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This book will be of interest to scholars working in design, graphic design, the philosophy of art and aesthetics, communication studies, and media and film studies.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368307765621,"sku":"9781032214153","price":47.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781032214153.jpg?v=1786017096"},{"product_id":"9781138650138","title":"Drama As Therapy","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 01\/09\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56368654025077,"sku":"9781138650138","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":57682878890357,"sku":"9781138650114","price":110.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"9788024657875","title":"After the Invasion – The Soviet Army and Czech Society 1968–1991","description":"Analyzes the historical significance of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.  This book addresses different aspects of the Soviet army’s twenty-year presence in Czechoslovakia between 1968 and 1991. It explores the circumstances of the Soviet settling in the country, immediately related to the invasion of the Warsaw Pact armies in August 1968; its active interference in the political developments in the early stage of the “normalization” era; and the universal support provided by the normalization era regime. It examines the darker side of this support when the constant favoring of Soviet interests—often to the detriment of the local population and the environment—went hand in hand with the resignation of the Czechoslovak state to lawfulness and the execution of effective administration on its territory.  Based on extensive local and national primary sources, the volume describes the often problematic coexistence of the Soviet garrisons and local inhabitants, who did not have sufficient protection at the central level. In this context, it points out the contradictory logic that framed the mutual coexistence: the official policy of friendship on the one hand and the counter-intelligence protection of Soviet military premises on the other. Marie Cerná records the traces that the presence of the Soviet army left in the collective memory and examines the circumstances of its departure from the country in 1990 and 1991, which began immediately after the change of the political regime. She presents the long-term presence of the Soviet army as a fundamentally political and politicized matter, which was first the subject of power controversies and later of propaganda and intentional manipulation.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369529160053,"sku":"9788024657875","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9788024657875_6d02b42d-f9ff-4ba4-8582-42508652e020.jpg?v=1786035073"},{"product_id":"you-and-me-have-something-in-common","title":"You and Me Have Something in Common","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to BBC Radio 2, where millions tune in each day to argue, confess, complain and, occasionally, agree. A single conversation can shape a national debate. It is a powerful, unpredictable world that few outsiders ever see… until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nearly thirty years, Phil Jones was the guiding hand behind the station’s weekday lunchtime programme, first with Jimmy Young and later with Jeremy Vine, when it became Britain’s most popular news and current affairs show. From the studio control desk, Phil helped steer conversations with prime ministers including John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron, global figures including Hillary Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev, and even Queen Elizabeth II in one of her rare unscripted conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart exposé, part memoir, this book also tells a deeper story. Woven through the drama of live broadcasting is Phil’s own family history, spanning some of the great events of the twentieth century including the suffragette movement, the trenches of the First World War, the Normandy landings and the shadow of Auschwitz concentration camp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA revealing, funny and often startling insider’s account of how a nation talks to itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507770204533,"sku":"9781835745274","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781835745274.jpg?v=1787042910"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-phil-jones.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}