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Richard Sennett
A compelling exploration of public performance in everyday life, by the leading cultural and social thinker
The Performer explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics and everyday…
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Richard Coyne
This book offers a novel exploration of how AI, particularly large language models (LLMs), is transforming urban environments. By merging practical knowledge of AI algorithms with an understanding of urban…
Richard Pillsbury
Mapping out the development of the great American restaurant, the author takes us on a nostalgic journey in From Boarding House to Bistro (originally published in 1990) through the history…
Richard Lobo
The world of work, the way we work and we, who work, will continue to evolve. From commuting to large industrial units, to operating from structured cabins and now from…
Richard Scheib
A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic is a film book like no other. It opens with the author's first-hand account of the Covid-19 pandemic and life in lockdown. His sense…
Gwynne Richards
Learn all aspects of how to operate and manage the modern warehouse to optimize efficiency, costs and profit from this bestselling guide.
Richard Strachan
An unforgettable historical debut inspired by a real life legend which marks the arrival of an outstanding new talent
Richard Hughes
Set against the backdrop of the Caribbean in the late nineteenth century, a thrilling, suspense-filled adventure unfolds as children are kidnapped by pirates while traveling from Jamaica to England.
From their founding in 1540 to this day, Jesuits have been controversial. Their centuries of missionary work have taken them to all corners of the world. They have been accused…
Richard Campanella
Richard Campanella's Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences tells the epic story of human settlement in Louisiana, unearthing the original geographical rationales for the formation of hundreds of cities, towns, and villages…
Brad Richard
Turned Earth, the fifth collection of poems by Brad Richard, offers a portrait of the artist as a grieving son who is also a husband, teacher, gardener, and attentive witness…
Richard Brust
This book explores the history and enduring legacy of Chambers v. Florida, a landmark ruling that banned confessions obtained through mental or physical coercion in criminal trials and contributed to…
Richard Willmott
A remarkable painting by the Antwerp painter Maerten de Vos, 'Moses Showing the Tablets of the Law to the Israelites', shows wealthy merchants, artists and poets, a ground-breaking botanist, a…
Huw Richards
Grow annual and perennial crops following permaculture principles on design, sustainability, and polyculture
For a beautiful, productive, and edible paradise, transform your approach to growing with The Permaculture Garden
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Richard Scott
Reverberating with risk, this collection negotiates the darkness of injury, the potency and pain of revelation, and agency as song.
Trauma and vulnerability - violation and its aftershock - are…
Richard Kopley
A groundbreaking exploration of one of America's most iconic and misunderstood authors
Edgar Allan Poe: A Life is the most comprehensive critical biography of Poe yet produced, exploring his fascinating…
Richard Polt
"Revised edition of primer on Heidegger, now with new material on middle and late Heidegger and on Heidegger's political views, pointing the reader to key primary texts in this area"--
Richard Susskind
Susskind tells the unfolding story of AI, explaining what it does and how it has evolved, offering unconventional views on its ups and downs. He suggests that the main error…
Cliff Richard
Foreword by Bob Stanley
On a sunny Saturday morning in May 1956, a fifteen-year-old, then called Harry Webb, was mooching down Waltham Cross High Street. He heard some music blaring…
Richard Preston
For lovers of the BBC show comes the real life Death in Paradise...
Richard Mabey
A timeless exploration of the nightingale, blending cultural history, science, and the mysterious beauty of birdsong. This newly revised edition includes first-hand accounts of nightingale performances, insights into their declining…
Richard Huscroft
Ruling England is a key text for students wishing to understand the complexities of medieval kingship in England from 1042-1225.
Richard Li
Forensic Biology, Third Edition provides students with a general understanding of forensic biology, particularly in forensic serology and forensic DNA analysis, and addresses rapid advancements in the field over the…
Jeff Richards
In pursuit of a meaningful life, Jeff Richards and his friend Rick Sager decide to start a commune out in the Rocky Mountains. It doesn't go as planned. Instead of…
Richard Warburton
Reviews and critiques some of the common explanations for L-rod field dowsing, describes an investigation into various aspects of L-rod dowsing, and proposes a mechanism which explains the physical observations.
Richard A Leiby
Though World War II ended in 1945, its effects were still being felt long after the surrender of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Shortages in food, energy, and industrial production…
Dusty Richards
Richard Osman
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.
With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and…
Richard Alfred
This book is the first of its kind to comprehensively examine organizational and human behavior in relationship to risk through the broad lens of the social sciences including neuroscience.
Servants Abroad presents the journals of four British domestic servants who travelled to continental Europe in the eighteenth century. With a full introduction, these texts overturn the standard view of…
Richard Brook
The renewal cities of Britain, those that began their reconstruction after 1960, are rich in utopian visions. This book delves into Manchester's visual history, mapping legislative shifts, Cold War dynamics…
Richard Hargy
This book revises our understanding of US intervention in Northern Ireland, 2001-2007. Within the context of 9/11 and America's subsequent response, this work will reveal the vital role played by…
Richard Pomfret
This Element evaluates Central Asian countries' special position as Russia's near abroad, highlighting their historical importance and connection. After Soviet integration, new trade links and infrastructure modified these links. Economic…
Richard Bausch
A new collection of short stories examining the extraordinary shades of ordinary life, from the prize-winning fiction writer Richard Bausch ("A master of the short story" -The New York Times…
Hadley, Richards
The Viking Great Army that landed in East Anglia in late 865 had a lasting impact on English society, culture, politics, and economy. This book uses new archaeological evidence to…
Richard Cullen
The new historical adventure from Richard Cullen. Styrkar the warrior fights against the might of the Conqueror in eleventh-century Britain.
Richard Aspin
The Lure of the South looks at the experience of British health seekers in the explosion of continental touring that occurred after the opening of the Post-Napoleonic European continent to…
Richard Oerton
The book argues that the human race, at this stage of its evolution, is mired in its own savagery, delusion and incomprehension. We reject important realities about ourselves and our…
Richard Broughton
'A superb account of the ecology and behaviour of two declining bird species whose lives are intimately shaped by their woodland habitats.' - Rob Fuller
'There can surely be nobody…
Richard Ballo
