Roberta Pearson, "Star Trek and American Television"
English | ISBN: 0520276221 | 2014 | 256 pages | PDF | 2 MB
At the heart of one of the most successful transmedia franchises of all time, Star Trek, lies an initially unsuccessful 1960s television production, Star Trek: The Original Series. In Star Trek and American Television, Pearson and Messenger Davies, take their cue from the words of the program's first captain, William Shatner, in an interview with the authors: "It's a television show." In focusing on Star Trek as a television show, the authors argue that the program has to be seen in the context of the changing economic conditions of American television throughout the more than four decades of 's existence as a transmedia phenomenon that includes several films as well as the various television series. The book is organized into three sections, dealing with firstly, the context of production, the history and economics of from the original series (1966-1969) to its final television incarnation in (2002-2005). Secondly, it focuses on the interrelationships between different levels of production and production workers, drawing on uniquely original material, including interviews with star captains William Shatner and Sir Patrick Stewart, and with production workers ranging from set-builders to executive producers, to examine the tensions between commercial constraints and creative autonomy. These interviews were primarily carried out in Hollywood during the making of the film (2002) and the first series of . Thirdly, the authors employ textual analysis to study the narrative "storyworld" of the television corpus and also to discuss the concept and importance of character in television drama. The book is a deft historical and critical study that is bound to appeal to television and media studies scholars, students, and fans the world over. With a foreword by Sir Patrick Stewart, Captain Jean-Luc Picard in .
Anita Singh, "Staging Feminisms"
English | ISBN: 0367896338 | 2021 | 204 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This book questions how feminist beliefs are enacted within an artistic context. It critically examines the intersection of violence, gender, performance and power through contemporary interventionist performances. The volume explores a host of key themes like feminism and folk epic, community theatre, performance as radical cultural intervention, volatile bodies and celebratory protests. Through analysing performances of theatre stalwarts like Usha Ganguly, Maya Krishna Rao, Sanjoy Ganguly, Shilpi Marwaha and Teejan Bai, the volume discusses the complexities and contradictions of a feminist reading of contemporary performances.
Spiritual Currency: embark on a journey through your spirituality and consciousness by Hero
English | January 31, 2021 | ISBN: 1800319568 | 160 pages | EPUB | 0.79 Mb
The objective of this book is to stimulate your awareness of Spirituality and Consciousness.
Space Operations: Beyond Boundaries to Human Endeavours
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030946274 | 694 Pages | PDF | 24 MB
This book includes a selection of reviewed and enhanced contributions presented at the SpaceOps 2021, the 16th International Conference on Space Operations, held virtually in May 2021. The chapter selections were made based upon their relevance to the current space operations community. The contributions represent a cross-section of three main subject areas: Mission Management - management tasks for designing, preparing and operating a particular mission; Spacecraft Operations - preparation and implementation of all activities to operate a space vehicle (crewed and uncrewed) under all conditions; and Ground Operations - preparation, qualification, and operations of a mission dedicated ground segment and appropriate infrastructure including antennas, control centers, and communication means and interfaces.
Sociology of Knowledge and Education By Rob Moore
2007 | 212 Pages | ISBN: 0826496504 | PDF | 12 MB
This is a provocative and challenging monograph that engages with a wide range of issues in original ways and will undoubtedly stiumlate debate among educationists. Rob Moore's collection is unique in that it brings together a range of areas in the sociology of knowledge and education (epistemological, aesthetic, curricular, the world of work, educational policy) that are concentionally analysed in isolation from one another.
Takayo Kiyota, "Smiling Sushi Roll: (sushi designs & recipes)"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 0804850704 | PDF | pages: 99 | 14.4 mb
"Turn your lunch break into the perfect time to create priceless works of sushi art in this humorous book!
Edmund Ng, "Shame-informed Counselling and Psychotherapy"
English | ISBN: 0367616181 | 2020 | 144 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Unhealthy or maladaptive shame is believed by many to be the root cause of a diverse range of mental health problems. If we want to offer a more reparative healing to people contending with these psychological issues, we must ultimately trace back and resolve their underlying shame. This book offers researchers practitioners and students a balance of theoretical and empirical evidence for a practical approach in shame-informed counselling and psychotherapy approach.
Priscilla Dunk-West, "Sexuality, Sexual and Gender Identities and Intimacy Research in Social Work and Social Care: A Lifecourse Epistemology"
English | ISBN: 1138225878 | 2018 | 226 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Until now, sexuality has been treated as a specialist topic or area of specialist social work practice. This book cuts across all areas of the discipline. It examines the relationship between sexuality, sexual identities and intimacies and the life course, and showcases a range of issues pertinent to social work through these lenses. It opens up new possibilities for better understanding sexuality in social work, and contains empirical work and theorising about sexuality, intimacy and gender not currently found in a traditional course on life course theory and practice.
Hannah Bows, "Sexual Violence Against Older People "
English | ISBN: 1138284157 | 2019 | 146 pages | PDF | 1209 KB
Research on sexual violence has been a growing area of academic study since the 1970s. However, the focus of these efforts has centred on younger women, leaving older women largely ignored in research. This book presents data from the first UK study to examine the extent, nature and impacts of sexual violence against people aged 60 and over.
Meghan Sobel, "Sex Trafficking and the Media: Perspectives from Thailand and the United States "
English | ISBN: 0415786908 | 2018 | 190 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This book explores how sex trafficking has been reported in the media. The book is set in the context of reportage of this human rights abuse in two varying political landscapes - the United States being a developed democracy and Thailand experiencing continued political turmoil including a May 2014 coup d'état and an accompanying crackdown on free expression by the ruling military junta. In doing so, the book shows how there are great similarities between the two countries in the way the issue is misrepresented. Drawing on content analysis of news coverage in the United States and Thailand as well as interviews with journalists, anti-trafficking advocates, survivors of sex trafficking and consensual sex workers, this book illuminates reasons why coverage is framed in the way(s) that it is, how anti-trafficking advocates can act as media advocates to push coverage in new directions, and how journalistic functions are similar and different in the two countries.