Global lives of objects

Global Lives of Objects

In celebration of the centenary in 2023 of the National Museum of Asian Art, this new volume explores a range of artistic, historical, and technical e

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Lives of the Objects

Published to explore in more depth some of the stories featured in the BBC six-part series Secrets of the Museum. In this intriguing insight into the

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Lives of Colonial Objects

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Digital Lives in the Global City

Digital Lives in the Global City asks how digital technologies are remaking urban life around the world, from migrant work in Singapore to digital deb

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Objects of Love and Regret

Acclaimed historian and museum curator Richard Rabinowitz tells the story of his immigrant Jewish family through the everyday objects in their lives,

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Pathological Lives

Pandemics, epidemics and food borne diseases have become one of the key challenges for contemporary global society. The central claim of Pathologica

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Sex Lives of African Women

Amplifying phenomenal women from across the African continent and its global diaspora as they speak to empowering, experimental and inspirational expe

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SAGE Handbook of Global Childhoods

This Handbook focuses on enquiries and investigations into the everyday lives of young children in the age range of birth to 8 years of age, giving sp

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The Secret Lives of Numbers - Kate Kitagawa

<p>A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' The Sunday TimesMathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, historian Kate Kitagawa...

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Understanding Global Security

Fully revised and updated, this fifth edition of Understanding Global Security considers the variety of ways in which peoplesÂ’ lives are threatened a

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Global Political Economy

With a unique emphasis on the big debates and questions that have the potential to affect all our lives, a diverse range of viewpoints are presented t

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Gendered and Colonial Lives of Gurkhas in Private Security

Explores the ways in which affect, colonial histories, and militarism organise global South security workforces within private military and security c

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Lonely Planet In Her Footsteps

Discover the lives and locations of trailblazing women who changed the course of history - from rulers like Queen Hatshepsut and suffragette heroes Sy

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Rosa Parks and Emily Davison

Discover how these two courageous women helped change the lives of many people through their brave actions. Addressing the needs of the new history Na

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Lonely Planet Kids Build Your Own Space Museum

You have received a crate of rare space objects from around the world, and itÂ’s up to you to place them in the correct rooms! Follow the instructions

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Lonely Planet Kids Wild In The City

Discover the secret lives of the extraordinary creatures that share our cities. From red foxes sneaking rides on London buses to leopards prowling the

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Lonely Planet's Guide to Life

Each culture lives by its own words of wisdom - handed down from generation to generation. This book is a fascinating insight into the national psyche

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Mary Seacole, Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell

Discover how these courageous women pursued their vocation to help others in times of war. How did their lives and work compare in very different time

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Artificial Intelligence at Home and on the Go

When Artificial Intelligence (AI) is part of our lives, it can make suggestions for us based on our habits. AI can also help with everything from maki

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University Physics with Modern Physics, Global Edition

This title is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world to include content especially relevant to students outside the United States. For courses in calculus-based physics. Guided practice helps students develop into expert problem solversThe new 15th Edition of University Physics with Modern Physics, now i...

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Joined-Up Thinking, The Science of Collective Intelligence and its Power to Change Our Lives Hodder & Stoughton

Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Science of Fate neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow brilliantly illuminates the new science of collective intelligence, showing how it can work to improve our lives and help solve the huge global challenges confronting us....

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A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power - James Walvin

<p>A major study of how slavery and enslaved people shaped the modern worldFor the best part of four centuries, enslaved Africans were the human cogs in a vast machine which transformed the face of the Americas, enhanced the well-being of the Western world, and created cultural habits we are familiar with today. In A World Transformed, celebrated historian James Wal...

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Summer of 2020

Spotlights the perspectives of individual participants who contributed to the Black Lives MatterÂ’s revived impact and global success throughout 2020.

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One Medicine: How understanding animals can save our lives - Matt Morgan

<p>It all started with a Hob Nob. As Dr Matt Morgan, an intensive care consultant, examined a patient who had suffered a cardiac arrest after inhaling some biscuit crumbs, he saw a flock of birds fly past the window. They must inhale objects all the time when flying, how do they survive? he thought to himself. This began an investigation that spanned continents, spe...

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Swimmer

Klara Walldeen was orphaned as a child and brought up by her grandparents on a remote Swedish archipelago. She is now a political aide in Brussels - and she has just seen something she shouldn't: something people will kill to keep hidden. On the other side of the world, an old spy hides from his past. Once, he was a man of action, so dedicated to the cause that he abandon...

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Atlas of Cities

More than half the world's population lives in cities, and that proportion is expected to rise to three-quarters by 2050. Urbanization is a global phe

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House of the Spirits

As a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future. Set in an unnamed Latin Ame

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Culture of the New Capitalism

Looks at the ways the global form of capitalism affects our lives. This book analyzes how changes in work ethic, in our attitudes toward merit and tal

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Living on the Edge of Empire

Artefacts are used to understand the lives of people living in the frontier communities of Hadrian's Wall. The first time objects from collections acr

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Wisdom of the Ancients

From the bestselling author of The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places comes this inspiring and beautifully written meditation on the wisdom inherited from our ancestors. For all we have gained in the modern world, simple peace of mind is hard to find. In a time that is increasingly fraught with complexity and conflict, we are told that our wellbeing relies on remai...

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Winter of the World

Five linked families live out their destinies as the world is shaken by tyranny and war in the mid-twentieth centuryBerlin in 1933 is in upheaval. Eleven-year-old Carla von Ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as Hitler strengthens his grip on Germany. Into this turmoil steps her mother’s formidable friend and former British MP, Ethel Leckwith...

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Empire Of Things - Trentmann Frank

Anotace: Magnificent ... groundbreaking ... a triumph` Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads`A masterpiece, a delight to read ... a rare and beautiful thing` Gerard DeGroot, The TimesWhat we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as consumers than workers, and even public services are presented...

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Empire Of Things - Frank Trentmann

<p>Magnificent ... groundbreaking ... a triumph' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'A masterpiece, a delight to read ... a rare and beautiful thing' Gerard DeGroot, The TimesWhat we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as consumers than workers, and even public services are presented ...

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The Beauty of Everyday Things - Soetsu Yanagi

"Radical and inspiring ... Yanagi's vision puts the connection between heart and hand before the transient and commercial" - Edmund de Waal <p>The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace settings. These objects are our constant companions in life. As such, writes Soetsu Yanagi, they should be made with ca...

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid book 6

The hilarious, award-winning and global bestseller "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever" is now in paperback! The sixth instalment in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series - it's perfect for readers of 8+ and also reluctant readers. And you can also discover Greg on the big screen in any one of the three "Wimpy Kid Movie" box office smashes. Greg Heffley is in big trouble. Scho...

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Winter of the World - Ken Follett

Anotace: Five linked families live out their destinies as the world is shaken by tyranny and war in the mid-twentieth century Berlin in 1933 is in upheaval. Eleven-year-old Carla von Ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as Hitler strengthens his grip on Germany. Into this turmoil steps her mother’s formidable friend and former British M...

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The Book of Human Emotions: An Encyclopedia of Feeling from Anger to Wanderlust - Watt Smith Tiffany

Anotace: The Book of Human Emotions is a gleeful, thoughtful collection of 156 feelings, both rare and familiar. Each has its own story, and reveals the strange forces which shape our rich and varied internal worlds. In reading it, you`ll discover feelings you never knew you had (like basorexia, the sudden urge to kiss someone), uncover the secret histories of boredom an...

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The House of the Spirits: Vintage Quarterbound Classics - Allende Isabel

Anotace: A beautiful hardback edition of a Latin American classic - the enthralling saga of three generations of a proud and passionate family, secret loves and violent revolution.`Extraordinary... Powerful... Sharply observant, witty and eloquent` New York TimesAs a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict...

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The House of the Spirits: Vintage Quarterbound Classics - Isabel Allende

<p>A beautiful hardback edition of a Latin American classic - the enthralling saga of three generations of a proud and passionate family, secret loves and violent revolution.'Extraordinary... Powerful... Sharply observant, witty and eloquent' New York TimesAs a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict ...

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Coming of Age in the War on Terror

Anotace: `One minute you`re a 15-year old girl who loves Netflix and music and the next minute you`re looked at as maybe ISIS.` The generation born at the time of the 9/11 attacks are turning 18. What has our changed world meant for them? We now have a generation - Muslim and non-Muslim - who have grown up only knowing a world at war on terror. These young people have be...

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Chasing Shadows: A true story of drugs, war and the secret world of international crime - Miles Johnson

<p>'Compelling, visceral and highly readable' Oliver Bullough, bestselling author of MoneylandA compulsive true crime thriller about modern-day international drugs trafficking, terrorism and geopolitical intrigue following an investigation driven by one DEA agent, Jack Kelly. Three very different men battle to control their destinies as they hurtle through the hall ...

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Ride of a Lifetime, (Air/Ire/E - neuveden

Anotace: The CEO of Disney, one of Time`s most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life.Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Morale had deteriorated, competition was intense, and technology...

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The Ride of a Lifetime : Lessons in Creative Leadership from the CEO of the Walt Disney Company - Robert Iger

<p>The CEO of Disney, one of Time's most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life. Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Morale had deteriorated, competition was intense, and technolog...

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The Way of Nagomi : Live more harmoniously the Japanese way - Mogi Ken

Anotace: *Find out how to live a more harmonious life thanks to NAGOMI, the ancient Japanese philosophy that helps you find balance and peace in everything you do*There is no translation for the word nagomi in the English language, and yet it at the very heart of the Japanese way of life. A popular and common concept in Japan, to achieve nagomi is to have peace of mind, ...

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V&A Sourcebook of Pattern and Ornament (Victoria and Albert Museum)

The wealth of surface pattern and three-dimensional ornamentation in the many objects that enrich our lives is testament to the inventiveness of designers and craftspeople around the globe and throughout history. This richly illustrated, easy-to-navigate sourcebook presents more than 1,000 historic and contemporary examples of pattern and ornamentation from around the wor...

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The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats - and Our Response - Will Change the World - Ian Bremmer

<p>New York Times BestsellerRenowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years-including the pandemic-to show how we can respond to three great crises unfolding over the next decade. In this revelatory, unnerving, and ultimately hopeful book, Bremmer details how domestic and international conflicts leave us unprepared...

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Lessons: the new novel from the author of Atonement - Ian McEwan

<p>Lessons is an intimate yet universal story of love, regret and a restless search for answers. While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a ...

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Lessons: the new novel from the author of Atonement - McEwan Ian

Anotace: Lessons is an intimate yet universal story of love, regret and a restless search for answers. While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines`s life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a...

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The New Silk Roads : The Present and Future of the World - Peter Frankopan

<p>A brand new book from the Sunday Times and internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads `Masterly mapping out of a new world order' - Evening Standard Revised and updated edition The New Silk Roads takes a fresh look at the relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the ancient trade routes today. The world is changing dramatically ...

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Wisdom of the Ancients : Life lessons from our distant past - Oliver Neil

Anotace: From the bestselling author of The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places comes this inspiring and beautifully written meditation on the wisdom inherited from our ancestors.For all we have gained in the modern world, simple peace of mind is hard to find. In a time that is increasingly fraught with complexity and conflict, we are told that our wellbeing relies ...

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The Art of Making Memories : How to Create and Remember Happy Moments - Meik Wiking

<p>What's the actual secret to happiness? Great memories! Meik Wiking-happiness researcher and New York Times bestselling author of The Little Book of Hygge and The Little Book of Lykke-shows us how to create memories that make life sweet in this charming book.<br /> <br /> Do you remember your first kiss? The day you graduated? Your favorite vacation? O...

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Fall of Ruin and Wrath: An epic spicy romantasy from a mega bestselling author - Armentrout Jennifer L.

Anotace: From the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of From Blood and Ash, Fall of Ruin and Wrath is a scorching romance with high stakes, breathtaking magic and a searing enemies-to-lovers romance.She lives by her intuition. He feeds on her pleasure . . .Long ago, the world was destroyed by gods. Only nine cities were spared. Separated by vast wilderness teeming w...

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Fall of Ruin and Wrath: An epic spicy romantasy from a mega bestselling author - Jennifer L. Armentrout

<p>From the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of From Blood and Ash, Fall of Ruin and Wrath is a scorching romance with high stakes, breathtaking magic and a searing enemies-to-lovers romance.She lives by her intuition. He feeds on her pleasure . . .Long ago, the world was destroyed by gods. Only nine cities were spared. Separated by vast wilderness teeming wi...

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TAXTOPIA: How I Discovered the Injustices, Scams and Guilty Secrets of the Tax Evasion Game - Rebel Accountant The

<p>'A shocking, enraging, sometimes hilarious expose of a tax system that lives down to all our worst fears of further enriching the wealthy at the expense of the little guys.' - Piers Morgan'Funny, clever and really quite brilliant. Taxtopia will make you furiously angry and possibly even filthy rich.' - Tom Peck, The Independent'If you want to know how skewed the ...

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Bronte Cabinet

An intimate portrait of the lives and writings of the Brontë sisters, drawn from the objects they possessed.

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Psychoanalysis and Ecology at the Edge of Chaos : Complexity Theory, Deleuze,Guattari and Psychoanalysis for a Climate in Crisis - Dodds Joseph

Anotace: This book argues that psychoanalysis has a unique role to play in the climate change debate through its placing emphasis on the unconscious dimensions of our mental and social lives. Exploring contributions from Freudian, Kleinian, Object Relations, Self Psychology, Jungian, and Lacanian traditions, the book discusses how psychoanalysis can help to unmask the an...

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Psychoanalysis and Ecology at the Edge of Chaos : Complexity Theory, Deleuze,Guattari and Psychoanalysis for a Climate in Crisis - Joseph Dodds

<p>This book argues that psychoanalysis has a unique role to play in the climate change debate through its placing emphasis on the unconscious dimensions of our mental and social lives. Exploring contributions from Freudian, Kleinian, Object Relations, Self Psychology, Jungian, and Lacanian traditions, the book discusses how psychoanalysis can help to unmask the anx...

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Psychoanalysis and Covidian Life

Sixteen leading psychoanalysts reflect on the impact of the global pandemic that has changed all of our lives.

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All the Different Darknesses

All the Different Darknesses explores our sense of what lies within or beyond the everyday, taking inspiration from the lives of objects, as well as f

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From Silk to Silicon

Historical figures whose lives help explain today's global economy. From Silk to Silicon presents a future full of human possibility.

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