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Algebra Structure Sense Development amongst Diverse Learners Theoretical and Empirical Insights to Support In-Person and Remote Learning

Algebra Structure Sense Development amongst Diverse Learners Theoretical and Empirical Insights to Support In-Person and Remote Learning

This volume emphasizes the role of effective curriculum design teaching materials and pedagogy to foster algebra structure sense at different educational levels. Positing algebra structure sense as fundamental to developing students’ broader mathematical maturity and advanced thinking this text reviews conceptual historical cognitive and semiotic factors which influence the acquisition of algebra structure sense. It provides empirical evidence to demonstrate the feasibility of linking algebra structure sense to technological tools and promoting it amongst diverse learners. Didactic approaches include the use of adaptive digital environments gamification diagnostic and monitoring tools as well as exercises and algebraic sequences of varied complexity. Advocating for a focus on both intuitive and formal knowledge this volume will be of interest to students scholars and researchers with an interest in educational research as well as mathematics education and numeracy. | Algebra Structure Sense Development amongst Diverse Learners Theoretical and Empirical Insights to Support In-Person and Remote Learning

GBP 130.00
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Exploring What is Lost in the Online Undergraduate Experience A Philosophical Inquiry into the Meaning of Remote Learning

Exploring What is Lost in the Online Undergraduate Experience A Philosophical Inquiry into the Meaning of Remote Learning

This book examines the significance and meaning of undergraduate online learning using a hermeneutic phenomenological study asking what is lost when there is no face-to-face contact and exploring the essence of technology itself. Drawing on data from undergraduate students across various higher education institutions including both interview recordings and written reports of their lived experiences the author seeks to uncover the essence of the phenomenon by engaging with themes around the philosophy of technology and the purpose of post-secondary education using Heidegger’s essay The Question Concerning Technology as a crucial interpretive lens. Rather than offering generalized conclusions it presents a basis for further understanding of the experience of online learning and ultimately asks whether the efficiency afforded to undergraduates by online classes or degrees can ever replace what is learned in a classroom with other people. Providing a novel approach to the topic of online learning which centers the concept of experience and drawing links to current conditions and pedagogy in online higher education it will appeal to scholars working across education and philosophy with interests in higher education technology and education phenomenology of education and philosophy of education. | Exploring What is Lost in the Online Undergraduate Experience A Philosophical Inquiry into the Meaning of Remote Learning

GBP 120.00
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Digital Landscape Photography

Digital Landscape Photography

Photographing landscape with a film camera is different than with a digital camera. There are several books on the market that cover landscape photography but few of them are specifically for the digital photographer. This book is what you are looking for! Digital Landscape Photography covers: equipment such as accessories and lenses exposure from shutter speed and other common mistakes shooting light and its importance composing your perfect photo printing and a special section on specific subjects such as waterfalls and sunrises Digital Landscape Photography written by experts that have been shooting outdoors for decades is a fresh look at current ways to shoot landscapes by making the most of digital format.

GBP 175.00
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Langford's Starting Photography The Guide to Creating Great Images

Langford's Starting Photography The Guide to Creating Great Images

Starting with the basics of camera control and moving on to shutter speeds aperture zoom and flash Langfords Starting Photography gives you the only introduction to digital photography you‘ll ever need. Once you‘ve mastered the basics examples and projects allow you to explore the key methods for capturing a variety of subjects from portraits and pets to landscapes and sports photography alongside straightforward advice on using editing software to get the best out of your digital shots will have you producing unforgettable images in moments. More inspiring than a textbook more interesting than a reference and more in-depth than a photography class Langfords Starting Photography is the only guide you need to start taking great images. | Langford's Starting Photography The Guide to Creating Great Images

GBP 175.00
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The Social Impact of Oil The Case of Peterhead

The Social Impact of Oil The Case of Peterhead

The Social Impact of Oil (1982) examines how the town of Peterhead in the UK hitherto a remote fishing port was changed by North Sea oil. It looks at the wheeling and dealing that went on between property speculators multinational companies local government and municipal bodies as well as discussing the clash of city money and small town as well as the practical problems of the labour market housing and planning. It analyses the way the town changed the advantages oil brought often unintentionally as well as the many challenges. | The Social Impact of Oil The Case of Peterhead

GBP 90.00
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Satellite Technology in Education

Satellite Technology in Education

Satellite Technology in Education (1991) provides a coherent introduction to the potential of satellite technology in education. It begins with a brief technical history of some of the different systems making distinctions between remote sensing telecommunications and amateur radio satellites. It then examines the uses of satellite technology in the teaching of geography and environmental studies languages science and information technology. The book goes on to look at the response of different sectors including schools and teacher education and higher education establishments and concludes with a discussion of legal issues and an analysis of the resources needed to realize the impact of satellites on education.

GBP 90.00
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Digital Nature Photography The Art and the Science

Digital Nature Photography The Art and the Science

Identifying a beautiful image in nature is easy but capturing it is often challenging. To truly seize the essence of a photograph shot out of the studio and in the world requires an artistic eye and impeccable set of photographic techniques. John and Barbara Gerlach have been teaching photographers how to master the craft of photographing nature and the outdoors through their workshops and best-selling books for more than twenty years. Now equipped with brand new images to share and skills to teach this celebrated photo team is sharing their latest lessons in the second edition of Digital Nature Photography. Notable revisions in this new edition include introducing the concepts of focus stacking and HDR as well as expanded discussions of multiple exposure wireless flash RGB histograms live view shutter priority with auto ISO hand-held shooting techniques and the author’s equipment selections. The inspiring imagery in this book covers a broader range of subjects than before including ghost towns the night sky animals and sports in addition to the classic nature photographs we expect from this very talented author team. This book is a comprehensive guide to one of the broadest subjects in photography explained and dymystified by two respected masters. | Digital Nature Photography The Art and the Science

GBP 145.00
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Pandemics in the Age of Social Media Information and Misinformation in Developing Nations

Pandemics in the Age of Social Media Information and Misinformation in Developing Nations

This book offers insights into social media practices and challenges in developing nations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Covering different aspects of social media during the pandemic the book offers new frameworks concepts tools and techniques for integrating social media to support national development. Thematically organized chapters from a global team of scholars address the different aspects of social media during the pandemic. The book begins by looking at ICT for development and how development agencies have used social media platforms before looking at engagement with these social media campaigns and the spread of misinformation. Further chapters cover the practical uses of social media in healthcare and virtual medicine mental health issues and challenges remote education and government policies. This timely volume will be of interest to scholars and students of social media health communication global development studies and NGO communication. | Pandemics in the Age of Social Media Information and Misinformation in Developing Nations

GBP 130.00
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Cities and Citadels An Archaeology of Inequality and Economic Growth

Cities and Citadels An Archaeology of Inequality and Economic Growth

Cities and Citadels provides an urgent update of archaeology’s engagement with economic theory. Recent events have forced a major reassessment of economic thinking. In the wake of the 2008 Great Recession and the economic impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic the world finds itself in unprecedented times. Even though archaeology typically concerns itself with the remote past it must also help us understand how we got to where we are today. This book takes up the challenging new theories of scholars like Thomas Piketty Mariana Mazzucato and David Graeber and explores their importance for the study of human economies in ancient and prehistoric contexts. Drawing on case studies from the Neolithic to the Classical Era and spanning the globe the authors put forward a new narrative of economic change that is relevant to the 21st century. This book speaks to the study of economics in all ancient societies and is suitable for researchers of archaeology economics economic history and all related disciplines. | Cities and Citadels An Archaeology of Inequality and Economic Growth

GBP 130.00
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A New Human The Startling Discovery and Strange Story of the Hobbits of Flores Indonesia Updated Paperback Edition

A New Human The Startling Discovery and Strange Story of the Hobbits of Flores Indonesia Updated Paperback Edition

In the most revolutionary archaeological find of the new century an international team of archaeologists led by Mike Morwood discovered a new diminutive species of human on the remote Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed theHobbit this was no creation of Tolkien's fantasy. The three foot tall skeleton with a brain the size of a chimpanzee‘s was a tool-using fire-making cooperatively hunting person who inhabited Flores alongside modern humans as recently as 13 000 years ago. This book is Morwoods description of this monumental discovery and the intense study that has been undertaken to validate his view of its relationship to our species. He chronicles the bitter debates over Homo Floresiensis the objections (some spiteful) of colleagues the theft and damage of some of the specimens and the endless battle against government and academic bureaucracies that hindered his research. This updated paperback edition contains an epilogue that reports on the most recent debates findings and analyses of this amazing discovery. | A New Human The Startling Discovery and Strange Story of the Hobbits of Flores Indonesia Updated Paperback Edition

GBP 175.00
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Planning The Total Landscape A Guide To Intelligent Land Use

Planning The Total Landscape A Guide To Intelligent Land Use

Rapid changes in land use especially in growing metropolitan areas have created problems that increasingly indicate an urgent need for techniques and procedures for making intelligent land-use decisions. This book identifies the potential undesirable effects of land-use changes and provides techniques for estimating and minimizing them. Based on several years of research conducted by a team of thirty-four faculty and assistants the study shows how planners and decision makers can benefit from such contemporary planning tools as remote sensing statistical analysis and computer technology as well as a variety of evaluation procedures. Part 1 describes the problems of contemporary urbanization and offers a set of planning principles and tools for working with the environmental landscape. These principles and tools are the basis of the procedures detailed in Part 2; the assessment procedures in turn are an essential part of the two current planning approaches—the holistic landscape approach and the parametric approach—described in Part 3. | Planning The Total Landscape A Guide To Intelligent Land Use

GBP 130.00
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A History of South Africa to 1870

A History of South Africa to 1870

Originally published in 1982 and based on the 1969 Oxford History of South Africa this book discusses some of the trends in the historiography of South Africa before the beginning of large-scale mining operations in Kimberley in 1870. A deliberate attempt was made to look at the roots of South African society and to take due account of all its peoples. The book includes a survey of archaeological data emphasizing the links between South Africa and the rest of the continent and between the more remote and more recent past in South Africa. The lives of the hunting herding and cultivating peoples who lived in South Africa before the advent of the Europeans. The foundation of a colonial society is described and the expansion of that society until the 1770s. The final chapters review the relations between the peoples of the Cape Colony and the Nguni cultivators from their first meetings until about 1870 and the growth of the plural society in the Cape Colony until 1970. | A History of South Africa to 1870

GBP 115.00
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Teacher Education and Teacher Professional Development in the COVID-19 Turn Proceedings of the International Conference on Teacher Training

Teacher Education and Teacher Professional Development in the COVID-19 Turn Proceedings of the International Conference on Teacher Training

These proceedings present a selection of papers from the ICTTE 2021 conference. While face-to-face classroom instruction is brought back there are a lot of lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic that schools teacher training and education institutions and government have to take into account. There is a need to reconsider what additional knowledge and skills pre-service teachers and in-service teachers need to be prepared for to anticipate such a similar unexpected situation in the future. Additionally there is also a need to listen to in-service teacher experiences during the emergency remote teaching and integrate the positive lessons that they have gained such as the use of technology into the current post pandemic face-to-face classroom instruction. This proceeding is designed for teacher educators researchers in-service teachers and pre-service teachers in the field of language education math and science education and social science education who are interested in these topics. | Teacher Education and Teacher Professional Development in the COVID-19 Turn Proceedings of the International Conference on Teacher Training

GBP 110.00
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Mongolia Today

Mongolia Today

First published in 1991 Mongolia Today presents a collection of essays by leading scholars in the field and gives important insights into the economic political legal and military systems of Mongolia. The Mongolian People's Republic formerly known as ‘Outer Mongolia’ is three times the size of France but has population of just two million. Sandwiched between Russia and China this remote heartland of Asia has long been one of the most inaccessible places in the world its isolation preserved by political as well as geographical barriers. The modern history of Mongolia has been dominated by its two great neighbours: strong economic and political ties with the erstwhile Soviet Union and problematic relations with China. Relations with the West have been slow to develop. Post-cold war Mongolia is willing to explore new relationships with other parts of the world and transform this once isolated land into a trading partner of international potential. This is an essential read for scholars and researchers of Central Asian studies Asian politics and Chinese studies.

GBP 90.00
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Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology provides a complete overview of the psychological study of the world of work. Written with the student in mind the book presents classic theory and research in the field alongside examples from real-world work situations to provide deeper insight. This edition has been thoroughly updated to include the latest research on each key topic and now features: A spotlight on diversity equity and inclusion throughout including coverage of LGBTQIA+ inclusion and racial justice Expanded coverage of ethics in I/O psychology practice Increased emphasis on cross-cultural and international issues Coverage of the changing nature of work post-pandemic including remote working worker stress and burnout A new focus on technologies related to I/O such as virtual reality and computer adaptive testing New figures illustrations and charts to grab the reader’s attention and facilitate learning Accompanied by extensive student and instructor resources it is a must read for all students on I/O psychology courses and courses in work psychology and organizational behavior and for practicing managers who want a comprehensive overview of the psychology of work.

GBP 170.00
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Archaeology The Science of the Human Past

Archaeology The Science of the Human Past

Archaeology: The Science of the Human Past provides students with a thorough understanding of what archaeology is and how it operates and familiarizes them with fundamental archaeological concepts and methods. This volume introduces the basic components of archaeology including sites artifacts ecofacts remote sensing and excavation. It discusses how archaeologists obtain and classify information and how they analyze this information to formulate and test models of what happened in the past. Cultural resource management and the laws and regulations that deal with archaeology around the world are described. Archaeology is placed in the context of contemporary issues from environmental problems to issues affecting Indigenous populations. The sixth edition has been updated and simplified to create a more streamlined volume to meet the needs of the students and teachers for whom it is designed reflecting the latest developments in archaeological techniques and approaches. Allowing students to understand the theoretical and scientific aspects of archaeology and how various archaeological perspectives and techniques help us understand how and what we know about the past Archaeology: The Science of the Human Past is an ideal introduction to archaeology. | Archaeology The Science of the Human Past

GBP 99.99
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Ancient Lives An Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory

Ancient Lives An Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory

Focusing on sites of key significance and the world’s first civilizations Ancient Lives is an accessible and engaging textbook which introduces complete beginners to the fascinating worlds of archaeology and prehistory. Drawing on their impressive combined experience of the field and the classroom the authors use a jargon-free narrative style to enliven the major developments of more than 3 million years of human culture. First introducing the basic principles methods and theoretical approaches of archaeology the book then provides a summary of world prehistory from a global perspective. This latest edition provides an up-to-date account of human evolution and the origins of modern humans. It explores the reality of life in the prehistoric world. Later chapters describe the development of agriculture and animal domestication and the emergence of cities states and preindustrial civilizations in widely separated parts of the world. Our knowledge of these is changing thanks to revolutionary developments in LIDAR (light detection and ranging) technology and other remote-sensing devices. With this new edition updated to reflect the latest discoveries and research in the discipline Ancient Lives continues to be a comprehensive and essential introduction to archaeology. It will be ideal for students looking for an accessible guide to the subject. | Ancient Lives An Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory

GBP 94.99
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Facts Words and Beliefs

Facts Words and Beliefs

First published in 1970 Facts Words and Beliefs is concerned primarily with formulating the following question and suggesting the right way of answering it- how can a few stray images or muttered words running through our mind constitute our envisagement of situation perhaps remote in time and place from our present position? From a practical point of view the moments when we envisage the nature of some situation which we believe to exist may not be of any great importance. It would seem that our belief in the existence of such situations lies in some sort of adjustment of our behaviour to them which will be useful if the situations really exist from the point of view of survival and comfort. The author suggests that these moments of conscious envisagement of such absent situations may be rather a sign of such successful adjustment than a factor in bringing it about hence of no practical value in themselves. However if knowledge has any sort of intrinsic value it must surely lie in those moments when one does consciously envisage some aspects of the world more or less as it really is and to try to understand the nature of these moments is to try to understand all that is of intrinsic value in knowledge. This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of philosophy.

GBP 115.00
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Victoria and Albert at Home

Victoria and Albert at Home

First Published in 1980 Victoria and Albert at Home describes the sitting construction and decorating of the two royal residences at Osborne and Balmoral and paints a memorable portrait of the Queen’s family and her Court beside the Solent and the Dee. At the time of their marriage the royal couple had the use of many crown properties but except for Windsor Castle they found none to their taste and began to look for a home of their own. Sir Robert Peel found them an estate on the Isle of Wight which was peaceful beautiful and at that time sufficiently remote from London. However when access from London became swifter and easier their privacy was lost and they looked elsewhere for a second private family residence. A small estate in Scotland was recommended and Prince Albert once again designed the house this time in Scottish baronial style. Drawing on memories archives and family papers some of which with a number of illustrations have never been published before Tyler Whittle has written an interesting entertaining and vivid account of life at a time so very much more elegant and yet at the same time so very much robust than anything that can be imagined today. This is a must read for students and scholars of British history and Royal history.

GBP 90.00
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In the Beginning An Introduction to Archaeology

In the Beginning An Introduction to Archaeology

In the Beginning describes the basic methods and theoretical approaches of archaeology. This is a book about fundamental principles written in a clear flowing style with minimal use of technical jargon which approaches archaeology from a global perspective. Starting with a broad-based introduction to the field this book surveys the highlights of archaeology’s colorful history then covers the basics of preservation dating the past and the context of archaeological finds. Descriptions of field surveys including the latest remote-sensing methods excavation and artifact analysis lead into the study of ancient environments landscapes and settlement patterns and the people of the past. Two chapters cover cultural resource management public archaeology and the important role of archaeology in contemporary society. There is also a chapter on archaeology as a potential career. In the Beginning takes the reader on an evenly balanced journey through today’s archaeology. This well-illustrated account with its numerous boxes and sidebars is laced with interesting and sometimes entertaining examples of archaeological research from all parts of the world. This classic textbook of archaeological method and theory has been in print for nearly 50 years and is used in many countries around the world. It is aimed at introductory students in archaeology and anthropology taking survey courses on archaeology as well as more advanced readers. | In the Beginning An Introduction to Archaeology

GBP 160.00
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Personnel Management in Government Agencies and Nonprofit Organizations

Personnel Management in Government Agencies and Nonprofit Organizations

The long-awaited new edition of this highly praised text includes full coverage of policy issues and professional practice in nonprofit organizations as well as at federal state and local levels of government. Retaining its accessible writing style this sixth edition: examines the latest management theories (such as employee engagement and motivation) and current issues including disability privatization merit systems and family and medical leave; roots the discussion in public policy issues providing students with a better understanding of the actors involved and the broader context of personnel administration; provides abundant pedagogical tools including learning objectives summaries and discussion questions to guide student understanding and foster critical thinking; includes exercises and case studies throughout the book for individual or group work helping students apply public personnel management concepts to real world situations. In addition to full coverage of the increasingly important role of personnel management in nonprofit organizations this new edition has been thoroughly updated to include timely material on the effects of the 2008 global recession public service contracting public sector unions security concerns performance measurement remote management management of volunteers the challenges and opportunities of developing an organizational culture and lessons from the experiences of countries around the world. This is a textbook that is ideally suited to prepare students to manage people effectively whether in government nonprofit organizations NGOs or in the private sector. | Personnel Management in Government Agencies and Nonprofit Organizations

GBP 99.99
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Rednecks Eggheads and Blackfellas A study of racial power and intimacy in Australia

Rednecks Eggheads and Blackfellas A study of racial power and intimacy in Australia

This lively book brings the reader close to the people from a remote cattle station in far north Australia where black and white peoples' lives have been intertwined over the span of 80 years. Tracing the humorous savage and ordinary ways in which race structured intimate and everyday relationships across a great divide Gillian Cowlishaw makes startling and original arguments about race relations. By investigating specific patterns of interaction on Australia's cultural frontier Rednecks Eggheads and Blackfellas illustrates how anthropologists pastoralists and government officials squabbled about Aborigines as they intruded into their country controlled aspects of their lives and dominated the way they were represented in the public realm. The ironic title hints that the difference between 'redneck' pastoralists and 'egghead' anthropologists is not so great as might be imagined. Aborigines were central to the projects of both kinds of whitefellas. Weaving the shifts in government policy and public opinion with accounts of their sometimes ludicrous impact on outback communities this book brings to life the complexities of living with racial categories. And it asks why increasingly enlightened anti-racist policies seldom seem to have worked as intended even in this era of self-determination. This thought provoking work will speak not only to anthropologists and those interested in Aboriginal Australia but to scholars of race more generally especially in the burgeoning field of whiteness studies. | Rednecks Eggheads and Blackfellas A study of racial power and intimacy in Australia

GBP 130.00
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The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide A Down & Dirty DV Production

The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide A Down & Dirty DV Production

To anyone who wants to make a doc but doesn’t have a lot of time money or experience Anthony Artis says: It’s time to get down and dirty!—a filmmaking mentality that teaches you how to be creative with your resources and do more with less. Written by a guerrilla filmmaker for guerrilla filmmakers this all new edition of a bestselling classic doesn’t just tell you it shows you how to make your projects better faster and cheaper and has been updated to include: Fresh coverage of DSLR cameras new lighting gear visual storytelling postproduction techniques and distribution in an online era. 500+ full color illustration timesaving tips and practical input from filmmakers that you can immediately apply to your own projects New sections on fundraising choosing lenses shooting internationally the 4K format shooting on iPhones previsualization wireless microphones dolly and slider shots staging remote interviews transcripts and more This bonus website (www. focalpress. com/cw/artis) features video and audio tutorials storyboards releases equipment guides and checklists. Hustle up a winning documentary crew and choose the right equipment for the job. Learn to shoot more polished professional-looking footage and interviews on any budget any camera any time. Plan through all the obstacles avoid common filmmaking pitfalls and tighten your lighting audio and visual storytelling skills before you hit the streets. The hotly anticipated second edition of The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide will help you do all this and more! | The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide A Down & Dirty DV Production

GBP 130.00
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Guerrilla Warfare A Historical and Critical Study

Guerrilla Warfare A Historical and Critical Study

As the author makes clear every book has a history; Guerrilla Warfare is no exception. Together with its sequel Terrorism (and two companion readers) it was part of a wider study: to give a critical interpretation of guerrilla and terrorism theory and practice throughout history. It did not aim at providing a general theory of political violence nor did it give instructions on how to conduct guerrilla warfare and terrorist operations. Its aim remains to bring about greater semantic and analytic clarity and to do so at psychological as well as political levels. While the word guerrilla has been very popular much less attention has been given to guerrilla warfare than to terrorism - even though the former has been politically more successful. The reasons for the lack of detailed attention are obvious: guerrilla operations take place far from big cities in the countryside in remote regions of a nation. In such areas there are no film cameras or recorders. In his probing new introduction Laqueur points out that a review of strategies and the fate of guerrilla movements during the last two decades show certain common features. Both mainly concerned nationalists fighting for independence either against foreign occupants or against other ethnic groups within their own country. But despite the many attempts only in two placesAfghanistan and Chechnya were the guerrillas successful. According to Laqueur historical experience demonstrates that guerrilla movements have prevailed over incumbents only in specific conditions. Due to a constellation of factors ranging from modern means of observation to increase in firepower. The author suggests that we may witness a combination of political warfare propaganda guerrilla operations and terrorism. In such cases this could be a potent strategy for unsponsored revolutionary change. But either as social history or military strategy this work remains a crucial work of our times. | Guerrilla Warfare A Historical and Critical Study

GBP 145.00
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Bitter Waters Life And Work In Stalin's Russia

Bitter Waters Life And Work In Stalin's Russia

One dusty summer day in 1935 a young writer named Gennady Andreev-Khomiakov was released from the Siberian labor camp where he had spent the last eight years of his life. His total assets amounted to 25 rubles a loaf of bread five dried herrings and the papers identifying him as a convicted ?enemy of the people. ? From this hard-pressed beginning Andreev-Khomiakov would eventually work his way into a series of jobs that would allow him to travel and see more of ordinary life and work in the Soviet Union of the 1930s than most of his fellow Soviet citizens would ever have dreamed possible. Capitalizing on this rare opportunity Bitter Waters is Andreev-Khomiakov's eyewitness account of those tumultuous years a time when titanic forces were shaping the course of Russian history. Later to become a successful writer and editor in the Russiangr ommunity in the 1950s and 1960s Andreev-Khomiakov brilliantly uses this memoir to explore many aspects of Stalinist society. Forced collectivization Five Year Plans purges and the questionable achievements of ?shock worker brigades? are only part of this story. Andreev-Khomiakov exposes the Soviet economy as little more than a web of corruption a system that largely functioned through bribery barter and brute force?and that fell into temporary chaos when the German army suddenly invaded in 1941. Bitter Waters may be most valuable for what it reveals about Russian society during the tumultuous 1930s. From remote provincial centers and rural areas to the best and worst of Moscow and Leningrad Andreev-Khomiakov's series of deftly drawn sketches of people places and events provide a unique window on the hard daily lives of the people who built Stalin's Soviet Union. | Bitter Waters Life And Work In Stalin's Russia

GBP 130.00
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