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Fighting Fantasy: Sorcery! The Shamutanti Hills
AvSteve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
95 kr
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PART STORY, PART GAME - PURE ADVENTURE!"A new way of telling stories and in many ways the birthof modern gaming, these books captured the imaginations of a generationof kids - it's great to think that a new generation aregoing to be similarly captivated" bestselling author CharlieHigsonYOU, the hero, must search for the legendaryCrown of Kings, hidden in the Shamutanti Hills. Alive with evil creatures,lawless wanderers and bloodthirsty monsters, the land isriddled with tricks and traps waiting for you. Will yoube able to cross the hills safely - or will you perish in the attempt?ABOUT THE SERIESThe multi-million copy globally bestselling choose-your-own-adventureseries is repackaged and reignited for a brand new generationof children. All you need is a dice and you can choose which way the storygoesBe careful - the main character can die at any point!20 million copies sold worldwide in 32 languagesPerfect for kids who love gamingA great way to encourage children away from gaming onscreens and get them back into reading books!
Fighting Fantasy: House of Hell
AvSteve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
105 kr
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PART STORY, PART GAME - PURE ADVENTURE!"A new way of telling stories and in many ways the birthof modern gaming, these books captured the imaginations of a generationof kids - it's great to think that a new generation aregoing to be similarly captivated" bestselling author CharlieHigsonTaking refuge in the infamous House of Hell may be the worst mistakeof your life...The dangers of the torrential storm outside are nothing comparedto the blood-curdling adventures that await you inside, wherea den of demon worshippers are preparing an initiation ceremony tonight...will you be one of their sacrifices?ABOUT THE SERIESThe multi-million copy globally bestselling choose-your-own-adventureseries is repackaged and reignited for a brand new generationof children. All you need is a dice and you can choose which way the storygoesBe careful - the main character can die at any point!20 million copies sold worldwide in 32 languagesPerfect for kids who love gamingA great way to encourage children away from gaming onscreens and get them back into reading books!
Fighting Fantasy:The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
AvIan Livingstone,Steve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
107 kr
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PART STORY, PART GAME - PURE ADVENTURE!"A new way of telling stories and in many ways the birthof modern gaming, these books captured the imaginations of a generationof kids - it's great to think that a new generation aregoing to be similarly captivated" bestselling author CharlieHigsonAre YOU brave enough to take on the monstersand magic of Firetop Mountain...?The powerful warlock Zagor must be slain - but first you'll needto make it through the caverns of his mountain stronghold. Manyadventurers before you have taken a wrong turn in the maze andperished at the hands and claws of the Warlock's gruesome servants... step up, hero, it's time to fight! ABOUT THE SERIESThe multi-million copy globally bestselling choose-your-own-adventureseries is repackaged and reignited for a brand new generationof children. All you need is a dice and you can choose which way the storygoesBe careful - the main character can die at any point!20 million copies sold worldwide in 32 languagesPerfect for kids who love gamingA great way to encourage children away from gaming onscreens and get them back into reading books!
Fighting Fantasy: The Secrets of Salamonis
AvSteve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
107 kr
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PART STORY, PART GAME - PURE ADVENTURE!"A new way of telling stories and in many ways the birthof modern gaming, these books captured the imaginations of a generationof kids - it's great to think that a new generation aregoing to be similarly captivated" bestselling author CharlieHigsonYOU, the hero, a travel to the city of Salamonis to make yourfortune. But will you join the Strongarms and travel across Allansia,guarding merchant caravans, or will you study at the famousHalls of Learning? Will you enter Bu Fon Fen in search of Cauldronweed,or rid King Salamon's Mine of the pests that plague it? Willyou bring Cardinal Zyn to justice, or set off in search of thehorn of the Black Unicorn? And just who is the Shivering Man, andwhat does he have to do with the mystery of the screaming sky?It is down to YOU to uncover the secrets of Salamonis! ABOUT THE SERIESThe multi-million copy globally bestselling choose-your-own-adventureseries is repackaged and reignited for a brand new generationof children. All you need is a dice and you can choose which way the storygoesBe careful - the main character can die at any point!20 million copies sold worldwide in 32 languagesPerfect for kids who love gamingA great way to encourage children away from gaming onscreens and get them back into reading books!
Fighting Fantasy: Citadel of Chaos
AvSteve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
106 kr
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PART STORY, PART GAME - PURE ADVENTURE!"A new way of telling stories and in many ways the birthof modern gaming, these books captured the imaginations of a generationof kids - it's great to think that a new generation aregoing to be similarly captivated" bestselling author CharlieHigsonAre YOU brave enough to enter the trap-filledlair of the sorcerer Balthus Dire...?You area fearless young wizard, armed with magic spells - the last hopeto defeat the dread warlord Balthus Dire whose sorcery threatensthe land. You must enter his forbidden citadel and takeon his monstrous minions, or perish in the process ... stepup, hero, it's time to fight!ABOUT THE SERIESThe multi-million copy globally bestselling choose-your-own-adventureseries is repackaged and reignited for a brand new generationof children. All you need is a dice and you can choose which way the storygoesBe careful - the main character can die at any point!20 million copies sold worldwide in 32 languagesPerfect for kids who love gamingA great way to encourage children away from gaming onscreens and get them back into reading books!
Fighting Fantasy: Appointment With F.E.A.R.
AvSteve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
91 kr
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PART STORY, PART GAME - PURE ADVENTURE!"A new way of telling stories and in many ways the birthof modern gaming, these books captured the imaginations of a generationof kids - it's great to think that a new generation aregoing to be similarly captivated" bestselling author CharlieHigsonYOU, the hero, are the Silver Crusader, a superherowho protects Titan City. You must battle criminals theScarlet Prankster, Dr. Macabre, the Serpent and the Alchemists andinfiltrate a meeting between leaders of evil organization F.E.A.R.to capture master villain the Titanium Cyborg.ABOUT THE SERIESThe multi-million copy globally bestselling choose-your-own-adventureseries is repackaged and reignited for a brand new generationof children. All you need is a dice and you can choose which way the storygoesBe careful - the main character can die at any point!20 million copies sold worldwide in 32 languagesPerfect for kids who love gamingA great way to encourage children away from gaming onscreens and get them back into reading books!
Fighting Fantasy: Sorcery 3: The Seven Serpents
AvSteve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
95 kr
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PART STORY, PART GAME - PURE ADVENTURE!"A new way of telling stories and in many ways the birthof modern gaming, these books captured the imaginations of a generationof kids - it's great to think that a new generation aregoing to be similarly captivated" bestselling author CharlieHigsonYou, the hero, must beat seven deadly serpents to the fortressof Mampang and destroy them before they can warn the Archmage ofyour mission to find the Crown of Kings.ABOUT THE SERIESThe multi-million copy globally bestselling choose-your-own-adventureseries is repackaged and reignited for a brand new generationof children. All you need is a dice and you can choose which way the storygoesBe careful - the main character can die at any point!20 million copies sold worldwide in 32 languagesPerfect for kids who love gamingA great way to encourage children away from gaming onscreens and get them back into reading books!
Fighting Fantasy: Sorcery 4: The Crown of Kings
AvSteve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
106 kr
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PART STORY, PART GAME - PURE ADVENTURE!"A new way of telling stories and in many ways the birthof modern gaming, these books captured the imaginations of a generationof kids - it's great to think that a new generation aregoing to be similarly captivated" bestselling author CharlieHigsonYou, the hero, must face the unknown terrors of the Mampang Fortress.Hidden inside the keep is the Crown of Kings, but bewarethe monsters and traps waiting for you...ABOUT THE SERIESThe multi-million copy globally bestselling choose-your-own-adventureseries is repackaged and reignited for a brand new generationof children. All you need is a dice and you can choose which way the storygoesBe careful - the main character can die at any point!20 million copies sold worldwide in 32 languagesPerfect for kids who love gamingA great way to encourage children away from gaming onscreens and get them back into reading books!
Fighting Fantasy: Creature of Havoc
AvSteve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
107 kr
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PART STORY, PART GAME - PURE ADVENTURE!"A new way of telling stories and in many ways the birthof modern gaming, these books captured the imaginations of a generationof kids - it's great to think that a new generation aregoing to be similarly captivated" bestselling author CharlieHigsonYOU, the hero, must track down three Vapoursin order to defeat the feared necromancer Zharradan Marr. Accessthe Galleykeep, Marr's flying vessel, to destroy his portal and hismeans of entering Allansia - or perish in the attempt!ABOUT THE SERIESThe multi-million copy globally bestselling choose-your-own-adventureseries is repackaged and reignited for a brand new generationof children. All you need is a dice and you can choose which way the storygoesBe careful - the main character can die at any point!20 million copies sold worldwide in 32 languagesPerfect for kids who love gamingA great way to encourage children away from gaming onscreens and get them back into reading books!
Fighting Fantasy: Sorcery 2: Cityport of Traps
AvSteve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
107 kr
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PART STORY, PART GAME - PURE ADVENTURE!“A new way of telling stories and in many ways thebirth of modern gaming, these books captured the imaginationsof a generation of kids – it’s great to think that anew generation are going to be similarly captivated” bestsellingauthor Charlie HigsonYou, the hero,must brave the city of Khare, where every doorway or alley concealssudden danger.You will needall your wits about you to avoid the traps and survive the unimaginablehorrors ahead...ABOUT THE SERIESThe multi-million copy globally bestselling choose-your-own-adventureseries is repackaged and reignited for a brand new generationof children. All you need is a dice and you can choose which way the storygoesBe careful - the main character can die at any point!20 million copies sold worldwide in 32 languagesPerfect for kids who love gamingA great way to encourage children away from gaming onscreens and get them back into reading books!
All Secure
A Special Operations Soldier's Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and the Homefront
AvSteve Jackson,Tom Satterly
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
311 kr
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As a senior non-commissioned officer of Delta Force, the most elite and secretive special operations unit in the U.S. military, Command Sergeant Major Tom Satterly fought some of this country's most fearsome enemies. Over the course of twenty years and thousands of missions, he's fought desperately for his life, rescued hostages, killed and captured terrorist leaders, and seen his friends maimed and killed around him. All Secure is in part Tom's journey into a world so dark and dangerous that most Americans can't contemplate its existence. It recounts what it is like to be on the front lines with one of America's most highly trained warriors. As action-packed as any fiction thriller, All Secure is an insider's view of "The Unit." Tom is a legend even among other Tier One special operators. Yet the enemy that cost him three marriages, and ruined his health physically and psychologically, existed in his brain. It nearly led him to kill himself in 2014; but for the lifeline thrown to him by an extraordinary woman it might have ended there. Instead, they took on Satterly's most important mission-saving the lives of his brothers and sisters in arms who are killing themselves at a rate of more than twenty a day. Told through Satterly's firsthand experiences, it also weaves in the reasons-the bloodshed, the deaths, the intense moments of sheer terror, the survivor's guilt, depression, and substance abuse-for his career-long battle against the most insidious enemy of all: Post Traumatic Stress. With the help of his wife, he learned that by admitting his weaknesses and faults he sets an example for other combat veterans struggling to come home.
Mentor
AvSteve Jackson
E-bok
Engelska, 2013
35 kr
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Spying, lying and dying.Fans of `Spooks’ will be swept away by Steve Jackson’s explosive novel.They say lightning never strikes twice. They are wrong. London has been bombed for the second time in 2 years, but this time the enemy is a lot closer to home.Paul Aston, a young MI6 Agent, is sent to investigate. But nothing could have prepared him for the scenes of horror and devastation that he sees. Images that will stay with him for the rest of his life.The government blames MI6, MI6 blames the government, but the truth behind what the media are calling 18/8 is more chilling than anyone could have imagined.Slowly, Aston tears away the layers of corruption, betrayal and murder to reveal the real culprit. Someone who knows every trick in the book, because he’s played every trick in the book. Someone who has a deep seething hatred of MI6 and will stop at nothing until his vengeance is satisfied.He is The Mentor.
Not Lost Forever
My Story of Survival
AvSteve Jackson,Carmina Salcido
E-bok
Engelska, 2009
51 kr
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In this memoir of true crime and survival, a woman recounts the remarkable story of her father''s murderous rampage and how she was left for dead.On April 14, 1989, in California''s idyllic Sonoma Valley, Mexican immigrant Ramón Salcido went on a rampage, killing his wife, her two younger sisters, his mother-in-law, and his wife''s suspected lover. Then he slashed the throats of his three young daughters—ages four years, three years, and twenty-two months—and left them for dead in the county dump. A day later, when the children''s bodies were finally discovered, three-year-old Carmina was miraculously still alive. "Daddy cut me," she told her rescuers.In Not Lost Forever, Carmina Salcido reaches back into her traumatic past to reconstruct, in sobering detail, her father''s crimes and their aftermath. Recalling with clear-eyed candor, courage, and grace the horrific event and troubled childhood that followed, a remarkable young woman carries readers along on her miraculous journey of survival, discovery, and hope.
Practical Guide to Project Management Documentation
John Wiley & Sons Inc
2004
1 390 kr
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Project ManagementThe one-stop resource for project management documentation and templates for all projectsThe success of any project is crucially dependent on the documents produced for it. The Practical Guide to Project Management Documentation provides a complete and reliable source of explanations and examples for every possible project-related document-from the proposal, business case, and project plan, to the status report and final post-project review.The Practical Guide to Project Management Documentation is packed with material that slashes the time and effort expended on producing new documents from scratch. Following the processes in the Project Management Institute's PMBOK® Guide, this one-stop, full-service book also offers tips and techniques for working with documents in each project process. Documentation for several project/client scenarios is addressed, including internal and externally contracted projects. A single project-the construction of a water theme park-is used as the case study for all the document examples.An included CD-ROM provides all the documents from the book as Microsoft Word(r) files. Readers can use these as a framework to develop their own project documents.The Practical Guide to Project Management Documentation is an unmatched reference for the numerous documents essential to project managers in all industries.(PMBOK is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.)
Affair in the Valley
A Collection of Poems
AvSteve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
121 kr
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Monster
AvSteve Jackson
E-bok
Engelska, 2013
234 kr
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"One of the best books short of the famous Ann Rule works." --True Crime Book ReviewsOn a snowy winter evening in 1982, twenty-one-year-old Mary Brown accepted a ride from a handsome stranger in the resort town of Breckenridge, Colorado. The trip ended with her brutally beaten and raped. Mary survived, but her predator''s violence had only just begun. After ten years in prison, Tom Luther was released a far more vicious criminal. Soon, from the Rockies to West Virginia, like Ted Bundy, Luther enticed a chain of women into his murderous trap. In this gripping new edition of a true crime masterpiece, acclaimed author Steve Jackson recounts the intriguing pursuit and long awaited conviction of a charismatic, monstrous psychopath--one who remains a suspect in three other crimes, and has never given up hope of escape. "Steve Jackson is a born storyteller. He makes you sweat. . .and turn the page." --Ron Franscell, author of The Darkest NightIncludes 16 Pages Of Dramatic Photos
To the Edge and Back
My Story from Organ Transplant Survivor to Olympic Snowboarder
AvSteve Jackson,Chris Klug
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
221 kr
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Displaying faith, courage, and perseverance, snowboard racer Chris Klug battled for years to have his "extreme" sport accepted in the mainstream. He rose through the World Cup ranks and won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics less than two years after undergoing a lifesaving liver transplant. Not since Lance Armstrong's It's Not About the Bike has a stricken athlete's story been as poised to transcend the sport. In 1996, during snowboarding's World Cup season, Chris was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis,the same disease that would cause the death of his childhood hero, football great Walter Payton. His four-year wait for a donor came to an end when his rapidly failing liver prompted doctors to move him up on the transplant list. With the shooting death of a thirteen-year-old boy, Chris was given the organ that gave him a second chance at life. From his youth as a high school football hero, to his campaign for snowboarding's acceptance, and through surgery, recovery, and Olympic glory, every setback and victory in Chris Klug's ride is riveting. To the Edge and Back will be cherished as a story of an athlete who represents the best of the human spirit.
Monster
AvSteve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
182 kr
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Practical Guide to Project Management Documentation
AvJames Harris,Steve Jacksonm. fl.
E-bok
Engelska, 2015
1 307 kr
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Project Management The one-stop resource for project management documentation and templates for all projects The success of any project is crucially dependent on the documents produced for it. The Practical Guide to Project Management Documentation provides a complete and reliable source of explanations and examples for every possible project-related document-from the proposal, business case, and project plan, to the status report and final post-project review. The Practical Guide to Project Management Documentation is packed with material that slashes the time and effort expended on producing new documents from scratch. Following the processes in the Project Management Institute''s PMBOK® Guide, this one-stop, full-service book also offers tips and techniques for working with documents in each project process. Documentation for several project/client scenarios is addressed, including internal and externally contracted projects. A single project-the construction of a water theme park-is used as the case study for all the document examples. An included CD-ROM provides all the documents from the book as Microsoft Word(r) files. Readers can use these as a framework to develop their own project documents. The Practical Guide to Project Management Documentation is an unmatched reference for the numerous documents essential to project managers in all industries.(PMBOK is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.)
Cult of Analytics
Data analytics for marketing
AvSteve Jackson
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
2 292 kr
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Cult of Analytics enables professionals to build an analytics driven culture into their business or organization. Marketers will learn how to turn tried and tested tactics into an actionable plan to change their culture to one that uses web analytics on a day to day basis.Through use of the fictitious ACME PLC case, Steve Jackson provides working examples based on real life situations from the various companies he has worked with, such as Nokia, KONE, Rovio, Amazon, Expert, IKEA, Vodafone, and EMC. These examples will give the reader practical techniques for their own business regardless of size or situation making Cult of Analytics a must have for any would-be digital marketer.This new edition has been thoroughly updated, now including examples out of how to get the best from Google analytics, as well as ways to use social media data, big data, tag management and advanced persona segmentation to drive real value in your organisation. It's also been expanded to include exercises and new cases for students and tutors using the book as a text.
Cult of Analytics
Data analytics for marketing
AvSteve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
788 kr
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Cult of Analytics enables professionals to build an analytics driven culture into their business or organization. Marketers will learn how to turn tried and tested tactics into an actionable plan to change their culture to one that uses web analytics on a day to day basis.Through use of the fictitious ACME PLC case, Steve Jackson provides working examples based on real life situations from the various companies he has worked with, such as Nokia, KONE, Rovio, Amazon, Expert, IKEA, Vodafone, and EMC. These examples will give the reader practical techniques for their own business regardless of size or situation making Cult of Analytics a must have for any would-be digital marketer.This new edition has been thoroughly updated, now including examples out of how to get the best from Google analytics, as well as ways to use social media data, big data, tag management and advanced persona segmentation to drive real value in your organisation. It's also been expanded to include exercises and new cases for students and tutors using the book as a text.
Pranks at the Fire Station: A How To Guide
AvSteve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
153 kr
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Cult of Analytics
Data analytics for marketing
AvSteve Jackson
E-bok
Engelska, 2015
925 kr
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Cult of Analytics enables professionals to build an analytics driven culture into their business or organization. Marketers will learn how to turn tried and tested tactics into an actionable plan to change their culture to one that uses web analytics on a day to day basis.Through use of the fictitious ACME PLC case, Steve Jackson provides working examples based on real life situations from the various companies he has worked with, such as Nokia, KONE, Rovio, Amazon, Expert, IKEA, Vodafone, and EMC. These examples will give the reader practical techniques for their own business regardless of size or situation making Cult of Analytics a must have for any would-be digital marketer.
This new edition has been thoroughly updated, now including examples out of how to get the best from Google analytics, as well as ways to use social media data, big data, tag management and advanced persona segmentation to drive real value in your organisation. It''s also been expanded to include exercises and new cases for students and tutors using the book as a text.
Cult of Analytics
Data analytics for marketing
AvSteve Jackson
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2015
925 kr
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Cult of Analytics enables professionals to build an analytics driven culture into their business or organization. Marketers will learn how to turn tried and tested tactics into an actionable plan to change their culture to one that uses web analytics on a day to day basis.Through use of the fictitious ACME PLC case, Steve Jackson provides working examples based on real life situations from the various companies he has worked with, such as Nokia, KONE, Rovio, Amazon, Expert, IKEA, Vodafone, and EMC. These examples will give the reader practical techniques for their own business regardless of size or situation making Cult of Analytics a must have for any would-be digital marketer.
This new edition has been thoroughly updated, now including examples out of how to get the best from Google analytics, as well as ways to use social media data, big data, tag management and advanced persona segmentation to drive real value in your organisation. It''s also been expanded to include exercises and new cases for students and tutors using the book as a text.
Del 17 - Popular Culture and Everyday Life
Sport, Beer, and Gender
Promotional Culture and Contemporary Social Life
AvLawrence A. Wenner,Steve Jackson
Inbunden, Engelska, 2008
1 068 kr
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Sport, Beer, and Gender: Promotional Culture and Contemporary Social Life brings together a group of esteemed international scholars to focus on the important, complex, and mutually reinforcing relationships between sport, beer, and gender in fashioning promotional strategies and shaping global cultures of consumption. Collectively, the book examines a well-known social constellation that has received little specific scholarly attention although it sits at the axis of many lines of expanding inquiry in sport studies, media studies, gender studies, cultural studies, consumer studies, and the study of alcohol and substance abuse. The essays gathered here interrogate and trace beer as a commodity as it circumnavigates the circuit of commodification including: (1) institutions and production, (2) texts and representation, and (3) consumption and reception; they explore how it moves from concept to reality, from the private to the public realm, and ultimately its effects on contemporary gendered identity.
Continuous Combinatorics of Abelian Group Actions
AvSu Gao,Steve Jacksonm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
1 027 kr
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The Memoirs of the AMS is devoted to the publication of new research in all areas of pure and applied mathematics. The Memoirs is designed particularly to publish long papers of groups of cognate papers in book form, and is under the supervision of the Editorial Committee of the AMS journal Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. All papers are peer-reviewed.
How Is Paper Recycled?
AvSteve Jackson
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2013
345 kr
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How Is Paper Recycled? is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.3 and Literacy.L.2.4b. Full-page color photographs and narrative nonfiction text explain the paper recycling process. This book should be paired with “Recycling Paper" (9781477722749) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.
SCOOTER MANIA!
Recollections of the Isle of Man International Scooter Rally
AvSteve Jackson
E-bok
Engelska, 2020
146 kr
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At last! A year-on-year account of the Isle of Man International Scooter Rally, the brainchild of WWI veteran-turned-politician, James Mylchreest Cain. Following a fact-finding mission to Dusseldorf, accompanied by Peter Agg from Lambretta, the second Rally went International for 1958, and was to grow in popularity throughout the 1960s, attracting competitors from countries as far and wide as Australia, USA, Rhodesia, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Poland, Czechoslovakia and India. In addition to gymkhana and endurance events, closed-road and circuit racing attracted fast men such as Neville Frost, John and Norman Ronald, Ray Kemp, Andy Smith, and Norrie Kerr. In 1971, the then chairman of the Tourist Board, Bill Quayle, declared that the annual Scooterist week was "the most important cog in the mosaic of Manx tourism." The author''s access to personal photographic archives, and Manx Press pictures, combined with period reports and interviews with competitors, builds a unique reconstruction of a hugely successful event on the scootering sporting calendar: an event that was to endure for 20 years and attract thousands of spectators.
Scooter Mania!
- Recollections of the Isle of Man International Scooter Rally
AvSteve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
155 kr
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A year-on-year account of the Isle of Man International Scooter Rally, the brainchild of WWI veteran-turned-politician, James Mylchreest Cain. Following a fact-finding mission to Dusseldorf, accompanied by Peter Agg from Lambretta, the second Rally went International for 1958, and was to grow in popularity throughout the 1960s, attracting competitors from countries as far and wide as Australia, USA, Rhodesia, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Poland, Czechoslovakia and India.In addition to gymkhana and endurance events, closed-road and circuit racing attracted fast men such as Neville Frost, John and Norman Ronald, Ray Kemp, Andy Smith, and Norrie Kerr. In 1971, the then chairman of the Tourist Board, Bill Quayle, declared that the annual Scooterist week was “the most important cog in the mosaic of Manx tourism.” The author’s access to personal photographic archives, and Manx Press pictures, combined with period reports and interviews with competitors, builds a unique reconstruction of a hugely successful event on the scootering sporting calendar: an event that was to endure for 20 years and attract thousands of spectators.
Del 38 - Peter Lang Ltd.
Contested Terrain of the New Zealand All Blacks
Rugby, Commerce, and Cultural Politics in the Age of Globalization
AvJay Scherer,Steve Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
505 kr
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In 2011, New Zealand rugby fans erupted in celebration as the All Blacks narrowly defeated France to win the Rugby World Cup – the team’s first title since New Zealand hosted the inaugural tournament in 1987. In the years between these victories, the sport of rugby has been radically transformed from its amateur roots to a professional, global entertainment ‘product’. This book explores these developments and focuses initially on the New Zealand Rugby Union’s key deals with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation and global sportswear giant Adidas in the 1990s. The new pay-per-view era has curtailed the traditional ‘viewing rights’ of rugby fans to have live, free-to-air access to All Blacks test matches on public television. Adidas, meanwhile, has relentlessly commodified aspects of national heritage and indigenous identity in pursuit of local and global markets while exploiting labour in developing countries. Escalating merchandise costs and ticket prices have, at the same time, pushed the sport further out of the reach of ordinary New Zealanders. All of these issues, however, have not gone uncontested, and the authors argue that rugby remains a contested terrain in the face of a new set of limits and pressures in the global economy.