Verbal notation is commonly used in experimental music, as well as related areas of arts practice involving performance or object making. This book focuses on... Læs mere
Deciphers sounds and silences buried within the ghostly horrors of Arthur Machen, Shirley Jackson, Charles Dickens, M R James and Edgar Allen Poe, Dutch... Læs mere
Between 1953-57, John Betjeman read a series of poems on "The Faith in the West" program airing on the BBC's West of England Home Service. This... Læs mere
Addresses the questions of poverty, charity, and public welfare, focusing on the nineteenth-century London Foundling Hospital. This title... Læs mere
Predating the wheel, the ski has played an important role in our history. This book features a history that begins 20,000 years ago in the last ice age on the icy tundra of an unformed earth.
Traces the history of alchemy from its earliest roots through to its influence in modern-day science.
How can we access the energy and wisdom needed to embark on the generous and healing venture of trust that we call forgiveness? One of the most profound challenges... Læs mere
Offers a fresh approach to professional development that focuses on building an individual teaching personality, rather than following a rule book. This... Læs mere
Whether initiating girls or healing cattle, bringing rain or protesting taxation, many in Africa share a vision of a world where the cultural, symbolic and cosmic categories of 'male' and 'female' serve, through ritual, to both reimagine and transform the world
An investigation of academic vocabulary in the International Corpus of Learner English.
The result of a joint teaching initiative by the tourism departments of twenty European universities, this book provides a range of case studies from across the continent. It highlights the same issues in a different area and a different type of destination.
Suitable for lay people about contemplation and the life of prayer.