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The Next Right Move
Making the Right Career Steps in a Digital Age
J. Mark Munoz, Stephen Krempl
The book is a fictional story about three characters who go on a road trip and experience technology, organizations, and work life in 2030, charting a developmental journey and pathway towards a happy, healthy, and productive life ahead.
Union Bridge Books
Hardback
9781785279904
July 2021
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£14.95 / $14.95The book is a fictional story about three characters who go on a road trip and experience technology, organizations, and work life in 2030, charting a developmental journey and pathway towards a happy, healthy, and productive life ahead.
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Quandaries of Belonging
Notes on Home, from Abroad
Michael Jackson
Quandaries of Belonging is both a personal meditation on the author’s relationship with Aotearoa New Zealand and a critical exploration of coexistence in a postcolonial society.
First Hill Books
Hardback
9781785276415
December 2020
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£32.95 / $32.95Quandaries of Belonging is both a personal meditation on the author’s relationship with Aotearoa New Zealand and a critical exploration of coexistence in a postcolonial society.
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Legal Duty and Upper Limits
How to Save our Democracy and Planet from the Rich
Bernd Reiter
This book offers innovative solutions to our democratic, economic, and ecological crises.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785276378
November 2020
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£125.00 / $125.00This book offers innovative solutions to our democratic, economic, and ecological crises.
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Changes in Attitudes to Immigrants in Britain, 1841-1921
From Foreigner to Alien
Ben Braber
This book reviews changes in attitudes to immigrants in Britain and the language used to put these feelings into words between 1841 and 1921.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785276347
November 2020
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£125.00 / $125.00This book reviews changes in attitudes to immigrants in Britain and the language used to put these feelings into words between 1841 and 1921.
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Commitment in the Artistic Practice of Aref El-Rayess
The Changing of Horses
Natasha Gasparian
In her study of Aref El-Rayess’s The 5th of June, or, The Changing of Horses, Natasha Gasparian reveals that the picture was presented and received, allegorically or metaphysically, as an idealized narrative of national liberation. By tracing the caesuras and slips in discourse, she reconstructs an alternative reading of the artwork’s uncanny yet historically determinate character.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781785274626
November 2020
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£59.95 / $59.95In her study of Aref El-Rayess’s The 5th of June, or, The Changing of Horses, Natasha Gasparian reveals that the picture was presented and received, allegorically or metaphysically, as an idealized narrative of national liberation. By tracing the caesuras and slips in discourse, she reconstructs an alternative reading of the artwork’s uncanny yet historically determinate character.
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Top 10 Vaccine Objections
Doubts and Conversations
Alex Ramirez
This work of narrative non-fiction deals with common questions and doubts people have about vaccines, using very accessible, conversational, non-technical language.
First Hill Books
Paperback
9781785275395
September 2020
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£12.95 / $12.95This work of narrative non-fiction deals with common questions and doubts people have about vaccines, using very accessible, conversational, non-technical language.
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Forgotten Blood
Indian Soldiers in Europe during World War I
Kamaljit S. Sood
‘Forgotten Blood’, Kamaljit Sood’s first play, highlights the enthusiasm with which Indian forces went to France to fight for the British Crown. The British rulers in India, however, reneged on their promises and resorted to repression of free speech and outright massacre.
Union Bridge Books
Paperback
9781785273230
December 2019
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£12.99 / $12.99‘Forgotten Blood’, Kamaljit Sood’s first play, highlights the enthusiasm with which Indian forces went to France to fight for the British Crown. The British rulers in India, however, reneged on their promises and resorted to repression of free speech and outright massacre.
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Farewell, My Beautiful Homeland
Ahmet Ümit
translated by Rakesh Jobanputra‘Farewell, My Beautiful Homeland’ is the story of a man from Salonika on the eve of the First World War who is forced to choose between his love for a woman and his love for his country as the Ottoman Empire is drawn into the war and faces collapse.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781785271038
October 2019
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£18.95 / $18.95‘Farewell, My Beautiful Homeland’ is the story of a man from Salonika on the eve of the First World War who is forced to choose between his love for a woman and his love for his country as the Ottoman Empire is drawn into the war and faces collapse.
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The Development of a Theory of Social Structure and Personality
Melvin L. Kohn
Melvin Kohn, a pioneer in the cross-national, comparative and collaborative study of social structure and personality, examines his sociological research spanning a six-decade career to articulate a theory of social structure and personality.
First Hill Books
Hardback
9781785270666
April 2019
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£79.95 / $79.95Melvin Kohn, a pioneer in the cross-national, comparative and collaborative study of social structure and personality, examines his sociological research spanning a six-decade career to articulate a theory of social structure and personality.
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IB Music Revision Guide, 3rd Edition
£25.95 / $25.95Everything you need to prepare for the Music Listening Examination (Standard and Higher Level 2019–2021)
Roger Paul
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781783088669
November 2018
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Tanpinar’s ‘Five Cities’
Ahmed Hamdi Tanpinar
translated by Ruth ChristieIn ‘Five Cities’ (‘Beş Şehir’), Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar focuses on cities significant in Anatolian history and his own emotional life. Part history, part autobiography, part poetic meditation on time and memory, ‘Five Cities’ is Proustian in style with a tension between a backward-looking melancholy and a concern for the unpredictable future of the author’s country.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781783088485
November 2018
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£15.95 / $15.95In ‘Five Cities’ (‘Beş Şehir’), Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar focuses on cities significant in Anatolian history and his own emotional life. Part history, part autobiography, part poetic meditation on time and memory, ‘Five Cities’ is Proustian in style with a tension between a backward-looking melancholy and a concern for the unpredictable future of the author’s country.
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The Beaver Bot of Yellowstone
Pure-Play Leadership for the Artificial Intelligence Revolution
Al Naqvi, J. Mark Munoz
As the artificial intelligence revolution sweeps through the global economy, nothing is more important than Pure-Play leadership. Using a fable, ‘The Beaver Bot of Yellowstone’ guides business leaders on how to lead their firms through the mysterious and complex cognitive transformation. Not just math geniuses, anyone can master the game with Pure-Play leadership rules.
Union Bridge Books
Hardback
9781785270581
May 2018
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£14.95 / $14.95As the artificial intelligence revolution sweeps through the global economy, nothing is more important than Pure-Play leadership. Using a fable, ‘The Beaver Bot of Yellowstone’ guides business leaders on how to lead their firms through the mysterious and complex cognitive transformation. Not just math geniuses, anyone can master the game with Pure-Play leadership rules.
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The Unglobals
Groundbreakers in the Age of Economic Nationalism
J. Mark Munoz
There are emerging trends in protectionism, minimalism and even isolationism worldwide. Amid global conflicts and confusion, ‘The Unglobals’ offers personal and organizational strategies on managing globalization your own way.
Union Bridge Books
Hardback
9781785270550
May 2018
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£14.95 / $14.95There are emerging trends in protectionism, minimalism and even isolationism worldwide. Amid global conflicts and confusion, ‘The Unglobals’ offers personal and organizational strategies on managing globalization your own way.
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Value of Failure
The Spectrum of Challenges for the Economy
Edited by Leszek Gracz, Joanna Markiewicz
There is a clear economic and social rationale in providing a second chance to failed entrepreneurs and deriving positive experiences from negative situations. Value of Failure is a comprehensive attempt at understanding the various aspects of the phenomenon of business failure.
First Hill Books
Hardback
9781783087334
November 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00There is a clear economic and social rationale in providing a second chance to failed entrepreneurs and deriving positive experiences from negative situations. Value of Failure is a comprehensive attempt at understanding the various aspects of the phenomenon of business failure.
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Nanobiotechnology
£115.00 / $115.00Basic and Applied Aspects
Edited by Arunava Goswami, Samrat Roy Choudhury
Union Bridge Books
Hardback
9781783087372
September 2017
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Jax’ House
John Kitchen
Do old houses hold secrets? Can those secrets affect the lives of people who live there now? Jack O’Hagen has moved to a house in Cornwall that certainly has a secret – a secret it is determined to share.
Union Bridge Books
Paperback
9781783085699
April 2016
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£13.95 / $13.95Do old houses hold secrets? Can those secrets affect the lives of people who live there now? Jack O’Hagen has moved to a house in Cornwall that certainly has a secret – a secret it is determined to share.
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To The Death
Peter R. Hall
Focusing on the emergence of Christianity and its suppression by the Romans in the first century, To The Death provides a riveting fictional account of the historical beginnings of Christianity.
Union Bridge Books
Paperback
9781783082742
June 2014
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£18.95 / $18.95Focusing on the emergence of Christianity and its suppression by the Romans in the first century, To The Death provides a riveting fictional account of the historical beginnings of Christianity.
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The Charlton Men
Paul Breen
‘The Charlton Men’, the first part of a trilogy set in South London, follows two “Charlton Men” as their lives become intertwined with the fortunes of their local football club.
Union Bridge Books
Paperback
9781783081660
May 2014
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£18.85 / $18.85‘The Charlton Men’, the first part of a trilogy set in South London, follows two “Charlton Men” as their lives become intertwined with the fortunes of their local football club.
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Punk Samurai Slash Down
Kou Machida
translated by Wayne P. LammersGlimpsing an elderly man leading his blind daughter on a pilgrimage, Junoshin, a freelance samurai, swiftly kills him with a sword and denounces him as part of a cult. Set in Edo-period Japan, ‘Punk Samurai Slash Down’ follows the power struggles which entangle Junoshin within the Kuroae clan, fraught with division and facing the spread of a dangerous cult.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783081271
April 2014
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£34.95 / $34.95Glimpsing an elderly man leading his blind daughter on a pilgrimage, Junoshin, a freelance samurai, swiftly kills him with a sword and denounces him as part of a cult. Set in Edo-period Japan, ‘Punk Samurai Slash Down’ follows the power struggles which entangle Junoshin within the Kuroae clan, fraught with division and facing the spread of a dangerous cult.
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Surgical Simulation
Edited by Prokar Dasgupta, Kamran Ahmed, Peter Jaye, Mohammed Shamim Khan
This book provides an overview of the current status of simulation in various surgical disciplines and explains the science of surgical education.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783081561
January 2014
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£130.00 / $130.00This book provides an overview of the current status of simulation in various surgical disciplines and explains the science of surgical education.
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How to Find Work in the 21st Century
A Guide to Finding Employment in Today’s Workplace
Ron McGowan
A practical guide to finding meaningful employment in today’s workplace.
First Hill Books
Paperback
9780857280961
September 2013
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£24.95 / $24.95A practical guide to finding meaningful employment in today’s workplace.
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The Financial History of Cambridge University
Robert Neild
Robert Neild traces how Cambridge – having since 1945 received money, public and private, that carried it to the top of the world rankings of universities – is suffering at the hand of cuts in government funding and a tide of political intervention.
First Hill Books
Hardback
9780857285157
June 2012
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£19.95 / $19.95Robert Neild traces how Cambridge – having since 1945 received money, public and private, that carried it to the top of the world rankings of universities – is suffering at the hand of cuts in government funding and a tide of political intervention.
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Autonomy
Beyond Kant and Hermeneutics
Edited by Paula Banerjee, Samir Kumar Das
In the first decade of the twenty-first century autonomy has become one of the major concerns of our social and political existence. The right to autonomous life is now a political, cultural and social call of both the individual and group. The present volume is a critical attempt to understand autonomy from both historical and analytical perspectives. Autonomy, in this collective reading, emerges as deeply rooted in social practices and contentious politics.
Union Bridge India
Hardback
9781843317432
January 2007
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£80.00 / $80.00In the first decade of the twenty-first century autonomy has become one of the major concerns of our social and political existence. The right to autonomous life is now a political, cultural and social call of both the individual and group. The present volume is a critical attempt to understand autonomy from both historical and analytical perspectives. Autonomy, in this collective reading, emerges as deeply rooted in social practices and contentious politics.