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The Social Life of Literature in Revolutionary Cuba: Narrative, Identity, and Well-being (2016)
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Kumaraswami, P. (2016). The Social Life of Literature in Revolutionary Cuba: Narrative, Identity, and Well-being. Palgrave Macmillan

Combatting Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism: Challenges, Trends and Priorities (2016)
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Akhgar, B., & Brewster, B. (Eds.). (2016). Combatting Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism: Challenges, Trends and Priorities. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38930-1

The age of noise in Britain: Hearing modernity (2016)
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Mansell, J. G. (2016). The age of noise in Britain: Hearing modernity. University of Illinois Press

© 2017 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. All rights reserved. Sound transformed British life in the “age of noise” between 1914 and 1945. The sonic maelstrom of mechanized society bred anger and anxiety and even led observers to... Read More about The age of noise in Britain: Hearing modernity.

José Saramago: history, utopia, and the necessity of error (2016)
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Sabine, M. (2016). José Saramago: history, utopia, and the necessity of error. (1). Cambridge: Legenda

Although best known internationally for his ‘allegorical’ novels such as Blindness (1995), in his native Portugal, José Saramago remains most acclaimed for his earlier, richly poetic ‘historical’ novels. This new study of five of these works focuses... Read More about José Saramago: history, utopia, and the necessity of error.

The rhetoric of exile : duress and the imagining of force (2016)
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Zoric, V. (2016). The rhetoric of exile : duress and the imagining of force. Cambridge: Modern Humanities Research Association

The Rhetoric of Exile explores the rhetorical construction of force in indirect exile and in literary responses to it. Between banishment, a compulsory exile, and expatriation, a voluntary one, many legal systems have allowed for a third model. Such... Read More about The rhetoric of exile : duress and the imagining of force.

The French Art Novel, 1900-1930 (2016)
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Shingler, K. (2016). The French Art Novel, 1900-1930. Legenda

Place-Based Methods for Researching Schools (2016)
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Thomson, P., & Hall, C. (2016). Place-Based Methods for Researching Schools. Bloomsbury Publishing

Materiality and the Study of Religion: The Stuff of the Sacred (2016)
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Hutchings, T., & McKenzie, J. (Eds.). (2016). Materiality and the Study of Religion: The Stuff of the Sacred. Abingdon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315604787

Material culture has emerged in recent decades as a significant theoretical concern for the study of religion. This book contributes to and evaluates this material turn, presenting thirteen chapters of new empirical research and theoretical reflectio... Read More about Materiality and the Study of Religion: The Stuff of the Sacred.

Trends in Maths and Science Study (TIMSS): National Report for England (2016)
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Greany, T., Barnes, I., Mostafa, T., Pensiero, N., & Swensson, C. (in press). Trends in Maths and Science Study (TIMSS): National Report for England. London: UK Department for Education

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is overseen by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). It provides participating countries internationally comparable data on the performance... Read More about Trends in Maths and Science Study (TIMSS): National Report for England.

The Cambridge history of the English short story (2016)
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D. Head (Ed.), (2016). The Cambridge history of the English short story

The Cambridge History of the English Short Story is the first comprehensive volume to capture the literary history of the English short story. Charting the origins and generic evolution of the English short story to the present day, and written by in... Read More about The Cambridge history of the English short story.

A prison without walls? Eastern Siberian exile in the last years of Tsarism (2016)
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Badcock, S. (2016). A prison without walls? Eastern Siberian exile in the last years of Tsarism. Oxford University Press (OUP)

Timber Gridshells: Architecture, Structure and Craft (2016)
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Chilton, J., & Tang, G. (2016). Timber Gridshells: Architecture, Structure and Craft. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315773872

Throughout history, people have constructed simple timber lattice shelters such as the tepee or yurt, covered with animal skins, leaves, grasses and woven fabrics. Over the last fifty years, more sophisticated ‘webs of wood’ have emerged, with timber... Read More about Timber Gridshells: Architecture, Structure and Craft.

Educational leadership and Pierre Bourdieu (2016)
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Thomson, P. (2016). Educational leadership and Pierre Bourdieu. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Pierre Bourdieu was one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. He argued for, and practiced, rigorous and reflexive scholarship, interrogating the inequities and injustices of modern societies. Through a lifetime’s explication of th... Read More about Educational leadership and Pierre Bourdieu.

The penal voluntary sector (2016)
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Tomczak, P. (2016). The penal voluntary sector. London: Routledge

The penal voluntary sector and the relationships between punishment and charity are more topical than ever before. In recent years in England and Wales, the sector has featured significantly in both policy rhetoric and academic commentary. Penal volu... Read More about The penal voluntary sector.

The Language of Surrealism (2016)
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Stockwell, P. (2016). The Language of Surrealism. London: Palgrave Macmillan

Human Rights and the Reinvention of Freedom (2016)
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Stevenson, N. (2017). Human Rights and the Reinvention of Freedom. London, UK: Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315742236

This volume seeks to propose a reinvention of freedom under contemporary conditions of globalization, cross-border mobility, and neo-liberal dominance. There are currently two predominant myths circulating about freedom. The first is that in a global... Read More about Human Rights and the Reinvention of Freedom.

Hidden power : the strategic logic of organized crime (2016)
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Cockayne, J. (2016). Hidden power : the strategic logic of organized crime. Oxford University Press

What should we make of the outsized role organized crime plays in conflict and crisis, from drug wars in Mexico to human smuggling in North Africa, from the struggle in Crimea to scandals in Kabul? How can we deal with the convergence of politics and... Read More about Hidden power : the strategic logic of organized crime.

The Number Poems (2016)
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Welton, M. (2016). The Number Poems. Manchester: Carcanet

Matthew Welton is a poet enchanted by form and process. Many of the Number Poems abide by subtle patterns or constraints, creating symmetries in the arrangement of sentences, lines, words, or metrical feet. As with good architecture, however, Welton’... Read More about The Number Poems.

Just Property. Volume Two: Enlightenment, Revolution, and History (2016)
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Pierson, C. (2016). Just Property. Volume Two: Enlightenment, Revolution, and History. Oxford University Press (OUP)

A history of private property.

Restorative policing: concepts, theory and practice (2016)
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Clamp, K., & Paterson, C. (2016). Restorative policing: concepts, theory and practice. Routledge

In the UK and elsewhere, restorative justice and policing are core components of a range of university programmes; however, currently no such text exists on the intersection of these two areas of study. This book draws together these diverse theoreti... Read More about Restorative policing: concepts, theory and practice.