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Flowing Waters Never Stale
Detailed encounters with ethnic Tibetan, Hui, and Ba Pai Yaominorities, an introduction to Shenzhen?s mythologised history(experienced as simulacrum), adventures in consumerism, exoticcuisines and flying pigs ? all the vibrant chaos that is modern China,captured here as a balance of serious analysis and light-heartedfun. Flowing Waters Never Stale brings together a collection ofChina travel tales written over a five-year period from early 2002to the end of February 2007, capturing the complexity, varietyand spirit of the country in a way that few other books have evermanaged to achieve.The proverb used as the book?s title, it is argued, captures theessential spirit of the Chinese character: a generally very pragmaticpeople, the Chinese have a long history of integrating foreignideas, products and technologies into their lives, but in waysthat are culturally specific, enabling them to modernise while stillretaining their `Chinese characteristics?.
Public Criminology
This book discusses the role and impact of ‘Public Criminology’. It brings together a collection of key scholars who have been at the fore of empirical and practice work in relation to understanding how ‘Public Criminology’ can engender academic activism. Split into two parts, it focusses on academic activism and research methodologies, and public criminology and pedagogical practice. It includes chapters on a range of topics including Inside-Out teaching, it discusses the role of social scientists and stepping outside of established research practices, and how students, the public and children can be engaged in criminological learning and issues to become agents of social change. It includes a reflection on how ‘Public Criminology’ has developed both in the UK and USA. It speaks to students, researchers and academics alike involved in teaching and learning within the discipline of Criminology and those who wish to evaluate practice and ensure their interventions have impact on commissioners and policymakers.
Mark Jones
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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
Susan and her brother Colin are catapulted into a battle between good and evil for possession of a magical stone of great power that is contained in her bracelet. Reissue.
A Man of Mark
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Man of Mark" by Anthony Hope. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Why Is This a Question?
Why don't eleven and twelve end in -teen? The rest of our counting system sits in neatly arithmetical sets of ten, so why do these two rulebreakers seem so at odds with the numbers that follow them? Admittedly, that question might never have occurred to you. But if you're even remotely interested in the origins and oddities of language, you're probably now intrigued to know the answer. Nor is it the only question: take a moment to think about how our language operates and even more spring to mind. Why do these letters look the way they do? Why are some uppercase and others lowercase? Why are these words in this order? How are you understanding what these seemingly arbitrary shapes and symbols mean? And what even is a question anyway? Delving into the origins of our alphabet and writing system; grammatical rules and conventions; the sound structure of language; and even how our brains and bodies interpret and communicate language itself, Why Is This a Question? is a fascinating and enlightening exploration of linguistic questions you've likely never thought to ask.
Mark Jones
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Word Drops
From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Did you know, for example, that scandal derives from the Latin for "stumbling block" and originally described a trap for a wild animal? In nineteenth-century slang a wolf trap was a corrupt casino. Casino means "little house" in Italian. Roulette means "little wheel" in French. A wheeler is someone who attends auctions to bid on items merely to increase their sale price. Such links take readers on an unexpected journey through linguistic oddities. Inspired by the popular @HaggardHawks Twitter account, Word Drops also uses an intriguing series of annotations to add background and historical context on everything from Anglo-Saxon cures for insanity to Samuel Pepys's cure for a hangover. This unique book will delight anyone who loves language, etymology, and word games. Not for sale in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, or Canada
