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La MaMa Experimental Theatre – A Lasting Bridge Between Cultures The Dialogue with European Theater in the Years 1961–1975

La MaMa Experimental Theatre – A Lasting Bridge Between Cultures The Dialogue with European Theater in the Years 1961–1975

This book focuses on the role of La MaMa Experimental Theatre within Avant-garde theater during the 1960s and 1970s. This study investigates the involvement of the Off-Off Broadway circuit in the Avant-garde experimentations both in the United States (New York specifically) and in Europe. This exploration shows the two-way influence – between Europe and the United States – testified by documents gathered in years of archival research. In this relevant artistic exchange La MaMa (and Ellen Stewart as its founder and artistic director) emerges as a key element. La MaMa’s companies brought to Europe the American culture and the New York underground culture while their members learnt European training techniques by attending workshops or taking part in the research of Eugenio Barba Jerzy Grotowski and Peter Brook and brought their principles back to the United States. This book goes through a chronological path that presents some key cases of collaboration between the above-mentioned European masters and some La MaMa’s artists and companies: Tom O ’Horgan and La MaMa Repertory Troupe the Open Theatre Andrei Serban and The Great Jones Repertory Company La MaMa Plexus. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in theater and performance studies. | La MaMa Experimental Theatre – A Lasting Bridge Between Cultures The Dialogue with European Theater in the Years 1961–1975

GBP 130.00
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5S para todos 5 pilares de la fabrica visual

5S para todos 5 pilares de la fabrica visual

Las 5S son el lugar de comienzo para cualquier actividad o programa de mejora en su lugar de trabajo. Aqui esta la clave del exito para cualquier proceso de cambio que quiera usted implementar en la fabricaci?n. Este libro le ayuda a ensenarle a sus operarios las bases de las 5S: organizar ordenar asear limpieza rutinaria y disciplina. Incluye ilustraciones gu?as de pgina resumenes preguntas y respuestas para asegurar asimilacion de los conceptos. | 5S para todos 5 pilares de la fabrica visual

GBP 175.00
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Kanban Y JUST-IN-TIME EN TOYOTA

Kanban Y JUST-IN-TIME EN TOYOTA

Este libro ofrece una introducci?n clara y completa al Just-in-Time y sigue siendo uno de nuestros ?xitos de mayor venta. El texto esta basado en seminarios dictados por Taichi Ohno creador del Just-in-Time para entrenar a los suplidores de Toyota. La verdad que descubrio el Sr. Ohno es que la mejora nunca se detiene - un concepto basado en la tradicion samurai en la cual un guerrero (gerente) nunca deja de perfeccionar su estilo (su habilidad de administrar) y nunca deja de pulir su espada (mejorar el proceso y el producto). Al leer este libro usted vera claramente la magia del sistema Toyota. Los conceptos aqui expuestos se pueden aplicar a fabricaci?n repetitiva industrias de procesos a casi todo tipo de empresa de fabricaci?n e inclusive a oficinas. (Esta edicion incluye material adicional preparado por Yasuhiro Monden una autoridad en cuanto al sistema de producci?n de Toyota. ) | Kanban Y JUST-IN-TIME EN TOYOTA

GBP 170.00
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A New Dictionary of Music

A New Dictionary of Music

What is a fugue? What is the difference between a saxophone and a saxhorn? Who besides Puccini wrote an opera called La Boheme? In what year was the National Broadcasting Company Orchestra formed under Arturo Toscanini's direction? These and thousands of similar questions are answered in this comprehensive dictionary that remains unrivaled as a single-volume summary. A New Dictionary of Music is a basic reference work for anyone interested in music whether performer or layman. It covers orchestral solo choral and chamber music opera and (in its musical aspects) the ballet. There are entries for composers (with biographies and details of compositions); works well known by their titles such as operas and symphonic poems; orchestras performers and conductors of importance today; musical instruments (including those of the dance and brass bands); and technical terms. English names and terms are used whenever possible but foreign terms in general use are cross-referenced. Particular importance has been attached to bringing the reader abreast of new musical developments. The composers and musical works chosen were those most likely to be encountered. Where an opera is given an entry a brief explanation of the title follows. Similarly explication is provided for other works bearing literary or otherwise allusive titles. Among performers and conductors only the following are included: those who although dead continue to be prominent through recorded performances (e. g. Gigli); the highest-ranking international artists of today plus a very few apparently on the verge of attaining that rank; and a few who though not necessarily at the very head of their profession are closely associated with composers in bringing out new works or are conductors in charge of important orchestras.

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Making a Difference in Families Research that creates change

Making a Difference in Families Research that creates change

'This 'must read' volume will challenge every researcher to re-examine their assumptions and approach to research with families. Munford and Sanders emphasise the positive contribution research can make through the development of an inclusive research process. Their model extends the principles of the action research method by emphasising the contribution of families at each stage of the research and dissemination of results through an easily assessable 'range of research products'. The thought-provoking case studies articulate the strengths and realities of applying their model in a wide variety of settings in different countries. ' - Angeline Barretta-Herman Professor of Social Work University of St Thomas'This book tackles the hard issues which are becoming of vital importance for all researchers. How our research can make a difference to research participants and our communities and also satisfy the needs of other players are some of the difficult questions this book addresses. The book's direct approach and its inclusion of work from around the globe make it widely applicable. ' - Professor Jan Fook La Trobe UniversityDoing research with families poses particular challenges in social work and welfare. The families are generally clients of social services and can be in a vulnerable position. Also it is important that family research contributes to improving practice in clinical and community work. Making a Difference in Families discusses key approaches to research with families including action research focus groups and participant observation. Contributors explore both qualitative and quantitative methods and examine ways in which researchers can involve participants in the research process. Detailed case studies are provided of research in a variety of settings and with different kinds of family situations. | Making a Difference in Families Research that creates change

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Classical Islam A History 600 A

Classical Islam A History 600 A

In a book written with the poignancy and beauty appropriate to its subject matter the author opens by reminding us that the essence of a society is in a sense identical with its history. Classical Islam also serves as a reminder that in the case of Islam despite its triumphs on the fields of battle telling its history is the only way open to us to render that essence accessible and show it from all sides. The work offers a grand narrative of a faith that offers an interpretation of the world a way of life and a style of thinking that goes far beyond institutional or political supports. The relevance of this historical perspective is beyond dispute. The period from 610 A. D. when Muhammad received his call until the conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258 is known as the classical period of Islam. This was the period of the great expansion of Islam both as a political structure and as a religious and intellectual community. It established the base for the development of the high Islamic civilization of North Africa the Near East Persia and India as well as further expansion of the Islamic religious and intellectual community throughout the world. This book presents an authoritative history of the period written by one of the world's leading experts on the subject. Classical Islam examines the relationships both cultural and political between the Islamic world and the Mediterranean countries and India and elaborates on the economic social and intellectual factors and forces that shaped the Muslim world and molded its interactions with infidels. The work is written in a clear and direct narrative form emphasizing simultaneously the major intellectual trends and the political events and tendencies of the formative period in Islamic history that still resonates today. | Classical Islam A History 600 A

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Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-Century Liberal Political Writing Political Zoologies of the French Enlightenment

Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-Century Liberal Political Writing Political Zoologies of the French Enlightenment

Our tendency to read French Enlightenment political writing from a narrow disciplinary perspective has obscured the hybrid character of political philosophy rhetoric and natural science in the period. As Michèle Duchet and others have shown French Enlightenment thinkers developed a philosophical anthropology to support new political norms and models. This book explores how five important eighteenth-century French political authors—Rousseau Diderot La Mettrie Quesnay and Rétif de La Bretonne—also constructed a political zoology in their philosophical and literary writings informed by animal references drawn from Enlightenment natural history science and physiology. Drawing on theoretical work by Derrida Latour de Fontenay and others it shows how these five authors signed on to the old rhetorical tradition of animal comparisons in political philosophy which they renewed via the findings and speculations of contemporary science. Engaging with recent scholarship on Enlightenment political thought it also explores the links between their political zoologies and their family resemblance as liberal political thinkers. | Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-Century Liberal Political Writing Political Zoologies of the French Enlightenment

GBP 145.00
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Celia in Search of a Husband: By a Modern Antique

Celia in Search of a Husband: By a Modern Antique

This ground-breaking nineteenth-century volume is of considerable scholarly interest as an example of a femino-centric popular novel. Celia in Search of a Husband is a high-spirited and entertaining example of an anti-Jacobin novel written at the height of the backlash against female intellectuals during the Napoleonic wars. Despite this hostile climate the author sought to acknowledge the importance of female education and independence whilst at the same time endorsing the traditional Christian teaching that a wife should be subordinate to her husband. Although second wave feminists prioritized the progressive writers with whom they more readily identified more recent scholarship has rightly paid close attention to conservative or moralist writers such as Miss Byron and recognized how influential they were. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary this edition of Celia in Search of a Husband contributes to this scholarship on the literary history of women’s writing and will be a welcome to those with a particularly interest in women’s writing satiric novels and spoofs and Jane Austen. | Celia in Search of a Husband: By a Modern Antique

GBP 120.00
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A Plea for Plausibility Toward a Comparative Decision Theory

A Plea for Plausibility Toward a Comparative Decision Theory

This book develops an original theory of decision-making based on the concept of plausibility. The author advocates plausible reasoning as a general philosophical method and demonstrates how it can be applied to problems in argumentation theory scientific theory choice risk management ethics law economics and epistemology. Human decisions are conditioned by formidable uncertainty. The standard resource for dealing rationally with uncertainty is the mathematical concept of probability. The probability calculus is well-known but since the numerical demands for applying it cannot usually be met it is not widely applicable. By contrast the concept of plausibility is widely applicable but it is little known. This book relies on a generalized concept of plausibility whose strength is its adaptability. The adaptability is due to a novel form of decision theory that takes plausibilities as inputs. This form of decision theory remains applicable to decisions informed by sharp probabilities and utilities but it can also be applied to decisions that must be made without them. It can aid in the rationally critical enterprise of discriminating good arguments from bad and this can foster philosophical progress. A Plea for Plausibility will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in argumentation theory philosophy of science ethics epistemology economics law and risk management. | A Plea for Plausibility Toward a Comparative Decision Theory

GBP 120.00
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The Displaced Rohingyas A Tale of a Vulnerable Community

The Displaced Rohingyas A Tale of a Vulnerable Community

This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh. It analyses the socio-cultural and humanitarian challenges of the crisis along with the discourses that have developed on this issue via the local and international media and literature. The volume also suggests ways to build sustainable solutions for the Rohingya refugees. It discusses wide-ranging issues including a historical overview of the Rohingyas; the Rakhine State of Myanmar and the issue of religious toleration; the struggle for existence in Malaysia and Thailand; vulnerable Rohingya in Bangladesh; and stratified lives in Bangladeshi camps. It also sheds light on social insecurity among Rohingya adolescent girls; understanding gender-based violence in camps; the portrayal of the crisis in Chinese and Indian newspapers; and Bangladesh’s policy in addressing the Rohingya crisis and repatriation. This book will be useful for scholars and researchers of sociology social anthropology refugee studies peace and conflict studies international relations human rights political studies gender studies and South Asian studies. | The Displaced Rohingyas A Tale of a Vulnerable Community

GBP 130.00
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Risk A Sociological Theory

Risk A Sociological Theory

A great deal of attention has been devoted to risk research. Sociologists in general have limited themselves to varying recognitions of a society at risk and have traced out the paths to disaster. The detailed research has yet to be undertaken. In Risk now available in paperback Niklas Luhmann develops a theoretical program for such research. His premise is that the concept of risk projects essential aspects of our description of the future onto the present. Risk is conceived as the possibility of triggering unexpected unlikely and detrimental consequences by means of a decision attributable to a decision maker. | Risk A Sociological Theory

GBP 145.00
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Being a Lived Body From a Neo-phenomenological Point of View

Being a Lived Body From a Neo-phenomenological Point of View

This book begins with the distinction between the so-called lived body or felt body (Leib) and the physical body (Körper) tracing the conceptual history of this distinction through key figures in philosophical and social thoughts and articulating a theory of the lived body that draws on the New Phenomenology developed by Hermann Schmitz. An explanation of our being-in-the-world in terms of a felt-bodily communication with all perceived forms and their affective-bodily resonance in us Being a Lived Body integrates and critically assesses the leading theories of embodiment while presenting a new approach to the body. It will therefore appeal to scholars of philosophy social theory and anthropology with interests in phenomenology and embodiment. | Being a Lived Body From a Neo-phenomenological Point of View

GBP 130.00
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A Preface to Marlowe

A Preface to Marlowe

This study provides an authoritative overview of all Marlowe's work. It includes thorough investigations of his major plays Tamburlaine Edward II The Jew of Malta and Doctor Faustus as well as a full discussion of The Massacre at Paris Dido Queen of Carthage and all his extant poetry. Analysis of Faustus takes full account of both A and B text versions. Thoroughly researched and yet presented in an accessible engaging style A Preface to Marlowe reads Marlowe's life and times as well as his work in the light of current critical theory. Consequently it is a vital guide for all students of early modern drama. As well as providing sharp analysis of stage history Dr Simkin reflects on the wider significance of a stage-oriented approach. The result is a reading of Marlowe that re-opens debates about his status as a radical figure and as a subversive playwright and invites the reader to experience the plays as immediate exciting 'live' documents.

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Music: A Social Experience

Music: A Social Experience

By taking a thematic approach to the study of music appreciation Music: A Social Experience Third Edition demonstrates how music reflects and deepens both individual and cultural understandings. Musical examples are presented within universally experienced social frameworks (ethnicity gender spirituality love and more) to help students understand how music reflects and advances human experience. Students engage with multiple genres (Western art music popular music and world music) through lively narratives and innovative activities. A companion website features streaming audio and instructors' resources. The third edition includes: A chapter on Black American music A revised and developed chapter on gender and sexuality A dozen additional Listening Guides with an emphasis on contemporary popular music Over 100 new full-color images Updated teacher and student resources on the book’s companion website Expanded content throughout highlighting the social cultural and technological changes since publication of the previous edition The culmination of thirty years of experimentation in the music appreciation classroom this third edition of Music: A Social Experience continues to empower lifelong musical learning by engaging students and readers on their own terms.

GBP 89.99
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Parasitology A Conceptual Approach

Parasitology A Conceptual Approach

Produced amidst the still rippling effects of a pandemic and as the world experiences the increasing burden of global warming and a rapidly changing biosphere the second edition of Parasitology: A Conceptual Approach offers a timely overview of the eukaryotic parasites affecting human health and the health of domestic and wild animals and plants. The book offers a broadly encompassing integrative view of the phenomenon of parasitism and of the remarkable diversity of the world’s parasites. This second edition has been thoroughly updated on all aspects of parasitism including expanded sections on parasite biodiversity parasite genomes the interface between parasitology and disease ecology and applications of new techniques like CRISPR and gene drives for parasite control. Key selling features: Emphasis on a distinctive integrative and conceptual approach rather than the taxon-by-taxon approach used in most parasitology books A concise handy Rogues Gallery section that summarizes the basic biology for the most important eukaryotic parasites of humans and domestic animals one a reader is repeatedly directed to throughout the chapters Outstanding full-color illustrations and photographs to reinforce key points The use of text boxes to set apart important topics or ideas that deserve special emphasis Provision of end-of-chapter summaries questions to test understanding and key references for those wishing to seek further information Reference to particular URLs to highlight recent developments that often pose new and distinctive problems awaiting solution Parasitology: A Conceptual Approach is designed for an upper-level undergraduate audience but its readability and careful explanation of underlying scientific concepts and terminology makes it appropriate for anyone seeking a broader understanding of the impact of infectious organisms on our well-being and the changes underway in the modern world. | Parasitology A Conceptual Approach

GBP 94.99
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Genocide A Comprehensive Introduction

Genocide A Comprehensive Introduction

Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction is the most wide-ranging textbook on genocide yet published. The book is designed as a text for upper-undergraduate and graduate students as well as a primer for non-specialists and general readers interested in learning about one of humanity’s enduring blights. Fully updated to reflect the latest thinking in this rapidly developing field this unique book: Provides an introduction to genocide as both a historical phenomenon and an analytical-legal concept including the concept of genocidal intent and the dynamism and contingency of genocidal processes. Discusses the role of state-building imperialism war and social revolution in fuelling genocide. Supplies a wide range of full-length case studies of genocides worldwide each with a supplementary study. Explores perspectives on genocide from the social sciences including psychology sociology anthropology political science/international relations and gender studies. Considers The Future of Genocide with attention to historical memory and genocide denial; initiatives for truth justice and redress; and strategies of intervention and prevention. Highlights of the new edition include: Nigeria/Biafra as a contested case of genocide Extensive new material on the Kurds Islamic State/ISIS and the civil wars/genocide in Iraq and Syria. Conflict and atrocities in the world’s newest state South Sudan. The role activities and constraints of the United Nations Office of Genocide Prevention. Many new testimonies from genocide victims survivors witnesses—and perpetrators. Dozens of new images including a special photographic essay. Written in clear and lively prose with over 240 illustrations and maps Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction remains the indispensable text for new generations of genocide study and scholarship. An accompanying website (www. genocidetext. net) features a broad selection of supplementary materials teaching aids and Internet resources. | Genocide A Comprehensive Introduction

GBP 175.00
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Indian Philosophy A Reader

Indian Philosophy A Reader

The selection of essays in this volume aims to present Indian philosophy as an autonomous intellectual tradition with its own internal dynamics rhythms techniques problematics and approaches and to show how the richness of this tradition has a vital role in a newly emerging global and international discipline of philosophy one in which a diversity of traditions exchange ideas and grow through their interaction with one another. This new volume is an abridgement of the four-volume set Indian Philosophy published by Routledge in 2016. The selection of chapters was made in collaboration with the editors at Routledge. The purpose of this volume is to reintroduce the heritage of ‘Indian Philosophy’ to a contemporary readership by acquainting the reader with some of the core themes of Indian philosophy such as the concept of philosophy philosophy as a search for the self Buddhist philosophy of mind metaphysics epistemology language and logic. | Indian Philosophy A Reader

GBP 110.00
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Grammar: A Pocket Guide

Grammar: A Pocket Guide

If you've ever wanted a quick and easy guide to verbs and adverbs commas and apostrophes clauses and prepositions then this is a must-have book for you. Easing readers gently into the study of the structure of English Grammar: A Pocket Guide covers common questions such as:Is it 10 items or less or 10 items or fewer?Should I say If I were you or if I was you?Can you start a sentence with And or Because?When do you use whom?What is the difference between lie and lay?Is it I feel bad or I feel badly? Using examples from everyday speech and writing this handy book cracks the code of off-putting grammatical jargon so that readers can enjoy learning how to think and talk about grammar. With practice exercises a glossary and suggestions for further reading Grammar: A Pocket Guide is the perfect foundation for anyone wanting to improve his or her writing and communication.

GBP 175.00
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