Conflict over information has become a central part of twenty-first century politics and culture. The sites of struggle are numerous, the actors beyond count. Currents of liberation and exploitation course through the debates about Edward Snowden and surveillance, Anonymous, search engines and social media. In Information Politics, Tim Jordan identifies all these issues in relation to a general understanding of the nature of an information politics that emerged with the rise of mass digital cultures and the internet. He also locates it within a field of power and rebellion that is populated by many interwoven social and political conflicts including gender, class and ecology. The exploitations both facilitated by, and contested through, increases in information flows; the embedding of information technologies in daily life, and the intersection of network and control protocols are all examined in Information Politics. Anyone hoping to get to grips with the rapidly changing terrain of digital culture and conflict should start here.

Product Description: From humble cottages and quintessential village houses to elegant manor houses, The Cotswold House is the first book to give a complete overview of the history, social and architectural, of the Cotswold home. Characteristic features tie all these buildings together...read more

Product Description: There has been a tremendous amount of attention paid to the rising levels of depression, anxiety, cutting, and relationship aggression in girls over the past 50 years. But what if these issues aren't the real problem? What if adolescent girls don't have poor self esteem? What if we've got it all wrong? What if we have missed the forest for the trees? In this eye-opening book based on 30 years of successful work with girls, Dr...read more

Product Description: As global society becomes more and more dependent, politically and economically, on the flow of information, the power of those who can disrupt and manipulate that flow also increases. In Hacktivism and Cyberwars Tim Jordan and Paul Taylor provide a detailed history of hacktivism's evolution from early hacking culture to its present day status as the radical face of online politics...read more

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Product Description: Many schools of thought assert that Western culture has never been more politically apathetic. Tim Jordan's Activism! refutes this claim. In his powerful polemic, Jordan shows how acts of civil disobedience have come to dominate the political landscape...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

An account of the pioneers of mountain climbing traces a century of human accomplishment from the first Victorian enthusiasts to the scaling of the Himalayan peaks, highlighting achievements on such mountains as the Matterhorn, McKinley, Everest, and K2, while providing accompanying archive materials, maps, and photos. (view table of contents)

In an informative and common-sense manual, a pediatrician draws on the personal experiences of five hundred working parents to provide a host of handy tips and tactics to help parents deal with the daily pressures, challenges, and frustrations of power struggles with their children. Original. (view table of contents)

Product Description: A new politics of change is coming into being across the industrialised world. Active and rebellious, this new politics is redefining radicalism. It encompasses a broad range of issues - sexuality, gender, drugs, roads, ethnicity, cyberspace, democracy, music - and ventures into areas the timid political establishment does its best to avoid...read more

Product Description: "Keeping Your Kids Grounded When You're Flying By The Seat Of Your Pants" offers practical advice about how to handle everyday parental concerns such as power struggles, moving, teenagers, chores, and family meetings. It also offers very specific (and proven) suggestions about slowing down, getting closer as a family, and reviving or creating important family traditions and rituals...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This is the first complete introduction to and analysis of the politics of the internet. Chapters are arranged around key words and use case studies to guide the reader through a wealth of material.Cyberpower presents all the key concepts of cyberspace including:* power and cyberspace* the virtual individual* society in cyberspace* imagination and the internet. (view table of contents)

Investigates man's relationship with the Arctic over the last hundred years and provides a history of expeditions to the region

Product Description: Tied to a BBC2 television series, this is an examination of the Arctic region and the men who have tried to conquer it. The tales begin in 1841 with the doomed Franklin expedition which attempted to find a sea route between the Pacific and the Atlantic...read more