Addressing a growing need to examine environmental issues from a cultural perspective, this innovative book adopts a cultural studies approach to reach a deeper understanding of the significance of ecological issues in our lives. Eco-Impacts and the Greening of Postmodernity explores such vital questions as: Can nature survive? How do academic ...
Jabez Spencer Balfour was a businessman, philanthropist, politician, temperance campaigner and charmer. He was also an astonishing scoundrel - a liar, adulterer and cheat - who perpetrated the most destructive fraud of the 19th century.
"Digging Deeper" is a comprehensive manual of investigative techniques and a guide filled with practical tips on how to find information on the public record in Canada. Too often, journalists and other researchers take the lead from others, allowing governments, corporations, and other organizations to define the news, deciding what is newsworthy ...
This volume makes a challenging critique of the idea of Cosmopolis - that is, the idea of world or 'global' government. In recent years this idea has been put forward as a way of averting the threat of war and international disorder, and as a way of avoiding the destruction of the planet. Proponents of this idea call for a radical reform of the ...
This book pulls together the finest writing from the Guardian in 2002. From eyewitness reports, to political commentary, art criticism to sports, diary stories to editorials, obituaries to photography, The Guardian Year covers it all and provides a lasting record of a year in journalism. With contributions from some of the Guardian's best writers ...
This Tarot kit offers a visual way to access intuitive guidance. The illustrated pack of 105 cards includes new images, suites and spreads to deal with contemporary questions and conditions, and it revitalizes those parts of the traditional Tarot that are most revelant today. It draws together teaching from Aboriginal, African, Celtic and Native ...
Starting on a green bus in Leeds and culminating atop the number 94 as it speeds towards Trafalgar Square, David McKie sets out to reclaim Britain's towns and villages and transforms them into strange and wonderful locations of history, legend and personality. Traveling the length and breadth of Britain, from the Forest of Bowland to Bradwell-on ...
Starting on a green bus in Leeds and culminating atop the number 94 as it speeds towards Trafalgar Square, David McKie sets out to reclaim Britain's towns and villages and transforms them into strange and wonderful locations of history, legend and personality. Traveling the length and breadth of Britain, from the Forest of Bowland to Bradwell-on ...
Written and edited by "Guardian" journalists, this is a guide to the 1992 General Election, comprising a mixture of comment, analysis, information and humour. It includes features on the campaign issues, the party leaders and the key marginal seats.
This book provides a full record of MPs, their "interests", their voting patterns, the principal parliamentary bills, select committee reports, Lords' votes and profiles of the still functioning members of the "other place", local and European governmental decisions and changes. The book also includes a retrospective by Hugo Young, a prospective ...
Written by subject experts to ensure high-level exam guidance and assessment support, this work provides in-depth coverage of the qualification that is perfectly pitched for the Level 3 learner. Breadth of coverage across the Core and Specialist Student Books ensures that students are supported on whichever pathway they choose. This work reflects ...
In this unique gazetteer, David McKie has assembled a treasure trove of fascinating and unfamiliar stories of the localities and landmarks of Britain, the highlights of a lifetime exploring the byways of our country's hidden history.From Castle Dangerous in South Lanarkshire to Defiance Platform in Cornwall, from the City of Three Waters in ...
Computer-Assisted Reporting: A Canadian Primer is a nuts-and-bolts guide for students in journalism programs at both the university and college level, as well as practicing reporters in print and broadcasting. Each chapter will cover a range of software skills that are presented using the same kind of data journalists use by combining the best ...
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