Utifrån en vilja att söka samtal om samhälle och folkbibliotek har Nick Jones, bibliotekschef i Huddinge kommun utanför Stockholm, skrivit och publicerat texter i en rad olika sammanhang. Här samlas nu för första gången ett urval av hans texter. Tex…

What if we have been wrong about learning? Learning may have more in common with marketing than we thought. Looking at marketing and learning's common root, How People Learn shows L&D professionals a new way of thinking about learning by exploring w…

What if we have been wrong about learning? Learning may have more in common with marketing than we thought. Looking at marketing and learning's common root, How People Learn shows L&D professionals a new way of thinking about learning by exploring w…

"Story hook, tragic moment, poster, or outrageous character, the covers lured us in." - Paul Levitz, president of DC Comics 2002-2009 From the trailblazing works of Bob Kane, to the photorealistic stylings of Adam Hughes and quirky humour of Amanda…

Den banbrytande antirasistiska teoretikern Paul Gilroy intervjuas i detta nummer av MANA och säger ”ju mer du skriver om ras, desto mindre seriös uppfattas du”. Vi fortsätter vara oseriösa, och tar oss i detta nummer an temat konsumtion:…

Matchbox toys were ubiquitous items for children across the Western world. Originally labelled Christmas-cracker trash by retailers and shopkeepers, the small-scale 1-75 series soon began to see unprecedented worldwide sales in the 1950s. Smaller an…

Lesney Products was formed in 1947 to make zinc castings, mainly for the building industry; toys were a sideline when business happened to be slow. To cash in on the upcoming 1953 Coronation of Princess Elizabeth they decided to model a miniature of…

Do you want to grow nutritious microgreens from your home? Then keep reading..."Microgreens do contain a higher concentration of many nutrients when compared with the mature, fully grown vegetables or herbs." Medical News TodayAre you looking to gro…

This book applies the discourse of the so-called `spatial turn' to popular contemporary cinema, in particular the action sequences of twenty-first century Hollywood productions. Tackling a variety of spatial imaginations (contemporary iconic archite…

"This is a timely and pertinent contribution to the study of action cinema. Drawing insights from human geographers, sociologists and philosophers as well as film theorists, Jones offers a stimulating account of the ways the action sequence speaks t…

A decade-by-decade history celebrating the much-loved Marvel characters, the Guardians of the Galaxy. This beautiful book, illustrated with Marvel comic art, covers everything you need to know about the popular anti-heroes - from their first appeara…

Do you want to quickly grow fresh vegetables from home without the use of dirty soil?"It used to be hydroponics was just a nod, nod, wink, wink, word for pot growing. Now it is accepted by consumers as a preferred method of growing high-quality food…

Digital 3D has become a core feature of the twenty-first-century visual landscape. Yet 3D cinema is a contradictory media form: producing spaces that are highly regimented and exhaustively detailed, it simultaneously relies upon distortions of visio…

Do you want to take back control of your life? Does your schedule feel too scattered right now? It's time to do something about it and become a master of your goals and your time... Increase Your Productivity By 10x Without Feeling Overworked And Ov…

As the modern world rose from the rubble of Second World War, it was shaped by one material above all others. In 1947, a new magazine honed in on this paradigmatic shift in architecture and design: Concrete Quarterly. The World Recast charts this jo…

Find out everything you need to know about the heroic team of cosmic adventurers with Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy: The Ultimate Guide to the Cosmic Outlaws.This comprehensive guide celebrates the exciting world of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy…

A period comedy set in 18th century England. A cowardly young gentleman named Lucidus initiates a pistol duel then finds that he can't go through with it. He hires a common criminal to fight in his place, only to have the scoundrel make a bloody mes…

Characters: 4 male, 1 female A father weaves a magic tale for his daughter to justify his unlicensed plastic surgery practice, tracing the origins of cosmetic surgery to craftsman in medieval Europe. The hero of this tale is Gavin, a young orphan re…

Previously released as The Unexpected Gift of Joseph Bridgeman, this updated version includes extra chapters, new plotlines, and even deeper character development. It makes way for an expanded vision of the Joseph Bridgeman Series, with the first fo…

Bringing together some of the innovative, thought-provoking, and daring new works from New York's downtown theater scene, The Downtown Anthology offers a rich collection of plays from both up-and-coming and established playwrights. Includes: A Map o…

I Bryt upp! har Nick Jones, bibliotekschef i Huddinge, samlat namnkunniga forskare och debattörer som bryter ner och analyserar begreppet rasism, för att kunna bryta upp för nödvändig förändring. Boken ger inga säkra, entydiga och avslutade svar, in…

Over the past decade there have been major advances in the management of patients with craniofacial trauma. These have been fuelled by new concepts and techniques arising from the elective repair of congenital craniofacial deformities, and also by t…

April knows she was abandoned in a rubbish bin as a newborn baby fourteen years ago. Now she's happily settled with her foster mother, Marion-but there's a part of April that's desperate to know where she really came from, and who she really is. If…

April knows she was abandoned in a rubbish bin as a newborn baby fourteen years ago. Now she's happily settled with her foster mother, Marion-but there's a part of April that's desperate to know where she really came from, and who she really is. If…

Poetry and aquatints are combined in this study of our interaction with roads and road networks.

Illustrated poetry pamphlet from an up and coming British author.

Digital 3D has become a core feature of the twenty-first-century visual landscape. Yet 3D cinema is a contradictory media form: producing spaces that are highly regimented and exhaustively detailed, it simultaneously relies upon distortions of visio…

Story hook, tragic moment, poster, or outrageous character, the covers lured us in. - Paul Levitz, president of DC Comics 2002-2009 From the trailblazing works of Bob Kane, to the photorealistic stylings of Adam Hughes and quirky humor of Amanda Con…

Do you want to quickly grow fresh vegetables from home without the use of dirty soil? Then keep reading..."It used to be hydroponics was just a nod, nod, wink, wink, word for pot growing. Now it is accepted by consumers as a preferred method of grow…

Sam Greevy is the toast of 1920s women's apparel, until the maverick fashion designer Sam Roms springs his radical creations on the world. The Sweatshirt, The Track Suit, Skater Pants: the clothes he comes up with are as from another dimension, and…

Nick Jones's debut collection is rich in experience and imagery. He is a keen observer of life and brings an artist's vision and a surgeon's sure touch to memory, place and the human condition in these pared down, accessible and deceptively simple p…

A young woman receives a package from an unknown address and opens it to discover that her knitting ability is more important than she could have ever imagined. Illustrated by David Sarallo.

This book presents a new introduction to Berkeley, guiding the student through the key concepts of his work by examining the overall development of Berkeley's ideas. George Berkeley (1685-1753) was one of the most important and influential philosoph…

A true essential for any comic book fan and a vital addition to every DC fan's shelf. Doomsday Clock and Death Metal. The iconic Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and The Flash have been transformed in recent years, along with many other DC Comics cha…

Struggling writer Jo has been given the opportunity of a lifetime to write her own memoir. The only catch is that her publishers explicitly ask that she only write about her life truly, and that it be as exciting as possible. Forced to rexamine her…

George Berkeley (1685-1753) was one of the most important and influential philosophers in the history of Western thought. He is most famous for his controversial denial of the existence of matter, and for his 'idealism' - the claim that everyday obj…

This is an embodiment of what has been seen, heard, and lived while emerging in growth and development through words that will fill the reader with passion and a driven purpose to see poetry as the author envisions it from his own mind. Feel his joy…