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The Monster in Theatre History This Thing of Darkness

The Monster in Theatre History This Thing of Darkness

Monsters are fragmentary uncertain frightening creatures. What happens when they enter the realm of the theatre? The Monster in Theatre History explores the cultural genealogies of monsters as they appear in the recorded history of Western theatre. From the Ancient Greeks to the most cutting-edge new media Michael Chemers focuses on a series of ‘key’ monsters including Frankenstein’s creature werewolves ghosts and vampires to reconsider what monsters in performance might mean to those who witness them. This volume builds a clear methodology for engaging with theatrical monsters of all kinds providing a much-needed guidebook to this fascinating hinterland. | The Monster in Theatre History This Thing of Darkness

GBP 35.99
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Monster Metaphors When Rhetoric Runs Amok

Monster Metaphors When Rhetoric Runs Amok

This book explores ways in which common metaphors can play a detrimental role in everyday life; how they can grow in outsized importance to dominate their respective terrains and push out alternative perspectives; and how forms of resistance might act to contain their dominance. The volume begins by unpacking the dynamics of metaphors their power and influence and the ways in which they are bolstered by other rhetorical devices. Adams draws on four case studies to illustrate their destructive impact when they eclipse other points of view—the metaphor of mental illness; the metaphor of free-flowing markets; the metaphor of the mind as a mirror and the metaphor of men as naturally superior. Taken together these examples prompt further reflection on the beneficiaries of these monster metaphors and how they promote such metaphors to serve their own interests but also on ways forward for challenging their dominance strategies for preventing their rise and ways of creating space for alternatives. This book will be of interest to scholars interested in the study of metaphor across such fields as linguistics rhetoric and media studies. | Monster Metaphors When Rhetoric Runs Amok

GBP 34.99
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Humans and Hyenas Monster or Misunderstood

Humans and Hyenas Monster or Misunderstood

Humans and Hyenas examines the origins and development of the relationship between the two to present an accurate and realistic picture of the hyena and its interactions with people. The hyena is one of the most maligned misrepresented and defamed mammals. It is still despite decades of research-led knowledge seen as a skulking cowardly scavenger rather than a successful hunter with complex family and communal systems. Hyenas are portrayed as sex-shifting deviants grave robbers and attackers of children in everything from African folk tales through Greek and Roman accounts of animal life to Disney’s The Lion King depicting hyenas with a lack of respect and disgust despite the reality of their behaviour and social structures. Combining the personal in-depth mining of scientific papers about the three main species and historical accounts Keith Somerville delves into our relationship with hyenas from the earliest records from millennia ago through the accounts by colonisers to contemporary coexistence where hyenas and humans are forced into ever closer proximity due to shrinking habitats and loss of prey. Are hyenas fated to retain their bad image or can their amazing ability to adapt to humans more successfully than lions and other predators lead to a shift in perspective? This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in the environmental sciences conservation biology and wildlife and conservation issues. | Humans and Hyenas Monster or Misunderstood

GBP 36.99
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Who’s Afraid of the Monster? A Storybook and Guidebook for Managing Big Feelings and Hidden Fears

Who’s Afraid of the Monster? A Storybook and Guidebook for Managing Big Feelings and Hidden Fears

A vital resource this set comprising a storybook and adult resource guide is designed for working with children aged 4-9 to manage the big feelings they may have in relation to hidden fears and anxieties. In the quirky and accessible Who’s Afraid of the Monster? storybook children are introduced to a monster who nobody has seen or heard and a King who pretends to be brave but is in fact very scared. The story shows how often the big feelings elicited by the unknown are scarier than the thing itself and how to manage the feelings associated with these fears. The companion guidebook for use by adults working with children is divided into three easy to follow parts. Part 1 presents the theory behind how and why big feelings in children arise and how creative art and drama can help. Part 2 contains activities and exercises with photocopiable instructions as well as a list of resources for each activity and guidelines for safe working. Part 3 offers further activities and ways in which to exploit the story such as discussion points plays and models. Underpinned by substantiated theory into the stages of children’s emotional development it offers realistic solutions for parents carers teachers and classroom assistants who simply do not have the time or resources to attend to their children’s very real but hard-to-verbalise fears. Together the storybook and guidebook offer the following: • A quirky and amusing tale for adults to read to children • A relatable story about big feelings which makes the child stop and think • Easy to follow and implement photocopiable creative arts activities • A way of addressing the anxiety and fear of the unknown within children’s mental health following the pandemic and other relevant issues • Hope and support for carers of overly anxious children. Taking a creative approach using universal characters this is the ideal resource for educators support staff practitioners and parents looking to help children understand and manage the big feelings associated with their fear of the unknown. | Who’s Afraid of the Monster? A Storybook and Guidebook for Managing Big Feelings and Hidden Fears

GBP 32.99
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Monster Anthropology Ethnographic Explorations of Transforming Social Worlds Through Monsters

Monster Anthropology Ethnographic Explorations of Transforming Social Worlds Through Monsters

Monsters are culturally meaningful across the world. Starting from this key premise this book tackles monsters in the context of social change. Writing in a time of violent upheaval when technological innovation brings forth new monsters while others perish as part of the widespread extinctions that signify the Anthropocene contributors argue that putting monsters at the center of social analysis opens up new perspectives on change and social transformation. Through a series of ethnographically grounded analyses they capture monsters that herald drive experience enjoy and suffer the transformations of the worlds they beleaguer. Topics examined include the evil skulking new roads in Ancient Greece terror in post-socialist Laos’s territorial cults a horrific flying head that augurs catastrophe in the rain forest of Borneo benign spirits that accompany people through the mist in Iceland flesh-eating giants marching through neo-colonial central Australia and ghosts lingering in Pacific villages in the aftermath of environmental disasters. By taking the proposition that monsters and the humans they haunt are intricately and intimately entangled seriously this book offers unique cross-cultural perspectives on how people perceive the world and their place within it. It also shows how these experiences of belonging are mediated by our relationships with the other-than-human. | Monster Anthropology Ethnographic Explorations of Transforming Social Worlds Through Monsters

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The Golan Heights Political History Settlement and Geography since 1949

The Golan Heights Political History Settlement and Geography since 1949

Presenting the settlement landscape of the Golan before and after June 1967 The Golan Heights deals with the issue of the border between Israel and Syria and with the Israeli settlement process in the area following the Six Day War. The story of the Golan Heights and its position between Syria and Israel does not belong only to the past; it is still interwoven in the political present of the two countries. Public discourse in Israel on the political future of the Golan and the direct and indirect political discussions between Israel and Syria rest to a great extent on personal and collective memories and these by nature are based on the past. The perceptions of the Israeli public were constructed upon the image of a mountain that became a monster. This image reached its peak on the eve of the Six Day War in June 1967 but continued to be consolidated and preserved in the Israeli collective memory and so it has remained until the present. Addressing the question of the political future of the Golan a central issue for both Israel and the wider Middle East this book will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Political History Settlement Geography and Geopolitics. Dr. Yigal Kipnis teaches International Relations at Haifa University. He received a BS in Civil Engineering from the Technion in Haifa and an MA and PhD in Land of Israel Studies from Haifa University. His first book The Mountain That Was as a Monster: The Golan Between Syria and Israel was published in 2009. His second book 1973: The Way to War published in 2012 immediately became a bestseller. It reveals the continuing political process which led to the Middle East war of October 1973. | The Golan Heights Political History Settlement and Geography since 1949

GBP 46.99
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Religion and Its Monsters

Religion and Its Monsters

Religious encounters with mystery can be fascinating but also terrifying. So too when it comes to encounters with the monsters that haunt Jewish and Christian traditions. Religion has a lot to do with horror and horror has a lot to do with religion. Religion has its monsters and monsters have their religion. In this unusual and provocative book Timothy Beal explores how religion horror and the monstrous are deeply intertwined. This new edition has been thoughtfully updated reflecting on developments in the field over the past two decades and highlighting its contributions to emerging conversations. It also features a new chapter Gods Monsters and Machines which engages cultural fascinations and anxieties about technologies of artificial intelligence and machine learning as they relate to religion and the monstrous at the dawn of the Anthropocene. Religion and Its Monsters is essential reading for students and scholars of religion and popular culture as well as for any readers with an interest in horror theory or monster theory.

GBP 34.99
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The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters

The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters

From vampires and demons to ghosts and zombies interest in monsters in literature film and popular culture has never been stronger. This concise Encyclopedia provides scholars and students with a comprehensive and authoritative A-Z of monsters throughout the ages. It is the first major reference book on monsters for the scholarly market. Over 200 entries written by experts in the field are accompanied by an overview introduction by the editor. Generic entries such as 'ghost' and 'vampire' are cross-listed with important specific manifestations of that monster. In addition to monsters appearing in English-language literature and film the Encyclopedia also includes significant monsters in Spanish French Italian German Russian Indian Chinese Japanese African and Middle Eastern traditions. Alphabetically organized the entries each feature suggestions for further reading. The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters is an invaluable resource for all students and scholars and an essential addition to library reference shelves.

GBP 42.99
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Horror Franchise Cinema

Horror Franchise Cinema

This book explores horror film franchising from a broad range of interdisciplinary perspectives and considers the horror film’s role in the history of franchising and serial fiction. Comprising 12 chapters written by established and emerging scholars in the field Horror Franchise Cinema redresses critical neglect toward horror film franchising by discussing the forces and factors governing its development across historical and contemporary terrain while also examining text and reception practices. Offering an introduction to the history of horror franchising the chapters also examine key texts including Universal Studio monster films Blumhouse production films The Texas Chainsaw Massacre A Nightmare on Elm Street Alien I Spit on Your Grave Let the Right One In Italian zombie films anthology films and virtual reality. A significant contribution to studies of horror cinema and film/media franchising from the 1930s to the present day this book will be of interest to students and scholars of film studies media and cultural studies franchise studies political economy audience/reception studies horror studies fan studies genre studies production cultures and film histories.

GBP 38.99
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Invented Religions Imagination Fiction and Faith

Invented Religions Imagination Fiction and Faith

Utilizing contemporary scholarship on secularization individualism and consumer capitalism this book explores religious movements founded in the West which are intentionally fictional: Discordianism the Church of All Worlds the Church of the SubGenius and Jediism. Their continued appeal and success principally in America but gaining wider audience through the 1980s and 1990s is chiefly as a result of underground publishing and the internet. This book deals with immensely popular subject matter: Jediism developed from George Lucas' Star Wars films; the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster founded by 26-year-old student Bobby Henderson in 2005 as a protest against the teaching of Intelligent Design in schools; Discordianism and the Church of the SubGenius which retain strong followings and participation rates among college students. The Church of All Worlds' focus on Gaia theology and environmental issues makes it a popular focus of attention. The continued success of these groups of Invented Religions provide a unique opportunity to explore the nature of late/post-modern religious forms including the use of fiction as part of a bricolage for spirituality identity-formation and personal orientation. | Invented Religions Imagination Fiction and Faith

GBP 38.99
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The Frankenstein Notebooks Part One Draft Notebook A

The Frankenstein Notebooks Part One Draft Notebook A

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is arguably the best known work of the English Romantic period. First published in 1996 this edition of The Frankenstein Notebooks contains not only facsimiles and transcriptions of all of surviving manuscripts related to the novel and a corrected critical text of Frankenstein (or The Modern Prometheus) but also a full range of factual information drawn from Shelley’s and William Godwin’s letters and journals from newspaper ads of the day and from other available scholarship about the conception gestation and birth of Mary Shelley’s monster. This two volume set contains a wealth of information vital to the creation and reception of Frankenstein. It will enable scholars critics and students to see for themselves the exact extent of P. B. Shelley’s editorial contributions and trace the artistic and ideological development of the novel at various stages in its formation. It will also enable the reader to explore the text itself to test and evaluate their own theses. Part one contains the draft notebook A which was written between August or September and December 1816. This set will be of keen interest to those studying Frankenstein the Romantics and 19th century literature. | The Frankenstein Notebooks Part One Draft Notebook A

GBP 35.99
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Medieval Monstrosity Imagining the Monstrous in Medieval Europe

Medieval Monstrosity Imagining the Monstrous in Medieval Europe

This volume examines various manifestations and understandings of the concept of monstrosity in medieval Europe around 500-1500 ce through a collection of contextual chapters and primary sources. The main chapters focus on a specific theme a type of monster or representation of monstrosity and consist of a contextual essay synthesizing recent scholarship on that theme excerpts from primary sources and a bibliography of additional primary and secondary sources on the topics addressed in the chapter. In addition to building upon the wealth of scholarship on monsters and monstrosity produced in recent decades the book engages with the current fascination with monsters in popular culture especially in movies television and video games. The book presents a survey of medieval monstrosity for a non-specialist audience and provides a theoretical framework for interpreting the monstrous. This book is ideal for undergraduate students working on the theme of monstrosity as well as being useful for undergraduate courses that cover the supernatural and manifestations of the monstrous covered in the book. With materials drawn from a wide range of medieval sources it will also appeal to courses in English French Art History and Medieval Studies. | Medieval Monstrosity Imagining the Monstrous in Medieval Europe

GBP 34.99
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Gothic Cinema

Gothic Cinema

Arguing for the need to understand Gothic cinema as an aesthetic mode this book explores its long history from its transitional origins in phantasmagoria shows and the first ‘trick’ films to its postmodern fragmentation in the Gothic pastiches of Tim Burton. But what is Gothic cinema? Is the iconography of the Gothic film equivalent to that of the horror genre? Are the literary origins of the Gothic what solidified its aesthetics? And exactly what cultural roles does the Gothic continue to perform for us today? Gothic Cinema covers topics such as the chiaroscuro experiments of early German cinema the monster cinema of the 1930s the explained supernatural of the old dark house mystery films of the 1920s and the Female Gothics of the 1940s the use of vibrant colours in the period Gothics of the late 1950s the European exploitation booms of the 1960s and 1970s and the animated films and Gothic superheroes that dominate present times. Throughout Aldana Reyes makes a strong case for a medium-specific and more intuitive approach to the Gothic on screen that acknowledges its position within wider film industries with their own sets of financial pressures and priorities. This groundbreaking book is the first thorough chronological transhistorical and transnational study of Gothic cinema ideal for both new and seasoned scholars as well as those with a wider interest in the Gothic.

GBP 24.99
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Fanaticism and the History of Philosophy

Fanaticism and the History of Philosophy

Voltaire called fanaticism the monster that pretends to be the child of religion. Philosophers politicians and cultural critics have decried fanaticism and attempted to define the distinctive qualities of the fanatic whom Winston Churchill described as someone who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject. Yet despite fanaticism’s role in the long history of social discord human conflict and political violence it remains a relatively neglected topic in the history of philosophy. In this outstanding inquiry into the philosophical history of fanaticism a team of international contributors examine the topic from antiquity to the present day. Organized into four sections topics covered include: Fanaticism in ancient Greek Indian and Chinese philosophy; Fanaticism and superstition from Hobbes to Hume including chapters on Locke and Montesquieu Shaftesbury and Hutcheson; Kant Germaine de Stael Hegel Nietzsche William James and Jorge Portilla on fanaticism; Fanaticism and terrorism; and extremism and gender including the philosophy and morality of the manosphere; Closed-mindedness and political and epistemological fanaticism. Spanning themes from superstition enthusiasm and misanthropy to the emotions purity and the need for certainty Fanaticism and the History of Philosophy is a landmark volume for anyone researching and teaching the history of philosophy particularly ethics and moral philosophy. It is also a valuable resource for those studying fanaticism in related fields such as religion the history of political thought sociology and the history of ideas.

GBP 205.00
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Military Ethics Guidelines for Peace and War

Military Ethics Guidelines for Peace and War

Many people believe that the violent and disruptive nature of war makes a military ethic impossible. The authors of this book originally published in 1986 however develop an ethical system that aims to control the military monster at least to some degree rather than one that preaches to it idealistically – with little or no effect. Military ethics they believe must be an ethics for peacetime as well as an ethics for war an ethics for soldiers in the field as well as an ethics for political leaders and their book is designed to meet these needs. It presents a practical utilitarian approach: an ethics of what is possible rather than what is ideal drawing on real military experience and different from any other work previously published. The authors argue that both the pacifists who claim that the horrible and ungovernable nature of war makes it morally wrong and the realists who believe that wars must be fought but fought without moral scruple are mistaken. They show that careful attention to the actual circumstances in which individual combatants function and the social institutions shaping their action allows genuine moral constraint. With its emphasis on real problems Military Ethics will be of practical help to policy makers and military personnel at all levels as well as being of great interest to students of applied philosophy and ethics. | Military Ethics Guidelines for Peace and War

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Branching Story Unlocked Dialogue Designing and Writing Visual Novels

Branching Story Unlocked Dialogue Designing and Writing Visual Novels

This book covers the distinguishing characteristics and tropes of visual novels (VNs) as choice-based games and analyzes VNs like 999: Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors; Hatoful Boyfriend; and Monster Prom some of the best examples of the genre as illustrations. The author covers structuring branching narrative and plot designing impactful and compelling choices writing entertaining relationships and character interactions understanding the importance of a VN’s prose and planning a VN’s overall narrative design and story delivery. The book contains exercises at the end of chapters to practice the techniques discussed. By the end of the book if the reader finishes all the exercises they may have several portfolio pieces or a significant portion of their own VN project designed. Features: Discusses different aspects and genres of VNs what makes them enjoyable and successful techniques developers can incorporate into their own games Analyzes various VNs and choice-based games that use these successful techniques Shares tips from developers on portfolio pieces hiring a team to work on VNs and plotting and outlining VNs Branching Story Unlocked Dialogue: Designing and Writing Visual Novels is a valuable resource for developers and narrative designers interested in working on VNs. The book will show them how they can design their own VN projects design branching narratives develop entertaining plots and relationships design impactful and compelling choices and write prose that’s a pleasure to read. | Branching Story Unlocked Dialogue Designing and Writing Visual Novels

GBP 34.99
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How Monsters Wish to Feel A Story about Emotional Resilience

How Monsters Wish to Feel A Story about Emotional Resilience

How Monsters Wish to Feel is a therapeutic story about a journey to develop emotional resilience. Using the analogy of the Japanese art of Kintsugi whereby broken pottery is restored to wholeness with a golden lacquer the story alludes to the importance of focusing on the strengths and protective factors in a child's life rather than the problems and risks in order to promote emotional resilience. It depicts a tale of how a child’s needs can sometimes become distorted so that the needs we see expressed through outward behaviour (the monster) mask the true hidden emotional needs that go unmet. The story also alludes to the importance of focusing on the strengths and protective factors in a child’s life rather than the problems and risks in order to promote emotional resilience. This beautifully illustrated storybook will appeal to all children and can be used by practitioners educators and parents as a tool to discuss emotional resilience with children. This story can be purchased alongside six other storybooks as part of a set (ISBN: 9781138556478) as well as in a set alongside the guidebook Nurturing Emotional Resilience in Vulnerable Children and Young People and six other storybooks (9781138556454). The guidebook outlines ways to use these beautifully told and visually appealing stories to nurture emotional resilience with children and will be invaluable tools for anyone working to build emotional resilience with children and young people. | How Monsters Wish to Feel A Story about Emotional Resilience

GBP 13.99
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Autonomous and Integrated Parking and Transportation Services

Autonomous and Integrated Parking and Transportation Services

In this book the author outlines a Robust Web Parking Truck and Transportation Portal (RWPTTP) for integrating parking and transportation services – a revolutionary approach in contrast to incremental change for managing traffic congestion. Autonomous vehicle technology artificial intelligence internet of things (IOT) and other interconnected hardware and software tools will assist autonomous parking and transportation services and provide next-century infrastructure for consolidated transportation customer services. The book highlights currently available autonomous parking and transportation technologies and the development of an integrated and intelligent transportation service/system (IITS) platform with specific use of technologies to reconfigure the transportation industry. The author also suggests many regulatory and policy changes to simplify data collection traffic operation introduction of a duplicate transportation system using light rail (LRs) and high speed rail (SPRs) and redistribution of parking spaces along such routes using renewable energy. | Autonomous and Integrated Parking and Transportation Services

GBP 44.99
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Frankenstein Urbanism Eco Smart and Autonomous Cities Artificial Intelligence and the End of the City

Frankenstein Urbanism Eco Smart and Autonomous Cities Artificial Intelligence and the End of the City

This book tells the story of visionary urban experiments shedding light on the theories that preceded their development and on the monsters that followed and might be the end of our cities. The narrative is threefold and delves first into the eco-city second the smart city and third the autonomous city intended as a place where existing smart technologies are evolving into artificial intelligences that are taking the management of the city out of the hands of humans. The book empirically explores Masdar City in Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong to provide a critical analysis of eco and smart city experiments and their sustainability and it draws on numerous real-life examples to illustrate the rise of urban artificial intelligences across different geographical spaces and scales. Theoretically the book traverses philosophy urban studies and planning theory to explain the passage from eco and smart cities to the autonomous city and to reflect on the meaning and purpose of cities in a time when human and non-biological intelligences are irreversibly colliding in the built environment. Iconoclastic and prophetic Frankenstein Urbanism is both an examination of the evolution of urban experimentation through the lens of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and a warning about an urbanism whose product resembles Frankenstein’s monster: a fragmented entity which escapes human control and human understanding. Academics students and practitioners will find in this book the knowledge that is necessary to comprehend and engage with the many urban experiments that are now alive ready to leave the laboratory and enter our cities. | Frankenstein Urbanism Eco Smart and Autonomous Cities Artificial Intelligence and the End of the City

GBP 35.99
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Stuxnet to Sunburst 20 Years of Digital Exploitation and Cyber Warfare

Stuxnet to Sunburst 20 Years of Digital Exploitation and Cyber Warfare

Stuxnet to Sunburst: 20 Years of Digital Exploitation and Cyberwarfare takes the reader on a journey from the terrorist attacks of 9/11 onwards and the massive insatiable appetite focus and investment by the Five Eyes agencies in particular the U. S. to build the capability of digital eavesdropping and industrial espionage. With tens of trillions of dollars moving throughout hundreds of thousands of staff and many contractors draining the country of intelligence and technical capability the quest was simple and the outcome horrifying. No one in the world has connected the dots until now. From digital eavesdropping and manipulation of the agencies to Stuxnet this book covers how the world's first use of digital code and digital certificates for offensive purposes against the Iranians and their nuclear power facilities caused collateral damage. Proceeding to today's SolarWinds attack code-named Sunburst the same methods of exploitation and manipulation originally used by the agencies are now being used against companies and governments with devastating effects. The SolarWinds breach has caused knock-on breaches to thousands of client companies including the U. S. government and is estimated to cost more than one trillion dollars. The monster has truly been turned against its creator and due to the lack of security and defence breaches are occurring daily at an alarming rate. The U. S. and UK governments have little to no answer. The book also contains a chapter on breaches within the COVID-19 sector from research to immunisation and the devastating December 2020 breach of SolarWinds. | Stuxnet to Sunburst 20 Years of Digital Exploitation and Cyber Warfare

GBP 29.99
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Bridge Traffic Loading From Research to Practice

Bridge Traffic Loading From Research to Practice

There is considerable uncertainty about what level of traffic loading bridges should be designed for. Codes specify notional load models generally to represent extreme levels of normal traffic but these are often crude and have inconsistent levels of safety for different load effects. Over the past few decades increasing quantities of reliable truck weight data has become available and it is now possible to calculate appropriate levels of bridge traffic loading both for specific bridges and for a road network. Bridge Traffic Loading brings together experts from all over the world to deliver not just the state-of-the-art of vertical loading but also to provide recommendations of best-practice for all the major challenges in the field – short-span single and multi-lane bridge loading dynamic allowance and long-span bridges. It reviews issues that continue to be debated such as which statistical distribution is most appropriate whether free-flowing or congested traffic governs and dealing with future traffic growth. Specialist consultants and bridge owners should find this invaluable as will regulators. | Bridge Traffic Loading From Research to Practice

GBP 105.00
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Automotive Accident Reconstruction Practices and Principles Second Edition

Automotive Accident Reconstruction Practices and Principles Second Edition

This fully updated edition presents practices and principles applicable for the reconstruction of automobile and commercial truck crashes. Like the First Edition it starts at the very beginning with fundamental principles information sources and data gathering and inspection techniques for accident scenes and vehicles. It goes on to show how to analyze photographs and crash test data. The book presents tire fundamentals and shows how to use them in spreadsheet-based reverse trajectory analysis. Such methods are also applied to reconstructing rollover crashes. Impacts with narrow fixed objects are discussed. Impact mechanics structural dynamics and conservation-based reconstruction methods are presented. The book contains a comprehensive treatment of crush energy and how to develop structural stiffness properties from crash test data. Computer simulations are reviewed and discussed. Extensively revised this edition contains new material on side pole impacts. It has entirely new chapters devoted to low-speed impacts downloading electronic data from vehicles deriving structural stiffness in side impacts and incorporating electronic data into accident reconstructions | Automotive Accident Reconstruction Practices and Principles Second Edition

GBP 120.00
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Fearless Leadership Overcoming Reticence Procrastination and the Voices of Doubt Inside Your Head

Fearless Leadership Overcoming Reticence Procrastination and the Voices of Doubt Inside Your Head

The intent of this book - the author's goal for you — is to understand the baseless underpinnings of almost all our fears. You read that correctly - almost all our fears - and therefore to discard them. The author has expertly coached leaders and managers in the discovery of examination of elimination of and sustained freedom from fears. We all know people who are charming and articulate but flounder on a stage addressing colleagues; musicians who master intricate scores but can’t play the basics when asked to solo; athletes who choke; business people who are strong until it comes time to ask for the business; people who consistently feel like imposters. We are far better at dealing with external tangible fears than our own imagined ones. We purchase insurance watch the safety demonstrations know how to use the Heimlich Maneuver. But those are responses to rare and often never-occurring emergencies. Our mythical and monstrous fears are daily dark clouds masking our talents no less than depression or guilt. It’s time to realize there is no monster under the bed never has been and never will be without having to check nightly and without needing a weapon on the night table. Picture yourself freed of restraints that you could never properly articulate and were loath to discuss but which you carried on your shoulders constantly a dead weight nonetheless. Essentially this book is for entrepreneurs business owners and those who seek a better position for themselves and their talents but who procrastinate delay and hang back. It’s about isolating and overcoming the internal fears that we generate every day like a geyser triggered by time events or shifts in the environment. We are our own worst enemies and we ignore the practical remedies to escape fear because we use our energies instead on blaming everyone else. | Fearless Leadership Overcoming Reticence Procrastination and the Voices of Doubt Inside Your Head

GBP 22.99
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Mobility and Identity in Europe A Mobile Ethnographic Approach

Mobility and Identity in Europe A Mobile Ethnographic Approach

This book demonstrates that mobility in Europe is not a synonym for European mobility showing how certain mobile individuals are more likely to develop an explicitly European identity than others. Through a series of mobile ethnographic accounts with truck drivers musicians and MEPs the author lays out the complexities behind assumptions about mobility and European identity providing a clear contrast between individuals for whom this process certainly is true and others who in spite of their high levels of mobility do not consider themselves European or for whom the notion of being European is simply insignificant. Ultimately as this book shows the enactment of a European identity through practices of mobility has more to do with social class than with a mobile condition per se with mobility in Europe being transformed into European mobility only when it empowers individuals solidifying their elevated position in the social pyramid. An account of European identity and its connection to mobility and notions of class Mobility and Identity in Europe also explores the ways in which mobile ethnography can be practised as a method and what conclusions can be drawn from it. As such it will appeal to scholars and students of sociology anthropology and geography. | Mobility and Identity in Europe A Mobile Ethnographic Approach

GBP 38.99
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