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Returning to an overlooked region on the edge of Russia, Howard Amos sets out on a quest to understand the country he once called home. On Russia's European borderlands, people live their lives among the ruins of successive empires. Pskov, an old Slavic land of forgotten stories and faded waysides, has weathered the tides of history. Once a thriving nexus of trade and cultural exchange, today it is one of the poorest and most rapidly depopulating places of this vast nation. To understand the darkness that has captured Russia, Howard Amos journeys through a landscape of small towns, re-wilding fields and dilapidated churches. This is a lyrical portrait of Russia where it meets NATO and the EU - a place of frontiers and boundaries that reveals unfamiliar and uncomfortable truths. In a country where history has been erased, manipulated and marginalised, the voices Howard Amos spotlights are a powerful antidote against forgetting. From the last inhabitants of a dying village to the long-term residents of a psychiatric hospital and a museum curator fighting local opposition to chronicle Pskov's forgotten Jewish heritage, Howard Amos uncovers compelling stories that are shaped by violence, tragedy and loss.

From one of our leading biographers and critics comes an insightful look at the intoxicating nature of beautiful literature.

What role do the visual arts play in the emerging commercial spaceflight industry? Regarded widely as an irreverent luxury accessible to only a select few, commercial space exploration seems an unlikely setting for art practices. However, faced with the inevitability of this developing industry and the new environments it presents, a new field of creative practice is emerging. In Art in Orbit design theorist Barbara Brownie argues that these new environments offer novel opportunities that are yet to be fully recognized by the creative industries.Throughout the book, Brownie explores the contexts, questions, challenges and opportunities for creative exploration of form, materials, and the body, in space. Drawing on original research in the STEAM subjects, the book highlights how artists, engineers, and theorists have begun working in close collaboration to reconsider practices that have been taken for granted throughout the history of art practice, demonstrating how ideas about orientation, weight, balance, and the familiar behaviours of art and craft materials are all radically altered in the microgravity of orbital space.The research presented is supplemented by 9 original case studies from sculpture, craft, performance, and land art that has been shaped by the unique physical and psychological environments of space. Each case study is informed by exclusive interviews with artists who have produced work for space, and illustrate the real-world impact of the contexts and challenges explored elsewhere in the book. Taking an original, critical approach to the relationship between the creative and spaceflight sectors, Art in Orbit sets out to define a new field of artistic practice and the real-world impact of collaboration between art and the space sector. In turn, it provides a template for developing new narrative strategies for space projects which will engage artists, scientists, and collaborative teams from across disciplines.

Explores the work of interpreters and translators at the First Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial.

"This book offers an array of novel essays, each advancing discourse surrounding the nature of disability and Christian vision of life in the world to come. The contributors advance conversations on disability through the lenses of theology, philosophy, psychology/psychiatry, and more"--

"A regional approach to politics in the U.S., Politics of the Rio Grande Valley: An Insider's Perspective to Regional Politics is the first book of its kind to directly address the intricate factors influencing how southern Texas continues to develop politically"--

"Echoes of Antiquity: Hellenistic Thought in a Politically Changing World invites readers to explore the philosophical schools of the Hellenistic era, including the Skeptics, Cynics, Epicureans, and Stoics, while connecting ancient thought to modern challenges through the complexities of Hellenistic philosophy"--

This book proposes an intellectual focus on the Qur'anic recovery of meaning. Akel Ismail Kahera contends that the Qur'anic exegesis must be recognized if we are to understand its clear representation of the ontological situation, the primordial self, and the life universe from Islam's exegetical standpoint.

A funny, frank and uplifting memoir of what it's like to live with bipolar disorder from model and mental health activist, Rosie Viva and how we can all learn to make peace with our minds.

This is food you want to eat, shared by chef and creator Thomas Straker to his 5M following, and now in his first cookbook.

The explosive debut from political commentator Ash Sarkar, Minority Rule breaks down how the power of ordinary people is under attack by an elite minority - and how we can redirect our energy to the real problem at hand.

A Wilder Way is a memoir of a relationship with an ever-changing garden, of setting down roots and becoming embedded in nature, and of how tending to a patch of land will not only grow us as individuals, but can also help to grow a better world. Join Poppy Okotcha in her wild little garden in Devon, where, over the course of a year, she shares the inspiring, the mundane and the magical moments that arise from tending a garden through the seasons, and what they can teach us about living more sustainably. Alongside tips for sowing and growing, wild ingredients to be found and delicious seasonal recipes to make, she shows us how the small joys of engaging with the natural world are imperative for our physical and emotional wellbeing. How the more we look at the world around us, the more we learn and the more we care. Woven throughout are folktales from her English and Nigerian heritage - stories with nature at their heart that have inspired her, and will inspire us to live a little more wildly.

Horrible Histories author Terry Deary presents a laugh-out-loud collection of Tudor tales based on thrilling true stories - four books in one!

Your essential guide to being an effective primary English lead with clear summaries of relevant research, practical classroom examples, case studies and ideas for PD sessions all applied carefully and specifically to primary English.

The go-to guide to being an effective primary science lead with clear summaries of relevant research, practical classroom examples, case studies and ideas for PD sessions all applied carefully and specifically to primary science.

Love is a Journey is the remarkable story of Albino Luciani, known to the world as Pope John Paul I, or The Smiling Pope, from his harrowing birth to his tragic death just 33 days into his 1978 pontificate--the shortest pontificate in history.

Using solidarity as a touchstone, this integrated and cohesive volume illuminates the dynamic voices of a diverse group of contemporary feminist scholars from a wide range of religious traditions to demonstrate the evolution, value, and necessity of feminist contributions to the field of religious ethics.

Using solidarity as a touchstone, this integrated and cohesive volume illuminates the dynamic voices of a diverse group of contemporary feminist scholars from a wide range of religious traditions to demonstrate the evolution, value, and necessity of feminist contributions to the field of religious ethics.

Reading Contemporary Chinese Migrant Fiction examines the spectrum of Chinese migrant writing about memory since the 1990s and what it tells us about history, memory and trauma in contemporary China.Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary approaches the book casts new light on texts by writers from the Cultural Revolution generation, including Ken Liu, Yiyun Li and Geling Yan among others. Meng Xia demonstrates how these writers construct collective identity in the contexts of transnational experiences of migration and historical trauma. The book delves into the possibilities and problems of transposing memory across borders and engages with debates over the unspeakability and politicization of trauma across public and private lines.

The book provides an insightful understanding and conflict transformation analysis of intra-ethnic conflicts in Nigeria and offers a set of recommendations. Drawn from a wealth of knowledge and research, these recommendations are crucial for a more inclusive socio-cultural conflict transformative approach in societies like Nigeria and Africa.

This edited volume identifies and establishes the idea of the Callidocene, which the authors position as an epoch that both includes and extends beyond the current conception of the Anthropocene. While the word 'Anthropocene' has become strongly associated with concerns over humanity's impact on the planet, contributors turn instead to the Callidocene-intended to encompass human, machine, and system cleverness- to emphasize the hopeful and positive aspects of human influence on the world. Contributors posit that designers in particular have increasingly attempted to consider the impact of their work on society, culture, and the environment, and this book will contribute to this conversation through its analyses of a wide range of topics, including complexity in design, media toxicity, and community innovation in sustainability. Collectively, contributions to this volume highlight the potential of human cleverness to address - or even reverse- the damage we've inflicted on both ourselves and our planet. Scholars of sociology, environmental studies, cultural studies, media studies, and communication will find this book of particular interest.