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Narratives of Hurricane Katrina in Context: Literature, Film and Television (2019)
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Keeble, A. (2019). Narratives of Hurricane Katrina in Context: Literature, Film and Television. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16353-2

This book analyzes six key narratives of Hurricane Katrina across literature, film and television from the literary fiction of Jesmyn Ward to the cinema of Spike Lee. It argues that these texts engage with the human tragedy and political fallout of t... Read More about Narratives of Hurricane Katrina in Context: Literature, Film and Television.

A sonnet to science: scientists and their poetry (2019)
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Illingworth, S. (2019). A sonnet to science: scientists and their poetry. Manchester: Manchester University Press

A sonnet to science presents an account of six ground-breaking scientists who also wrote poetry, and the effect that this had on their lives and research. How was the universal computer inspired by Lord Byron? Why was the link between malaria and mos... Read More about A sonnet to science: scientists and their poetry.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education: Perspectives and Practices (2019)
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Moir, Z., Powell, B., & Dylan Smith, G. (Eds.). (2019). The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education: Perspectives and Practices. Bloomsbury Publishing

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education draws together the most current thinking on the subject of popular music education from practical, empirical, ethnographic, sociological and philosophical perspectives. Through a series of unique cha... Read More about The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education: Perspectives and Practices.

Knowledge in businesses. Reflexion on a flexible management method (2019)
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Fascia, M. (2019). Knowledge in businesses. Reflexion on a flexible management method. (1). Munich, Germany: GRIN Publishing

In this discussion, the author reflects on the value given to knowledge in a business context and deliberate a contrary philosophical perspective which does not conform to prevailing knowledge theory. It will be considered why, if knowledge is key fo... Read More about Knowledge in businesses. Reflexion on a flexible management method.

Serial Selves: Identity and Representation in Autobiographical Comics (2019)
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Køhlert, F. B. (2019). Serial Selves: Identity and Representation in Autobiographical Comics. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press

Autobiography is one of the most dynamic and quickly-growing genres in contemporary comics and graphic narratives. In Serial Selves, Frederik Byrn Køhlert examines the genre’s potential for representing lives and perspectives that have been socially... Read More about Serial Selves: Identity and Representation in Autobiographical Comics.

Leadership: the current state of play. (2019)
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Howieson, W. B. (2019). Leadership: the current state of play. Emerald

Leadership: The Current State of Play defines contemporary thinking in leadership from both academic and practitioner perspectives. It presents an easy-to-read overview of historical and contemporary thought on the roles and functions of leaders and... Read More about Leadership: the current state of play..

Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom (2019)
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Freestone, P. M. (2019). Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom. London: Scholastic

Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom is a classic quest adventure set in a fresh new fantasy world where smell is the queen of the senses. It was a Scottish Book Trust Teen Book of the Month, A Diva Magazine Book of the Month, and an Aurealis Awards final... Read More about Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom.

How to read Foucault's "Discipline and Punish": the birth of the prison (2018)
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Schwan, A., & Shapiro, S. (2018). How to read Foucault's "Discipline and Punish": the birth of the prison. Chongqing University Press

Authored book. Translated into Chinese.

Doing Politics: Discursivity, performativity and mediation in political discourse (2018)
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M. Kranert, & G. Horan (Eds.), (2018). Doing Politics: Discursivity, performativity and mediation in political discourse. https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.80

This edited volume explores the discursive, performative and mediated dimensions of contemporary political discourse. The strengths of the volume are manifold: it contains cutting edge interdisciplinary research on political discourses by internation... Read More about Doing Politics: Discursivity, performativity and mediation in political discourse.

Digital Skills Development : Effective digital profiles for researchers (2018)
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Kerr, G., Worsley, H., & Whitnall, D. (2018). Digital Skills Development : Effective digital profiles for researchers

We are living in a digital era where the majority of people spend a vast amount of time on social media. So as academics it is important that we access this digital world and use it to our advantage. Social media is a key aspect of science communicat... Read More about Digital Skills Development : Effective digital profiles for researchers.

Social Tagging in a Linked Data Environment (2018)
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Spiteri, L., & Rasmussen Pennington, D. (Eds.). (2018). Social Tagging in a Linked Data Environment. London: Facet Publishing

Social tagging, hashtags, and geotags are used across a variety of platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, WordPress, Instagram) in different countries and cultures. This book, representing researchers and practitioners across different information pro... Read More about Social Tagging in a Linked Data Environment.

Crocodile (2018)
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Shand, D. (2018). Crocodile. Sandstone Press

She’s remembering curtains closed against whatever might harm them and all the knick-knacks: the porcelain fairy, the chain of rubber dolphins, CDs piled a metre high. This was what home meant. It’s the summer before high school and Chloe’s been s... Read More about Crocodile.

Design Research For Change (2018)
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(2018). Design Research For Change

No abstract available.

The Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle. A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four (2018)
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(in press). A. Schwan (Ed.), The Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle. A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four. (The Edinburgh Edition). Edinburgh University Press

No abstract available.

Influence of demand response actions on thermal comfort and electricity cost for residential houses (2018)
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Alimohammadisagvand, B. (2018). Influence of demand response actions on thermal comfort and electricity cost for residential houses. Aalto University

Demand response control algorithms assist in shifting a part of the electricity demand of building from periods of high demand and price towards periods of lower price. Without demand response, also the grid operators must rely on and use expensive a... Read More about Influence of demand response actions on thermal comfort and electricity cost for residential houses.

Reading Lacan's Ecrits: From 'Signification of the Phallus' to 'Metaphor of the Subject' (2018)
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Vanheule, S., Hook, D., & Neill, C. (Eds.). (2018). Reading Lacan's Ecrits: From 'Signification of the Phallus' to 'Metaphor of the Subject'. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429459221

The Écrits was Jacques Lacan’s single most important text, a landmark in psychoanalysis which epitomized his aim of returning to Freud via structural linguistics, philosophy and literature. Reading Lacan’s Écrits is the first extensive set of comment... Read More about Reading Lacan's Ecrits: From 'Signification of the Phallus' to 'Metaphor of the Subject'.

GDPR and Cyber Security for Business Information Systems (2018)
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Gobeo, A., Fowler, C., & Buchanan, B. (2018). GDPR and Cyber Security for Business Information Systems. River Publishers

The General Data Protection Regulation is the latest, and one of the most stringent, regulations regarding Data Protection to be passed into law by the European Union. Fundamentally, it aims to protect the Rights and Freedoms of all the individuals i... Read More about GDPR and Cyber Security for Business Information Systems.

Sound Design (2018)
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McGregor, I. (2018). Sound Design

This book explores the underlying principles of sound design for linear and interactive media, and specifically how they apply to theatre. The focus of the text is about how to design effective sound so that audiences' experiences are as close as pos... Read More about Sound Design.

A General Introduction to Data Analytics (2018)
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Moreira, J. M., Carvalho, A. C. P. L. F., & Horváth, T. (2019). A General Introduction to Data Analytics. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119296294

Tourism Management: An Introduction (2018)
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Inkson, C., & Minnaert, L. (2018). Tourism Management: An Introduction. (2nd edn). SAGE Publications

An introductory text that gives its reader a strong understanding of the dimensions of tourism, the industries of which it is comprised, the issues that affect its success, and the management of its impact on destination economies, environments and c... Read More about Tourism Management: An Introduction.