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The Films of Peter Greenaway
British filmmaker Peter Greenaway says life offers only two subjects: "One is sex and the other is death." Greenaway uses both and romanticizes neither; indeed, his goal is the antithesis of the sanitary and sentimental portrayal of humanity. Although his films have met with outrage from some viewers, cult audiences praise them for insightful messages: that people are detached from violence because they fail to see others' bodies as identical to their own; that predatory capitalism has caused humans to lose sight of our shared physicality and mortality; and that taboos are simply a system allowing people to exercise power over others. This book examines nine of Greenaway's feature films, ded...
They Played Rugby for Wales, 2023 edition
A remarkable compilation of over 400 pages of statistics and records of every match and every player for the Wales national Rugby Union team from the first match in February 1881 up to December 2023.
The Oxford Companion to Australian Music
Australia's musical life has been remarkably diverse. This companion, the most complete reference to Australian music ever, ranges across a wide spectrum, from ancient Aboriginal traditions and European-derived orchestral, operatic, and concert music, to Australian folk, jazz, country, rock, and experimental music. The book's alphabetical entries include biographies of key figures and groups, major musical organizations and companies, musical works, genres, instruments, terms, and some of the historical and cultural contexts within which Australian music can be placed.
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Contemporary Issues in Canadian Policing
Focuses on the important challenges facing the police and the community. Part I articulates two views of public policing : policing as force, and policing as risk minimization. Part II examines the new paradigm of community policing and outlines the principles and practices of a made-in-Canada community policing model. Part III looks at the critical issues of the police subculture, ethics and technology. Part IV discusses human resources issues of managing diversity, women in policing, and the recruitment and promotion of visible minorities and aboriginal people. Part V features operational issues such as public order, interrogation, the use of force, police discretion and transnational policing. Part VI explores trends and prospects in the 21st century and the challenges of globalization, terrorism, national security, racial profiling, organizational performance measurement, and the public policing-private security debate.
The History of the Left from Marx to the Present
Focuses on Marx's theories and the diverse struggles for human emancipation that have characterized European and world history since the French Revolution. This title explores the crucial question of how to institutionalize the relation between humanity and nature in a free society of fully humanized individuals.
