New Releases by ADRIAN SMITH

The environmental justice movement validates the grassroots struggles of residents of places which Steve Lerner refers to as “sacrifice zones”: low-income and racialized communities shouldering more than their fair share of environmental harms related to pollution, contamination, toxic waste, and heavy industry. On this account, disparities in wealth and power, often inscribed and re-inscribed through social processes of racialization, are understood to produce disparities in environmental burdens. Here, we attempt to understand how these dynamics are shifting in the green energy economy under settler colonial capitalism. We consider the possibility that the political economy of green energy contains its own sacrifice zones. Drawing on preliminary empirical research undertaken in southwestern Ontario in 2015, we document local resistance to renewable energy projects. Residents mounted campaigns against wind turbines based on suspected health effects and against solar farms based on arable land and food justice concerns, and in both cases, grounded their resistance in a generalized claim, which might be termed a “right to landscape”. We conclude that this resistance, contrary to typical framings which dismiss it as NIMBYism, has resonances with broader claims about environmental justice and may signal larger structural shifts worth devoting scholarly attention to. In the end, however, we do not wholly accept the sacrifice zone characterization of this resistance either, as our analysis reveals it to be far more complex and ambiguous than such a framing allows. But we maintain that taking this resistance seriously, rather than treating it as merely obstructionist to a transition away from fossil capitalism, reveals a counter-hegemonic potential at its core. There are seeds in this resistance with the power to push back on the deepening of capitalist relations that would otherwise be ushered in by an uncritical embrace of “green energy” enthusiasm.

Adrian Smith was raised in what seemed to be a very traditional, Roman Catholic upbringing. His father, Adrian Smith Sr, was very religious. He had studied to be a priest and left the seminary only 6 months before his ordination. After he left the seminary, Adrian Sr then worked for 30 years as a child psychologist for PEI''s Department of Education. He died at the age of 58 from a brain tumor. A week later after his death, Adrian Jr discovered that his father had been living a lie and that he was homosexual; he had kept it hidden his whole life. Adrian kept his father''s sexuality a secret until his mother died. At that time, he decided to make a conscious effort to face his and his father''s story. He ended up having travel away from PEI to get counselling to help him get over the lies of his past. He was finally making progress when allegations of sexual abuse against my father surfaced. The book details a son''s experience with coming to terms with the secrecy and betrayal. But it is also a story of redemption as after years of hard work Smith could finally find forgiveness.

Edward „Mick” Mannock urodził się w Corku w Irlandii 24 maja 1887 roku jako syn żołnierza Królewskiej Gwardii Szkockiej, który walczył w brytyjskich wojnach imperialnych. Podczas pobytu w Indiach Mannock nabawił się amebicznej infestacji, która osłabiła jego lewe oko. To nieszczęście zostanie później przekształcone w często powtarzany mit o „jednookim asie”. W Wielkiej Brytanii dał się poznać jako gorliwy socjalista i znakomity mówca na wiecach Partii Pracy. Po powrocie z internowania w Turcji w lipcu 1915 roku zaciągnął się do jednostki medycznej w Armii Terytorialnej, potem przeszedł do służby czynnej jako sierżant w Korpusie Królewskich Wojsk Inżynieryjnych. Po uzyskaniu stopnia oficerskiego w sierpniu 1916 roku Mannock został przeniesiony do korpusu lotniczego Royal Flying Corps, który 1 kwietnia 1918 roku wszedł w skład nowo utworzonych Królewskich Sił Powietrznych (Royal Air Force). Mimo słabego lewego oka Mannock zdał egzamin lekarski. Jednym z jego instruktorów, który powrócił z walk we Francji, był kapitan James McCudden. O swoim kursancie pisał: „Mannock był typowym przykładem porywczego młodego Irlandczyka i zawsze myślałem, że jest typem, który zrobi, co ma zrobić, lub umrze”. „Mick” Mannock służył na froncie zachodnim od kwietnia 1917 do swojej śmierci. W tym czasie awansował ze stopnia podporucznika na majora w służbie czynnej i dowódcę dywizjonu. Został trzykrotnie uhonorowany Orderem za Wybitną Służbę oraz dwukrotnie Krzyżem Wojskowym. 26 lipca 1918 roku 31-letni „Mick” Mannock, dowódca 85 Dywizjonu RAF, został zestrzelony i zginął w okolicy Mervill. Być może jest pochowany w bezimiennym grobie na cmentarzu w pobliżu Le Pierre-au-Beure. Pośmiertnie, w wyniku starań przyjaciół, w 1919 roku uzyskał najwyższe odznaczenie – Krzyż Wiktorii. W większości książek podaje się, że dokonał 73 zestrzeleń – to liczba, którą niektórzy uważają za wymyśloną przez wielbicieli Mannocka, nieprzychylnych największemu asowi lotnictwa RAF, Kanadyjczykowi Billy’emu Bishopowi, który zakończył wojnę z 72 zestrzeleniami. Według najbardziej wiarygodnych szacunków Mannock zestrzelił 61 samolotów wroga – co czyni go drugim w RAF asem I wojny światowej.

Innovation is increasingly invoked by policy elites and business leaders as vital for tackling global challenges like sustainable development. Often overlooked, however, is the fact that networks of community groups, activists, and researchers have been innovating grassroots solutions for social justice and environmental sustainability for decades. Unencumbered by disciplinary boundaries, policy silos, or institutional logics, these ‘grassroots innovation movements’ identify issues and questions neglected by formal science, technology and innovation organizations. Grassroots solutions arise in unconventional settings through unusual combinations of people, ideas and tools. This book examines six diverse grassroots innovation movements in India, South America and Europe, situating them in their particular dynamic historical contexts. Analysis explains why each movement frames innovation and development differently, resulting in a variety of strategies. The book explores the spaces where each of these movements have grown, or attempted to do so. It critically examines the pathways they have developed for grassroots innovation and the challenges and limitations confronting their approaches. With mounting pressure for social justice in an increasingly unequal world, policy makers are exploring how to foster more inclusive innovation. In this context grassroots experiences take on added significance. This book provides timely and relevant ideas, analysis and recommendations for activists, policy-makers, students and scholars interested in encounters between innovation, development and social movements.

"In a world where the sun is frozen and the moon burns, an unlikely hero rises to free the Earth Mother from her chains. His path lies in shadows, his enemies legion. Acclaimed artist Adrian Smith (Warhammer, Diablo, Guillotine Games) brings you the second volume of this expertly crafted dark fantasy." -- Page [4] of cover.

An original hardcover graphic novel by internationally recognized painter ADRIAN SMITH! The story follows our hero who, evading the clutches of Tyrant, fled with one of the keys

Articulations of Capital offers an accessible, grounded, yet theoretically-sophisticated account of the geographies of global production networks, value chains, and regional development in post-socialist Eastern and Central Europe. Proposes a new theorization of global value chains as part of a conjunctural economic geography Develops a set of conceptual and theoretical arguments concerning the regional embeddedness of global production Draws on longitudinal empirical research from over 20 years in the Bulgarian and Slovakian apparel industries Makes a major intervention into the debate over the economic geographies of European integration and EU enlargement

Kypan''s mission was to hunt down those who had traitorously tried to overthrow the Alliance. Their ambition being to assume control of the now defeated Rathen empire and become its new overlords. After the Alliance had voted to help the surviving planetary populations resume self rule and restore those worlds to viability. The Alliance had come into being in the face of the all consuming Rathen empire''s expansion, potential enemies had to join forces or be consumed. The Rathen regarded all other races as lesser and unnecessary, genocide was their normal practice, even those they enslaved slowly died out from neglect or the damage done to their environment. This political movement called themselves the By Right of Conquest group, Rightists for short. Having failed to gain their ends politically they began a deadly civil war, by attacking the seat of government. They thought themselves guaranteed success with their massive fleet out numbering the defenders seven to one. Less than ten percent of the Rightist fleet escaped the wrath of the battle hardened veterans sworn to protect the Alliance constitution. Kypan is one of those veterans hunting down the last remnants of the Rightist criminal fugitives, he simply called them traitors, wannabe new emperors of an old evil empire. Kypan''s current lead was taking him to a strange planet called Earth, populated by an insane race that called themselves human. Everyone knew they were certifiable enough to detonate nuclear weapons inside their own biosphere, only the desperate and criminal willingly visited such a planet.

It''s no small thing to be cursed - so says David Chambers at the outset of his story and so proves to be the case in this darkly comic horror tale. It''s the long hot summer of 1976. Wild fires break out over the Western Moors, the trout streams have dried to a trickle and magic and mischief are afoot. When David is cursed by Aunt Alsey, a wandering crone adept at witchcraft, his shadow morphs into a living, breathing and very much darker version of himself - an entity with a powerful thirst, an appetite for mayhem and a determination to not let David forget the more shameful episodes of his past. Follow David''s adventures into the realms of the supernatural as he embarks on a quest to rid himself of the curse, all the while having to deal with the debauched and increasingly malevolent antics of his shadow (as well as the dodgy fuel system on a borrowed Reliant Robin). Propelled into the deadly orbits of fellow victims of Aunt Alsey''s various and sinister curses and with monsters to fight, David has his work cut out. What a daft time to fall in love! "A thoroughly enjoyable read, this humorous tale of horror and suspense had me chuckling more than once. The Lark Mirror is a deftly-plotted, well-written story that provides a winning mix of adventure and comedy, madness and mayhem with a splash or two of sex thrown in. With good quality writing and fast-paced action aplenty, the narrative keeps the reader turning the pages with genuine interest and anticipation as it builds to a dramatic and hilarious conclusion." INDEPENPRESS

Pioneers of high-performance architecture for the 21st century.

In a future where humanity has colonised the universe, Deacon Synapse, a scientist of unprecedented genius, has gone missing, and his associate, Dr Sinnae Mensch, has gone insane. Both were engaged in a maverick research project - and now the authorities want Synapse. Once again, Max is called upon to use his skills to track down the absconded genius.

Examining the regulation of technologies, this book explores how the drive to harmonize regulatory policies across the world is at odds with the increasingly diverse local settings in which they are implemented. The authors use a ''framings'' approach that starts with the concerns and experiences of technology users and works ''upwards'' in order to examine how best to improve regulation. The book centres around two in-depth case study topics: regulation of transgenic cotton seed and regulation of antibiotics, compared across situations in China and Argentina. The authors examine how high-level initiatives in regulatory harmonization and regulatory capacity building compare with national policies, day-to-day enforcement realities on the ground, and with the way poorer users experience these technologies. Through these studies the authors offer ways to rethink regulation in order to realign the power and politics at play and create more effective regulation for technology users around the world. Published in association with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

Based on in-depth research in Poland and Slovakia, Domesticating Neo-Liberalism addresses how we understand the processes of neo-liberalization in post-socialist cities. Builds upon a vast amount of new research data Examines how households try to sustain their livelihoods at particularly dramatic and difficult times of urban transformation Provides a major contribution to how we theorize the geographies of neo-liberalism Offers a conclusion which informs discussions of social policy within European Union enlargement

Was he a far-sighted war hero, or an ambitious networker promoted well above his natural talent? Admired as a modernising chief of staff, a timely decoloniser, and a genuine player on the world stage, Mountbatten nevertheless continues to attract fierce criticism. In this timely new biography, Adrian Smith offers a fresh and convincing perspective, depicting Mountbatten as a quintessentially modern, highly professional figure within the Royal Navy, and at Combined Operations and SE Asia Command, a hands-on officer who enthusiastically embraced new technology; someone who, although an aristocrat, was by instinct a progressive, innovative in his approach to man management. Smith brings Mountbatten to life, acknowledging the essential qualities as well as the obvious weaknesses. Beneath the rich, vain, often ruthless, embodiment of power and privilege could be found a very human, even vulnerable, character - the complex personality of a pivotal figure in the history of twentieth-century Britain and her empire.

Professor Samuel Quark, the most brilliant scientist in the universe, has been murdered on the exclusive resort planet of Solauric, and the murderer has to be one of the small number of distinguished guests staying on the planet. Max Quadrant, top Space Detective, is assigned to the case, and finds that solving the crime is inextricably linked to solving the mysteries of the universe.

Adrian Smith was a consulting design partner in the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM). His career at SOM spanned more than 30 years and includes a term as the firm''s chief executive officer, and as chairman of the SOM Foundation. P

The image of Coventry in flames was one of the most haunting of the Second World War. Yet the excitement and optimism of the 1950s and 1960s were succeeded by a quarter century of urban blight and economic slump. The collapse of manufacturing industry - machine tools, aeroplanes, cars - left a proud community adrift and demoralised. Today a revitalised twenty-first century city, Coventry has embraced the new millennium and evolved from bleak post-industrial desert to vibrant cultural oasis, in the process rediscovering a sense of purpose and a vision for the future. "The City of Coventry" tells the story of an experiment in social democracy carried out by a Labour-controlled council which envisaged the bomb shattered city as a model of urban regeneration and imaginative planning. Post-war reconstruction could be a striking success, as in the pedestrian-friendly Precinct and the bold new cathedral, or a notable failure as in the ever more intrusive ring roads and grim high-rise flats. In offering a fresh perspective on the city, this innovative volume of essays rediscovers Coventry as an inspiration for poets and painters such as Philip Larkin and Terry Frost, musicians as varied as Benjamin Britten and The Specials, and film-makers such as Humphrey Jennings, whose "Heart of Britain" was shot in the immediate aftermath of the Blitz. Adrian Smith skilfully mixes memoir, family history and meticulous scholarship to paint a complete and incisive portrait of Coventry. Drawing on new research into topics as diverse as the place of Surrealism in West Midlands culture and the shadowy presence of rugby league in a union bastion, Smith brings a unique insight into the recent history of his native city. Attractively presented, highly readable and with broad appeal, "The City of Coventry" is a lively re-examination of an iconic city of the twentieth century illuminating the profound changes that engulfed industrial England during and after the Second World War.

Je partage votre enthousiasme pour Schreber ; c''est une sorte de révélation. Sigmund Freud. C''est d''une beauté dont je n''ai pas besoin de vous signaler le relief. Jacques Lacan. On dirait que sa vocation est celle d''un chamane qui connaît on ne peut mieux les mondes des esprits, ainsi que l''art de se mettre en relation directe avec eux pour les faire servir à toutes les fins humaines possibles. Mais la puissance du chamane est loin d''être aussi étendue que celle de Schreber. Elias Canetti. Viendra-t-il un temps où l''on étudiera avec le même sérieux, la même rigueur, les définitions de Dieu du président Schreber ou d''Antonin Artaud, que celles de Descartes ou de Malebranche ? Félix Guattari. Nombreux sont ceux qui ont cru faire du Président Schreber (1842-1911) la chair d''un nouveau savoir positif sur l''homme. Nul n''y est parvenu. Nul ne l''a vraiment lu. Publiées en 1903 du vivant de leur auteur, les Mémoires d''un névropathe sont passées instantanément à la postérité par les affres du commentaire techno-médical, faisant l''objet d''une exégèse dorée dispensant quatre générations successives de les lire pour ce qu''elles sont un bréviaire d''intuitions conceptuelles et dénudantes sur notre monde. Nous réparons ici cette rapide mise en bière en rapprochant le lecteur d''une pensée laissée en plan depuis maintenant trop longtemps.

This book draws on a wide range of management theory and shows its relevance and relationship to early years settings. Case studies are used to provide the starting point for reflection, and throughout the chapters you are asked to consider the examples, stand back, interpret and audit your own actions in order to develop your management skills. This book will assist managers and prospective managers by providing them with the tools to facilitate staff training sessions or to conduct personal enquiry into the working of their own organization. Chapters cover: leadership and management teams and team building staff motivation managing change selecting suitable staff and effective interviewing staff assessment projecting and maintaining a positive image for your school or nursery managing conflict and stress.

The book focuses on regional and economic change in Eastern and Central Europe, using Slovakia as a case study. It explains the relationship between industrial change and regional development and discusses fragmentation within the context of the legacy of the state socialist industralization model.

Here''s the first single, comprehensive source of in-depth, yet clearly explained, information on IS-136 TDMA digital radio technology currently being introduced worldwide. The book presents a big-picture description of IS-136 TDMA technology in cellular, PCS, and cordless applications and explains how the technology works, what its costs/benefits are, and what types of products and services are available.

For the rest of the decade deputy editors Mostyn Lloyd and G. D. H. Cole struggled to combine academic careers with re-establishing the discredited New Statesman as the voice of the left. Success was to come only under the leadership and inspiration of a new editor, Kingsley Martin, and a new chairman, John Maynard Keynes, following the paper''s symbolic take-over in 1930 of the Liberal weekly, the Nation.