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Paul Beard

The rent is too damn high. Here's why - and it's not who you think.Everyone knows housing is unaffordable. The usual suspects get the usual blame: greedy landlords, bureaucratic zoning, not enough building. But the real answer is under your feet. Land - who owns it, who benefits from its value, and who pays for that value - is the question American cities have been refusing to ask for a century.Why the Rent Is Too Damn High is a data-driven argumen...

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Paul Beard

A pre-sectarian, pragmatic, secular and scientific approach to the timeless philosophical insights of Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha. Two of the most common questions I am asked are:
"How come you're always smiling and appear so calm and laid back?"
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"How on earth did you survive a suicidal mental breakdown?"
The answer to both will be found in this book. I hope you find the approach outlined in this book helpful on your own journey. If you require any clarification or wish t...

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Paul Beard

'Death in Service on The Thin Blue Line: 1829–1899' is a powerful and respectful tribute to the officers of the Metropolitan Police who lost their lives in the line of duty. Drawing on extensive archival research, Paul Beard brings these forgotten stories to life through a compelling blend of historical fact and sensitive narrative reconstruction. Each account reveals the human reality behind the official record, set against the harsh conditions of early policing in a rapidly growing and o...

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Paul Beard, Ann Brigham, David B. Clarke, Mike Crang, Chris Curtis, Carl T. Dahlman, Marcus A. Doel, Naomi Dunn, John R. Gold, Robert Kendall, Scott Kirsch, Sallie A. Marston, Wolfgang Natter, Heather Norris Nicholson, Paul Robbins, Christiane Schönfeld, Laurel Smith, Chad Staddon, Ulf Strohmayer, Phil Taylor, Steve Vreithoff, Dick Winchell, Leo Zonn

Engaging Film is a creative, interdisciplinary volume that explores the engagements among film, space, and identity and features a section on the use of films in the classroom as a critical pedagogical tool. Focusing on anti-essentialist themes in films and film production, this book examines how social and spatial identities are produced (or dissolved) in films and how mobility is used to create different experiences of time and space. From popular movies such as 'Pulp Fiction,' 'Bulworth...

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Nicholas Royle, Alan Beard, Kevin Boniface, Paul Brownsey, Claire Carroll, ECM Cheung, Jonathan Coe, Rosie Garland, Kerry Hadley-Pryce, Timothy J Jarvis, Cynan Jones, Bhanu Kapil, Sonya Moor, Alison Moore, Gregory Norminton, Nicholas Royle, Cherise Saywell, Kamila Shamsie, Ben Tufnell, Charlotte Turnbull, Cate West

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Best British Short Stories

The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its fourteenth yearInspired by Giles Gordon and David Hughes's Best Short Stories series, which ran to ten volumes between 1986 and 1995, Best British Short Stories this year reaches its fourteenth volume.Best British Short Stories 2024 showcases an excellent and varied selection of stories, by British writers, first published during 2023 in magazines, journals, anthologies, collections, chapbooks and online.

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Paul O'Grady

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Danny Beard

This audiobook edition, read by Danny Beard (RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner), features a new introduction written and read by Andre Portasio.THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLERPaul O'Grady is one of Britain's very best loved entertainers. He is known and adored by millions, whether as the creator of the acid-tongued Blonde Bombsite, Lily Savage, the presenter of the fantastically successful, award-winning Paul O'Grady Show on Channel 4 or the massive hit ITV show, Fo...

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Kyla Scanlon

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The book Jon Stewart (The Daily Show) hailed as “essential reading” for anyone who wants to “make informed decisions” and “have a basic understanding of the economy”: an illustrated guide to economics from one of the internet’s favorite financial educators.“Few people can communicate how the economy actually works better than Kyla Scanlon.”—Morgan Housel, author of The Psychology of Money**Is our national debt really ...

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Bill Nichols

The third edition of Bill Nichols's best-selling text provides an up-to-date introduction to the most important issues in documentary history and criticism. A new chapter, "I Want to Make a Documentary: Where Do I Start?" guides readers through the steps of planning and preproduction and includes an example of a project proposal for a film that went on to win awards at major festivals. Designed for students in any field that makes use of visual evidence and persuasive strategies, Introduct...

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Bella Mackie

**Now with an exclusive extract of Bella Mackie's deliciously dark new 2026 novel CLAWS OUT!**Grace Bernard is on a mission… to avenge her mother, she plans to murder every member of her family, one awful rich person at a time. Then she's imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit. Entertaining, shocking and addictive…THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘I loved this book’ RICHARD OSMAN‘Funny, sharp, dark and twist...

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Gregor Craigie

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER · WINNER OF BC BOOK PRIZE GEORGE RYGA AWARD FOR SOCIAL AWARENESS · FINALIST FOR THE BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICY · FINALIST FOR THE BC BOOK AWARDS HUBERT EVANS NON-FICTION PRIZE · A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK · A HILL TIMES BEST BOOK“Gregor Craigie’s *Our Crumbling Foundation...*is so chockful of solutions that it makes you want to shake politicians and policymakers and ask: ‘When are you going to act?’” —André Picard, author of Neglec...

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Dr Craig Hassed, Dr Richard Chambers

Mindfulness is increasingly being used in educational environments as a way to help students learn more effectively, develop personally, enhance their physical and emotional health, and deal with study and exam-related demands. In Mindful Learning, the authors provide practical insights and exercises on how to apply mindfulness in the educational setting, resulting in a book that clearly sets out how we can manage stress, improve performance and create better communication and relationship...

I**ntroduction to Film Studies is a comprehensive textbook for students of cinema.This completely revised and updated fifth edition guides students through the key issues and concepts in film studies, traces the historical development of film and introduces some of the worlds key national cinemas. A range of theories and theorists are presented from Formalism to Feminism, from Eisenstein to Deleuze. Each chapter is written by a subject specialist, including two new authors...