Abraham's Adventure: A Curious Tortoise Finds His Way HomeBy: Alison AdamsAbraham was a pet tortoise who yearned for adventure. For years, he went to Kindergarten with his parent and owner- a teacher. In her classroom, Abe could roam ( with a balloon attached) as students worked, or join them on the rug during snack and story time. He even went outside at recess on the playground to wander on warm sunny days.Abraham had several "great escapes" over the years, both a...

Centré sur les emblèmes de Georgette de Montenay, Théodore de Bèze, Jean-Jacques Boissard et du moins connu Paul Perrot de la Sale, Webs of Allusion est le premier ouvrage qui soit consacré à l’ensemble de la littérature emblématique protestante publiée en France au XVIe siècle ainsi qu’à son mode de lecture. La diffusion dont jouit la littérature emblématique est en effet bien documentée par les diverses traductions qui s’en sont saisies – Georgette de Montenay du français au latin, à l’e...

L'importance de l'emblème (genre multi-média et pan-européen) comme reflet de la culture européenne aux seizième et dix-septième siècles est aujourd'hui de plus en plus reconnue. Bien que le style emblématique se manifeste dans plusieurs arts plastiques (parmi lesquels la peinture, la broderie, l'architecture - permanente ou éphémère - et l'art sépulcral) ce sont les livres qui codifient et concrétisent le mieux la combinaison de mots et d'image qui constitue l'emblème.La contribution fran...

Artificial Knowing challenges the masculine slant in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) view of the world. Alison Adam admirably fills the large gap in science and technology studies by showing us that gender bias is inscribed in AI-based computer systems. Her treatment of feminist epistemology, focusing on the ideas of the knowing subject, the nature of knowledge, rationality and language, are bound to make a significant and powerful contribution to AI studies.Drawing from t...

How and when did forensic science originate in the UK? This question demands our attention because our understanding of present-day forensic science is vastly enriched through gaining an appreciation of what went before. A History of Forensic Science is the first book to consider the wide spectrum of influences which went into creating the discipline in Britain in the first part of the twentieth century.This book offers a history of the development of forensic sciences, ce...

A terrifying and chilling anthology of over 20 stories exploring cursed and haunted books from award winning authors including Eric LaRocca, A. G. Slatter, and Alison Moore.You find it hidden in the dark corner of the bookstore; tucked away in a box in the attic, desperate to be read; lurking on your bookshelf, never seen before. Crack the spine, feel the ancient pages. Read it aloud, if you dare.This anthology brings together horror's best and brightest to...

This collection breaks new ground in four key areas of feminist social thought: the sex/gender debates; challenges to liberalism/equality; feminist ethics; and feminist perspectives on global ethics and politics in the 21st century. Altogether, the essays provide an innovative look at feminist philosophy while making substantive contributions to current debates in gender theory, ethics, and political thought.

Theology, Fantasy, and the Imagination offers analyses of the theological, philosophical, and religious imagination found in fantasy literature, the theological imagination, and table-top games. Part I offers an invocation to the study through a theological reflection of the “old magic.” Part II analyzes classical Christian fantasy—ranging from dogmatic theological reflection on the fantastic imagination to analyses of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Part III analyzes the post-Christian tur...

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Wild Seas, Wilder Cities is a ‘wild-seeded’ collection of short stories, poems, memoirs and environmental articles from 49 unique contributors, all concerned with showing the positive side of our relationship with the earth.Thanks to funding from Portsmouth Creates, this audiobook features 50 different voices from across the Portsmouth community and beyond. Our readers range from teenagers to those in their nineties, including experienced actors, writers and volunteers from the pub...

Now in full colour, the new edition of the bestselling Descriptosaurus Story Writing is a must-have resource for primary classrooms. Fully updated to reflect the DfE Writing Framework, it equips children aged 5–9 with the tools to expand their descriptive vocabulary and understand how to construct compelling narrative texts.Packed with practical guidance, this book provides essential building blocks for writing, helping young learners overcome the cognitive challenges of m...

The Lord of the Rings and other works of J.R.R. Tolkien have had a far-reaching impact on culture in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In print and on film, Tolkien's works seem to be incredible epics, but religious aspects are less obvious. Yet Tolkien himself stated in his letters that the chief conflicts of his epic works were “about God, and His sole right to divine Honour,” and whether Sauron can wrest and destroy all that is good in Middle-earth. It is fro...