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Early Medieval Europe 300–1050 A Guide for Studying and Teaching

Early Medieval Europe 300–1050 A Guide for Studying and Teaching

Early Medieval Europe 300–1050: A Guide for Studying and Teaching empowers students by providing them with the conceptual and methodological tools to investigate the period. Throughout the book major research questions and historiographical debates are identified and guidance is given on how to engage with and evaluate key documentary sources as well as artistic and archaeological evidence. The book’s aim is to engender confidence in creative and independent historical thought. This second edition has been fully revised and expanded and now includes coverage of both Islamic and Byzantine history surveying and critically examining the often radically different scholarly interpretations relating to them. Also new to this edition is an extensively updated and closely integrated companion website which has been carefully designed to provide practical guidance to teachers and students offering a wealth of reference materials and aids to mastering the period and lighting the way for further exploration of written and non-written sources. Accessibly written and containing over 70 carefully selected maps and images Early Medieval Europe 300–1050 is an essential resource for students studying this period for the first time as well as an invaluable aid to university teachers devising and delivering courses and modules on the period. | Early Medieval Europe 300–1050 A Guide for Studying and Teaching

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Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500

Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500

Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500 provides a comprehensive survey of this complex and varied formative period of European history within a global context covering themes as diverse as barbarian migrations the impact of Christianisation the formation of nations and states the emergence of an expansionist commercial economy the growth of cities the Crusades the effects of plague and the intellectual and cultural dynamism of the Middle Ages. The book explores the driving forces behind the formation of medieval society and the directions in which it developed and changed. In doing this the authors cover a wide geographic expanse including Western interactions with the Byzantine Empire the Islamic World North Africa and Asia. This fourth edition has been fully updated to reflect moves toward teaching the Middle Ages in a global context and contains a wealth of new features and topics that help to bring this fascinating era to life including: West Europe’s catching up through intensive exchange with the Mediterranean Islamic world growth of autonomous cities and civic liberties emergence of an empirical and rational worldview climate change and intercontinental pandemics European exchange with Africa and Asia chapter introductions to support students’ understanding of the topics a fully updated glossary to give modern students the confidence and language to discuss medieval history Clear and stimulating the fourth edition of Introduction to Medieval Europe is the ideal companion to studying the entirety of medieval history at undergraduate level.

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Syrian Influences in the Roman Empire to AD 300

Syrian Influences in the Roman Empire to AD 300

The study of Syria as a Roman province has been neglected by comparison with equivalent geographical regions such as Italy Egypt Greece and even Gaul. It was however one of the economic powerhouses of the empire from its annexation until after the empire’s dissolution. As such it clearly deserves some particular consideration but at the same time it was a major contributor to the military strength of the empire notably in the form of the recruitment of auxiliary regiments several dozens of which were formed from Syrians. Many pagan gods such as Jupiter Dolichenus and Jupiter Heliopolitanus Dea Syra and also Judaism originated in Syria and reached the far bounds of the empire. This book is a consideration based on original sources of the means by which Syrians whose country was only annexed to the empire in 64 BC saw their influence penetrate into all levels of society from private soldiers and ordinary citizens to priests and to imperial families. | Syrian Influences in the Roman Empire to AD 300

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Global Environmental Politics

Global Environmental Politics

Global Environmental Politics has provided an accurate up-to-date and unbiased understanding of the world’s most pressing environmental issues for thirty years. The eighth edition continues this practice by covering critical new developments in global environmental politics and policymaking. Updated case studies on key issues such as on climate change endangered species ozone depletion desertification whaling hazardous wastes toxic chemicals and biodiversity detail the ongoing development of major environmental treaty regimes and new case studies on mercury and marine biodiversity showcase the challenges of creating new treaties during a period of significant global change. There is also new material on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development trade and environment and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on environmental diplomacy. Updated information about global environmental trends paradigms and actors completes this comprehensive introduction to contemporary international environmental politics. Global Environmental Politics is vital reading for students of environmental politics and anyone wishing to understand the current state of the field and to make informed decisions about which policies will best safeguard our environment for the future.

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Global Environmental Institutions

Global Environmental Institutions

Global Environmental Institutions continues to provide the most accessible and succinct overview of the major global institutions attempting to protect the natural environment. Fully updated throughout to reflect the latest environmental issues the second edition includes substantial new material on developments in international agreements and how institutional mechanisms have evolved in the past 10 years including the creation of the new Sustainable Development Goals the Minamata Convention on Mercury and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This second edition maintains the clear structure of the first edition examining: • the underlying causes of global environmental problems • the creation of global environmental institutions • the effectiveness of action undertaken by these institutions. Providing an overview of the United Nations Environment Programme and the other entities within the UN that play important roles in global environmental governance it also examines institutions clustered by issue area introducing institutions that focus on protecting endangered species and biodiversity govern the ocean environment (focusing on the atmosphere) and regulate the transboundary movement of hazardous substances. Concluding with an updated chapter on emerging issues and future directions drawing on the latest scholarship in the field and written by an acknowledged expert in the field Global Environmental Institutions is essential reading for students of environmental politics and international organizations.

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The Clinical Practice of Equine-Assisted Therapy Including Horses in Human Healthcare

The Clinical Practice of Equine-Assisted Therapy Including Horses in Human Healthcare

The Clinical Practice of Equine-Assisted Therapy bridges theory research and practical methods to fill a rapidly developing gap for physical occupational speech and mental health professionals interested in incorporating horses in therapy. Extensively researched and citing over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles it examines core issues such as terminology scope of practice competency recommendations horse care ethics and clinical practice considerations. This book is an essential resource for professionals who wish to use a best-practices approach to equine-assisted therapy. | The Clinical Practice of Equine-Assisted Therapy Including Horses in Human Healthcare

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Liangzhu Culture Society Belief and Art in Neolithic China

Liangzhu Culture Society Belief and Art in Neolithic China

The Liangzhu Culture (3 300-2 300 BC) represented the peak of prehistoric cultural and social development in the Yangtze Delta. With a wide sphere of influence centred near present-day Hangzhou City Liangzhu City is considered one of the earliest urban centres in prehistoric China. Although it remains a mystery for many in the West Liangzhu is well known in China for its fine jade-crafting industry; its enormous well-structured earthen palatial compound and recently discovered hydraulic system; and its far-flung impact on contemporary and succeeding cultures. The archaeological ruins of Liangzhu City were added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in July 2019. Liangzhu Culture contextualises Liangzhu in broad socio-economic and cultural backgrounds and provides new first-hand data to help explain the development and structure of this early urban centre. Among its many insights the volume reveals how elites used jade as a means of acquiring social power and how Liangzhu and its centre stand in comparison to other prehistoric urban centres in the world. This book the first of its kind published in the English language will be a useful guide to students at all levels interested in the material culture and social structures of prehistoric China and beyond. | Liangzhu Culture Society Belief and Art in Neolithic China

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Queerness in Pop Music Aesthetics Gender Norms and Temporality

Queerness in Pop Music Aesthetics Gender Norms and Temporality

This book investigates the phenomenon of queering in popular music and video interpreting the music of numerous pop artists styles and idioms. The focus falls on artists such as Lady Gaga Madonna Boy George Diana Ross Rufus Wainwright David Bowie Azealia Banks Zebra Katz Freddie Mercury the Pet Shop Boys George Michael and many others. Hawkins builds his concept of queerness upon existing theories of opacity and temporality which involves a creative interdisciplinary approach to musical interpretation. He advocates a model of analysis that involves both temporal-specific listening and biographic-oriented viewing. Music analysis is woven into this illuminating aspects of parody nostalgia camp naivety masquerade irony and mimesis in pop music. One of the principal aims is to uncover the subversive strategies of pop artists through a wide range of audiovisual texts that situate the debates on gender and sexuality within an aesthetic context that is highly stylized and ritualized. Queerness in Pop Music also addresses the playfulness of much pop music offering insights into how discourses of resistance are mediated through pleasure. Given that pop artists songwriters producers directors choreographers and engineers all contribute to the final composite of the pop recording it is argued that the staging of any pop act is a collective project. The implications of this are addressed through structures of gender ethnicity nationality class and sexuality. Ultimately Hawkins contends that queerness is a performative force that connotes futurity and utopian promise. | Queerness in Pop Music Aesthetics Gender Norms and Temporality

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The Making of the New Martyrs of Russia Soviet Repression in Orthodox Memory

The Making of the New Martyrs of Russia Soviet Repression in Orthodox Memory

Following the end of the Soviet Union the Russian Orthodox Church has canonized a great number of Russian saints. Whereas in the first millennium of Russian Christianity (988-1988) the Church recognized merely 300 Russian saints the number had grown to more than 2 000 by 2006. This book explores the remarkable phenomenon of new Russian martyrdom. It outlines the process of canonization examines how saints are venerated and relates all this to the ways in which the Russian state and its people have chosen to remember the Soviet Union and commemorate the victims of its purges. The book includes in-depth case studies of particular saints and examines the diverse ways in which they are venerated. | The Making of the New Martyrs of Russia Soviet Repression in Orthodox Memory

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Roman Architecture

Roman Architecture

In this fully updated new edition Frank Sear offers a thorough overview of the history of architecture in the Roman Empire. Arranged logically in six historical sections interspersed with material on Roman architects and their techniques the building types found in Roman cities and the different buildings found in the Roman provinces this volume now contains the latest insights into Roman architecture and takes account of the past 20 years of scholarship. This seminal work covers the architecture of the Republic the Age of Augustus the imperial period Pompeii and Ostia the eastern and western empire and the Late Antique period exploring subjects such as patronage building techniques and materials Roman engineering town planning and imperial propaganda in a concise and readable way. Illustrated with nearly 300 photographs maps and drawings Roman Architecture continues to be the clearest introductory account of the development of architecture in the Roman Empire.

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Capetian France 987–1328

Capetian France 987–1328

Capetian France 987–1328 is an authoritative overview of the country’s development across four centuries with a focus on changes to the political religious social and cultural climate during this period. When Hugh Capet took the throne of France in 987 his powers were weak and insignificant but from an inauspicious beginning he founded a dynasty that was to last over 300 years and that came to dominate western Europe. This carefully updated third edition draws extensively on new scholarship that has emerged since the previous edition. It contains images maps family trees and a discussion of key sources allowing the reader to develop a strong contextual knowledge as well as a greater connection with the material world of the period. Maintaining a balance between a compelling narrative and an in-depth examination of central themes of the age Capetian France 987–1328 provides a comprehensive account of this significant era within France’s history and is essential reading for all students of medieval France and Europe.

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Ministerial Survival During Political and Cabinet Change Foreign Affairs Diplomacy and War

Ministerial Survival During Political and Cabinet Change Foreign Affairs Diplomacy and War

Political leaders need ministers to help them rule and so conventional wisdom suggests that leaders appoint competent ministers to their cabinet. This book shows this is not necessarily the case. It examines the conditions that facilitate survival in ministerial office and how they are linked to ministerial competence the political survival of heads of government and the nature of political institutions. Presenting a formal theory of political survival in the cabinet it systematically analyses the tenure in office of more than 7 300 ministers of foreign affairs covering more than 180 countries spanning the years 1696-2004. In doing so it sheds light not only on studies of ministerial change but also on diplomacy the occurrence of war and the democratic peace in international relations. This text will be of key interest to students of comparative executive government comparative foreign policy political elites and more broadly to comparative politics political economy political history and international relations. | Ministerial Survival During Political and Cabinet Change Foreign Affairs Diplomacy and War

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Mechanical Engineering Principles

Mechanical Engineering Principles

A student-friendly introduction to core mechanical engineering topics. This book introduces mechanical principles and technology through examples and applications enabling students to develop a sound understanding of both engineering principles and their use in practice. These theoretical concepts are supported by 400 fully worked problems 700 further problems with answers and 300 multiple-choice questions all of which add up to give the reader a firm grounding on each topic. Two new chapters are included covering the basic principles of matrix algebra and the matrix displacement method. The latter will also include guidance on software that can be used via SmartPhones tablets or laptops. The new edition is up to date with the latest BTEC National specifications and can also be used on undergraduate courses in mechanical civil structural aeronautical and marine engineering and naval architecture. A companion website contains the fully worked solutions to the problems and revision tests practical demonstration videos as well as a glossary and information on the famous engineers mentioned in the text. | Mechanical Engineering Principles

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Moriello’s Small Animal Dermatology Fundamental Cases and Concepts Self-Assessment Color Review

Moriello’s Small Animal Dermatology Fundamental Cases and Concepts Self-Assessment Color Review

Karen Moriello's seminal book has been completely updated to create a true two-volume set highlighting fundamental and advanced concepts. This revised edition by Dr. Darren Berger Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Iowa State University includes all new cases on the essential concepts of small animal dermatology accompanied by nearly 300 new images. The guide uses a case-based format to deliver a general overview of dermatology of the dog and cat providing a reference that mirrors the way veterinarians will encounter different scenarios at random in real-life practice. It uses self-assessment problems to review the most common skin diseases encountered every day plus some more obscure diseases that a veterinarian will face. The cases vary in complexity with coverage ranging from those confronted daily to the most difficult and serious cases. Answers fully explore the disease/disorder in question. The book will appeal to candidates preparing for examinations and to practitioners in their continuing education. | Moriello’s Small Animal Dermatology Fundamental Cases and Concepts Self-Assessment Color Review

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Teachers Learners Modes of Practice Theory and Methodology for Identifying Knowledge Development

Teachers Learners Modes of Practice Theory and Methodology for Identifying Knowledge Development

Summarizing a half century of work on the problem of identifying units of analysis for complex human behaviour this book introduces modes of practice as a unit of analysis for the science and design of human activities and shows how to record them and create field guides at scales from individual to society. Revealing scientific analysis of human practices has been hampered by the lack of a unit of analysis Dirlam describes how the difficulties of defining a unit are overcome by combining insights from mathematics and human development. Part II presents methods for developmental surveys and interviews that enable social scientists designers and education or training assessment professionals to gather data on modes of practice. Part III provides practical descriptions of how to organize interviews into developmental surveys that can be used by a community. Part IV inspires future advances in research and design. Concrete examples from science design and learning assessment are used throughout and the appendix includes the results of 300 developmental interviews organized into exploratory descriptions of modes of practice and commitment. | Teachers Learners Modes of Practice Theory and Methodology for Identifying Knowledge Development

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An Illustrated Guide to Furniture History

An Illustrated Guide to Furniture History

An Illustrated Guide to Furniture History provides upper-level students and instructors with an alternative visual analytical approach to learning about furniture history from Antiquity to Postmodernism. Following an immersive teaching model it presents a Nine-Step Methodology to help students strengthen their visual literacy and quickly acquire subject area knowledge. Moving chronologically through key periods in furniture history and interior design such as the Renaissance the Arts and Crafts Movement and Modernism it traverses Europe to America to present a comprehensive foundational guide to the history of furniture design. Part I addresses furniture within the context of the built environment with chapters exploring the historical perspective construction principles and the categorization of furniture. In Part II the author visually depicts the structural organization of the methodological process a three-category framework: History Aesthetics and Visual Notes. The chapters in this part prepare the reader for the visual analysis that will occur in the final section of the book. The book is lavishly illustrated in full color with over 300 images to reinforce visual learning and notation. A must-have reference and study guide for students in industrial and product design interior design and architecture.

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Stays and Corsets Volume 2 Historical Patterns Translated for the Modern Body

Stays and Corsets Volume 2 Historical Patterns Translated for the Modern Body

In this second volume of Stays and Corsets Mandy Barrington continues to create historical patterns for a modern body shape. This book contains all new corset patterns with a range of silhouettes that span over 300 years from the late 16th century to the early 20th century. The corset patterns are generated from an original historical garment and have been designed for a wide range of female figures and sizes. The technique of flat pattern drafting your stays or corset will enable you to change the shape of the wearer to create an authentic historic silhouette. All calculations have been worked out for the reader and are provided in easy-to-read tables which avoids extremely difficult time-consuming and inaccurate re-sizing of historical patterns. Some prior knowledge of pattern drafting is helpful; however each pattern has step-by-step instructions supported by clear diagrams that will take you through each stage of the pattern drafting process. The final result is an accurate period stays or corset pattern for your model. | Stays and Corsets Volume 2 Historical Patterns Translated for the Modern Body

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The Bantu Languages

The Bantu Languages

Written by an international team of experts this comprehensive volume presents grammatical analyses of individual Bantu languages comparative studies of their main phonetic phonological and grammatical characteristics and overview chapters on their history and classification. It is estimated that some 300 to 350 million people or one in three Africans are Bantu speakers. Van de Velde and Bostoen bring together their linguistic expertise to produce a volume that builds on Nurse and Philippson’s first edition. The Bantu Languages 2nd edition is divided into two parts; Part 1 contains 11 comparative chapters and Part 2 provides grammar sketches of 12 individual Bantu languages some of which were previously undescribed. The grammar sketches follow a general template that allows for easy comparison. Thoroughly revised and updated to include more language descriptions and the latest comparative insights. New to this edition:• new chapters on syntax tone reconstruction and language contact• 12 new sketch grammars• thoroughly updated chapters on phonetics aspect-tense-mood and classification• exhaustive catalogue of known languages with essential referencesThis unique resource remains the ideal reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Bantu linguistics and languages. It will be of interest to researchers and anyone with an interest in historical linguistics linguistic typology and grammatical analysis.

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Gambling in Everyday Life Spaces Moments and Products of Enjoyment

Gambling in Everyday Life Spaces Moments and Products of Enjoyment

The book adopts a critical cultural studies lens to explore the entanglement of government and gambling in everyday life. Its qualitative approach to gambling creates a new theoretical framework for understanding the most urgent questions raised by research and policy on gambling. In the past two decades gambling industries have experienced exponential growth with annual global expenditure worth approximately 300 billion dollars. Yet most academic research on gambling is concentrated on problem gambling and conducted within the psychological sciences. Nicoll considers gambling at a moment when its integration within everyday cultural spaces moments and products is unprecedented. This is the first interdisciplinary cultural study of gambling in everyday life and develops critical and empirical methods that capture the ubiquitous presence of gambling in work investment and play. This book also contributes to the growing cultural studies literature on video and mobile gaming. In addition to original case studies of gambling moments and spaces in-depth interviews and participant observations provide readers with an insider’s view of gambling. Advanced students of sociology cultural theory and political science academic researchers in the field of gambling studies will find this an original and useful text for understanding the cultural and political work of gambling industries in liberal societies. | Gambling in Everyday Life Spaces Moments and Products of Enjoyment

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Old Stories and Contemporary Issues in Films about Antiquity and the Middle Ages Idealistic Thinking Sex Lies and Video Political Agendas

Old Stories and Contemporary Issues in Films about Antiquity and the Middle Ages Idealistic Thinking Sex Lies and Video Political Agendas

This volume creates awareness among spectators about the differences between the past and the present the importance of understanding the past-present relationship and the reasons behind reconstructions that distort the past in films about Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Following a historical approach Old Stories and Contemporary Issues in Films about Antiquity and the Middle Ages examines the periods in which films are produced and the eras to which they refer. To show that the absence of a solid historical basis can damage the propagation of good intentions films that contain political propaganda and stereotypes are examined alongside those that promote tolerance the condemnation of war and violence and women’s rights. For example analysis of films such as Alexander Nevsky (1938) Spartacus (1960) and 300 (2007) reveals a variety of agendas such as White-Supremacist video agendas during the War in Iraq European Communism and the promotion of anachronistic ideals in 1950s America. Old Stories and Contemporary Issues in Films about Antiquity and the Middle Ages is useful for undergraduates postgraduates and scholars interested in the Antiquity and Middle Ages the relationship between films and History and modern uses of the past. | Old Stories and Contemporary Issues in Films about Antiquity and the Middle Ages Idealistic Thinking Sex Lies and Video Political Agendas

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How to Read Architecture An Introduction to Interpreting the Built Environment

How to Read Architecture An Introduction to Interpreting the Built Environment

How to Read Architecture is based on the fundamental premise that reading and interpreting architecture is something we already do and that close observation matters. This book enhances this skill so that given an unfamiliar building you will have the tools to understand it and to be inspired by it. Author Paulette Singley encourages you to misread closely read conventionally read and unconventionally read architecture to stimulate your creative process. This book explores three essential ways to help you understand architecture: reading a building from the outside-in from the inside-out and from the position of out-and-out or formal architecture. This book erodes boundaries between the frequently compartmentalized fields of interior design landscape design and building design with chapters exploring concepts of terroir scenography criticality atmosphere tectonics inhabitation type form and enclosure. Using examples and case studies that span a wide range of historical and global precedents Singley addresses the complex interaction among the ways a building engages its context addresses its performative exigencies and operates as an autonomous aesthetic object. Including over 300 images this book is an essential read for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of architecture with a global focus on the interpretation of buildings in their context. | How to Read Architecture An Introduction to Interpreting the Built Environment

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The Global Leadership Challenge

The Global Leadership Challenge

This book first examines the phenomenon of global business and then analyzes what is different about global business and therefore what is uniquely required to be a successful global leader. It lays out how companies can develop successful global leaders and what individuals can do to develop themselves into successful global leaders. Readers will walk away with a clear understanding of how and why globalization of business took place. They will understand what is unique about global leadership compared to domestic leadership. With that insight and through examples they will come to see what is uniquely required to be a successful global leader. Finally readers will walk away with clear insights on how they can develop global leaders and what they can do to strengthen their own global leadership capabilities. The book is based on more than 300 interviews with top corporate executives from around the world and across a wide variety of industries hundreds of surveys and over 60 years of combined experience. Top executives will find this book helpful in determining how they can ensure that their firm has the right quality and quantity of global leaders it needs to capture the global growth opportunities before them. | The Global Leadership Challenge

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Inscribing Faith in Late Antiquity Between Reading and Seeing

Inscribing Faith in Late Antiquity Between Reading and Seeing

Inscribing Faith in Late Antiquity considers the Greek and Latin texts inscribed in churches and chapels in the late antique Mediterranean (c. 300–800 CE) compares them to similar texts from pagan Jewish and Muslim spaces of worship and explores how they functioned both textually and visually. These texts not only recorded the names and prayers of the faithful but were powerful verbal and visual statements of cultural values and religious beliefs conveying meaning through their words as well as through their appearances. In fact the two were intimately connected. All of these texts – Christian Jewish Muslim and pagan – acted visually embracing their own materiality as mosaic paint or carved stone. Colourful and artfully arranged the inscriptions framed human relationships with the divine encouraged responses from readers and made prayers material. In the first in-depth examination of the inscriptions as words and as images the author reimagines the range of aesthetic cultural and religious experiences that were possible in spaces of worship. Inscribing Faith in Late Antiquity is essential reading for those interested in Roman late antique and Byzantine material and visual culture inscriptions and other texts and religious life in the ancient Mediterranean. | Inscribing Faith in Late Antiquity Between Reading and Seeing

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Introduction to Corporate and White-Collar Crime

Introduction to Corporate and White-Collar Crime

White-collar crime costs the United States more than $300 billion each year. It is surprisingly common with one in every three Americans eventually becoming a victim. The criminals often dismiss these crimes as victimless but those unfortunate enough to fall prey would disagree. An Introduction to Corporate and White-Collar Crime provides readers with an understanding of what white-collar crime is how it works and the extent to which it exists in our society. The broad-based coverage in this text analyzes the opportunity structures for committing white-collar crime and explores new ways of thinking about how to control it. Topics include:Theories behind white-collar crime including social and psychological theoriesRoutine activity crime pattern and situational crime prevention theoriesLaws that govern the securities industries including the Securities Exchange Act and Sarbanes–OxleyBank fraud money laundering racketeering and organized crimeCrimes involving public officials and obstruction of justiceControl and prevention of white-collar crimes and sanctions for white-collar criminalsThe material is organized and presented in a logical fashion with each chapter building from the previous content. Every chapter begins with objectives to help readers focus on the topic and concludes with review questions to test assimilation of the material and promote debate. Several chapters conclude with a practicum to facilitate real-world understanding of the material.

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Musical Theatre for the Female Voice The Sensation Sound and Science of Singing

Musical Theatre for the Female Voice The Sensation Sound and Science of Singing

Female musical theatre singers produce some of the most exciting and expressive singing an audience can experience. They also face a unique and specific set of issues when approaching their craft from negotiating the registers of their voice to enable them to belt to vocal health challenges such as premenstrual voice syndrome. This is the only book that offers a full and detailed guide to tackling those issues and to singing with full expression and technical excellence. Musical Theatre for the Female Voice covers the origin of singing in musicals from the bel canto style of 300 years ago through to the latest developments in high belting in shows such as Wicked and Waitress. It offers the reader exercises and methods that have been used to train hundreds of singers at some of the UK’s leading musical theatre training institutions and are underpinned by the latest academic research in journals on singing psychology and health. Every element of a singer's toolkit is covered from a female perspective from breath and posture to character work and vocal health. This is an essential guidebook for female singers in musical theatre productions either training at university or conservatory level or forging a career as professional triple-threat performers. | Musical Theatre for the Female Voice The Sensation Sound and Science of Singing

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