambition, Stern considers the careers and personal lives of politicians, sports stars and business people, to name a few, to illuminate this strange and powerful driver. Expect to discover how ambition and success work together, how attitudes have shifted over time, and how gender roles have an impact on our goals.
Incisive, contemporary and accessible, this book is for anyone who is looking for a change of direction or emphasis on how to move forward. It will also provide consolation, amusement and plenty of insightful meditations on the complex nature of ambition.
]]>His first two books were Myths of Management: What people get wrong about being the boss (Kogan Page, 2017, with Cary Cooper), and How to be a better leader (Bluebird, Pan Macmillan 2019). He is a Visiting Professor at Bayes Business School, City, University of London, and a Fellow of the RSA.
]]>Business is on the cusp of a profound transformation. Conventional work models are failing to adapt to the evolving needs and expectations of the modern workforce. Simultaneously, the emergence of disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, coupled with web3 innovations, including the metaverse and decentralised work models, is unlocking a new realm of possibilities. It raises the question: Is the era of traditional employment over?
The tools of tomorrow will amplify human potential, from collaborating in virtual spaces through digital avatars, to managing transactions transparently on blockchain. Those who embrace these technologies and the ways people want to work will unleash unprecedented levels of productivity and innovation. But those who don't risk losing out on the best talent, and even becoming obsolete.
Employment Is Dead ventures into unexplored territories to reveal how these innovations can transform work into more democratic, human-centric, and empowering work experiences. Deborah Perry Piscione and Josh Drean bring to life the seismic shifts occurring in the workforce, propelled by employees' growing demand for autonomy, flexibility, and a sense of purpose in their work. The authors challenge leaders to embrace these changes, offering vital insights into navigating this new landscape. With compelling case studies and cutting-edge examples, this book is an essential read for those aiming to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital environment and harnessing disruptive technologies to redefine the future of work.
]]>Josh Drean is a web3 and workforce advisor at the Harvard Innovation Labs and cofounder of DreanMedia. He is an HR transformation expert who connects emerging technologies with workplace strategies. His work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, and MIT Technology Review, and his YouTube channel has garnered millions of views.
Perry Piscione and Drean are cofounders of the Work3 Institute, an AI and web3 advisory firm.
]]>The question is no longer if electric vehicles will happen, or even when they'll happen, but how. Veteran automotive reporter Mike Colias takes you inside the transformation in this thoroughly reported profile of the hard pivot in the car business, a $2 trillion industry undergoing the biggest change in its 120-year history a change that is already sending ripples across the entire global economy.
Colias documents the inevitable shift from pistons to electrons from every angle, taking you inside the boardrooms where executives battle over their EV strategies to take on Tesla and, more recently, emerging Chinese powerhouses such as BYD. He brings you to family-run car dealerships deciding if they'll sell EVs or sell their businesses. He follows entrepreneurs along lonely stretches of road that will soon need charging stations. He talks to power-train engineers whose skills were once the beating heart of the automotive industry but who now find themselves being replaced by coders.
This is an epic exploration that stretches from Detroit to Japan to Germany to China, and from factories in Normal, Illinois, and Haywood County, Tennessee, to a burgeoning mining operation along the shores of California's briny, lithium-rich Salton Sea.
Inevitable is a deeply enjoyable and smart book that uses masterful storytelling to capture the expanse and dynamism of the transition to electric vehicles in profound detail, bringing to life its seismic effects on everything and everyone.
]]>You're probably aware that generative AI can output quality text and create stunning images in seconds. But smart managers are now using gen AI for high-level work problem-solving, driving innovation, strategic thinking, and dozens of other applications. Managers who develop their generative AI capabilities will soon be leaping ahead of those who don't. Fortunately, you can start today and see immediate results.
The HBR Guide to Generative AI for Managers is packed with practical tips, prompts, and case studies to accelerate and improve countless aspects of your work. You'll learn how to:
Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.
]]>Gabriele Rosani is director of content and research at Capgemini Invent's Management Lab.
]]>An open position on your team presents both a challenge and an opportunity. You need to understand what skills and capabilities will add value now and in the future, all while juggling the hiring process with the day-to-day demands of your job as a manager.
The HBR Guide to Better Recruiting and Hiring provides the practical tips, research, stories, and advice you need to successfully attract, identify, and hire people whose values, competencies, and potential align with your team and your organisation.
You'll learn how to:
Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.
]]>Space is a place of unparalleled possibility for humanity, and it's undergoing a revolution. A wave of companies led by gutsy entrepreneurs is unlocking opportunities that fire the imagination and open up new business models. No, it's not hotels on Mars or day trips to orbit (yet), but it's an awe-inspiring transformation driven by innovative technologies, creative approaches, hard work, and for the first time market forces. Above all, this revolution is uncovering the simple but unfamiliar truth that space is a place: a place where countries, markets, and each of us can play a vital role in realising some of our biggest, boldest dreams.
But we won't succeed through dreams alone. The space economy is just that an economy governed by the same laws of supply and demand that apply here on Earth. The authors, who teach a highly popular course on the topic at Harvard Business School, bring the revolution in space to life through players you know like SpaceX and Blue Origin and many you may not, like Astroscale, founded by a Japanese IT executive who quit his job to start a company to clean up space debris. They also bring to bear fundamental tools from economics to understand how the market in space is forming, how it's fast becoming a source of value for businesses across industries and for society as a whole, and how we can best ensure that its growth benefits us all.
With clarity and rigour, Weinzierl and Rosseau get past the breathless hype to explain what's real, what's not, what comes next, and how you can be part of it.
]]>Brendan Rosseau is a recognized leader in the space industry, where he specialises in strategy. He previously served as a teaching fellow and research associate at Harvard Business School and as a consultant to the US Space Force. He has degrees in economics and astronomy from Williams College and is dedicated to using space technologies to bring about a more prosperous, peaceful, equitable, and exciting future.
]]>Over seven billion times a day, someone taps a like button.
How could something that came out of nowhere become so ubiquitous and so familiar and even so addictive? What problem does it solve for people, and why does a 'like' feel so good? And by the way, who invented the like button in the first place?
In Like, bestselling author and renowned strategist Martin Reeves and coauthor Bob Goodson Silicon Valley veteran and participant in the invention of the like button take readers along on a fascinating quest to find out what's behind the world's friendliest icon. It's a story that starts out as simply as a thumbs-up cartoon but ends up presenting surprises and new mysteries at every turn, some of them as deep as anthropological history and others as speculative as the AI-charged future.
But this isn't just the story of the like button. It's so much more.
Using the origin story and evolution of the like button as a jumping-off point, the authors take readers on a fun and fascinating journey through the world of business, offering smart and surprising insights into technology, innovation, creativity, invention, and even us.
For such a small and unassuming invention to take on such scale and power, it must be tapping into something very, very big.
]]>Bob Goodson is the president and founder of Quid, a visual analytics company. He has extensive experience working in Silicon Valley, including as part of the founding team at Yelp, where he was employee number one and played a key role in the genesis of the like button.
]]>We are entering a new era of global cataclysm; a deadly mix of war, climate change, great-power rivalry, rapid technological advancement, and the end of empire. In Waste Land, renowned world affairs author Robert D. Kaplan explains incisively how we got here and where we are going.
Kaplan's trademark sweep of history, literature, politics and philosophy draws parallels between today's challenges and those of Germany's interwar Weimar Republic. Today, too, every national disaster could spread across the world, given this century's singular dilemmas pandemics, recessions; urbanisation, mass migration; destabilisation under large-scale democracy and great-power conflict; and the intimate bonds forged by digital media. Could stability and historic liberalism, rather than mass democracy per se, save world populations from anarchic breakdown?
Waste Land is a bracing glimpse into a future defined by twenty-firstcentury technology, but remarkably resonant with the past. The situation may be spiralling out of our control unless our leaders act first.
]]>Yet, in collusion with colonialism, it is now trapped by historical amnesia. Martyn Percy examines the English interests concealed in appeals to Britishness, showing how slavery, exploitation, classism and racism upheld elitist and hierarchical worldviews that bolstered both Empire and Church. By viewing the rest of the world as lesser, both institutions have declined in global standing, now reduced to minor national players on the world stage.
Religious, social and political imperialism thrived on deprecating others, but those once marginalised have fought for equality and independence. Today, the worldwide Anglican Communion faces a new era of moral reckoning.
]]>When the Nazis invaded France in 1940, Marion and Huguette Mller's family was torn apart. After their mother was deported to Auschwitz, the two young Jewish women fled to the Alpine skiing town of Val d'Isere, where they were rescued by an incredibly courageous doctor.
Through intrepid reporting, sensitive family interviews, and thousands of records, Rosie Whitehouse traces decades-old mysteries of the Mller sisters' story, seeking closure and justice for her family and the doctor's. Why did he shelter them? Who had betrayed their mother? How did this national tragedy happen?
Whitehouse's discoveries raise deep moral questions about France's Holocaust, with urgent resonance for today's politics: questions about French complicity, minority agency, collective culpability, duty to your country and duty to other people. She pieces together not only how the sisters were saved, but how so many others were lost.
From villagers to Vichy officials, antisemitism to resistance, this is a sweeping yet intimate history of French choices before, during and after the Nazi occupation; and a moving, gripping tale of forged documents, narrow escapes, one family's trauma, and the grace of human connection.
'A compelling account of survival and remembrance.' Booklist
'[A] heartrending account... This makes a well-covered historical period feel agonisingly immediate.' Publishers Weekly
'Rosie Whitehouse's gripping narrative begins with a poignant portrait of a family torn apart, but soon broadens into searing questions of dispossession and betrayal that haunt European politics tothis day. In illuminating the unyielding spirit of those who dared to defy oppression, Whitehouse masterfully renders the enduring light of human courage against the encroaching shadows of tyranny.' Benjamin Balint, author of Bruno Schulz, winner of a National Jewish Book Award
'British journalist Tim Judah was six years old when he asked his mother Marion why she didn't have a mother.Two Sisters,written by the journalist Rosie Whitehouse (and Tim Judah's wife) answers that question in a story that reads like a thriller: a family running from the Nazis and their religion, hoping they would find safety in France. Brilliantly researched and beautifully written,Two Sisterstells the story of the Holocaust in France through a family caught in the maelstrom.' Edward Serotta, journalist, photographer and filmmaker and Founding Director of Centropa
'Two Sistersis a brilliant meditation on family and trauma across generations, a much-needed critical reappraisal of the Jewish experience in France during the Holocaust, and a reminder of just how complicated and nuanced individual stories can be even, and perhaps especially, the stories of those we feel we know so well.' James McAuley, author of The House of Fragile Things
]]>Basho's pilgrimage to find the landscapes that had inspired the great medieval poets gave birth to Japan's most famous travel book, rich in strange imagery and sometimes comic encounters along the road.
In this intriguing cross-threading of journeys, perceptions and exquisite haiku, Lesley creates her own funny, loving and honest portrayal of contemporary Japan.
As she walks, she finds at one and the same time a drab post-industrial landscape of concrete and cable, but also a land still full of the old enchantments. Nights in thatched highland villages and sake-drenched poetry sessions encourage her to see for herself if any of the legendary hermit-priests still survive in the sacred mountains of the north.
'Downer has an instinctive insight into the way the Japanese think a rare commodity which she uses with a marvellous delicacy of touch.' Katie Hickman, The Literary Review
]]>Angels will warn us, protect us, and enhance our lives if we understand how to work with their energy.
But how do we ask our angelic guides for intervention? Or determine if their influence is improving our lives? Intuitive author Elaine Clayton presents an accessible introduction to the fascinating and perennially popular field of angelic intervention, with practical advice we can easily integrate into our day-to-day life.
See how angels can foster empathy, forgiveness, and creativity; attract your own personal angel; and communicate with your angels through dream journals.
]]>From seasonal celebrations to miracles and rebirth, this entry in the popular Little Bit of series explores the power, magic, and rituals of the goddess. Learn all about the Maiden, Mother, and Wise Woman archetypes, the SHE of clay and stars, and meditations connected with her including ones for love and passion, success and wealth, protection and intuition, and health and creativity. Enter the inner temple, pore through a Goddess Directory, and see how to become part of the Goddess Community.
]]>With every swing of the pendulum, you can develop your spiritual energy. Dani Bryant, a green witch, provides an easy-to-follow guide that explains how to choose or craft your pendulum, and use it for dowsing and divination. You'll find rituals for clearing negativity, balancing chakras, making contact with the spirit world, meditation, generating accurate answers to your questions, and much more.
]]>Nordic runes are the most popular and easiest symbols to work with, and can effectively release energy for a positive purpose in one's life. Cassandra Eason, a well-known writer on crystals, Wicca, spells, and magic, explains to spiritual seekers exactly what runes are, how to make their own, which ones are right for them, and much more.
]]>Modern tarot enthusiasts come from a variety of backgrounds and cultures around theworld, and artists in particular have become fascinated by the mythical imagery of thecards. Tarot, originally a popular card game in fifteenth-century Italy, came to be usedfor bringing the subconscious to the conscious; a way of espying the holder's deepestthoughts and desires. Whether you view tarot to be a spiritual outlet, a psychological tool,or an artistic medium, there's no denying its popularity. You need only look to Kickstarterfor confirmation, which sees tarot cards dominating the Art section's 'Trending' page.Many popular artists have contributed to this growing trend, including such belovednames as Djamila Knopf, Abigail Larson, and most recently Guweiz, with his successfulcrowdfunded book campaign including a highly demanded luxurious tarot deck.
Each item in tarot art has a specific meaning, and this book's artists showcase theirown unique interpretations while guiding the reader through their ideation techniquesand design choices. Talented contributors include Nria Tamarit, the Valencia-basedillustrator of books such as Season of the Witch and Daughters of Snow and Cinders,and Faith Schaffer, the Los Angeles-based designer known for Disenchantment and TheOwl House, who reveal the processes behind finished illustrations that are rich withsymbolism.
The book features an insightful introduction from bestselling author SashaGraham, the world-renowned tarot expert behind the acclaimed Dark Wood Tarot deck.Finally, there's a gallery of tarot-card art created by successful artists in the recent past.The result is a special, keepsake art book that combines an intriguing glimpse of thehistory of tarot with inspiring, artist-led design processes and a stunning selection ofnever-before-seen tarot art.
]]>Edited by 3dtotal Publishing, based in Worcester, England, UK. 3dtotal publish high-quality art books dedicated to bringing invaluable training to beginners, hobbyists, and professionals alike. Their books feature top industry professionals from around the globe who share their experience in skillfully written step-by-step tutorials and guides. Illustrated throughout with stunning artwork, these best-selling publications offer creative insight, expert advice, and essential motivation.
Contributions from Nria Tamarit, illustrator of books such as Season of the Witch and Daughters of Snow and Cinders. 75K Instagram followers.
Contributions from Faith Schaffer, the Los Angeles-based designer known for Disenchantment and TheOwl House130K X followers.
]]>The ancient art of perfumery and fragrance have long been a component of magical and spiritual rituals.
In Essence of Tarot, tarot master Mary K. Greer demonstrates how this primordial art can be used to enhance modern tarot practices, whether for divination, meditation, or affirmations. Learn how to create a more magical life through the union of tarot and aromatherapy. Greer, among the world's foremost authorities on the topic, demonstrates how essential oils can enrich the tarot experience, as well as empower tarot readers.
No previous experience with essential oils is needed, as Greer offers a brief crash course, along with details about the historical role of scent and perfumery in magical and divinatory rituals. Greer provides oils and scents to correspond with each of the seventy-eight cards of the tarot. This book may be used in daily rituals but also as a reference guide for tarot lovers. Instructions for crafting tarot oils are included, as well as detailed instructions for using them to maximise the tarot experience. This new edition of a beloved classic includes a new foreword by Judika Illes and retains the botanical illustrations by Ed Buryn, creator of the William Blake Tarot, photographer, and vagabonding pioneer.
This book was originally published as The Essence of Magic.
'Whether you're just beginning with tarot or have been practicing for years, this book serves as an essential guide for those wanting to strengthen their bond with the cards, guided by one of tarot's most trusted and knowledgeable experts.' Mat Auryn, author of Psychic Witch and The Psychic Art of Tarot
]]>In the Face of Diversity offers answers to these questions with the history of more than a dozen Chinese Australian community organisations from across the country, drawing on the English- and Chinese-language materials produced by these organisations, as well as interviews with past and present leaders. Instead of a single community, the evidence demonstrates the existence of many diverse Chinese Australian communities.
Familiar and fascinating moments of recent Australian history are treated with new and evocative perspectives in relation to Chinese Australian communities, from the official turn away from the White Australia policy and embrace of multiculturalism in the 1970s to the debate about China's influence upon Australian politics and society, beginning in the 2010s and continuing into the present.
In the Face of Diversity advances that "unity" has only ever been momentarily or partially grasped by Chinese Australian community organisations but that it has nonetheless produced real-world outcomes, the most prominent being a highly participatory style of Australian multiculturalism. Gardner Molina dismantles the myth of a single Chinese Australian community and rebuilds a solid understanding of many diverse communities instead; each with their own aims, needs and participatory capacities.
]]>The world has changed dramatically in just the past few years and so has the game of negotiation. COVID-19, Zoom, political polarisation, the online economy, increasing economic globalisation, and greater workplace diversity all have transformed the who, what, where, and how of negotiation. Today, traditional negotiating tactics, while still effective, need to be tailored to vastly different situations and circumstances. In Negotiation: The Game Has Changed, legendary Harvard Business School professor Max Bazerman, a pioneer in the field of negotiation, shows you how to negotiate successfully today by adapting proven negotiation principles and strategies to the challenging new contexts you face from negotiating across cultural and political differences to trying to reach an agreement over Zoom or during a supply chain crisis.
Negotiation offers a groundbreaking new way of thinking about the importance of the unique context of any negotiation and when and how it should influence how you negotiate. At the same time, the book provides a concise and expert overview of essential negotiating techniques for anyone new to the subject or who wants a refresher. The result is a must-read a powerful toolkit for successfully negotiating in a world where the game of negotiation has changed.
]]>This book explores the vibrant history of ballroom and Latin dancing: the dances, lavish venues, competitions and influential instructors. It also traces the decline of couple dancing and its resurgence in recent years with the hugely popular TV shows Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars.
'Have you ever watched Strictly Come Dancing and wondered about the history of ballroom and Latin dancing? If so, Hilary French has provided an authoritative and accessible introduction...French's richly detailed book is thoroughly recommended for anyone intrigued by the social history of dancing.' BBC History magazine
'Fascinating...tells the history of dance from the very beginning...an essential read.' Dance News
]]>In House Rules, Emma Beryl Kemper, principal of her eponymousinterior design firm, breaks down this often intimidating topic,defining 100 insightful rules to help you transform your space into ahome you'll never want to leave. Organised into categories somebroad, like Gathering Inspiration and Space Planning, others moredistinct and detailed, like Window Treatments and Coverings these guidelines include tips on every step of transforming your space. Ifyou don't know where to begin, Rule #1 eases you in with creatinga mood board. Time to change up your walls? Rule #36 helps youavoid choosing paint or wallpaper that clashes with other colorsalready present in that room. When you need a quick tweak, Rule#99 explains the impact a single throw pillow can have on a room.Want to set the mood at your next dinner party? Rule #52 is all aboutup lights and how to implement them.
Whether you prefer a sleek minimalist vibe or a colorful eclecticbohemian style, Emma's rules apply, and they will bring your vision tolife. Adorned with chic, painterly line drawings throughout, this bookwill look perfect on display in your living room once it's designedto perfection.
]]>In this inspiring and heartfelt guide, author Francesca shares her personal journey of making junk journals, revealing how this simple yet profound practice can help you reconnect with your emotions, find inner peace, and bring more well-being into your life.
Book binding beginners and experts welcome. Whether you're new to book binding or an experienced crafter, this scrapbooking book is packed with simple yet powerful projects and prompts that will guide you from start to finish. Learn how to create a journal from scratch using recycled and affordable materials, transforming everyday items into a beautiful keepsake. You'll also explore the art of scrapbooking, mixed media art, and other creative techniques that turn your journal into a personal treasure.
The ultimate book on book binding. be your guide to finding magic in the mundane and cherishing the beauty that already exists in your life.
Inside, you'll find:
If you liked other book binding books such as Junk Journal Cutouts, Making Handmade Books, or Treasure Book Making, you'll love Junk Journal Joy.
]]>She has collaborated with digital paper designers (e.g. Vectoria Designs, Digital Collage Club), I collaborated with Daphne's Diary magazine as a UGC, she was interviewed by 'culture Scrapbooking' (a French magazine), she was one of the teachers in the online course 'mixed media art summit' in 2022, she is a guest teacher for Wanderlust 2024 (online course), she participated in various collaboration challenge like 'junk journal January', 'junk journal July' and she has her own challenge every year in November.
]]>This geopolitical hotspot had been fought over since the Soviet Union fell, with tens of thousands dead and up to a million homeless. This time, though, was different. Within 24 hours, Armenian forces surrendered to Azerbaijan, as Russian peacekeepers abandoned post--and the entire population packed their bags to flee.
Through the stories of ordinary Armenians and Azerbaijanis, Gabriel Gavin chronicles how Nagorno-Karabakh went from an ancient home shared by both peoples to a battle-scarred land of empty houses and untended graves. Ashes of Our Fathers reveals a simmering ethnic conflict inside the Kremlin's self-declared sphere of influence; the lives and loyalties of the people caught up in the chaos; and the decisions, from Yerevan and Baku to Moscow and Washington to Tel Aviv and Tehran, that enabled one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes of the 2020s.
]]>Searching for effective, economical ways to level up your growing? The Garden Tool Handbook is the essential guide to choosing the right hand tool for the right job at the right time, and maximising quality, efficiency, and profitability on your farm, homestead, or market garden.
Carefully selected garden equipment is the first line of defense against pests, weeds, and drought; a helping hand at all stages of cultivation; and your greatest ally in crop management. Edible ecosystem expert Zach Loeks reveals the valuable information you need to optimise productivity including:
The future of food is small-scale agriculture, and innovative, affordable garden implements adapted to specific crops, environments, and production styles are the key to revolutionising our food system. This richly illustrated, full-colour resource is a must-read for serious gardeners, professional growers, edible landscapers, and anyone who wants to grow better.
]]>We hear much about the importance of exercise for our long-term well-being, and how diet and health are inextricably linked. Sleep, however, is typically an afterthought.
As many as 70 million U.S. adults are being deprived of the restful sleep their bodies require for good health and optimal performance.
Whether you are desperately seeking a solution to your sleep woes or are simply curious if there's more that you can do to improve your sleep and, ultimately, your health, this book has the answers. Inside you'll find information on:
With the right approach, most sleep problems can be successfully treated or prevented. Use the science-based methods and advice of Mayo Clinic sleep specialists to start sleeping better today.
Mayo Clinic's Center for Sleep Medicine is one of the largest sleep medicine facilities in the United States, with staff caring for more than 60,000 adult and pediatric patients with sleep disorders each year. The center partners with physicians around the world to find answers for patients with some of the most complex sleep conditions.
]]>Bhanu Prakash Kolla, M.B.B.S., M.D., is a professor of psychiatry and psychology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota. A psychiatrist with specialty training in sleep medicine and addiction psychiatry, Dr. Kolla is an expert in the overlap between sleep disorders and addiction. He practices at Mayo Clinic's Center for Sleep Medicine and in the Division of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Kolla's research interests include management of sleep disruptions associated with alcohol and substance abuse recovery, and the management of treatment-resistant insomnia. He is a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Royal College of Psychiatry, and a frequent speaker at national and international conferences.
]]>Understanding the basics of signs, planets, houses, and aspects is the first step for anyone interested in this topic. It must then be determined what is most important and how to merge the many astrological patterns into a coherent whole. Master astrologer Laurie Farrington distills her decades of experience into a clear and concise system you can use to prepare and interpret natal charts, whether your own, those of friends and family, or for your clients as a professional astrologer.
How to Read and Interpret a Birth Chart provides sixteen guideposts to work systematically with each and every chart you encounter so that you will be able to understand any birth chart with confidence.
The topics covered include:
'Whether you have a long-standing relationship with astrology or are just beginning your journey, this book is a valuable addition to your shelf. It provides a solid foundation for beginners and offers new insights and perspectives to seasoned professionals. Laurie Farrington has delivered the book we've all needed and been waiting for even though we may not have realised it.' from the foreword by Theresa Reed, author of Astrology for Real Life
]]>Tarot has the ability to reveal deep truths and answer life's many questions. In Tarot Unveiled, expert Gordon Strong takes the reader on a journey through the cards, using his insights to look at the cards from a fresh perspective. Focusing on intuition as key, you will be taken through the cards in groups, observing the relationships between them and how that relationship relates to the querent. Packed with information and unique ideas, Tarot Unveiled is an excellent book to take along tarot's twisting path.
]]>Watercolour painting is a popular and satisfying art form that offers vibrant, luminous results, encourages spontaneity, and rewards creativity. Though it may present challenges for beginners, these are valuable opportunities to enhance your skills and grow as an artist.
In 101 Watercolor Secrets, painter, illustrator, and teacher Anna Bucciarelli shares invaluable knowledge from years of experience. This book is packed with insights, techniques, and tips that will enhance your skills, no matter where you are on your watercolour journey. Each topic is accompanied by clear explanations, instructions, and visual examples of Anna's beautiful work.
You'll learn all about:
Whether you're a novice or a seasoned artist, 101 Watercolor Secrets is an indispensable resource that offers practical guidance, artistic inspiration, and a wealth of knowledge to elevate your craft
]]>Drawing on previously unexamined files from the Stasi archives, First Class Comrades tells the Stasi story from a fresh perspective: how it helped to create a new European state, how its foreign intelligence service became one of the most successful ever, and how its spy-catchers tackled vigorous attempts by the West to infiltrate East Germany attempts that influenced the decision to build the Berlin Wall.
Full of new insights and little-known facts about the Stasi and Cold War espionage, and featuring newly discovered details of the Stasi's operational methods, First Class Comrades shines a light on this lesser-known period of Stasi history, and why its stories and lessons still matter today.
'Boulter's thorough research provides an excellent reference for understanding how the Stasi began and how it fulfilled its responsibilities' Kevin Riehle, author of The Russian FSB
'A fascinating deep dive into the murky waters of Cold War espionage and the early days of East Germany's notorious secret police' - Nick Rennison
'An impressive work...Boulter really widens the perspective on the Stasi' Dieter Bacher, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for War Studies
]]>Bountiful Empire: A History of Ottoman Cuisine examines the foodways of the Ottoman Empire as they changed and evolved over more than five centuries. The book starts with an overview of the earlier culinary traditions in which Ottoman cuisine was rooted, such as those of the Central Asian Turks, Abbasids, Seljuks and Byzantines, and goes on to focus on diverse aspects of this rich culinary culture, including etiquette, cooks, restaurants, military food, food laws and food trade. This meticulously researched account draws on more than six hundred primary and secondary sources, ranging from archive documents to poetry, and includes over one hundred illustrations. It is a fresh and lively insight into an empire that until recent decades has been sidelined or viewed through orientalist spectacles. Readers interested in food history and Ottoman history will enjoy this beautiful volume.
'Probably the finest cuisine in the world, with a subtle and coherent tradition. Iin's account is comprehensively illustrated to make a visual as well as a textual record of Turkish social culture, conveyed through study of some 600 years of food and drink, and exemplifying the dilemma which Turkey has always faced in choosing between - or combining - Eastern and Western traditions...There is a fascinating section on the wines sold in Istanbul, where the taverns were run by Christians or Jews and imbibers could enjoy vintages from Greece, Spain, Sicily and further Anatolia...There are some modernised recipes in Iin's volume, too, but the main pleasure of the book lies in the background history and lively anecdotes of storytellers and puppet-shows entertaining in coffee houses, or the astonishment of a British visitor at the quantities of salt fish, nuts, olives, and pickles served merely as appetizers.' Times Literary Supplement
]]>In 1821, a diverse territory in the southern Balkans on the fringe of the Ottoman Empire was thrust into a decade of astounding mass violence. The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism traces how something new emerged from an imperial mosaic of myriad languages, religions, cultures, and localisms the world's first ethnic nation-state, one that was born from the destruction and the creation of whole peoples, and which set the stage for the modern age of nationalism that was to come.
Yanni Kotsonis exposes the everyday chaos and brutality in the Balkan peninsula as the Ottoman regime unraveled. He follows the future Greeks on the seaways to Odesa, Alexandria, Livorno, and the Caribbean, and recovers the stories of peasants, merchants, warriors, aristocrats, and intellectuals who navigated the great empires that crisscrossed the region. Kotsonis recounts the experiences of the villagers and sailors who joined the armed battalions of the Napoleonic Wars and learned a new kind of warfare and a new practice of mass mobilisation, lessons that served them well during the revolutionary decade. He describes how, as the bloody 1820s came to a close, the region's Muslims were no more and Greece was an Orthodox Christian nation united by a shared language and a claim to an ancient past.
This panoramic book shows how the Greek Revolution was a demographic upheaval more consequential than the overthrow of a ruler. Drawing on Ottoman sources together with archival evidence from Greece, Britain, France, Russia, and Switzerland, the book reframes the birth of modern Greece within the imperial history of the global nineteenth century.
]]>Another Day In The Life is introduced and narrated by Ringo Starr, with forewords by legendary movie director David Lynch and rock photographer Henry Diltz. Ringo shows us the world as seen through a Starr's eyes, in more than 500 observational photographs and rare images from the archives, and an original text of nearly 13,000 words.
From Los Angeles to Tokyo and everywhere in between, Ringo's photographs celebrate his life in music and offer a glimpse behind the scenes. Many are taken during historic events, such as Ringo's acceptance of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and his return to New York's Plaza Hotel, 50 years after The Beatles first visited the USA.
'Highlights a lesser-known aspect of Mr. Starr's restless creative spirit: Ringo Starr, photographer' - The Wall Street Journal
]]>'In his own words, Clapton tells his story through the history of his instruments.'Rolling Stone
InSix-String StoriesEric Clapton reflects on a legendary career as told through the tools of his trade: his guitars. Collected together here for the first time are the instruments Clapton sold in three record-breaking auctions between 1999 and 2011 to benefit the Crossroads treatment centre he founded in 1998. Featuring some of the most famous guitars ever played, Clapton guides the reader through nearly 300 instruments as he discusses their provenance, reveals insights about his own playing, and shares anecdotes from each chapter of his spectacular life in music.
'One by one these guitars were the chapters of my life. They belong to a very well-loved family.'Eric Clapton
Six-String Storiespresents a 'family tree' that makes connections between iconic instruments, such as Clapton's famous 'Blackie' Stratocaster, and previously unknown rarities, placing them in the chronology of his career. Clapton recalls the instruments he bought to emulate his heroes, the guitars with unknown origins that became their own legend, the ones that never left his side, and the legacy they left behind. Every piece has been individually photographed, revealing every curve, detail and scratch, while the work of over 80 of the world's best rock photographers shows the instruments in play. See Clapton's evolution from the psychedelic Sixties, through the stripped-back Seventies, electric Eighties, and unplugged Nineties, right up to the sale of the last guitar.
'As an avid rock or blues fan, I would look at all the pictures in this book.'Eric Clapton
Historical and technical information for each piece in the collection including playlists and concert dates for those instruments used on records and at public appearances completes the story behind each guitar.
'The guitars are things of great beauty.'Eric Clapton
]]>Born on30 March 1945 and raised in a musical household, Clapton recieved his first guitar after hearing the electric blues of Freddie King, B.B. King, and Muddy Waters. He spent his early days in music busking around Richmond and Kingston, andin 1963, 17-year-old Eric joined his first band.
Today, with more than 50 years of touring under his belt, Clapton has played in excess of 3,000 concerts. He has performed in 58 countries and played to over 2 billion people. He can be heard on records by Gary Brooker, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Elton John, Carole King, Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon and Yoko Ono), Stephen Stills, Sting, Roger Waters and many more.
Over the course of his career, Eric has received numerous awards and accolades. He has won 18 Grammy Awards, a BAFTA, and is the only triple inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Yardbirds, Cream and as a solo artist. In 1994, Queen Elizabeth II made Eric an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and in 2004, she honoured him further when he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE.
In 1998, Eric founded the Crossroads Centre, an addiction treatment centre based in Antigua which follows the 12-step model. One of the centres main principles is to provide treatment for some of the poorest people of the Caribbean, using the centre's own foundation.
To raise funds for the Crossroads Centre Foundation, Eric has held a series of Guitar Festivals and Guitar Auctions. In 1999, Clapton auctioned 100 of his guitars, including the guitar on which he recorded "Layla," which netted almost five million dollars for the foundation. A second guitar auction in June 2004 raised $6 million for the foundation and included the sale of "Blackie," his legendary Fender Stratocaster. Later, Clapton hosted a concert to benefit the Centre at New York City's Madison Square Garden, as well as planning a second fundraising effort - the Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas. The first festival launched in 2004, and was hosted again by Clapton in 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2019.
]]>Olivia Harrison presents Came the Lightening a book of twenty poems dedicated to George, marking the twentieth year since his passing.
As a contributor to the book Concert for George, the revised edition of I Me Mine, andGeorge Harrison: Living in the Material World, Olivia is no stranger to writing beautiful words that have an ethereal connection to love.
These poems are accompanied by a selection of photographs and mementos curated by Olivia, including pictures of herself and George.
Came the Lightening the passage of time.
In essence, this is a story of love.
'Olivia evokes the most fleeting gesturesand instants, plucked from the flow of timeand memory and felt through her choice of words and the overall rhythm... She might have done an oral history or a memoir. Instead, she composeda work of poetic autobiography.' - Martin Scorsese
In his first fine art book, Livin' Loud, Public Enemy founder, hip-hop pioneer and revolutionary activist, Chuck D, presents a body of artworks which continue to address the social and politically conscious issues of his lyrics.
In Livin' Loud, Chuck D's artworks reveal his visual dexterity as he explores a diverse range of subjects paying homage to his musical influences and peers from James Brown and Woody Guthrie to Def Jam labelmates Run-DMC and Beastie Boys; a host of the most influential hip-hop artists from Ice Cube to Run the Jewels; his twin passions of baseball and basketball; creating a collection of landscapes on tour with Prophets of Rage, and a range of sociopolitical pieces that explore the issues continuing to shape our culture.
Chuck D has been creating musical and cultural observations that challenge public opinion since 1985 and his visual compositions continue to interpret and question the world around us.Chuck D's written commentary traces his musical and artistic trajectory from his early roots and the central figures that critically shaped him and his voice, the formation of Public Enemy through to their Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame induction, his time with Prophets of Rage through to current day world affairs.
With a foreword by Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, Chuck D's art debut Livin' Loud is a visual experience of over 250 artworks, each piece reflective of the man behind the music.
]]>His passion for graphic arts persisted throughout the years, and Chuck's influence in the visuals of hip-hop can still be seen today. As a firm believer that hip-hop both visually and sonically could be as big as rock music, he created the now-famous Public Enemy logo.
Decades later, Chuck has rediscovered his passion for the arts. A multi-platinum recording artist, recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, an educator, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, activist and celebrated visual artist, co-founder of the supergroup Prophets of Rage, Chuck D's credentials are arguably the most impressive in hip-hop.
]]>Alongside Kate Simon's photographs are the stories behind the images. Introduced by Patti Smith, Kate Simon's own narrative is expanded by a cast of 24 contributors, including ex-Wailers guitarist Junior Marvin and bass player and band leader Aston 'Family Man' Barrett; the Wailers' cook and close friend Antonio 'Gilly' Gilbert; musicians such as Steven Van Zandt, Spencer Davis, Junior Delgado, Paul Simonon, and Steve Jordan; filmmaker Don Letts and producer Danny Sims; and Island Records founder, Chris Blackwell.
Simon captured it all: live photographs from The Wailers' 1975 concert at The Lyceum in London, where the legendary performance of 'No Woman No Cry' was recorded; photographs of the reggae greats of the late Seventies such as Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh; candid shots of The Wailers on the Exodus Tour and the One Love Peace Concert where Bob famously united Jamaica's opposing political leaders. Finally, in 1981, she rode with the funeral cortege from Kingston to St Ann and Bob Marley's final resting place.
Marley permanently altered the sound and impact of popular music, and his body of work continues to inspire generations of musicians and fans worldwide.
'Kate Simon has always been one of my favourite photographers. She captures intimate moments that we have never seen.' - Cedella Marley
'When I took the Kaya portrait. It wasn'ta formal photo session or anything. I was wearing my swimsuit, that's how informalit was.' - Kate Simon
'Kate shot in an honest, direct manner.She did not seek to expose, but to shootthe picture her subject pictured - the joyful, mutable moments. How fortunate we areto have these images...' - Patti Smith
'She had a sort of war correspondent feelto her; she would get right into it. Somehowshe had the ability to communicate and toget everybody to relax and to take the great pictures that she got.' - Chris Blackwell
]]>Kate has work in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Bob Marley Museum, and the Andy Warhol Museum.
Kate has had exhibitions throughout her career beginning in 1981 with New York/New Wave at P.S. 1 all the way through her one-person show in honor of William S. Burroughs'centennial at ShowStudio in 2014. Her exhibition Chaos and Cosmos at Fort Works Art in 2019 was featured in Rolling Stone Magazine.
In 2004, Simon published a limited-edition book of her photographs of Bob Marley and Jamaica titled: Rebel MusicMarley's first Island Records release, Catch a Fire, Rebel Music is to be published by Genesis in a new bookstore edition.
Simon's photography has appeared on countless book jackets, record covers and in publications around the world. She has created numerous timeless photographs that define the subject and their part in modern popular culture.
]]>Here, for the first time in print, is the history ofThe Beach Boys, by The Beach Boys.
Their only official book,The Beach Boys by The Beach Boysis the ultimate chronicle of one of the world's greatestbands. Through their unique sound, complex harmonies, sensational live shows and use of innovativerecording techniques, The Beach Boys became woven into the cultural fabric of America and influenced generations of musicians globally. This book documents how it happened.
Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston together provide a combined career narrative especially for this book,and through meticulous compilation from sources worldwide, Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson's words areequally represented. Documenting how they went from a Hawthorne garage band to a global phenomenon, theytell the astounding story of their ascent: perfecting their harmonies, initial fame as a surf group, and thentheir ultimate progression as pioneering recording artists to become one of the most musically complex ensemblesin history.
Their text is accompanied by iconic images, never-before-seen negatives and rare ephemera. Givenunprecedented access to their personal archives, The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys offers intimateinsight into the lives of the group. Also opening their archives are Brother Records and Capitol Records, allof which assist in illustrating their remarkable journey.
Expanding the narrative are a host of contributors who have been involved with or inspired bythe band's music,including Peter Blake, Lindsey Buckingham, Eric Clapton,Elvis Costello, Ray Davies, Bob Dylan,DefLeppard, the Flaming Lips, Bobby Gillespie, David Lee Roth, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Jim Kerr, RogerMcGuinn, Graham Nash, Jimmy Page,Carly Simon,Pete Townshend,Rufus Wainwright, Thom Yorke, andmany more.
A group collaboration,The Beach Boysby the Beach Boys is, in effect, The Beach Boys' autobiography. Like their music, it is poignant, frank, often humorous but always sincere.
Finally, here is The Beach Boys' own story.
'The environment in which we grew up and the things we chose to sing about primarily, which were the beautiful things about growing up in Southern California - the lovely girls, the lovely cars, the lovely weather and the lovely beaches - it was like an endless summer.' Mike Love
'We were just having fun and it developed into something else. It's funny. We were really an accident - but a good accident. And our first record seemed to be enough for us. We sure didn't think we'd be recording into the next century.' Al Jardine
'The music on the face of it is very simple. However, musically speaking, a lot of it is quite deep and complex. It was about going to the beach and having a car and the American experience, but a lot of the songs are master works.'Carl Wilson
]]>Fodor's Barcelona travel guide includes:
Planning on visiting other destinations in Spain? Check out Fodor's Essential Spain and Fodor's Madrid.
*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.
]]>Fodor's The Amalfi Coast, Capri & Naples travel guide includes:
Planning on visiting more of Italy? Check out Fodor's Essential Italy, Fodor's Florence & Tuscany, Fodor's Rome, and Fodor's The Best of Italy.
*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.
]]>Fodor's 'Essential' guides were named by Booklist as the Best Travel Guide Series of 2020.
Fodor's Essential Spain 2025 travel guide includes:
Planning on spending more time in Spain's most exciting cities? Check out Fodor's Barcelona and Fodor's Madrid.
*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.
]]>Fodor's Essential Italy 2025 travel guide includes:
Planning on visiting nearby European countries? Check out Fodor's Essential France, Fodor's Essential Spain, and Fodor's Essential Switzerland.
*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.
]]>Fodor's Pocket Paris travel guide includes:
Planning on visiting the rest of France? Check out Fodor's Essential France and Fodor's Provence & the French Riviera.
*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.
]]>This portable, up-to-date guide is all about maximizing the time you have to spend in the Big Apple. Written by lifelong New Yorker and award-winning travel journalist Pauline Frommer, the book hits all of NYC's highlights as well as hidden gems with plans crafted for visitors with a variety of needs and interests.
Packed with colour photos, this bestselling guide offers dozens of itineraries that show you how to see New York's top attractions in a short time, with bulleted maps leading the way from sight to sight. Featuring a full range of thematic and neighborhood tours plus dining, lodging, shopping, nightlife, and practical visitor info, Frommer's New York City Day by Day is the only guide that helps travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip, and covers the New York City of today (not the very different, pre-pandemic city).
Inside this book you'll find:
Fodor's Pocket New York City travel guide includes:
Planning on visiting more of the Northeast? Check out Fodor's Boston, Fodor's Philadelphia, Fodor's Washington DC, and Fodor's New England.
*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.
]]>If you already own The Changing Sky (Jonathan Cape, 1959) which was later expanded by Eland (in 1986 with the addition of another eight pieces) and given a fresh title, A View of the World, you will encounter stories you have already read. An additional source are the three collections published by Picador, To Run Across the Sea (1989) The Happy Ant Heap (1998), and A Voyage by Dhow (2001) which sometimes included, or re-worked material, that had appeared in other books. By happy agreement with the literary estate of Norman Lewis, all these five books have been withdrawn, so that all the best pieces are now in one book A Quiet Evening. Norman always acknowledged the editors who commissioned him to travel most of these pieces were originally written at the instigation of the New Yorker, The Sunday Times, the Observer and New Statesman.
]]>Norman Lewis wrote thirteen novels and thirteen works of non-fiction, mostly travel books, but he regarded his life's major achievement to be the reaction to an article written by him entitled 'Genocide in Brazil', published in The Sunday Times in 1968. This led to a change in the Brazilian law relating to the treatment of Indians, and to the formation of Survival International, the influential international organisation which campaigns for the rights of tribal peoples. He later published a very successful book called The Missionaries (1988) which is set amongst the Indians of Central and Latin America.
]]>Europe is a place of free movement among nations or is it? The Schengen area, established in 1985 and today encompassing twenty-nine European countries, allows people, goods, and capital to cross borders without restraint. Schengen transformed European life, advancing both a democratic project of transnational citizenship and a neoliberal project of international free trade. But the right of free movement always excluded non-Europeans, especially migrants of colour from former colonies of the Schengen states. In Europe without Borders, Isaac Stanley-Becker explores the contested creation of free movement in Schengen, from treatymaking at European summits and disputes in international courts to the street protests of undocumented immigrants who claimed free movement as a human right.
Schengen laid the groundwork for the making of a single market and the founding of the European Union. Yet its emergence is one of the great untold stories of modern European history, one hidden in archives long embargoed. Stanley-Becker is among the first to have access to records of the treatymaking such as letters between France's Francois Mitterrand and West Germany's Helmut Kohl and Europe without Borders offers a pathbreaking account of Schengen's creation. Stanley-Becker argues that Schengen gave a humanist cast to a market paradigm; but even in pairing the border crossing of human beings with the principles of free-market exchange, this vision of free movement was hedged by alarm about foreign migrants. Meanwhile, these migrants the sans-papiers saw in the promise of a borderless Europe only a neocolonial enterprise.
]]>The King's Road offers a new interpretation of the history of the Silk Road, emphasising its importance as a diplomatic route, rather than a commercial one. Tracing the arduous journeys of diplomatic envoys, Xin Wen presents a rich social history of long-distance travel that played out in deserts, post stations, palaces, and polo fields. The book tells the story of the everyday lives of diplomatic travelers on the Silk Road what they ate and drank, the gifts they carried, and the animals that accompanied them and how they navigated a complex web of geographic, cultural, and linguistic boundaries. It also describes the risks and dangers envoys faced along the way from financial catastrophe to robbery and murder.
Using documents unearthed from the famous Dunhuang 'library cave' in Western China, The King's Road paints a detailed picture of the intricate network of trans-Eurasian transportation and communication routes that was established between 850 and 1000 CE. By exploring the motivations of the kings who dispatched envoys along the Silk Road and describing the transformative social and economic effects of their journeys, the book reveals the inner workings of an interstate network distinct from the Sino-centric 'tributary' system.
In shifting the narrative of the Silk Road from the transport of commodities to the exchange of diplomatic gifts and personnel, The King's Road puts the history of Eastern Eurasia in a new light.
'Illuminating.' Peter Gordon, Asian Review of Books
'A remarkably in-depth analysis of an important topic that has previously received little attention... To the field of Asian Studies, this book is a highly valuable and insightful new contribution.' Graham Squires, World History Encyclopedia
'A refreshingly new interpretation of the route through the lens of diplomacy centered in Dunhuang.' Choice
'Wen successfully reconstructs a lively world of diplomatic travelers on the Silk Road between 850 and 1000... Comprehensive in coverage and meticulously researched, The King's Road is a long-awaited addition to the study of Dunhuang documents and the social lives along the Silk Road.' Hang Lin, Acta Via Serica
'Xin Wen's The King's Road offers a convincing corrective to both Silk Road and "tributary system" concepts as applied to medieval China or, in his useful geographic terminology, Eastern Eurasia.' James A. Millward, Journal of Chinese History
]]>The writings of the Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) present a libertine philosophy of sexual excess and human suffering that refuses to make any concession to law, religion, or public decency. In this groundbreaking cultural history, Alyce Mahon traces how artists of the twentieth century turned to Sade to explore political, sexual, and psychological terror, adapting his imagery of the excessively sexual and terrorised body as a means of liberation from systems of power.
Mahon shows how avant-garde artists, writers, dramatists, and filmmakers drew on Sade's 'philosophy in the bedroom' to challenge oppressive regimes and their restrictive codes and conventions of gender and sexuality. She provides close analyses of early illustrated editions of Sade's works and looks at drawings, paintings, and photographs by leading surrealists such as Andre Masson, Leonor Fini, and Man Ray. She explains how Sade's ideas were reflected in the writings of Guillaume Apollinaire and the fiction of Anne Desclos, who wrote her erotic novel, Story of O, as a love letter to critic Jean Paulhan, an admirer of Sade. Mahon explores how Sade influenced the happenings of Jean-Jacques Lebel, the theatre of Peter Brook, the cinema of Pier Paolo Pasolini, and the multimedia art of Paul Chan. She also discusses responses to Sade by feminist theorists such as Simone de Beauvoir, Susan Sontag, and Angela Carter.
Beautifully illustrated, The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde demonstrates that Sade inspired generations of artists to imagine new utopian visions of living, push the boundaries of the body and the body politic, and portray the unthinkable in their art.
'The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde [is] a book that is a treasure house of information and inspiration, at the same time scholarly and completely engaging... An important work to add to your bookshelf; it will fascinate you, it will inspire you, and it will delight you.' Penelope Rosemont, Rain Taxi Review of Books
'Perceptive.' Allan Graubard, Leonardo Reviews
'[A] remarkable new book...In this deeply researched study, Mahon moves gracefully from a thorough exposition and analysis of Sade's life and work to his many critics....She leaves her readers with the urgent reflection that Sade's function has unceasingly been to provoke an assessment of life's value. This is a timely and important book and should be widely read.' Katharine Conley, French Forum
'A beautifully written and meticulously researched defense of another kind. Mahon deftly narrates the history of Sade the person as well as what she calls the "Sadean imagination"...Mahon's study of Sade and defense of his texts as central to the legacies of the avant-garde are, no doubt, well-argued and deeply researched, and they make for a compelling read; the book is a significant and important contribution.' Angelique Szymanek, CAA Reviews
]]>If human evolutionary history were compressed into a single calendar year with our earliest ancestor arriving on January 1, our transition from hunter-gatherers wouldn't occur until the end of December. We were hunter-gatherers for well over 90 percent of our collective history. The key to understanding us is understanding the hunter-gatherer neurocircuitry that crafted our human nature.
In Ancestral Mindset, John Daniel traces the development of the human brain from the birth of our species and applies his insights to teach leadership and teamwork from an evolutionary-neurological perspective.
Why is your fight-or-flight instinct on a hair trigger when the boss calls you in? Why does receiving advice from a colleague induce a threat state? Why does it feel so disproportionately risky to disagree with the team? The answers to those questions lie in our collective past.
As a heart-transplant recipient with decades of executive HR experience, Daniel knows a thing or two about risk, survival, and human behaviour from the operating room to the board room. His unique personal story and voracious appetite for research have led to a text as potentially transformative as it is bursting with information.
]]>After forty-seven years in the banking industry, John retired in 2021 his most recent executive role having served as chief human resources officer at First Horizon Bank. He is a recipient of the 2020 James House Williamson Award for his contributions in advancing the HR profession.
In 2022, John was a fellow at Harvard University, studying social impact strategies as part of the Advanced Leadership Initiative. He is a social entrepreneur and owner of Bluff City Pickleball Club in Bartlett, TN its mission to promote health, well-being, and social engagement.
John is active in his community and serves on the boards of the United Way of the Mid-South, Seeding Success, First 8, The Center for Transforming Communities, and River City Capital.
A heart transplant recipient, John and his wife, Leslie, were honoured in 2022 with the Living Heart Award by the American Heart Association for their contributions to the AHA. The annual award is now named in their honour.
]]>American essayist and poet Louise Imogen Guiney put together a fantastic, poetic book dedicated to the happenings of the fair folk. Now republished for a modern audience with a foreword by Chris Allaun, Brownies & Bogles is the timeless treasure you didn't realise was missing from your library. Contained within are stories and anecdotes regarding the lives of the Little People, offering insight into the interests and hobbies of those unseen.
Written in language that will resonate with today's readers, Brownies & Bogles is an entertaining and informative book sure to please the witch who works with fairies.
]]>Follow professional organiser Morgan Tyree to learn how you can tidy up your mental space with organisational tools and tips for a better home.
Don't let stress leave you in a mess.is a home organisational book that offers real solutions for the biggest of messes. From bedrooms to outdoor spaces, every part of your home will shine just as brightly as you do.
Your efforts are good enough. No matter the size of the project, organising can leave many people feeling overwhelmed and unable to accomplish anything. However, they don't realise that you don't need perfectionism to create a peaceful, fulfilling space. Author Morgan Tyree shares how the best types of organisation come from developing your own cleaning habits. With validating recommendations for finding your unique system, you'll be able to find the right motivation to start and stay productive. That way, whether you're under pressure, neurodivergent, or needing long-term solutions, you'll be able to save money, stress less, and create more time to enjoy your refreshed space.
Inside Take Back Your Home, you'll find validating advice that will help you get started on organising your home, including:
So if you enjoy empowering books on organisation such as Laundry Love, Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD, or Plan and Organize Your Life, you'll love Take Back Your Home.
]]>Cassandra Aarssen is a Professional Organiser who shares easy and inexpensive organising tips and tricks through her blog and YouTube channel called ClutterBug. A self-proclaimed 'super slob', Cas transformed her home and her life through organisation and now she is determined to help others do the same. For more about her, visit http://clutterbug.com. She lives in Toronto.
]]>Although blood sugar is not often a priority for those who aren't diagnosed with prediabetes or diabetes, it's a critical part of health for everyone. Energy levels, moods, cravings, sleep, weight, and hormones are all tied to blood sugar. That's why The Blood Sugar Balancing Handbook is the go-to handbook for non-diabetics on ways to support stable and optimal blood sugar levels all day long, and prevent health complications in the future.
Optimising your blood sugar levels can be easier than you think, especially if you follow this handbook's easy-to-read, step-by-step program that uses proven methods backed by science. Most importantly, this handbook provides practical solutions and tips on things like:
Autumn Enloe, an award-winning registered dietitian, has worked with thousands of individuals on blood sugar management and has witnessed the powerful impact prioritising blood sugar management has on one's health. Not only will you learn sustainable strategies to nourish your body, you'll have the tools to take control of your health for good.
]]>Autumnholds a master's degree in food and nutritional sciences and is the owner of Autumn Enloe Nutrition, a private practice focused on optimising metabolic and hormone health for women. She's on a mission to help others incorporate health into their everyday lives in a sustainable and simple way.
Keep in touch with Autumn by visitingher website AutumnEnloe.com, and find her on Facebook and Instagram@autumn.enloe.nutrition.
]]>Compiled using stunning photographs of match worn shirts actually donned by many of the football clubs greatest players, the book presents a stunning timeline of Chelsea's history and of their emblematic shirt. This deluxe edition brings together the rarest and most iconic blues shirts ever seen and includes:
Blue Is The Colour is a breathtaking and historic record of the greatest collection of blues match worn shirts that have ever been seen together, and through these classic and iconic shirts the history of one of the world's most famous football clubs comes to life.
]]>A ground-breaking history of Australia's treatment of child refugees
Cruel Care tells a story of government, politics and the emotions that drive decisions. It asks why Australia has treated child refugees with violence and why governments say that the cruel acts they perpetrate are a form of care.
Based on extensive research including 35 oral history interviews with key policymakers, along with a rich set of archival sources this book traces how governmental authorities can make decisions designed to control and disenfranchise children in their care. It explores how legislation, ministers, political parties and the public service have combined to create a sentimental rhetoric of welfare while enacting repressive policies. And it details the weaponization of rhetoric such as 'best interests of the child' and the histories of race and racism that shape Australian discourses of national security.
At the heart of this book is a study of the stories of the people who shape refugee policy. Cruel Care asks provocative questions about how policymakers are shaped by, and in turn shape, their histories, communities and the nation, in order to offer bold suggestions for how we could achieve collective justice for refugees.
'Brilliant...with a cut-through otherwise largely absent from Australian public discourse on refugees.' - Frank Bongiorno
'The aptly named Cruel Care is a groundbreaking book - confronting, deeply disturbing and revelatory.' - Arnold Zable
]]>**Shortlisted, NSW History Awards 2025, NSW Community and Regional History Prize**
**Highly Commended, Ernest Scott Prize 2025**
**Highly Commended, Oral History Australia Book Award 2024**
HIV and AIDS devastated communities across Australia in the 1980s and 1990s. In the midst of this profound health crisis, nurses provided crucial care to those living with and dying from the virus. They negotiated homophobia and complex family dynamics as well as defending the rights of their patients.
Bringing together stories from across the country, historian Geraldine Fela documents the extraordinary care, compassion and solidarity shown by HIV and AIDS nurses. Critical Care unearths the important and unexamined history of nurses and nursing unions as caregivers and political agents who helped shape Australia's response to HIV and AIDS.
'Drawing on the frontline experience of nurses, Fela has written an insightful and moving history of the tragedy and triumphs of Australia's response to the AIDS epidemic.' Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
'Critical Care shows how Australia's AIDS crisis aroused fear, hatred and homophobia and yet forged new bonds of care, community and love. This beautifully told story of the nursing profession's response to acute suffering and great tragedy borne predominantly by gay men is among the most moving Australian histories I have read. It will be essential for anyone interested in health, the professions, gender, sexuality and the shifting emotional landscape of the nation.' Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, Australian National University
'This outstanding book chronicles the role of nurses in addressing the AIDS pandemic, after the arrival of HIV. The old approach to epidemics was strict control and isolation. But something new was required by the nature of this unexpected crisis. Fortunately, in Australasia, healthcare professionals and lawmakers rose to the occasion. The special challenge of coping with patients needing care, often when they were profoundly sick and dying; where no vaccine was available; and no drugs were effective at first to turn the tide, put huge pressure on nurses on the front line. They helped lead our community to address the AIDS paradox. This book tells a heroic story. I honour the author and those whose work she describes so that their lessons will not be forgotten.' The Hon. Michael Kirby, Past Justice of The High Court of Australia and Patron of The Kirby Institute
'As well as being a pleasure to read, this book shines new light on previously hidden stories in the Australian HIV response; that of nurses, trade unions and First Nations people. Fela's insightful narrative brings to life the unique and vital role played by nurses who provided care in environments that were too often marked by intense fear and shame.' Jennifer Power, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, La Trobe University
'In this insightful book, Geraldine Fela revisits the Australian response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and unearths the important and untold contribution of nurses. Nurses were on the frontlines of care during the epidemic and Fela beautifully brings forth their experiences, perspectives and voices. In her attention to labour history, gender and the impact of colonisation, Fela highlights less-told stories of the epidemic that help us re-evaluate the Australian response to HIV/AIDS. This is an important and often moving book.' Robert Reynolds, Professor of Modern History, Macquarie University
'In the worst years of the AIDS crisis, nurses were the frontline of healthcare. Geraldine Fela's compelling, myth-busting book shows how Australian nurses challenged stigma and transformed healthcare relationships and practices. Fela illuminates different healthcare approaches across states, and between city and country, and how nurses ensured effective responses to HIV in Indigenous communities.' Alistair Thomson, President Oral History Australia and Emeritus Professor in History, Monash University
'In this marvellous book, Geraldine Fela reveals the day-to-day work of nurses and their unions in responding to the HIV/AIDS crisis in Australia. Through interviews and archival research, she shows how in caring, educating, advocating, they saved lives, eased suffering and reshaped our medical system from the ground up.' Graham Willett, Historian, Arch-tivist, Publisher
'This book honours those who bathed the sweat from the exhausted brows of sufferers; who cared for people abandoned by their families and the community; who stood up for those who could no longer stand up for themselves. Bravo, bravo, bravo.' Caroline Overington, The Australian
'Critical Care is an optimistic and galvanising read that celebrates the power of activism.' Jinghua Qian, ABC ARTS
'The author skilfully weaves the professional, personal and political to make visible the often-invisible work of those lower down in the hospital hierarchy who braved fear, hate and ignorance to deliver a service that recognised people's humanity. Critical Care is a challenging read, but its reward is insight into the power of love, courage and solidarity.' Judges' comments, NSW History Awards
'This inspiring history of progressive public health strategy should be cause for national pride. Characterised by a collaborative, community-based education approach rather than isolating and controlling patients nurses played an important role, centring the rights of affected communities.In the age when public health is a matter of urgent concern, Critical Care is both an original and revealing history of Australia's response to AIDS and a valuable source of guidance for the future.' Judges' comments, Prime Minister's Literary Awards
]]>Warm and wry, mixing high culture and suburban realism, the laconic and the artful, Anything Can Happen is a memoir from one of Australia's literary trailblazers. Funny, heartbreaking, it has exactly the arc of a good story, with a theme about storytelling and lies and how truth and memory are complex. It keeps in play so many things: irony and spirituality, a slice of social history of Sydney's inner west, a farm in Victoria, a lesbian subculture, Mardi Gras, the literary pleasures of teaching writing. Juxtaposition is her gift, as is the very natural speaking voice. With the eye of a poet, and the dry drollery of someone who has experienced it all, straight and married, gay and married, mother, friend, lover, writer, this is a raw and powerful account of a life lived fully.
'I love this memoir - it's the sort of writing Hampton excels at. There's no-one else I know who can hit that dry, droll, edgy note and conjure place and time and character and the random nature of memory and story-telling.' Kim Mahood
'Alive and compelling, and served up in perfect mouthfuls, like an antipasto plate . . . Honesty, great sentences, good flow. Surprises, escalation, energy, digression and return, causation.' Gail Bell
]]>An important literary memoir which views white settler family history against the impacts on the Indigenous people with whom they interact.
Monument is poet and critic Bonny Cassidy's fourth book. Moving seamlessly through genres in its recovery of the past - part poetry, part prose, microhistory, memoir, travel writing, and sometimes counterfactual speculation - it traces the complex consequences of colonial settlement across the generations of a White Australian family of mixed origins and ancestries.
Following the threads and detours signalled by research, objects and testimony, Cassidy makes a case for the value of 'collected memory' against the tide of settlement and silence. Inspired by the methods of Natalie Harkin's archival poetics and Katrina Schlunke's Bluff Rock: Autobiography of a Massacre, Cassidy's Monument considers how non-Indigenous Australians might absorb First Nations truth-telling; and what this means for acts of speech, and writing. Should our memories serve the living or the dead, the past or the present? Why do we need new monuments in Australia, and where should we expect to find them?
There was something so captivating about always being on the edge, on that shaky precipice of promise - something new and something cool was just lurking around the corner and we'd arrive at it if we kick around long enough.
Peripathetic is about shit jobs. About being who you are and who you aren't online. About knowing a language four times. About living on the interstices. About thievery. About wanting. About the hyperreal. About weirdness.
Cher Tan's essays are as non-linear as her life, as she travels across borders that are simultaneously tightening and blurring. In luminous and inventive prose, they look beyond the performance of everyday life, seeking answers that continually elude.
Paying homage to the many outsider artists, punks, drop-outs and rogue philosophers who came before, this book is about the resistance of orthodoxies - even when it feels impossible.
'Tan is searingly intelligent and often very funny, making Peripathetic both a thought-provoking and deeply pleasurable read.' Guardian Australia, Best Books of 2024
'Peripathetic is a fascinating collection, always animated by Tan's distinctive, acidic voice and rambunctious aesthetic. The essays are bold and always manage to be intellectually engaging and incredibly good fun.' Fiona Wright, The Guardian
'Tan is a sharpshooter, putting into words thoughts that had previously only rattled in my head.' ArtsHub
'Invigoratingly thoughtful, playful and stylistically uncompromising in the best of senses.' Sydney Morning Herald/The Age
'We need curious, energetic and risk-taking commentators like Tan.' Books+Publishing
]]>On 9 August 1918, at Chipilly Spur overlooking the Somme River, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners.
The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 men have fallen. Then, two Australian sergeants, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of British lines. Seeing that the British advance is stopped, they re-cross the river, gather four mates and return to drive the Germans off the spur.
The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six and the personal stories of these diggers have been overlooked. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of the soldiers, chronicling their return home and years after service, through a pandemic, the Great Depression, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service.
'The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia's Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting, a bitter Depression, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world' - Bill Gammage, Emeritus Professor, Humanities Research Centre, ANU
'An absolute cracker of a story. No one - and I literally mean no one! - is more equipped to write a compelling book about the remarkable story of the Chipilly Six.' - Ross McMullin, author of Life So Full of Promise
'A superb piece of investigative historical storytelling. Lucas Jordan is part of a new generation of military historians. He is a bright star.' - Peter Stanley, author of Bad Characters: Sex, Crime, Murder and the Australian Imperial Force
'Throws new light on the impact of war on families and communities, wives and brothers-in-arms.' - Marilyn Lake, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne
'A remarkable piece of recovered history that offers great insight into the impact of war on Australian society. Highly recommended.' - Jeff Popple, Canberra Weekly
'It's impossible to read this ripping, vivid recreation of events without shaking your head in disbelief.' - Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
'Lucas Jordan is to be congratulated on producing a compelling book describing a pivotal era of Australian history, as well as making the exploits of the Chipilly Six better known.' - David Phillipson, Military History & Heritage Victoria
'With the current Royal Commission into Veteran suicide, this is a timely and important look at just what returning soldiers face when they are expected to slide back into normal society when the war is over. For many, the war continues long after the final shots are fired.' - Warwick O'Neill, Military History & Heritage Victoria
'A fantastic contribution to our understanding of the military in Australia.' - Geoff Keating, University of Southern Queensland
]]>On a moonless night in August 1943, a US torpedo boat commanded by Lt John F Kennedy, on patrol in Solomon Islands, was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. Left clinging to wreckage within sight of Japanese encampments, the eleven surviving members of Kennedy's crew eventually struggled ashore on a small uninhabited island. Missing, presumed dead, behind enemy lines, with no food or water, and with several injured, the future looked bleak for the shipwrecked Americans. Fortunately, Australian 'coast watcher' Lt Reg Evans witnessed the immediate aftermath of the collision from his nearby jungle hideaway. Working under the searching eye of the Japanese military, over the next five days Evans and two Solomon Islander scouts - Eroni Kumana and Biuku Gasa - located Kennedy and his crew and ensured their rescue.
This story of wartime bravery and survival helped create JFK's legend and paved his way to the White House. It also shone a spotlight on Australia and America's shared wartime experience. In Saving Lieutenant Kennedy, Brett Mason, author of Wizards of Oz, sets the heroic rescue and its colourful aftermath against the background of the Pacific war and the birth of the AustraliaUS alliance, which remains as vital today as when Kennedy and Evans first shook hands.
'A fascinating slice of military history.' - Jeff Popple, Canberra Weekly
'Saving Lieutenant Kennedy is a book that is equally interesting and entertaining. It can be highly recommended.' - Sabretache
]]>In Beyond The Broken Years fifty years after The Broken Years, Bill Gammage's classic on World War One soldiers, was published provocative military historian Peter Stanley argues why it's vital for Australians to understand how our military past has been created. By whom, how and with what consequences.
Stanley explores military history and the storytellers from historians Charles Bean, Henry Reynolds, Joan Beaumont and David Horner to ''storians' Peter FitzSimons and Les Carlyon. And grapples with what it means to write military history, its different approaches, the rise of popular writers and much more. He asks readers to consider a genre that plays a central role in the Australian identity, but many take for granted.
'An unflinching and insightful tour through the evolving landscape of Australian war history, led by one of the country's most trusted guides. This impressive blend of scholarship and reflection is crucial reading for anyone wanting to understand the place of war in Australian history.' Kate Ariotti, University of Queensland
'All historians of Australian military history will be indebted to Peter Stanley for this virtuoso commentary on the books of the field, written with his characteristic flair, insight and delight in controversy.' Emeritus Professor Joan Beaumont, Australian National University
'Peter Stanley's evocation of Australia's military history is not to be missed. Half a century after Bill Gammage's superb book The Broken Years was published, Stanley has cleverly drawn on the cream of Australian military historians to underline the key elements of Australia's military past. However, it is Stanley's own analysis of the importance of Australia's military past that has given new meaning to the importance of Australians at war. Remarkably, Stanley has researched 1300 books written by Australian authors since 1974. The result is a gripping overview of our military history that should not be missed.' The late Tim Bowden AM, author, radio and television broadcaster, producer and oral historian
'Peter Stanley is surely the military historian's historian. This book is an extraordinary achievement, both knowledgeable and eminently readable. It should take pride of place in any military history library.' Mike Carlton, author, broadcaster and journalist
'In engaging prose, and with a light touch, Stanley analyses the military history boom of the last fifty years, pondering the rise and rise of Anzac commemoration, and making a strong claim for better representation of frontier wars at the Australian War Memorial. Beyond The Broken Years will be devoured by those who enjoy military history and will endure as the authoritative account of how Australians have understood our experience of war.' Carolyn Holbrook, Deakin University
'For more than a century Australia's military experience has been central to the nation's identity, and the bedrock of understanding that experience has been the published histories, academic studies and personal stories. Peter Stanley's book is a brilliant, erudite, and insightful examination of the books that have enlightened, strengthened and at times challenged our understanding of Australia's military history in the past fifty years. Beyond The Broken Years is a reminder that there are multiple strands to Australia's military history. This is not just because Australia continues to go to new wars, but also because our understanding of the impact of war continues to grow.' David Horner, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University
'As an exceptional historian and a generous patron and mentor, Peter Stanley is ideally placed to analyse the last 50 years of Australian military historiography. This brilliant and original book will entertain and inform readers at all levels of expertise. Beyond The Broken Years will inspire all readers to read (or write) more Australian military history.' Mark Johnston, Head of History and Classics, Scotch College Melbourne
'Aficionados of Australia's rich military history will enjoy reading this latest work by prolific military author and historian, Peter Stanley. Beyond The Broken Years will stimulate reading, and further analysis and research on Australia's military history, which is important, as Australia's military history reveals much about us. I commend this book to you.' Paul Irving, MAJGEN (Ret'd) AM PSM RFD, Manager, Royal United Services Institute NSW Ursula Davidson Library
'Another Stanley original. Inspiring, thoughtful, provocative and personal, this book will have you reaching for your pencil to jot down titles for your next library visit. Essential reading for all Australian military history enthusiasts.' Professor Emerita Melanie Oppenheimer, Australian National University and Flinders University
'A spirited romp through the annals of Australian military history. Searching, sceptical, self-reflexive and engaging, Peter Stanley vigorously ponders the past and future of the discipline.' Professor Bruce Scates, Australian National University
'You're in good hands...this is a wonderful contribution to military history, and national public life.' Caroline Overington, The Australian
'A highly readable personal and professional history, in which Stanley engages with the contexts, cross-currents, and controversies of Australian military history.' Australian Book Review
'If the Olympics had an event for reading and analysis, Peter Stanley would win gold.' The Canberra Times
'...to the legion of researchers interested in the discipline of Australian military history, this book will be indispensable. It is provocative, readable and erudite. And it's a reminder that in our understanding of war, we have come a long way in the 50 years since The Broken Years appeared, when the complexities of gender, race and frontier conflict were unrecognised or unacknowledged by Australian military historians.' Phillip Deery, Sydney Morning Herald / The Age
'Stanley's book shines a new light on Australian military history writing and its impact on our perceptions as a society. Structured along chronological and thematic lines, it is a fascinating overview written in a very engaging manner. Stanley does not steer away from controversy, and his views entertain, as well as inspiring readers to seek out exemplary examples of military history. Very impressive.' The Canberra Weekly
'[Beyond the Broken Years] is amazingly comprehensive...Think of a subject and Stanley has covered it. Ethnicity and Anzacs, the cost of war and its aftermaths, battlefields, memories and memorials, the European air war, New Guinea, official histories, Korea, peacekeeping, First Nations veterans, POWs, the Navy, and that all-important consideration of every serving soldier the state of your boots.' Noel Turnbull
'A monumental work...This is a must read for everyone interested in military history. It is an easy, at times humorous read that possesses the true stamp of authenticity.' Neville Taylor
'This extraordinary book demands intense focus, even though unsettled questions about accepted historical accounts of Australia's war involvement could well emerge.' PS News
]]>After parachuting out of his doomed aircraft, one reporter is taken prisoner. From there his captors take him on a remarkable tour of bombed-out German cities.
In Dispatch from Berlin, 1943, Anthony Cooper and Thorsten Perl uncover this incredible true story of life on both sides of the war.
'An extraordinary tale of five brave reporters and their eyewitness accounts of the horrors of aerial warfare during and after a raid on Berlin. A compelling tribute to the 57 205 young men killed while serving with bomber command during the Second World War.' - Ian McPhedran
'This book captures the life and death drama that saw five war correspondents, two of them Australian, assigned to RAF Bomber Command to report on the most dangerous campaign of the Second World War - bombing Berlin. Neither they nor the crew knew if they would survive the night. A compelling story of a single raid that has remained untold for too long.' - Peter Rees
'A deep, intimate and remarkable story - indeed, a rare personal window into the huge and devastating machinery of the air war over Europe during World War Two. The trials and tribulations of five intrepid journalists is an exciting tale in its own right, but it simultaneously gives a unique keyhole with which to view the tenure and drama of the era. Well-written and equally well-researched, this book is a gem for those with even a passing interest in military history of the Second World War, and scholars of the field alike.' - Craig Stockings
'Dispatch from Berlin, 1943 takes you on a heart-stopping bombing raid over enemy territory as brave allied air crew battle flak, fighters and fate. Told through the eyes of five brave journalists who went with them, this is a remarkable book about the horror and humanity of war.' - Mark Willacy
'An outstanding piece of military history.' - Jeff Popple, Canberra Weekly
'An exceptional story, a military history that opens a private window pane into the massive and distressing mechanism of aerial warfare over Europe during World War II.' - Rama Gaind, PS News
'With skilful writing and attention to detail (much of it the result of years of Thorsten Perl's research), Cooper integrates the vivid accounts left by these journalists with data about Bomber Command and the technicalities of air navigation. He provides an unforgettable account of the raid on Berlin on 2 December 1943.' - Australian Book Review
]]>Thorsten Perl is an investigator of historical and scientific topics. He has been involved with official agencies in the search for and clarification of missing crew members of the Second World War for twenty-seven years. Thorsten works in research and development of regenerative agriculture and lives with his family in Eberswalde near Berlin in Germany.
]]>When Edith Blake missed out on joining the Australian Army, she was one of 130 Australian nurses allotted to the British Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service in early 1915. Her first posting was in Cairo where she nursed soldiers wounded at Gallipoli. In Edith's remarkable letters to her family back home, she shares her homesickness and frustration with military rules, along with the savagery of the injuries she witnessed in the operating theatre. Later, at Belmont War Hospital in Surrey, she writes of her conflicted feelings about nursing German prisoners of war even as battles on the Western Front raged and German aircraft bombed England.
In Edith Blake's War, her great niece, Krista Vane-Tempest, traces Edith's gripping story, from training in Sydney to her war service in the Middle East, England and the Mediterranean, and her tragic death in waters where Germany had promised the safe passage of hospital ships.
'Beautifully written and an engaging read, Edith Blake's War opens a window on unsung areas of Australian nurses' service at war. Krista Vane-Tempest's meticulous research enhances understanding but never intrudes, as Sister Blake's own voice brings her wartime experiences vibrantly to life. An ultimately moving book born of connection to family across generations.' - Janet Butler
'Edith Blake's story powerfully evokes the horrors and dangers of nursing during the Great War while capturing the poignant and special bond Australian nurses forged with Anzac soldiers. Krista Vane-Tempest deftly weaves the larger context of the war throughout Edie's remarkable letters home and gives her the long overdue recognition her courage warrants.' - Peter Rees
'More than a biography, Krista Vane-Tempest has penned a tribute to the contribution and sacrifice of Australian women during the First World War. In doing so, she has rediscovered the evocative story of Edith Blake, nurse to the Anzacs and British troops and whose life was tragically lost in that terrible conflict.' - Karl James
]]>During the summer and autumn of 1940, the Luftwaffe launched their campaign to gain superiority over the RAF, especially Fighter Command. The result was the first major battle of World War II (or any war) fought entirely in the air. The Luftwaffe's defeat by 'The Few' marked a turning point in the Allies' favour.
The Battle of Britain is one of the most significant battles of the war, and until now, the role of the Australian 'Few' has received little attention. Kristen Alexander gives a personal account of eight Australian participants, drawing heavily on primary source material and original research. She follows these young men from childhood, through their education, training, personal relationships and flying careers, to death in combat (in the case of seven of the eight men), and beyond that to commemoration.
'Kristen Alexander's respect and admiration for the eight Australian pilots is evident in every page of this excellent book. It is a testament to both her writing and research skills and their lives and devotion to duty.' Australian Defence Force Journal
]]>When the Japanese seized most of South-East Asia in early 1942, they captured 22,000 Australian military personnel. More than a third would die over the next three years from malnutrition, disease and violent abuse. The horrors of the ThaiBurma Railway and Sandakan are well documented. Less well known is the fate of the 3,800 Australians sent to work as slave labourers in the factories and mines of mainland Japan.
The Emperor's Grace is a compelling story of hardship, heroism and endurance and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit told for the first time from the unpublished diaries, memoirs and personal accounts of the men who survived.
]]>Given the extent of their sacrifices, the Australians' exploits in Belgium ought to be well known in a nation that has fervently commemorated its involvement in the First World War. Yet, Passchendaele occupies an ambiguous place in Australian collective memory. Tracing the commemorative work of official and non-official agents-including that of C.E.W. Bean; the Australian War Memorial; returned soldiers; battlefield pilgrims; and, more recently, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, working in collaboration with Belgian locals- The Battlefield of Imperishable Memory explores why these battles became, and still remain, peripheral to the dominant First World War narrative in Australia: the Anzac legend.
]]>Ambrose and Ursula attempt to remain outside this conflict, but inevitably are drawn into it, through their desire to save the books they have spent their working lives preserving. They realise that they must save the past for a new generation to be able to understand it.
Narrative and character-driven, this is a startlingly original novel that passionately opposes the trend for banning books and attempts to rewrite history. Set in slightly future world that has managed the climate crisis but with a dramatic decrease in population, Saturation feels eerily like now. As we constantly forget names and passwords, and lean into a tyranny of reductivism, it calls us to a position of knowledge and hope.
Praise for William Lane's writing:
'moody and unsettling ... taut and densely imagined' The Age
'revels in risks and delivers rewards' The Australian
'mesmerising...a gothic sense which imbues it with an overall eeriness' Whispering Gums
'beautiful...a poetic meditation on origins' Julia Tulloh Harper
]]>Ritual is a ground-breaking new publication which centres and celebrates the diversity of contemporary Muslim-Australian identities and experiences through the timeless power of the written word.
As Australia's first anthology to showcase the work of Muslim-identifying poets, the collection offers an urgent and necessary contribution to the global tradition of Islamic-inspired poetry fifteen hundred years in themaking!
]]>The twins Romulus and Remus may be known as the mythical founders of Rome, but history is silent in regards to their mother, Rhea Silvia. If she is remembered at all, it is as a preface to her sons' journey, the princess turned priestess and a victim of rape condemned to death alongside her children.
But that is not the full story.
Though born into royalty, when Rhea's family is beset by tragedies and her father loses his kingdom in a treacherous coup, she is sent to the order of the Vestal Virgins, to ensure she will never produce an heir. Except when mortals scheme, gods laugh.
Rhea becomes pregnant, and human society turns against her. Alone, ostracised, and facing the gravest punishment, Rhea forges a dangerous deal with the divine to protect what she loves, one that will forever change the trajectory of her life...and her land.
All roads may lead to Rome, but they began with Rhea Silvia.
A powerful and fierce reimagining of the founding of the Roman empire and the legend of Romulus and Remus and the mother whose sacrifice made it all possible.
]]>Even before they were transformed into Gorgons, Medusa and her sisters Stheno and Euryale were unique among immortals. Curious about mortals and their lives, Medusa and her sisters entered the human world in search of a place to belong, yet quickly found themselves at the perilous centre of a dangerous Olympian rivalry and learned too late that a god's love is a violent one. Forgotten by history and diminished by poets, the other two Gorgons have never been more than horrifying hags, damned and doomed. But they were sisters first, and their journey from seaborne origins to the outskirts of the Pantheon is a journey that rests, hidden, underneath their scales. Monsters, but not monstrous, Stheno and Euryale will step into the light for the first time to tell the story of how all three sisters lived and were changed by each other, as they struggle against the inherent conflict between sisterhood and individuality, myth and truth, vengeance and peace.
]]>To escape an overprotective family and an abusive partner, a young lawyer accepts an assignment in the Amazonian border town of Cruzeiro do Sul. There, she meets Carla, a local prosecutor, and Marcos, the son of an indigenous woman, and learns about an epidemic of violence against women that seems beyond comprehension.
What she finds in the jungle is not only relentless oppression, but a deep longing for answers to an unsolved crime from her past. Through the ritual use of ayahuasca, she meets a chorus of warrior women on a path of revenge and recovers the painful details of her mother's death.
The Simple Art of Killing a Woman is a psychological trip with a twist. It's about the strength of individuals in the face of overwhelming violence, the problem of femicide in Brazil, and the haunting of a cold case.
]]>Sophie Lewis is a London-based translator and editor working from Portuguese and French. Her translations have been shortlisted for the Scott Moncrieff and Republic of Consciousness prizes, and longlisted for the International Booker Prize. She was joint winner of the 2022 French-American Foundation prize for non-fiction translation, for her translation of Nastassja Martin's book In the Eye of the Wild.
]]>'Your land is not the one you take; it is the one you die for.'
Keera has tried to keep her final promise to Brenna, the partner she was forced to kill to save a kingdom but that promise has led to the most difficult struggles of her life. She's been at war with her worst self while battling King Damien for the freedom of the Halflings, and she's lost too many along the way. But when she finally breaks the last seal, unleashing the Fae magic that's been hidden away for hundreds of years, the conflict seems to be turning in the Halflings' favour.
Meanwhile, Keera's discovery of a staggering secret about her lover and the kidnapping of one of her closest allies threatens to tip her back into darkness, but she has no time to rest. Opening the kingdom's magical seals has transformed Keera in ways even the wisest Fae elders could not have anticipated, and the return of an evil thought long vanquished throws their rescue plans into chaos. And with the kingdom's Halfling population suddenly posing a risk to the crown, the land is plunged into violence as the king begins a new blood purge. Keera and her allies must gather an army to meet Damien's forces in a final confrontation of epic and tragic proportions.
The stunning conclusion of BookTok sensation Melissa Blair's epically romantic series will leave readers breathless as Keera fights for her land, her people, and the promise of a better world.
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'Gripping and fierce. This is much-needed fantasy with its fangs honed sharp by the power of resistance. Melissa Blair has built a tremendous world. '- Chloe Gong, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofThese Violent Delights
'It seems fate has dealt me the same hand again. I know how to play it.'
A new king is on the throne and the rebellion lies in ruins. Keera spends her days drinking and her nights avoiding the strange dreams that have haunted her since she returned from the capital.
Keera's family in Myrelinth won't let her go without a fight. With new intelligence about the magical seals left behind by Keera's ancient kin, the Light Fae, she rallies to face her demons and unleash the formidable powers she inherited from her people. But a shocking truth is hiding in plain sight, one with the power to unravel the entire rebellion...
The pivotal third installment in The Halfling Saga will upend everything Keera thought she knew about her enemies...and her allies.
The third entry in The Halfling Saga, the epic tale of a deadly assassin with a mysterious past, set in a lush fantasy world of Mortals, Elves, Halflings, and Fae, A Vicious Game is perfect for readers who enjoyed the A Court of Thorns and Roses series and other romantic fantasy books, especially those seeking LGBTQ+ romance or BIPOC representation.
]]>Lola has her own battles living with an anxiety disorder and in her relationship with her Uruguayan musician husband, who connects her with the culture she lost when she migrated as a child. Her younger sister, Betty, is living an alternative lifestyle in Mullumbimby, unlike Lola, who clings to her Uruguayan culture, Betty has removed herself from her cultural roots as she finds it oppressive and stifling.
A third daughter, Malena is living in Italy with her husband. Fed up with Juan's dependence, particularly on Lola, Betty decides to place a personal ad, in a Spanish paper, on his behalf without asking him, hoping that a new partner, may help him, move beyond his grief and dependency. However, he finds new love walking the dog, a widowed Aboriginal lady called Frances. Their blossoming relationship becomes a trigger for Juan, Lola and Betty recalibrate how they measure their belonging across cultures.
'The work presents a stunning and original overview of Latinx communities in both America and Australia, exploring how the family escape the civic-military dictatorship in the 1970s and find a home among the South American community of Western Sydney. Now, decades later, each member of the family reckons with the tension between the rich meaning they draw from their heritage and the human need for new experiences. Salsa in the Suburbs is poignant in its intersectional dialogue, and inspiring in its well-developed characters that carry humour, trauma and Uruguayan history with immense strength.' Maggie Ball, Fresh Ink judge and publisher of The Compulsive Reader
]]>Behind the outlier and gritty perception of the world around the writer, is a core, mesmerised with the beauty of place, science and existential. With age and anonymity comes the writer's ability to sink into the corners of third spaces unobtrusively.
These poems examine the outside with raw candor and whip-smart wordcraft to reveal inner workings we yearn to keep secret. Cassandra Complex is an unapologetic body of work that draws inspiration from the Greek myth and explores the meaning of voice in the present. It soars with hope and tenacity.
]]>'If you want and who doesn't? a poet who effects a transfiguration of the commonplace, it is Pam Brown.' Justin Clemens
Guess the Experience. Where does it happen? Who can remember? Does it matter?
This choppy mix of a book divulges Pam Brown's bemused attitude to poetry's insignificance and dubious usefulness, salted with an odd kind of sceptical optimism.
Some of these poems reveal narrative threads drawn from both real and invented encounters, locations, and situations. Some accumulate from conversations, books, advertisements, screens, propaganda, in other words, art, life, and culture to develop into the interstitial forms of a poem.
Sometimes sombre, sometimes banal, sometimes dissonant, often
insomniac, Guess the Experience invites you to get high on language.
]]>From the hapless to the heroic, the laconic to the loquacious, the creative to the criminal, these portraits reveal the poet's lasting fascination with people and personae. But they transcend mere personality to locate the human experience in the world, juxtaposing contemporary urban poetry against poems set in rural New South Wales and Gippsland.
Intimate and memorable, these are beautifully crafted poems interwoven with wry humour as a kind of philosophical shrug at the world.
]]>In Invisible Woman, a dangerous secret held for too long between estranged best friends rises to the surface, and a long marriage comes apart with devastating consequences.
Joni Ackerman's decision to raise children, 25 years ago, came with a steep cost. She was then a pioneering filmmaker, one of the few women to break into the all-male Hollywood club of feature film directors. But she and her husband Paul had always wanted a family, and his ascending career at a premier television network provided a safety net. Now they've recently transplanted to Brooklyn, so that Paul can launch a major East Coast production studio, when a scandal rocks the film industry and forces Joni to revisit a secret from long ago involving her friend Val.
Joni is adamant that the time has come to tell the story, but Val and Paul are reluctant, for different reasons. As the marriage frays and the friends spar about whether to speak up, Joni's struggles with isolation in a new city, and old resentments about the sacrifices she made on her family's behalf start to boil over. She takes solace, of sorts, in the novels of Patricia Highsmith particularly the masterpiece Strangers on a Train, with its duplicitous characters and their murderous impulses until the lines between reality and fantasy become blurred.
Invisible Woman is at once a literary thriller about the lies we tell each other (and ourselves), and a powerful psychological examination of the complexities of friendship, marriage, and motherhood.
'A darkly clever thriller about women's thwarted ambitions, celebrity, the Time's Up movement and revenge.' People (Book of the Week)
]]>When River McAllister escaped from Shallow Hill, she left her innocence behind and some of her sanity, too. Now she's rebuilding her life with her dream man and life couldn't be better.
Ryan Fitzgerald is everything you'd want in a man. Attractive, rich, an aspiring lawyer, and would do anything to keep River. But that's not the only thing that attracts her. It's his attentiveness, his possessiveness...maybe not so much his temper.
When her relationship takes a dark turn, Ryan's estranged brother, Mako, is the only one who sees it. He knows exactly what Ryan is capable of, and it's not the first time he had to be a knight in shining armour.
River came from Shallow Hill, though. She's never needed saving before. What Mako doesn'tsee, is that River is perfectly capable of taking care of herself.
The only one who should be scared is Ryan.
]]>When a family of scavengers recover the amnesiac Mae Hendricks amongst the wreckage of an unidentified ship, they bring a world of pain down on themselves and the civilians of Guelph Station. Mae doesn't know where she is from or her true nature, nor that she is being hunted by vicious adversaries.
Mae's past could reveal the conspiracy that is tearing the galaxy apart, but may well unleash a tide of snarling terrors...
]]>Clara Carija is one of the leading experts on all things Xenomorphic, and a key resource provider for the award-winning Alien role-playing game.
]]>Noah Fairchild has been losing his formerly polite Southern parents to far-right cable news for years, so when his mother leaves him a voicemail warning him that the 'Great Reckoning' is here, he assumes it's related to one of the many conspiracy theories she believes in. But when his own phone calls go unanswered, Noah makes the long drive from Brooklyn to Richmond, Virginia. There, he discovers his childhood home in shambles, a fridge full of spoiled food, and his parents locked in a terrifying trance-like state in front of the TV. Panicked, Noah attempts to snap them out of it and get medical help.
Then Noah's mother brutally attacks him.
But Noah isn't the only person to be attacked by a loved one. Families across the country are tearing each other apart literally as people succumb to a form of possession that gets worse the more time they spend watching particular channels, using certain apps, or visiting certain websites. In Noah's Richmond-based family, only he and his young nephew Marcus are unaffected. Together, they must race back to the safe haven of Brooklyn but can they make it before they fall prey to the violent hordes?
This ambitious, searing novel from 'one of horror's modern masters' holds a mirror to our divided nation, and will shake readers to the core.
]]>From the slums of Kingsport to the shores of the Cold Isles, the belching sewers of Khanduran holdfasts to a crumbling castle on the moors of Scosglen, Hell takes root in its varied forms. But a warning is offered to those who would challenge it: Evil endures defeat, death, and time. Lose vigilance for but a moment, and it will return to claim what it is owed.
From the Diablo development team and some of the darkest minds in modern horror comes this testament to the relentless march of evil, and the sacrifice it takes to earn even a moment's reprieve. Shadows of Sanctuary is a chilling reminder that even the bravest intentions can lead to tragic ends.
]]>Alma Katsu is the award-winning author of six novels, most recently Red Widow, The Deep, and The Hunger. She is a graduate of the master's writing program at the Johns Hopkins University and received her bachelor's degree from Brandeis University. Prior to the publication of her first novel, Katsu had a long career as a senior intelligence analyst for several US agencies. She lives in West Virginia with her husband.
Jonathan Maberry, creator of Joe Ledger and Rot and Ruin, is a New York Times best-selling, five-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author, editor, playwright, content creator, teacher and lecturer.
]]>The book follows the story of Victor Frankenstein and his monster: the result of his desire to create life. But his botched experiment is so grotesque that the doctor immediately regrets what he has done and abandons the monster, leaving him to fend for himself. The creature finds and confronts his maker pleading for a companion his human right to happiness. Fearing what this may lead to, Victor refuses, causing the monster to vow to ruin any happiness in Victor's life.
A tragedy and a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of ambition and creation, Mary Shelley's masterpiece is more relevant now than ever.
]]>Dr Jenni Fagan is an award-winning poet, novelist and screenwriter. She is the author of the bestselling Hex, and A Swan's Neck on the Butcher's Block, her seventh collection of poetry.
]]>1990. Twenty-five-year-old Riya works for Discover Arabia, a tour guide company in the far-flung outpost of Dubai. In the months leading up to the first Gulf War, the city's iconic skyline and global reputation are just a gleam in developers' eyes. For Riya, it's a desert purgatory that spreads out between her family back home in India and her unknown future.
As political tensions run high, international arms dealers, American soldiers, CIA consultants, corrupt bosses and wayward vacationers all compete for Discover Arabia's attention. Meanwhile, Riya and her colleagues begin to plan their exit strategies.
Will a favour from Dubai's most notorious fixer offer Riya the chance to fulfil her financial obligations and escape to the United States?
'Exuberant, thrilling, and compassionate to the last page, Malik's sun-soaked novel is a testament to the power of friendships forged far from home' Leigh N. Gallagher, author of Who You Might Be
'Full of hedonism and intrigue, this fast-paced novel is a historical snapshot that proves to be chillingly relevant' Stephanie Feldman, author of Saturnalia
]]>Death is a lonely business . . .
No one who meets Dr Jack Cuthbert forgets him. Tall, urbane, brilliant but damaged, this Scottish pathologist who works with Scotland Yard is the best the new DCI has seen. But Cuthbert is a man who lives with secrets, and he still battles demons brought back from the trenches.
When not one but two corpses are discovered in a London park in 1929, Cuthbert must use every tool at his disposal to solve the mystery of their deaths. In the end, the horrifying truth is more shocking than even he could have imagined.
]]>The Greek Anthologyis a marvellous salvage from the vast shipwreck of the Ancient World, a colossal continuity and variety from pre-classical times through Roman into Byzantine.ForA Bird Called Elaeus his small anthology of the vast original David Constantine has gone particularly not just to the renowned love poems but also to poems that treat man's dealings with the earth, his work and trades there, the creatures other than himself who inhabit it and the divinities whose care it is. Through his translations, Constantine brings already urgent poems closer to home and our drift towards the Sixth Extinction. For the Ancient World was not populated by humans harmless to Mother Earth, not at all: often they, like us, did the worst their means enabled them to do. Still there were laws.These things you must not do. Doing them nevertheless was understood as transgression of laws beyond the human laws. You offended Demeter at your peril. Understand that how we like, it's the same now. And the peril is infinitely greater, threatens to be final, consuming the innocent with the guilty.
]]>The year is 1815, and an American, Miss Amelia Stonehold, has arrived in the Devon town of Axminster, accompanied by her 'cousin' Serena Meleva. She's brought with her a list to tick off: find a property, investigate the neighbours, bargain for and purchase the property, staff the property and... possibly...find a husband. But Amelia soon finds herself contending with some decidedly off-list trouble, including the Honorable Captain Harold Roughtower, whose eyes are fixed on her fortune.
Little does Amelia know that his plans for her wealth extend far beyond refurbishing his own crumbing estate-they include the hidden Roman temple of Glykon, where something very old, very angry, and very dangerous still lurks. But Roughtower isn't prepared to reckon with the fact that neither Amelia nor Serena are pushovers. And he certainly isn't ready for the revelation that he has an Earth Master and a Fire Mage on his hands-or that one of them is a shapeshifter.
]]>Within the Eastern Empire, Duke Kordas Valdemar rules a tiny, bucolic Duchy that focuses mostly on horse breeding. Anticipating the day when the Empire's exploitative and militant leaders would not be content to leave them alone, Korda's father set out to gather magicians in the hopes of one day finding a way to escape and protect the people of the Duchy from tyranny. Kordas has lived his life looking over his shoulder.
The signs in the Empire are increasingly dire. Under the direction of the Emperor, mages have begun to harness the power of dark magics, including blood magic, the powers of the Abyssal Planes, and the binding and 'milking' of Elemental creatures. But then one of the Duchy's mages has a breakthrough. There is a way to place a Gate at a distance so far from the Empire that it is unlikely the Emperor can find or follow them as they evacuate everyone that is willing to leave. But time is running out, and Kordas has been summoned to the Emperor's Court.
Can his reputation as a country bumpkin and his acting skills buy him and his people the time they need to flee? Or will the Emperor lose patience, invade to strip Valdemar of everything of worth, and send its conscripted people into the front lines of the Imperial wars?
]]>The Eastern Kingdoms: Join Stormwind Spymaster Matthias Shaw and Captain Flynn Fairwind as they journey through the Eastern Kingdoms on a mission to gather intelligence regarding powerful artifacts and armor.
Kalimdor: Following the Fourth War, Horde beastmaster Rexxar and ambassador Zekhan depart in search of healing, extending the resources of the newly formed Horde Council to their peoples across Kalimdor.
Northrend: After the frostborn dwarves unearth a strange artifact, the Bronzebeard brothers venture into the frozen north to reaffirm their commitment to their allies and to each other.
Pandaria: Li Li Stormstout takes her uncle, Chen, and friend, Catelyn the Blade, on a tour of Pandaria, chasing the meaning of home and what it means to leave it.
Islands & Isles: After delaying their honeymoon for years, First Arcanist Thalyssra and Regent Lord Lor'themar Theron weigh anchor for the Broken Isles, Zandalar, Kul Tiras, and the Dragon Isles in search of a quiet sunset, far from the bustle of their political duties.
Fans old and new are sure to cherish these heartfelt, intrepid journeys with some of World of Warcraft's most beloved characters. Whether this marks your first voyage across the Great Sea or you've lost count somewhere along the way, World of Warcraft invites you to open your map, hitch a ride, and embark on a new adventure through the diverse and radiant lands of Azeroth.
]]>Sean Copeland, also known as Loreology, is the Historian Supervisor of Blizzard's Creative Development team.
Alex Acks is a writer and geologist. They've written for Six to Start and been published in Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, Shimmer, Daily Science Fiction, etc. Based in Denver.
]]>In the rural town in Pakistan where Baadal grows up, children are named like talismans to sustain life and ward off unhappiness. At seventeen, Baadal has come to understand why his parents gave him that name, with hopes that their Big River will one day flow wide again, and their thirst will be quenched after years of drought. But in the final year of his schooling, abundance seems impossibly far away. As his parents' marriage full of rage, despair, and often violence reaches a breaking point, the only comfort Baadal can afford is a budding kinship with Meena, a divorced older woman he meets on the banks of the drying river.
Meena has only just escaped her abusive husband, but her resistance to remarry soon gives way to the promise of stability and companionship that Baadal offers. Together, they leave the Town in search of greater fortunes in the City. But even strong-willed, independent Meena finds herself bowed by the strain of Badaal's punishing work schedule, her struggling beauty parlour, and the tension with Baadal's mother, Raheela, who fights for control of her son as she seeks to leave behind a life of disappointments and discover a freedom she's never known.
Told in rotating perspectives spanning from 1966 to 1998, The River, The Town is an intimate portrait of a family unraveling in the throes of indigence, and a tribute to the wounded love that keeps them tethered to each other. With stark and candid prose, Farah Ali traces one family's fortunes to illuminate the relentless cycle of inequity, juxtaposing the tragic and grueling realities of poverty with the enduring struggle for compassion and humanity.
]]>Confidential follows on the success of acclaimed photographer, psychologist, and writer Mikoaj Grynberg's highly acclaimed short story collection, I'd Like to Say Sorry, but There's No One to Say Sorry To, which was a finalist for numerous awards, including Poland's most prestigious literary prize, the Nike, a National Jewish Book Award, the Sami Rohr Prize, and the National Translation Award in Prose for Sean Gasper Bye's excellent translation.
This powerful new novella is a darkly comic portrait of a Jewish family in today's Poland, struggling to express their love for one another in the face of a past that cannot and will not be forgotten. The grandfather is a doctor, a Holocaust survivor who has now vowed to live only for pleasure. His son, born at the start of the war, becomes a well-respected physicist, but finds himself emotionally unable to attend the medical conferences in Germany, despite the benefit it would give his career. The mother is loving but firm, though she has a secret habit of attending strangers' funerals so that she can cry.
A masterpiece of concision, Confidential expands on one of the stories in I'd Like to Say Sorry..., tackling themes of memory and care, trauma and memory, as well as enduring anti-Semitism, with unforgettable power, emotional complexity, and Grynberg's trademark black humour.
'A novel sparing only in words and form, not in emotion.' Vogue (Poland)
]]>'[Hemingway] writes as if he had never read anybody's writing, as if he had fashioned the art of writing himself.' - The Atlantic
One of the world's transcendent literary masterpieces, the Inferno tells the timeless story of Dante's journey through the nine circles of hell, guided by the poet Virgil, when in midlife he strays from his path in a dark wood. In this vivid verse translation into contemporary English, Peter Thornton makes the classic work fresh again for a new generation of readers. Recognizing that the Inferno was, for Dante and his peers, not simply an allegory but the most realistic work of fiction to date, he points out that hell was a lot like Italy of Dante's time. Thornton's translation captures the individuals represented, landscapes, and psychological immediacy of the dialogues as well as Dante's poetic effects.
The product of decades of passionate dedication and research, his translation has been hailed by the leading Dante scholars on both sides of the Atlantic as exceptional in its accuracy, spontaneity, and vividness. Those qualities and its detailed notes explaining Dante's world and references make it both accessible for individual readers and perfect for class adoption.
]]>Ranging from the comic to the tragic, these legends are packed with such legendary figures as the beautiful and fierce Valkyries, the wily trickster Loki, and the mighty god Thor. They tell of passion, love, friendship, pride, courage, strength, loyalty, and betrayal.
Packed with colorful illustrations, Tales of Norse Mythology is necessary reading for anybody who is interested in learning more about Nordic legends, or who simply likes a great story.
]]>Four teenagers - Anya, Milka, Petya and Aleksey, whose lives, like those of their Western counterparts, are fuelled by sex, alcohol, and cigarettes yearn for a world of Levi's, Queen, foreign travel and the freedom to choose their fates. Instead, like their ancestors, they encounter heartbreak and tragedy. With a nod to Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, crumbling dachas surrounded by apple orchards, the scenes of idyllic summers, are slated for destruction as capitalism corrupts and corrodes the best of the past without bringing a promise of renewal.
Yet while depicting a bloody and desperate era, this exceptional debut novel pulsates with life. It is radiant with friendship and love, the power of international literature, values and politics, as its characters struggle to survive, to save their country and one another.
'A timeless tale of memory, desire, dreams lost and altered, love changed and unchanged.' - Yiyun Li, author of Must I Go
'[A] Stunning debut...Gorcheva-Newberry pulls off a tragic and nostalgic love letter to a much-tried generation. This is a winner.' - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
'Gorcheva-Newberry does the reader a great service, offering a peek behind the iron curtain and its veil of propoganda...If there is such a thing as clear-eyed sentimentality, Between Dog and Wolf evokes it.' - Bookpage (Starred Review)
]]>Kristina has published fifty stories and received ten Pushcart nominations. She is the winner of the Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction for her debut collection of stories, What Isn't Remembered, shortlisted for the 2022 William Saroyan International Prize. Between Dog and Wolf, published to rapturous reviews in the USA as The Orchard, is her first novel.
]]>'For as far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a film director...'
In this first-person graphic novel, MartinScorsese, totally possessed by his love of cinema, tells the story of the journey of the asthmatic little boy from Little Italy who went on to become one of the world's greatest directors.
Martin takes the reader on a witty journey through his somewhat rock and roll life and behind the scenes of the cinematic masterpieces he has given us.
Created and illustrated by Amazing Ameziane, Martin Scorsese is the third instalment in the author's Cine Trilogy, illustrating the behind-the-scenes stories of some of Hollywood's biggest hits.
Series Overview: The third in a series of three volumes by Amazing Ameziane. Based on the life and career of cinema icon, Martin Scorcese. Presented as both biography and filmography, Amazing Ameziane exemplifies the historic rise and impact that Scorsese had on the cinema industry. Written and illustrated by Amazing Ameziane, this is a must read for any cinephile.
]]>Explore a world from the hit anime of the same name, a world ruled by goblins, spirits, golems, and all types of strange creatures...but not humans, who were nearly persecuted to extinction for their reckless disregard of the natural world.
When a golem, a guardian of the forest chances across a young girl lost in the woods, he vows to take care of her...despite his life coming to an end. He must find other humans for her to live with, but in a world that despises them, is that even possible?
]]>At the royal court, the weakest mage is the tea witch, who uses their powers to make tea for the noble lords and ladies...but Remy has some incredible powers that will result in all kinds of courtly intrigue!
The first volume in a heart-warming and cosy ongoing series The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch, tells the tale of Remy, a lowly tea witch, using her magic to brew the finest cuppa for the noble lords and ladies. All she really wants is a quiet life creating gorgeous displays for shop windows...but she's slowly drawn into a world of intrigue as her incredible powers of transformation make her the gossip of the court...and the object of affection for a naive princess!
]]>Embark on a mesmerising journey with I.L. Volume 1 as Osamu Tezuka, the world-renowned 'God of Manga', navigates the divide between his early manga experiments and later, more intricate narratives, while delving into the eternal struggle between fantasy and science. Readers are thrown into the life of Imari Daisaku, a filmmaker whose fanciful creations have fallen of favour in a society dominated by scientific triumphs. However, his life changes forever when he encounters a peculiar group led by Count Alucard, and he receives an extraordinary gift; I.L., a mysterious mannequin with the power of shapeshifting.
Together, Daisaku and I.L. utilise the phenomenal transformative abilities to help those in need and are propelled into an array of thrilling and haphazard adventures. Each chapter unveils a new client seeking I.L.'s unique services, as the protagonists find themselves in an array of scenarios ranging from domestic strife to political unrest. Not only does the reader accompany the duo on these haphazard missions, but they are given an insight into Daisaku's internal conflict, caused by walking the tightrope between reality and fantasy.
This volume is a treasure for fans of Tezuka's works, including the widely successful Astro Boy, Dororo and Princess Knight, as well as the seminal and titles. I.L. is now being published in English for the first time, meaning fans can journey through Tezuka's innovative and contemporary themes within a classic by the pioneer of Manga. Whether an enthusiast of Tezuka and Manga, or not, the nuanced exploration of thought-provoking themes and characters, and a compelling storyline coupled with captivating illustrations, is a reading experience that will linger in the minds of readers.
]]>Kiyomizu-dera, Kifune Shrine, and Adashino Nenbutsu-ji to most these places are merely tourist hotspots in the busy city of Kyoto...but each is hiding a dark history, tales of ghosts and bloodshed! In this volume come and hear the true stories of these haunted places, and the creatures that lurk just out of sight...
]]>After the Bounty Hunter defeated Garmantuous and the G3 cartel at the end of the eponymous videogame, the human race was listed as a protected species as they integrated into the wider galaxies of outer space. But when a brutal 'Human Hunter' carves a bloody trail through the relocated survivors, it's up to the enigmatic Bounty Hunter to once again bring justice to the stars.
The newest addition to their crew of iconic Gatlian allies is Harper a former Resistance fighter who is determined to make her mark on the team. Unfortunately, the investigation into the Human Hunter brings Harper and the Gatlians closer to home than anticipated. Suddenly, Harper's journey to prove herself as part of the Bounty Hunter's team becomes a tale of redemption...and how does Creature's forgotten past fit into the story?
Alec Robbins (Mr Boop, CRIMEHOT) teams up with Kit Wallis (Mr Easta, Hellicious) for an explosive, zany, romp around the cosmos. The debut graphic novel in the High on Life story, featuring 112 pages of guns, goop, and galactic hilarity! High on Life collects issues 1-4 of the comic series of the same name, plus behind-the-scenes look into the development of the book.
]]>Alec Robbins is a writer, artist, game developer, and filmmaker. His other work includes the video game Heartbreak High: A Break-Up Simulator and his new comic CRIMEHOT. He's worked on alt-comedy TV shows like Adult Swim's The Eric Andre Show, Netflix's I Think You Should Leave, IFC's Comedy Bang! Bang!, and TBS' The Dress Up Gang. He is most well-known for his Ignatz-award winning webcomic Mr. Boop, about how he is married to his hot wife, Betty Boop. Is he really married to Betty Boop? Yes. Of course. He always was and he always will be.
]]>The enemy will tell of Conan's legendary skill in battle if any of them live to tell the tale but palace intrigue may prove more dangerous to the barbarian. After all, it's never wise to bed a wizard's woman. Then, Conan joins with Red Sonja for a multipart adventure. Last, but far from least, we present Roy Thomas and Gil Kane's complete adaptation of 'The Hour of the Dragon', the iconic story of how Conan became king and conqueror and met the woman who would become his wife.
Series Overview: Collecting Conan the Barbarian (1970) #27-51, Giant-Size Conan (1974) #1-4 and material from Conan the Barbarian Annual (1973) #1 and The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) #8 and #10.
]]>John Buscema (1927-2002) literally wrote the book on being a Marvel artist - namely, How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way - and few were better qualified. His career began in 1948 as a member of the Timely/Marvel Bullpen. He left the field for advertising in the mid-'50s, but Stan Lee coaxed him back to comics in 1966. Buscema followed with a celebrated run on The Avengers with the first Silver Surfer series. He subsequently succeeded Jack Kirby on Fantastic Four, Thor and other titles. By the time of his retirement in 1996, Buscema had penciled nearly every Marvel title - including over 100 issues of his personal favorite, Conan the Barbarian.
The entrance of Gil Kane (1926-2000) into the comic book field was interrupted by World War II, but upon his return the young artist swiftly rose to become one of the key stylists of his generation. At DC, Kane ushered in super heroes' Silver Age on Green Lantern and The Atom, while at Marvel he held influ
]]>Battle runs through Conan's life like the blood in his veins. A stint with the mercenary Crimson Company isn't enough to quench his fury but perhaps consorting with Belit, pirate queen of the Black Coast, can. Together, Conan and Belit will reave across Hyboria's high seas and into the dark depths of its jungles. There, Conan will earn his honoured name Amra in one of the Cimmerian's greatest epics.
Master storytellers Roy Thomas and John Buscema follow with a saga that brings Conan, Kull and even Red Sonja together. All the while, the struggle to reclaim Belit's title and lands from the Stygians carries on.
]]>Crom does not deny the faithful! The Savage Sword of Conan Omnibus collections are continuing and collecting the greatest sword-and-sorcery comic magazine of all time! In this massive hardcover volume, we present not only sixteen issues of Savage Sword crafted by the greatest Conan comics creators of the era, but also the never before reprinted full-colour graphic novel, Conan: The Witch Queen of Acheron. Highlights include: The art of Gary Kwapisz, a sword-and-sorcery master whose richly detailed style ranks him among the greatest Conan illustrators; stories by writer Larry Yakata, an Olympic martial artist who brought a new voice and action-oriented authenticity to the series; contributions from celebrated Savage Sword art icons including Ernie Chan, Rudy Nebres and Pablo Marcos; and a rare Robert E. Howard tribute story by Roy Thomas and Sandy Plunkett.
]]>Larry Yakata is a multi-time world and national judo champion and a former coach of the United States Olympic judo team. He received a masters in English Literature from Columbia University and has written for publications including the New York Times and The Savage Sword of Conan.
Don Kraar broke into comics as a writer in the early 1970s with short stories for DC's anthology titles. He became one of the mainstays of Marvel's Conan comics line in the '80s with work on The Savage Sword of Conan, two Conan graphic novels and an extended run on Conan the King that saw the character expand his empire.
Gary Kwapisz became one of the defining Conan artist of the 1980s. He is also responsible for two, self-published Civil War graphic novels called, interestingly enough, Civil War Adventures. These books bring history to life, telling the story of America's most terrible war. They are a loving collaboration with his old Conan partner, Chuck Dixon. Not letting his Civil War research go to waste, Kwapisz wrote and illustrated Rebel Dead Revenge starring a reanimated Stonewall Jackson, the Devil and an army of zombie Confederate soldiers.
Ernie Chan (1940-2012) immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines at the age of 30 and wasted no time breaking into the American comic book scene. He would ink the work of John Buscema on Conan the Barbarian for the better part of fourteen years and also illustrated Kull the Destroyer and many other titles for Marvel.
]]>The epic action continues in the second manga volume, prequel to the hit anime series of the same name! As Jo, Meg, Amy, and Sei settle in and become friends, only for a psychotic gun-toting cyborg to start hunting down Jo! The others thing this will be a good contract for her, but little do they know the cyborg has come with friends...500 zombie friends!
]]>The first volume in the legendary Corpse Blade series, an action packed romp through a zombie infested Tokyo! School, chores, killing the undead all in an average day for Tsuranuki Tsutsuki!
After his sisters is kidnapped by the zombies, this middle schooler sets out to save her, becoming handy with a gun but he won't be alone, as he encounters another kid on a quest, a mysterious high-school girl who can command the awesome power of the Corpse Blade!
]]>Saiga and Kagura might have escaped from the Roppongi Club, but it's twisted overlords and done with them yet, as shadowy devotees of the cult of twisted-pleasure are in pursuit! Perfect for fans of urban fantasy and shonen manga!
Speed Grapher returns in an all-new volume! After a daring escape from the sadistic Roppongi Club, Saiga and Kagura go to meet a battlefield doctor who might be able to shine a light on Kagura's amazing power and how she changed Saiga's body to give him his new abilities. It won't be as simple as it seems however, as the Roppongi Club sends a sadistic dentist to recapture Kagura, in exchange for her pearly white teeth...
]]>Shoichi Tsugami now wields the power of Kamen Rider Agito, but even otherworldly abilities cannot stop his depression over the death of his sister Yukina. Before he can spiral, he is caught up in the mysterious Suruga's plans. Meanwhile members of the 'Go' group approach Baruba to begin the 'Gerizagibazu Gegeru...'
This action-packed eighth volume marks the return of a fan-favourite character Agito, from the iconic tokusatsu show that is currently available on Amazon Prime. Fans of the show and Superhero manga with intense battles between powerful heroes and villains will be enthralled by the quest to protect humanity.
]]>Shotaro Ishinomori was a Japanese manga artist who was an influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu, creating several immensely popular long-running series. He won the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award twice, in 1968 for Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae and in 1988 for Hotel and Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon. He passed away in 1998.
]]>What begins as a seemingly unconnected series of fantastic tales about disparate wizards Archmagus Crowley of Atlantis, who has been hired to steal a treasure chest from a ship in the middle of the ocean; Mystic Willow of the Brambles who's dealing with her own drama, as the humans in a nearby village wrongfully accuse her of abducting children; Alchemist Danny of the Fey's apprentice begins to suspect her master has been kidnapped and replaced with an imposter gradually merges into a much larger, and more terrifying tale.
Who is Chronomancer George of Dreams, the mysterious narrator guiding us through each amazing story? Are they visions of the past, premonitions of the future, or something far more sinister that threatens the very fabric of the Runiverse itself?
Forgotten Runes: Wizard's Cult collects issues 1-4 of the comic of the same name.
]]>Reilly Brown is a comic book artist and illustrator who started self-publishing comics in 2002. Since then, he has done work for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Archie, and Tantor Media on such titles as Deadpool, Amazing Spider-Man, Incredible Hercules and Lobo. He is also known for being a pioneer of digital comics, working with Comixology to bring his creator-owned series, Power Play, to life on mobile devices and digital media.
]]>From the minds of award-winning author Max Allan Collins and artist Terry Beatty, comes the sixth collection of classic Ms Tree stories, collected together for the first time!
Join Michael Tree, the 6ft, 9mm carrying private detective on her thrilling adventures. No case is too small, no violence too extreme, just as long as it gets the job done.
Fans of hard-boiled detective and crime fiction will get a thrill from these tales!
Terry Beatty is the artist and co-creator (withMax Allan Collins) of the long-running private eye series, Ms. Tree. Collaborations with Collins also include Mike Mist, Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger and Johnny Dynamite. Beatty has been the primary inker of DC Comics' "animated-style"Batmancomics, including a four-year stint inking Chris Jones' pencils on The Batman Strikes!. From 2012 to 2017, Beatty was the artist for the Sunday episodes of theKing Featurescomic strip, The Phantom.
]]>Fans of the series and pulp noir enthusiasts will love seeing sexy heroine Joanna Tan collide with government agents in her epic return!
After nearly a year in hiding from government agents looking to kill her, Gun Honey Joanna Tan launches a plan to turn the tables that will take her from the jungles of Borneo to the streets of Yokohama and the sands of the Gobi Desert. But when four armed groups converge on one secret location, will anyone survive the explosive collision?
Fans of the first two graphic novels and classic pulp crime fiction will get a thrill out of this fast-paced, action thriller.
]]>Embark on a journey within the enchanting universe of Michael Moorcock's Elric, in this fifth installment. The mesmerising graphic novel was born from the legendary tale of the fantasy author. Adapted and crafted by the skilled Julien Blondel, the writer behind the award-winning videogame Life Is Strange, this work immerses readers in the albino Emperor's world of swords and sorcery.
Two years after the tragic climax of the previous volume, readers are exposed to their favourite protagonist in a new light. Elric is now leading the life of a mercenary, following the death of his beloved Cymoril. However, fans can accompany him on a new path that is guided by Queen Yishana's urgent call for help.
Elric will now face his strongest, and most cunning opposition yet. All While having to confront entities from the past, that he vowed to never serve again. Illustrated by Valentin Secher of Khaal and The Metabaron Books, fans will have the first chance to see how the talented artist captivates readers and brings a unique style that harmonises with Elric's tortured journey. The graphic novel marries epic fantasy, transformative adaptation, and the creative synergy of Life is Strange's Jean-Luc Cano.
Whether you've been following Elric's journey from the beginning, or this marks your first foray into the series, Volume 5 provides a compelling entry point. Fans of Game of Thrones or The Lord of The Rings will no doubt be enthralled by Elric's wonderful world of fantasy excellence.
]]>Darlinghurst, Sydney: these are the days of strange rumours. Talk you can catch the gay plague from kissing, or from a mosquito bite. Talk of the government building a wall around 'Darlo' to keep the plague contained. Talk of old quarantine stations around Australia being reopened, of the army being used to round up all the poofters. Bashings increase tenfold and you're dead meat if you don't have someone to watch your back. Kit, Ty, and Johnnie, three young gay men, just want to live the life Sydney promised when they arrived.
Host City, David Owen Kelly's third book, is a stunningly innovative fusion of memoir and alternative history that spins an affective tale of persecution, jeopardy, and survival from the fear and paranoia that marched lockstep with HIV in the 1980s.
]]>**Winner, NSW Literary Awards 2025, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry**
**Shortlisted, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2025, Poetry**
**Shortlisted, NSW Literary Awards 2025, Glenda Adams Award for New Writing**
**Shortlisted, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2025, Poetry**
A moving testament to the displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people.
rock flight is a book-length poem that, over five chapters, follows a personal and historical narrative, to compose an understated yet powerful allegory of Palestine's occupation. The poem uses refrains of suffocation, rubble, and migratory bird patterns to address the realities of forced displacement, economic restrictions and surveillance technology that Palestinians face both within and outside Palestine. It depicts a restlessness brought about by dispossession, and a determination to find significance in fleeting objects and fragments. It looks to the literary form as an interactive experience, and the book as an object in flux, inviting the reader to embark on an exploration of space, while limited by the box-like confines of the page. Formally claustrophobic, the poem morphs into irony, declaring everything a box while refusing to exist within one.
'Here is a poetry of passion; a poetry of necessity; a poetry of survival, and a poetry-triumphant.' Maxine Beneba Clarke
'rock flight is a work of timelessness, rigour, precision, relationality and guts just like its poet. A must-read for all of us who yearn and stretch and reach for a world beyond colonies, and an even more urgent read for those who don't.' Alison Whittaker
]]>**Winner, WA Premier's Book Awards 2025, Poetry Book of the Year**
**Highly Commended, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2025, Poetry**
G-d, Sleep, and Chaos is a prayer of thanks for a broken world.
Alan Fyfe's debut collection employs a core of Jewish philosophy to explore themes of love, metaphysics, the self-destructive impulse, trauma, and the transcendent. With a boisterous affection for all things absurd and liminal and a bristling loyalty to working class aesthetics, G-d, Sleep, and Chaos includes poems that swing from visceral to hilarious across seven sections, and a range of forms, to ask how we might come by gratitude, and the peace of silence, in our bleakest moments. G-d, Sleep, and Chaos is a collection for the questing mind and the wanting spirit.
]]>He is a winner of the Karl Popper Philosophy Award. His first novel, T, was shortlisted for the T.A.G Hungerford Prize (Australia), the Chaffinch Press Aware Prize (Ireland), and the West Australian Premier's Book Award. G-d, Sleep, and Chaos is Alan's debut poetry collection and was awarded silver for the Flying Islands unpublished manuscript prize.
He is currently teaching poetry and creative writing.
]]>Naag Mountain is a journey across oceans, from the Asian subcontinent to the South Seas, a journey about human trafficking on sugar plantations in Fiji and Australia, which brings to life the histories and events, the stories and myths of a displaced and exploited people, that have been lost in time or forgotten or hidden from view. It is a journey in which the living, the dead and the natural world communicate in music, language and dream.
Manisha Anjali's first collection is an intensely imagined recovery of a little-known cultural inheritance, in which historical figures, folk characters and mythical entities feature in a procession coloured by the metaphors of poetry and the surrealism of dreams. A community in northern Queensland, whose ancestors were indentured by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, receive messages from their friends across the Tasman. A mysterious reel of film washes ashore, depicting harrowing violence on sugarcane plantations under the indenture system. The actors walk out of the film and into the world of the living. The community walk into the projection.
]]>When Juniper writes a letter to the night creatures, it mysteriously lands on Jasper's bed. Jasper knows what he must do.
A story of fears, friendship and a little bit of outer space.
]]>Things begin to take a sinister turn as the adults get involved, and Nell has no choice but to team up with her neighbour and family rival, Charlie. As friendships begin to morph and stretch, can these two unlikely allies end the feud and work out the treasure's secrets, or will their rivalry lead to one last epic betrayal?
'This story is a treasure submerged in character, mystery and heart.' Nean McKenzie, author of Cryptosight, Xenoflight and Timefire
'A page-turning adventure, filled with mystery and heart I adored True South!' Anna Battese, author of the P.D McPem Mysteries
'True South capsizes the notion of a sleepy rural life when friendships (and long-standing grudges) are put to the test in the race to resurface drowned secrets. As much adventure of the heart as high-stakes competition between feuding families.' Michael Earp, bookseller and editor of Kindred, Everything Under the Moon and Avast!
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'A real feel-good story that beautifully captures the power of friendship.' Danielle Brown MBE, 2 x Paralympic gold medallist, speaker, inclusion champion, award-winning author
]]>Joanna Bartel is an Australian illustrator with a background in graphic design and secondary school art/design and English teaching. She draws much of her inspiration from everyday family life with three young kids, experiences in teaching, and childhood memories of fun with three brothers and lots of cousins. Joanna has a particular love for character design and celebrating diversity. Joanna can be contacted on Instagram: @joanna_emily_illustrates or on her website: joanna-emily.com
]]>But how do you stop a blue whale feeling blue? A delightful story about a whale with bike trouble and the happy-go-lucky penguin who cheers him up.
]]>*Longlisted for the ABIA Book Awards 2022: Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year*
Welcome to Wiradjuri Country.
The Wiradjuri are the people of the three bila (rivers) and their nguram-bang (Country) is the second largest in Australia. Come with Uncle Larry Brandy on an enlightening journey through his Country's rivers, woodlands, grasslands and rocky outcrops, as well as the murri-yang (sky world).
Along the way, young readers will encounter animals such as bila-durang (platypus), and maliyan (wedge-tailed eagle), plants like the maybal (grass tree) and yirany (yam daisy), and discover stories like that of Tiddalik the giant frog. They will learn how Wiradjuri people lived on their Country, using the flower spikes of the grass tree as spears, soaking its flowers in water to make a sweet drink and weaving its leaves into baskets.
This is a unique book combining language, culture, Indigenous history and storytelling, written by a Wiradjuri author. It features colour photographs of animals, plants and habitats, as well as illustrations by Indigenous artists Kristie Peters and Scott 'Sauce' Towney.
]]>From the bestselling and award-winning creator of They All Saw a Cat comes a bold and playful exploration of how the sun touches all life on earth perfect for celebrating Earth Day!
Good golden sun, there is much we'd like to know! Are you happy? Are you lonely? Are you feeling well today? Does your belly ever ache? Won't you come down to play?
From sunbeam, to flower, to insect, to animal, to plant, to soil, and the earth itself...the sun makes, moves, and transforms life all around us. Celebrate the mysteries of light from sunup to sundown as it weaves its way through creation inspiring change, hope, wonder, and curiosity.
Using a bold, young collage-style art perfect for fans of Eric Carle, Brendan Wenzel's mastery of visual storytelling is on full display in this ebullient exploration of the life-giving power of our nearest star.
]]>But she knows that can't be true!
Because Lulu is a rhinoceros!
Kids will love this inspiring and funny picture book about a spunky bulldog who has the courage to be herself.
Lulu knows she is a rhinoceros. She may have soft, fuzzy fur and a little nub that wiggles when she's happy but in her heart, she has thick gray skin and a tail that whips and twirls. And more than anything, Lulu would like her very own rhinoceros horn! 'If only I had my horn, they would finally see the REAL me!'
As Lulu sets out to find her horn, she meets all sorts of dogs and even pigeons who don't understand her. To them, Lulu does not look like a rhinoceros! But Lulu doesn't let others stand in her way. Soon, she meets a small friend that makes a big difference in her life. With help from her new friend, Lulu realizes that the courage to be herself was inside her all along...
The first picture book in a new series, Lulu is a Rhinoceros takes readers on an adventure through New York City and into Central Park Zoo to fetch and retrieve the most important possession Lulu owns her identity! With adorable and vibrant artwork by acclaimed illustrator Sophie Corrigan, Lulu is a Rhinoceros conveys gentle messages for young readers about diversity, tolerance, self-expression, radical acceptance, and interdependence.
'The perfect storyline to talk to kids about so many topics!' Neuroclastic
]]>Jason Flom is a music executive and public speaker. He is devoted to reforming the criminal legal system and to various animal rights causes including saving the rhinos. He serves on many charitable boards, including VETPAW, whose work inspired Lulu Is a Rhinoceros.
Sophie Corrigan is a children's book illustrator and author whose many books include I'm a Little Monkey, which was selected as a Highly Commended Book in the Macmillan Prize for Children's Literature. When she's not creating books or working as a freelance illustrator for clients like Hallmark, Corrigan hangs out with her pet cockatiels and occasionally makes cute things from wool and clay.
]]>In a medieval land where dinosaurs still roam, lowly stable boy Henry Fairchild joins the brave Dino Knights and rides into adventure on the back of a T-Rex.
A fast-paced action-adventure series about bravery, friendship, and being your best self.
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]]>The second in a fast-paced fantasy adventure featuring dinosaurs and knights.
When the Highlanders are attacked and kidnapped by their ruthless neighbours, the Dino Knights are torn between avenging Ellie's Highlander family or protecting Brecklan which is now under threat. Ellie and Henry risk everything and disobey orders to go to the rescue. But in doing so they make a powerful new ally who will help them save Brecklan.
'You like knights? You like dinosaurs? Watch out your head might just explode!' - The Times
'I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It is fast-paced and packed full of action and adventure.' - Reading Zone
'The series has all kinds of potential directions to go and there are bound to be many more surprises in store.' - Books for Keeps
]]>It's a hot day VERY hot! Piet the squirrel needs to find a good way to cool down and he can't eat ice cream, like his friend Peter the forester, so he bounds off into the woods to search for another solution.
Soon he meets some other animals and discovers all the ways they keep cool how wasps spit water into their nests, wild pigs roll in the cool mud, and rabbits hide in their burrows underground. But none of these work for Piet. Just as he's about to give up... he realises he may have found the perfect way after all!
Piet Cools Off brings to life amazing facts about the forest and features:
In this engaging book by bestselling author Peter Wohlleben and Carina Wohlleben, with adorable images by Rachel Qiuqi, readers can discover how animals and the forest work hard to stay cool in the hot weather.
]]>Carina Wohlleben was born in 1991. After studying geography, nature conservation, and landscape ecology, in 2017, she joined the Wohlleben Forest Academy founded by her father, where she leads forest-themed events for children and adults.
Rachel Qiuqi is an illustrator and author passionate about storytelling for children. She started drawing when she was little and has been drawing with the same childlike wonder ever since. Her work is inspiring for kids and grown-ups alike. Her other illustrated books include Fiona the Fruit Bat, written by Dan Riskin, and What Will I Discover?, written by Tanya Lloyd Kyi, both published by Greystone Kids. She was born in Shanghai and now lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Jane Billinghurst's career has been in book publishing in the UK, the US, and Canada, as an editor, publisher, writer, and translator. She is the co-author of Forest Walking and the translator of the international bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben.
]]>Felix is excited. He has a beautiful bunch of flowers to give Nanna for her birthday. On the way to Nanna's house, Felix discovers his friend Olivia is feeling sad, so Felix gives her a flower. As he continues to Nanna's house, Felix meets Sophie, Grace and Ben, who all need cheering up. One by one, kind Felix gives his flowers away. Will he still have a gift special enough to give his Nanna? A gentle and touching celebration of kindness and compassion, Flowers from Felix explores a range of emotions and the importance of caring for those in need.
]]>Elisa Moriconi is an Italian illustrator and concept artist living in London, UK, who started to work on children's books and magazines in 2007. She loves soft, bright and warm colours and takes inspiration for new palettes from quiet places like gardens, parks, cute shops, and metal tea tins (which she collects!). Her illustrations are often realised in digital painting, but she also loves to work with gouaches and watercolours.
]]>A story filled with hope and positivity, Allan's adventure explores themes of perseverance, self-belief, and achieving your goals no matter your ability, with emotive and detailed illustrations that all readers will relate to.
]]>Christine Chugg adores animals, so it's only natural that they feature in her writing. She can often be found reading books about them and is amazed by their astonishing ways. She is also a maker with a creative mind and enjoys upcycling materials to make useful items and giving them a new life. She lives with her husband in Tasmania, Australia.
Mariela Lotfi was born in Mendoza, Argentina and has always been captivated by the enchanting illustrations found in books. After graduating from the Faculty of Visual Artsat the National University of Mendoza, Mariela became a freelance illustrator, expressing her love of animals, people and nature through a variety of artistic techniques. Mariela now lives with her family in Switzerland.
]]>On an ordinary morning, Rudie and his mother visit a bakery. As they sit outside with mum enjoying a coffee, customers arrive with their dogs. As Rudie observes, each reveals an unexpected talent. From juggling, playing a ukelele and even ordering a pastry, these dogs are full of surprises. This charming rhyming story features warm and playful artwork that reveals the extraordinary in every turn of the page.
]]>Ana Janelidze is an early childhood education specialist and children's book illustrator living in Tbilisi, Georgia. With an MA in Children's literature and Illustration from Goldsmiths, University of London, she has illustrated several picture books. Ana uses traditional and mixed media techniques to create memorable characters and dramatic compositions that represent child empowerment and play with intertextuality and humour.
]]>Aria has a fantastic memory. At five, she can recall many special moments, but is unable to remember her grandfather, who passed away several years earlier. As she talks to her family, Aria learns about Grandpa John yet the warmth, adventure, and fun remain missing from her mind. But, when Mum reads from Grandpa's notebook, Aria finally discovers the best memory she could possibly have. Remembering Grandpa is a thoughtful and moving story about remembering loved ones and cherishing special moments together. Featuring captivating artwork that highlights the themes and emotions within.
]]>June Mac discovered her love of storytelling as a child, weaving tales that transported her to worlds of wonder and possibility. Now, she channels that same creativity into her writing, crafting stories while cherishing life's adventures with her husband and three daughters, and inspiring readers of all ages to explore the magic of their own imaginations.
Zafouko Yamamoto was born in Thessaloniki , Greece where she studied architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Using the alias Zafouko Yamamoto, her work has been published throughout the world. She lives with her cat and dog, loves walks in nature, coffee and animals.
]]>Join Wiley the crocodile on a wild adventure that starts with a belly flop and ends with a daring escape. Wiley loves bathtime but does not expect to get sucked into an underground lair with a hideous creature, become a potential meal for granny in a bustling city, and a daring circus performer for a cunning ring master. Will the help of some new friends ensure that Wiley returns to his beloved bath? A hilarious and exciting rhyming story, with expressive illustrations that perfectly depict the danger, thrills and fun of this wonderful story.
]]>Nicole Allin is an illustrator originally from Ontario, Canada, a place far too cold for crocodiles, even when they wear sweaters. She loves painting animals of all types, and her favourite type of crocodilian is the Osborn's dwarf crocodile. Nicole lives in Washington, U.S.A with her husband, five houseplants and a stuffed toy shark named Bruce.
]]>Unicorns DO exist, and Isla is going to prove it. She tries everything she can think of to convince Tommy that unicorns are real: trails of glitter, a fake horn from a unicorn costume, and she even whips up some sparkly unicorn poo. But no matter what scheme Isla tries, Tommy just doesn't want to BELIEVE... How can Isla convince Tommy that unicorns really ARE real? Immerse readers in magical mischief with these fun-filled illustrations bringing the unbelievable to life.
]]>Sian Moore is a freelance illustrator from Wales. She graduated in 2014 after four years of studying illustration and now works from home with 'help' from her two young daughters. She works digitally to create her illustrations and over the years has worked with a variety of children's magazines, recently stepping into the world of publishing and realising her dream of illustrating picture books.
]]>As excited new (or soon-to-be) parents, this lushly illustrated keepsake book will guide you in collecting many memories of your child. Compiling cute childhood escapades, magical first times, and so very many cherished moments forever.
Genevieve Godbout's magnificent illustrations are imbued with gentleness, warmth and playfulness. And family members can go beyond the 'traditional baby book', filling in the empty spaces with notes, photos, drawings and traditions. Better yet, your child can contribute as they grow alongside their documented memories!
This book is an invaluable keepsake for parents who have such a great story to tell and don't want to miss a single moment.
]]>Marianne Prairie ia a member of the popular artistic and humorous quintet Les Moquettes Coquettes, Marianne has performed on television, radio, on stage, in the press and on the Web. She is regularly interviewed and quoted in articles that deal with feminist issues, sexism, family and she presents at conferences on these subjects. She is also an editor.
Genevieve Godbout is a freelance illustrator who specialises in children's literature. She now lives in Montreal, surrounded by her little family, after many years spent in London as a Winnie the Pooh character artist for the Walt Disney Company. Her distinctive style in soft pastels and coloured pencils convey nostalgia from another era. She works with various publishers such as Tundra Books, Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, Quarto, Comme des Geants and La Pasteque. Genevieve's work was selected for the Society of Illustrators Original Exhibit in New York in 2017, 2018 and 2019 for her books Johnny Appleseed, Goodnight, Anne and Apple Cake. She currently works on the sequel to What's Up, Maloo?, her debut album as an author, in addition to a new children's book to be released by Candlewick Press in the United States next year.
]]>Crab is fed up with the bay. Each day is the same; nobody cares for him or appreciates his sense of humor. So he's leaving. Just when he is about to go, he bumps into Larva, who is looking for a home. Crab agrees to show Larva around the bay, exploring its many places and residents, on his way out.
Together, Crab and Larva visit the sea kelp, a fine shell-ection of oysters, mussels, clams, and a bickering group of sea anemones, amongst many more neighbors in the bay.
Will Larva find the perfect spot to settle here? And if he does, what will Crab do?
Designed for kids aged 6-9, Barnacle Bay features:
Book 1 in the Little Habitats series!
In a big world, we can often overlook the importance of being little! This series of graphic novels for young readers aims to introduce children to nature's small and vital ecosystems. Full of humour and hijinks, each book in the series features a heartwarming story set in a different habitat, with accompanying fact pages throughout. The familiar becomes fantastic as we zoom in on these overlooked creatures and communities, and prepare to laugh out loud as we explore the environments that they inhabit.
]]>Meet Mama stick bug and her six little sticks.
Mama's going to teach them how to hide
so six little sticks stay safe outside.
But when Mama counts her little ones, she can find only five. When she tries again, there are just four. Each time Mama counts, one more stick bug is gone! It seems the six little sticks are already experts at hide-and-seek. Can you help Mama spot them?
Perfect for readers ages 0-6, Six Little Sticks features:
This engaging search-and-find book for young children features playful text by Tiffany Stone and charming illustrations by Ruth Hengeveld. At the back of the book you'll also find stick bug facts as well as a list of other insects to spot!
]]>Ruth Hengeveld is an illustrator who lives in the Netherlands. In her world of watercolours, pencils, soft lines, and fresh colours, anything is possible. She creates her illustrations with a great love of detail, nature, and playfulness.
]]>The Fountain itself is beautiful and alluring yet so is the light of an anglerfish. Hidden below the surface, the world of the Fountain is vast: unexplored and unmapped and full of wild things leviathan and tiny, scuttling things and all manner of creature in between. There are other entities as well, entities that haunt and hunt in the Fountain, because it rewards nearly as often as it punishes, and it has been punishing the greedy and merciless and cruel for a very long time. For those, the Fountain becomes a prison.
The borders between our world and the world of the Fountain are already porous. If the balance between them is upset and control of the Fountain is lost, the consequences will be rapid, merciless, and world-ending. In every timeline that has been or will be, everywhere that water stands in our world will become a passageway for the violent damned to enter ours from the Fountain. For Ember, Miles, and Sam, all from different times, what starts as a journey to take control of their lives quickly becomes a quest to save or destroy both worlds, depending on whom you ask.
Rising star and Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Lora Senf has created a gorgeously written, pitch-black fantasy that will transport readers to a world that is as beautiful as it is horrifying and will keep readers on their toes as they devour it page by page.
]]>Accompanied by his nephew Harry and his guide Hans, Professor Von Hardwigg follows directions in a coded message left by sixteenth-century alchemist Arne Saknussemm to the crater of the volcano Sneffels. There they descend into a subterranean world that is home to marvels from the prehistoric past that could never exist in the world above ground. One of his styled 'extraordinary voyages,' Jules Verne'sJourney to the Center of the Earthis a masterpiece of adventure that has never been out of print since it was first published in French in 1864. This edition of Verne's novel features more than 50 full-page illustrations by the distinguished artist douard Rio.
]]>On the grounds of Misselthwaite, her Uncle Archibald's estate near the Yorkshire moors, nine-year-old Mary Lennox finds a walled-in garden that has been locked securely for years. With the help of Dickon Sowerby, a young local boy who can charm animals, Mary cultivates the garden, an experience that both improves herhealth and raises her spirits. Ultimately, the secret garden proves beneficial not only to Mary, but to her sickly cousin Colin, whom her estranged uncle has locked away in solitude following the death of his beloved wife, Colin's mother. Nurtured with love and tenderness,the secret garden proves it has the power to heal the heart.
Robert Ingpen's stunning art fully captures the story's poignancy and beauty - making in a volume that parents and children will treasure forever.
]]>Jim and his guardians hire a boat to sail to the island, unaware that crew they have hired includes many members of Flint's pirate band, among them former quartermasterLong John Silver,and that they hope to claim the treasure for their own. Theensuing action-packed adventure establishedthe classicpirate story as itwas written for more than a centuryafterward, and it made the literary reputation of its young author, Robert Louis Stevenson.
]]>Who said ordinariness is boring? This book shows ordinary things, along with their origins and inventors, in a new light. Come explore their secrets!
They're all around us. We use them daily, pass them by, and it never occurs to us to stop and think about where they came from. What, you ask? The most ordinary things in the world, of course! Shoes, umbrellas, toothbrushes, toothpicks, socks, dolls, and so on and so forth. How did theycome to be? Who invented them? How did they develop and change over time? To learn the answers to these questions, peek behind the curtain that drapes the most ordinary things in mystery. Then read on and learn the story of common things.
]]>Eva Chupikova, a Czech author and illustrator, focuses on bringing history and culture to life for children. She has been nominated several times for the prestigious Czech IBBY Golden Ribbon Award.
]]>The Great Wall of China, Petra, The Colosseum, Chichen Itz, Machu Picchu, The Taj Mahal, and Christ the Redeemer were selected as the new seven wonders of the world by over 600 million people who participated in a vote between 2000 and 2007. But have you ever wondered how these monumental structures were built centuries ago without using the modern technologies and heavy machinery that is available today? This book will give you the answers you are looking for.
These buildings are a unique cross-section of world architecture and offer a unique opportunity to compare the approaches, but also cultures of the entire world and different historical periods. Come and travel with us across the world and time and peek behind the curtain of the creation of the architectural monuments that have helped shape the current world.
]]>Tom Velcovsky is a graduate in Audiovisual Production from the Silesian University in Opava, Czechia, where he specialised in screenwriting and storyboards. Before switching to children's books and the making of comic strips, he worked in advertising.
Jan Sramek is a visual artist, illustrator and teacher from the Czech Republic. His work has been presented at galleries and festivals all over the world, notably in London, New York, Amsterdam, Seoul, and Beijing. His illustrations for the book That's Metro, Man! were selected for a prestigious exhibition at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in 2020.
]]>This series takes young readers to different parts of the world, showing a wide range of cultures and traditions. See how varied the world is!
Are you curious how people make merry in other countries? Good company, great food and drink, and most importantly, lots of fun-we all like celebrating holidays! But have you ever wondered how people spend holidays across the world? Together we'll join in with many celebrations, all of them different. What's Halloween like in Ireland, and Timkat in Ethiopia? What are the customs observed at Hanukkah? You'll make new friends who'll tell you all about their culture. Ready to explore? It's party time all over the world!
]]>Pavla Hanackova(19902021) was a Czech author who studied English and Chinese at Palacky University, Olomouc, and later worked as a children's book editor for Albatros. In addition to her love of travel, she had a deep passion for food and all things food-related. She hailed from a picturesque Moravian village surrounded by vineyards.
Michaela Bergmannovais an illustrator from Czechia. A graduate of the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, she worked with Czech Television on several children's shows. She has also illustrated several children's books and she also works for a children's magazine. What she loves most about how the children perceive the world is the delight that kids take in new discoveries and their straightforwardness to new topics.
]]>Tomas Pernickylives and works in Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic. He is freelance graphic designer and illustrator and specializes in the creation of logos and corporate identities.
]]>Realistic illustrations accompany the stories behind various more or less peculiar vehicles that were invented but in the end, they did not make the cut.
We all travel sometimes - by car, by public transport, or by plane. But there are some means of transport that we will never be able to use.Let's open this book and learn how come we don't travel in flying cars, why trains don't ride on a single rail, or why there are no life-size remote control cars.
You're about to be flooded with infamous ideas, prototypes, and crazy attempts at coming up with something new over the course of the last century. The means of transport presented in this book may have not led to a technological revolution but did help us progress. After all, people learn from their mistakes.
]]>Stepanka Sekaninova used to work as a TV reporter and in the production of children's programs. Now she is a writer and a editor-in-chief, living in the Czech Republic.
Martin Sodomka was born in 1968 and he studied at the Department of Industrial Design Management. His first job was as a design engineer. In 1993 he founded a graphics studio. In 2012 he published, at his own expense, How to Build a Car, the first book in the Technical Tales series; this book was inspired by his restoration of a classic car (1963 koda Octavia). This book became an immediate bestseller and was translated into ten languages. Martin Sodomka is married with two children.
]]>Learn how to classify various animals from big-sized illustrations!
Vast numbers of animals live here on Earth, from tiny insects to large mammals. The animal world is varied and quite interesting. This encyclopedia will introduce you to several hundreds of the best known and most interesting animals on the whole planet, and to top it off , it will help you put each one of them into the right group. This book will show you an attractive selection of mammals, rodents, ungulates, primates, predators, cetaceans, birds, fish, cartilaginous fish, amphibians, reptiles, insects, and other animal groups that can be found all over Earth. Beautiful illustrations and simple texts make this book indispensable for all children.
]]>A unique guide to 30 of the world's most beloved cities, including 5 U.S. cities, accompanied by more than 1,000 gorgeous watercolour illustrations, matched by a vibrant writing style.
From the rain-soaked streets of London to the blooming cherry blossoms of Kyoto and the sun-scorched alleys of Cairo, this captivating book takes kids on a globe-trotting journey through the world's most picturesque cities.
It features more than 1,000 individual watercolour illustrations of 30 cities, including 5 cities from the USA:
By being immersed in the vibrant illustrations, kids will feel like they're right there in each location, whether they're boarding a red double-decker bus in London or zigzagging through crowds in a tuk-tuk in Cairo. As we stroll along streets steeped in history, we'll admire ancient monuments and marvel at some wonders of modern architecture. And when we're ready for a break, we can taste local delicacies, from croissants in France to sushi in Japan.
Magdalena Konecna illustrated her first book when she was only 17 years old. Her main sources of inspiration are her dreams and travels and the natural world. You can find her pictures on greeting cards and in notebooks, as well as in various publications. She lives and works in the Czech Republic.
]]>Niccolo the cricket would like to become a musician. But which instrument should he start with? The violin? The guitar? The trumpet? All at once? Well, he does have six limbs, so why not? In any case, Niccolo and his trusty companion Luciano the nightingale travel the world as they learn about musical instruments of all kinds, from simple drums to the most sophisticated church organs. Do you know what didgeridoo, shamisen, or vozembouch are? Would you rather become a member of symphony orchestra or a rock band? Lets find out! If you are interested in music at least a little, join Niccolo and Luciano and learn the stories of musical instruments along with them.
]]>Enter a world where we shine a light on the similarities between ourselves and other living beings. Like us, many animals learn and can use tools. They experience emotions, have friends and show their love for one another.
They can construct majestic buildings that provide shelter for many families. They can also communicate with their companions and do all kinds of different jobs. Do you know who we're talking about? If you guessed humans, you are mistaken. No, in this case we're talking about termites! Humans have much more in common with them and other creatures than it might seem at first glance. And that's exactly what this book is about. Enter a world where we shine a light on the similarities between ourselves and other living beings. Like us, many animals learn and can use tools. They experience emotions, have friends, and show their love for one another. Open your mind and your heart, and learn to treat the living creatures around you with the respect and reverence they deserve. They have much to teach us!
]]>Dasha Lebesheva is an illustrator from Moscow, Russia. After she graduated from the British Higher School of Art and Design Dasha discovered vector illustration and developed her own style. It is based on smooth lines, angular silhouettes and precise geometry. Dasha likes working with shapes and colors, simplifying, seeking and finding the best solution minimalistic but expressive. Dasha loves dogs, gorillas, funny socks and pumpkin soup. She usually spends her free time playing video games, reading comics and beautiful children's books, rewatching Disney animated films and eating chocolate cereal (preferably at night).
The body of the text is dedicated to a systematic presentation of the specialised metabolites that are present in the plant kingdom, with a continual engagement with those sourced from Australian customary medicinal flora. This section is broken into four chapters based on the structural differences present in these molecules: phenolic-type, terpenoid-type, alkaloid-type and a catch-all miscellaneous-type. Each of these chapters presents a tabulated breakdown of the presence of any of the 133 natural product infraclasses across 266 native plant genera reported in the literature, all of which is available on the associated website (www.cmfoa.info). A conclusion offers grounded speculation on where the field is heading.
]]>Melissa Serrurier is a specialist in Indigenous curriculum and education, drawing on her Indigenous heritage (Guugu Yimidhirr) and education to further the advancement of Indigenous education methodologies through her work in higher education. She is currently conducting a PhD in Education (Indigenous Pedagogies) and is the STEM College Indigenous curriculum specialist at RMIT University.
Sylvia Urban FRACI, SFHEA is one of Australia's leading natural product chemists, heading the Marine and Terrestrial Natural Product (MATNAP) research group. She is also the program manager of the Bachelor of Science degree and the Reconciliation and Responsible Practice Facilitation, School of Science (STEM College) at RMIT University.
]]>Written by industry experts and practitioners, Guidelines for Open Pit and Waste Dump Closure is the sixth in a series of books developed by the Large Open Pit (LOP) Project. Focused on the technical challenges related to geology, geotechnical engineering, water and geochemistry, it covers the key aspects that relate to closure of open pits and waste dumps, including planning, long-term physical and chemical stability and post mining land use (PMLU). The book also includes workflows that provide clarity on geotechnical and hydrogeological assessments relating to closure planning; definition of pragmatic objectives and measures of success; implementation and monitoring for open pits and waste dumps for closure; and how these may interact with adjacent land uses.
Drawing on global lessons learned on mine closure over a period of more than 30 years, this comprehensive guide uses industry experience to set out a road map to closure and potentially relinquishment of open pits and waste dumps. It will be invaluable for mine closure practitioners, corporate planners, mine management, mining engineers and technical staff, mine stakeholders and regulators.
]]>Geoff Beale has worked for 47 years in water management for the minerals industry and has worked in over 70 countries. He is well known for his wide-ranging experience with open pit and underground mine dewatering, environmental planning of mine sites and mine closure, and has been involved with many of the world's largest mining operations.
Dr Trevor Carter has been involved with mine closure studies and implementation for more than 40 years, both on behalf of the minerals industry and with regulators. He currently is an independent consultant with continuing involvement on a number of mining and hydropower review boards worldwide.
]]>However, most of the literature has focused on either macro- or micro-level issues, and what has not been adequately analysed is how the majority of ordinary people has reacted to and influenced the changes. This inadequacy has affected our understanding of Chinese society, its dynamics and the changing trends. Drawing upon a new perspective of competitive social repositioning, and the evidence recorded in numerous recent publications and interview data, this book seeks to re-examine the ever-changing, but under-researched, societal dynamics driving social transformations in China from 1964, when the communist heir narrative was rebranded and utilised, to 2000, when Jiang Zemin formulated the Three-Represents theory to modify the ideological political thinking of China's ruling elites. This analysis focuses on how a high proportion of aspirational citizens have kept repositioning themselves in China's changing distributions of social resources and social structure, how their attitudes and behaviours have been shaped over time, what characteristics of their choices are at different stages, and how their preferences have resulted in the zig-zag patterns of China's recent social change.
]]>First Nations and majority-world perspectives are contextual and unique. They share a common aim of disrupting established beliefs on research methodologies and the unquestioned norms that dictate whose knowledge the academy values. The ten chapters in this edited collection describe how the authors draw on Indigenous knowledge systems, feminist frameworks, and creative methodologies as anti-colonial research praxis. The examples span several disciplines such as development studies, geography, education, sexual and reproductive health, humanitarian studies, and social work. Authors use a reflexive approach to discuss specific factors that shape how they engage in research ethically, to lead readers through a reflection on their own practices and values. The book reimagines social research using an anti-colonial lens and concludes with a collaboratively developed and co-written set of provocations for anti-colonial research praxis that situate this important work in the context of ongoing colonial violence and institutional constraints.
This book is an essential guide for researchers and scholars within and beyond the academy on how anti-colonial research praxis can produce meaningful outcomes, especially in violent and troubled times.
Cover art courtesy of Tawny Chatmon
]]>It was also a watershed moment within the history of analytic philosophy itself. Yet scholarly consensus around a satisfactory interpretation of the nature of the critique, the extent of and reasons for its impact on Russell, along with the role it played within Wittgenstein's development have remained elusive.
With these facts in mind, this book aims to accomplish four interrelated goals. The first is to develop a compelling reading of Wittgenstein's MayJune 1913 critique of Russell's MRTJ. The second is to defend this reading, called the 'logical interpretation' (or LI) against its most prominent competitors in the scholarly literature. Third, the book aims to situate Wittgenstein's critique of the MRTJ and Russell's reaction to it, within the broader context of each of Wittgenstein's and Russell's respective philosophical developments.
Fourth and finally, the book aims to introduce students and scholars of early analytic philosophy to, and familiarise them with the historical events, textual evidence, scholarly controversies, letters, notes and diagrams, consideration of which is integral to constructing a plausible reading of Wittgenstein's objection.
]]>This book reviews changes in attitudes towards immigrants in Britain and the language used to put these feelings into words between 1921 and 2021. It analyses in what context attitudes were articulated and where they came from.
]]>Rma, the hero of the Rmyaa epic, is dispatched to kill ambka, whose transgression is said to be the cause of a young Brahmin's death. The gods rejoice upon the dra's death and restore the life of the Brahmin. Subsequent Rmyaa poets almost instantly recognized this incident as a blemish on Rma's character and they began problematizing this earliest version of the story. They adjusted and updated the story to suit the expectations of their audiences. The works surveyed in this study include numerous works originating in Hindu, Jain, Dalit and non-Brahmin communities while spanning the period from ambka's first appearance in the Vlmki Rmyaa through to the present day.
The book follows the ambka episode chronologically across its entire history approximately two millennia to illuminate the social, religious, legal, and artistic connections that span the entire range of the Rmyaa's influence and its place throughout various phases of Indian history and social revolution.
]]>It replaces direct address with intimations of surveillance and interpellation, reading characters and their actions as we read it for our situationality within it. In the novels of Anthony Trollope who continually refers to a vox populi, public opinion has an economy, as a kind of currency in which reputation is priced and marketed while itself seeming inconclusive and undeveloped, even among its self-appointed spokesmen.
It takes its place among a number of institutions that knit the country together as a a network of conveyances with different points of entry: roads, railroads, ports, and canals and the post office in which Trollope served as a civil servant for over 30 years. One such institution is the expanding bureaucracy which mediates between the people and those who regulate human activity and its exposure to government regulation. The ex-posure (literally to be placed outside oneself) is one of the ways in which public opinion, lacking a responsible subjectivity that can be held to account, removes individual subjectivity, threatening (or enabling) a rebirth in acccountability.
Yet, for all of its potentially subversive qualities, public opinion is a collective narrative - disgusing itself as a unitary voice - that often misreads character and, in the Parliamentary Novels, ideology. As it is vulnerable to being misread by politicians, public opinion also misreads, especially the arrivistes attempting to enter the social and economic life of the country. Because of its resistance to inscriptive genres, the vox populi may well represent the lost orality of the epic to which critics like Georg Lukaks have called our attention.
'At once sympathetic to a people's plight and angry with its self-delusions, this is a brave book to have written and a rich, unsettling one to read.' The Literary Review
'From often bleak material, Mahi Binebine has written a moving novel that is full of life and light, aided by a fine translation from the French by Lulu Norman.' The Independent
'Binebine's terse, bleak, compassionate Welcome to Paradise is both topical and rare in tracing the poverty and cruelty emigrants are escaping.' Financial Times
]]>For forty years, Sultan Said bin Taimur personally controlled everything that happened, deliberately cutting the nation off from the headlong development of the rest of the world. Fortunately for Oman this would change, and fortunately for us, we have a first-hand witness to this complex society before that watershed.
Ian Skeet travelled across its vast sand deserts and arid highlands in 19668, preparing the wary inhabitants for the coming of oil, visiting its isolated walled cities, fortified oasis communities and independent-minded Bedouin tribes. The sultan's motives may have been pure to preserve his people from the sin of usury and the slavery of foreign debt but Ian Skeet's portrait is a devastating study of the dead hand of autocracy.
With a new biographical afterword from Ian's son, Mark Skeet.
'A marvellous work so learned, so full of insight and yet often so funny.' Jan Morris
'a totally fabulous portrait of a land on the brink, drawn with intelligenceand sardonic good humour.' Sara Wheeler
This slim book was little short of revolutionary in its fearless championing of Greek Orthodoxy and Byzantine civilisation, reversing centuries of western prejudice. It was the first of Robert Byron's travel books, revealing the flashing wit, bravery, passion and astonishing powers of visual observation which made him such a brilliant writer. The playfully obscure title is only finally explained in his last sentence: This is the holy Mountain Athos, station of a faith where all the years have stopped.
]]>In Pondicherry he found Rita, a melancholic divorcee banished to an ashram. He saw the great temple at Madurai, watched the snakeboat races at Arunmala, stayed with Syriac Christians at Cochin and was offered heroin in the Jewish cemetery.
Wherever he went he met extraordinary people, but these encounters take second place to his ripening friendship with the Trivedi family, and his exact chronicling of their neighbours. As Major Trivedi warned him nothing is as fixed as you think.
Three Quarters of a Footprint has long fascinated readers with its gentle, perceptive humour, chilled occasionally by a shadow of menace, as if the spirit and wit of R. K. Narayan had been reborn in an Englishman.
'Joe Roberts writes a crisp, succinct style and, like a reincarnated Naipaul, lets the people he meets in India speak in their own voices.' India Today
]]>Eve Dickson is a Senior Research Fellow at University College London.
]]>Islamophobia, anti-racism and the British left combines first-hand accounts from activists and community workers across two British cities with sociological theory, critically interrogating Islamophobia's relationship to 'race', racial capitalism and other modalities of racism. Setting this discussion against some of the most pertinent political shifts in Britain in recent years from the resurgence of left nationalism to Black Lives Matter the book assesses the limits of recent attempts to think about and tackle Islamophobia, and considers the possibilities of an alternative approach from and for the anti-racist left.
]]>Nicholas Holden is Head of Academic Affairs and Research at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
]]>The book examines the growth in permanent and temporary immigration to Canada. It explores changes in selection criteria and evaluates their impact on key policy objectives: contributing to Canadian economic prosperity, facilitating family reunification, providing refuge for those fleeing persecution, and enabling the integration of immigrants and their descendants into Canadian society. The book sheds light on the legal, political, economic, and social paradoxes inherent in Canadian immigration policy, highlighting shifts in exclusion powers, deportation practices, settlement support, and citizenship rules, as well as their implications for Canadian ideals of multiculturalism, fairness, and integration. It documents the lack of transparency and informed public engagement in policy formation and the implications this lack may have on maintaining public confidence and ensuring that immigration policies align with the national interests.
Driven by a conviction that the contemporary changes in immigration policy need to be examined in a comprehensive and inclusive way, Reshaping the Mosaic looks at recent shifts and their implications for society and offers invaluable insights for policymakers, scholars, and stakeholders, aiming to assist the development of a new immigration policy framework.
]]>Jeffrey G. Reitz is the R.F. Harney Professor Emeritus of Ethnic, Immigration, and Pluralism Studies, a professor emeritus of sociology, and an affiliated faculty member at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto.
Michael J. Trebilcock is a university professor emeritus of law and economics at the University of Toronto.
]]>In Western culture, the phenomenon of spontaneous inner imagery is often considered unusual or abnormal. Newman challenges this perspective by suggesting that many people experience spontaneous visual, auditory, and kinesthetic imagery and contends that such imagery may be a potential key to understanding psychic and mental processes. She shows how these images may be interpreted differently across different cultures as spiritual messages, omens, sources of scientific and artistic inspiration, psychological insights, symptoms of mental illness, or simply nonsensical productions of the mind.
In visualising these images on the page, this book invites readers to delve deeper into the complexities of inner imagery both within psychics and within themselves. Newman illustrates the film-like inner images commonly experienced yet frequently overlooked, revealing the uncertainty involved in translating between images and words. By analysing Elizabeth's and her own experiences, Newman underscores the challenges inherent in this translation process.
]]>In 1714, doctor, philosopher and writer Bernard Mandeville published The Fable of the Bees, a humorous tale in which a prosperous hive full of greedy and licentious bees trade their vices for virtues and immediately fall into economic and societal collapse. Outrage among the reading public followed; philosophers took up their pens to refute what they saw as the fable's central assertion. How could it be that an immoral community thrived but the introduction of morality caused it to crash and burn? In Man-Devil, John Callanan examines Mandeville and his famous fable, showing how its contentious claim that vice was essential to the economic flourishing of any society formed part of Mandeville's overall theory of human nature. Mandeville, Callanan argues, was perfectly suited to analyse and satirise the emerging phenomenon of modern society and reveal the gap between its self-image and its reality.
Callanan shows that Mandeville's thinking was informed by his medical training and his innovative approach to the treatment of illness with both physiological and psychological components. Through incisive and controversial analyses of sexual mores, gender inequality, economic structures, and political ideology, Mandeville sought to provide a naturalistic account of human behaviour one that put humans in close continuity with animals. Aware that his fellow human beings might find this offensive, he cloaked his theories in fables, poems, anecdotes, and humorous stories. Mandeville mastered irony precisely for the purpose of making us aware of uncomfortable aspects of our deepest natures aspects that we still struggle to acknowledge today.
]]>The claimed pedigrees in the medieval Gaelic 1467 manuscript and the Irish genealogies are critically analysed in relation to each other, and their historical authenticity tested against other evidence, including the Gaelic or Norse quality of their recorded names. Contemporary literary material is considered alongside later recorded traditions descending from the seanchaidh, whose work was to hand down to posterity the valorous actions, conquests, battles, skirmishes, marriages and relations of the chiefly ancestors by relating and singing them at births, baptisms, marriages, inaugurations, feasts and funerals. The family pedigrees offer crucial insights into the nature of medieval society, supporting and sometimes explaining a family's socio-political position. As an exercise in propaganda, a pedigree was susceptible to fabrication and not to be trusted uncritically.
David Sellar's meticulous analysis reveals the social and political realities of medieval Celtic Scotland, making use of heraldic evidence as well as his legal expertise, in a fluent and reader-friendly style.
]]>Hector L. MacQueen is Emeritus Professor of Private Law, University of Edinburgh. He was Scottish Law Commissioner 2009-18, President of the Society of Legal Scholars 201213, Literary Director of the Stair Society 1999-2017 and has been Vice-President of the Stair Society since 2018. He is author of Common Law and Feudal Society in Medieval Scotland, co-author of Law, Lordship and Tenure: The Fall of the Black Douglases and editor of Continuity, Influences and Integration in Scottish Legal History: Select Essays of David Sellar.
]]>Tycho van der Hoog examines the relations between victorious southern African liberation movements and North Korea, from the 1960s to the present. He explains why African presidents sang and danced at parties in Pyongyang, and why North Korean books were translated into Swahili and Afrikaans. He reveals how African soldiers were trained in guerrilla warfare by North Korean instructors, and how North Korean labourers construct monuments in Africa in the shape of AK-47s. And he explores the question of how revolutionary regimes, motivated by a need for survival, work together to defy the global order.
Based on extensive research across four continents including recently disclosed African liberation archives and Korean diplomatic cables this innovative study is the first book on African-North Korean relations.
]]>Enthusiasts and professional photographers alike welcome the combination of vintage look and advanced features, including sophisticated subject detection of people, animals, vehicles, and airplanes; focus shift shooting for extended depth-of-field; and a super-high resolution Pixel Shift mode that quadruples the camera's resolution to an amazing 98 megapixels.
Add in a pre-release feature that captures action that happened before you clicked the shutter, a switch that shifts the camera seamlessly into black-and-white mode, 4K video, and continuous shooting at up to 30 frames per second, and you'll see why photographers are so excited about the Nikon Zf. With this book in hand, you'll master all these impressive features, and fine tune your camera skills as you develop your creativity while taking great photographs with your new Zf.
Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-colour illustrations, David Busch's Nikon Zf Guide to Digital Photography covers the cameras' still photography capabilities in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more, and relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. Also included is an introduction to the cameras' video features. A handy visual guide to the Zf offers close-up photos and descriptions of the cameras' essential features and controls. Learn when to use each option and, more importantly, when not With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera's capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Nikon Zf today.
]]>The graduate of Kent State University is a former newspaper reporter/photographer, and operated his own commercial photo studio, shooting sports, weddings, portraits, fashion, architecture, product photography, and travel images. For 22 years he was a principal in CCS/PR, Inc., one of the largest public relations/marketing firms based in San Diego, working on press conferences, press kits, media tours, and sponsored photo trade magazine articles for Eastman Kodak Company and other imaging companies. His 2500 articles and accompanying photos have appeared inside and on the covers of hundreds of magazines, includingPopular Photography, Rangefinder, andProfessional Photographer.
For the last decade, Busch has devoted much of his time to sharing his photographic expertise, both in publications, and in seminar/workshops he hosts at the Cleveland Photographic Society School of Photography. He has been a call-in guest for 21 different radio shows nationally and in major markets, including WTOP-AM (Washington), KYW-AM (Philadelphia), USA Network (Daybreak USA), WPHM-AM (Detroit), KMJE-FM (Sacramento), CJAD-AM (Montreal), WBIX-AM (Boston), ABC Radio Network (Jonathan & Mary Show). He's also been a call-in guest for one Canadian television show, and appeared live onBreakfast Televisionin Toronto, the Today Show of the Great White North.
With a total of more than 200 books to his credit, Busch has had as many as five books appear simultaneously in the Amazon.com Top 25 Digital Photography Books, and when Michael Carr of About.com named the top five digital photography books for beginners, the initial #1 and #2 choices were Busch'sDigital Photography All-in-One Desk Reference for DummiesandMastering Digital Photography. His work has been translated into Arabic, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Bulgarian, German, Italian, French, and other languages. Busch lives in Ravenna, Ohio, and you can find him online at www.dslrguides.com.
]]>More journalists have been killed in Gaza since October 2023 than during the entirety of World War II and the numbers of journalists killed, injured, or exiled from both Russia and Ukraine since the Russian invasion in 2021 continues to grow.
The University of Oregon staged the 'Extra! Extra! Refugee Journalists become the Story Migrating to Stay Alive' conference in April 2024 with expert guest speakers: refugee journalists, academic experts, and others who specialise in exiled journalist issues and threats to journalists and free expression.
The symposium brought Mexican refugee journalists in exile to the University of Oregon campus for keynote speeches followed by workshops with other experts in the fields of freedom of expression and threats to journalists. These workshops led to student field work during the conference dates, work regarding how the crises examined during the conference impact tools used by immigrants to obtain news from their countries of origin.
The material generated during the symposium plus ancillary reportage fuels the critical stories and conclusions told in the book Don't Shoot the Journalists.
]]>What do conspiracy theories, algorithms and meritocracy have in common? All three avoid contingency and frantically look for necessities. The COVID-19 crisis has brought about a proliferation of conspiracy theories that reject, among other things, official accounts of the virus's origins and remedies, and sometimes even the existence of the virus itself. Conspiratorial thinking usually links events to secret plots concocted by powerful conspirators, whether it be Bill Gates or Big Pharma. In this book, I point to another dominant driving force: the desire to find simple and apparently reasonable explanations for phenomena that are actually purely random and contingent. Often, unfounded conspiracy theories emerge because contingency is not accepted, and necessities are looked for at all costs. Nothing happens by chance, and there must be a plan or an intelligent design behind everything.
This book deals with 'contingency phobia'. This special phobia is not only manifest in most unwarranted conspiracy theories, but it also appears, in Western culture, as a recurrent psychological, cognitive and scientific pattern. It is the cause of a variety of other phenomena that have become emblematic for liberal democracies, such as the contemporary algorithm culture or the obsession with merit and ranking. Not only the conspiratorial mindset rejects a world of contingency and strives to create a universe structured by a necessary order; life coaches, algorithm engineers and neoliberal meritocrats all do the same. This book analyses these phenomena by using the same criteria: how do humans deal with contingency and how do they try to establish necessities?
Some philosophies, such as Daoism and Zen Buddhism, make unwarranted conspiracy theories quasi-impossible because they find original ways of combining contingency with ontological, theological or cosmological premises. I identify sources that other disciplines examining conspiracy theories, for example, political science, anthropology, psychology or sociology, have rarely seen as primary. Political scientists focus on the macro level and construe conspiracy theories mostly as national or regional phenomena whereas anthropologists, psychologists and sociologists tend to focus on the micro level. The present study is an example of practical philosophy depicting conspiratorial thinking as an organic or a dynamic phenomenon by crystallising cognitive and cultural 'necessity-contingency patterns' that can be found in politics, culture, religion and science.
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