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Nomadic Cinema

A Cultural Geography of the Expedition Film

de Alison Griffiths ...

Series series Film and Culture Series
From In Borneo, the Land of the Head-Hunters to The Epic of Everest to Camping Among the Indians, the early twentieth century was the heyday of expedition filmmaking. As new technologies transformed global transportation and opened new avenues for documentation, and as imperialism and capitalism expanded their reach, Western filmmakers embarked on journeys to places they saw as exotic, seeking to ... Leer más

$33.99 USD

From In Borneo, the Land of the Head-Hunters to The Epic of Everest to Camping Among the Indians, the early twentieth century was the heyday of expedition filmmaking. As new technologies transformed global transportation and opened new avenues for documentation, and as imperialism and capitalism expanded their reach, Western filmmakers embarked on journeys to places they saw as exotic, seeking to
... Leer más
Carceral Fantasies

Cinema and Prison in Early Twentieth-Century America

de Alison Griffiths ...

Series series Film and Culture Series
A groundbreaking contribution to the study of nontheatrical film exhibition, Carceral Fantasies tells the little-known story of how cinema found a home in the U.S. penitentiary system and how the prison emerged as a setting and narrative trope in modern cinema. Focusing on films shown in prisons before 1935, Alison Griffiths explores the unique experience of viewing cinema while incarcerated and ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

A groundbreaking contribution to the study of nontheatrical film exhibition, Carceral Fantasies tells the little-known story of how cinema found a home in the U.S. penitentiary system and how the prison emerged as a setting and narrative trope in modern cinema. Focusing on films shown in prisons before 1935, Alison Griffiths explores the unique experience of viewing cinema while incarcerated and
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Shivers Down Your Spine

Cinema, Museums, and the Immersive View

de Alison Griffiths ...

Series series Film and Culture Series
From the architectural spectacle of the medieval cathedral and the romantic sublime of the nineteenth-century panorama to the techno-fetishism of today's London Science Museum, humans have gained a deeper understanding of the natural world through highly illusionistic representations that engender new modes of seeing, listening, and thinking. What unites and defines many of these wondrous spaces ... Leer más

$32.99 USD

From the architectural spectacle of the medieval cathedral and the romantic sublime of the nineteenth-century panorama to the techno-fetishism of today's London Science Museum, humans have gained a deeper understanding of the natural world through highly illusionistic representations that engender new modes of seeing, listening, and thinking. What unites and defines many of these wondrous spaces
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Wild Horse Annie and the Last of the Mustangs

The Life of Velma Johnston

de David Cruise, Alison Griffiths ...

The true story of the intrepid woman whose life-long determination to protect America’s mustangs captured the heart of the country.In 1950, Velma Johnston was a thirty-eight-year-old secretary enroute to work near Reno, Nevada, when she came upon a truck of battered wild horses that had been rounded up and were to be slaughtered for pet food. Shocked and angered by this gruesome discovery, she ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

The true story of the intrepid woman whose life-long determination to protect America’s mustangs captured the heart of the country.In 1950, Velma Johnston was a thirty-eight-year-old secretary enroute to work near Reno, Nevada, when she came upon a truck of battered wild horses that had been rounded up and were to be slaughtered for pet food. Shocked and angered by this gruesome discovery, she
... Leer más
Killer Women: Crime Club Anthology #2

The Body

de Rachel Abbott, Sharon Bolton, Jane Casey, Tammy Cohen, Julia Crouch, Elly Griffiths, Sarah Hilary, Amanda Jennings, Alison Joseph, Emma Kavanagh, Erin Kelly, Colette McBeth, Mel McGrath, Kate Medina, D.E. Meredith, Louise Millar, Kate Rhodes, Helen Smith, Louise Voss, Laura Wilson ...

Bodies surface and disappear, seduce and corrupt in these original stories by bestselling, award-winning female crime writers from the Killer Women crime-writing collective. Keep your eyes peeled, your ears cocked and your wits about you as twenty deliciously twisted tales take you to surprising places... 'A killer collection of dark and devious tales' Mark Billingham'A lot of women have terrified ... Leer más

$4.01 USD

Bodies surface and disappear, seduce and corrupt in these original stories by bestselling, award-winning female crime writers from the Killer Women crime-writing collective. Keep your eyes peeled, your ears cocked and your wits about you as twenty deliciously twisted tales take you to surprising places... 'A killer collection of dark and devious tales' Mark Billingham'A lot of women have terrified
... Leer más
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Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

de Agatha Christie, Naomi Alderman, Leigh Bardugo, Alyssa Cole, Lucy Foley, Elly Griffiths, Natalie Haynes, Jean Kwok, Val McDermid, Karen M. McManus, Dreda Say Mitchell, Kate Mosse, Ruth Ware ...

Narrado por Alex Kingston, Adjoa Andoh, Miriam Margolyes, Celia Imrie, Chipo Chung, Adrian Scarborough, Alison Steadman, Jodhi May, Cathy Tyson, Ramon Tikaram, Imogen Stubbs ...

Series series Miss Marple Mysteries
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11 hora 28 minutos

NATIONAL BESTSELLER""Each author captures Christie—and Marple—perfectly, while also displaying just a bit of her own unique touch. . . . This new and entertaining collection by some of our favorite writers will hook a new group of readers to the formidable Miss Marple."" — Rhys Bowen, Washington Post“Marple is the best loved [detective]. Also the most influential. . . . It is Miss Marple who ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

NATIONAL BESTSELLER""Each author captures Christie—and Marple—perfectly, while also displaying just a bit of her own unique touch. . . . This new and entertaining collection by some of our favorite writers will hook a new group of readers to the formidable Miss Marple."" — Rhys Bowen, Washington Post“Marple is the best loved [detective]. Also the most influential. . . . It is Miss Marple who
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Simply Institutional Ethnography

Creating a Sociology for People

de Dorothy E. Smith, Alison I. Griffith ...

Series series Institutional Ethnography
Institutional ethnography (IE) originated as a feminist alternative to sociologies defining people as the objects of study. Instead, IE explores the social relations that dominate the life of the particular subject in focus.Simply Institutional Ethnography is written by two pioneers in the field and grounded in decades of ground-breaking work. Dorothy Smith and Alison Griffith lay out the basics ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

Institutional ethnography (IE) originated as a feminist alternative to sociologies defining people as the objects of study. Instead, IE explores the social relations that dominate the life of the particular subject in focus.Simply Institutional Ethnography is written by two pioneers in the field and grounded in decades of ground-breaking work. Dorothy Smith and Alison Griffith lay out the basics
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Institutional Ethnography as Practice

de Marie L. Campbell, Marjorie L. DeVault, Tim Diamond, Lauren Eastwood, Alison Griffith, Liza McCoy, Eric Mykhalovskiy, Ellen Pence, George W. Smith, Dorothy E. Smith, Susan Turner1, Douglas Weatherbee2, Alex J. Wilson3 ...

In this edited collection, institutional ethnographers draw on their field research experiences to address different aspects of institutional ethnographic practice. As institutional ethnography embraces the actualities of people's experiences and lives, the contributors utilize their research to reveal how institutional relations and regimes are organized. As a whole, the book aims to provide ... Leer más

$44.99 USD

In this edited collection, institutional ethnographers draw on their field research experiences to address different aspects of institutional ethnographic practice. As institutional ethnography embraces the actualities of people's experiences and lives, the contributors utilize their research to reveal how institutional relations and regimes are organized. As a whole, the book aims to provide
... Leer más
Mothering for Schooling

de Alison Griffith, Dorothy Smith ...

Series series Critical Social Thought
Griffith and Smith explore the innumerable, hidden, seemingly mundane tasks like getting kids ready for school, helping with homework, or serving on the PTA can all have profound effects on what occurs within school. Based on longitudinal interviews with mothers of school-age children, this book exposes the effects mothers' work has on educational systems as a whole and the ways in which ... Leer más

$66.99 USD

Griffith and Smith explore the innumerable, hidden, seemingly mundane tasks like getting kids ready for school, helping with homework, or serving on the PTA can all have profound effects on what occurs within school. Based on longitudinal interviews with mothers of school-age children, this book exposes the effects mothers' work has on educational systems as a whole and the ways in which
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Allies

Inspiring stories of friendship and support

de Shakirah Bourne, Dana Alison Levy ...

Narrado por Aysha Kala, Barbara Beam, Candice Byrd, Gloria Chapa, Hayden Mclean, Jessica Hayles, Kit Griffiths, Sam Crerar, Varia Williams ...

Completo

6 hora 17 minutos

An anthology of heartfelt, real-life stories about allyship authored by multiple, diverse voices. It will inspire young readers to inform themselves and further their knowledge to help, show respect, and champion the rights of people from all walks of lifeAllyship is not a trend.Allyship is a journey, but it's not always easy to know where to start. See things from a different perspective with ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

An anthology of heartfelt, real-life stories about allyship authored by multiple, diverse voices. It will inspire young readers to inform themselves and further their knowledge to help, show respect, and champion the rights of people from all walks of lifeAllyship is not a trend.Allyship is a journey, but it's not always easy to know where to start. See things from a different perspective with
... Leer más
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Wild Seas, Wilder Cities

A collection of environmental fiction, poems and articles

de Helen Salsbury, Richard Salsbury, Vin Adams, Jane Andreoli, Helen Angell, Denise Bennett, Rachel Birchley, Julian Bishop0, Rio Bivens1, Abigail Burt2, John Callaway3, Mark Cassidy5, Barbara Claridge6, Fiona Dignan8, Marguerite Doyle9, Katy Gary0, Jackie Green1, Alison Habens3, Sue Harper5, Linda Hibben7, Linda Hilborne8, Tamsin Hopkins9, Nicola Humphries1, Soumya Jasthi2, Margaret Jennings4, Jenni Jones5, Liz Kay7, Annie Kirby8, Andrew Larder0, Christine Lawrence1, Tina MacNaughton3, FC Malby5, Jamie Marsh6, Wendy Metcalfe7, Christina Moran9, Ellie Parker1, Eileen Phyall3, Maggie Sawkins5, S C6, Helen Scadding7, Clare Seek8, Sue Shipp0, Sue Spiers1, Irene Strange3, Judith Thompson5, Brooke Wain7, Gordon Watts8, Richard Williams9, Mary Sylvia Winter1 ...

Narrado por Helen Salsbury, Richard Salsbury, Jane Andreoli, John Callaway4, Barbara Claridge7, Jackie Green2, Alison Habens4, Sue Harper6, Tamsin Hopkins0, Soumya Jasthi3, Jenni Jones6, Annie Kirby9, Christine Lawrence2, Tina MacNaughton4, Wendy Metcalfe8, Christina Moran0, Ellie Parker2, Eileen Phyall4, Clare Seek9, Sue Spiers2, Irene Strange4, Judith Thompson6, Richard Williams0, Alexia Daniels2, Anne Paton-Cragg3, Binit Ghosh4, Brian Armstrong5, Crystal Griffiths6, Emma Briggs7, Evan Walker8, Graham Brown9, Holly Smith0, James Close1, James Kirby2, Jasper Astrophel3, Jonathan Dodd4, Kath Dugan5, Kathryn Bivens6, Kia Wilson7, Lorraine Close8, Lou Lewis9, Mariella Rohansten0, Neil Blanks1, Nicky Thomas2, Patrick Olliver3, Philip Cahill4, Sarah Grimm5, Sue Renshaw6, Suzanne Parekh7, Vaughan Capstick8 ...

Completo

7 hora 54 minutos

Wild Seas, Wilder Cities is a ‘wild-seeded’ collection of short stories, poems, memoirs and environmental articles from 49 unique contributors, all concerned with showing the positive side of our relationship with the earth.Thanks to funding from Portsmouth Creates, this audiobook features 50 different voices from across the Portsmouth community and beyond. Our readers range from teenagers to ... Leer más

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Wild Seas, Wilder Cities is a ‘wild-seeded’ collection of short stories, poems, memoirs and environmental articles from 49 unique contributors, all concerned with showing the positive side of our relationship with the earth.Thanks to funding from Portsmouth Creates, this audiobook features 50 different voices from across the Portsmouth community and beyond. Our readers range from teenagers to
... Leer más
Under New Public Management

Institutional Ethnographies of Changing Front-Line Work

Edición de Alison I. Griffith, Dorothy E. Smith ...

The institutional ethnographies collected in Under New Public Management explore how new managerial governance practices coordinate the work of people doing front-line work in public sectors such as health, education, social services, and international development, and people management in the private sector.In these fields, organizations have increasingly adopted private-sector management ... Leer más

$35.99 USD

The institutional ethnographies collected in Under New Public Management explore how new managerial governance practices coordinate the work of people doing front-line work in public sectors such as health, education, social services, and international development, and people management in the private sector.In these fields, organizations have increasingly adopted private-sector management
... Leer más

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