Stephen Gilbert: 13 books
by W. Stephen Gilbert
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
The first critical biography of the innovative television writer whose off-kilter creations helped spark the Golden Age of modern television.
TV writer Dennis Potter is widely credited with revolutionizing television. The innovative shows he created for the BBC, including The Singing Detective...
by Stephen Gilbert, Kim Newman
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
'Horrific, grisly and truly frightening . . . a masterpiece of terror.' - Washington Star
'One of the more terrifying, deliciously scary thrillers.' - New York Magazine
'This is a beastly business that will make your flesh creep. A magnificently malignant horror story to which you...
DIY Citizenship
Critical Making and Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
How social media and DIY communities have enabled new forms of political participation that emphasize doing and making rather than passive consumption.
Today, DIY—do-it-yourself—describes more than self-taught carpentry. Social media enables DIY citizens to organize and protest in new ways...
The Ecology and Management of Wetlands
Volume 1: Ecology of Wetlands
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book contains the proceedings of a symposium held at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 16-20 June 1986. The seed for this symposium arose from a group of physiologists , soU scientists and biochemists that met in Leningrad, USSR in July 1975 at the 12th Botanical Conference...
Between Hollywood and Moscow
The Italian Communists and the Challenge of Mass Culture, 1943–1991
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2000
In the postwar years, Italy underwent a far-reaching process of industrialization that transformed the country into a leading industrial power. Throughout most of this period, the Italian Communist Party (PCI) remained a powerful force in local government and civil society. However, as Stephen Gundle...
Is the West in Decline?
Historical, Military, and Economic Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Is the West in Decline? is a collection of ten essays by prominent scholars of international relations and current history, many of them associated with the European Studies program of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. The essays explore the question of decline from several...
by Søren Overgaard, Paul Gilbert, Stephen Burwood
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
What is philosophy? How should we do it? Why should we bother to? These are the kinds of questions addressed by metaphilosophy – the philosophical study of the nature of philosophy itself. Students of philosophy today are faced with a confusing and daunting array of philosophical methods, approaches...
Concepts of Nature
Ancient and Modern
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
Concepts of Nature compare and contrast classical, medieval, and modern conceptions of nature in order to better understand how and why the concept of nature no longer seems to provide a limit or standard for human action. These essays also evaluate whether a rearticulation of pre-modern ideas (or...
Criminology
Explaining Crime and Its Context
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
How do societies define crime, and how should it be punished or prevented? Which is a more criminal act, causing a death by dumping toxic material or by shooting a victim with a gun? Are criminals born or made? Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context, Tenth Edition, offers a broad perspective...
Seams
Art as a Philosophical Context
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Prof John Fletcher, Alan Fyall, Mr David Gilbert
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Thanks to its engaging writing style and accessible structure, Fletcher has become the ultimate one-stop text for any student studying Tourism. Its broad appeal and popularity increases with each new edition, making it excellent value for any student who wants to understand and explore the principles...
Korea at the Center: Dynamics of Regionalism in Northeast Asia
Dynamics of Regionalism in Northeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
The common images of Korea view the peninsula as a long-standing battleground for outside powers and the Cold War's last divided state. But, Korea's location at the very center of Northeast Asia gives it a pivotal role in the economic integration of the region and the dynamic development of its more...
Managing soil health for sustainable agriculture Volume 2
Monitoring and management
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
There has been growing concern that both intensive agriculture in the developed world and rapid expansion of crop cultivation in developing countries is damaging the health of soils which are the foundation of farming. At the same time we are discovering much more about how complex soils are as living...