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Book SynopsisThe 3rd edition of this leading text provides a detailed account of the purposes of judicial review; the nature of the public-private divide in Northern Ireland law; the judicial review procedure; the grounds for review; and remedies.As with the previous editions, the focus is on case law that is unique to Northern Ireland, and the book identifies some important differences between principle and practice in Northern Ireland and England and Wales. These now include differences resulting from the Ireland-Northern Ireland Protocol (as amended by the Windsor Framework), and this edition explains how and when EU law continues to apply in Northern Ireland. It also considers the leading Human Rights Act decisions of the Northern Ireland courts and the House of Lords and UK Supreme Court.The new edition refers to case law from the courts in England and Wales and Scotland; the Court of Justice of the European Union; and the European Court of Human Rights. There is a particular focus on recent rulings of the High Court and Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland and of rulings of the Supreme Court in cases heard on appeal from Northern Ireland. It considers the main points of the Judicial Review Practice Direction 03-2018 and surveys the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and its implications for Northern Ireland (including the incorporation of the Ireland-Northern Ireland Protocol, as amended by the Windsor Framework).The book will be of use to practitioners in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, and also to those involved in the study of judicial reasoning in different jurisdictions (both within the UK and elsewhere).

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Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, this engaging text introduces readers to all the key developments in American history between 1900 and 2000. Combining factual coverage with an analysis of professional historians' most recent interpretations of major domestic and foreign affairs, it fully explores dramatic events such as the Wall Street Crash, Pearl Harbor, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Watergate Scandal. Chapters are enriched by presidential profiles and supported by stimulating source material and exam-style questions to reinforce learning. This text will be essential reading for students undertaking courses in American History at college, foundation and undergraduate level. It is also the ideal companion for anyone with a general interest in the American history of the twentieth century. New to this Edition:- Two brand-new chapters on African-American History- A new American Lives' feature which gives insight into a wide range of cultural figures including the Wright Brothers, RachTrade ReviewJohn Traynor provides a masterly, comprehensive and highly readable survey of The American Century. A model of crisp compression and clear organisation, it blends sharp analysis, broad themes, and deft portraits of leading figures to produce an authoritative introduction to the United States' transition from the recognisably small-town society of the later 1800s to the global superpower of today. * Richard Carwardine, University of Oxford, UK *Mastering Modern United States History offers an engaging introduction to the politics and society of the United States during the twentieth century. Combining a vibrant writing style with well-structured and coherent chapters, this is an important new resource for both students and teachers. * Louisa Hotson, London Campus of Syracuse University, UK *Table of ContentsThe Beginning of the American Century 1900-1920 Foreign Policy 1900-1920 The 1920s FDR: The Great Depression and the New Deal Roosevelt's Foreign Policy, 1933-45 African-Americans 1900-1945 Post War America The 1950s: Affluence and Anxiety John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963 LBJ: The Great Society and Vietnam The Shift to the Right African Americans 1945-2000 The End of the American Century: 1980-2000 Appendix A: Tables Index Appendix B: Presidential Profiles Appendix C: Questions and Exercises Appendix D: References Index.

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Book SynopsisEssential GCSE Latin is a practical and accessible guide for students. This third edition is updated for the OCR GCSE (9-1) specification (first assessment 2018). It covers all the linguistic requirements for GCSE Latin, providing straightforward and helpful explanations of every grammatical construction. Each point is illustrated with examples and practice sentences (650 in all). With an easily navigable structure and generous cross-referencing, Essential GCSE Latin concentrates on understanding principles and patterns, reducing the need for rote learning. Concise and clear, it is ideal for those on a reduced timetable, or as a supporting grammar and exercise textbook alongside other Latin courses. As a revision guide it provides a fast but comprehensive recap of the language. The book includes a full GCSE vocabulary and a glossary of grammar terms for quick and easy reference. Fifteen practice passages for unseen translation are followed by five complete practice GCSTable of ContentsPreface List of abbreviations Glossary of grammar terms The importance of word endings Nominative case; Vocative case; Accusative case; Genitive case; Dative case; Ablative case Declension and gender; First declension nouns; Second declension nouns; Third declension nouns; Fourth and fifth declension nouns Adjectives; Agreement of nouns and adjectives; Comparative adjectives; Superlative adjectives; Irregular comparative and superlative adjectives Adverbs; Comparative and superlative adverbs Pronouns; Personal pronouns; Possessives; This and That; Self and Same; Relative pronoun (who, which) and clause; Less common pronouns Prepositions; Prefixes and compound verbs; Conjunctions Verbs and conjugations; Present tense; Imperfect tense; Future tense; Infinitive The verb to be; Principal parts; Perfect tense; Common irregular perfect tenses; Pluperfect tense; Future perfect tense Very irregular verbs; Defective and impersonal verbs Active and passive; Present, imperfect and future passive; Agent and instrument; Perfect, pluperfect and future perfect passive; Passive infinitive Deponent verbs; Semi-deponent verbs Direct commands; Direct questions Numerals; Time expressions; Time clauses Because and although clauses; If clauses (conditionals) Connecting relative Present active participle; Perfect passive participle; Common irregular perfect passive participles; Perfect active participle (from deponent verbs); Future active participle; Disentangling participles; Ablative absolute; Gerundives Indirect statement; Imperfect subjunctive; Purpose clauses; Use of qui for purpose; Indirect commands; Result clauses; Verbs of fearing; Time clauses with imperfect subjunctive; Pluperfect subjunctive; Cum clauses; Indirect questions Negatives Translating complex sentences Important words with more than one meaning Words easily confused Summary of uses of the subjunctive Practice passages for unseen translation Vocabulary Index

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Book SynopsisHaunted Data explores the concepts that are at work in our complex relationships with data. Our engagement with data big or small is never as simplistic or straightforward as might first appear. Indeed, Blackman argues that our relationship with data is haunted with errors, dead ends, ghostly figures, and misunderstandings that challenge core assumptions about the nature of thought, consciousness, mind, cognition, affect, communication, control and rationality, both human and non-human.Using contemporary controversies from weird science' including the field of priming and its uncanny relations to animal telepathy, as well as artificial intelligences and their curious relation to psychic research (clairvoyant computers'), Blackman shows how some of the current crises in science in these areas reveal more than scientists are willing or even able to acknowledge. In addition to proposing a new theory of how we might engage with data, Haunted Data also provides a nuanced surTrade ReviewBe prepared to be haunted in the best way possible: spooked over and over again by joy and wonder. Lisa Blackman tells stories of the ghosts of sciences past, present, and future, stories that will shake affect studies to its bones. -- Gregory J. Seigworth, Professor of Communication Studies, Millersville University, USAEschewing the straight path of data analytics, Lisa Blackman has written an alien phenomenology of datafication that returns to us the haunted life of data, its affective ghosts and afterlives. A study in the psychomediation of datafied software culture, Blackman offers a unique and important contribution to the critical study of contemporary computational media. -- Tiziana Terranova, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies and New Media, University of Naples, ItalyTable of ContentsPreface: Haunted Data Part 1: Priming and Networked Affect: data mediation and media contagions 1.Transmedial Storytelling, Weird Science and Archives of the Future 2.Social Media Contagion(s): An analysis of Priming Controversies within Cognitive Science 3.Data-mediation and Hauntological Analysis: The “Clever Hans Charge” Part 2: Feeling Futures: Mediating Futures 4.Feeling the Future 5.Pornception and Big Data 6.Open Science and Quantum Matters 7.Conclusion: Affect and Archives of the Future Index

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Book SynopsisWinner of the George Blazyca Prize 2021The Romanian Orthodox Church expanded significantly after the First World War, yet Protestant Repenter and schismatic Orthodox movements such as Old Calendarism also grew exponentially during this period, terrifying church leaders who responded by sending missionary priests into the villages to combat sectarianism. Several lay renewal movements such as the Lord''s Army and the Stork''s Nest also appeared within the Orthodox Church, implicating large numbers of peasants and workers in tight-knit religious communities operating at the margins of Eastern Orthodoxy.Bringing the history of the Orthodox Church into dialogue with sectarianism, heresy, grassroots religious organization and nation-building, Roland Clark explores how competing religious groups in interwar Romania responded to and emerged out of similar catalysts, including rising literacy rates, new religious practices and a newly empowered laity inspired by universal male suffrage aTrade ReviewSectarianism and Renewal in 1920s Romania is a welcome foray into the religious history of this important era. Clark has produced an original work that takes a fresh approach, one that combines several histories that are usually told separately and challenges assumptions about the religiosity of interwar Romania ... Anyone with an interest in the history of religion in modern Eastern Europe will find this an important work to study. * H-Net Reviews: Humanities & Social Sciences Online *Roland Clark’s comprehensive historical study of the 1920s religious Romania is a welcome contribution to the field ... Clark’s study offers a well researched, integrated and balanced presentation of inter-war 1920’s religious situation in Romania that is much needed. * Jurnal teologic *Roland Clark’s book represents a precious historiographical piece for those who really want to understand in depth the complexity of inter-war Romania and the obstacles that stood in the way of a real and deep modernization of the State and society in the most dynamic reality of South-Eastern Europe. * European Review of History *Based on a prodigious array of primary and secondary sources and underpinned by a sophisticated theoretical framework, Sectarianism and Renewal in 1920s Romania should become mandatory reading for history and religious studies scholars alike. * Church History *Roland Clark’s Sectarianism and Renewal in 1920s Romania provides a synthesis of the complex process of negotiation among leaders and innovators inside the Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC). * Canadian Slavonic Papers *Sectarianism and Renewal in 1920s Romania successfully introduces and systematizes a period about which not much has been written until now in the English-language scholarship. It is highly recommended for use by scholars of religion, historians and specialists in East European studies. Undergraduate and graduate students will appreciate it too. * Slavonic & East European Review *Roland Clark has written an extremely thought-provoking book that opens up significant new perspectives on the relationship between Orthodoxy, religious otherness and the state in interwar Romania. Competing ideas of Orthodox renewal, social progress and national salvation, all in the shadow of the phantom threat posed by foreign Repenter sects, are methodically elucidated in this comprehensive study. Drawing on a unique set of archival and contemporary periodical sources that take us into the world of grassroots religious activists, missionaries, dissenters and renewal movements as well as the debates of bishops, theologians and politicians, this book will serve as a trusted guide to the complex world of religious sensibilities and identities, competition and contestation in Romania. This book is a must for all those seeking to understand the dynamics of religious and cultural exchange between East and West in twentieth century Romania and Orthodox Eastern Europe more broadly. * James A. Kapaló, University College Cork, author of Inochentism and Orthodox Christianity: Religious Dissent in the Russian and Romanian Borderlands. *Roland Clark’s study represents a path-breaking analysis of the role played by organized religious faiths in developing an articulated nationalism in 1920s Romania. The author displays a sophisticated use of primary and secondary sources to construct a cogent conceptual framework that invites the reader to reconsider narratives about modernity by also highlighting the significance of universal male suffrage and the growth of civil society. As such, this book offers essential reading for all students of interwar Central and Eastern Europe. * Dennis Deletant, Emeritus Professor of Romanian Studies, University College London, UK *Painstakingly documented and elegantly written, Sectarianism and Renewal in 1920s Romania: The Limits of Orthodoxy and Nation-Building presents an intricate palimpsest of discussions, publications and initiatives that ultimately linked Orthodoxy to nationalism in the young Romanian modern state. * Balkanistica *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Part I. A Modern, National Church 1. Romanian Orthodox Christianity 2. Renewal 3. A Contested Patriarchate Part II. Orthodoxy’s Others 4. Reaction 5. Catholics 6. Repenters 7. Missionaries Part III. Renewal Movement 8. The Lord’s Army 9. The Stork’s Nest Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis original study examines a vital but neglected aspect of the 1952 National Revolution in Bolivia; the activism of urban inhabitants. Many of these activists were Aymara-speaking people of indigenous origin who transformed the urban environment, politics and place of indígenas and neighbors within the city of La Paz. Luis Sierra traces how these urban residents faced racial discrimination and marginalization despite their political support for the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR). La Paz's Colonial Specters reassesses the contingent, relational nature of Bolivia's racial categories and the artificial division between urban and rural activists.Building on rich established historiography on the indigenous people of Bolivia, Luis Sierra breaks new ground in showing the role of the neighborhoods in the process of urbanization, and builds upon analysis of the ways in which race, gender and class discourse shaped migrants interactions with other urban residents. Trade ReviewLa Paz’s Colonial Specters will be important to Bolivianists of many disciplines and to scholars of urbanization generally. It is also a significant contribution to the literature on the various ways that Latin American politicians and intellectuals ... conceptualized and integrated their Indigenous populations. * Hispanic American Historical Review *In La Paz’s Colonial Specters, Luis Sierra offers us a bold reimagining of how Bolivia’s indigenous advocated and advanced their community interests in the decades before the Chaco War. They pushed back against racism, residential segregation, and other forms of exclusion, and in the process helped paved the way for deeper social transformations that occurred after 1952. * Jonathan D. Ablard, Associate Professor of History and Co-director of Latin American Studies, Ithaca College, USA *Sierra's analysis is astute, his research is meticulous, and he uses a comparative lens to contextualize the lived experience of race in La Paz. Providing new insights into the popular basis of Bolivia’s 1952 revolution, his rich depiction of contestations over urban space shows how a mobilized populace profoundly shaped their society * Elizabeth Shesko, Associate Professor of History, Oakland University, USA *‘Using a blend of urban geography and governmental documentation, Luis Sierra offers an innovative interpretation of La Paz’s neighborhoods and the fragile concept of the city as a whole. With an emphasis on the role of urban space, Sierra invites us to rethink dichotomies prevalent in Latin American historiography, such as: rural vs urban, indigenous vs Creole, and state politics vs local political initiatives.’ * E. Gabrielle Kuenzli, Associate Professor of History, University of South Carolina, USA *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Urban Morphology and Development 2. Consent of the Governed: Public Space, Private Failings 3. The Work Race Does: Government Discrimination and Discourse 4. Alternative Identities: Class and National Identities as Political Projects 5. Indígenas and Citizens: Popular Understandings of Race and Nation 6. The Indigenous Neighborhoods: Popular Political Activism 7. Urban Revolution: The Indigenous Neighborhoods’ Roles in the MNR Revolution 8. Indigeneity: Obstacle for Revolution and Reform Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBuilding upon her previous work on everyday aesthetics, Yuriko Saito argues in this book that the aesthetic and ethical concerns are intimately connected in our everyday life. Specifically, she shows how aesthetic experience embodies a care relationship with the world and how the ethical relationship with others, whether humans, non-human creatures, environments, or artifacts, is guided by aesthetic sensibility and manifested through aesthetic means.Weaving together insights gained from philosophy, art, design, and medicine, as well as artistic and cultural practices of Japan, she illuminates the aesthetic dimensions of various forms of care in our management of everyday life. Emphasis is placed on the experience of interacting with others including objects, a departure from the prevailing mode of aesthetic inquiry that is oriented toward judgment-making from a spectator's point of view. Saito shows that when everyday activities, ranging from having a conversation and perforTrade ReviewYuriko Saito’s exploration of ethical and aesthetic sensibility in the care relationship is rich and subtle. As she proceeds, the interweaving of persons, objects, and situations grows in meaning and significance. Profound yet always accessible, her new book is rich with insight. It can and should be read and re-read. * Arnold Berleant, Professor of Philosophy (Emeritus), Long Island University, USA *Inspired in part by Japanese traditions, Aesthetics of Care is a compelling development of Saito’s insight that authentic care - for ourselves, others, objects and environments – should determine our integrated aesthetic and ethical modes of living. The book is an eloquent challenge to mainstream Western ethics and aesthetics alike. * David E. Cooper, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Durham University, UK *With meticulous research and characteristic insight, Yuriko Saito integrates ethics and aesthetics in this study of objects and the treatment they deserve. Her thought-provoking reflections draw attention to the care we should extend to material things and, reciprocally, the ethical and aesthetic significance of designing objects that care for us. * Carolyn Korsmeyer, Research Professor of Philosophy, University at Buffalo, USA *Yuriko Saito’s brilliant book brings her influential ideas on everyday and environmental aesthetics into a deep dialogue with our ethical lives. Drawing on ethics of care, Japanese aesthetics, and concepts such as engagement, relationality, and social aesthetics, she creates a new direction for the field by articulating the mutually enhancing commonalities between aesthetic experience and caring relationships. * Emily Brady, Professor of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Care Ethics and Aesthetic Experience: Shared Commonality 2. Relationality: Aesthetic and Ethical Consequences 3. Expression of Care in Social Aesthetics 4. Care Relationship and Activities with the Material World Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat is education for an unknowable future? In Educating for Durable Solutions, Christine Monaghan explores how refugees and policymakers have answered this question over time by reconstructing the contemporary history of education in Kenya's Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps. Through oral histories and archival research, Monaghan shows how, since the founding of both camps in 1991, refugees and policymakers have conceptualized, developed, implemented and changed refugee education programs. She also shows why and how, despite these changes, real challenges persist in refugee education in Dadaab, Kakuma, and other camps throughout the world; these include high numbers of out-of-school children and youth, high student to teacher ratios, unpredictable funding, and persistent questions regarding what refugee education is for. The author shifts focus from debates over the impacts of specific policies and programs and explores instead how and why different policies and programs were impTrade ReviewA crucial account for anyone making policy decisions in what is the most fluid and complex arena for education globally. In tracing critical junctures in refugee programming, this fascinating and revealing book outlines possibilities as well as warnings about what and who determines the educational fate of refugees. * Lynn Davies, Emeritus Professor of International Education, University of Birmingham, UK *This is an excellent contribution to the field of education in emergencies. Christine Monaghan brilliantly provides a critical analysis of the role of state and international agencies in shaping educational processes in the era of neoliberalism in which education in refugee settings is a state regulated, market-oriented and transnational activity. * Tejendra Pherali, Associate Professor in Education and International Development, University College London, UK *Christine Monaghan delves into the important but insufficiently understood issue of refugee education and, in so doing, provides us with a well-written and insightful narrative that sheds light on the global-local tensions that affect the development, implementation, and impact of education policies in these contexts. * D. Brent Edwards Jr., Associate Professor, University of Hawaii, USA *This book brings fascinating historical insights into how refugee education is shaped by states, international organizations, and refugees themselves. Drawing on oral histories from over 200 students, teachers, administrators, and program officers, Monaghan illuminates the decisions that have affected generations of refugee children and provides critical lessons for moving forward. * Naomi A. Moland, Professorial Lecturer, American University, USA *Table of ContentsForeword, Carol Anne Spreen (New York University, USA) Prologue 1. For the State, But Not By the State 2. Asking Why and How: A Historical Turn in Refugee Education Research 3. From Emergency Education to Education in Emergencies (1992-2002) 4. Education Guidelines, Standards, Priorities, and Strategies (2003-2012) 5. Critical Junctures 6. Driving Forward with the Rearview Mirror References Index

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Book SynopsisDante''s Divine Comedy in Early Renaissance England compares the intellectual, emotional, and religious world of Dante in 13th-century Florence with that of a group of English intellectuals gathered around Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, uncle of the King, Henry VI. Here, Jonathan Hughes establishes that there was a Renaissance in 15th-century England, encouraged by the discovery and translations of works of Greek philosophers and developments in science and medicine; and that vernacular writers in Gloucester's circle, such as John Lydgate and Robert Hoccleve, were of fundamental importance in exploring the meaning of the self and man's relationship with the natural world and the classical past. However, the appearance in 15th-century England of Dante's ''Commedia'', the most popular work of the Middle Ages, served to remind writers and readers of the cost of intellectual enquiry: the loss of faith in a harmonious and beautiful world; the redemptive power of the love of a woman; aTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements and Foreword Introduction 1. Mercury: The Arrival of Dante in England 1370-1450 2. Jupiter: Ancient Rome 3. Apollo (the Sun): The Legacy of Ancient Greece 4. Venus: Nature and Science 5. The Fixed Stars: Fortune 6. Luna (the Moon): Women 7. The Primum Mobile and the Empyrean: Love and the Afterlife 8. Saturn: Melancholia 9. Terram (the Earth): Conclusion and the Afterlife of The Divine Comedy Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHow does something as potent and evocative as the body become a relatively neutral artistic material? From the 1960s, much body art and performance conformed to the anti-expressive ethos of minimalism and conceptualism, whilst still using the compelling human form. But how is this strange mismatch of vigour and impersonality able to transform the body into an expressive medium for visual art? Focusing on renowned artists such as Lygia Clark, Marina Abramovic and Angelica Mesiti, Susan Best examines how bodies are configured in late modern and contemporary art. She identifies three main ways in which they are used as material and argues that these formulations allow for the exposure of pressing social and psychological issues. In skilfully aligning this new typology for body art and performance with critical theory, she raises questions pertaining to gender, inter-subjectivity, relation and community that continue to dominate both our artistic and cultural conversation.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. ‘Utterly free of human associations’: Impersonality in late-modern and contemporary art 3. Presence and absence: Singularity 4. Intimacy with Strangers: The Couple 5. Cohesion and Alienation: Collective body 6. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisPosthumanism is both a descriptive and a prescriptive term. Firstly, it registers a shift beginning in the late 1960s and epitomized by Foucault's the death of Man. Secondly, it refers to the future and a new relationship with the non-human, along with a different understanding of human exceptionalism. In Being Posthuman: Ontologies of the Future, Zahi Zalloua interrogates this future and shows that post- does not necessarily mean after' or that what comes after is more advanced than what has gone before. He pursues this line of inquiry across four distinct, yet interrelated, figures: cyborgs, animals, objects, and racialized and excluded others'. These figures disrupt the narrative of the human' and its singularity and by reading them together, Zalloua determines that it is only when posthumanist discourse is combined with psychoanalysis that subjectivity can be properly examined.Trade ReviewTraversing the history of philosophy, Zahi Zalloua brilliantly shows the ethical urgency of an inhuman posthumanism that attends to those who reside in the neighborhood of the human but are never fully at home there. Engaging with philosophy, film, and literature, Zalloua articulates the ways in which the cyborg, animal, object and racialized other put pressure on the concept of the human. Along the way, Zalloua powerfully demonstrates the importance of both continental philosophy and psychoanalysis to developing a notion of the posthuman. * Kelly Oliver, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, USA *Zahi Zalloua’s Being Posthuman: Ontologies of the Future is an excellent intervention into debates over posthumanism and the new materialisms, bringing not only a solid critique based on the “dialectical-materialist” wing of Lacanian psychoanalysis (the Slovenian school avec such American critics as Todd McGowan and Joan Copjec) but also an anti-colonial and anti-racist reading grounded both in Palestinian struggles and Black Studies. In addition, his cultural examples, from Black Mirror to J.M. Coetzee, Sorry to Bother You to Waltz with Bashir, and engagements with theorists from Haraway to Latour, Derrida to Moten, demonstrate how cultural studies today can challenge theoretical orthodoxies via the most up-to-date in contemporary literature and cinema. Buy this book, read it, and then burn the system down! * Clint Burnham, Professor of English and Chair of Graduate Program, Simon Fraser University, Canada *Being Posthuman: Ontologies of the Future offers a rigorous, imaginative, and path-breaking analysis of posthumanism and rethinks ‘being’ without humanist (and metaphysical) fantasies of perfection, properness, exceptionalism, hierarchy, anthropocentricism, and the One. By foregrounding the “inhuman,” as the extimate and constitutive core of the (post)human, Zahi Zalloua avoids the philosophical narcissism of transhumanism, the pitfalls of new materialism, and the racial blind spots of object-oriented ontology. Through psychoanalytic readings of cyborgs, animals, objects, and racialized others, Being Posthuman presents a new vision of life in a world compounded by global capital, anti-blackness, and climate change—a life improper, non-all, incomplete, fugitive, and fluid. This is truly a remarkable and substantial work. * Calvin Warren, Associate Professor of African American Studies, Emory University, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Improper of the Human Chapter 1: Cyborgs Chapter 2: Animals Chapter 3: Object Fever Chapter 4: Black Being Conclusion: Inhuman Posthumanism

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Book SynopsisIn today's uncertain world, few beliefs remain as firmly entrenched as the optimistic view that more schooling will lead to a better life. Though this may be true in the aggregate, how do we explain the circumstances when schooling fails to produce certainty or even does us harm? Schooling as Uncertainty addresses this question by combining ethnography and memoir as it guides readers on a 30-year journey through fieldwork and familyhood in Tanzania and academic life in the USA. Using reflexive, longitudinal ethnographic research, the book examines how African youth, particularly young women, employ schooling in an attempt to counter the uncertainties of marriage, child rearing, employment, and HIV/AIDS. Adopting a narrative approach, Vavrus tells the story of how her life became entangled with a community on Mount Kilimanjaro and how she and they sought greater security through schooling and, to varying degrees, succeeded.Trade ReviewFran Vavrus’ book is an extraordinary exploration into education, family, and identity. The book showcases her skill as a researcher, the value of long-term reflection on one’s own role in the context of international education, and the ways in which women’s experiences can be ignored or hidden Her honesty in sharing vulnerable moments in her life, will be illuminating for people at varied points in their own journeys. * Supriya Baily, Associate Professor of International Education, George Mason University, USA *Propelled by the author’s 30 years of ethnographic experience and her willingness to explore the relationships that have shaped her work, this book provides a lyrical and powerful analysis of the ways that people try—and too often fail—to use formal schooling to make their lives more certain. Its is theoretically pathbreaking, analytically rich, and it asks the questions that need to be at the heart of our understanding of schooling around the world. This is a tour de force. * Nancy Kendall, Professor of Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA *This book is a compelling and genre-bending exploration of (un)certainty in schooling, development, research, and life itself. Through careful analysis of data and lived experiences, Vavrus calls us to critically question our perceived entanglements with both individuals and institutions. * Matthew A.M. Thomas, Senior Lecturer of Comparative Education & Sociology of Education, The University of Sydney, Australia *An unhesitatingly honest critical reflection on research, unfurled as braiding her own life, through marriage, children, and tenure, with the lives of the Tanzanian students she seeks to understand. In the meeting ground of academic discipline and community Frances Vavrus examines confronting, accepting, and domesticating uncertainty. * Joel Samoff, formerly Adjunct Professor of African Studies, Stanford University, USA *This extraordinary book, at once raw and inspiring, invites readers into the life of one ethnographer and her engagement with a rural Tanzanian community and its school over almost three decades. Vavrus draws on her collected field notes from Tanzania and her own personal letters and journals to show us how schooling and its intersection with sexuality, child rearing, marriage, work, and public policy have changed over time in East Africa and North America. In an innovative combination of autobiography and ethnography, Vavrus invites us to both question – and celebrate - our precarious efforts to secure our own lives and livelihoods through schooling. * Karen Mundy, Professor of International and Comparative Education, University of Toronto, Canada *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Shaky Beginnings 1. Marital Misgivings 2. Spoons, Strikes, and Schooling Part II: Precarious Parenthood 3. A Difficult Delivery 4. Preventable Deaths Part III: Fallible Expertise 5. Questioning Dr. Spock 6: Questioning Corporal Punishment Part IV: AIDS and the Ordinariness of Crisis 7. Schooling, Sponsorship, and Social Contingency 8. The Burden of Care: Grandparents and the AIDS Crisis Part V: Policy Arbitrariness 9: Tripping on the Tenure Track 10. Aspirational Equality and the Precarity of Policy Part VI: The Social Life of Uncertainty 11. Speed Bumps on Lema Road 12. Gendered Contingencies Epilogue Glossary Acknowledgements References Index

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Book SynopsisThe A to Z of Creative Writing Methods is an alphabetical collection of essays to prompt consideration of method within creative writing research and practice.Almost sixty contributors from a range of writing traditions and across multiple forms and genre are represented in this volume: from poets, essayists, novelists and performance writers, to graphic novelists, illustrators, and those engaged in multi-media writing or writing-related arts activism. Contributors bring to this collection their distinct and diverse literary and cultural contexts, defining, expanding and enacting the methods they describe, and providing new possibilities for creative writing practice.Accessible and provocative, A to Z of Creative Writing Methods lays bare new developments and directions in the field, making it an invaluable resource for the teachers, research students and scholar-practitioners in the field of creative writing studies.Trade ReviewThe collection of essays is an invitation to write by engaging with a syncretic collection of tropes and methods ranging from the use of archives and folklore as launch pads to writing activities to the process of queering texts. It also promotes the unmooring of writing from defined spaces by using concepts such as erasure, nonhuman imaginaries, uncertainty, unknowing and many more. These are exciting approaches to writing, proving that the literary creative process has always been multifaceted and inclusive. The book is a nudge to every person who wants to write creatively. * Lily Rose Tope, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines *Table of ContentsList of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction, Deborah Wardle, Julienne van Loon, Stayci Taylor, Francesca Rendle-Short, Peta Murray, David Carlin (RMIT University, Australia) Archival-poetics, Natalie Harkin (Flinders University, Australia) Aswang, Allan Derain (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines) Atmospherics, Kathleen Stewart (University of Texas, USA) Braiding, Catherine McKinnon (University of Wollongong, Australia) Bricolage, Dominique Hecq (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) Bung wantaim, Steven Winduo (Writer, Papua New Guinea) Camping, Soile Veijola (University of Lapland, Finland) Character, Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas (University of Chicago, USA) Chorality, Martina Copley (artist, curator, educator and writer, Australia) Code, Benjamin Laird (RMIT University, Australia) Collaboration, Quinn Eades (La Trobe University, Australia) Collecting, Ander Monson (University of Arizona, USA) Communitas, Francesca Rendle-Short (RMIT University, Australia) Dialogue, Cath Moore (University of Melbourne, Australia) Drawing, Sarah Leavitt (University of British Columbia, Canada) Ekphrasis, Sarah Holland-Batt (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) Ensemble, Shuchi Kothari (University of Auckland, New Zealand) Erasure, Nhã Thuyên (Writer, Vietnam) Experience, Kári Gíslason (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) Experimentation, Collier Nogues (University of Hong Kong) Facilitator, Ali Cobby Eckermann (RMIT University, Australia) Fade out, Stayci Taylor (RMIT University, Australia) Feelings, Erik Knudsen (University of Central Lancashire, UK) Flow, Mary Cappello (University of Rhode Island, USA) Ghost Weaving, Paola Balla (Moondani Balluk Indigenous Academic Centre, at Victoria University, Australia) Hybrid, Marion May Campbell (Deakin University, Australia) Imagination, Paula Morris (University of Auckland, New Zealand) Iterative thinking, Ames Hawkins (Columbia College Chicago, USA) Juxtaposition, Wendy S. Walters (Columbia University, USA) Keepsake, Fiona Murphy (Poet and Essayist, Australia) Listening, Marjorie Evasco (De La Salle University, Philippines) Listing, David Carlin (RMIT University, Australia) Memory work, Maria Tumarkin (University of Melbourne, Australia) Metaphor me, Selina Tusitala Marsh (University of Auckland, New Zealand) Nonhuman imaginaries, Deborah Wardle (RMIT University, Australia) Not-knowing, Julienne van Loon (RMIT University, Australia) Notebooking, Safdar Ahmed (Guringai country, Australia) Observation, Stephen Carleton (University of Queensland, Australia) Paragraphing, Delia Falconer (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) Permission, Tina Makereti (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) Phototextuality, Karen Carr (Rhode Island School of Design, USA) Play, Nicole Walker (Northern Arizona University, USA) Preposition, Martin Villanueva (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines) Procrastination, Aritha van Herk (University of Calgary, Canada) Queering, Marion May Campbell (Deakin University, Australia), Lawrence Lacambra Ypil (Yale-NUS College, Singapore), Francesca Rendle-Short (RMIT University, Australia), Deborah Wardle (RMIT University), Ames Hawkins (Columbia College Chicago), Quinn Eades (La Trobe University), Stayci Taylor (RMIT University), Peta Murray (RMIT University), Natalie Harkin (Flinders University), Antonia Pont (Deakin University), Anonymous Radical effrontery, Jeanine Leane (University of Melbourne, Australia) Reading, Belinda Castles (University of Sydney, Australia) Resistance, James Byrne (Edge Hill University, UK) Rites, Manola-Gayatri Kumarswamy (Witwatersrand University, South Africa) Sensing, CM Burroughs (Columbia College Chicago, USA) Speculation, Robin Hemley (Long Island University, USA) Taxonomy, Lavanya Shanbhogue-Arvind (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India) Translation, Rúnar Helgi Vignisson (University of Iceland) Uncertainty, Lawrence Lacambra Ypil (Yale-NUS College,Singapore) Vocabulary, Peta Murray (RMIT University, Australia) Writing-foreign-language, Fan Dai (Sun Yat-sen University, China) Xenos, Nike Sulway (Southern Queensland, Australia) Yoga, Antonia Pont (Deakin University, Australia) Zim, Alvin Pang (RMIT University, Australia) Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the paving of the Los Angeles River in 1938 and the creation of the G.I. Bill in 1944, to the construction of the Interstate Highway System during the late 1950s and the brownstoning movement of the 1970s, throughout the mid-20th-century the United States saw a wave of changes that had an enduring impact on the development of urban spaces. Focusing on the relationship between processes of demolition and restoration as they have shaped the modern built environment, and the processes by which memory is constructed, hidden, or remade in the literary text, this book explores the ways in which history becomes entangled with the urban space in which it plays out. Alice Levick takes stock of this history, both in the form of its externalised, concretised manifestation and its more symbolic representation, as depicted in the mid-20th-century work of a selection of American writers. Calling upon access to archival material and interviews with New York academics, authors, local historians aTrade ReviewThis is a very comprehensive, detailed study with close readings of a variety of works, concentrating on Los Angeles and New York. Throughout, Levick provides suggestive insights into the way memory is constructed, suppressed or remade. * Literature & History *Drawing on a creative and impressively constructed archive of interviews, novels, stories, and essays, Levick offers an illuminating meditation on the persistence of collective memory and history embedded within urban landscapes, art, and community. The book powerfully argues for how these accreted forms become a resource of resistance against urban modernity's creative destruction * Myka Tucker-Abramson, Assistant Professor in American Literature, University of Warwick, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. The Garden and the Grid: DJ Waldie and Raymond Chandler in Lakewood and Los Angeles Chapter 2. The Imago City: Joan Didion, Hisaye Yamamoto and Alison Lurie in Los Angeles and Sacramento Chapter 3. The Suture: Marshall Berman and Robert Moses in the Bronx Chapter 4. The Palimpsest: Paula Fox and L.J. Davis in Brooklyn Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisToday, we find ourselves surrounded by numerous reasons to despair, from loneliness, suffering and death at an individual level to societal alienation, oppression, sectarian conflict and war. No honest assessment of life can take place without facing up to these facts and it is not surprising that more and more people are beginning to suspect that the human story will end in tragedy. However, this focus on despair does not paint a complete and accurate picture of reality, which is also inflected with beauty and goodness. Working with examples from poetry and literature, including Virginia Woolf and Jack Gilbert and the films of Terrence Malick, Melancholic Joy offers an honest assessment of the human condition. It unflinchingly acknowledges the everyday frustrations and extraordinary horrors that generate despair and argues that the appropriate response is to take up joy again, not in an attempt to ignore or dismiss evil, but rather as part of a melancholic joyTrade ReviewThis volume is beautifully written and well-argued … While optimism can be cruel, and hopeless stoicism can seem courageous, Treanor’s wide-eyed invitation into Melancholic Joy is a welcome corrective in a field that is saturated by calls to tarry with the negative. * Journal for Continental Philosophy of Religion *Drawing on a myriad of sources (literary, poetic, theological, and philosophical) that can only come from a lifetime of reading, reflection, and experience, Brian Treanor’s Melancholic Joy: On Life Worth Living strikes one as profoundly personal yet hermeneutically universal. ... this text is joyful and very much worth reading, either as an object of scholarly inquiry or for no other reason than enriching oneself in this transitory existence. * Worldviews *Brian Treanor goes beyond poetic exhortation to explore the grounds for affirming the goodness of being, suggesting ways of living that leave one open to experiences of wonder and joy even while remaining cognizant of the darker aspects of reality ... readers committed to a “life worth living” even in the face of death, pandemics, climate change, and other sources of suffering will also find much of value in this book. * Reading Religion *Treanor's Melancholic Joy is a marvelous achievement: beautifully written, endlessly rich, and wise. * Michael Hauskeller, Professor of Philosophy, University of Liverpool, UK *Simply put, this book is fantastic. It offers the reader, not simply a theory about finding joy in a suffering world, but an injunction and a path to discover such joy in their own lives. * Neal DeRoo, Canada Research Chair in Phenomenology and Philosophy of Religion, The King’s University, Canada *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: We Perish, Each Alone Chapter Two: Joy and the Myopia of Finitude Chapter Three: From Mortality to Vitality: Carnal, Seraphic Bodies Chapter Four: Hoping in the Dark Chapter Five: Amor Mundi Chapter Six: Melancholic Joy Conclusion

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Book SynopsisMargaret R. Miles is Professor Emerita of Historical Theology at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, USA. She is the author of Augustine and the Fundamentalist's Daughter (2014), The Long Goodbye: Dementia Diaries (2017), and Recollections and Reconsiderations (2018).Trade ReviewIn this elegant book, Margaret R. Miles reflects on a lifetime of reading Augustine. Examining Augustine's ideas about marriage, conversion, emotion and meditation, and her own varied responses to Augustine over some fifty years, Miles produces a profoundly rich and evocative work on what it means to read "for life." -- Jane Shaw, Professor of the History of Religion, University of Oxford, UKI know of no one better equipped than Margaret R. Miles to fathom the depths of Augustine’s deathbed tears. She brings to the scene an alchemical mix of historical discretion, scholarly ingenuity, patient self-awareness, and well-tempered love. This is reading as a spiritual art form. -- James Wetzel, Villanova University, USATable of ContentsPreface: Reading for Life Acknowledgments Texts and Translations List of Abbreviations 1. Augustine: Theologian of Feeling 2. Augustine’s Coniugium 3. Augustine’s Conversions 4. Bodies, Pleasures, and the Young Augustine 5. Augustine’s Meditation 6. Augustine’s Tears References Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection follows the extraordinary careers of nine colonial subjects who won seats in high-level parliamentary institutions of the imperial powers that ruled over them. Revealing an unexplored dimension of the complex political organisation of modern empires, the essays show how early imperial constitutions allowed for the emergence of these unexpected members of parliament, asks how their presence was possible, and unveils the reactions across metropolitan circles, local communities and the voters who brought them to office. Unearthing the entanglements between political life in metropolitan and non-European societies, it illuminates the ambiguous zones, the margins for negotiation, and the emerging forms of leadership in colonial societies. From a Hispanicised Inca nobleman, to recently emancipated slaves and African colonial subjects, in linking these individuals and their political careers together, Unexpected Voices in Imperial Parliaments argues that the politicalTrade ReviewIn Unexpected Voices in Imperial Parliaments, editors Josep M. Fradera, José María Portillo and Teresa Segura-Garcia bring together contributors to examine the careers of nine colonial subjects who became legislators in imperial parliamentary institutions from the time of the French Revolution to the Second World War. In exploring the norm-shattering voices of these figures as well as the challenges they faced, this book offers an urgent reflection on the promises and limitations of liberalism in our contemporary moment. * LSE Review of Books *The book is both innovative and suggestive. The book's theme is of great historical interest and importance, and this book will certainly be well received and used, both by historians of empire and by political and social scientists. * Sir John Elliott, Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Oxford, UK *This intriguing collection moves beyond the binary of colonizer/colonized to examine political actors who found niches in the system which they could pry wider to give themselves or their constituents some voice in an oppressive political system. * Frederick Cooper, author of Citizenship, Inequality, and Difference: Historical Perspectives *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction, Josep M. Fradera, José María Portillo and Teresa Segura-Garcia 1. The value of Political Representation in Modern Empires, Josep M. Fradera 2. Jean-Baptiste Belley: France’s First Black Legislator, David Geggus 3. Dionisio Inca Yupanqui: A ‘lord’ in Spain’s Cortes de Cádiz, José María Portillo 4. Pedro José de Ibarra: A Mulatto Senator in Colombia’s Antioquia, Daniel Gutiérrez Ardila 5. Cyrille Bissette: A Singular Voice in France, Abel Alexis Louis 6. Robert Smalls: In Majority and in Minority in Washington, Stephanie McCurry 7. Dadabhai Naoroji: Indian Member of Parliament in Westminster, 1892–95, Teresa Segura-Garcia 8. Mpilo Walter Benson Rubusana: South Africa’s First Black Parliamentarian, Timothy Stapleton 9. Gratien Candace: In the name of the French Empire, Dominique Chathuant 10. Blaise Diagne: French Parliamentarian from Senegal, Eric Garcia-Moral Conclusion, Adrian Shubert Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOffering guidance and inspiration to English literature instructors, this book faces the challenges of real-life teaching and the contemporary higher education classroom head on. Whether you''re teaching in a community college, a state school, a liberal arts college, or an Ivy League institution, this book offers valuable advice and insights which will help you to motivate, incentivize and inspire your students. Addressing questions such as: ''how do you articulate the value of literary education to students (and administrators, and parents)?'', ''how can a class session with a fatigued and underprepared group of students be made productive?'', and ''how do you incentivize overscheduled students to read energetically in preparation for class?'', this book answers these universal quandaries and more, providing a usable philosophy of the value of literary education, articulating a set of learning goals for students of literature, and offering plenty of practical advice on pedagogical strTrade ReviewCollier has managed to write a book that exemplifies the virtues he appears to associate with literature: sensitivity, empathy, and a spirit of inquiry. * English: Journal of the English Association *Collier, fully aware that one book cannot replace years of trial and error in the classroom, has created a book that does acknowledge how hard teaching literature can be and how demoralizing it is when we cannot reach our students and pass on our passion to them. But he goes beyond sympathy and provides some realistic areas of teaching in a literature classroom that many instructors have probably never considered ... There are plenty of examples and strategies throughout Teaching Literature in the Real World that make the book so useful. * Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice *“Lively, engaged, compassionate, witty, and honest. I’m passionate about good teaching, and for this reason, it has been a joy reading this book.” -- Jeffrey Berman, Distinguished Teaching Professor of English, University at Albany, USA.“A readable, practical guide that explores changes in higher education and how we can address them whilst engaging our students with our love for literature and the teaching of it. The author offers numerous practical suggestions for applying his discoveries to the classroom.” -- Dale Salwak, Professor of English, Citrus College, USATable of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Chapter 1. Why teach literature? Or, what exactly are we doing? Chapter 2: Teaching advanced reading comprehension Chapter 3: Teaching advanced literacy Chapter 4: Articulating goals and designing integrated classes Chapter 5: Managing relationships Appendix 1: Engaging students in criticism and theory Appendix 2: Grading and feedback in literature classes Index

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Book SynopsisCare-Based Methodologies reimagines relationships between researchers and youth participants in school-based research. The book calls attention to care-based methodologies as essential to qualitative and ethnographic research in schools, particularly when participants are youth from nondominant communities. While researchers come to schools seeking to understand youths' lived experiences and become implicated in the quotidian rhythms of their lives, it is rare that they receive training on how to navigate the complex interpersonal dynamics and relationships that take shape during long-term school research. How can researchers ensure that they care for the wellbeing of youth, not just the stories and data collected from them? How do researchers maneuver the various roles they may come to play in youth's lives over the course of, and beyond, a study with care? What happens when scholars transgress the traditional power dynamics of researcher-participant relationships to walk with youth iTrade ReviewThis new volume represents an urgent paradigm shift away from research as extraction, and towards a relational ethics of care. The authors powerfully model how research can illuminate, mobilize and embody the transformative power of relationships characterized by love and dignity. Required reading for the everyday work of educational justice. * Shirin Vossoughi, Associate Professor in Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, USA *Care-Based Methodologies is a rich and timely exploration of approaches to qualitative inquiry that center relationship, heart, and humanity in every aspect of research design and practice. Readers will find chapters brimming with actionable guidance and vibrant illustrations of how centering care deepens the critical impact of research with youth. * Elizabeth Dutro, Professor of Literacy Studies, University of Colorado Boulder, USA *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword: Complicating the Status Quo: Daring to Care in Educational Research with Youth Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz (Columbia University, USA) Caring in Research with Youth in Schools Veena Vasudevan (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Nora Gross (Boston University, USA), Pavithra Nagarajan (CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance, USA), Katherine Clonan-Roy (Cleveland State University, USA) Part I: Re/unlearning Our Orientation to Research: Critical Frameworks for Research in Schools 1. All or Nothing: Demystifying the “What,” “When,” and “How” of Participant in School-Based Research with Black Youth Natalie R. Davis (Georgia State University, USA) and Alaina Neal-Jackson (University of Michigan, USA) 2. Platicando entre Compañeras: The Use of Pláticas to Navigate Ethical Dilemmas in Ethnographic Research with and for Latina High School Students Bianca N. Haro (Pitzer College, USA) 3. Care as Resistance and Epistemological Necessity in YPAR Meagan Call-Cummings (George Mason University, USA) and Melissa Hauber-Özer (George Mason University, USA) Part II: Collaborating and Co-Creating with Youth: Caring Through Sharing Ownership of the Research 4. From Hallway Conversations to Making Together: How Care Can Shift Relationships With Young People in Schools Veena Vasudevan (University of Pittsburgh, USA) 5. “The Life of Julio Good”: The Black Ratchet Imagination & Messy Methods as Caring Ethics Ariana Brazier (ATL Parent Like A Boss, Inc., USA) 6. The Reception and Reward of Relationship-Building and Enacting Care with Black Boys Advancing a Theory of Care through Building and Earning Trust with Black Boys Pavithra Nagarajan (CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance, USA) 7. Developing Sustainable Partnerships between Researchers and Youth Participants: Fostering Shared Learning Across Time and Difference Matthew R. Deroo (University of Miami, USA) and Ilhan Mohamud (University student, USA) Part III: Negotiating Emergent Tensions: Developing and Sustaining Caring Relationships with Youth 8. Intervening Through Intimate Inquiry with Youth Katherine Clonan-Roy (Cleveland State University, USA) 9. A “Friend” or an “Experiment”?: The Paradox of Ethnographic Relationships with Youth Nora Gross (Boston College, USA) 10. Unraveling a Researcher’s Practices of Care with One Disabled Youth Katherine Scott Newhouse (Columbia University, USA) 11. Culturally Responsive Caring and Emergent Tensions in a Bilingual Mentoring Program in a Diverse School James S. Chisholm (University of Louisville, USA), Melanie Jones Gast (University of Louisville, USA) and Ashley L. Shelton (University of Louisville, USA) Part IV: Collaborating with Universities, Communities, and Schools: Navigating the Challenges of Caring Research Partnerships 12. Conceptions of Care and Graduate Student Researcher Positionality: Struggling to Reconcile “Researcher” Care with Personal Moral Commitments Van Anh Tran (Columbia University, USA), Errol C. Saunders, II (Columbia University, USA), Shamari Reid (The University of Oklahoma, USA) and Lum Fube (Columbia University, USA) 13. Pedagogical Reflections: Teaching Care in Qualitative Research Classrooms Stephanie Masta (Purdue University, USA) and Ophélie Allyssa Desmet (Valdosta State University, USA) 14. Establishing, Executing, and Extending Caring Community-Based Research Partnerships Charity Lisko (Independent Education Consultant, USA), Katie Woolford (City of Philadelphia’s Office of Children and Families, USA) and Rand Quinn (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 15. Just Inquiry Rooted in Critical Care: Participatory, intergenerational research tracing the legacy of School in the Square Samuel Finesurrey (Guttman Community College, USA), Camille Lester (City University of New York, USA), Sherry King (School in the Square, USA), Michelle Fine (City University of New York, USA, and University of South Africa, South Africa), Intergenerational S2 Research Collaborative (USA) Conclusion: Caring in Contentious Times Veena Vasudevan (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Nora Gross (Boston University, USA), Pavithra Nagarajan (CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance, USA), Katherine Clonan-Roy (Cleveland State University, USA) References Index

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Book SynopsisThe figures of Michael Robartes and Owen Aherne appear throughout the writing of the great Irish poet W.B. Yeats, featuring in his poems, short fictions, dialogues and as authorities in notes to his work. Bringing together into one volume published and unpublished writings featuring these two enigmatic figures, W.B. Yeats's Robartes-Aherne Writings traces their history and the development of Yeats's mystical thought that culminated (twice) in the publication of his visionary work A Vision (1925, 1937). Including reproductions of manuscript and notebook pages as well as transcriptions and extracts from a wide range of Yeats's mystical writings and substantial commentary and annotation throughout, this book is an essential resource for scholars of Yeats's thought, his stylistic evolution and the esoteric influences on modernist writing in the early 20th century.Trade ReviewA fascinating trajectory of the Robartes-Aherne characters, replete with biographical information on Yeats and commentary on their relevance for the later poems and both versions of A Vision. * Études Irlandaises *This meticulously edited collection frames a large portion of canonical Yeats through the development of the literary personas of Michael Robartes and Owen Aherne ... An invaluable collection for any student of Yeats, particularly those interested in his more overtly occult inspired works. * Irish Studies Review *The editor does a fantastic job of documenting, detailing, and describing the uses, interactions, and character development of these two literary creations throughout Yeats’s published and unpublished output, providing the reader with a unique glimpse into the intricate mind of one of the greatest writers in recent history. * American Reference Books Annual *In this volume, Chapman brings together the many pieces through which we see them in a fine patchwork. Including both crafted wholes and unpolished fragments, part of the charm lies in the disparateness of the elements, and it gives a more complete picture of this aspect of the phantasmagoria than has been possible before. * International Yeats Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: 1896-1897, The Secret Rose Triptych: Early Tales of Michael Robartes and Owen Aherne 1. “Rosa Alchemica” (1896) 2. “The Tables of the Law” (1897) 3. “The Adoration of the Magi” (1897) Part Two: 1917-1920, Unpublished Dialogues and Extracts: The Resurrection of Robartes and Aherne 1. Imaginary Conversations, “The Phases of the Moon,” and the Robartes Monologue in The Wild Swans at Coole (“Anglo Ireland: a conversation,” NLI 30,103) 2. Creating Story in “The Discoveries of Michael Robartes, 1917-1920 (NLI 36,263/7/1-2 3. On Developing The Great Diagram of Giraldus in the “Appendix by Michael Robartes,” 1918 (NLI 36,263/7) Part Three: 1919-1925, Published Poems, Notes and Extracts 1. “Ego Dominus Tuus,” “The Phases of the Moon” and “The Double Vision of Michael Robartes” from The Wild Swans at Coole (Macmillan, 1919), with text and note from Later Poems (Macmillan, 1922) 2. The Preface and Notes for Michael Robartes and the Dancer (Cuala, 1920), consisting of complete texts of the following: (a) the Preface, “Michael Robartes and the Dancer” (b) the poems “An Image from a Past Life” and “The Second Coming” with their Notes 3. Complete texts of Notes from three plays in Four Plays for Dancers (Macmillan, 1921): (a) “Note on ‘The Only Jealousy of Emer’” (b) “Note on ‘The Dreaming of the Bones’” (c) “Note on ‘Calvary’” 4. Complete text of “The Gift of Harun-Al- Rashid,” “The Lover Speaks” and “The Heart Replies” (later “Owen Aherne and his Dancers” I and II) with respective Notes from The Cat and the Moon and Certain Poems (Cuala, 1924) 5. Inventions and Extracts for A Vision: An Explanation of Life founded upon the Writings of Giraldus and upon certain Doctrines Attributed to Kusta ben Luka (1925), or A Vision A: (a) “Introduction by Owen Aherne, (b) from Book I: What the Caliph Partly Learned, “1. The Wheel and the Phases of the Moon” (omitted) and “2. The Dance of the Four Royal Persons by Owen Aherne” (c) from Book II: What the Caliph Refused to Learn, “1. Desert Geometry or the Gift of Harun al-Raschid” (omitted) and “The Cones—Higher Dimensions” (deferring to the authority of Aherne on eggs turning inside out, later by Robartes in 1931 Stories) (d) from Book IV: The Gates of Pluto, Interjections on “IX. Beatitude,” “X. The States before Birth. . . ,” and “XIII. Communications with Spirits and the Nature of Sleep” Part Four: 1929-1931, The Making of Stories of Michael Robartes and his Friends; omitting The Resurrection), with complete texts of: 1. The Holograph Draft of Notebook NLI 13,577 (in facsimile facing literatim transcriptions) 2. Related Entries in the White Vellum Notebook (“Huddon, Duddon and Daniel O’Leary”) 3. The Cuala Press Printing of 1931, with Edmund Dulac’s Figures (collated against the corrected page proofs as well as later printings in Yeats’s lifetime). Part Five: 1932-1937, Afterword: Unpublished and Published Additions Prepared for A Vision B 1. “Michael Robartes Foretells”: A Rejected Ending (NLI 36,272/33 w/ transcription) 2. Denise’s Story: W. B. Yeats, Dorothy Wellesley, and the Remaking of “Stories of Michael Robartes and His Friends” (NLI 30,390 and 13,593(16, p. “B”). Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn the first cultural and political history of the Russian nuclear age, Paul Josephson describes the rise of nuclear physics in the USSR, the enthusiastic pursuit of military and peaceful nuclear programs through the Chernobyl disaster and the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the ongoing, self-proclaimed renaissance' of nuclear power in Russia in the 21st century. At the height of their power, the Soviets commanded 39,000 nuclear warheads, yet claimed to be servants of the peaceful atom' which they also pursued avidly. This book examines both military and peaceful Soviet and post-Soviet nuclear programs for the long durée before the war, during the Cold War, and in Russia to the present whilst also grappling with the political and ideological importance of nuclear technologies, the associated economic goals, the social and environmental costs, and the cultural embrace of nuclear power. Nuclear Russia probes the juncture of history of science and technology, political and cTrade ReviewThe nuclear complex of Russia has not come to an end, to the contrary: its military and civilian arms continue to expand threating both the global political order and the environment. Nuclear Russia unfolds the entangled history of this socio-technical complex from the February Revolution of 1917 to the present, its knowledge and engineering orders, nuclear warheads and military facilities, actors and reactors, and above all its political, economic, environmental and cultural ramifications. This most timely book is a great pleasure to read. * Helmuth Trischler, Prof. Dr., Rachel Carson Center and Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany *One can hardly imagine a better guide to Russian nuclear power than Paul R. Josephson. Attention to Ukraine is particularly welcome in the wake of Russia’s devastating invasion and attendant risk of nuclear disaster. * Matthew Evangelista, President White Professor of History and Political Science, Cornell University, USA *Nuclear Russia: The Atom in Russian Politics and Culture more than succeeds in its goal of stimulating readers to think deeply about the cultural and political roles of nuclear physics, weapons, and energy in the Russian empire of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries (p. ii)… Provides an excellent overview of a complex subject that remains all too timely and relevant. * H-Net Reviews *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations 1. Nuclear Bolshevism 2. Nuclear Defense 3. Nuclear Peace 4. Nuclear Hubris 5. Nuclear Disintegration 6. Nuclear Renaissance Index

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Book SynopsisGaza is being bombed. Rashid wakes to discover he''s got a scholarship to London, the escape route he''s been waiting for. Meanwhile, his twin sister, Iman, frustrated by the atrocities and inaction around her, grabs recklessly at an opportunity to make a difference. Sabri, the oldest brother works on a history of Palestine from his wheelchair as their mother pickles vegetables and feuds with their neighbours. Out of It follows Rashid and Iman as they try to forge places for themselves in the midst of occupation, religious fundamentalism and the divisions between Palestinian factions. It tells of family secrets, unlikely love stories and unburied tragedies as it captures the frustrations and energies of the modern Arab World.''I always find it difficult to describe what Gaza is like ... It's hard to get the claustrophobia of siege across to an audience. This debut novel from British Palestinian Selma Dabbagh, set in Gaza City during the second intifada inTrade ReviewA punchy first novel by a British Palestinian lawyer ... Beautifully observed ... the plot races and the voices are strong. The reader follows each person down the chosen path and, crucially, cares what becomes of them * The Times *[Dabbagh's] talent for nailing detail is evident ... The author's assured command of her material means she can switch registers with ease, interleaving escalating tension and welcome humour ... Dabbagh herself scores highly with her debut novel * Independent *This is a very successful debut novel ... The writing is both literary and accessible, fast-paced, passionate, exuberant and heart-lurching. We'll be hearing much more from Selma Dabbagh * Guardian *Incendiary * Mariella Frostrup, Open Book, BBC Radio 4 *A breezy, thriller-esque debut ... that gets under the skin of the situation in Gaza * Metro *Wonderfully perceptive and gripping * Daily Mirror *An engrossing, suspenseful debut novel -- Ashley Bates * Tikkun *Takes us, observantly and deftly, into the lives and feelings of those who live in Gaza and want ordinary lives * Marina Warner, Observer, Books of the Year *

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Book Synopsis_______________''Superb Booth's psychology is subtler than Motion's and more convincing'' - Peter J. Conradi, Spectator''Booth's diligence is unquestionable and even readers who think they know the poems will see nuances they had previously missed should render further attention by biographers superfluous for several years'' - Guardian''Those of us who never warmed to Larkin the man or poet, will have our aversions challenged by this sympathetic but different account of his life and work'' - Independent_______________A fascinating and controversial study of Philip Larkin's world and how it bled into his work, James Booth's biography is a unique insight into the man whose life and art have been misunderstood for too longPhilip Larkin was that rare thing among poets: a household name in his own lifetime. Lines such as Never such innocence again' and Sexual intercourse began / In nineteen sixty-three' made him one of the mosTrade ReviewJames Booth has written a literary biography which is both elegant and moving, conveying the shape of a life – and a love-life – as sensitively as he conveys the shape of the poetic oeuvre ... At the core of the book is the poetry, which Booth analyses in a reader-friendly manner, without verbosity but with passion and precision. He provides new perspectives on the early novels and poems, and explores the symbolist dimension which is so essential for an understanding of Larkin - and there’s a particularly fine-tuned discussion of the poet’s more controversial views in the chapter on Jazz, Race and Modernism ... This is the first biography which, one feels, Larkin might have admitted to reading – and, even more unwillingly, enjoying * Carol Rumens *Illuminating … Booth provides new material drawn from interviews with the various women involved, all of whom are cited in support of the view that Larkin the man has been maligned … For Larkin fans James Booth’s book should be a satisfactory detailed understanding of familiar story told with wholehearted admiration and scholarly command * Literary Review *For all the shakiness of his efforts to explain away Larkin’s private transgressions, his book is much more enjoyable than Motion’s **** * Daily Telegraph *Nobody could tease out more meanings from a Larkin line than he … Booth usefully highlights Larkin’s graveyard humour, his passion for jazz, his capacity to surprise people with kindness, and his tireless poetic search to define “something hidden from us” * Sunday Times *He provides a detailed picture of Larkin in post, especially in his dealings with mostly female staff * Independent *Superb … Booth’s psychology is subtler than Motion’s and more convincing. His achievement is to paint a satisfying and believably complex picture … Compelling and makes clear how unmistakeably Larkin belongs among the greats * Peter J. Conradi, Spectator *Fine-grained, thoughtful … This biography is full of such wise textual analysis, and for that it should be read * Erica Wagner, New Statesman *Booth is, quite simply, the ultimate Larkin enthusiast … Booth is absolutely excellent on the work … To read this book through, turning back to the poems in sequence, is to appreciate Larkin’s development more intimately than has been possible before * Evening Standard *Booth’s diligence is unquestionable and even readers who think they know the poems will see nuances they had previously missed … Booth’s supplement to Andrew Motion’s biography – the light to his shadow – should render further attention by biographers superfluous for several years * Guardian *Engrossing and, at least some of the way, a persuasive account … Booth also unearths new evidence to establish that Larkin was, to all who dealt with him during his three decades as a librarian, a likeable colleague and a fair boss … he is excellent on the poetry which is … the testimony that really matters * The Times *Challenging the myth that Larkin was a miserable misogynist, drawing on testimony from women friends, university contemporaries and previously unseen letters to reveal him as delightful company in person as well as on the page * Daily Telegraph *Highly sympathetic biography of Britain’s favourite poet * Sunday Times Must Reads *Booth’s achievement isn’t just to make us think more fondly of Larkin as a man – it’s to send us rushing back to his poems, and to love them anew **** * Mail on Sunday *A warm portrait * Daily Telegraph *His examination of the poems is exemplary, always intelligent and free of jargon, and the manner in which he relates them to Larkin’s life will enhance many readers’ appreciation of the poetry and deepen their enjoyment … This is a very good biography, both judicious and generous * Scotsman *Booth’s attempt to understand Larkin through his interaction with others is inspired * Sunday Telegraph *Nails the poetry … Booth is certainly less sententious than Motion; he leans towards understanding rather than judgment, which seems to me to be the bigger part of the biographer’s job * Observer *Lively and entertaining … As a literary biography, Booth’s book is much closer to the work than Motion’s was, and draws on a knowledge of first-hand and archive sources unlikely to be matched by any future biographer * Irish Times *Thank you, James Booth … Booth, a long-time colleague, has done an impressive job in his book … If Booth finally succeeds in correcting the view of Larkin and reminding us of the glories of the poetry, he will have done us all a service. And old Philip, too * Herald *Booth takes a more human and measured, less judgemental, approach to the contradictions in Larkin’s personality than Motion did … Compelling * Yorkshire Post *Those of us who never warmed to Larkin the man or poet, will have our aversions challenged by this sympathetic but different account of his life and work … the sense of personal knowledge is valuable here, a sense that enriches and enlivens this portrait. Perhaps it’s because we see Larkin as more emotionally available than before … This biography makes him feel a little more contemporary, a little more recognisable to today’s audience * Independent *

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Book Synopsis_______________This is a witch story like no other and it's a blast!' BooksellerBrilliantly magical' Tom Fletcher Book Club_______________The first book in the hilarious Witch Wars series for kids aged 7+, perfect for fans of The Worst Witch. Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.Join Tiga on her quest to win Witch Wars and become Top Witch of Ritzy City!When Fran the Fabulous Fairy turns up in Tiga Whicabim's shed to tell her she's a witch, Tiga doesn't believe her. Or at least not until Fran points out that TIGA WHICABIM is actually an anagram of I AM A BIG WITCH and magics her away down the drainpipes to compete in Witch Wars the competition to crown the next Top Witch of Ritzy City.Filled with silly spells, delectable dresses, ridiculous riddles and a serious shoe problem, Witch Wars is a witch story like no other... although if you enjoyed Trade ReviewSilly spells, delectable dresses, magical mishaps and ridiculous riddles, this is a witch story like no other - and it's a blast! * Bookseller *A completely fresh and fun take on witches, Witch Wars is for anyone who likes magic, adventure, fashion or a fabulous story * Booktrust *The craziest and funniest book I've read in ages. WITCH WARS IS A GO! * Andy Stanton, author of Mr Gum *This is a witchy story unlike any other, full of fun and hilarity. * Parents in Touch *A brilliantly magical story that takes you to a completely different world. A great book to get lost in for a while. * Tom Fletcher Book Club *A glitzy, witchy new series full of adventure and fun. * WRD Magazine *Fizzing with fun…The short chapters and delightfully imaginative black and white illustrations make it easily accessible for young readers. * Daily Mail *Fabulous fairies and fashion-forward witches battle it out in this lively read. * The Observer *Completely bonkers fun, from the brilliant inventions (underwater beauty spas) to the glitzy characters. * Mumsnet *I couldn’t put it down. * Guardian Kids Reviews *

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Book SynopsisThis book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched.The 20th century was a time of rapid expansion in media industries, as well as of accelerating demands for equality and recognition for women. While women's agency has typically been defined through the domestic sphere, the introduction of media into the home destabilised firm boundaries between public and private spheres.Gender and Media in the Broadcast Age demonstrates how women as media producers and audiences in three countries with public service broadcasters (UK, Canada and Australia) have contributed to changes in our understandings of public and private. Justine Lloyd offers a new way of understanding how tremendous changes in social definitions of gender roles played out in media forms worldwide during this period through the notion of intimate geographies'. Women's participation in media continues to be a key challenge to notions of the puTrade ReviewGender and Media in the Broadcast Age deserves a space in any university library. This title is a very interesting and innovative study of women's broadcasting across three continents, and it makes a strong case that early broadcasters were at the forefront of feminism. * Radio User *In this brilliantly ambitious book Justine Lloyd weaves together theoretical insight and radio stories from three continents to reveal in high definition the complex patterning of public and private life in the interplay of gender politics and public service broadcasting. * Kate Lacey, Professor of Media History and Theory, University of Sussex, UK *With Gender and Media in the Broadcast Age, Justine Lloyd has produced a long-term, international comparative study of women's radio that is both impressive in scope and long overdue in scholarship. Her theoretical framework structured around the geographies of intimacy gives rise to a rich, multi-sited and multiply mediated exploration of both sides of the radio apparatus, and in so doing opens up further comparative and transnational horizons. It will be of interest to scholars of media history and women's history and will offer vital perspectives on the continuing reconfigurations of media intimacy and public service in our current age. * Alexander Badenoch, Netherlands Insitute for Sound and Vision Professor of Transnational Media, Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands *Gender and Media in the Broadcast Age is a readable, enlightening book about the development and history of women's radio. It provides a good introduction to the feminist movement - a recommended read for anyone and everyone who is interested in media history or the development of women’s radio programming. -- Antonia Fischer * MEDIENwissenschaft: Rezensionen | Reviews (translated by Bloomsbury) *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Media’s Domestication as Intimate Geography Chapter 2: From Radiophonic Urbanism to Televisual Suburbia: Non-Fiction Broadcast Media Genres and the Production of Gendered Social Space Chapter 3: Enfolding the Domestic: Mediating Intimate Experiences Through Gendered Cultural Forms Chapter 4: Anything But the News: Producing Programs for Women Chapter 5: Exclusion or Inclusion?: Domesticated Media as a Site of Power Conclusion: Digital Domesticities Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Politics of Literary Prestige provides the first comprehensive study of prizes for Spanish American literature. Covering state-sponsored and publisher-run prizes including the Biblioteca Breve Prize credited with launching the Boom' in Spanish American literature the Premio Cervantes and the Nobel Prize for Literature, this book examines how prizes have underpinned different political agenda. As new political positions have emerged so have new awards and the role of the author in society has evolved. Prizes variously position the winners as public intellectual, spokesperson on the world stage or celebrity in the context of an increasingly globalized literature in Spanish. Drawing on a range of sources, Sarah E.L Bowskill analyses prizes from the perspective of different stakeholders including states, publishers, authors, judges and critics. In so doing, she untangles the inner workings of literary prizes in Spanish-speaking contexts, proposes the existence of a prizes neTrade ReviewAn indictment of some eight decades of literary history, Bowskill’s solidly researched book begins by tracing a shift in literary prizes for Spanish-language texts. Starting in the 1940s writers received literary awards, sometimes sponsored by the state itself, for the quality of their work and for their reputation as political authorities. By the end of the 20th century a new type of prized author began to emerge as an allegedly independent and global celebrity on display for photos and tours, sometimes in absence of discussion of the award-winning text. This second brand of recognition favors profit-driven private funding, thanks to publisher-sponsored awards. The question of whether literature has taken a turn for the worse under this change finds a sly answer in chapter 6, which documents the devastating inequity of both sorts of literary prizes. Table after table of data supports Bowskill’s ‘conservative’ estimate: "three quarters of all literary prizes go to male authors". The Politics of Literary Prestige examine a rigged game beyond the usual accusation of merely contemporary decline. * Emily Hind, Professor of Spanish, University of Florida, and author of Dude Lit: Mexican Men Writing and Performing Competence, 1955-2012 (2019) *The Politics of Literary Prestige is a valuable addition to and expansion of the ground-breaking work of the likes of Mario Santana, Deborah Cohn and Diana Sorensen on the Lain American Boom and the social, political and cultural networks that supported and promoted it. Using a remarkable range of sources, Bowskill covers the Boom authoritatively, but also revealingly unveils the missing women writers of the Boom, and offers new perspectives on developments with regard to gender and indigenous identity, as well as surveying the most recent directions in the literary prize circuit and the alternatives to it. She also penetratingly discusses literature about literary prizes. This is an important book which is hugely informative and insightful, but which also makes visible the politics of literary prestige and nuances the social role of the author beyond that of public intellectual. It is indispensable reading for anyone who wishes to understand Spanish American literature in the context of its national and global processes of production and consumption. * Philip Swanson, Hughes Professor of Spanish, University of Sheffield, UK, and editor of Landmarks in Modern Latin American Fiction (2014) *This is a much-needed and very ambitious study of the literary prize system in Spanish America and how complex and ever-changing cultural, political and identity factors underline the way in which prizes are organized at national, continental and transnational levels. The study argues very compellingly for the concept of prize networks, thus highlighting the reciprocal or relational nature of literary prizes across the Spanish American world, and its multiple methodologies - engaging the sociology of books, book history and cultural studies - have produced a vast, meticulously-researched and very original study that develops new paradigms about how prizes function in many contexts. It will be invaluable to all those study Spanish-language texts within their contexts of production, promotion and reception. * Par Kumaraswami, Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Nottingham, UK, and author of The Social Life of Literature in Revolutionary Cuba: Narrative, Identity, and Well-being (2016) *Since The Economy of Prestige (2005) by J. English, we have been waiting for a comprehensive study on the literary prizes for Spanish American Literatures. Sarah E.L. Bowskill succeeds in presenting her case that the network of national and international prizes is a system interwoven by politics of prestige intersected by nation-state imaginaries, publishers’ plans and markets, gender and linguistic identities. * Anadeli Bencomo, Professor of Contemporary Latin American Literature, University of Houston, USA, and author of Entre héroes, fantasmas y apocalípticos. Testigos y paisajes en la crónica mexicana (2011) *Bowskill has a fine eye for detail and information that may seem “gossipy.” Her attention and dependence on digital resources, charts, and archives is impressive -- Will H. Corral * World Literature Today *Table of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Literary Prestige, Politics, the Prize Network and the Roles of the Author in Society 1. Literary Prizes, Controversy and the State in Spanish America 2. Peninsular Publishers, Spanish American Authors and Prizes for Literature in Spanish 3. Spanish American Authors on the World Stage 4. Roberto Bolaño, Carmen Boullosa and Fernando Iwasaki Find their Voice in the Prizes Game 5. The Premio Biblioteca Breve and the Forgotten Women of the Boom 6. Women Winning Prizes: A No Win Situation? 7. Prizes for Literatures in Indigenous Languages 8. The Never-Ending Network? References Index of Prizes General Index

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Book SynopsisThe newest addition to our Influential Video Game Designers series explores the work of Todd Howard, executive producer at Bethesda Studios, known for how he consistently pushes the boundaries of open-world gaming and player agency. Howard's games create worlds in which players can design their own characters and tell their own stories. While many games tell the story of the game's main character, Todd Howard's worldbuilding approach to game design focuses more on telling the story of the game's world, whether it be the high fantasy environments of the Elder Scrolls series or the post-apocalyptic wasteland of the Fallout series. This focus on sculpting the world allows for remarkable amounts of player freedom and choice in an expansive game environment by creating a landscape rich with open opportunity. Drawing on both academic discussions of narrative, world design, and game design, as well as on officially released interviews, speeches, and presentations given by HowardTrade ReviewIn Todd Howard: Worldbuilding in Tamriel and Beyond, Wendi Sierra illuminates this beloved game developer's mind, his struggles and passions, the history of his career from humble beginnings to towering success, and his visions for the future of games. Choosing to highlight his excellence in worldbuilding, she examines how rich, expansive game worlds like Tamriel keep players coming back again and again, logging hundreds or even thousands of in-game hours trudging up and down snowy mountains, collecting herbs, ore, and flowers, and questing for colorful NPCs—and for the sake of a compelling story in which they are the protagonist. This book is an essential guide to one of the greatest worldbuilders in the history of fantasy, and it belongs on the shelves of game scholars and game lovers alike. * Lauren Woolbright, Assistant Professor of Communication and New Media Studies, Alma College, USA *Table of Contents1: An Unlikely Beginning 2: Little Catastrophes 3: Set Pieces for Player Experience 4: Expanding the Game World 5: Todd Howard: In His Own Words 6: The Future of Open World Gaming Appendix - Chronology of Works Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEva Barbarossa is a writer and researcher based in Los Angeles and Italy. Her writing has appeared in the Review of Contemporary Fiction, Surface, and The Island Review.Trade ReviewEva Barbarossa delights in details and shows how much fun technology can be when science appears to be magic. * Mark Kurlansky, author of Paper: Paging Through History (2016), Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas (2018), and Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of a Common Fate (forthcoming 2019) *In this delightful and engaging account, Eva Barbarossa shows us how our attraction to magnets is just as much part of culture as it is science--and has been for millennia. Magnet brings together everything from magic and mystery to mesmerism and MRIs as Barbarossa unpacks the meaning of a magnet's pull. Magnet is a must read. * Lydia Pyne, author of Bookshelf (2016) and Genuine Fakes: How Phony Things Teach Us About Real Stuff (forthcoming 2019) *Table of ContentsPrologue In which I eat hundreds of magnets. 1. Birth In which humans find a stone with magical properties. 2. Earth In which we discover we live on an ancient magnet. 3. Home In which we use magnets to find our way. 4. Alignment In which man and beast align to the magnetic fields. 5. North In which we hunt for polar magnets. 6. Health In which we believe magnets harm and heal. 7. Transcendence In which magnetic fluids provide hope. 8. Tricks In which we use magnets to make trouble. 9. Toys In which we find magnets for play and pedagogy. 10. Technology In which everything needs a magnet. Afterword In which I do not eat more magnets. Acknowledgements Selected sources Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIndia Retold: Dialogues with Independent Documentary Filmmakers in India is an attempt to situate and historicize the engagement of independent documentary filmmakers with the postcolonial India and its discourses with a focus on their independent documentary practices. Structured as an interview collection, the book examines how these documentary filmmakers, though not a homogeneous category, practice their independence through their ideology, their filmmaking praxis, their engagement with the everyday and their formal experiments. As a sparsely studied filmmakers, the book through meticulously tracing a wide ranging historical transitions (often marked by communal conflicts and the forces of globalization) not only details the ways in which independent filmmakers in India address the questions of postcolonial nation and its modernist projects but also explores their idiosyncratic views of these filmmakers which are characterized by a definitive departure from the logic of commTrade ReviewIndia Retold more than lives up to its title. The interviews with thirty politically committed independent filmmakers tell the inspiring history of an alternative filmmaking practice, detached from institutional funding and benefitting, over the years, from increasingly de-professionalised technologies. The films discussed cover a disturbing and equally alternative history of India, stretching from the 1970s’ Emergency years to 2020. The filmmakers’ stories make fascinating and compelling reading. * Laura Mulvey, Professor of Film Studies, University of London, UK *An exciting and original intervention in the field of South Asian film studies that is currently fixated on Bollywood and its global reach. Through interviews with some extraordinary and paradigm shifting independent filmmakers, the reader is given a sense of a landscape that resists cliché, social conservatism, and the pressures of political conformity. It gives voice to those that speak courageously for the suppressed minorities of India. * Dilip Menon, Professor of History and Mellon Chair in Indian Studies, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa *This is an exciting, comprehensive and pathbreaking compendium focusing fully on the independent documentary sector in Indian cinema. The formidable collection of in-depth interviews with a diverse and eminent range of filmmakers is accompanied by an uninhibited and candid approach to appraising state-sanctioned ethno-religious turbulence, caste-based discrimination, queer identities and the rising tide of right-wing populist politics in India - facets that make this book both timely and essential. * Ashvin Devasundaram, Senior Lecturer in World Cinema, Queen Mary University of London, UK *India Retold: Dialogues with Independent Documentary Filmmakers in India is an in-depth approach to independent filmmaking in India. With historical and sociopolitical analysis, the book gives us an overview not only about filmmaking, but India's culture of the last century. I could highlight the gender and sexuality part of the book that really gives a new perspective to the matter. A must read for the filmmaker and researcher but also for the audience that wants to immerse in this sub continent's hidden history. * Gina Petropoulou, Artistic Director, Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Aparna Sharma, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Introduction Rajesh James and Sathyaraj Venkatesan Decoding Ideology: Nationalism, Communalism and Its Critiques Anand Patwardhan Tapan Bose Amar Kanwar Rakesh Sharma Gopal Menon Nakul Singh Sawhney Kasturi Basu The Subversive Eye: Gender and Sexual Identities Deepa Dhanraj Madhusree Dutta Saba Dewan Paromita Vohra Rahul Roy Surabhi Sharma Nishtha Jain Sridhar Rangayan Radical Inequality: Casting the Caste Amudhan R.P. Divya Bharathi “Be True to the Earth”: Mapping the Post-Natural India Sanjay Kak Meghnath Shriprakash Biju Toppo Thinking through Regions: Nation and its Discontents Iffat Fatima R.V. Ramani Pankaj Rishi Kumar Anjali Monteiro/K.P. Jayasankar Haobam Paban Kumar Bilal A. Jan Stanzin Dorjai Gya Raja Shabir Khan Mukul Haloi Reading List Index

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Book SynopsisThrough close readings of a selection of European novels and novellas written between 1340 and 1827, this study of analytical fiction examines how unconsummated love stories probe the frailty of self-knowledge. Tracing elements of what the French call the roman d''analyse in the works of Boccaccio, Marguerite de Navarre, Cervantes, Marie de Lafayette, Samuel Richardson, Jane Austen, and Stendhal, Adele Kudish discusses how the metaphor of unconsummated love is deployed to represent a fundamental lack of insight into the self. Rather than depicting the mind as transparent, analytical fiction deals in the opacity of the mind. Narrators and characters are faced with deception, misprision, doubt, and confusion, leading to self-deception, jealousy, and crises of self. The European Roman d'Analyse reads such epistemological failures as symptoms of a more fundamental preoccupation with the human psyche as un-chartable and bizarre. In this way, the authors of romans d''analyseTrade Review[A] well-researched and wide-ranging study … Kudish situates and describes the roman d’analyse as a subgenre within literary history that has its roots in a long tradition of philosophical scepticism and which can fruitfully be approached from comparatist and narratological perspectives. … The parallel readings offered by this book can enrich our understanding of canonical French texts … [and] the book’s ‘pan-European’ approach, which looks beyond national literary traditions and conventional chronological divisions to seek out connections between works that place disconnection at their centres, is enough in itself to make this book a valuable addition to scholarship. * Maria C. Scott, French Studies *Adele Kudish’s study of the roman d’analyse covers an impressively wide range in terms of both period and geography ... there is much to admire and enjoy here, and both those interested in the history of the novel and those researching the individual authors and texts analysed here will wish to consult it. * Modern Language Review *[A] fine book, rich in suggestions, ideas and critical analyses. * Recherche Littéraire/Literary Research (trans. by Bloomsbury Academic) *With literary and psychological acumen, Adele Kudish has ushered in a new classification for the history of the European novel: the roman d’analyse, a narrative tradition of erotic failure that reveals a prehistory, for one example, of the novels of Elena Ferrante. The scope of texts and richness of interpretation in this book staggered me. * Wendy Anne Lee, Assistant Professor of English, New York University, USA *As fascinating in subject matter as it is wide-ranging, this book engages in what is, among many other things, a truly comparative project, presenting English-language readers with an exciting formulation of what the author calls the sub-genre of analytical fiction, fiction that 'anatomizes the epistemology of troubled or failed love,' in an account that cuts through traditional linguistic and period separations. Weaving together texts not commonly discussed within a single project, Adele Kudish provides us, by comparison and some beautiful close readings, new insights into each of the texts she addresses. * Tony C. Brown, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota, USA *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments An Introduction to Analytical Fiction 1. The Unconsummated Life in Boccaccio’s Elegia di madonna Fiammetta 2. Link on Link: The “Chain of Dishonor” in Marguerite’s Novella 10 and Cervantes’s “El curioso impertinente” 3. Sign Seeing and Failures of Mind Reading in La Princesse de Clèves 4. Self as the “Grand Misleader” in Clarissa and The History of Sir Charles Grandison 5. Silence and the Cruel Gaze of Society: Austen’s Persuasion and Stendhal’s Armance Conclusion Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisRUBY RARE - NOW STAR OF CHANNEL 4 SHOW SEX RATED Written by sex educator and body-positivity advocate Ruby Rare, Sex Ed is the practical and fun guide to sex that you’ve always wanted – but never known how to ask for. This is the information you should have been taught at school: a no-holds-barred roadmap that covers everything from how the brain is the most important sex organ and how to communicate what you want to yourself and a partner, all the way down to the messy stuff – solo sex, orgasms, touching, kissing, blow jobs, cunnilingus, anal play, lube, toys, kegels. After all, sex education shouldn't start and end with putting a condom on a banana.

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Book SynopsisPREORDER THE BRILLIANT NEW GAEL SONG NOVEL FROM SHAUNA LAWLESS, THE LAND OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD, AVAILABLE NOW!Power fades but fire endures...Clouds of war gather for mortals and immortals alike as the Irish kingdoms strive for supremacy.Gormflaith, a Fomorian and unhappy queen of mortal king Brian Boru, schemes to destroy her sworn enemies, the Descendants. As her plans take an unexpected turn, Gormflaith discovers her magic is more powerful than she ever realised but at what cost?Descendant healer Fódla dwells disguised in the mortal world, seeking to protect her young nephew but the boy has secrets of his own. Fódla must do all in her power to keep him hidden from those who would use him for evil.When a mysterious man comes to King Brian''s court, his presence could spell disaster for both Gormflaith and Fódla and for Ireland herself. For he is Tomas, an ambitious immortal and he will do anything to see h

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Book SynopsisA wonderful family drama set in the unusual location of Alcatraz prison island. Winner of the Nascen Award.Trade Review'warm and tender...believable and realistic' Express 'this engaging tale develops its characters subtly and skilfully' Sunday Times 'Gennifer Choldenko is a bright light in ... teenage fiction, and Al Capone Does My Shirts is one of her best.' The Independent 'This book is a masterpiece ... Al Capone Does My Shirts is wonderfully told and deserves praise galore' Guardian

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Book SynopsisThis textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for GCSE Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers the Thematic Study Component 11 and all three Literature and Culture options (Components 2123):Thematic Study: Myth and Religion by Ben GreenleyLiterature and Culture 1: The Homeric World by Dan MenasheLiterature and Culture 2: Roman City Life by James RenshawLiterature and Culture 3: War and Warfare by James RenshawWhy does Greek and Roman mythology remain so popular today? Why is the hero Odysseus such an interesting character? What was it like to watch a gladiatorial fight? Why was the Roman army so successful? This book guides GCSE students to a greater understanding of such issues. The opening chapter examines the lives of women in Greece and Rome, and also focuses on women in myth and legend. The following three chapters invite readers to explore the culture of the Mycenaeans, city life in the Roman world, and ancieTrade ReviewComprehensive, clear and well signposted for GCSE students. We have been waiting a long time for something as good as this. * Stephen Ridley, Durham High School For Girls, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction How to Use This Book Thematic Study: Myth and Religion Literature and Culture Option 1: The Homeric World Literature and Culture Option 2: Roman City Life Literature and Culture Option 3: War and Warfare Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisThis textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers Components 32 and 33 from the ''Beliefs and Ideas'' Component Group:Love and Relationships by Matthew Barr and Alastair ThorleyPolitics of the Late Republic by Lucy CresswellHow was love interpreted and explained by the poets and philosophers of the ancient world? Why was Julius Caesar assassinated? How can we get to the intention behind the rhetoric of ancient sources?This book raises these and other key questions. A-Level students and their teachers will encounter ancient answers to issues ranging from sexuality and the impact of desire to the power of personality in politics. Such important and controversial themes can be examined through the prism of the ancient world.The ideal preparation for the final examinations, all content is presented by experts and experienced teachers in a clear and accessible narrative. Ancient literarTable of ContentsIntroduction How to Use This Book Love and Relationships Politics of the Late Republic Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisAn increasingly popular approach to second and foreign language education, this book focuses on incidental learning: how students learn words from reading. Despite its popularity, some researchers have questioned this theory that students can learn new words by inferring meanings based on a text they are reading. So, why does the incidental method not work for some students? What are the conditions for naturalistic learning to occur? What do students need to be able to do while reading in order to learn words successfully?Tackling these questions head-on, this book provides researchers and educators with a more specific account of the processes behind the seemingly naturalistic method. Clarifying the connection between reading and word learning processes, Megumi Hamada proposes a new model, the Cognitive Model of Word-Meaning Inference, to describe how we obtain and use word-form and contextual information for learning words and the pedagogical applications of this. A significant new cTrade ReviewThis book effectively draws together key theories and empirical findings from various disciplines to clearly describe the processes involved in incidental learning of second language vocabulary from reading. * Rachael C. Hulme, Research Fellow, Aston University, UK *Hamada addresses a fundamental issue in L2 reading: How we Learn Words from Reading. She carefully reviews and categorizes the large and growing research on types of L1-L2 transfer effects (linguistic and contextual) and uses these findings to develop a coherent model of second-language word recognition and word learning: The Cognitive Model of Word-Meaning Inference. * William Grabe, Emeritus Regents Professor of Applied Linguistics, Northern Arizona University, USA *Taking an interdisciplinary approach to research synthesis, Megumi Hamada explores incidental vocabulary learning from multiple perspectives, including linguistics, reading, and psychology. The book will serve as an insightful and valuable resource for students, teachers, and scholars in second language acquisition and language education. * Keiko Koda, Professor of second language acquisition and Japanese, Carnegie Mellon University, USA *This book provides a valuable resource on reading and vocabulary learning. It provides a succinct overview of the theoretical and empirical literature on incidental word learning and also covers the processes involved in inferring word meaning from reading. The book is laudable for its quality and clarity of presentation. * Hossein Nassaji, Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Victoria, Canada *Table of ContentsPart I: What Do We Know About Incidental Word Learning from Reading? 1. Theoretical Background in Word Learning from Reading 2. Mechanism of Word Learning from Reading 3. Factors in Word Learning from Reading Part II: How Do We Obtain Information from Reading and Use It for Learning Words? 4. Introducing the Cognitive Model of Word-Meaning Inference 5. Extracting Word-Form Information and Using It for Word Learning 6. Generating Contextual Information and Using It for Word Learning 7. Pedagogical Applications Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis is a must-have companion for those on placement or in professional practice or indeed anyone who is being encouraged to reflect more deeply on what they do.A powerful tool for processing your thoughts, feelings and actions, The Reflective Journal will lead you to a deeper understanding of your working practice, enabling you to achieve your professional goals. With writing space for your own thoughts and an abundance of advice on personal development, this is an essential resource for reflection that you can make completely your own. Providing an introduction to all the key theories of critically reflective practice, structured activities, examples and helpful writing prompts, it is ideally suited for students and practitioners in: - Nursing, midwifery and allied health professions- Social work- Counselling and psychotherapy- Teaching and learning support- Career guidance and advice work- Youth and community work- Busine

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Book SynopsisWritten primarily for AS and A-Level English courses, but of interest to university students on related courses, this book is designed to make an intuitive understanding of language explicit. By focusing on language use in different contexts, it encourages an investigative and interpretative approach.

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Book SynopsisA scathingly funny, wildly erotic and fiercely imaginative story about food, sex and god from the Women''s Prize longlisted author of The Pisces A STYLIST, INDEPENDENT, THE WEEK AND RED HIGHLIGHT FOR 2021 ''Sexy and fun and a little weird ... This riot of carnal pleasure will make you laugh as well as gasp'' The Times''A revelation ... Melissa Broder has produced one of the strangest and sexiest novels of the new year ... Exhilarating'' Entertainment Weekly''A luscious, heartbreaking story of self-discovery through the relentless pursuit of desire. I couldn't get enough of this devastating and extremely sexy book'' Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other PartiesRachel is twenty-four, a lapsed Jew who has made calorie restriction her religion. By day, she maintains an illusion of control by way of obsessive food rituals. At night, she pedals nowhere on the elliptical machine. TheTrade ReviewEvery encounter is written with sumptuous detail, from glutting on nachos to intimate sex scenes (real and imagined), making for a simultaneously uncomfortable and revelatory read * Evening Standard *Melissa Broder’s exhilarating, bleakly funny Milk Fed is another study of female appetite … The most eroticised, tender and romanticised writing in this singular novel is of food’ * Sunday Times *Milk Fed is a rich, sensual comedy about the joys rather than the privations of the flesh, and with a large number of extremely filthy sex scenes… A funny, sexy, romance about transgressive desire and whipped cream * Daily Mail *Melissa Border's imagination, which gave us the story of a woman falling in love with a merman in The Pisces, returns with another wonderfully strange story * Esquire *[An] imaginative story about food, sex and God (yes, all three of those) * Red *Weird, funny and filthy … Milk, motherhood, food, faith, sex and desire are all tangled in a mess of archetypes, delivered with a sarky millennial spin. Milk Fed will be too much for some – too list-y, too vulgar, too solipsistic – but others will delight in its excesses * Sunday Telegraph *Deeply hilarious and embarrassingly relatable -- Samantha Irby, author of 'Wow, No Thank You'Milk Fed hits that sweet spot where pleasure and tension intersect, where the sumptuous exploration of sexuality and spirit meets the rigidities of culture and society. Strange and surreal, Broder's writing is a marvel of wit, heart, and thoughtful curiosity about the body and mind and how these things can overflow their boundaries to become utterly new -- Alexandra Kleeman, author of 'You Too Could Have a Body Like Mine'Sin as self-discovery, appetite as insight, transgression as transformation, Milk Fed is at once hilarious and heartbreaking; watching Broder's characters try to love themselves might just make you love yourself.... or at least hate yourself a little less -- Shalom Auslander, author of 'Mother for Dinner'Smart, funny, sexy, and hard to put down. In this fast-moving, deeply compelling novel, Melissa Broder combines an unexpected (and very hot) love story with a sharp-edged examination of body image, religion, and cultural identity -- Tom Perrotta, author of 'Mrs. Fletcher'Melissa Broder goes there and goes there again. Milk Fed is a hilarious and painfully accurate excavation of the female self-gaze, an erotic romp, a hyper witty satire of certain corridors of contemporary American culture and an unstoppable, wickedly seductive read -- Dana SpiottaPhysical hunger, sexual desire and spiritual longing merge in Broder’s funny meditation on appetites * Country & Town House *

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Book SynopsisThe sun is up, it’s a brand new day. Ten little ducklings want to play! There’s lots to see and lots to do – let’s play a game of PEEK-A-BOO! Get ready to play with ten little ducklings as they set off on an exciting adventure. There’s a busy new scene to explore with each turn of the page, from a day at the farm to a hot-air-balloon outing, and from a snowball fight to a birthday party. Can you spot which little duckling is hiding on each page? This irresistible search-and-find book is packed with details for little ones to spot – perfect for reading and sharing together!Trade ReviewWhat a charming and playful counting book. A quacking read! * Inis Magazine *Packed with rich and colourful details for little ones to spot . . . Irresistible * Lancashire Post *

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Book SynopsisThe definitive condiment compendium by expert and TikTok sensation Claire Dinhut aka Condiment Claire''A love letter to the most underrated ingredients in your kitchen fresh, fun and genuinely useful. (Though don''t make me choose between mustard and butter.)'' Felicity Cloake''An utterly indispensable guide to flavour and eating well'' Nicola LambAre you Team Ketchup or Team Mustard? What are your Top 3 condiments? And is butter really a condiment? Let Claire guide you through the condiment world of flavour starting with the Classics that we all know and love Ketchup, Mayonnaise, Mustard and Butter right through to Hot Sauces, Ferments and Pickles (think Miso and Kimchi), Dressings & Oils, Fruit in Jars and Dips. With illustrations and charts throughout, The Condiment Book covers everything from failsafe recipes for much-loved condiments, hundreds of variations and

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Book SynopsisLearn the engaging art of Japanese sumi painting, where simple sweeps of the brush capture the essence of nature.The Japanese art tradition of Sumi-e uses brushes and ink washes to combine calligraphic lines with carefully thought out blank spaces. Traditionally focusing on flowers and plants, this mindful art form has roots in Zen Buddhism, striving to capture the essence and natural vitality of a subject, rather than creating a realistic representation. In this beautifully illustrated step-by-step guide, master calligraphic artist Akemi Lucas describes the equipment, brush positioning, ink-mixing techniques and mindset needed to excel at this delightful art form. Ideal both for beginners and accomplished Sumi-e artists, the projects start with orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, and plum blossom known as ''The Four Gentlemen'' and increase in complexity through fruits and flowers to water, insects, and birds. Many of the later projects also include important ad

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Book SynopsisJOHN UREN is Senior Lecturer in Surveying in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds, UK.BILLPRICEwas until recently Principal Lecturer in Surveying in the School of Environment and Technology at the University of Brighton, UK.Both authors have written several books and contribute frequently to journals associated with land and engineering surveying.Table of ContentsIntroduction Levelling Angle Measurement Distance Measurement: Taping Total Stations Traversing and Coordinate Calculations Global Positioning System GPS Coordinates and Transformations Measurements, Errors and Specifications Detail Surveying and Plotting Setting Out Circular Curves Transition Curves Vertical Curves Earthwork Quantities Appendix Solutions.

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Book Synopsis''Startling, dark and absorbing'' Independent''Excellent travel writing: vivid, sympathetic, humorous'' Guardian''Fascinating, provocative and highly eccentric'' New York Times_______________________In 1886 Elisabeth Nietzsche, the philosopher Friedrich''s bigoted, imperious sister, founded a ''racially pure'' colony in Paraguay together with a band of blond-haired fellow Germans. Over a century later, Ben Macintyre sought out the survivors of Nueva Germania to discover the remains of this bizarre colony. Forgotten Fatherland vividly recounts his arduous adventure locating the survivors, while also tracing the colorful history of Elisabeth''s return to Europe, where she inspired the mythical cult of her brother''s philosophy and later became a mentor to Hitler. Brilliantly researched and mordantly funny, this is an illuminating portrait of a forgotten people and of a woman whose deep influence on the twentieth century can only nowTrade ReviewFascinating, provocative and highly eccentric * New York Times *Witty, intelligent and told with a rollicking, trenchant style * Boston Globe *Macintyre's journey to rediscover Nueva Germania deep in the Paraguayan forest and his descriptions of what he found, make compelling reading. But more fascinating still is the story Macintyre interleaves with his discovery, that of Elisabeth's own life and her deliberate distortions of her brother's philosophy to make it accord with her own -- Julia Neuberger * Sunday Times *Remarkable and entertaining ... Macintyre weaves the many threads together with considerable literary skill, jumping backwards and forwards between Paraguayan past and present, between the Germany of Bismarck and of Hitler ... a parade of exotic figures and tall tales inhabit the story -- Richard Overy * Observer *Macintyre's powers as a writer are wonderfully responsive. This year's crop of travel books is unlikely to yield anything more bizarrely compelling -- Jonathan Keates * Independent *Excellent travel writing: vivid, sympathetic, humorous -- R.J. Hollingdale * Guardian *Macintyre's report from the tattered remnants is startling, dark and absorbing * Independent *

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Book SynopsisProvides the key to sex determination. This work includes: research into sperm-count levels; an explanation of the relevant biological factors; practical advice on health, diet, sperm count and ovulation; the author's success story and the testimonies of numerous parents.Trade ReviewLetters from readers: 'After following your rules, baby Laura arrived ... As you can imagine, we are absolutely delighted and I want to thank you for writing the book' 'I had the key to unlock my feelings and to achieve what I had thought would be impossible. Your book is so enlightening and my feelings are identified on every page. I thought I was the only one who felt that way' 'We did everything you said and on 11 July we got our baby girl. And I still can't believe she is actually here. I'm so happy; I'm crying now while writing this. I feel I'm the luckiest person in the world' 'I had to write in my present state of euphoria and let you know that your timing theory worked for us ... My husband had said all along that he would like another boy, but his tears of joy when our little girl arrived made us realise that we had achieved what we always longed for'

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Book SynopsisUsing the art, food and the books of Brazils nineteenth-century writer, Machado de Assis, this work is about its history of slavery and the multicultural but disturbed society that was left in its wake when the practice was abolished in the late nineteenth century.Trade Review'Robb is a superb stylist, and this brilliant dissection of modern Brazil is unputdownable' Sunday Times 'Outstanding a heady and fascinating picture of an extraordinary country' Daily Telegraph 'Fascinating and revealing It is the Brazil that Robb sees beyond the sensations that gives his book its great travelling dimension' New York Times 'It is compellingly readable and elegant. In fact, anyone planning a trip to Brazil should read this book' Daily Mail

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