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  • The Uses of Reason in the Evaluation of Artworks

    Commentaries on the Turner Prize

    by Les Gillon ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book uses an examination of the annual Turner Prize to defend the view that the evaluation of artworks is a reason-based activity, notwithstanding the lack of any agreed criteria for judging excellence in art. It undertakes an empirical investigation of actual critical practice as evident within published commentaries on the Prize in order to examine and test theories of critical evaluation, ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • America's Reluctant Prince

    The Life of John F. Kennedy Jr.

    by Steven M. Gillon ...
    *A New York Times Bestseller*A major new biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. from a leading historian who was also a close friend, America’s Reluctant Prince is a deeply researched, personal, surprising, and revealing portrait of the Kennedy heir the world lost too soon.Through the lens of their decades-long friendship and including exclusive interviews and details from previously classified ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Preventing Violence

    The Past, Present and Future of the Public Health Approach

    by Keir Irwin-Rogers, Luke Billingham, Alistair Fraser, Fern Gillon, Susan McVie, Tim Newburn ...
    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Preventing Violence argues that we can move towards safer and better societies by advancing holistic public health approaches to violence prevention.It explores the serious limitations of contemporary public health approaches and proposes an alternative path forward. Based on data from a three-year, ESRC-funded project 'Public Health, Youth ... Read more

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  • The Kennedy Assassination--24 Hours After

    Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President

    by Steven M Gillon ...
    Riding in an open-topped convertible through Dallas on November 22, 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson heard a sudden explosive sound at 12:30 PM. The Secret Service sped him away to safety, but not until 1:20 PM did he learn that John F. Kennedy had been assassinated. Sworn in next to a bloodstained Jackie Kennedy at 2:40 PM, Johnson worked feverishly until 3:00 in the morning, agonizing about the future of ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Presidents at War

    How World War II Shaped a Generation of Presidents, from Eisenhower and JFK through Reagan and Bush

    by Steven M. Gillon ...
    Steven M. Gillon, historian and New York Times bestselling author, is back with the story of how WWII shaped the characters and politics of seven American presidents.**World War II loomed over the latter half of the twentieth century, transforming every level of American society and international relationships and searing itself onto the psyche of an entire generation, including that of seven ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Innovative Approaches to Chronic Pain

    Understanding the Experience of Pain and Suffering and the Role of Healing

    by Paul Dieppe, Ann Williamson, David Reilly, Raanan Gillon, Havi Carel, Tom Shakespeare, Betsan Corkhill, Jeremy Swayne, Jonathan Koffman, Clare Roques, John D. Loeser, Bryan Vernon ...
    This book sets out to restore the concept of healing to its place within and beyond pain medicine, in chapters authored by keynote speakers to the British Pain Society's Philosophy and Ethics Special Interest Group. Exploring psychological, spiritual and creative approaches, contributors reflect on therapeutic avenues ranging from the deliberate use of the placebo response and the importance of a ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Popular Music in the Post-Digital Age

    Politics, Economy, Culture and Technology

    Edited by Professor Ewa Mazierska, Les Gillon, Tony Rigg ...
    Popular Music in the Post-Digital Age explores the relationship between macro environmental factors, such as politics, economics, culture and technology, captured by terms such as 'post-digital' and 'post-internet'. It also discusses the creation, monetisation and consumption of music and what changes in the music industry can tell us about wider shifts in economy and culture. This collection of ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Interventions for Speech Sound Disorders in Children

    by Dr. Rebecca J. McCauley Ph.D., Dr. Alan Kamhi, Ph.D., Elise Baker Ph.D., Dr. Kirrie J. Ballard, Ph.D., Dr. Barbara May Bernhardt, Ph.D., Dr. Francoise Brosseau-Lapre Ph.D., S-LP(C), CCC-SLP, Dr. Stephen Camarata, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Amy Clark, M.S.0, Dr. Joanne Cleland, Ph.D., PGCert, MRCSLT1, Dr. Sharon Crosbie Ph.D.2, Dr. Barbara Dodd Ph.D.3, Jennifer Eigen M.S.4, Dr. Jennifer R. Frey, Ph.D.5, Dr. Gail T. Gillon Ph.D.6, Dr. Allison M. Haskill, Ph.D.7, Deborah A. Hayden, M.A., CCC-SLP8, Dr. Megan M. Hodge Ph.D.9, Dr. Barbara Hodson Ph.D.0, Dr. Alison Holm Ph.D.1, Dr. Ann P. Kaiser Ph.D.2, Megan C. Leece, M.A.3, Jennifer Thompson Mackovjak, M.A.4, Dr. Lesley C. Magnus, Ph.D.5, Dr. Sarah Masso, Ph.D.6, Dr. Brigid C. McNeill Ph.D., MSLT, BSLT(hons)7, Dr. Adele W. Miccio Ph.D.8, Dr. Michele Morrisette McGlothlin, Ph.D.9, Dr. Aravind K. Namasivayam, Ph.D.0, Dr. Michelle Pascoe, Ph.D.1, Dr. Lindsay Pennington, Ph.D.2, Jonathan L. Preston3, Dr. Raul Francisco Prezas, Ph.D.4, Dr. Donald A. Robin, Ph.D., CCC-SLP5, Dr. Susan Rvachew, Ph.D.6, Dr. Nancy J. Scherer, Ph.D.7, Dr. Joy Stackhouse, Ph.D.8, Dr. Edythe A. Strand, Ph.D.9, Dr. Eleanor Sugden, Ph.D.0, Dr. Ann A. Tyler, Ph.D.1, Dr. Roslyn Ward, Ph.D.2, Pam Williams M.Sc.3, Dr. Yvonne Wren, Ph.D.4 ...
    Series series CLI
    An essential building block of every speech-language pathologist’s professional preparation, the second edition of this bestselling textbook is a comprehensive critical analysis of 21 interventions for highly prevalent speech sound disorders (SSD) in children. Bringing together a powerhouse team of international experts, this new edition has been revised and enhanced with current research, new ... Read more

    $101.99 CAD

  • The Evolution of Electronic Dance Music

    Edited by Professor Ewa Mazierska, Tony Rigg, Les Gillon ...
    The Evolution of Electronic Dance Music establishes EDM's place on the map of popular music. The book accounts for various ambiguities, variations, transformations, and manifestations of EDM, pertaining to its generic fragmentation, large geographical spread, modes of consumption and, changes in technology. It focuses especially on its current state, its future, and its borders – between EDM and ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Future of Live Music

    Edited by Professor Ewa Mazierska, Les Gillon, Tony Rigg ...
    What 'live music' means for one generation or culture does not necessarily mean 'live' for another. This book examines how changes in economy, culture and technology pertaining to post-digital times affect production, performance and reception of live music. Considering established examples of live music, such as music festivals, alongside practices influenced by developments in technology, ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • The Routledge Handbook of North American Languages

    Edited by Daniel Siddiqi, Michael Barrie, Carrie Gillon, Jason Haugen, Eric Mathieu ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics
    The Routledge Handbook of North American Languages is a one-stop reference for linguists on those topics that come up the most frequently in the study of the languages of North America (including Mexico). This handbook compiles a list of contributors from across many different theories and at different stages of their careers, all of whom are well-known experts in North American languages. The ... Read more

    $84.99 CAD

  • Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live

    Oswald, Kennedy, and the Conspiracy that Will Not Die

    by Steven M. Gillon ...
    What did Lee Harvey Oswald do in the 48 hours after he shot President John F. Kennedy? This riveting companion to the upcoming History Channel documentary follows Oswald in the immediate aftermath of the assassination, searching for the answers to the questions that have troubled America for a half century: Did he actually pull the trigger? Was he alone? And if so, why?Steven M. Gillon, Scholar-in ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD