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In 'Farmed' Paul Hart reveals the bleak beauty of the Fens, Britain's largest man-made landscape.
"Or, a tale about why it's amazing that governments get so little credit for their many everyday and extraordinary achievements as told by sympathetic observers who seek to create space for a less relentlessly negative view of our pivotal public institutions."
The author spent much of 1989 and 1990 living within the Muscovite community and came into contact with people at all levels, from pimps to philosophers. He provides a portrait of a society which is struggling to survive the traumas and changes of the Gorbachev years. In some ways more medieval and Oriental than modern and Western, Moscow is a city in which tales of flying saucers and masonic conspiracies co-exist with endless queues, corruption, anti-semitism and a black market in guns. Durden-Smith also discovered in Moscow an intellectual passion and energy which puts most Western capitals to shame and which makes Moscow not only one of the most important, but also one of the most complex, contradictory and fascinating cities on earth.
A prize winner at the 2008 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Paul Hart is fast becoming one of the UK's leading landscape photographers. His work is used by Ilford-Photo to promote their black and white paper range worldwide and he is represented by the Michael Hoppen Gallery, London's major private photography gallery. His images have been used internationally for advertising, publishing and editorial. Since 2000, Hart has concentrated solely on personal projects and Truncated is his first book. It focuses on the forest interior - a mysterious, secretive, seductive and dark place.
Actor-musicianship is a permanent feature of the musical theatre landscape. Actor-musician shows can be seen from Bradford to Broadway, from village halls to international arena tours. However, with the exception of a couple of academic papers, there has been nothing written about this fascinating area of theatre practice. Jeremy Harrison's book addresses this deficit, operating as both a record of the development of the actor-musician movement and as a practical guide for students, educators, performers and practitioners. It explores the history of actor-musicianship, examining its origins, as well as investigating – and offering guidance on – how this specialist form of music theatre i...
A crisis of governance is widespread in western societies. Public administration is caught in a web of personal and organizational inter-dependencies that require continuous awareness and readjustment on the part of its practitioners. Understanding Policy Fiascoes applies policy analysis to come to terms with policy fiascoes, with a full appreciation of its limits. Despite the fact that policy failures may seem universal, they are in fact better understood as social, political and academic constructions. Bovens and 'tHart trace how and why certain episodes of public policymaking become labeled as "fiascoes." They highlight the analytical and political biases that shape our judgments of polic...
The true story of the authors’ ambush and kidnapping by FARC guerrillas in the Darién Gap, a strip of swamp, jungle and cloud forest between Mexico and Columbia, and their nine-month hostage ordeal.
This open access book presents case studies of twelve organisations which the public have come to view as institutions. From the BBC to Doctors Without Borders, from the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra to CERN, this volume examines how some organisations rise to prominence and remain in high public esteem through changing and challenging times. It builds upon the scholarly tradition of institutional scholarship pioneered by Philip Selznick, and highlights common themes in the stories of these highly diverse organizations; demonstrating how leadership, learning, and luck all play a role in becoming and remaining an institution. This case study format makes this volume ideal for classroom us...
This is the British seaside, where sunlight gives way to rainy pavements and overcast skies. Here we all are: children and parents, babies and teenagers, people of all ages and from all over, sharing the magic of the coast. We see them in families, in couples and crowds, or isolated and alone under sunlit skies; we see them dozing or daydreaming, caught up in play or watching sky and sea. With The Holiday Pictures, Summerfield tells us our own primal and universal story of the generations at the sea s edge, looking inwardly at their own feelings, and looking out to the horizons and skies.
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