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  • DEMOCRACY, PROTEST AND THE LAW
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    DEMOCRACY, PROTEST AND THE LAW
    MICHAEL HEAD
    In a new era of rising protests, social unrest and political discontent globally, especially over climate change, war dangers, austerity measures and social inequality, the right to protest is a critical democratic right. Yet it is increasingly controversial and subject to government reaction. This book poses a crucial question: how to defend and extend democracy? It examines t...

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  • THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF BRUCE, THE AFRICAN TRAVELLER
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    THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF BRUCE, THE AFRICAN TRAVELLER
    SIR FRANCIS BOND HEAD
    Excerpt: "The following work is one of no ordinary interest. It presents such an example of heroic fortitude, constancy, and perseverance under trials and difficulties, as cannot fail to excite in us the highest admiration. Few individuals have been placed in circumstances of greater peril and suffering than Bruce the traveller; and none, perhaps, ever more strikingly displayed...

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  • BUBBLES FROM THE BRUNNENS OF NASSAU
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    BUBBLES FROM THE BRUNNENS OF NASSAU
    SIR FRANCIS BOND HEAD
    Excerpt: "The writer of this trifling Volume was suddenly sentenced, in the cold evening of his life, to drink the mineral waters of one of the bubbling springs, or brunnens, of Nassau. In his own opinion, his constitution was not worth so troublesome a repair; but, being outvoted, he bowed and departed. On reaching the point of his destination, he found not only water-bibbing—...

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  • DEEP AGROECOLOGY AND THE HOMERIC EPICS
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    DEEP AGROECOLOGY AND THE HOMERIC EPICS
    JOHN W. HEAD
    Drawing on the Homeric epics, this multidisciplinary work reveals the cultural transformations which need to take place in order to transition from today’s modern extractive agricultural system to a sustainable natural‐systems agriculture. In order to provide an imaginative foundation on which to build such a cultural transformation, the author draws on the oldest and most perv...

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  • DOMESTIC MILITARY POWERS, LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
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    DOMESTIC MILITARY POWERS, LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
    MICHAEL HEAD
    This book examines the national and international law, human rights and civil liberties issues involved in governments calling out the armed forces to deal with civil unrest or terrorism. The introduction of domestic military powers has become an international trend. Troops already have been seen on the streets in major Western democracies. These developments raise major politi...

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  • POLITICS AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE THOUGHT OF DESTUTT DE TRACY
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    POLITICS AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE THOUGHT OF DESTUTT DE TRACY
    BRIAN W. HEAD
    First published in 1987. This study describes and analyses the published writings of the French philosopher Antoine Destutt de Tracy. The author focuses on the three decades from the calling of the Etats-généraux to the early years of the Restoration – the period of Tracy’s entire literary production, and the period of his greatest influence and reputation. This title will be o...

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  • A GLOBAL CORPORATE TRUST FOR AGROECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY
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    A GLOBAL CORPORATE TRUST FOR AGROECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY
    JOHN W. HEAD
    This book examines global environmental governance and how legal, institutional, and conceptual reform can facilitate a transformation to a new ‘natural-systems’ form of agriculture. Profound global climate disruption makes it essential that we replace our current agricultural system – described in this book as a fossil-carbon-dependent ‘modern extractive agriculture’ – with a ...

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  • CRISIS RESOLUTION: PRESIDENTIAL DECISION MAKING IN THE MAYAGUEZ AND KOREAN CONFRONTATIONS
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    CRISIS RESOLUTION: PRESIDENTIAL DECISION MAKING IN THE MAYAGUEZ AND KOREAN CONFRONTATIONS
    RICHARD G. HEAD
    In the nuclear era, the use of even low levels of force risks catastrophe for all mankind. Yet military force remains an important element of political strategy, and control and coordination of its use with other instruments of national power is of vital importance. The authors of this book, examining two crises that occurred during the Ford admini ...

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  • ORIENTALISM, MASQUERADE AND MOZART'S TURKISH MUSIC
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    ORIENTALISM, MASQUERADE AND MOZART'S TURKISH MUSIC
    MATTHEW HEAD
    Matthew Head explores the cultural meanings of Mozart's Turkish music in the composer's 18th-century context, in subsequent discourses of Mozart's significance for 'Western' culture, and in today's (not entirely) post-colonial world. Unpacking the ideological content of Mozart's numerous representations of Turkey and Turkish music, Head locates the composer's exoticisms in shi...

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  • THE LEGAL POWER TO LAUNCH WAR
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    THE LEGAL POWER TO LAUNCH WAR
    MICHAEL HEAD / KRISTIAN BOEHRINGER
    The issue of who has the power to declare war or authorise military action in a democracy has become a major legal and political issue, internationally, and is set to become even more pertinent in the immediate future, particularly in the wake of military action in Syria, ongoing wars in the Middle East, and tense discussions between the United States and its allies, and Russia...

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  • MEDIEVAL HAGIOGRAPHY
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    MEDIEVAL HAGIOGRAPHY
    THOMAS HEAD
    This collection presents-through the medium of translated sources-a comprehensive guide to the development of hagiography and the cult of the saints in western Christendom during the middle ages. It provides an unparalleled resource for the study of the ideals of sanctity and the practice of religion in the medieval west. Intended for the classroom, for the medieval scholar who...

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  • RESTORING THE SHATTERED
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    RESTORING THE SHATTERED
    NANCY E. HEAD
    Written in an easy-to-understand, conversational style, Restoring the Shattered is an account of Nancy E. Head's journey through single-motherhood and poverty. The permanent divide between her and her husband led to a shattering of their family as the children settled into separate camps. The story begins when Nancy and her children have little to eat. Through a miraculous inte...

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  • VEGETAL POLITICS
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    VEGETAL POLITICS
    LESLEY HEAD
    Cultural geography has a long and proud tradition of research into human–plant relations. However, until recently, that tradition has been somewhat disconnected from conceptual advances in the social sciences, even those to which cultural geographers have made significant contributions. With a number of important exceptions, plant studies have been less explicitly part of more-...

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  • CULTURAL LANDSCAPES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
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    CULTURAL LANDSCAPES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
    LESLEY HEAD
    Cultural landscapes are usually understood within physical geography as those transformed by human action. As human influence on the earth increases, advances in palaeocological reconstruction have also allowed for new interpretations of the evidence for the earliest human impacts on the environment. It is essential that such evidence is examined in the context of modern trends...

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  • EMERGENCY POWERS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
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    EMERGENCY POWERS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
    MICHAEL HEAD
    Why have the early years of the 21st century seen increasing use of emergency-type powers or claims of supra-legal executive authority, particularly by the Western countries regarded as the world's leading democracies, notably the United States? This book examines the extraordinary range of executive and prerogative powers, emergency legislation, martial law provisos and indemn...

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  • SCHOPENHAUER'S FOURFOLD ROOT
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    SCHOPENHAUER'S FOURFOLD ROOT
    JONATHAN HEAD
    This volume collects 12 essays by various contributors on the subject of the importance and influence of Schopenhauer’s doctoral dissertation (On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason) for both Schopenhauer’s more well-known philosophy and the ongoing discussion of the subject of the principle of sufficient reason. The contributions deal with the historical co...

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  • INTERNATIONAL LAW AND AGROECOLOGICAL HUSBANDRY
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    INTERNATIONAL LAW AND AGROECOLOGICAL HUSBANDRY
    JOHN W. HEAD
    Remarkable advances are being made in life science and agricultural research to reform the methods of food production, particularly with regard to staple grain and legume crops, in ways that will better reflect ecological realities. However, advances in science may be insufficient to ensure that these possibilities for agricultural reform are realized in practice and in a susta...

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  • NATURE, TEMPORALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
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    NATURE, TEMPORALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
    LESLEY HEAD, KATARINA SALTZMAN, GUNHILD SETTEN AND MARIE STENSEKE
    How are different concepts of nature and time embedded into human practices of landscape and environmental management? And how can temporalities that entwine past, present and future help us deal with challenges on the ground? In a time of uncertainty and climate change, how much can we hold onto ideals of nature rooted in a pristine and stable past? The Scandinavian and Austra...

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  • INGRAINED
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    INGRAINED
    LESLEY HEAD / JENNIFER ATCHISON
    Plants are fundamental players in human lives, underpinning our food supply and contributing to the air we breathe, but they are easy to take for granted and have received insufficient attention in the social sciences. This book advances understanding of human-plant relations using the example of wheat. Theoretically, this book develops new insights by bringing together human...

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  • CRIMES AGAINST THE STATE
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    CRIMES AGAINST THE STATE
    MICHAEL HEAD
    In the post-2001 context of economic and political conflict, this book presents a timely and detailed examination of the role of the criminal law in the protection of the existing order from political dissent and destabilization. It reviews offences such as rebellion, treason, mutiny, espionage, sedition, terrorism, riot and unlawful assembly in the UK, US, Canada and Australia...

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  • DOMESTIC DEPLOYMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES
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    DOMESTIC DEPLOYMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES
    MICHAEL HEAD / SCOTT MANN
    Until recently, internal use of the armed forces has been generally regarded by the public, as well as academic commentators, as conduct to be expected of a military or autocratic regime, not a democratic government. There is however growing concern that the 'war on terror' has been used to condition public opinion to accept the internal deployment of the armed forces, includin...

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  • HOPE AND GRIEF IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
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    HOPE AND GRIEF IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
    LESLEY HEAD
    The Anthropocene is a volatile and potentially catastrophic age demanding new ways of thinking about relations between humans and the nonhuman world. This book explores how responses to environmental challenges are hampered by a grief for a pristine and certain past, rather than considering the scale of the necessary socioeconomic change for a 'future' world. Conceptualisations...

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  • EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
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    EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
    J. F. HEAD
    Early Man in South Buckinghamshire: An Introduction to the Archaeology of the Region introduces the archaeology of South Buckinghamshire. This book records and outlines the evidence for the presence and activities of the early inhabitants of the southern portion of the county. It includes the topics on soils and settlements, communications, and Old and New Stone Age. The tumul...

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  • THE ENGLISH ROGUE - DESCRIBED IN THE LIFE OF MERITON LATROON A WITTY EXTRAVAGANT BEING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE MOST EMINENT CHEATS OF BOTH SEXES
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    THE ENGLISH ROGUE - DESCRIBED IN THE LIFE OF MERITON LATROON A WITTY EXTRAVAGANT BEING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE MOST EMINENT CHEATS OF BOTH SEXES
    RICHARD HEAD / FRANCIS KIRKMAN
    When it first appeared, The English Rogue was declared a forbidden book on account of its gross indecency. Copies were printed secretly and sold furtively at alehouses until 1665 when it was properly licensed. When requested, the author, Richard Head, declined to produce a second volume as it was his belief that the text had been interpreted as autobiographical and his reputati...

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  • LEADERSHIP FOR 21ST CENTURY LEARNING
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    LEADERSHIP FOR 21ST CENTURY LEARNING
    HANNA, DONALD (FORMERLY CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, USA), / LATCHEM, COLIN (FORMERLY HEAD, T
    The challenge of managing education effectively is formidable. Written by two education managers, this text explores the issues associated with good leadership in educational and training institutions. It is based on their own work and on a series of detailed interviews with eminent leaders. ...

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  • CHILDREN'S SERVICES
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    CHILDREN'S SERVICES
    MALCOLM HILL / SIR GEORGE HEAD / ANDREW LOCKYER / BARBARA REID / RAYMOND TAYLOR
    Childrens Services: Working Together brings together contributions from a number of authors in the field. The book covers policy, theory, research and practice relevant to students and professionals working with children in a wide range of roles. The emphasis on working collaboratively with other professionals, where appropriate, and the holistic approach to children make this ...

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  • STOKERS AND POKERS
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    STOKERS AND POKERS
    FRANCIS B. HEAD
    Published in the year 1968, Stokers and Pokers is a valuable contribution to the field of Economics. ...

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  • THE INTERNATIONAL SIMULATION & GAMING RESEARCH YEARBOOK
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    THE INTERNATIONAL SIMULATION & GAMING RESEARCH YEARBOOK
    DANNY (PROFESSOR AND HEAD SAUNDERS / NINA (CO-ORDINATOR SMALLEY
    The eighth volume in the "Simulation and Gaming Research Yearbook" series brings together topical and authoritative contributions from international professionals involved in the use of games and simulations. There are examples drawn from a wide range of countries. ...

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  • EVGENY PASHUKANIS
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    EVGENY PASHUKANIS
    MICHAEL HEAD
    A thorough examination of Pashukanis’ writings, this book is a significant contribution to a proper assessment of Pashukanis’ work, the value of his theoretical legacy and the contemporary relevance of Marxist legal theory. Interest in the best-known Soviet legal scholar, Evgeny Pashukanis, remains widespread and his work retains considerable relevance. His writings provide a r...

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  • THE QUICK-REFERENCE HANDBOOK FOR SCHOOL LEADERS
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    THE QUICK-REFERENCE HANDBOOK FOR SCHOOL LEADERS
    THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEAD TEACHERS
    ′It′s the type of useful self-help text that promises practical and easy-to-read guidance to help you manoeuvre round the enquiries and problems that litter your school′s otherwise smooth journey to an A· judgement from Ofsted inspectors!′ - Ldr ′This is a handbook to have available as a first source to consult when an issue first arises. It combines legal advice, information, ...

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