Using a series of case studies, this book reveals the features of modern digital photogrammetry and its use in solving a wide range of contemporary measurement problems at a diverse range of scales. It outlines key principles and methods of modern imaging and puts this into context with other modern[...]

DOES STRESS HAVE A GRIP ON YOUR BODY, MIND AND SPRIT?

Whether it shows up as lower-back pain, insomnia, low-level anxiety, or just general malaise, tension can grip our lives and keep us from living up to our full potential. Dr. John Harvey has organized his relaxation techniques into fi[...]

Reissued to mark the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, "Marina and Lee" is an indispensable account of one of America's most traumatic events, and a classic work of narrative history. In her meticulous, at times even moment by moment, account of Oswald's progress toward the assassinatio[...]

The Greek word melancholia (literally meaning 'black bile') defines our sense of depression and black moods. Yet the little black dress is the epitome of chic and has positive meanings. From ancient and classical times to today black has been used as a symbol, a tool and a metaphor in a plethora of [...]

An essential reference for scholars and others whose work brings them into contact with managing, policing and regulating online behaviour, the "Handbook on Internet Crime" emerges at a time of rapid social and technological change. Amidst much debate about the dangers presented by the Internet and [...]

Can film capture what our eyes can't see? There are many examples both historical and contemporary of photographs of spirits or ghosts. These images have been both derided as hoaxes or, at the other extreme, held up as irrefutable proof of the otherworld. One of two books in Reaktion's new series "E[...]

För femton år sedan försvann Susan Blacklock spårlöst och trots en massiv insats lyckades polisen aldrig hitta henne. Två män, Shane Donald och Alan McKeirnan, greps men var tvungna att släppas i brist på bevis. Ett år senare blev de båda dömda för våldtäkt och mord på en ung flicka.[...]

En kvinna ligger prydligt och stillsamt på sängen. Hon är klädd i en kortärmad guldklänning. En blek cirkelformad nyans på fingret på hennes vänstra hand antyder att hon någon gång burit en vigselring. Runt halsen skimrar en kedja med ett silverkors.

Och möjligtvis har hon fu[...]