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George Alexander and the Work of the Actor-Manager (2020)
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Sutherland, L. (2020). George Alexander and the Work of the Actor-Manager. Palgrave Macmillan

In the first book-length study of the work and legacy of West End actor-manager George Alexander since the 1930s, George Alexander and the Work of the Actor-Manager examines the key part this figure played in presenting new drama by authors including... Read More about George Alexander and the Work of the Actor-Manager.

The Good Drone: How Social Movements Democratize Surveillance (2020)
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Fitzpatrick, A. (2020). The Good Drone: How Social Movements Democratize Surveillance. Cambridge, Mass: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press). https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11739.001.0001

How small-scale drones, satellites, kites, and balloons are used by social movements for the greater good. Drones are famous for doing bad things: weaponized, they implement remote-control war; used for surveillance, they threaten civil liberties... Read More about The Good Drone: How Social Movements Democratize Surveillance.

The Homeric Hymn to Hermes (2020)
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(2020). O. Thomas (Ed.), The Homeric Hymn to Hermes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511997792

The Homeric Hymn to Hermes is the longest surviving hymn from early Greece, our fullest source for the god Hermes, and an entertaining narrative of theft, invention, cheekiness, and learning to get along. This study contains a new text of the poem, b... Read More about The Homeric Hymn to Hermes.

Loyalty to the Monarchy in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain, c. 1400-1688 (2020)
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Ward, M., & Hefferan, M. (Eds.). (2020). Loyalty to the Monarchy in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain, c. 1400-1688. Palgrave Macmillan

Explores how loyalty to the British monarchs was cultivated, maintaine and expressed in the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. Approaches the concept of loyalty from different perspectives: from the legislature, from the government and from relig... Read More about Loyalty to the Monarchy in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain, c. 1400-1688.

Corpus discourse and mental health (2020)
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Hunt, D., & Brookes, G. (2020). Corpus discourse and mental health. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Situated at the interface of corpus linguistics and health communication, Corpus, Discourse and Mental Health provides insights into the linguistic practices of members of three online support communities as they describe their experiences of living... Read More about Corpus discourse and mental health.

Professional Communication: Consultancy, Advocacy, Activism (2020)
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Mullany, L. (Ed.). (2020). Professional Communication: Consultancy, Advocacy, Activism. London: Palgrave Macmillan

This edited book presents contemporary empirical research investigating the use of language in professional settings, drawing on the contributions of a set of internationally-renowned authors. The book takes a critical approach to understanding profe... Read More about Professional Communication: Consultancy, Advocacy, Activism.

Journal of Romance Studies Special Issue : Disorderly eating in contemporary women’s writing - Volume 20 - Issue 2 - June 2020 (2020)
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Jordan, S., & Still, J. (Eds.). (2020). Journal of Romance Studies Special Issue : Disorderly eating in contemporary women’s writing - Volume 20 - Issue 2 - June 2020. Liverpool University Press

Painting and devotion in Golden Age Iberia: Luis de Morales (2020)
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Andrews, J. (2020). Painting and devotion in Golden Age Iberia: Luis de Morales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press

Luis de Morales, known as El Divino because of his intensely religious subject matter, is the most significant and recognisable Spanish painter of the mid-sixteenth century, the high point of the Spanish and Portuguese counter-reformations. He spent... Read More about Painting and devotion in Golden Age Iberia: Luis de Morales.

Choosing Party Leaders: Britain's Conservatives and Labour Compared (2020)
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Denham, A., Roe-Crines, A. S., & Dorey, P. (2020). Choosing Party Leaders: Britain's Conservatives and Labour Compared. Manchester: Manchester University Press

The End of Empire in Uganda: Decolonization and Institutional Conflict (2020)
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MAWBY, S. (2020). The End of Empire in Uganda: Decolonization and Institutional Conflict. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

The negative legacy of the British empire is often thought of in terms of war and economic exploitation, while the positive contribution is associated with the establishment of good governance and effective, modern institutions. In this new analysis... Read More about The End of Empire in Uganda: Decolonization and Institutional Conflict.

Drones for Good: How to Bring Sociotechnical Thinking into the Classroom (2020)
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Hoople, G. D., & Choi-Fitzpatrick, A. (2020). Drones for Good: How to Bring Sociotechnical Thinking into the Classroom. San Rafael, California (USA): Morgan & Claypool Publishers LLC. https://doi.org/10.2200/s00984ed1v01y202001ets024

What in the world is a social scientist doing collaborating with an engineer, and an engineer with a sociologist, and together on a book about drones and sociotechnical thinking in the classroom? This book emerges from a frustration that disciplinary... Read More about Drones for Good: How to Bring Sociotechnical Thinking into the Classroom.

Religion and Sexualities: Theories, Themes and Methodologies (2020)
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Page, S.-J., & Shipley, H. (2020). Religion and Sexualities: Theories, Themes and Methodologies. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315145945

This book examines key themes and concepts pertaining to religious and sexual identities and expressions, mapping theoretical, methodological, and empirical dimensions. It explores the ways in which debates around sexuality and religion have been fra... Read More about Religion and Sexualities: Theories, Themes and Methodologies.

Petitions from Lincolnshire, c. 1200 - c. 1500 (2020)
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Dodd, G., & Mchardy, A. K. (2020). Petitions from Lincolnshire, c. 1200 - c. 1500. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press

When the normal channels for righting wrongs or asking favours were unavailable, the people of medieval England petitioned their kings - in parliament, council, or chancery. Lincolnshire's inhabitants took full advantage of these opportunities, and t... Read More about Petitions from Lincolnshire, c. 1200 - c. 1500.

Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture under Postsocialism (2020)
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Bao, H. (2020). Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture under Postsocialism. Routledge India. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003027898

This book analyses queer cultural production in contemporary China to map the broad social transformations in gender, sexuality and desire. It examines queer literature and visual cultures in China’s post-Mao and postsocialist era to show how these d... Read More about Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture under Postsocialism.

Just Property. Volume Three: Property in an Age of Ideologies (2020)
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Pierson, C. (2020). Just Property. Volume Three: Property in an Age of Ideologies. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198787105.001.0001

Squid Squad: A Novel (2020)
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Welton, M. (2020). Squid Squad: A Novel. Manchester: Carcanet

In Squid Squad: A Novel we join Natalie Chatterley, Angus Mingus, Nerys Harris and friends as they make recordings of the doorbell, uncrumple their cash and fling their walnuts from the window. They contemplate the spaces between the spaces between t... Read More about Squid Squad: A Novel.

Treatment Strategies and Survival Outcomes in Breast Cancer (2020)
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Cheung, K.-L. (2020). K.-L. Cheung (Ed.). Treatment Strategies and Survival Outcomes in Breast Cancer. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03928-759-8

Authorship as Promotional Discourse in the Screen Industries: Selling Genius (2020)
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Hadas, L. (2020). Authorship as Promotional Discourse in the Screen Industries: Selling Genius. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429340956

This book discusses the use of authorship discourses and author figures in the promotion and marketing of media content, dealing with the U.S. mainstream media, including franchise film, network television, and triple-A video games. The research t... Read More about Authorship as Promotional Discourse in the Screen Industries: Selling Genius.

Keeping time (2020)
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Legendre, T. (2020). Keeping time. Acre Books

Fictional Discourse: A Radical Fictionalist Semantics (2020)
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Predelli, S. (2020). Fictional Discourse: A Radical Fictionalist Semantics. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198854128.001.0001

This book defends a Radical Fictionalist Semantics for fictional discourse. Focusing on proper names as prototypical devices of reference, it argues that fictional names are only fictionally proper names, and that, as a result, fictional sentences do... Read More about Fictional Discourse: A Radical Fictionalist Semantics.