Peter Moran: 8 books

Book cover of Buddhism Observed

Buddhism Observed

Travellers, Exiles and Tibetan Dharma in Kathmandu

by Peter Moran
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003

How do contemporary Westerners and Tibetans understand not only what it means to be 'Buddhist', but what it means to be hailed as one from 'the West' or from 'Tibet'? This anthropological study examines the encounter between Western travellers and Tibetan exiles in Bodhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu,...
Book cover of Existence is Elsewhen
by John Gribbin, Rhys Hughes, Christopher Nuttall
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016

The title, Existence is Elsewhen, paraphrases the last sentence of André Breton’s 1924 Manifesto of Surrealism, perfectly summing up the intent behind this anthology of stories from a wonderful collection of authors. Different worlds… different times. It’s what Elsewhen Press has been about...
Book cover of [Re]Awakenings, an anthology of new Speculative Fiction

[Re]Awakenings, an anthology of new Speculative Fiction

an anthology of new Speculative Fiction

by Alison Buck, Neil Faarid, Gingerlily
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011

[Re]Awakenings are the starting points for life-changing experiences; a new plane of existence, an alternate reality or cyber-reality. This genre-spanning anthology of new speculative fiction explores that theme with a spectrum of tales, from science fiction to fantasy to paranormal; in styles from...
Book cover of What a Waste

What a Waste

Outsourcing and How it Goes Wrong

by Andrew Bowman, Julie Froud, Sukhdev Johal
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015

Outsourcing - contracting out public services to private business interests - is an unacknowledged revolution in the British economy. The outsourcing revolution has happened quietly but is creating powerful new corporate interests, transforming the organisation of government at all levels, and simultaneously...
Book cover of Swing
by Steve Blount, Peter Daly, Gavin Kostick
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016

Change partners! May has come to dance; her boyfriend is away and she needs the company. Joe's been doing this a while; recently divorced, he's taking May through the steps. As they swing around the dancefloor they meet a plethora of characters including their passive aggressive dance instructors,...
Book cover of Perspectives on Flourishing in Schools
by Peter Bates, Bob Bayles, Wilfred Beckford
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018

This book provides perspectives and insights across the educational system for how we might move toward living out this wish in all schools. The chapters provide perspectives on fundamental questions that have been guiding recent research on wellbeing in schools: How do school communities flourish...
Book cover of Core Statutes on Property Law 2017-18
by Peter Luther, Alan Moran
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2017

Well-selected and authoritative, Palgrave Core Statutes provide the key materials needed by students in a format that is clear, compact and very easy to use. They are ideal for use in exams.
Book cover of International Security Studies

International Security Studies

Theory and Practice

by Peter Hough, Andrew Moran, Bruce Pilbeam
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015

This new textbook provides students with a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the subject of security studies, with a strong emphasis on the use of case studies. In addition to presenting the major theoretical perspectives, the book examines a range of important and controversial...
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