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In addition, the book provides practical advice on how to manage the transition from quantitative results to qualitative analysis, and explores how theories, models and frameworks from stylistics can be used to enhance the qualitative phase of corpus analysis. \u003cbr\u003eSupported by detailed instructions on how to access and use relevant corpus software, this is a user's guide to doing corpus stylistic analysis. For students and researchers in stylistics new to the use of corpus methods and theories, the book presents a 'how-to' guide; for corpus linguists it opens the door to the theories, models and frameworks developed in stylistics that are of value to mainstream corpus linguistics.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301156991349,"sku":"9781474413213","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781474413213_9c5e8255-327a-43ff-8020-9a99a7566fe6.jpg?v=1786020791"},{"product_id":"9781597260930","title":"Resilience Thinking","description":"Increasingly, cracks are appearing in the capacity of communities, ecosystems, and landscapes to provide the goods and services that sustain our planet's well-being. The response from most quarters has been for \"more of the same\" that created the situation in the first place: more control, more intensification, and greater efficiency. \"Resilience thinking\" offers a different way of understanding the world and a new approach to managing resources. It embraces human and natural systems as complex entities continually adapting through cycles of change and seeks to understand the qualities of a system that must be maintained or enhanced in order to achieve sustainability. It explains why greater efficiency by itself cannot solve resource problems and offers a constructive alternative that opens up options rather than closing them down. In \"Resilience Thinking\", scientist Brian Walker and science writer David Salt present an accessible introduction to the emerging paradigm of resilience. The book arose out of appeals from colleagues in science and industry for a plainly written account of what resilience is all about and how a resilience approach differs from current practices.   Rather than complicated theory, the book offers a conceptual overview along with five case studies of resilience thinking in the real world. It is an engaging and important work for anyone interested in managing risk in a complex world.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305116676469,"sku":"9781597260930","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781597260930_8b67a9b7-6477-4bf4-96b1-b1f245025eed.jpg?v=1786034529"},{"product_id":"9798875001338","title":"Beetle Bailey","description":"'Old cartoonists never die. They just erase away...' This was one of Mort Walker's favourite sayings, and until his final days, he lived by his motto, engaging millions of readers through his beloved comics. Walker had the longest tenure of any cartoonist on his original creation in the history of comics. He produced Beetle Bailey for 67 years, 3 months and 12 days - that's 24,576 strips. He pencilled his last week of daily strips on December 16, 2017. Beetle Bailey: 75 Years Of Smiles is a coffee table retrospective commemorating Mort Walker's long and dedicated commitment to cartooning, spotlighting the anniversary of his most popular and beloved creation. In addition to the 75 Sunday pages reproduced from colour syndicate proofs, 135 daily and Sunday strips scanned from original artwork, and close to 200 additional images, this beautifully designed volume, impeccably researched and written by his son Brian, also includes rare photographs, historic debut character appearances, syndicate promotional materials, posters, merchandise, personal drawings and memorabilia from the family archives, as well as biographical sketches and anecdotes. Dubbed 'The Dean of American Cartooning,' Walker was one of the most prolific cartoonists in the comics business, with the creation of nine different syndicated strips during his lifetime, including Beetle Bailey, one of the most widely syndicated strips in the world. Beetle Bailey remains a popular feature in newspapers today and is currently produced by his sons Greg, Brian and Neal.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311379132789,"sku":"9798875001338","price":59.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9798875001338_04871d5d-cded-44b8-9b4b-2a87cc6a02bb.jpg?v=1786032958"},{"product_id":"9780060692452","title":"Hua Hu Ching","description":"The perfect companion to Stephen Mitchell's version of the \"Tao Te Ching,\" this is the astonishing rendering of Lao Tzu's further writings. Each of the eighty-one teachings presented by Taoist scholar and poet Brian Walker are rich with wisdom, mystery, and startling enlightenment.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311526916469,"sku":"9780060692452","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780060692452_f7543ca0-bcc6-461e-80b2-d65d5f2a566e.jpg?v=1786011264"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-brian-walker.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}