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Book SynopsisIn Suva, the bustling capital of Fiji, a tropical cyclone is looming. In this city of dazzling contradictions, three strangers are living worlds apart. Hannah is a young Australian expat who volunteers at a local health organization while leading a heady life of house parties and weekend getaways. Isikeli is a teenager from the informal settlement who has given up on his childhood dream of playing rugby and cares for his diabetic grandmother. Rishika is an Indo-Fijian historian who put her career on hold when she got married, only to find that her once compassionate husband has become increasingly estranged. When a brutal murder causes their worlds to collide, this unlikely trio must search for answers. Along the way, they are each forced to confront uncomfortable truths about development, its darker side, and their place within it. Based on a combination of long-term research and lived experience, this compelling ethnographic novel reveals the hidden ways global inequality a

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Book SynopsisNot all athletes train in the same way. But it’s rare to see any athlete workout without warming up. The Warm-Up is the first book to describe the science of the warm-up and provide guidelines on how to maximise its effectiveness. This is done through the use of the RAMP system.Trade Review"Ian Jeffreys is one of the best educators and practitioners I know. His book, The Warm-Up, is both stimulating and educational."; Des Ryan--Head of Sport Medicine and Athletic Development for Arsenal Academy;"For decades the warm-up has been the greatest physical development opportunity we haven't tapped--until now. Written by one of the most influential thinkers in human performance, The Warm-Up will change the way you think about the first 15 minutes of training forever."; Nick Winkelman, PhD--Head of Athletic Performance and Science for Irish Rugby Football UnionTable of ContentsChapter 1. Why We Warm Up Reasons for Warming Up The Physiology of Warming Up Psychological Rationale for Warming Up Net Potential Effects of Warm-Up The Warm-Up and Injury Risk Reduction Optimizing the Warm-Up Chapter 2. A New Way of Thinking About the Warm-Up The Traditional General and Specific Warm-Up Revaluating the Aim and Value of the Warm-Up A New Purpose for the Warm-Up Competition Versus Training Warm-Ups Issues With the Traditional Warm-Up Chapter 3. The RAMP System of Warming Up A Systematic Approach Athleticism Delivering Athletic Development The RAMP System Chapter 4. The Raise Phase Activity Progression Types of Raise Phases Organizing a Raise Phase Chapter 5. The Activation and Mobilization Phase Long-Term Focus: Mobility The Role of Static Stretching Focusing on Mobility Focusing on Movement Initiating and Progressing the System Addressing Fundamental Issues: Activation Targeting the Selections The Activation and Mobilization Process Activation Exercises Mobilization Exercises Chapter 6. The Potentiation Phase Focus of the Phase Duration of the Phase A Session in Itself The Potentiation Process Sample Potentiation Phases Chapter 7. Constructing Effective Warm-Ups The Planning Process The Raise Phase The Activation and Mobilization Phase The Potentiation Phase Sample Warm-Ups

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Book SynopsisFinalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in History Winner of Columbia University's 2024 Bancroft Prize in American History Winner of the 2024 Caughey Western History Prize Winner of the 2024 Spur Award Named a Best Civil War Book of 2023 byCivil War Monitor In Continental Reckoning renowned historian Elliott West presents a sweeping narrative of the American West and its vital role in the transformation of the nation. In the 1840s, by which time the United States had expanded to the Pacific, what would become the West was home to numerous vibrant Native cultures and vague claims by other nations. Thirty years later it was organized into states and territories and bound into the nation and world by an infrastructure of rails, telegraph wires, and roads and by a racial and ethnic order, with its Indigenous peoples largely dispossessed and confined to reservations. Unprecedented exploration uncovered the West's extraordinary resources, beginning with the discovery of gold in California within days of the United States acquiring the territory following the Mexican-American War. As those resources were developed, often by the most modern methods and through modern corporate enterprise, half of the contiguous United States was physically transformed. Continental Reckoning guides the reader through the rippling, multiplying changes wrought in the western half of the country, arguing that these changes should be given equal billing with the Civil War in this crucial transition of national life. As the West was acquired, integrated into the nation, and made over physically and culturally, the United States shifted onto a course of accelerated economic growth, a racial reordering and redefinition of citizenship, engagement with global revolutions of science and technology, and invigorated involvement with the larger world. The creation of the West and the emergence of modern America were intimately related. Neither can be understood without the other. With masterful prose and a critical eye, West presents a fresh approach to the dawn of the American West, one of the most pivotal periods of American history.Trade Review"By the final chapter of Continental Reckoning, the reader should pause and realize they have read one of the most important contributions to the American historiography published in the past half-century. Historians of America and the West will recognize that Elliott West, one of the most respected scholars in his field the past 40 years, has accomplished a great deal in his career, but will remember Continental Reckoning as his master work, truly a magnum opus of his highly lauded scholarly career."—Stuart Rosebrook, True West"Elliott West has written an engaging and innovative synthesis that will be of interest to all readers of history. It is a gift to anyone who writes lectures; teachers will find illuminating examples, useful metaphors, and an extraordinary amount of data to wield in the service of helping students make sense of the middle decades of the nineteenth century."—Amy Kohout, Missouri Historical Review"With its scope, sophistication, and engaging prose, this marvelous book deserves wide readership."—Sherry L. Smith, South Dakota History"Elliott West's Continental Reckoning vividly shows the importance of looking at the American West when studying the Civil War era. West makes sweeping arguments crucial to advancing Civil War West historiography, and his accessible writing style also makes the read enjoyable for the general public interested in the American West or nineteenth-century U.S. history more broadly. Rather than seeing the West as a "safety valve" for the East, Continental Reckoning demonstrates how the region became inextricably linked to the rise of the modern and robust U.S. nation state."—John R. Legg, Civil War Monitor"The West is a big canvas. West uses brush strokes small and large to depict his engaging and thought-provoking perspective."—Tom Carpenter, RoundUp Magazine"A comprehensive, lucid, and often surprising history of western settlement in America."—Kirkus Reviews, starred"Readers who appreciate history and are privileged by having been born and lived in the Western United States should plan to allocate an appropriate portion of their remaining time to perusal of Continental Reckoning. They will be amazed by the impact which our region has exerted upon the development of both our own country and the rest of today's global community."—J. Kemper Campbell, Lincoln Journal Star"Continental Reckoning is massive and brilliantly constructed, scholarly and literary, meant to be read beyond academic conferences by a public that—in these contentious times—needs to understand America's past."—David Luhrssen, Shepherd Express"Westerners will do well to have this new anthology handy as a standard reference work of the expansionist period."—John Monnett, Denver Posse of Westerners“Encyclopedic in its coverage, wonderfully written, full of revealing details, shrewd and funny in its analysis, Continental Reckoning will become the standard work on the creation of the American West. Elliott West remains astute and fair in covering a place and period often reduced to ideology and polemic. No one knows the nineteenth-century American West better than he does.”—Richard White, author of The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865–1896Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations List of Maps Series Editor’s Introduction, by Richard Etulain Prelude: 773,510,680 Acres Acknowledgments Part 1. Unsettling America 1. The Great Coincidence 2. Division and Multiplication 3. Letting Blood 4. The Horse and the Hammer 5. Conquest in Stutter-Step 6. Carnal Property 7. The Fluid West 8. Continental Reckoning 9. Civil War and the “Indian Problem” Part 2. Things Come Together 10. Iron Bands and Tongues of Fire 11. Connections Real and Imagined 12. Maps 13. The “Science of Man” and the American Sublime 14. The World’s Convention 15. Crew Cultures, Cribs and Schoolhouses, Women on the Fringe Part 3. Worked into Being 16. Cattle and the New America 17. Wind, Fever, and Indians Unhorsed 18. Breaking the Land 19. Domination and Extinction 20. When the West Turned Inside Out 21. Legal Wrestling, the Land Convulsed 22. The Final Undoing 23. Creating the West Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSince the publication of the first edition of the handbook in 1973, many thousands of novice and experienced beekeepers have relied on this book as the preferred single-volume guide to bee keeping * British Journal of Entomology and Natural History *

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Book SynopsisWhen a woman prays, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person for whom the prayers are spoken, but also for the person praying.Prayer changes things. It is a stress-reliever. It's a chain-breaker. It's a peace-bringer, and it's necessary for every child of God no matter their age or experience.Throughout history, women have been especially powerful in taking up the mantle of prayer. It is largely the prayers of women that establish the spiritual sanctuary of their family. Praying women warriors fight against oppression and injustice. Their prayers defend the innocent and the untrained. And through their prayers they are seen as shining examples in the darkness of the world.This journal gives you the space to write out your prayers and note how they are answered. It will give you a place to continue your progressive march of empowerment by dreaming like your daughters and praying like your grandmothers.

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Book SynopsisPerfect for daring dames of all ages, this beautiful blank journal is filled with retro-cool illustrations of thrill-seeking girls high-diving, riding motorcycles, zipping along on skateboards, and overall being rad. This playfully illustrated journal from popular Seattle artist and tattooer Kyler Martz will appeal to men and women from adolescence on up with its retro-cool images of sassy, daring dames throughout. It includes plenty of space for writing personal reflections, quotations, keeping notes, and ideas.Trade Review"...too pretty to be ordinary journals, and that’s when I decided to make them journals for the generations.”—Folded Pages Distillery “Retro-cool illustrations of women doing daring deeds makes this versatile journal extra special.”—The Seattle Times

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Book SynopsisShare your life's stories and memories in this thoughtful and easy-to-use keepsake journal. This is a lovely gift to give to a cherished family member, friend, or even to yourself. This guided journal will inspire people to record the unique details and stories of their lives, both for themselves and for those they will one day leave behind. It includes a mix of fill-in-the-blanks, short answer questions, list-making prompts, and ideas for simple sketches or photos which are all designed to create a nuanced portrait of a person's life through reflections, memories, and stories. This gorgeously crafted journal features the whimsical work of papercut artist Sarah Trumbauer throughout.Trade Review"...a beautifully illustrated journal that gives Mom the chance to dive deep into the memories and experiences that make her life so unique. It includes questions, prompts and blank spaces to write and sketch, and will help you learn something new about the woman who helped you become the person you are today."—Seattle Times"...a wonderfully guided journal, perfect for adults who want to record their personal history but aren’t sure where to start."—Vancouver Family Magazine

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Book SynopsisDelve into the scoundrels and criminals of BATMAN's Rogues Gallery in this miniature art book.No hero in comic history has been more defined by his adversaries than BATMAN. From THE JOKER's warped and murderous pranks to CATWOMAN’s villainous thievery, TWO-FACE’s coin-flipping chaos, and HARLEY QUINN’s red-and-black insanity, BATMAN's villains have played a key role in his comics history and built pop culture followings of their own. Now fans can enjoy this dark and demented mini collection of art for each member of BATMAN’s Rogues Gallery.  Featuring quotes, fascinating facts, and images of dozens of different BATMAN villains, this pocket-sized art collection lets fans carry their favorite BATMAN characters with them everywhere. Part of Insight Editions’ new collectible series of miniature books, this is the perfect gift for any fan.

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Book SynopsisWhat are you supposed to do when Freddy Krueger™ is chasing you through your nightmares? Stay awake and write!  Celebrate your love of horror and 1984 classic, A Nightmare on Elm Street™, with this softcover notebook featuring a ghoulish illustration of Freddy Krueger™. This notebook includes 240 ruled pages, a ribbon placeholder, and an elastic band.  

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Book SynopsisStep back in time to an age of Hollywood glamour, summer-lovin’ or punk rock, with this gorgeous collection of vintage hair and make-up styles to re-create at home. The desire for all things vintage has truly made its way back into fashion and, as the demand for classic clothing increases, so do the iconic hair and make-up looks to match. With styles from every decade between the 1920s and 1980s, you can re-create the beautiful looks made famous by the music, movie stars and top trends of the times. At a time of dancing, cocktails and underground parties, enter the Jazz Age with the style of a confident Society Gal, perfecting smoky eyes and pin curls to match that little black, beaded dress. Or channel the colourful liberation of the Swinging Sixties where big beehives and dramatic lashes went hand in hand with the groovy patterns found in clothing and accessories. As the iconic looks and style of the last century catwalk their way back into the mainstream, Vintage Beauty Parlor has all the tips and trends you need to become a vintage icon.

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Book Synopsis From beloved animation house Studio Ghibli, this paperback journal features the mesmerizing art behind Castle in the Sky, a captivating tale about a boy and a girl with a levitation crystal and their quest to find the legendary floating castle, Laputa.Complete with full-color artwork on the front and back covers, five interior spreads of concept art, and spot illustrations throughout, this journal is the perfect keepsake for Studio Ghibli fans and animation enthusiasts of all ages. 1986 Studio GhibliRARELY SEEN CONCEPT ART: The journal contains spot illustrations throughout and five full-color spreads of rare concept art from the film. DISTINCTIVE SCHOOL OR OFFICE SUPPLY: Bring some flair to your school or office supplies with this gorgeous journal. GREAT GIFT: This journal, part of a continuing official partnership with Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli, celebrates the artistry behind Castle in the Sky

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Book Synopsis Let your creativity take flight with this sketchbook celebrating Kiki’s Delivery Service, Studio Ghibli’s beloved coming-of-age story about a resourceful young witch finding her way in the world.Featuring a tactile cloth cover with iconic imagery from the film foil-stamped on the front, lay-flat binding, and extra-thick pages, this sketchbook is perfect for writers, artists, and animation fans alike. © 1989 Eiko Kadono/Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, N

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Book Synopsis From the author of the bestselling Men to Avoid in Art and Life, this postcard book features the best of Nicole Tersigni's hit Art and Life series as well as a handful of never-before-seen images! Pairing classical paintings with funny, irreverent captions, Nicole Tersigni broke the Internet with her first book, the hit success Men to Avoid in Art and Life, based on her hysterical Twitter feed. Her follow-ups, Friends to Keep in Art and Life and Parenting Advice to Ignore in Art and Life, are packed with the same whip-smart humor, celebrating wholesome female friendships and women’s life experiences in a loving and brilliantly sassy way. This collection of 30 all-occasion postcards gives us a new way to share the joy of Tersigni’s laugh-out-loud perspectives while connecting with the ones we love. Featuring images from her previous books, along with some brand-new captioned a

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Book SynopsisPrepare to take your love of coffee to the next level with this richly aromatic tour of the world's favourite drink, from bean to cup and beyond Happiness comes in all shapes and sizes: espresso, cortado, flat white, latte, cappuccino... We wake up and smell it. We crave it when we're sleepy. We take deep lungfuls of its rich aroma when we buy a new bag of it. We put it in cakes, cocktails and just about every other type of food imaginable. But most of all, we rely on it to punctuate our day with a caffeine hit and a small burst of all its delicious flavours. In this homage to the coffee bean you will:- Learn how coffee was discovered, how it is grown and how it is turned into our favourite drink- Discover everything you wanted to know about different beans, roasting styles and brewing techniques- Take a barista training course from the comfort of your own kitchen, with top tips on making the perfect brew at home- Get to grips with modern developments in the coffee world, such as nitro, cold brew, proffee and snapchilled coffee- Try out delicious coffee-based recipes, from flavoured lattes and iced coffees to coffee fudge, tiramisu, homemade syrups and espresso martinisThe only thing this book doesn't contain is caffeine - you'll have to make a fresh cup of joe for that.

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Book SynopsisSelected as one of Oprah’s Favorite Things 2024“These journals, which focus on treasured relationships, feature specific prompts so you can sit with your beloved family member to capture old stories and new memories alike." — Oprah WinfreyThe perfect gift for your grandmother (ideal for Mother’s Day and birthday giving), this beautiful keepsake memory book is designed to capture and preserve grandmother''s unique memories, from the days of her own childhood through the precious moments she spends with her grandchild. Charming illustrations make this guided journal a perfect gift for today’s grandmother, a wonderful keepsake book that she will want to share with each of her grandchildren. Beautifully designed and offering plenty of space for grandmother to tell her own life story, keep a living record of her experiences, and share her hopes and dreams for her grandchild, Grandmother’s Journal is sure to be a treasured gift. Each page includes thoughtful prompts to inspire and encourage any grandmother to record her most memorable and meaningful experiences as a child, young woman, mother, and grandmother, plus the traditions, life lessons, and family stories that she most wants to share with her grandchildren. This is a memory book to keep forever. Lots of room to record details of grandmother’s life for grandchildren to discover Thoughtful prompts elicit meaningful memories to cherish Sturdy pocket in back endpaper to hold memorabilia Includes a fill-in family tree   With a special note just for the grandchild’s eyes (in smaller type that grandma can’t read), this is sure to please family members of all ages.   

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A labor of love.... These letters are gold, the richest Machiavelli vein there is for mining the life and the ideas."—Colin Walters, Washington Times "A marvelous book that gives us, for the first time in English, all the extant personal letters that Machiavelli exchanged with his friends and associates over thirty years.... A major event."—John M. Najemy, Cornell University "Bravo!' to the superb edition Atkinson and Sices have produced.... Should be required reading."—Peter Bondanella, Indiana UniversityTable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Introduction Letters 1497-1498 1499 1500 1501 1502 1503 1504-1505 1506 1507-1508 1509 1510-1512 1513 1514 1515-1519 1520 1521 1522-1524 1525 1526 1527 Appendix Notes Abbreviations Works Cited List of Correspondence Subject Index

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Book Synopsis100 Ways to Save the Planet is packed with activities to help young eco-warriors make a positive difference.

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Book SynopsisThe parallels between the human brain and computers are easy to see today. But in the 1950s, when John Lilly developed his theory of the human bio-computer, this was a dramatic new way of viewing humans. Rooted in his extensive knowledge of neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, and electronics, and developed through personal experimentation in the sensory isolation tank that he invented, Lilly's manual shows how to step out of the mind-body and find out who we really are.

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Book SynopsisHistorical Consciousness and Practical Life introduces a novel approach to examining how people construct and employ historical knowledge in their daily lives. In viewing history as an embodied cultural practice that constitutes the background to our meaning-making, the book demonstrates how researchers and others can investigate the ways in which people make sense of time’s flow in their now-moment engagements with the world and use that information to position themselves regarding key social problems with historical roots.The book provides a glimpse at how humans enter historically embedded thinking problems, seeking to resolve them. Paul Zanazanian draws on a study of the community leaders of English-speaking Quebec to illustrate the practical life methodology’s workings. In looking at their different uses of history for strengthening their group’s vitality in the province, he identifies five key stances these leaders employ for positioning th

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Book SynopsisThis is essentially a book about theory building. Instead of actually presenting theory, it suggests and illustrates a particular way in which the social work profession, or any of the other service professions, might pursue the task of developing theory to refine its mode of practice. While written for every professional, it is directed, in particular, to those most actively engaged in the development and refinement of theory for their profession. It is a personal document in the sense that it is a chronicle of the author's reflections about how a profession might pursue most profitably this aspect of its total function.

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Book SynopsisLiberty London is known for its floral and graphic prints and the offering of innovative and eclectic designs. Liberty's Star Anise is a multidirectional textural design, featuring hand-painted ditsy flowers. The Liberty Star Anise Boxed Pen from Galison is a stylish addition to your home office or makes an ideal gift. Hinged Box: 5.875 x 8.25, 148 x 210 mm Pen Size: 7 x 1.875 x 1.25, 178 x 48 x 32 mm Ballpoint pen Gold pen cap and base Perfect for home office or makes an ideal gift

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Book SynopsisTracing colonialism alongside the history of anticolonial struggles in the Americas, Mary Louise Pratt shows how the turn of the twenty-first century marks a catastrophic turning point in the human and planetary condition.Trade Review"Planetary Longings offers, among other things, a firsthand intellectual history of the past three decades, examining the consequences for thinkers and activists of a newly totalizing capitalism bent on despoiling the earth." -- Kirsten Silva Gruesz * Critical Inquiry *"Mary Louise Pratt is a profound and important thinker and a superb essayist. . . ." -- Ryne Clos * Spectrum Culture *"Planetary Longings is Mary Louise Pratt in her prime. A profound historical thinker, global intellectual, and reader rooted in Latin American studies, Pratt invites us in this book to witness the tumultuous and changing history of Latin America—and with it, crucially, the discipline of Latin American cultural studies—over the past forty years. . . . In this book, the complex intersections between literary criticism, cultural studies, postcolonialism, and sociolinguistics are brought within our reach in readable and vigorous prose, in which a sharp sense of humor is combined with a vibrant and optimistic invitation to read, think, and listen to the forces that move the world." -- Felipe Martínez-Pinzón * A Contracorriente *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. Sitting in the Light of the Great Solar TV 1 Part I. Future Tensions 1.Modernity's False Promises 33 2. Why the Virgin of Zapopan Went to Los Angeles 56 3. Mobility and the Politics of Belonging 75 4. Fire, Water, and Wandering Women 90 5. Planetarized Indigeneity 107 6. Anthropocene as Concept and Chronotope 117 7. Mutations of the Contact Zone: Human to More-Than-Human 125 8. Is This Gitmo or Club Med? 137 9. Authoritarianism 2020: Lessons from Chile 144 Part II. Coloniality, Indigeneity, and the Traffic in Meaning 10. The Ethnographer's Arrival 165 11. Rigoberta Menchú and the Geopolitics of Truth 189 12. The Politics of Reenactment 207 13. Translation, Contagion, Infiltration 220 14. Thinking across the Colonial Divide 234 15. The Futurology of Independence 251 16. Remembering Anticolonialism 265 Coda: Airways, the Politics of Breath 276 Notes 281 References 299 Index 323 Publication History 339

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Caputo's major and tremulous work of theopoetics is inspired yet haunted by the name "God," a "focus imaginarius of the apophatic imaginary." While charting with his customary lucidity a vast course through thinkers like Aquinas, Luther, Meister Eckhart, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Tillich, and Derrida, Caputo also devotes considerable attention to Schelling, the apophatic alter ego of Hegel. In so doing, Schelling returns from exile and contributes powerful resources to Caputo's unsettling of the theological imaginary."—Jason M. Wirth, Seattle University, and author of Schelling's Practice of the Wild"Spooky, how Jack Caputo twists beyond theism and atheism into yet another adventure—impossibly lucid, luminous and ever darkly fun—into the abyss of unknowing. He does not light the way but writes it, drawing us into its glowing shadows, its apophatic philosophy, politics and practice. If there is no way out of this spectral "God", this "world without why," we may thank Specters of God for such haunting hospitality."—Catherine Keller, George T Cobb Professor of Constructive Theology, Drew University Theological School. Author of Cloud of the Impossible: Negative Theology and Planetary EntanglementTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface: The Apophatic ImaginationIntroduction: Specters of God1. Theopoetics: A Phenomenological GenesisPart One: The Ontotheological Imaginary2. From an Edifying to Anxious Apophatics: Aquinas, Eckhart and Luther3. Hegel at the Foot of the Cross: Understanding the Death of God4. Schelling and the Metaphysics of Evil5. The Philosophical Meaning of Satan6. Why Is There Something Rather than Nothing at All? Schelling and the End of Idealism7. Schelling's Either/Or8. Hegel and Schelling: The Critique and the ScarecrowPart Two: The Hauntological Imaginary9. Theism Transcended: The Post-Theism of Paul Tillich10. Violence and the Unconditional: The Politics of the Apophatic11. Haunting Tillich: Spectralizing the Ground of Being12. The Devil is in the DisseminationPart Three: The Posthuman Imaginary13. Angelology—Posthuman Style: Would You Rather Be a Cyborg, a Posthuman or an Angel?14. Ruinology: Why Will There Be Nothing at All, Rather than Something?15. Axiology: A Mortal God, A World without WhyConclusion: The Name (of) "God"Notes

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Book SynopsisThe Moleskine Cahiers are journals with a flexible heavy-duty writable cardboard cover in kraft brown with visible stitching on the spine. The last 16 sheets are detachable and there is a pocket for loose notes. Each set of 3 pieces includes the Moleskine history. With acid free paper and ruled pages. Set of 3. Specifications: - Layout: Ruled Paper- Dimensions: 5 x 8-1/4- Color: Kraft Brown- Pages: 80; last 16 Pages are detachable- Flap with space for collecting loose notes.- Paper Weight: 70 gsm/47 lb.; FSC Certified Paper; Acid-Free (pH Neutral)- Set of 3

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the 2019 Hayek Prize, The Manhattan Institute""Economic historian Jerry Muller delivers a riposte to bean counters everywhere with this trenchant study of our fixation with performance metrics."---Barbara Kiser, Nature"To his credit, Muller isn’t interested only in documenting the ways in which the metric fixation produces unintended consequences. Beyond that, he wants, first, to work out what causes this high level of dysfunction, and second, to identify ways in which metrics might be used more productively."---Stefan Collini, London Review of Books"For every quantification, there's a way of gaming it. So argues this timely manifesto against measured accountability." * Kirkus Reviews *"Many of us have the vague sense that metrics are leading us astray, stripping away context, devaluing subtle human judgement, and rewarding those who know how to play the system. Muller’s book crisply explains where this fashion came from, why it can be so counterproductive and why we don’t learn. It should be required reading for any manager on the verge of making the Vietnam body count mistake all over again."---Tim Harford, Financial Times"A short and highly readable account of the way such management systems are undermining important institutions, such as universities, schools, policing, charities and even companies."---Luke Johnson, Sunday Times"As Muller says ‘anything that can be measured and rewarded will be gamed.’ Too many people appear oblivious to this basic fact of life. A close reading of Muller’s excellent, if somewhat brief, introduction to the pitfalls of quantitative measurement should set them right."---Edward Chancellor, Breakingviews"There is also ample evidence, expertly summarised in Jerry Muller’s recent book, The Tyranny of Metrics, that metrics can be counter-productive." * The Economist *"Muller . . . says that an over-reliance on metrics can lead us to disproportionately value the things that are easiest to measure. These and the many other criticisms of metric fixation the author offers are well argued and will feel all too familiar to teachers and school leaders alike. Shortly after I agreed to review this title, Ofsted’s chief inspector . . . gave a speech explaining how she had recently read the book and how it was influencing her own thinking. Having now had the chance to read it myself, I think we should take this as a positive sign. My hope is that others involved in school accountability, including politicians, have the chance to consider its core message."---James Bowen, Times Education Supplement"A timely and important critique of the pervasive tendency to define success in terms of quantifying human performance, accountability and transparency, a trend that has invaded every profession." * Paradigm Explorer *"Jerry Muller’s The Tyranny of Metrics mercilessly exposes the downside of the cult of measurement and managerialism." * The Economist *"Muller’s book remains an interesting one: short, unpretentious, scholarly, and full of insights. And it provokes the reader into asking further questions."---Pierre Lemieux, Regulation"I cannot stress enough how important this book is for all organization studies scholars. If anything, I see it as an act of resistance to the plethora of publications that ‘count’ but are completely uninteresting, unimportant, and unread."---Alexia Panayiotou, Organization"Jerry Z. Muller’s thought-provoking The Tyranny of Metrics raises old post-positivist arguments on the limits of quantitative knowledge by using new theoretical leverages and applying them to original case studies."---Simone Raudino, European Legacy

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Book SynopsisCreate Remarkable Art out of What Inspires You!Get ready to create extraordinary mixed-media art! This artful adventure is accessible to everyone, no matter your skill level.

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Book SynopsisIn writing the life of tobacco in Bulgaria from the late Ottoman period through the years of Communist rule, Neuburger gives us much more than the cultural history of a commodity; she provides a fresh perspective on the genesis of modern Bulgaria itself.Trade ReviewBalkan Smoke places Mary Neuburger squarely at the forefront of the burgeoning field of consumption, commodities, and material culture studies about East-Central Europe.... Neuburger adeptly ties together numerous strands of culture, economics, politics, and ideas into a coherent narrative of the ever-changing and competing expressions of "Bulgaria.' * Ab Imperio *In Balkan Smoke: Tobacco and the Making of Modern Bulgaria, Neuburger masterfully demonstrates how the yellow-leafed plant has been at the core of building the historical narrative of modern day Bulgaria. More importantly, it also reveals in a particularly poignant way the complex dynamics of national consumption and global flows of goods and the ideologies they encapsulate.... Neuburger has a keen eye both for factual details and for cultural minutia, which reveals her remarkable ease and extreme, almost native-like, level of comfort and familiarity with the often hidden nuances of Bulgaria's less obvious cultural references. * Consumption Markets & Culture *Mary C. Neuburger's brilliant new book recounts the social life of tobacco in the past two centuries.... It creatively utilizes the extensive Bulgarian literature on the tobacco industry and cultural works on everyday life to produce a highly original account of the making of Bulgarian modernity.... [A] remarkably well-researched and inspiringly written work. * American Historical Review *Neuburger's work sharpens our understandings of Bulgarian economic history.... It is dense stuff, and I am terribly impressed with Neuburger’s ability to bring it all together in a coherent narrative. She has added a new thread to our understanding of the development of modern nationalism. * Slavic Review *One of the strongest contributions of Balkan Smoke is Neuburger's method. She uses tobacco and smoking as a lens through which to rethink the parameters of Bulgarianhistory. In doing so, she argues that tobacco production and consumption spurred deep transformations and brought a modern condition to Bulgaria's tobacco-growing regions.... Tobacco runs through each topic and it is evident that they are all tied to the others in both obvious and hidden ways. And this is precisely where Balkan Smoke shines. * Ab Imperio *This fascinating book explores the history of tobacco and tobacco culture in Bulgaria from the mid-19th century, when the country became partially and then fully independent from the Ottoman Empire, to the postcommunist present. Neuburger... argues convincingly that smoking and the production of tobacco products played an important—if not the key—part in Bulgaria's political, economic; and cultural modernization during this period.... Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *This smart, scrupulous, and elegant volume shows just how much interpretative power and creative reach a carefully executed commodity history can have. Balkan Smoke takes up the story of tobacco in a society that, like no other, has been shaped by the plant's production, distribution, consumption, and incorporation into mass and high culture.... Balkan Smoke is a thoughtful, innovative work of history writing and, in many ways, a valuable, fresh, and highly original contribution not just to national and regional historiography but to European history and economic history more generally, and to the expanding field of commodity studies. * The Journal of Modern History *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Coffeehouse Babble: Smoking and Sociability in the Long Nineteenth Century2. No Smoke without Fire: Tobacco and Transformation, 1878–19143. From the Orient Express to the Sofia Café: Smoke and Propriety in the Interwar Years4. The Tobacco Fortress: Asenovgrad Krepost and the Politics of Tobacco between the World Wars5. From Leaf to Ash: Jews, Germans, and Bulgarian Gold in the Second World War6. Smoke-Filled Rooms: Places to Light Up in Communist Bulgaria7. Smokes for Big Brother: Bulgartabak and Tobacco under CommunismConclusionNotes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn immersive radical walking guide to one of Europe's most popular citiesTrade Review'A guide through Berlin's riveting history that is gripping, tragic, triumphant and above all, authentic' -- Dan Arrows, host of 'The Iron Dice' Podcast'Fascinating and eclectic. This guidebook illuminates hidden histories with clarity, honesty, wit and irony. Read it and walk it!' -- David Rosenberg, author of 'Rebel Footprints''Inspirational. This collection of walking tours of Red Berlin is full of wonderful tales from a city which has, despite everything, remained experimental and revolutionary while others have become little more than malls or museums, all related with a deliciously bone-dry Berlinische humour' -- Owen Hatherley, author of Red MetropolisTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations and German Words Introduction 1. (Anti)Colonialism 2. November Revolution 3. Rosa Luxemburg’s Berlin 4. Neukölln Will Stay Red! 5. 1968 in West Berlin 6. Riots in Kreuzberg 7. The East Is Red 8. Queer Berlin 9. Berlinerinnen 10. Afterword: Where This Book Was Written About the Author Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A New Statesman Essential Non-Fiction Book of 2021""Winner of the PROSE Award in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Association of American Publishers""A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""[A] superb new history of infectious disease. Be so grateful you live now!"---David Frum"Magisterial. . . . [Harper’s] mastery of the science is only matched by the ease of his prose. If I were to nominate a book of the year, it would be this one."---Andrew Sullivan, The Dishcast"[A] sweeping masterpiece. . . . It’s difficult for me to think of anyone who will not find something eye-opening and enlightening in the pages of this comprehensive, beautifully written and eloquent book." * Forbes *"Plagues upon the Earth is a remarkable achievement."---Talha Burki, The Lancet"This magnificent book stood out as much for its nuance and academic rigour as it did for its readability." * Inquisitive Biologist *"An ambitious, engaging, and unified history of humanity’s interaction with infectious disease."---Gregory J. Morgan, Science"By integrating history, demography, economics, evolutionary biology and genomics into a seamless narrative, [Harper] does something that I, for one, have never seen before done so eloquently or persuasively: he demonstrates that any thorough understanding of health requires the kind of sweeping perspective that the humanities offers."---Steve Mintz, Inside Higher Ed"Comprehensive."---Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution"A remarkable accomplishment that weaves together microbiology, history, and economics to understand the role of diseases in shaping human history. Harper, an established historian known for his first three books on Rome and late antiquity, has an impressive command of virology, bacteriology, and parasitology as well as history and economics. In 'Plagues Upon the Earth.' he explains all of these clearly and with many arresting turns of phrase and insights."---Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution"Well-conceived. … [Kyle] Harper combs through the literature of history, economics, epidemiology, and other disciplines to deliver a solid study of the role of infectious disease in the human story. ... Harper’s long-view study is a welcome addition to the spate of recent books on epidemic disease." * Kirkus Reviews *"This is a solid book, superbly referenced and interdisciplinary, covering disease from pre-human origins to the present, and making extensive use of published DNA comparisons and descriptions of plagues by historical observers." * Choice *"Completing the reading of this book leaves one with more than a feeling of satisfaction. Admiration for a major task that was written in an engaging style that retains a facile elegance throughout its 700 pages, that presents comprehensive and detailed information as though it were the sort of material that readers come across every day, is what one might not expect, but welcomes, in a serious work of this size."---Ian Lipke, Queensland Reviewers Collective"This timely work is the book of extraordinary brilliance and scope and the most significant in the field since William McNeill’s Plagues and Peoples from the mid-1970s."---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer"Magisterial." * Prospect *"Plagues Upon the Earth is a highly provoking and enjoyable read. It shows that our success as a species is equally paralleled to the success of pathogens"---Makayla Alderson Fox, World History Encyclopedia

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Stephen Vider’s crisply written, gorgeously illustrated book on queer domesticity traces the transformation of the private sphere over the second half of the twentieth century in the United States. Home-life for LGBTQ people, he argues, evolved from a haven from state-sanctioned homophobia, to a revolutionary alternative to the heteronormative household, before ultimately becoming a homonormative domain entitled to legal protection. Each chapter is fascinating and fresh in its own way, and add up to something more than the sum of its parts: this is an important corrective to a queer historiography that has focused almost entirely on the public sphere." * Susan Stryker, author of Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution *“The Queerness of Home is a consequential achievement. Like any historian worth their salt, Vider knows how to tell a tale: this book’s prose is witty and clear as a mountain stream. More than that, it makes an irrefutable case that twentieth-century domestic environments have been momentous for LGBTQ individuals in the modern United States.” * Scott Herring, author of The Hoarders: Material Deviance in Modern American Culture *“This strikingly original book recovers the unexpected significance of queer forms of home life to LGBTQ people and politics since the mid-twentieth century. Ranging from the gay marriages and camp cookbooks of the 1950s and 1960s to the communes, queer homeless youth shelters, and lesbian feminist experiments in domestic redesign of the post-Stonewall years, Vider provides new insights into the intimate lives and broadest political claims of queer folk—and the meaning of domesticity itself. Creatively researched, beautifully written, and unfailingly smart, this is a first-rate work of revisionist history.” * George Chauncey, author of Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 *“An important history of how LGBTQ peoples make and sustain the homes of their choice and fight back against norms that oppress them. Vider reveals the lives, labors, and imaginations of LGBTQ home-makers, whose experiments with queer domesticities unfurl in vivid storytelling and amazing archival photographs.” * Nayan Shah, author of Stranger Intimacy: Contesting Race, Sexuality and the Law in the North American West *"Vider’s examination of the recent history of activist domesticity in the United States draws upon an extensive breadth of personal, public, and material sources. In its decade-by-decade chronicle the book discusses efforts to fit into the conformist households of the early Cold War, and examines later struggles to build alternative forms of domesticity, through communal living and rethinking architecture. . . . As well, despite its setting in a time of repression and epidemic, this is not a dark book. LGBTQ agency is at its core, and the narrative is a chronicle of contestation, adaptation, imagination, and, above all, creating community. In the face of hegemonic exclusion and repression, the activists in Vider’s study responded with art and humor and radical caregiving." * Journal of History *"Stephen Vider’s innovative new book, The Queerness of Home, offers a sweeping account of the centrality of the home and homemaking in challenging and renegotiating concepts of gender, sexuality, belonging, citizenship, and family, among many others, in the United States since the mid-twentieth century . . . Vider’s book is a most welcome contribution to many fields." * The Public Historian *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Politics and Performance of Home Part One. Integrations Chapter One. “Something of a Merit Badge”: Lesbian and Gay Marriage and Romantic Adjustment Chapter Two. “Oh Hell, May, Why Don’t You People Have a Cookbook?”: Camp Humor and Gay Domesticity Part Two. Revolutions Chapter Three. “The Ultimate Extension of Gay Community”: Communal Living, Gay Liberation, and the Reinvention of the Household Chapter Four. “Fantasy Is the Beginning of Creation”: Imagining Lesbian Feminist Architecture Part Three. Reforms Chapter Five. “Some Hearts Go Hungering”: Homelessness and the First Wave of LGBTQ Shelter Activism Chapter Six. “Picture a Coalition”: Community Caregiving and the Politics of HIV/AIDS at Home Epilogue: The Futures of the Queer Home Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAn eye-opening analysis of the costs and effects of immigration and immigration policy, both on American life and on new Americans.Trade Review"An excellent book with significant potential impact. The authors have done something quite novel: combined a review of the empirical social science evidence on the costs and benefits of undocumented immigration and the effects of various policies with personal stories about the lives of undocumented immigrants. The stories provoke an emotional, moral response, while the more scientific approach taken by the academic summaries provide evidence and rational calculations of costs and benefits. The writing is clear and propulsive, and the personal narratives lend a sense of urgency to the discussions of policy. If I were teaching a class on immigration economics, I would assign this book."--Megan MacGarvie, Boston University Questrom School of BusinessTable of ContentsPrologue Part One: Arrivals Part Two: Arrests Part Three: Afterward Conclusions Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisWith supply chain disruptions due to ports, pandemics, and labor shortages at the forefront of news media, Flow offers an important framework and solutions for remedying the rampant delays and bottlenecks that exist in global supply chains.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Supply Chain Flows and Immunity 2. Time, Velocity, and Immunity 3. Thermodynamics and Evolutionary Flow 4. Compression: The Localization of Supply Chains 5. Freedom of Flow: The Adoption of Digital Dexterity 6. Electrical Current 7. Future Supply Chain Flows Notes Index

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Book SynopsisFeaturing eight visually-stunning, imminently use-able graph paper designs repeating throughout the book and interspersed with engaging collections of info-graphics, charts and scientific curios to inform, delight and inspire. This journal is a must for anyone that needs to think in diagrams and patterns and also a great gift for those engineers, inventors, Dads and science buffs.

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Book SynopsisCovert and quizzical fun with a Top Trumps Twist, Mister Bond.

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Book SynopsisThis paper pack contains 1,000 high-quality, extra small 2.75-inch origami sheets printed with beautiful color bursts. These origami papers were developed to enhance the creative work of origami artists and paper crafters. The pack contains 12 unique patterns and is ideal for experienced artists working on modular origami, origami jewelry or mini models. The radial color bursts are also useful for folding realistic looking origami flowers. This origami paper pack includes:1,000 sheets of high-quality origami paper12 unique patterns2.75 x 2.75 inch (7 cm) squaresInstructions for folding and stringing paper cranesDouble-sided color (design on one side and coordinating solid color on the reverse)

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