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The Writing Machine A History of the Typewriter

The Writing Machine A History of the Typewriter

First Published in 1973 The Writing Machine presents a comprehensive history of the typewriter. Michael Adler not only investigated the history of the machine but also started collecting typewriters because of the difficulty of discovering what these old machines looked like. Then he found there were other collectors all over the world who supplied him with such a wealth of data that he had eventually to limit the scope of his ‘history’. There are hundreds and hundreds of makes and models of ‘conventional’ front-stroke type bar machines with four-row keyboards but they were virtually all the same. It is the unconventional ones that are interesting and it is on these that the author concentrates. The book is amusing as well as informative and it ends with a complete catalogue of ‘unconventional’ typewriters manufactured up to the 1930s when the ‘conventional’ machine had become universal. This book is a must read for anyone interested to learn about the writing machine. | The Writing Machine A History of the Typewriter

GBP 105.00
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The Colonial Periodical Press in the Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions

The Colonial Periodical Press in the Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions

This book clarifies the crucial role of periodical press in the advance of colonial print cultures and public debates in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The Colonial Periodical Press in the Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions is a venture of the International Group for Studies of Colonial Periodical Press of the Portuguese Empire (IGSCP-PE) which also invests in comparative studies and conceptual discussions. Moving around urban shores of the Indian and Pacific Oceans it approaches the crucial role of periodical press in the development of colonial print cultures and public debates in these regions. By being mostly focused on press from spaces and peoples under the domain of the Portuguese Empire it addresses a bibliographical gap in international discussions moved by the field. The outcome reflects an investment in offering decentred and de-nationalized approaches to the colonial print cultures and press histories under study working as a platform for regional dialogues and comparative perspectives. The studies presented allow a better understanding of transits and connections of both an imperial and a trans-imperial nature contributing to the consolidation of comparative approaches in the studies of European empires and colonialisms. This volume is indispensable for scholars and students in media studies modern history cultural studies literary studies and political science.

GBP 130.00
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God of the Machine

God of the Machine

The God of the Machine presents an original theory of history and a bold defense of individualism as the source of moral and political progress. When it was published in 1943 Isabel Paterson's work provided fresh intellectual support for the endangered American belief in individual rights limited government and economic freedom. The crisis of today's collectivized nations would not have surprised Paterson; in The God of the Machine she had explored the reasons for collectivism's failure. Her book placed her in the vanguard of the free-enterprise movement now sweeping the world. Paterson sees the individual creative mind as the dynamo of history and respect for the individual's God-given rights as the precondition for the enormous release of energy that produced the modern world. She sees capitalist institutions as the machinery through which human energy works and government as a device properly used merely to cut off power to activities that threaten personal liberty. Paterson applies her general theory to particular issues in contemporary life such as education . social welfare and the causes of economic distress. She severely criticizes all but minimal application of government including governmental interventions that most people have long taken for granted. The God of the Machine offers a challenging perspective on the continuing worldwide debate about the nature of freedom the uses of power and the prospects of human betterment. Stephen Cox's substantial introduction to The God of the Machine is a comprehensive and enlightening account of Paterson's colorful life and work. He describes The God of the Machine as not just theory but rhapsody satire diatribe poetic narrative. Paterson's work continues to be relevant because it exposes the moral and practical failures of collectivism failures that are now almost universally acknowledged but are still far from universally understood. The book will be essential to students of American history political theory and literature.

GBP 140.00
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Representing Schizophrenia in the Media A Corpus-Based Approach to UK Press Coverage

Representing Schizophrenia in the Media A Corpus-Based Approach to UK Press Coverage

This book presents a critical analysis of ways in which schizophrenia and people with schizophrenia are represented in the press. Interrogating a 15-million-word corpus of news articles published by nine UK national newspapers over a 15-year period the author draws on techniques from corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis to identify the most frequent and salient linguistic features used by journalists to influence and reflect broader public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia. In doing so this book: Evaluates the extent to which media representations are accurate and the extent to which they are potentially helpful or harmful towards people living with schizophrenia; Employs a bottom-up approach guided by linguistic patterns such as collocates and keywords identified by corpus software; Contributes to the de-stigmatisation of schizophrenic disorder by unveiling some of the widespread misconceptions surrounding it; Applies a mixed-methods approach in order to expose attitudes and beliefs found ‘between the lines’ – values and assumptions which are often implicit in the way language is used and therefore not visible to the naked eye. The findings of this monograph will be relevant to advanced students and researchers of health communication corpus linguistics and applied linguistics and will also carry importance for journalists and mental health practitioners. | Representing Schizophrenia in the Media A Corpus-Based Approach to UK Press Coverage

GBP 120.00
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Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research At the Crossroads

Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research At the Crossroads

Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research: At the Crossroads reviews the roots of the intersection between machine learning artificial intelligence (AI) and research on crime; examines the current state of the art in this area of scholarly inquiry; and discusses future perspectives that may emerge from this relationship. As machine learning and AI approaches become increasingly pervasive it is critical for criminology and crime research to reflect on the ways in which these paradigms could reshape the study of crime. In response this book seeks to stimulate this discussion. The opening part is framed through a historical lens with the first chapter dedicated to the origins of the relationship between AI and research on crime refuting the novelty narrative that often surrounds this debate. The second presents a compact overview of the history of AI further providing a nontechnical primer on machine learning. The following chapter reviews some of the most important trends in computational criminology and quantitatively characterizing publication patterns at the intersection of AI and criminology through a network science approach. This book also looks to the future proposing two goals and four pathways to increase the positive societal impact of algorithmic systems in research on crime. The sixth chapter provides a survey of the methods emerging from the integration of machine learning and causal inference showcasing their promise for answering a range of critical questions. With its transdisciplinary approach Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research is important reading for scholars and students in criminology criminal justice sociology and economics as well as AI data sciences and statistics and computer science. | Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research At the Crossroads

GBP 130.00
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The Periodical Press Revolution E. S. Dallas and the Nineteenth-Century British Media System

The Periodical Press Revolution E. S. Dallas and the Nineteenth-Century British Media System

This book explores a key aspect of journalism history from a sociological perspective: the rise of the periodical press. With a focus not on the economic and technological causes of this revolution but on the social and political consequences the book takes a global look at this key development in the British press. Taking as a point of departure the theory of E. S. Dallas who defined the periodical as 'the great event in modern history' the book explores these premises and conclusions regarding authorship publishing and readership considering the nineteenth century as a whole. After an introductory section discussing questions of theory and method the analysis first offers an overview of the quantitative growth of the periodical market whether measured in terms of publications readership or authorship before turning to a more detailed consideration of its qualitative determinants and effects again distinguishing the same three aspects. Offering new insight into this key turning point in journalism history this book will be of interest to all students and scholars of journalism and journalism history media history media and communication studies British history and modern history. | The Periodical Press Revolution E. S. Dallas and the Nineteenth-Century British Media System

GBP 130.00
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Communication Against Domination Ideas of Justice from the Printing Press to Algorithmic Media

Communication Against Domination Ideas of Justice from the Printing Press to Algorithmic Media

This book tackles the philosophical challenge of bridging the gap between empirical research into communication and information technology and normative questions of justice and how we ought to communicate with each other. It brings the question of what justice demands of communication to the center of social science research. Max Hänska undertakes expansive philosophical analysis to locate the proper place of normativity in social science research a looming subject in light of the sweeping roles of information technologies in our social world today. The book’s first section examines metatheoretical issues to provide a framework for normative analysis while the second applies this framework to three technological epochs: broadcast communication the Internet and networked communications and the increasing integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies into our communication systems. Hänska goes beyond the prevailing frameworks in the field by exploring how we answer normative questions and how our answer can change depending on our social context and the affordances of prevailing communications technologies. This book provides an essential guide for scholars as well as graduate and advanced undergraduate students of research and theory in communication philosophy political science and the social sciences. | Communication Against Domination Ideas of Justice from the Printing Press to Algorithmic Media

GBP 130.00
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Cyber Security and Business Intelligence Innovations and Machine Learning for Cyber Risk Management

Cyber Security and Business Intelligence Innovations and Machine Learning for Cyber Risk Management

To cope with the competitive worldwide marketplace organizations rely on business intelligence to an increasing extent. Cyber security is an inevitable practice to protect the entire business sector and its customer. This book presents the significance and application of cyber security for safeguarding organizations individuals’ personal information and government. The book provides both practical and managerial implications of cyber security that also supports business intelligence and discusses the latest innovations in cyber security. It offers a roadmap to master degree students and PhD researchers for cyber security analysis in order to minimize the cyber security risk and protect customers from cyber-attack. The book also introduces the most advanced and novel machine learning techniques including but not limited to Support Vector Machine Neural Networks Extreme Learning Machine Ensemble Learning and Deep Learning Approaches with a goal to apply those to cyber risk management datasets. It will also leverage real-world financial instances to practise business product modelling and data analysis. The contents of this book will be useful for a wide audience who are involved in managing network systems data security data forecasting cyber risk modelling fraudulent credit risk detection portfolio management and data regulatory bodies. It will be particularly beneficial to academics as well as practitioners who are looking to protect their IT system and reduce data breaches and cyber-attack vulnerabilities. | Cyber Security and Business Intelligence Innovations and Machine Learning for Cyber Risk Management

GBP 130.00
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Growing Up in a Changing Society

Growing Up in a Changing Society

The final reader in the Child Development in Social Context series shows how the study of child development is inevitably bound up in more ephemeral cultural ideas about the nature and needs of children and in the educational practices that rise from these ideas. Some readings point to the dangers which can arise from the meeting of science and cultural values using for illustration studies of the role of psychological theory in reinforcing social attitudes to child care inside and outside the family. Other readings look at children's initiation into that relatively recent cultural invention the school and the relationship with their learning at home. There are studies of their social development in classroom and playground with particular emphasis on ethnic relationships. | Growing Up in a Changing Society

GBP 175.00
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New Pop-Up Paper Projects Step-by-step paper engineering for all ages

New Pop-Up Paper Projects Step-by-step paper engineering for all ages

New Pop-Up Paper Projects is an inspirational book for everyone who wants to learn and share the magic of pop-up paper engineering. Illustrated throughout with colour diagrams and photographs this book guides you through basic techniques and foundation skills offers advice on classroom planning and health and safety and shows you how to ensure that learners of all ages can develop and progress their skills. Guiding you through 90- 180- and 360-degree engineering this book presents step-by-step instructions and ideas for over 200 cross-curricular themes from cityscapes to magical creatures. Aiming to challenge and inspire Paul Johnson uses over 150 paper-engineering techniques including: storybooks pop-ups without folds zigzag pop-ups pulleys wheels and levers asymmetrical pop-ups intricate toy theatres diagonal pop-ups with movables. This book brimming with pop-up techniques and how to teach them is for everyone � from the self-styled �visually illiterate� to the art graduate from parents keeping creativity alive at home to classroom teachers planning an engaging curriculum for their class of 30 plus pupils. | New Pop-Up Paper Projects Step-by-step paper engineering for all ages

GBP 175.00
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A Machine That Would Go of Itself The Constitution in American Culture

A Machine That Would Go of Itself The Constitution in American Culture

In this volume Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Michael Kammen explores the U. S. Constitution's place in the public consciousness and its role as a symbol in American life from ratification in 1788 to our own time. As he examines what the Constitution has meant to the American people (perceptions and misperceptions uses and abuses knowledge and ignorance) Kammen shows that although there are recurrent declarations of reverence most of us neither know nor fully understand our Constitution. How did this gap between ideal and reality come about? To explain it Kammen examines the complex and contradictory feelings about the Constitution that emerged during its preparation and that have been with us ever since. He begins with our confusion as to the kind of Union we created especially with regard to how much sovereignty the states actually surrendered to the central government. This confusion is the source of the constitutional crisis that led to the Civil War and its aftermath. Kammen also describes and analyzes changing perceptions of the differences and similarities between the British and American constitutions; turn-of-the-century debates about states' rights versus national authority; and disagreements about how easy or difficult it ought to be to amend the Constitution. Moving into the twentieth century he notes the development of a cult of the Constitution following World War I and the conflict over policy issues that persisted despite a shared commitment to the Constitution. | A Machine That Would Go of Itself The Constitution in American Culture

GBP 130.00
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The Language of Pick-Up Artists Online Discourses of the Seduction Industry

The Language of Pick-Up Artists Online Discourses of the Seduction Industry

This book adopts a corpus-based discourse analysis approach to the study of the communicative practices of pick-up artists offering a systematic exploration of distinct language use in an online community that uses speed-seduction practices for short-term dating and sex. Drawing on a multi-million-word corpus comprising data from online forums social media informational websites and YouTube videos the volume explores the verbal practices and narrative framing techniques that pick-up artists (PUAs) draw upon in their interactions with women and the terminology-heavy language used in teaching pick-up to foster perceptions of scientific validity. The book also unpacks videos and reports of live interactions to study naturally occurring PUA discourse from different perspectives but also to more closely examine conceptual metaphors of competition and violence and critically reflect on the ethical considerations of working with such communities. This book will appeal to students and scholars in such disciplines as discourse analysis corpus linguistics computer-mediated communication and language and media as well as those interested in the study of language use online. | The Language of Pick-Up Artists Online Discourses of the Seduction Industry

GBP 130.00
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Focus On Close-Up and Macro Photography Focus on the Fundamentals

Focus On Close-Up and Macro Photography Focus on the Fundamentals

Want to get the best out of your digital camera? Not quite sure how to capture up-close shots? Want easy to follow expert advice on the best ways to creatively capture macro shots you can be proud of? This is your ticket to go beyond a snapshot to create a fine art print that you'll be so proud of. Macro and close-up photography involves a unique skill set in terms of exposure lighting and of course composition in particular. You can take a quick photo of a sunflower in your back yard that will look mundane and typical OR you could learn how to take a picture of just a part of it-up close-and create a work of art. Let this book be your guide! | Focus On Close-Up and Macro Photography Focus on the Fundamentals

GBP 130.00
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Which Way is Up? Essays on Class Sex and Culture

Which Way is Up? Essays on Class Sex and Culture

First published in 1983 Which Way is Up presents a selection of Bob Connell’s writings on three key issues of modern social analysis- sex and gender class and power and culture. The essays range from psychoanalysis and contemporary feminism to the role theory from the analysis of class and culture to the debate about intellectuals and the ‘new class’. In critically reviewing contemporary thought on these issues the author has developed a perspective centred on the analysis of social practice. Easy to read often witty the essays represent an attempt to shift social theory into the real world of the late twentieth century to go beyond the limits of orthodox sociology and radical dogmas to think through theoretical questions without losing touch with practical politics. This is a must read for students and scholars of sociology. | Which Way is Up? Essays on Class Sex and Culture

GBP 90.00
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Poland and European East-West Cooperation in the 1970s The Opening Up

Poland and European East-West Cooperation in the 1970s The Opening Up

This book offers an international reading of the Polish socialist regime’s history in the 1970s and its opening up to the West. It bridges Poland’s socialist domestic history with critical developments of the global and European 1970s including détente in the Cold War western European integration and globalisation. In this period of international transformations socialist Poland under Edward Gierek's leadership multiplied its economic and political contacts with capitalist countries especially western Europe and became a leader of East-West cooperation among Council for Mutual Economic Assistance and Warsaw Pact members. Relying on sources from public and corporate archives in five different European states the book demonstrates both that the global political and economic transformations of that period were critical for the decision-making process in Poland and moreover that the national socialist elites participated in shaping these transformations. By looking at the goals and expectations of the Polish socialist elites and their practices of political and economic exchanges with western Europe the book explains the logic which drove the socialist regime into entanglement with the West. As is shown here this entanglement proved inextricable and critical for the socialist regime's failure and Poland’s political and economic future. This book will be of much interest to students of European history cold war studies socialism studies and International Relations. | Poland and European East-West Cooperation in the 1970s The Opening Up

GBP 130.00
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The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide A Down & Dirty DV Production

The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide A Down & Dirty DV Production

To anyone who wants to make a doc but doesn’t have a lot of time money or experience Anthony Artis says: It’s time to get down and dirty!—a filmmaking mentality that teaches you how to be creative with your resources and do more with less. Written by a guerrilla filmmaker for guerrilla filmmakers this all new edition of a bestselling classic doesn’t just tell you it shows you how to make your projects better faster and cheaper and has been updated to include: Fresh coverage of DSLR cameras new lighting gear visual storytelling postproduction techniques and distribution in an online era. 500+ full color illustration timesaving tips and practical input from filmmakers that you can immediately apply to your own projects New sections on fundraising choosing lenses shooting internationally the 4K format shooting on iPhones previsualization wireless microphones dolly and slider shots staging remote interviews transcripts and more This bonus website (www. focalpress. com/cw/artis) features video and audio tutorials storyboards releases equipment guides and checklists. Hustle up a winning documentary crew and choose the right equipment for the job. Learn to shoot more polished professional-looking footage and interviews on any budget any camera any time. Plan through all the obstacles avoid common filmmaking pitfalls and tighten your lighting audio and visual storytelling skills before you hit the streets. The hotly anticipated second edition of The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide will help you do all this and more! | The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide A Down & Dirty DV Production

GBP 130.00
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Rescuing Econometrics From the Probability Approach to Probably Approximately Correct Learning

Rescuing Econometrics From the Probability Approach to Probably Approximately Correct Learning

Haavelmo’s 1944 monograph The Probability Approach in Econometrics is widely acclaimed as the manifesto of econometrics. This book challenges Haavelmo’s probability approach shows how its use is delivering defective and inefficient results and argues for a paradigm shift in econometrics towards a full embrace of machine learning with its attendant benefits. Machine learning has only come into existence over recent decades whereas the universally accepted and current form of econometrics has developed over the past century. A comparison between the two is however striking. The practical achievements of machine learning significantly outshine those of econometrics confirming the presence of widespread inefficiencies in current econometric research. The relative efficiency of machine learning is based on its theoretical foundation and particularly on the notion of Probably Approximately Correct (PAC) learning. Careful examination reveals that PAC learning theory delivers the goals of applied economic modelling research far better than Haavelmo’s probability approach. Econometrics should therefore renounce its outdated foundation and rebuild itself upon PAC learning theory so as to unleash its pent-up research potential. The book is catered for applied economists econometricians economists specialising in the history and methodology of economics advanced students philosophers of social sciences. | Rescuing Econometrics From the Probability Approach to Probably Approximately Correct Learning

GBP 130.00
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Lives Across Time/Growing Up Paths to Emotional Health and Emotional Illness from Birth to 30 in 76 People

Lives Across Time/Growing Up Paths to Emotional Health and Emotional Illness from Birth to 30 in 76 People

Follow seventy-six children from birth to thirty to learn about their various developmental life paths and their influences. Children traverse continuous or discontinuous courses. This book describes their life stories which may transform and enrich the reader's life. In working with these people the authors heard something basic: stories people | Lives Across Time/Growing Up Paths to Emotional Health and Emotional Illness from Birth to 30 in 76 People

GBP 130.00
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Setting Up and Maintaining an Effective Private Practice A Practical Workbook for Mental Health Practitioners

Setting Up and Maintaining an Effective Private Practice A Practical Workbook for Mental Health Practitioners

Counsellors psychotherapists and psychologists are proud to belong to the helping professions. Those working within these professions see themselves as caring people trying to help others to understand themselves better to feel better about themselves and to help them get over various traumas and difficulties that they have experienced either within their lives or personalities. Talking about money and thinking of their clients and the units of therapy time as items of income can be uncomfortable. Many counsellors psychotherapists and psychologists may not easily view their private practice as a business. But that is what it is and the primary role of any business is to be profitable. In this volume the author guides us through practicalities of setting up and maintaining a private practice and addresses the tensions and problems faced by the practitioner trying to both provide care and run an effective business. The author provides clear models and examples that practitioners will be able to adapt to their own circumstances for example showing them how to set up accounts. | Setting Up and Maintaining an Effective Private Practice A Practical Workbook for Mental Health Practitioners

GBP 130.00
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Databases with Access

Databases with Access

This handy textbook covers all you need to know to begin to use databases such as Microsoft Access. Learning Made Simple books give readers skills without frills. They are matched to the main qualifications and written by experienced teachers and authors to make often tricky subjects simple to learn. Every book is designed carefully to provide bite-sized lessons matched to learners needs. Building on the multi-million success of the previous series Made Simple Books Learning Made Simple titles provide both a new colourful way to study and a useful adjunct to any training course. Using full colour throughout and written by leading teachers and writers Learning Made Simple books will help readers learn new skills and develop their talents. Whether studying at college training at work or reading at home aiming for a qualification or simply getting up to speed Learning Made Simple books will give readers the advantage of easy well-organised training materials in a handy volume with two or four-page sections for each topic for ease of use. | Databases with Access

GBP 175.00
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Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime Music

Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime Music

Grime music has been central to British youth culture since the beginning of the 21st century. Performed by MCs and DJs it is an Afrodiasporic form that developed on street corners on pirate radio and at raves. Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime Music offers the first long-form ethnographic study of grime practice; it questions how and why artists do what they do; and it asks what this can tell us about creative process and improvisation more widely. Based on research conducted in London’s grime scene—facilitated by the author’s long-standing role as a DJ and broadcaster—this book explores the form’s emergence before taking a magnifying glass to the contemporary scene and its performance protocol exploring the practice of key artists and their crews living and working in the city. The resultant model of creative interaction provides a comprehensive mapping of collective social learning in London’s informal cityscape offering new ways to conceptualise improvisatory practice within ensembles.

GBP 120.00
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