Company law, 4th edition

Digital content in museums

Digital Content in Museums provides a comprehensive grounding in the skills, best practices and tools needed for digital content editors and managers to succeed in the museums, galleries, libraries and heritage sector.Focusing on how digital content can positively impact the GLAM sector, this pra...

Shock factory

This book aims to introduce the visual and aesthetic elements of industrial culture to a general history of contemporary art by analysing the different approaches taken and topics addressed by the primary protagonists of the movement. 636 halftones Read an interview with Nicolas Ballet

Culture is not an industry

Culture is not an industry argues that art and culture in the UK need to renew their social contract and re-align with the radical agenda for a more equitable future. Bold and uncompromising, the book offers a powerful vision for change.

Do it yourself

Do It Yourself is a practical guide for artists, activists, and organisers to create impactful theatre rooted in working-class communities. Drawing on fifteen years of experience, UK theatre company Common/Wealth share their experimental approach, offering a vision of theatre as a powerful tool f...

The island book of records volume ii

The second volume in this highly collectable series covers the years 1969–70, offering album sleeves, interviews and more.

Ancient egypt in 50 discoveries

This book presents the unique history of ancient Egypt through 50 artefacts discovered during excavations of the EES since its founding in 1882. They are brought together in this beautifully illustrated volume from global museums: from major collections as well as those that are a little less kno...

Threads of labour

Threads of labour examines the effects of ruination and loss of community in an ex-industrial village. Charting a collaborative project of hope using carpet-making skills and industrial heritage, the book investigates how a cleaved ex-industrial community used arts methodologies as a strategy of ...

The world at economic war

The World at Economic War is a timely and thought-provoking reminder of the role that economics plays in modern warfare. It argues that economics itself is at war – the institutions of the post-war economic order are riven with challenges to their legitimacy, rendering the old certainties of mark...

Art and its global histories

A varied selection of content, including excerpts, new translations, interviews with curators and artists, and art criticism. The Reader is contextualised under key themes and ideas that underpin the notion of a global art history that spans from the 1400s to present day.

Ai and information access

With the emergence of Generative AI, the information sector wonders what its impact will be on the information users and professionals. The book explores this vital question through the critical analysis of case studies and aims to portray the overall picture of applications of Generative AI in t...

Roll for adventure

In this highly-anticipated sequel to Let's Roll, Maxwell will enable readers to start their adventures with confidence and fun, with a focus on 'Plug & Play' D&D sessions.

Into being

The acclaimed author of Sins of My Father shares the secrets of writing a new, transformative kind of memoir.Into being is an essential guide to writing radical and empowering memoir. Drawing on her experience as a memoirist and a teacher of creative writing, Lily Dunn presents the ground-breakin...

Studio electrophonique

Studio Electrophonique tells the story of the Sheffield home studio that helped launch the careers of some of the biggest names in British pop: The Human League, Heaven 17, Pulp, ABC and more.

Bloodsuckers of the commonwealth

This book examines anti-monopoly petitioning activity in England between 1590-1625. It reveals that the growth of monopolies and issuing of new charters was an integral issue triggering subjects to engage in politics. It adds a new dimension to scholarly understandings of popular political cultur...

Global mobility of ultra-high-net-worth individuals, second edition

Co-published with STEP, this comprehensive new edition features insights from leading private client advisers across key jurisdictions worldwide.

The island book of records volume i

The Island Book of Records brings the early years of this iconic record label to life.

Blitzkrieg and the russian art of war

Blitzkrieg and the Russian art of war moves beyond discussions of ‘hybrid’ warfare to offer a broad account of contemporary Russian thinking on war. Exploring key concepts in Russian military thinking, it contributes to the debate about Russia’s role in international affairs and the challenge the...

Library catalogues as data

Through the web of library catalogues, library management systems and myriad digital resources, libraries have become repositories not only for physical and digital information resources but also for enormous amounts of data about the interactions between these resources and their users. Bringing...

The jewish pedlar

This ground-breaking history explores the figure of Jacob Harris, a Jewish pedlar who committed a notorious triple-murder in 1734. Tracing Harris's legend through three-hundred years of British history, it offers a new perspective on Jewish life in Britain and beyond.

Folklore

This is the definitive guide to British folklore. Written by two of the country's leading experts, it covers everything from wizards and witches to UFOs and internet fanfiction.

Ai-powered cataloguing

This practical guide instructs on how to build AI-powered cataloguing apps using Power Apps, with a focus on creating inclusive bibliographic records. It will enable the readers to train AI models and develop tools to effectively catalogue and manage their collections.

Debt trap nation

This blistering expose takes the reader inside England's national scandal of homelessness to reveal how government choices have forced single mothers and their families into impossible hardship with hundreds of thousands of children living in temporary accommodation for months, years and sometime...

Electric wind

A cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain.There are turbines on the horizon. The blades whirl with metronomic rhythm. With each rotation, wind is transformed into electricity. An energy revolution is underway. Electric wind rewinds to the beginning to explore the rise of wind energy in mode...

Act now

Written by an extraordinary team of authors, including Danny Dorling and Kate Pickett, this book offers a compelling and achievable vision for a progressive future. It presents concrete policy proposals for the reform of welfare, health and social care, public utilities and more.

Company secretary's handbook, 12th edition

Between the spreadsheets

‘Clear, concise, engaging and entertaining. Highly recommended for anyone involved with data in any capacity.' Information ProfessionalDirty data is a problem that costs businesses thousands, if not millions, every year. And with the increasing use of AI and Generative AI, it’s only getting worse...

Radical school librarianship

This book is an essential read for school librarians and educators looking to gain a better understanding of actions taken to create environments where EDIIF can thrive.School librarians perform a critical and frontline role in defending equality, diversity, inclusion, and intellectual freedom (E...

Time management for lawyers

With expert advice on delegation, prioritisation and setting clear goals, Time Management for Lawyers: Making Every Six Minutes Count equips you with the tools to reclaim your time and thrive in your legal career.

Folk horror on film

This is the first scholarly collection to focus on the special importance of British cinema to folk horror. The chapters consider the artistic styles, historical contexts, cultural tensions and cinematic fears that distinguish folk horror from other forms of horror and from traditional ways of vi...

The palace of nestor at pylos in western messenia, volume iv (2 vols)

In 1939, on the first day of excavation at the archaeological site that he called The Palace of Nestor, Carl W. Blegen uncovered a Mycenaean palace. Its archives contained clay tablets inscribed in the so-called Linear B script, a syllabary employed to record the Greek language. These documents h...

Industrial memory in north east england

Industrial memory in North-East England examines how the region’s industrial myth and memory have been articulated in the renegotiation of northernness. The book offers a critical contextualisation of the concept of northernness and the English North, and introduces the concept of the PopCultural...

The myth of good ai

This book offers a new approach to artificial intelligence and its implications for human security.

She played and sang

Jane Austen, widely acclaimed as one of the greatest English novelists, possessed another talent that enriched her life and work – music. She played and sang draws on the music books of the Austen family, granting us a deeper understanding of the writer's artistic prowess and the influences that ...

Trust laws in the united states

This title provides a series of state-specific chapters cover key aspects of each state’s trust laws in the most populous states, as well as key jurisdictions like Delaware, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wyoming.

How to reduce your carbon emissions

The aim of this book is to help readers prioritize their emissions-related actions so they can focus their efforts on things that work for them (recognizing that we are in a cost-of-living crisis as well as a climate crisis) and that can make a real difference. The book includes more than 100 car...

Early medieval militarisation

This volume is the first to study the phenomenon of early medieval militarisation from a wide geographic and disciplinary perspective. It explores the impact of an enhanced role attributed to warfare and the military as characteristic features of a European world in the process of becoming medieval.

Medieval women and urban justice

This is the first in-depth, comparative study of women’s access to justice in medieval English towns. It compares the records of Nottingham, Chester and Winchester and a wide range of legal actions to highlight the variable nature of women’s legal status in actions that arose from the complex, me...

The royal and russian navies

A definitive history of cooperation between the Royal Navy and Russian Navy from 1988 to 2014. It provides lessons learned by both sides and recommends a pathway to military dialogue, as political circumstances dictate. The book enhances our understanding of both the Russians and the Russian Navy...

The new age of genocide

The Israeli destruction of Gaza has returned the idea of genocide to the centre of world politics, with sharp conflicts between protesters and international lawyers who invoke it and Western governments and media that deny it. The idea has now been part of global politics and intellectual life f...