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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        April 2021

        Catholic nuns and sisters in a secular age

        Britain, 1945–90

        by Carmen M. Mangion

        This is the first in-depth study of post-war female religious life. It draws on archival materials and a remarkable set of eighty interviews to place Catholic sisters and nuns at the heart of the turbulent 1960s, integrating their story of social change into a larger British and international one. Shedding new light on how religious bodies engaged in modernisation, it addresses themes such as the Modern Girl and youth culture, '1968', generational discourse, post-war modernity, the voluntary sector and the women's movement. Women religious were at the forefront of the Roman Catholic Church's movement of adaptation and renewal towards the world. This volume tells their stories in their own words.

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        Political ideologies
        February 2014

        The IRA 1956–69

        Rethinking the Republic

        by Matt Treacy

        While there have been many books written about the IRA since 1916, comparatively little attention has been paid to the organisation during the 1960s, despite the fact that the internal divisions culminating in the 1969 split are often seen as key to the conflict which erupted that year. This book, newly available in paperback, redresses that vacuum and through an exhaustive survey of internal and official sources, as well as interviews with key IRA members, provides a unique and fascinating insight into radical Republican politics which will be of interest to those interested in Irish history and politics. The author looks at the root of the divisions which centred on conflicting attitudes within the IRA on armed struggle, electoral participation and socialism. He argues that while the IRA did not consciously plan the northern 'Troubles', the internal debate of the 1960s had implications for what happened in 1969.

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        June 2025

        TOP 60

        Medical Aids and Devices

        by Constanze Schäfer

        From blood glucose meters to bandages and syringes – pharmacies supply a wide range of medical aids and products. The range of products available on the market can seem overwhelming. This book condenses information according to the Pareto principle, offering a quick and essential overview. • Patient consultations: From basic mode of action to correct application – essential knowledge for pharmaceutical advice. • Professional insight: common sources of error and useful equipment – additional professional knowledge that adds value. • Visual aids: over 90 illustrations to identify and demonstrate key products. Master the TOP 60 and answer 80% of customer questions with confidence. Target group: Pharmacy interns, pharmaceutical technician interns, returnees

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        July 2025

        TOP 60 Pitfalls in Consultation and Communication

        Rx and OTC

        by Christiane Weber, Christian Schulz

        Forgetting to include billing details for artificial insemination on a prescription, overlooking critical usage instructions for a fentanyl patch or cutting someone off mid-sentence? No need to fall into these traps! This book is a go-to guide for avoiding the common pitfalls of everyday pharmacy practice. From handling the first prescription to ensuring effective communication at the counter – this guide covers 60 common and sensitive issues, presented concisely according to the Pareto principle. • Avoiding common errors – from unclear prescriptions and OTC requests to communication missteps and billing mistakes, this guide highlights the key issues. • The right advice – concise case studies, dos and don‘ts, and communication tips demonstrate best practices that you can apply immediately. • Want to go deeper? Professional insights for situations that require more than just the basics. Master the TOP 60 and answer 80% of customer questions with confidence! Target group: Pharmacy interns, pharmaceutical technicians, pharmacists, returnees

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        Films, cinema
        December 2014

        Interpreting rock movies

        Pop Film and Its Critics in Britain

        by Andrew Caine

        Andrew Caine details the reaction to British and American pop films during the 1950s and 1960s. By examining the British reception of films such as Rock Around the Clock, Love Me Tender, A Hard Day's Night and Summer Holiday the book provides a valuable insight into British film criticism, teenage culture during the 1950s and 1960s and the generic status of rock films/teen movies and cultural hierarchies. Interpreting rock movies not only contains an extensive account of how the film and music press reacted to rock 'n roll films, but also fully explores issues about taste and distinction within reviewing practices. The movie output of Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and numerous others is located within the context of popular music during the 1950s and 1960s.

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        March 2025

        TOP 60 OTC

        Medicinal Products

        by Kirsten Lennecke

        „I’d like the green cough medicine!“ Experienced pharmacy staff instantly know what the customer means. This book helps newcomers identify the right medicine for each customer. Concise information organised according to the Pareto principle, and numerous packaging images combine the knowledge that is essential for providing effective advice with key self-medication preparations. • Patient consultations. From usage instructions to important notes: This information is crucial for effective consultations! • At the back of your mind. From comparable preparations to information for special patient groups: Bonus material for professional expertise! • At a glance. Over 200 package photos: Instantly recognise customer requests! TOP 60 knowledge: Dive deep and address 80% of customer questions with confidence! Target group: Pharmacy interns, pharmaceutical technician interns, returnees

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        The Arts
        January 2022

        Art + Archive

        by Sara Callahan

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        The Arts
        June 2025

        Counterpractice

        Psychoanalysis, politics and the art of French feminism

        by Rakhee Balaram

        Counterpractice highlights a generation of women who used art to define a culture of experimental thought and practice during the period of the French women's movement or Mouvement de Libération des Femmes (1970-81). It considers women's art in relation to some of the most exciting thinkers to have emerged from the French literature and philosophy of the 1970s - Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva - forcing a timely reconsideration of the full spectrum of revolutionary practices by women in the years following the events of May '68. Lavishly illustrated with over 200 images, the book also features an illuminating foreword by art historian Griselda Pollock.

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        Social & cultural history
        October 2000

        Women's leisure in England 1920–60

        by Claire Langhame

        This insightful book offers a timely assessment of the complex relationship between women and leisure in England, drawing upon recent feminist theory. Departing from approaches which focus on particular activities or institutions, it places everyday experiences at its centre, presenting a wide-ranging and lively account of changing perceptions, representations and experiences of leisure across the period 1920-60. It addresses the nature of leisure within women's lives, examining shifting understandings of the concept and identifying areas of definitional ambiguity such as the 'family' holiday, shopping and handicrafts. Focusing upon experiences of leisure across the life cycle, it provides a detailed assessment of the particular forms of leisure enjoyed by women at distinct stages of their lives, including cinema-going, dancing, socialising and home-based pursuits. The book demonstrates that experiences and perceptions of leisure were fundamentally structured along life cycle lines: leisure in youth was often characterised by freedom and independence whilst leisure in adulthood became a vehicle for service and duty to others.

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        The Arts
        December 2020

        Paranoid visions

        by Joseph Oldham

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        January 2023

        Objects of affection

        The book and the household in late medieval England

        by Myra Seaman

        Objects of affection recovers the emotional attraction of the medieval book through an engagement with a fifteenth-century literary collection known as Oxford, Bodleian Library Manuscript Ashmole 61. Exploring how the inhabitants of the book's pages - human and nonhuman, tangible and intangible - collaborate with its readers then and now, this book addresses the manuscript's material appeal in the ways it binds itself to different cultural, historical and material environments. In doing so it traces the affective literacy training that the manuscript provided its late-medieval English household, whose diverse inhabitants are incorporated into the ecology of the book itself as it fashions spiritually generous and socially mindful household members.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        June 2022

        Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 98/1

        The Artist of the Future Age: William Blake, Neo-Romanticism, Counterculture and Now

        by Douglas Field

        This special issue of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library is devoted to William Blake. It explores the British and European reception of Blake's work from the late nineteenth century to the present day, with a particular focus on the counterculture. Opening with two articles by the late Michael Horovitz, an important figure in the 'Blake Renaissance' of the 1960s, the issue goes on to investigate the ideological struggle over Blake in the early part of the twentieth century, with particular reference to W. B. Yeats. This is followed by articles on the artistic avant-garde and underground of the 1960s and on Blake's significance for science fiction authors of the 1970s. The issue closes with an article on the contemporary Belgian art collective maelstrÖm reEvolution.

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        The Arts
        January 2021

        Critical design in Japan

        Material culture, luxury, and the avant-garde

        by Ory Bartal

        This book tells the story of critical avant-garde design in Japan, which emerged during the 1960s and continues to inspire designers today. The practice communicates a form of visual and material protest drawing on the ideologies and critical theories of the 1960s and 1970s, notably feminism, body politics, the politics of identity, and ecological, anti-consumerist and anti-institutional critiques, as well as the concept of otherness. It also presents an encounter between two seemingly contradictory concepts: luxury and the avant-garde. The book challenges the definition of design as the production of unnecessary decorative and conceptual objects, and the characterisation of Japanese design in particular as beautiful, sublime or a product of 'Japanese culture'. In doing so it reveals the ways in which material and visual culture serve to voice protest and formulate a social critique.

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