Martin Belam: 3 books
Keeping the Torch Burning
Terror, Protest and the Games
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2012
The Olympics and politics have never been far apart from one another. At the very first edition of the modern games, held in Athens in 1896, there was a protest at the exclusion of women from competition; during the Cold War era, every contest between the USA and the USSR was a metaphor for the geopolitical...
by Martin Belam
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2011
This ebook collection charts how the Guardian and Observer have covered Doctor Who, Britain's most popular Saturday tea-time drama, since it was revived by the BBC in 2005.Who's Who? The Resurrection of the Doctor features interviews with the three men to tackle the leading role - Christopher Eccleston,...
The Rise and Rise of a Social Media Giant
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011
In February 2004, whilst at Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg and friends created "The Facebook". What started as just a website for one university spread through academic institutions, developed into an application platform, and then became an entire web ecosystem. It has become one of the dominant forces on...