Analyzing Narrative Online: Affordances and Practices offers a comprehensive introduction to exploring narratives in fast-evolving social media spaces such as Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter, TikTok and YouTube. It traces the rise of “small stories” as a form of storytelling that thrives within the logics of immediacy, ephemerality and curated sharing.Adopting a technographic, hands-on approach, this book addresses the theoretical issues and methodological choices that shap...

At both ends of the wealth spectrum, the laws governing credit and debt hardwire patterns of both privilege and poverty. They drive financial extraction by creating a flow of assets from the pockets of low-income families into the bank accounts of high-wealth ones. In short, some families are legally enabled as they accumulate and preserve great fortunes that get passed down through generations—while others are locked into a cycle of scraping by, just hoping to find affordable housing and ...

Bounded Leadership Theory: Constraints and Orientations in a Global Perspective offers a fresh and realistic account of leadership in a world shaped by uncertainty, complexity, and multiple constraints. Moving beyond heroic, trait-based, and universal models of leadership, the book presents leadership as situated action: relational, contextual, morally charged, and bounded. It argues that leadership effectiveness depends not simply on individual competencies but on the fit between...

Snow gums are the most beautiful trees on Earth. But they're vanishing quickly. In this stunning new book, bestselling author Anthony Sharwood and climate activist Anna Langford help us view Australia's unique high country with fresh eyes, show us what's being lost, what can be saved - and how we might just save ourselves in the process.From Anthony Sharwood, the bestselling author of From Snow to Ash and Kosciuszko, and Anna Langford, an exciting...

How the American and French Revolutions were interpreted in the Italian states and how that understanding helped redefine the concept of revolution itselfIn Echoes of a Distant Republic, Anna Vincenzi explores the evolving meaning of “revolution” in the eighteenth century by surveying the reactions in Italy to the upheavals in America and later France. Drawing on a wide range of sources—from periodicals and gazettes to diplomatic correspondence, ecclesiast...

This collection of fifteen stories from the cult author of Ice examines war and mental illness from her signature surreal point of view. Inspired by Kavan's own experiences nursing traumatized Second World War soldiers and as a patient in various asylums, these pieces communicate the claustrophobia and isolation of life amidst conflict or caught in the gears of an institutional machine - but also the stunning beauty of physical experience, as her cast of outsiders find themselves ...

The second edition of The Routledge Handbook of Political Corruption showcases the most innovative research being conducted globally in the field of political corruption and provides a new point of reference for all interested in the topic.In presenting current research trends, the handbook addresses the pressing need for more detailed understanding of the intricacies of political corruption, including the need to adapt to emerging challenges and devise more effective stra...

A typical southern California teenager, Reinee grew up in the 1950s experiencing threats of war, practicing bomb drills in elementary school. Later, in the ‘60s, during her teens, the civil rights movement and war with Vietnam greatly disturbed her.But on March 25, 1967, sixteen-year-old Reinee Pasarow died. Clinically dead for almost an hour and then brought back to life by a determined family doctor, Reinee’s Near-Death Experience (NDE) is remarkable for the clarity and detail of...

Why did Italian culture come to occupy such privileged status and interest among the societies of East-Central Europe during the period 1300–1600? In 1300, East-Central Europe regarded Italy not necessarily as an undisputed center of cultural emulation but drew from a much wider range of models centered in France, Germany, and even Kievan Rus’. Two centuries later the same region was saturated with Italianate forms – architecture, humanism, diplomacy, commerce, and print – that rivaled the...

Vogue Portraits tells the story of our time through a century of defining images—collected in a spectacular two-volume slipcased set.Vogue has always been about much more than fashion. At the heart of its identity, relevance, and power are history-defining photographs that have accompanied the title’s legendary profiles and interviews.Here, compiled across two volumes, are more than 320 of these portraits, drawn from the m...

Neuroscientist Dr. Anna Chambers takes us inside a state-of-the-art brain research laboratory, showing us how scientists unpack the biological secrets that make headlines and save livesIn recent decades, neuroscience has revealed fascinating details about how the brain works in health and disease. But how do we know what we know?In Circuit Breakers, Harvard neuroscientist Dr. Anna Chambers pulls back the curtain to show us what happens in the moder...

Unlock Ableton Live 12's full potential with expert guidance on MIDI, automation, modulation, MPE, and pro workflow techniques from an Ableton Certified Trainer. Key FeaturesExplore new tools such as MIDI Generators, Scale Awareness amongst Live 12’s other new devices.Learn sound design techniques and advanced audio recording methodsEnhance your creativity with advanced music production techniques including automation, comping, designing bespok...