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Does Monogamy Work?
Av Luke Brunning, Matthew Taylor
Häftad, 2020
133 kr
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Even with the current rise in awareness of sexual and intimate diversity, monogamous relationships remain the cultural norm. Most people aspire to it and the state encourages it, providing legal and financial benefits to married couples; however, statistics show adultery is commonplace, marriage …
Magnum On Track
Every Album, Every Song
Häftad, 2024
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
192 kr
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Celebrating 50 years as a band in 2022, Magnum remain a musical enigma, much loved by legions of fans despite never fitting easily into the sub-genres favoured by rock music critics. Formed in the West Midlands of England around a nucleus of guitarist and songwriter Tony Clarkin and vocalist Bob …
Moving with the Ball
The Migration of Professional Footballers
Av Pierre Lanfranchi, Matthew Taylor
Inbunden, 2001
1842 kr
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As a universal game, association football has been particularly suited to the transfer of labour forces. It does not require the use of a specific national language, a recognized diploma or acquired qualification, and the rules are standardized across the globe. Thus the international football …
Sport and the Home Front
Wartime Britain at Play, 1939-45
Häftad, 2020
665 kr
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Sport and the Home Front contributes in significant and original ways to our understanding of the social and cultural history of the Second World War. It explores the complex and contested treatment of sport in government policy, media representations and the everyday lives of wartime citizens. …
Sport and the Home Front
Wartime Britain at Play, 1939-45
Inbunden, 2020
2581 kr
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Sport and the Home Front contributes in significant and original ways to our understanding of the social and cultural history of the Second World War. It explores the complex and contested treatment of sport in government policy, media representations and the everyday lives of wartime citizens. …
OCR Philosophy of Religion for AS and A2
Av Jill Oliphant, Matthew Taylor m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
632 kr
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Structured directly around the specification of the OCR, this is the definitive textbook for students of Advanced Subsidiary or Advanced Level courses. The updated third edition covers all the necessary topics for Philosophy of Religion in an enjoyable student-friendly fashion. Each chapter …
Is Democracy Failing?
A primer for the 21st century
Av Niheer Dasandi, Matthew Taylor
Häftad, 2018
133 kr
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The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsOnly four countries around the world do not currently define themselves as democracies. But many more do not fulfil the four basic requirements of democracy: free and fair elections, active participation of …
What Shape Is Space?
A primer for the 21st century
Av Giles Sparrow, Matthew Taylor
Häftad, 2018
145 kr
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The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsWhat Shape is Space? is a question with surprisingly far-reaching implications for our understanding of the very nature of reality and our place within it. The concepts involved may be sophisticated, but Giles …
Is Capitalism Working?
A primer for the 21st century
Av Jacob Field, Matthew Taylor
Häftad, 2018
137 kr
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The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsIs Capitalism Working? is a highly relevant question today – not least to a generation coming of age in a world still experiencing aftershocks from the near-meltdown of the world economy in 2008. Economic theory …
Is Gender Fluid?
A primer for the 21st century
Av Sally Hines, Matthew Taylor
Häftad, 2018
133 kr
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The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsWhen we are born, we are each assigned a gender based on our physical anatomy. But why is it that some people experience such dissonance between their biological sex and their inner identity? Is gender something …
Will AI Replace Us?
Häftad, 2019
137 kr
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The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsThe past sixty years have witnessed astonishing bursts of growth in the field of Artificial Intelligence – the science and computational technologies that teach machines to sense, learn, reason and take action. AI …
Is Medicine Still Good for Us?
Av Julian Sheather, Matthew Taylor
Häftad, 2019
137 kr
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The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsModern medicine is exceptionally powerful, and has achieved unprecedented successes. But it comes at a price; individuals suffer from medicine’s failures, and the economic costs of medicine are now stratospheric. …
Is Masculinity Toxic?
A primer for the 21st century
Av Andrew Smiler, Matthew Taylor
Häftad, 2019
133 kr
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The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsIn the wake of the #MeToo movement and the upsurge in feminist and men’s rights activism, traditional masculinity has become a topic of impassioned debate. But what exactly do we mean by ‘masculinity’ and in what …
Should We All Be Vegan?
A primer for the 21st century
Av Molly Watson, Matthew Taylor
Häftad, 2019
137 kr
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The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsAs concern grows over the environmental costs and ethical implications of intensive factory farming, an increasing number of us are embracing diets and lifestyles free from animal products. Has the time now …
Is Technology Making Us Sick?
A primer for the 21st century
Av Ian Douglas, Matthew Taylor
Häftad, 2020
133 kr
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The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsModern technology has enhanced our lives in numerous ways – we can now communicate in real time with friends and colleagues around the world, and do our shopping and banking without leaving home. But, as …
Is Our Food Killing Us?
Av Joy Manning, Matthew Taylor
Häftad, 2021
133 kr
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Chronic obesity is on the rise; our food is laced with additives and chemicals; and the environment is being devastated by factory farming, pesticides, fertilizers and monoculture. It is time to re-evaluate what we eat and how we eat it, and re-think the practices of agribusiness, food processing …
Can Globalization Succeed?
Av Dena Freeman, Matthew Taylor
Häftad, 2020
133 kr
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The expansion of capitalism and neoliberal ideologies have delivered economic integration between countries and brought global inter-connectedness to individuals. So why do so many people now feel that they are ‘citizens of nowhere’, disparaged by the ‘cosmopolitan elites’? Has democracy and the …
Should All Drugs Be Legalized?
A primer for the 21st century
Av Mattha Busby, Matthew Taylor
Häftad, 2022
133 kr
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A timely re-examination of the pros and cons of legalizing drug use. Combining a unique visual approach with carefully constructed narrative text, this book provides a survey of the history of drug use, a review of the impact of the war on drugs, an appraisal of the effects of legal vs illegal …
Do We Have To Work?
Häftad, 2021
133 kr
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Work allows us to pay the bills. The practical and conceptual divide between work and leisure profoundly shapes our lives. Work is where many of us derive our status and our sense of purpose. Work is so much part of our lives and our culture that we have internalized beliefs about its value and …
Association Game
A History of British Football
Häftad, 2007
651 kr
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The story of British football's journey from public school diversion to mass media entertainment is a remarkable one. The Association Game traces British football from the establishment of the earliest clubs in the nineteenth century to its place as one of the prominent and commercialised leisure …
Football
A Short History
Häftad, 2011
117 kr
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Football's journey from the playing fields of Victorian public schools to the television screens of millions is a fascinating one.From modest origins, football rapidly took a grip on the affections and loyalties of the late nineteenth-century working classes and was transformed into a business …
Sport and the Home Front
Wartime Britain at Play, 1939-45
E-bok, 2020
785 kr
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Sport and the Home Front contributes in significant and original ways to our understanding of the social and cultural history of the Second World War. It explores the complex and contested treatment of sport in government policy, media representations and the everyday lives of wartime citizens. …
Sport and the Home Front
Wartime Britain at Play, 1939-45
E-bok, 2020
785 kr
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Sport and the Home Front contributes in significant and original ways to our understanding of the social and cultural history of the Second World War. It explores the complex and contested treatment of sport in government policy, media representations and the everyday lives of wartime citizens. …
England's Bloody Tribunal
Or, Popish Cruelty Displayed. Ed. By R.p. Blakeney
Inbunden, 2023
335 kr
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England's Bloody Tribunal
Or, Popish Cruelty Displayed. Ed. By R.p. Blakeney
Häftad, 2023
182 kr
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World of Sport
Transnational and Connected Histories
Inbunden, 2024
2590 kr
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World of Sport examines the development of modern sport from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1960s in the light of transnational approaches to history.Critically probing existing studies and offering new insights, this volume demonstrates that while sport was a national and international …
World of Sport
Transnational and Connected Histories
Häftad, 2024
608 kr
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World of Sport examines the development of modern sport from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1960s in the light of transnational approaches to history.Critically probing existing studies and offering new insights, this volume demonstrates that while sport was a national and international …
World of Sport
Transnational and Connected Histories
E-bok, 2024
698 kr
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World of Sport examines the development of modern sport from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1960s in the light of transnational approaches to history.Critically probing existing studies and offering new insights, this volume demonstrates that while sport was a national and international …
World of Sport
Transnational and Connected Histories
E-bok, 2024
698 kr
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World of Sport examines the development of modern sport from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1960s in the light of transnational approaches to history.Critically probing existing studies and offering new insights, this volume demonstrates that while sport was a national and international …
British Ambassadors in Soccer Kit or Transnational Actors?
Football League Clubs on Close Season Foreign Tours, 1900-1939
Av Peter J. Beck, Matthew Taylor
Inbunden, 2026
2515 kr
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This book explores the fascinating evolution of close-season foreign tours conducted by Football League clubs between 1900 and 1939, a period when these tours became a cornerstone of the British footballing calendar transforming the nature and role of the close season.During the close season, clubs …
