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City Water Matters
Water is one of the most pressing concerns of our time. This book argues for the importance of water as a cultural object, and as a source of complex meanings and practices in everyday life, embedded in the socio-economics of local water provision. Each chapter aims to capture one element of water’s fluid existence in the world, as material object, cultural representation, as movement, as actor, as practice and as ritual. The book explores the interconnectedness of humans and non-humans, of nature and culture, and the complex entanglements of water in all its many forms; how water constitutes multiple differences and is implicated in relations of power, often invisible, but present nevertheless in the workings of daily life in all its rhythms and forms; and water’s capacity to assemble a multiplicity of publics and constitute new socialities and connections. Cities, and their inhabitants, without water will die, and so will their cultures.
Kestrel Island
Could you risk your life to save a friend? In a sleepy English seaside town, Sophie Watson isn't expecting much excitement. But when she befriends a strange and charismatic girl called Sienna, she is drawn into a thrilling adventure where the future security of the world is under threat. To find out the truth, they must go to Kestrel Island. The plot they uncover is more dastardly than they could possibly have imagined. What evil menace lurks on Kestrel Island? Will Sophie find the courage she needs to survive? Or will the secret the girls uncover put them in mortal danger? If you're looking for a gripping adventure story with surprising twists and a thrilling climax - this is it. Don't wait - Get your copy now.
Cadillac Couches
Cadillac Couches is a picaresque road trip story charting the territory from the west to big city and back again. This is a quixotic tale set in the 90s of two twenty-something women questing to find love and purpose. Annie and her very own Sancho Panza sidekick, Isobel, get in her 1972 Volkswagon Beetle and race across the plains to get to Montreal where her real life fantasy man, Hawksley Workman, is doing a gig. Shes not the first girl to fall in love with a musician, but shes the only girl she knows who is attempting to bridge the great listener-performer divide. An enchanting first novel, this is a story about finding your own holy grail in life as well as learning how to make art out of wounds. The book comes with its own playlist/soundtrack.
Spatial Justice in the City
In the context of increasing division and segregation in cities across the world, along with pressing concerns around austerity, environmental degradation, homelessness, violence, and refugees, this book pursues a multidisciplinary approach to spatial justice in the city. Spatial justice has been central to urban theorists in various ways. Intimately connected to social justice, it is a term implicated in relations of power which concern the spatial distribution of resources, rights and materials. Arguably there can be no notion of social justice that is not spatial. Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos has argued that spatial justice is the struggle of various bodies – human, natural, non-organic,...
City Publics
Some cities have grown into mega cities and some into uncontrolled sprawl; others have seen their centres decline with populations moving to the suburbs. In such times, questions of the public realm and public space in cities warrant even greater attention than previously received. Concerned with the borders and boundaries, constraints and limits on accepting, acknowledging and celebrating difference in public, Sophie Watson, through ethnographic studies, interrogates how difference is negotiated and performed. Focusing on spaces where to outside observers tension is relatively absent or invisible, Watson also reveals how the boundaries between the public and private are being negotiated and...
Postmodern Cities and Spaces
This sparkling collection takes a positive rather than a celebratory approach to the contemporary city. Its intention is to think up new strategies of inclusion which can be used to combat the strategies of inclusion deployed in existing sociospatial orders. A particular feature of the collection is its attempt to take in postcolonial situations in cities outside of the standard western examples.--Nigel Thrift, University of Bristol
Raven's Wharf
A thrilling adventure story filled with breathtaking action, evil villains and courage in the face of adversity. It is mid-December and Sophie and Sienna find themselves on the wintry streets of London. Sienna is on the trail of a fugitive called Osorio, and when they spot one of his henchmen near the home of the Prime Minister they realise Osorio can't be far away. During a series of desperate chases and perilous escapes, they discover a dark secret that a powerful politician would like to keep hidden. But could this discovery have deadly consequences? Secrets can be fatal, and now that the girls know too much they'll be lucky to escape with their lives. Raven's Wharf is a gripping adventure story that will keep you turning the pages. It's an uplifting tale of the enduring power of friendship. Get your copy today.
Silver's Gold
A thrilling adventure story about loyalty, courage and the enduring power of friendship. When 12-year-old Sophie is entrusted with a sacred Mayan relic, she is unaware of the secret power it contains. But after almost losing her life in a devastating fire, she is convinced that something sinister has taken place. Was the fire just an accident? Or was it the work of someone with murderous intent? And who is the mysterious T.J. Stapleton? Together with her friend Sienna, she sets out to discover the truth. But a dangerous escaped convict is searching for the relic, and he is prepared to destroy anyone who gets in his way. Can the girls stay one step ahead? The stakes are high. The price of failure is even higher. Perfect for fans of The Sinclair's Mysteries, The Cogheart Adventures and Murder Most Unladylike.
A Companion to the City
A Companion to the City provides the reader with an indispensable and authoritative overview of the key debates, controversies, and questions concerning the city from a variety of theoretical vantage points with an international perspective. Indispensable companion for students of the City. Multidisciplinary approach of interest across several fields. Includes contributions from major scholars in the field.
Under Crook's Wood
A gripping middle-grade adventure. Fast-paced and full of surprises. A strange creature has been spotted in Crook's Wood on the outskirts of Hampton Spa. Was it just a trick of the light or is there something more sinister and dangerous going on? There's certainly something odd about Heath Grange, the ramshackle home of mysterious Professor Felso. When Sophie and Sienna decide to investigate they may have bitten off more than they can chew. There are hostile forces watching their every move and the girls might be walking into a trap. Who is eccentric Professor Felso and what is his strange obsession? Why are people disappearing in the middle of Crook's Wood? Can the girls survive and get back to the town before disaster strikes? Sophie and Sienna are back in another thrilling adventure that will set your pulse racing and keep you turning the pages. Don't wait - Get your copy now!
