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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.

Materiality and the Study of Religion: The Stuff of the Sacred (2016)
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T. Hutchings, & J. McKenzie (Eds.), (2016). Materiality and the Study of Religion: The Stuff of the Sacred. doi: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.

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.

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.

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.

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.