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All the voices: Diversity in the media (2014)
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Jempson, M., & Pereira, A. C. (2014). All the voices: Diversity in the media. Portugal: SOS Racismo

Commentary on the importance of inclusive coverage, representation and employment in the news media

Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage: Journeying to the Sacred (2014)
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Maddrell, A., della Dora, V., Scafi, A., & Walton, H. (2014). Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage: Journeying to the Sacred. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

This volume provides a theoretically and empirically-grounded study of the significance of landscape in the experience of Christian pilgrimage across different denominations and its intersection with cultural heritage and tourism. The book focuses on... Read More about Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage: Journeying to the Sacred.

Modern Children's Literature: An Introduction (2014)
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Hunt, P., Mendlesohn, F., Rudd, D., Graham, J., Rosen, M., Pearson, L., …Nikolajeva, M. (2014). C. Butler, & K. Reynolds (Eds.), Modern Children's Literature: An Introduction. London: Palgrave Macmillan

Modern children's literature is currently receiving much public and critical attention. Organized to show developments in children's literature over time and across genres, this introductory guide looks at key British, American and Australian works,... Read More about Modern Children's Literature: An Introduction.

SF Now (Paradoxa 26) (2014)
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Bould, M., & Williams, R. (2014). M. Bould, & R. Williams (Eds.), SF Now (Paradoxa 26). Paradoxa

Special issue of annual journal also published as a book, co-edited by Mark Bould and Rhys Williams, collecting an array of articles, interviews and reviews on the intersections of contemporary sf and contemporary critical theory.

Torturing terrorists: Exploring the limits of law, human rights and academic freedom (2014)
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Rumney, P. (2014). Torturing terrorists: Exploring the limits of law, human rights and academic freedom. UK: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203083345

© 2015 Philip N.S. Rumney. This book considers the theoretical, policy and empirical arguments relevant to the debate concerning the legalisation of interrogational torture. Torturing Terrorists examines, as part of a consequentialist analysis, the n... Read More about Torturing terrorists: Exploring the limits of law, human rights and academic freedom.

Fighting Financial Crime in the Global Economic Crisis: Policy, Trends and Sanctions (2014)
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Ryder, N., Turksen, U., & Hassler, S. (2014). Fighting Financial Crime in the Global Economic Crisis: Policy, Trends and Sanctions. Routledge Cavendish

In September 2007, the collapse of the United States (US) sub-prime mortgage market resulted in the global meltdown of the financial markets. This resulted in the collapse of many international financial institutions including Northern Rock, Bradfor... Read More about Fighting Financial Crime in the Global Economic Crisis: Policy, Trends and Sanctions.

Attention, cooperation, purpose: An approach to working in groups using insights from Wilfred Bion (2014)
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French, R., & Simpson, P. (2014). Attention, cooperation, purpose: An approach to working in groups using insights from Wilfred Bion. UK: Karnac

This book describes an approach based on attention that can help individuals and groups to cooperate more effectively. It presents the first book-length reassessment of Wilfred Bion’s ideas on groups. Every group has a purpose or purposes - or, as Bi... Read More about Attention, cooperation, purpose: An approach to working in groups using insights from Wilfred Bion.

Solaris (2014)
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Bould, M. (2014). Solaris. London: BFI Palgrave

Despite being one of Andrei Tarkovsky's most successful films, Solaris (1972) was the one he most disliked. This dismissal of his most generically marked film has often been accepted by those quick to embrace the image of Tarkovsky as a transcendent... Read More about Solaris.

Alternative water supply systems (2014)
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Memon, F., & Ward, S. (2014). Alternative water supply systems. London: IWA Publishing

Owing to climate change related uncertainties and anticipated population growth, different parts of the developing and the developed world (particularly urban areas) are experiencing water shortages or flooding and security of fit-for-purpose supplie... Read More about Alternative water supply systems.

Transgression: Towards an expanded field of architecture (2014)
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Rice, L., & Littlefield, D. (2014). Transgression: Towards an expanded field of architecture. Oxford: Taylor & Francis

The potency of the word “transgress” is hardly reflected in its Latin etymology – to go or walk across. The language is benign, but symbolically loaded: to violate, to infringe, to go beyond the boundaries. To transgress is to break, violate, infring... Read More about Transgression: Towards an expanded field of architecture.

Aquatic Organic Matter Fluorescence (2014)
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Coble, P., Lead, J., Baker, A., Reynolds, D. M., & Spencer, R. (2014). R. Spencer, P. Coble, J. Lead, A. Baker, & D. M. Reynolds (Eds.), Aquatic Organic Matter Fluorescence. New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

This is the first comprehensive text on the theory and practice of aquatic organic matter fluorescence analysis, written by the experts who pioneered the research area. This book covers the topic in the broadest possible terms, providing a common ref... Read More about Aquatic Organic Matter Fluorescence.

Financial crime and gambling in a virtual world: A new frontier in cybercrime (2014)
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Chambers-Jones, C., & Hillman, H. (2014). Financial crime and gambling in a virtual world: A new frontier in cybercrime. London: Edward Elgar

In this unique book, the authors examine the relationship between real world legislation and the new advancements in technology, showing how this can lead to loopholes in legislative protection. They draw upon empirical research to highlight the juri... Read More about Financial crime and gambling in a virtual world: A new frontier in cybercrime.

Gameworlds: Virtual Media and Children's Everyday Play (2014)
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Giddings, S. (2014). Gameworlds: Virtual Media and Children's Everyday Play. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501300233

This book is about play with, in, and around, digital media in everyday life. Building on detailed case studies it explores the nature of play in the virtual worlds of video games and how this play relates to, and crosses over into, everyday play in... Read More about Gameworlds: Virtual Media and Children's Everyday Play.