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Design Thinking For Dummies
Innovate your business by incorporating design thinking
Organizations that can innovate have an advantage over competitors who stick to old processes, models, and products. Design Thinking For Dummies walks would-be intrapreneurs through the steps of incorporating design thinking principles into their organizations. Written by a recognized expert in the field of design thinking, the book guides readers through the steps of adapting to a design thinking culture, identifying customer problems, creating and testing solutions, and making innovation an ongoing process.
The book covers the crucial and central topics in design thinking, including:
- Adopting a design thinking mindset
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Design Thinking For Dummies is a great starting place for people joining design-oriented teams and organizations, as well as small businesses and start-ups seeking to take advantage of the same methods and techniques that large firms have used to grow and succeed.
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Ninja Foodi Max Cookbook 2024 UK: 2500 Days of Fast & Tasty Ninja Foodi Max Smartlid Recipes For Beginners & Advanced Using British Ingredients & Measurements!
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Accident Report Book: Record all incidences in your business, industry and Workplaces & Schools (Health and Safety Reports)
Accident Report Book: This health and safety report book allows you to collect information about an incident in an organized manner.
About the accident.What Inside:
- Accident date and Accident time
- Location, Date and Time reported
- Person injured / involved
- Full name and Address
- Details of incident / accident
- Nature and extent of injuries
- What action was taken ?.
- Witness: name, contact
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The Perfect Bet: Taking the Luck out of Gambling
Gamblers have been trying to figure out how to game the system since our ancestors first made wagers over dice fashioned from knucklebones: in revolutionary Paris, the ‘martingale’ strategy was rumoured to lead to foolproof success at roulette ; today, professional gamblers are using cutting-edge techniques to tilt the odds in their favour. Science is giving us the competitive edge over opponents, casinos and bookmakers. But is there such a thing as a perfect bet?
The Perfect Bet looks beyond probability and statistics to examine how wagers have inspired a plethora of new disciplines – spanning chaos theory, machine learning and game theory – which are not just revolutionising gambling, but changing our fundamental notions about chance, randomness and luck.
Explaining why poker is gaming’s last bastion of human superiority over AI, how methods originally developed for the US nuclear programme are helping pundits predict sports results and why a new breed of algorithms are losing banks millions, The Perfect Bet has the inside track on any wager you’d care to place.
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Gordon Ramsay – Children’s Story Book: Incredible Biography of a British Celebrity Chef and Restaurateur. Animated with Illustrations to Inspire Kids. (Kids Who Dared to Dream)
Embark on a Vibrant Journey through the Life of Gordon Ramsay, the Culinary Maestro, in this Enchanting Children’s Book Tailored for Ages 4 to 10.
- Featuring Premium Colored Ink
- Printed on High-Quality Paper
- 100% Animated with Illustrations
This condensed edition of Gordon Ramsay’s life story delves into his early experiences, challenges, achievements, and influence, creating an inspiring children’s book that encapsulates the essence of his remarkable expedition.
- Discover the Early Life of Gordon Ramsay
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An Illustrated History of Welsh Rugby: Fun, Facts and Stories from 140 Years of International Rugby (Illustrated Rugby Histories)
Revised and Updated Second Edition
For almost 140 years the Welsh rugby team has battled proudly on the international stage.
Full of tales of fighting clergymen, poisoned arrows and deathbed confessionals, James Stafford’s An Illustrated History of Welsh Rugby takes a unique look at the games, the players, the legends and the myths behind Wales’s national game.
Blending fun and facts with trivia and social history, this is Welsh rugby like you’ve never experienced it before. Brimming with delightful illustrations from Raluca Moldovan and irreverent humour, this book will fascinate young readers and curious adults alike.
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The Lost Bookshop: The most charming and uplifting novel of 2023 and the perfect gift for book lovers!
The Echo of Old Books meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets.
‘The thing about books,’ she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.’
On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found…
For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.
But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder… where nothing is as it seems.
Readers have fallen in love with The Lost Bookshop:
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‘Wowwww!! It’s been awhile since I read something so fascinating, captivating and special all in one…It takes you on a journey like most books do, but this one, I just want to inscribe on my back and hope that it becomes a part of me so that I can carry it with me always’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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The Illusion of Choice: 16 1/2 Psychological Biases That Influence What We Buy
The compelling new book by Richard Shotton, author of The Choice Factory.Every day, people make hundreds of choices.
Many of these are commercial: What shampoo to pick? How much to spend on a bottle of wine? Whether to renew a subscription?
These choices might appear to be freely made, but psychologists have shown that subtle changes in the way products are positioned, promoted and marketed can radically alter how customers behave.
The Illusion of Choice identifies the 16½ most important psychological biases that everyone in business needs to be aware of today – and shows how any business can take advantage of these to win customers, retain customers and sell more.
Richard Shotton, author of the acclaimed The Choice Factory, draws on academic research, previous ad campaigns and his own original field studies to create a fascinating and highly practical guide that focuses on the point where marketing meets the mind of the customer.
You’ll learn to take advantage of the peak end rule, the power of precision, the wisdom of wit – and much, much more.
You simply cannot afford to miss The Illusion of Choice.
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The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation (Disney Editions Deluxe)
The most complete book on the subject ever written, this is the fascinating inside story by two long-term Disney animators of the gradual perfecting of a relatively young and particularly American art from, which no other move studio has ever been able to equal.
The authors, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, worked with Walt Disney himself as well as other leading figures in a half-century of Disney films. They personally animated leading characters in most of the famous films and have decades of close association with the others who helped perfect this extremely difficult and time-consuming art form. Not to be mistaken for just a “how-to-do-it,” this voluminously illustrated volume (like the classic Disney films themselves) is intended for everyone to enjoy.
Besides relating the painstaking trial-and-error development of Disney’s character animation technology, this book irresistibly charms us with almost an overabundance of the original historic drawings used in creating some of the best-loved characters in American culture: Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, Snow White and Bambi (among many, many others) as well as early sketches used in developing memorable sequences from classic features such as Fantasia and Pinocchio.
With the full cooperation of Walt Disney Productions and free access to the studio’s priceless archives, the authors took unparalleled advantage of their intimate long-term experience with animated films to choose the precise drawings to illustrate their points from among hundreds of thousands of pieces of artwork carefully stored away.
The book answers everybody’s question about how the amazingly lifelike effects of Disney character animation were achieved, including charming stories of the ways that many favorite animated figures got their unique personalities. From the perspective of two men who had an important role in shaping the art of animation, and within the context of the history of animation and the growth of the Disney studio, this is the definitive volume on the work and achievement of one of America’s best-known and most widely loved cultural institutions. Nostalgia and film buffs, students of popular culture, and that very broad audience who warmly responds to the Disney “illusion of life” will find this book compelling reading (and looking!).
Searching for that perfect gift for the animation fan in your life? Explore more behind-the-scenes stories from Disney Editions:- The Art of Mulan: A Disney Editions Classic
- Walt Disney’s Ultimate Inventor: The Genius of Ub Iwerks
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- Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney’s Animation
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons, Revised Special Edition
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The Illustrated First Aid in English
Used wherever the English Language is spoken or taught and now re-designed and beautifully illustrated to make it bright, appealing, attractive and motivating.
This illustrated edition retains the structure and approach of the original bestseller but has been produced to ensure that all the terms and information are up to date and reflect the international readership of the book. It is invaluable in class and as a reference book, both to native English speakers and to students of English as an additional language.
– Covers vocabulary, spelling, syntax, idiom and correct usage
– Provides background information
– Includes a wide-range of exercises to test knowledge and skills
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The Illustrated Guide to UK Sea Fish
The Illustrated Guide to British Sea Fish provides a comprehensive guide to identifying the many different species of fish found in UK waters. Designed for anglers, marine biology students and curious beachgoers, this book is an ideal reference guide to identifying the fascinating creatures that inhabit the waters of the British Isles.The book is divided into chapters based on the type of fish, including flatfish, roundfish, sharks, eels, rays and more. Each page includes a full-colour illustration of the fish, along with a description which highlights the key features to look out for when identifying the species. Is also information on their habitat, size, feeding habits and further information to differentiate similar-looking species which are often confused.
The book is written in a clear and accessible style, making it easy for readers of all levels of expertise to use. The Illustrated Guide to British Sea Fish is the perfect companion for anyone interested in the wide range of fish species found in the waters around the UK.
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The Illustrated Guide to UK Sea Fish
The Illustrated Guide to British Sea Fish provides a comprehensive guide to identifying the many different species of fish found in UK waters. Designed for anglers, marine biology students and curious beachgoers, this book is an ideal reference guide to identifying the fascinating creatures that inhabit the waters of the British Isles.The book is divided into chapters based on the type of fish, including flatfish, roundfish, sharks, eels, rays and more. Each page includes a full-colour illustration of the fish, along with a description which highlights the key features to look out for when identifying the species. Is also information on their habitat, size, feeding habits and further information to differentiate similar-looking species which are often confused.
The book is written in a clear and accessible style, making it easy for readers of all levels of expertise to use. The Illustrated Guide to British Sea Fish is the perfect companion for anyone interested in the wide range of fish species found in the waters around the UK.
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The Illustrated Journey: Sixty Years Through Space and Time
‘It all started out as a mild curiosity in a junk-yard, and now it’s turned out to be quite a great spirit of adventure don’t you think?’ … so spoke the Doctor during Doctor Who‘s first season, and from that ‘mild curiosity’ the show has gone on to explore strange new worlds in this universe and others, taking in all times and places along the way.
For Doctor Who‘s sixtieth anniversary, we considered that perhaps the best way to celebrate would be to remind ourselves of all the adventure, thrills, alien species, monsters, villains, companions and excitement that the Doctor has experienced on his many travels, all with his most faithful of companions, the TARDIS, by his side. Sometimes ‘the old girl’ gets left behind, or sidestepped in time, but most often she is there at the start, and again at the end, waiting patiently for the Doctor and his friends to return in order to whisk them all off somewhere else, where more adventure awaits.
And what better guide than the incredible artwork of Daryl Joyce. Joyce has been at the forefront of Doctor Who artwork for many years, creating imagery to accompany many tie-in works, but this is the first time that a work of this magnitude has been attempted … trying to encapsulate most of the Doctors adventures and voyages in one book. We did consider trying to cover them all, but the book would have ended up twice the size – unmanageable – so with Daryl’s help we have filtered and filletted the journeys and present the majority … with a few additional sidesteps and images along the way, all to celebrate sixty amazing years of travel in time and space …
‘From the misty streets of Shoreditch in 1963, to dark and spooky planets via ancient Rome, Troy and literally hundreds of locations in between,’ explained Joyce. ‘The aim was to respectfully up the scale, bring the imagination to life and give it all the gothic polish that Robert Holmes inspired in my appreciation of Doctor Who.’
Join us for an adventure through memory, to scenes and places explored and encountered by the Doctor and his friends …
And here’s to many more years to come!
PLEASE NOTE: THIS BOOK IS BOUND ON THE LONG EDGE, BUT IT’S INTENDED TO BE VIEWED WITH THE BOUND EDGE AT THE TOP!
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING (REVIEWS OF THE HARDBACK EDITION):
‘The Illustrated Journey offers art that inspires and intrigues, as you always hope art will, when bringing a favourite show or subject to life. I can see fans returning to savour this collection again and again, spotting some new aspect of Daryl’s work each time.’ John Freeman, Down the Tubes
‘If you are a fan of Doctor Who, or just fantasy artwork in general, then The Illustrated Journey by Daryl Joyce is an absolute must. The breadth of artistic imagination and technical skill displayed across its 336 pages is simply breathtaking.’ Mike Tucker
‘I finished reading this book last night (if “reading” is the right word for an art book), and wanted to say how magnificent it is. The artwork is gorgeous – the composition, light and colour are simply beautiful. The book plays to Joyce’s strengths as an artist, and the way he encapsulates the essence of each story into his paintings is an absolute joy. Highly recommended.’ JAMES C MCFETRIDGE
‘Wanted to add my words of appreciation about this amazing book. I did hesitate to purchase it at first because of the price and thought twice about it once I had it in the shopping cart on the Telos site, but I’m so glad I bought it. It’s beautiful and must be one of my favourite Who books. The mind boggles at the amount of work Daryl Joyce must have put into it, there are hundreds of pieces of gorgeous art. It reminds me of those Sci-Fi art books I used to get at Christmas about space travel and aliens that were full of paperback cover art. I loved those books and I love this.’ GAVIN23
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The Illustrated Story of Art: The Great Art Movements and the Paintings that Inspired them
This is your A to Z guide to art!
From cave paintings to pop art and modern masterpieces, this absorbing and beautiful art encyclopedia explores the development of art in spectacular detail.
Here’s what you’ll find inside the pages of this visually stunning art book:
– Covers every major movement in art from prehistory to the present day
– Each movement is tracked in a visual timeline that showcases its key paintings and notable artists and explains its context – the major events in its evolution
– Each section ends with a stunning image of a masterwork and a curator’s analysis that encapsulates its values, style, composition, and subject matter
– Glossary of technical terms and a comprehensive indexGet ready to embark on a unique guided tour throughout the history of art. Get to know more than 700 of the greatest artists, from Michelangelo and Monet to Damien Hirst and Picasso. Discover 2500 of the world’s most iconic artworks, paintings and sculptures that have shaken the art world through centuries and across continents.
Truly comprehensive in scope, The Illustrated Story of Art presents the most remarkable art movements throughout history in chronological order and explains the social and cultural background of each period. Turning-point paintings that triggered or epitomised each artistic movement are identified and explained, against a backdrop of influences – from admired techniques of an earlier artist to the changes in society that enabled new directions in art.
A must-have for your bookshelf, this is an indispensable art reference book for art-lovers everywhere!
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The Illustrator’s Guide: How to create an exceptional freelance illustration career
Are you new to the illustration business?
Fresh out of college, changing career or in your early years as an illustrator?
The Illustrator’s Guide gives you the essentials to kick-start your professional freelance career – and make it outstanding.
Packed with expert, step-by-step guidance, top tips and exercises, this practical book shows you how to be an illustrator that stands out from the crowd:
- Discover what you need to get started
- Find your drive and create a winning mindset
- Curate a portfolio that clients love
- Form great habits for your creative practice
- Get feedback that supports and improves your work
- Find quality clients and get hired
- Manage your money and business efficiently
- Price work and handle negotiation
- Deal with licensing, rights and contracts
- Secure an agent and work as a team
The complete motivational toolkit, The lllustrator’s Guide won’t just help you create your illustration career.
It’ll help you make it exceptional.
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The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity
***A Waterstones Best Paperback of 2022 pick***
Perfect for fans of Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage and Professor Brian Cox.
‘A delightful and scintillating hymn to science.’ Professor Carlo Rovelli
Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world’s most popular science podcasts. Every year he meets hundreds of the world’s greatest thinkers.
In this erudite and witty book, Robin reveals why scientific wonder isn’t just for the professionals. Filled with interviews featuring astronauts, comedians, teachers, quantum physicists, neuroscientists and more – as well as charting Robin’s own journey with science – The Importance of Being Interested explores why many wrongly think of the discipline as distant and difficult. From the glorious appeal of the stars above to why scientific curiosity can encourage much needed intellectual humility, this optimistic and profound book will leave you filled with a thirst for intellectual adventure.
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The Incal: The Deluxe Edition
A Special Edition Slipcase of the revered science fiction masterpiece from Alejandro Jodorowsky and Mœbius.From the minds of Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius comes their seminal work, The Incal. This iconic graphic novel has been the inspiration behind many science-fiction works and movies, and is now presented in gorgeous, oversized format. This deluxe edition contains:
– Beautiful black-varnished slipcase with cap featuring gold foiling and art never before used as a cover
– Linen finish-bound, gold silk-printed book containing the entire 320 pages of The Incal plus a bonus short story from creators Moebius and Jodorowsky: “In the Heart of the Impregnable Metabunker”
– Linen finish-bound, gold silk-printed portfolio featuring two prints of one of The Incal’s most iconic scenes – The Ascent to the Interior Sun. Features all of your favorite heroes of The Incal in both color and black and white, highlighting Moebius’ exceptional linework and his original French lettering.
– Ribbon bookmarkThe Incal is soon to be a major motion picture directed by the award-winning Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok).
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The Incredible Animal Afterlife: What Your Pet Wants You to Know
From renowned Animal Communicator Danielle MacKinnon comes a rare glimpse into how animals experience the dying process and the afterlife – from the animal’s point of view.
Based on 20 years of intuitive readings, Danielle dispels the commonly held beliefs that keep people stuck in grief and guilt by sharing what the animals have psychically communicated with her about their death.
Unlike other books on animal death, The Incredible Animal Afterlife doesn’t retell stories of animals passing. Instead, it offers an in-depth and easy-to-understand account of what the animals have shared with Danielle in thousands of animal communication readings.
In her accessible and compassionate way, Danielle delivers the messages your pet wants you to know: they’re not mad at you or lost forever. They’re still present, sending you signs, and hoping to connect with you.
In The Incredible Animal Afterlife: What Your Pet Wants You To Know, Danielle will share what the animals have communicated to her through thousands of psychic readings, including:
How your beloved friend experiences the dying process and how the afterlife really works (you’ll be pleasantly surprised)
Whether your pet is ready to cross over and how to identify the signs.
The spiritual experience your animal’s soul goes through as they cross over.
How your pet views your part in their death and what they want you to know.
The signs your pet is sending you from the afterlife, and how to continue actively nurturing a deep relationship with them.
As she writes, “I’ve seen that gaining a spiritual understanding of the animal death and dying process can assist with a lot of the loneliness, pain, and hurt. This understanding won’t magically heal all grief. Still, it will soften the edges and provide a roadmap for connecting with your beloved pet again.”
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The Indie Game Developer Handbook
The indie game developer’s complete guide to running a studio.
The climate for the games industry has never been hotter, and this is only set to continue as the marketplace for tablets, consoles and phones grow. Seemingly every day there is a story of how a successful app or game has earned thousands of downloads and revenue. As the market size increases, so does the number of people developing and looking to develop their own app or game to publish. The Indie Game Developer Handbook covers every aspect of running a game development studio―from the initial creation of the game through to completion, release and beyond.
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- Accessible and complete guide to many aspects of running a game development studio from funding and development through QA, publishing, marketing, and more.
- Provides a useful knowledge base and help to support the learning process of running an indie development studio in an honest, approachable and easy to understand way.
- Case studies, interviews from other studies and industry professionals grant an first-hand look into the world of indie game development
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The Infectious Disease Colouring Book:: A Gruesome Colouring Therapy Adventure
★ GAG GIFT IDEA! ★
Surprise someone you know with laughter and fun. You know they need it!
Jam-packed with unique images to color. The Infectious Disease Coloring Book makes a funny gift – or keep just it for yourself! With 35 images of syphilis, parasitic worms and infectious diseases, you have never seen an adult coloring book like it – until now!
Let’s be honest, we’re all a little curious about infectious diseases, especially those of us interested in biology or medicine! We all want to know what they look like and how they affect the body, not to mention what colors they might possess.
Great for med students, people who love science, or even just adults looking to disconnect from the stress of the world and unleash their creativity, this quirky coloring book is an eye-opening experience for anyone who loves to color, draw, and paint. Both a novelty gift and as a way to refocus your mind, choose the Infectious Disease Coloring Book for yourself or surprise someone with the best joke present that’s sure to pique their interest!
A great gift!
These fun, easy-to-color, and somewhat gross adult coloring books offer:
- High-Detailed, Unique, and Creative Graphics
- Multiple Diseases (Leprosy, Flesh-Eating Bacteria, Syphilis, and More!
- Crisp, Clean, Easy-to-Color Images
- More than 35 Individual Coloring Pages
- Single-Sided Page Printing (Avoid Bleed Through)
Have a little fun learning about infectious diseases or even just relieve a little stress and anxiety while practicing mindfulness with this original infectious disease coloring books from Nicholas Wright.
Created by author and publisher Nicholas Wright, this one-of-a-kind adult coloring gives you a unique look at major medical diseases—and then lets you color them in your own original and creative style!
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The Infectious Diseases Consult Handbook: Common Questions and Answers
This book is an evidence-based guide for some of the most common consult questions asked of a first-year infectious diseases (ID) fellow working in an academic teaching hospital. Divided into sections based on pathogen and organ system, each covered topic includes reviews of the latest published literature in succinct subsections that can be easily referenced. The book can be read cover to cover as an introduction to clinical infectious diseases through the eyes of an ID fellow or used as a reference in real-time when on clinical service.
Written throughout the fellowship of an ID fellow, this handbook shares the quintessential ID topics most commonly encountered on the consult service. From global pandemics to the emergence of drug-resistant superbugs, interest in infectious diseases has never been higher. ID experts weigh in daily on a variety of cases ranging from simple urinary tract infections to devastating sepsis in patients with recent organ transplantation. The ID consult service can be overwhelming given the breadth of infectious diseases that affect our patients. This handbook offers an introductory yet comprehensive resource to professionals, practitioners, students, and fellows.
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The Inferno Case: A Jasmine Davis Legal Thriller (Jasmine Davis Legal Thriller Series Book 1)
Amid the smoldering ruins of a factory’s destruction, Jasmine Davis uncovers a sinister truth – this was no mere accident.Jasmine thought she had left her small hometown behind forever, until a tragedy draws her back. Her father’s untimely death as one of the victims of the fire, reveals a web of lies and deceit spun by the town’s most powerful public figure.
With danger lurking around every corner, Jasmine finds herself standing alone as her claims fall on deaf ears. But what is she to do when faced with an unbearable truth? That her own mother turns out to be her greatest adversary…
The Inferno Case is an exciting blood-pumping legal thriller, written by Ellis Keler and published by Cobalt Fairy.
If you are an avid fan of strong characters, action packed courtroom drama, and mind blowing murder mystery, then you’ll love Ellis’ intriguing story.
Buy “The Inferno Case” today to discover Ellis’ new intriguing crime mystery!
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The Inflamed Mind: A radical new approach to depression
Worldwide, depression will be the single biggest cause of disability in the next 20 years. But treatment for it has not changed much in the last three decades. In the world of psychiatry, time has apparently stood still… until now.In this game-changing book, University of Cambridge Professor Edward Bullmore reveals the breakthrough new science on the link between depression and inflammation of the body and brain. He explains how and why we now know that mental disorders can have their root cause in the immune system, and outlines a future revolution in which treatments could be specifically targeted to break the vicious cycle of stress, inflammation and depression.
The Inflamed Mind goes far beyond the clinic and the lab, representing a whole new way of looking at how mind, brain and body all work together in a sometimes misguided effort to help us survive in a hostile world. It offers insights into the story of Western medicine, how we have got it wrong as well as right in the past, and how we could start getting to grips with depression and other mental disorders much more effectively in the future.
‘Suddenly an expert who wants to stop and question everything we thought we knew… This is a lesson in the workings of the brain far too important to ignore.’ – Jeremy Vine, BBC
‘Professor Bullmore explores how the current division between Psychiatry and the rest of medicine has developed and how we might change that. He puts forward a fascinating theory that attributes depression to inflammation rather than serotonin imbalance as has traditionally been thought. Whatever the truth, this book is a stimulating and interesting read.’ – Wendy Burn, President Royal College of Psychiatrists
‘A great read, this thought provoking book presents inflammation as the major driver of depression. A real page turner that raises important questions for us all, including, how we should practise medicine going forwards and can we restart Research and Development using this paradigm? Highly recommended. – Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer for England
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The Ingenious Victorians: Weird and Wonderful Ideas from the Age of Innovation
We all know that some of the greatest inventions came from the Victorian age, the successors of which are still with us today. But this book is not entirely about those. It’s more about some of the weird and wonderful inventions, ideas and projects – some successful, others less so – that have largely been forgotten. Where well-known inventions or design concepts are included, it is from a perspective not previously appreciated, with details of the ingenious technology and thinking that led to their introduction and success. Here you can read how Victorian innovators were responsible for: the world’s largest glass structure; an electric railway with lines under the sea and a carriage on stilts 20 feet above the waves; a monster globe that visitors could enter to see the world’s land masses, seas, mountains and valleys modelled on the interior; cameras disguised as bowler hats and many other everyday objects; the London Underground as a steam railway; safety coffins designed to prevent premature burial; unusual medical uses for electricity; the first traffic lights, which exploded a month after their erection in Westminster; and the birth and rapid rise to popularity of the cinema …as well as many other ingenious inventions.Read more
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The Inheritance Games Paperback Boxed Set: The Inheritance Games / the Hawthorne Legacy / the Final Gambit
OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES!Fall in love with the books everyone is talking about with this paperback boxed set of the #1 New York Times bestselling Inheritance Games trilogy!
Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why — or even who Tobias Hawthorne is.
To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man’s touch — and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a conwoman, and he’s determined to take her down. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather’s last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.
With deadly stakes, thrilling twists, juicy secrets, swoonworthy romance, and billions of dollars hanging in the balance, this “impossible to put down” (Buzzfeed) series series is together in paperback for the first time.
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The Inheritance Games: TikTok Made Me Buy It
2 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES!
‘A MASTER OF PUZZLES AND PLOT TWISTS’ E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars
The addictive and twisty thriller, full of dark family secrets and deadly stakes that’s ‘impossible to put down’ (Buzzfeed). Perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson.
A BILLION-DOLLAR FORTUNE TO DIE FOR.
Avery has a plan: keep her head down, work hard for a better future. Then an eccentric billionaire dies, leaving her almost his entire fortune. And no one, least of all Avery, knows why.A DEADLY GAME.
Now she must move into the mansion she’s inherited.
It’s filled with secrets and codes, and the old man’s surviving relatives –
a family hell-bent on discovering why Avery got ‘their’ money.WINNER TAKES ALL.
Soon she is caught in a deadly game that everyone in this strange family is playing.
But just how far will they go to keep their fortune?**Avery’s story continues in The Hawthorne Legacy, The Final Gambit and The Brothers Hawthorne**
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The Ink Black Heart: The Number One international bestseller (Strike 6)
***The 7th novel in the Strike series, THE RUNNING GRAVE, is coming in September 2023. Pre-order now and be the first to read it***
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, JULY 2023
‘A superlative piece of crime fiction’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘There can be no denying [Galbraith’s] considerable talents as a crime writer’ GUARDIAN
‘Fans will be as entranced as ever’ DAILY MAILWhen frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn’t know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie’s true identity.
Robin decides that the agency can’t help with this – and thinks nothing more of it until a few days later, when she reads the shocking news that Edie has been tasered and then murdered in Highgate Cemetery, the location of The Ink Black Heart.
Robin and her business partner Cormoran Strike become drawn into the quest to uncover Anomie’s true identity. But with a complex web of online aliases, business interests and family conflicts to navigate, Strike and Robin find themselves embroiled in a case that stretches their powers of deduction to the limits – and which threatens them in new and horrifying ways . . .
A gripping, fiendishly clever mystery, The Ink Black Heart is a true tour-de-force.
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The Inner Gym – The MyIntent Edition: A 30-Day Workout For Strengthening Happiness: Volume 1
THE INNER GYM is an “inner” workout program for fortifying the habits that are responsible for experiencing true happiness, from the inside-out. This MyIntent Edition offers wearable daily reminders to practice each inner exercise. More about the book: One of the biggest myths in our society is that you can simply choose to be happy whenever you want, even in spite of challenging circumstances. Or, that happiness is a byproduct of making more money, falling in love, or being successful. But modern research says this is an illusion, and that happiness is not sustained through achievements. Rather, happiness is the byproduct of several small habits that lead to the development of strong inner “muscles.”Read more
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The Inner Gym: A 30-Day Workout For Strengthening Happiness
One of the biggest myths in our society is that you can simply choose to be happy whenever you want, even in spite of challenging circumstances. Or, that happiness is a byproduct of making more money, falling in love, or being successful. But modern research says this is an illusion. Happiness is not sustained through achievements. Rather, it is the result of having strong “inner” muscles.The Inner Gym is to inner strength what the outer gym is to physical strength—it is a means for strengthening the inner muscles that are responsible for solidifying true happiness, from the inside out. With brawny inner muscles, you will be able to tap into your happiness, no matter the circumstances. With weak inner muscles, you can have it all and still be unhappy. The stability of your happiness depends on much you work out in The Inner Gym.
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The Innocent One: The gripping, must-read thriller from the Richard & Judy Book Club bestselling author
Could the child once accused of murder really be innocent?
‘So good . . . Ballantyne makes it look easy’ NEW YORK TIMES
‘Beautifully told’ DAILY MAIL
‘Thought-provoking and unsettling’ ALEX GRAY
‘A breathless thriller’ WOMAN’S OWN
‘Had me turning the pages late into the night’ C. J. COOPER
________Innocent
Ten years ago, Sebastian Croll was found not guilty of murdering his playmate.
Criminal solicitor Daniel Hunter defended the eleven-year-old in a trial that gripped the nation, but the past is unearthed when Daniel gets a call from his old client.
Or guilty?
Sebastian’s university professor has been brutally murdered and everyone who knew her is in the frame.
As Daniel steps in to represent Sebastian for the second time, rumour of his client’s identity spreads like wildfire.
The media swarm. Threats begin to arrive. And the question on everyone’s lips:
Could the child once accused of murder really be innocent?
________What everyone is saying about Lisa Ballantyne’s thrillers:
‘Gripping’ CLARE MACKINTOSH
‘Sophisticated, suspenseful’ LEE CHILD
‘Tense’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Unsettling and compulsive’ ROSAMUND LUPTON
‘Moving’ GUARDIAN
‘Emotionally intense’ RICHARD AND JUDY BOOKCLUB
‘Grips like a vice’ DAILY MAIL
‘Thought-provoking’ GILLY MACMILLAN
‘Tense’ RACHEL ABBOTT
‘A page-turner’ DAILY EXPRESS
‘I couldn’t get this book out of my head’ JENNY COLGAN
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The Innovative Artist: Abstracts and Mixed Media: Brilliant new ways with colour, texture and form
Explore abstract art with a mix of media and methods, under the guidance of expert artist Helen Kaminsky.
The Innovative Artist series provides a unique insight into the methods and materials used by leading contemporary artists who are pushing the boundaries of their art. Through numerous examples of the author’s work alongside practical demonstrations, each book provides a fascinating exploration of the artist’s creative process that will inspire the reader to move forward on their own artistic journey.
Abstracts and Mixed Media is aimed at artists who wish to explore the possibilities offered by mixed media in new and impressive ways. Helen’s love of colour and experimentation is carried through layers of imagery and texture with a gloriously vibrant mix of traditional and imaginative new techniques. It is the experimental combination of these methods that gives each painting its unique glowing quality.
Artists will discover different ways of mixing and blending paint with unusual materials, collage techniques, fun printing methods, mark-making with found objects, and original ways to incorporate homemade stencils and stamps into their work. Helen leads the reader through her exciting range of techniques using charcoal, gesso, oil pastels, wet and dry media, printing and mark-making materials, and collage.
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The Insanity of Advertising: Memoirs of a Mad Man
If you have anything to do with advertising or are interested in it, this is a must book to read. There is no other book on the subject so revealing and relevant, not to mention engaging. Veteran ad man Fred Goldberg, gives us an unforgettable glimpse into the chaos, drama, and outright wackiness that fuels one of the most loved and hated industries. While Goldberg shares plenty of behind-the-scenes dirt on what it was like to craft ad campaigns for some of the most well known corporate titans, he also doesn’t spare the mad men who worked alongside him. Outsize personalities, some prone to jaw-dropping displays of ego and antics that are truly hard to believe, but true. There’s a week spent with John Wayne shooting commercials, commercials he didn’t want to be shooting; the untold story behind Steve Jobs and the infamous introductory Apple “1984” Macintosh commercial; what it was like working with Michael Dell as Dell Computers mushroomed from $100M to $30+B; along with insights and anecdotes recounted from dealing with advertising legends like Jay Chiat, Guy Day, Lee Clow and Ed Ney; entrepreneurs like Larry Ellison, Les Crane, Ben Rosen, Don Kingsborough and Joseph E. Levine. Insanity of Advertising: Memoirs of a Mad Man is the real story of mad men in a very mad environment.Read more
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The Insanity of Gambling
The 27-year rollercoaster descent into the world of gambling madness and the eventual search for sobriety.Read more
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The Insanity of Gambling 2 – Consequences
Another journey into the nightmare world of gambling madness, told from the mindset of an addict from the early 70’s to the modern day explosion.Read more
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The Insider’s Guide to Legal Skills
Confused by cases? Stuck on statutes? Or just unsure where to start with writing, research or revision? The Insider’s Guide to Legal Skills will show you what you need to succeed, applying skills in their real-world context and helping you get to grips with legal method and thinking.
Making use of problem-based learning and examples throughout, the fully updated second edition of this practical and accessible guide will provide you with a clear guide to skills within the law degree, including online learning. It will show you how to make the most of these skills in assessment and also help you to see their importance to a future legal career.
Designed for students who want a clear overview of what a law degree is all about, the book has been built on the skills curriculum, and is a suitable text for Legal Skills, Methods and Reasoning courses as well as a general introduction to law, or pre-reading for those considering a law degree.
For more information, including Brexit: The Comic Strip, visit https://tldr.legal/resource/brexit-the-comic-strip.html
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The Insider’s Guide to Technical Writing
The first edition of Krista Van Laan’s popular The Insider’s Guide to Technical Writing has guided a generation of technical writers who are either starting out or seeking to take their skills to the next level. This classic has now been updated for the technical writer of today. Today’s tech writers truly are technical communicators, as they build information to be distributed in many forms.
Technical communication requires multiple skills, including an understanding of technology, writing ability, and great people skills. Wherever you are in your journey as a technical communicator, The Insider’s Guide to Technical Writing can help you be successful and build a satisfying career.
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The insiders’ guide to advertising: How the business of advertising really works
Craig Mawdsley and Bridget Angear have created a concise and enjoyable guide to the advertising industry. Drawing from their decades of experience in the best advertising agencies in the world, working with some of the biggest brands, they offer a view on how the industry really works. The book covers agencies, clients, media channels, new technology, how advertising works, the culture of advertising, the ethics of advertising and the future of the advertising industry.
The book will be indispensable for anyone considering a career in advertising, studying marketing or advertising, or simply the casual reader keen to understand how this fascinating industry works to shape our world.
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The Institute: Stephen King
‘It does everything you’d expect of a masterpiece – and it is one’ Sunday Express
‘Hums and crackles with delicious unease’ Independent
‘Captivating’ The Sunday Times
‘An absorbing thriller’ Mail on Sunday
NO ONE HAS EVER ESCAPED FROM THE INSTITUTE.
Luke Ellis, a super-smart twelve-year-old with an exceptional gift, is the latest in a long line of kids abducted and taken to a secret government facility, hidden deep in the forest in Maine.
Here, kids with special talents – telekinesis and telepathy – like Luke’s new friends Kalisha, Nick and Iris, are subjected to a series of experiments.
There seems to be no hope of escape. Until Luke teams up with an even younger boy whose powers of telepathy are off the scale.
Meanwhile, far away in a small town in South Carolina, former cop Tim Jamieson, looking for the quiet life, has taken a job working for the local sheriff. He doesn’t know he’s about to take on the biggest case of his career . . .
THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY OUT.
‘An epic tale of childhood betrayal and hope regained… an immersive tale full of suspense and thrills that will keep readers up late at night racing towards a heartbreaking yet glorious finale… a dazzling achievement’ – Daily Express
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The Institution: Scare yourself silly this Halloween with the new gasp-inducing killer crime thriller from the million-copy bestselling author
‘Deliciously dark and utterly compelling – I couldn’t put it down.’ – CLARE MACKINTOSH
They’re locked up for your safety.
Now, you’re locked in with them.
How do you find a murderer in a prison full of killers?
On a locked ward in the world’s highest-security prison hospital, a scream shatters the night.
A nurse has been murdered and her daughter has been taken.
And with only five days to find the girl, the clock is ticking for Dr Connie Woolwine to find a killer hiding in plain sight…
Welcome to The Institution. The locked room thriller readers don’t want to leave.
‘This is the best book I’ve read in years!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I don’t think I have ever read anything that gripped me quite so intensely.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘An absolutely mind-blowing suspense thriller.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Terrifyingly brilliant. An absolute must-read.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A book that evolves at break-neck speed, taking the reader on a spine-chilling journey.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘If this book isn’t a smash hit I’ll claw my own eyes out!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Tense, exciting, heart-thumping action’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Deliciously creepy, unflinching and addictive.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A first-class locked room thriller.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Gobsmackingly good!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Helen Fields’ talent for creating atmospheric thrillers knows no bounds.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A real page-turner; what a ride straight from the outset. I felt physically chilled.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Chilling, claustrophobic and packed with twists and turns.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Original and innovative…a crackingly scary thriller.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Dark, atmospheric, creepy and hauntingly good. Kept me guessing until the end – I loved it.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Amazing is all I can say – I loved it!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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The Intelligent Fund Investor: Practical Steps for Better Results in Active and Passive Funds
Investing in funds is not straightforward. We are faced with a countless range of options and constantly distracted by meaningless noise and turbulent markets. To make matters worse, our flawed beliefs and behavioural biases lead to repeated and costly mistakes, such as a damaging obsession with past performance and a dangerous attraction to thematic funds.There is a solution–a more intelligent way to invest in funds.
In The Intelligent Fund Investor, experienced portfolio manager and behavioural finance expert Joe Wiggins brings simplicity and clarity to fund investing. Each chapter of this fascinating and highly readable book focuses on a vital element of investing in funds–exploring how and why investors can get it badly wrong, and providing direct, actionable steps for better results.
Joe reveals: why we should avoid investing with star managers; how to decide between active and passive funds; why we should beware of smooth performance and captivating stories; why risk is far more than just volatility; the importance of a long time horizon; and much, much more. Using a combination of stories, empirical evidence and experience, Joe gives all fund investors–active and passive–what they need to reassess their beliefs, understand their biases, and make better investment decisions.
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The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor
“I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don’t seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.”
-Larry Moss, from the IntroductionWhen Oscar-winning actors Helen Hunt and Hilary Swank accepted their Academy Awards, each credited Larry Moss’s guidance as key to their career-making performances. There is a two-year waiting list for his advanced acting classes. But now everyone-professionals and amateurs alike-can discover Moss’s passionate, in-depth teaching.
Inviting you to join him in the classroom and onstage, Moss shares the techniques he has developed over thirty years to help actors set their emotions, imagination, and behavior on fire, showing how the hard work of preparation pays off in performances that are spontaneous, fresh, and authentic.
From the foundations of script analysis to the nuances of physicalization and sensory work, here are the case studies, exercises, and insights that enable you to connect personally with a script, develop your character from the inside out, overcome fear and inhibition, and master the technical skills required for success in the theater, television, and movies.
Far more than a handbook, The Intent to Live is the personal credo of a master teacher. Moss’s respect for actors and love of the actor’s craft enliven every page, together with examples from a wealth of plays and films, both current and classic, and vivid appreciations of great performances. Whether you act for a living or simply want a deeper understanding of acting greatness, The Intent to Live will move, instruct, and inspire you.
From the Hardcover edition.
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The Interior Design Handbook
THE BESTSELLING SWEDISH PHENOMENON
What looks good and why?
Design consultant Frida Ramstedt runs Scandinavia’s leading interior design blog. In this book she distils the secrets of successful interior design and styling to help you create a home that works best for your space, taste and lifestyle. Filled with practical tips, rules-of-thumb and tricks of the trade, The Interior Design Handbook will help you to think like a professional designer.
‘Frida has created this BIBLE to interior design … such useful info that has taken me years to learn, all in one place’ Rebecca Wakefield, Studio Fortnum
‘Beautifully illustrated with handy line drawings … The Interior Design Handbook gets down to the nitty gritty of successfully putting a room together’ Fabric Magazine
‘Take it to bed and you’ll be utterly engrossed and elightened’ Stylist
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The International Film Business: A Market Guide Beyond Hollywood
The International Film Business considers the independent film sector as a business, and the specific skills and knowledge that it requires. It describes both the present state of the independent film industry and the significant technological developments that have begun to take place, and what changes these might effect.
The International Film Business:
- describes the present organization of the entirety of the film industry as a business
- discusses how digital technology is currently and how it potentially may change the structure of the industry in the future
- gives information and advice on the different business skills that are necessary to navigate what is a very high-risk, pyrotechnical industry.
Taking an entrepreneurial perspective on what future opportunities will be available to prepared and informed business students and emerging practitioners, this text includes case studies that take students through the successes and failures of a variety of real film companies/projects and exclusive interviews with leading practitioners in all sectors of the industry, from production to exhibition.
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The International Film Business: A Market Guide Beyond Hollywood
Examining the independent film sector as a business on an international scale, author Angus Finney addresses the specific skills and knowledge required to successfully navigate the international film business.
Finney describes and analyses the present structure of the film industry as a business, with a specific focus on the film (and entertainment) value chain and takes readers through the status of current digital technology, exploring ways in which this is changing the structure and opportunities offered by the industry in the future. The textbook provides information and advice on the different business and management skills and strategies that students and emerging practitioners will need to effectively engage with the industry in an international context. Case studies of films and TV, including Squid Game (2021), Parasite (2019), Game of Thrones (2011-2019) and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), are supplemented by company case studies on Redbus, Renaissance, Pixar, with additional new chapters focusing on Netflix, TikTok and the Metaverse.
This third edition of The International Film Business includes up-to-date information on the status of the international film industry during and post COVID-19; expanded content looking at the TV industry and streaming services; new case studies and dedicated sections on the Streaming Wars and the Chinese Film Industry and a new chapter looking at the changes in digital production in the context of the global and territorial film and TV industry.
Written for students of Film Business and emerging practitioners, this book will take readers through the successes and failures of a variety of real film companies and projects and features exclusive interviews with leading practitioners in all sectors of the industry, from production to exhibition.
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The International Legal Order’s Colour Line: Racism, Racial Discrimination, and the Making of International Law
Prior to the twentieth century, international law was predominantly written by and for the ‘civilised nations’ of the white Global North. It justified doctrines of racial inequality and effectively drew a colour line that excluded citizens of the Global South and persons of African descent from participating in international law-making while subjecting them to colonialism and the slave trade.The International Legal Order’s Colour Line narrates this divide and charts the development of regulation on racism and racial discrimination at the international level, principally within the United Nations. Most notably, it outlines how these themes gained traction once the Global South gained more participation in international law-making after the First World War. It challenges the narrative that human rights are a creation of the Global North by focussing on the decisive contributions that countries of the Global South and people of colour made to anchor anti-racism in international law.
After assessing early historical developments, chapters are devoted to The League of Nations, the adoption and implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the debates within UNESCO on the notion of race itself, expansion of crimes against humanity to cover peacetime violations, as well as challenges to apartheid in South Africa. At all stages, the focus lies on the role played by those who have been the victims of racial discrimination, primarily the countries of the Global South, in advancing the debate and promoting the development of new legal rules and institutions for their implementation. The International Legal Order’s Colour Line provides a comprehensive history and compelling new approach to the history of human rights law.
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The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution
We live in a world made by science. How and when did this happen? This book tells the story of the extraordinary intellectual and cultural revolution that gave birth to modern science, and mounts a major challenge to the prevailing orthodoxy of its history.
Before 1492 it was assumed that all significant knowledge was already available; there was no concept of progress; people looked for understanding to the past not the future. This book argues that the discovery of America demonstrated that new knowledge was possible: indeed it introduced the very concept of ‘discovery’, and opened the way to the invention of science.
The first crucial discovery was Tycho Brahe’s nova of 1572: proof that there could be change in the heavens. The telescope (1610) rendered the old astronomy obsolete. Torricelli’s experiment with the vacuum (1643) led directly to the triumph of the experimental method in the Royal Society of Boyle and Newton. By 1750 Newtonianism was being celebrated throughout Europe.
The new science did not consist simply of new discoveries, or new methods. It relied on a new understanding of what knowledge might be, and with this came a new language: discovery, progress, facts, experiments, hypotheses, theories, laws of nature – almost all these terms existed before 1492, but their meanings were radically transformed so they became tools with which to think scientifically. We all now speak this language of science, which was invented during the Scientific Revolution.
The new culture had its martyrs (Bruno, Galileo), its heroes (Kepler, Boyle), its propagandists (Voltaire, Diderot), and its patient labourers (Gilbert, Hooke). It led to a new rationalism, killing off alchemy, astrology, and belief in witchcraft. It led to the invention of the steam engine and to the first Industrial Revolution. David Wootton’s landmark book changes our understanding of how this great transformation came about, and of what science is.
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The Invention of World Religions: Or, How European Universalism Was Preserved in the Language of Pluralism
The idea of “world religions” expresses a vague commitment to multiculturalism. Not merely a descriptive concept, “world religions” is actually a particular ethos, a pluralist ideology, a logic of classification, and a form of knowledge that has shaped the study of religion and infiltrated ordinary language.
In this ambitious study, Tomoko Masuzawa examines the emergence of “world religions” in modern European thought. Devoting particular attention to the relation between the comparative study of language and the nascent science of religion, she demonstrates how new classifications of language and race caused Buddhism and Islam to gain special significance, as these religions came to be seen in opposing terms-Aryan on one hand and Semitic on the other. Masuzawa also explores the complex relation of “world religions” to Protestant theology, from the hierarchical ordering of religions typical of the Christian supremacists of the nineteenth century to the aspirations of early twentieth-century theologian Ernst Troeltsch, who embraced the pluralist logic of “world religions” and by so doing sought to reclaim the universalist destiny of European modernity.
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