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Robin J Brooks

RAF Fighter Command was established in July 1936 to provide the airborne element in the defense of Britain against air attack. The aerodromes under the Command described in this book came under the control of several Groups: No. 9 in the west, No. 10 covering the south-west, No. 11 in the south-east, No. 12 on the eastern side of the country, and Nos. 13 and 14 protecting the extreme north. In this volume the activities of over 90 airfields are described and illustrated in our ‘then and no...

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Robin Brooks

As downward mobility continues to be an international issue, Robin Brooks offers a timely intervention between the humanities and social sciences by examining how Black women’s cultural production engages debates about the growth in income and wealth gaps in global society during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this innovative book employs major contemporary texts by both African American and Caribbean writers—Toni Morrison, Gloria ...

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Robin Brooks

For thousands of years an enigmatic and astonishingly beautiful piece of Roman art has captivated those who have come in contact with it.Made before the birth of Christ, the Portland Vase, as it is called, is renowned for both its beauty and its mystery.In The Portland Vase, Robin Brooks takes us on a vivid journey across Europe and through the centuries, as this delicate piece of glass, less than ten inches in height, passes through the hands of a stunning cast of charact...

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Robin McCoy Brooks

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Philosophy and Psychoanalysis

Winner of the IAJS Book Award 2023 for Best Applied BookThis fascinating volume uses psychoanalytic theory to explore how political subjectivity comes about within the context of global catastrophe, via the emergence of collective individuations through trans-subjectivity. Serving as a jumping-off point to address the structural linkage between collective catastrophe, subject, group, and political transformation, trans-subjectivity is the central tenet of the book,...

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Robin Mr. Brooks, Kenneth Mr. Rogoff, Ashoka Mr. Mody, Nienke Oomes, Aasim Mr. Husain

The issue of the appropriate exchange rate regime for individual countries has been perennially lively, and the role played by international capital flows and domestic financial systems in determining the performance of these regimes has gained prominence in the policy debate. Using recent advances in the classification of exchange rate regimes, the key message in this paper is that, as economies and their institutions mature, the value of exchange rate flexibility increases. This study as...

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Mary Cooper, Jonathan Tafler, Anna Linstrum, Alistair McGowan, Elizabeth Lewis, Robin Brooks, Lucy Caldwell, Sarah Wooley, Stephen Wakelam, Frances Bingham, David Pownall, Katie Hims, Ian Billings, Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre, Judith Adam

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Andrew Scott, Glenda Jackson, Toby Jones, Haydn Gwynne, Alistair McGowan, Ian McDiarmid, Richard Dormer, Full Cast, Paul Ritter, Tom Goodman-Hill

18 biographical dramas based on the lives and loves of celebrated writersThese surprising, revealing dramas take a behind-the-scenes look at some of our best-loved authors, mingling fact and fantasy to explore their extraordinary hidden lives. From love affairs, friendships and family relationships to traumas, tragedies and journeys of self-discovery, we glimpse the unwritten worlds that shaped their unforgettable fiction. Among the star casts are Andrew Sc...

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Deborah Willis, Kalia Brooks

**TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONThe acclaimed collection of Black photography, now featuring more than one hundred photographs from twenty-first-century artists, fundamentally redefines our understanding of American history.“If a picture truly is worth a thousand words, then Deborah Willis has given us nothing less than an epic history of Homeric proportions. Taken together, Willis’s magnificent gathering of images accompanied by her powerful narrative overturns many comm...

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Sloane Brooks

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Andrew Eiden, Carly Robins

The Hating Game meets Legends & Lattes in this captivating and hilarious fantasy rom-com with a twist about two enemies who must work together to return to their reality.Courtney’s only goal in life is to have no goals. A reformed overachiever, she’s content with her dead-end job and simple existence. And her “feud” with her neighbor Bryce brings her immense joy. Everything is perfect.Until Courtney and Bryce are pulled th...

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Lusijah Marx, Graham Harriman, Robin McCoy Brooks

The Healing Power of Community offers a diverse cross section of interdisciplinary and depth-psychological perspectives in support of using mutual aid approaches in all levels of group and community practice as a remedy for individualism and social and political divisions, centering social justice.Written by three distinct voices who collaborated at the height of the AIDS crisis, the book begins with an autoethnographic study of Project Quest, an HIV/AIDS clinic establishe...

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Robin Gregory, Brooke Moore

Written for parents, teachers, and others who live or work with teenagers, this science-based guide describes how you can become a confident 'decision mentor.' Learn to support young people in making good decisions for themselves. Treating decision making as an essential and learnable skill, the six-step 'Decision-Maker Moves' highlight the power and promise of young people as they shape their lives through the options they choose. Stories, examples, and practical tips show how decisions c...

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Maurine H. Beasley, Sherilyn Cox Bennion, Jinx C Broussard, Teri Finneman, Kathy Roberts Forde, Linda M Grasso, Carolyn Kitch, Brooke Kroeger, Linda J Lumsden, Jane Marcellus, Jane Rhodes, Linda Steiner, Robin Sundaramoorthy

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The History of Media and Communication

Suffragists recognized that the media played an essential role in the women's suffrage movement and the public's understanding of it. From parades to going to jail for voting, activists played to the mass media of their day. They also created an energetic niche media of suffragist journalism and publications.This collection offers new research on media issues related to the women's suffrage movement. Contributors incorporate media theory, historiography, and innovative approaches t...

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Robin Brooke-Smith

In this book, Robin Brooke-Smith explores the dynamics of schools as complex organisations. He presents a radical departure from established school improvement and effectiveness orthodoxies, offering a refreshing new approach to managing change and enhancing collective learning. Based on the author's own experience of managing and leading schools, this book explores such questions as: * How can schools learn as a generative process? * How can schools become adaptive and co-evolve with thei...