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Book Synopsis BOOK OF LABELS  – The William Morris Book Of Labels features two label sizes in eight unique designs inspired by the floral artwork of William Morris. A stylish way to satisfy all your labeling needs, the William Morris Book of Labels is perfect for gifts and bookplates MULTIFUNCTIONAL – Besides using the labels for books and gifts the William Morris Book of Labels can be used for labeling household objects, scrapbooking, decoupage, or any craft project that requires an artistic touch. What will you create? PERFECT FOR GIFTING – From New Years all the way to Christmas, the William Morris Labels provides unique and beautiful labels for addressing gifts to all your loved ones. The gorgeous printed gift label stickers will excite gift openers from start to finish! The labels will also add a touch of elegance to your bookplates or household objects that need labelling. GALISON – Since 1979, our vision at Galison ha

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Book SynopsisWith this one-sentence journal, couples can create a three-year time capsule of their relationship...

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Book SynopsisIn Japanese Culture, the art of gift wrapping and the presentation of gifts is equally as important as the choice of the gift itself. Gift wrapping is an ancient and highly respected art form and beautiful, high-quality paper is essential to this creative endeavor. The fine-quality tear-out gift wrapping sheets feature twelve traditional and modern prints, suitable for craft projects as well as for gift wrapping. These tasteful designs are ideal for any occasion and offer a variety of colors and patterns. An introduction details the history and meaning behind the designs.Trade Review"The papers are so pretty, that they cry out to be used for more crafty uses than simply gift wrap." --Castle View Academy blog"…the quality of the paper is very good. I found it easy to wrap with and it was a good strength." --Craft Moms Share blog

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Book SynopsisLearn how to navigate the challenging terrain of connecting with a child who is afraid, angry, and/or sad. Framing this work as emotionally responsive teaching, this book expands current conceptualizations of trauma-informed practice to encompass more broadly the relational demands of supporting young children with challenging life circumstances.Table of Contents Contents Foreword Mary Benson McMullen ix Acknowledgments and Dedication  xi Introduction  1 1.  Teaching Children With Messy Lives  7 Developing a Shared Perspective  8 Messy Lives as a Context for Development  11 Trauma Is the Symptom, Not the Problem  14 A Conceptual Framework for Thinking More Deeply  16 Summary  21 2.  Essential Elements of an Emotionally Responsive Teaching Approach  23 Defining Emotionally Responsive Teaching  24 The Essence of Emotionally Responsive Teaching  30 Development and Emotionally Responsive Teaching  33 The Aims of Emotionally Responsive Teaching  37 The Emotionally Responsive Ethic  39 Summary  40 3.  Teaching From Hope Versus Teaching From Fear  43 Self-Fulfilling Expectations  43 Teaching in Treacherous Times  46 We All Teach Our Own Story  57 Summary  66 4.  Reframing Resilience for Children With Messy Lives  69 I Keep Me Safe  70 Development Along Alternative Pathways  71 A Developmental Pathways Approach  74 Reframing Resilience  79 Moving Forward  87 Summary  88 5.  Redefining Trauma: The Embodied Experience of Threat  91 Sinking in the Pool  91 The Embodied Experience of Threat  95 The Stress Response System  100 Differentiating Brief Stress, Adversity, Toxic Stress, and Trauma  107 Summary  110 6.  Too Scared to Learn: The Impact of Fear on Development and Learning  111 A Shift in Worldview  112 Adversity and Learning  118 Summary  137 7.  Cultivating Emotionally Responsive Teaching  139 The Anchors of Emotionally Responsive Teaching  140 Summary  168 8.  The Courage to Care  171 All Children Benefit From Emotionally Responsive Teaching  172 Sustaining the Emotionally Responsive Teacher  176 Summary  185 References  187 Index  199 About the Author  207

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Book SynopsisThis updated edition of a classic defense of libertarianism includes a new introduction.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDonna Haraway’s latest book, When Species Meet, is a stunning meditation on the ordinary. Tying together questions of interspecies encounters and alternative practices of world building, Haraway explores how contemporary human beings interact with various critters to form meanings, experiences, and worlds. The text effortlessly slides between theory and autobiography; one of the driving connections in this regard is Ms. Cayenne Pepper, an Australian sheepdog whose “darter-tongue kisses” compel Haraway to look closely at what biologist Lynn Margulis calls “symbiogenesis,” a process that explains how life forms continually intermingle, leading to ever more “intricate and multidirectional acts of association of and with other life forms.” From lab animals to interspecies love to breeding purebreds, Haraway ensures that her readers will never look at human-animal encounters of any sort in the same way again.While those familiar with Haraway’s oeuvre will find numerous connections to her earlier work, she does an excellent job of narrating how she came to the questions at the heart of When Species Meet and (perhaps most importantly) what is at stake for her in these questions, politically and otherwise. Of particular interest to philosophy buffs are Haraway’s gratifying critiques of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s well-known writing on “becoming-animal”; these critiques arise as part of Haraway’s overall challenge to the boundaries between “wild” or “domestic” creatures. Similarly, her response to Jacques Derrida’s ruminations on animals reveals the provocations that can arise from work that pokes holes in conventional disciplinary engagements with any given topic. Haraway’s willingness to take on both biology and philosophy, to cite only two of her resources, results in suggestive insights on a number of issues, but especially (with Derrida, et. al.) regarding the question of what it means to take animals seriously.I found Haraway’s considerable enthusiasm and knowledge in When Species Meet to be invigorating. This book should appeal to a broad audience including animal lovers, scientists and their allies, theorists, and people who love random and little known information (e.g., the history of imported North American gray wolves during South African apartheid). While Haraway emphasizes that her desire to look more carefully at companion species, those “who eat and break bread together but not without some indigestion,” does not come with any guarantees, she infectiously believes that there is a good deal at stake in the mundane and extraordinary details of the co-shaping species she documents across these pages. Given her hope for the worldly orientations, such as curiosity and respect, that might be cultivated by looking at companion species differently, it is appropriate that she begins and ends the text by reminding us that “[t]here is no assured happy or unhappy ending — socially, ecologically, or scientifically. There is only the chance for getting on together with some grace.”Review by Marie Draz, Feminist Review Blog

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Internet Spaceships Are Serious Business is one of the most comprehensive collections of works on EVE Online ever produced, but written in language that is accessible to the uninitiated reader. It captures a side of EVE that is often lost in academic writings, and each chapter stands as a snapshot in time of one of the world’s most unique and well-studied massively multiplayer online games."—Brendan Drain, MMO expert"A book as unique as EVE itself—it will make you think, help you understand a game you may never play, and afford a glimpse onto a less traveled byway of the gaming universe. The roster of authors is delightfully varied, with contributions from archivists, developers, players, PhD students, and researchers, broadening inquiry into a thoughtful, engaging treatment of a cherished game."—Bonnie Nardi, author of My Life as a Night Elf Priest: An Anthropological Account of “World of Warcraft”*\"By addressing everything from collaboration to conflict, from economics to embodiment, the authors of Internet Spaceships Are Serious Business use the specific case study of EVE Online to investigate how emerging digital technologies reshape selfhood and society."—Tom Boellstorff, author of Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human"This work serves as an excellent consideration of the world of EVE Online for any researcher."—American Journal of PlayTable of ContentsContents Glossary of EVE Online Jargon Introduction Marcus Carter, Kelly Bergstrom, and Darryl Woodford 1. EVE Online for the Uninitiated Kelly Bergstrom and Marcus Carter 2. EVEOnline Is Hard and It Matters Christopher Paul 3. Virtual Interstellar Travel William Sims Bainbridge 4. Universes, Metaverses, and Multiverses Kjartan Pierre Emilsson 5. The Digital Grind: Time and Labor as Resources of War in EVE Online Oskar Milik 6. The Russians Are Coming! Stereotypes and Perceptions of “Russianness” in EVE Online Catherine Goodfellow 7. The Art of Selling Trust Chribba 8. We Play Something Awful: Goon Projects and Pervasive Practice on Online Games Richard Page 9. The Accidental Spymaster Keith Harrison 10. The Evolution of Player Organizations: A Goonswarm Perspective The Mittani (Alexander Gianturco) 11. RIP Vile Rat: Makeshift Memorials in EVE Online Martin R. Gibbs, Marcus Carter, and Joji Mori 12. Imagined Capsuleers: Reframing Discussions about Gender and EVE Online Kelly Bergstrom 13. The Social System in EVE Online Mantou (Zhang Yuzhou) 14. Do EVE Online Players Dream of Icelandic Spaceships? The Role and Mechanisms of Co-creation in CCP’s Success Jedrzej Czarnota 15. EVEOnline as History Nick Webber 16. On the EVE of Preservation: Conserving a Complex Universe Kristin MacDonough, Rebecca Fraimow, Dan Erdman, Kathryn Gronsbell, and Erica Titkemeyer Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAssesses the activism, writing, and legacy of Claudia Jones (1915–1964), a pioneering Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual active in the U.S. and U.K.Trade Review“Carole Boyce Davies has rendered a unique service in restoring to proper recognition the life and achievements of the Trinidad-born political activist and feminist Claudia Jones. From the turbulent struggles of Harlem, U.S.A. in the 1930s and 1940s to London in the 1950s and 1960s, Claudia Jones became a symbol of resistance and the standard by which others would measure their own integrity of commitment. Left of Karl Marx is the biography of an era of the most intense ideological combat—where reputations were assassinated and careers erased by a single rumor of incorrect political affiliation. Here is the story of a singular triumph whose legacy has nourished the lives of another generation.”—George Lamming, author of In the Castle of My Skin and The Pleasures of Exile“Carole Boyce Davies has vividly brought to life the work and struggles of Claudia Jones in the U.S.A. and Great Britain in her new book, Left of Karl Marx. Boyce Davies possesses that unique combination of being both a scholarly researcher and a writer capable of clear and persuasive language. The reader is presented with a remarkably readable and informative study of a woman who was equally adept in her writing and public speaking on feminism, and as a social pioneer, a political analyst, and an avowed adversary of racism. This book removes Claudia Jones from the shadow of the great bust of Marx to the front row of the black activists and thinkers of the twentieth century, and that is where she belongs.”—Donald Hinds, author of Journey to an Illusion: The West Indian in Britain“This book fills a lacuna in the historical understanding of black left radicalism and socialist-oriented feminism in the United States and the Caribbean. In this era of twenty-first-century corporate globalization, it reunites us with a transnational radical and anti-capitalist past through the examination of the extraordinary life, work, and political philosophy of Claudia Jones. This work reminds us that the U.S. and British radical traditions had diverse memberships, which included black, communist, and feminist women of whom Trinidad-born Claudia Jones was a remarkable example. Carole Boyce Davies has given us a well-researched, detailed analysis of this communist, feminist, intellectual, activist, and artistic woman of Caribbean origin. This is a long-awaited treasure for which many will be eternally grateful.”—Rhoda E. Reddock, author of Interrogating Caribbean Masculinities

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Book SynopsisSpecific Models Covered:GS750 77-79; GS750L 79-81; GS750E 78-82; GS750T 1982

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Book SynopsisA mathemagical' colouring book, with 60 patterns to colour and 10 more that YOU create!For those who ponder the most intriguing questions in maths, the realm of numbers is not only visual but also beautiful. What does a sphere look like in four dimensions? How can a knight on a chessboard visit every square? And can a five-sided tile cover an infinite floor? Visions of Numberland unlocks the world's greatest mathematical mysteries, with 60 patterns to colour in and 10 more that you can create from scratch. The friendly explanations next to each pattern unlock the secrets of an intellectual quest that has been underway for three thousand years but no maths knowledge is required. Anyone can be an artist in Numberland!Trade ReviewBeautiful...Alex and Edmund have smuggled in some of the best mathematical stories into this visual feast. By engaging the reader in their visual journey the authors show how mathematics isn't a spectator sport. Maths comes alive when you make it yourself. * Marcus du Sautoy, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford *This is by far the most entertaining maths book I’ve seen in a long time. Want to show someone what maths is about? Tell them to forget everything they’ve read. Then, hand them this book and a box of 100 crayons, and leave them alone for an hour. There’s no way you’ll get your copy back. Amazing! * Adrian Paenza, bestselling maths author and winner of the International Congress of Mathematicians Leelavati Award *My six-year-old and I are both loving the mathy new coloring book Visions of the Universe * Jordan Ellenberg, PhD, author of How Not to Be Wrong *Delightful, informative, and fun! * Steven Strogatz, author of The Joy of x *I love this new math coloring book! I want the Menger slice as a Christmas ornament. * Manil Suri, University of Maryland professor of maths and bestselling author of The Death of Vishnu *

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Book SynopsisComprehensive, innovative, and geared towards teaching, the second edition of A History of Ukraine is ideal for both teachers and students.Trade Review'A magisterial history ... of the Ukrainian land and all the peoples who have fought over, thrived in, and suffered upon it, from the ancient Scythians ... to the present day.' -- Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs 'Reminiscent of some of the great works of Russian and Ukrainian history of the nineteenth century ... The book is characterized by wide and deep learning, remarkable objectivity, rational organization, clarity of presentation, and profound awareness of a variety of national sensitivities.' -- Dennis R. Papazian, History 'The task of writing a new history of Ukraine is a difficult balancing act ... Not only the end of the Cold War and the gradual reintegration of Eastern Europe into the European community but also the rethinking of the nation-state and nationalism as historical forces challenge the ways in which the teaching and writing of modern history have been structured. Magocsi's History will long serve as a model for those who dare to grapple with these central issues.' -- Mark von Hagen, The Journal of Modern History 'Magocsi's mastery of ethnographic material, his skillful inclusion of primary documents, and the valuable annotated bibliography make his work [a] useful and comprehensive tool for the student of Ukraine.' -- Paul S. Pirie, The Slavic and East European JournalTable of ContentsPreface Preface to the First Edition List of Tables List of Maps Part One: Introduction and Pre-Kievan Times 1 Ukraine's Geographic and Ethnolinguistic Setting Territory and geography Climate Natural resources Administrative and ethnolinguistic divisions Population Nomenclature 2 Historical Perceptions The Russian historical viewpoint What is eastern Europe? The Polish historical viewpoint The Ukrainian historical viewpoint Kostomarov on Ukrainians, Russians, and Poles The Soviet historical viewpoint 3 The Steppe Hinterland and the Black Sea Cities The steppe hinterland Trypillians and Ukrainians Nomadic civilizations on Ukrainian territory The nomads of the steppe hinterland The Greeks of the coastal region The Pax Scythica, the Sarmatians, and the Pax Romana Scythian customs The Byzantines and the Khazars 4 The Slavs and the Khazars The origins of the Slavs The original homeland of the Slavs The migrations of the Slavs The Antes Archaeology in Ukraine The Pax Chazarica The Slavic tribes in the shadow of the Khazars Part Two: The Kievan Period 5 The Rise of Kievan Rus' The origin of Rus' The great debate: The origin of Rus' Europe in the ninth century The Varangians in the east The era of growth and expansion 6 Political Consolidation and Disintegration Volodymyr the Great The meaning of Rus' Christianity and the baptism of Rus' Christianity in Ukraine Iaroslav the Wise The Kievan system of political succession The conference of Liubech and Volodymyr Monomakh The era of disintegration 7 Socioeconomic and Cultural Developments Demography and social structure The ruling social strata The social structure of Kievan Rus' The subordinate social strata Other social strata The legal system The economic order The voyage from Kiev to Constantinople Byzantine cultural influences The Byzantine Empire and its attitude toward Kievan Rus' Kievan Rus' architecture Kievan Rus' language and literature What was the language of Kievan Rus' ? The "Lay of Ihor's Campaign" 8 The Mongols and the Transformation of Rus' Political Life The rise of the Mongols The Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' The Golden Horde The Pax Mongolica and Italian merchants Italianate Crimea and the Black Death 9 Galicia-Volhynia Galicia and Volhynia before their unification The unification of Galicia and Volhynia The metropolitanate of Rus' The demise of Galicia-Volhynia Part Three: The Lithuanian-Polish-Crimean Period 10 Lithuania and the Union with Poland The consolidation of the Lithuanian state The Polish-Lithuanian connection Muscovy and the Polish-Lithuanian union 11 Socioeconomic Developments Lithuania's social structure Social estates in Lithuania and Poland Lithuania's administrative structure Poland's social and administrative structure Peasants, nobles, and Jews The manorial estate The coming of Jews to Ukraine The realignment of international trade patterns Poland's economic and cultural revival 12 The Orthodox Cultural Revival The Metropolitanate of Kiev The Metropolitanate of Kiev and All Rus' The monastic movement The role of townspeople and magnates Lviv's Stauropegial Brotherhood 13 Reformation, Counter Reformation, and the Union of Brest The Protestant Reformation The Counter Reformation and Orthodox Ukraine The Union of Brest The views of Prince Kostiantyn Ostroz'kyi The Union of Brest 14 The Tatars and the Crimean Khanate The Crimean Khanate Crimean socioeconomic life The Karaites The Nogay Tatars and slavery Was Ottoman and Crimean slavery all that bad? 15 The Cossacks and Ukraine The steppe The name 'Ukraine' The rise of the Cossacks The Cossacks of Zaporozhia The Cossacks in Polish society Social estates in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Ukraine A male-dominated society? The international role of the Cossacks The Cossacks and Orthodoxy Orthodox versus Uniate The calm before the storm Part Four: The Cossack State, 1648-1711 16 Khmelnyts'kyi and the Uprising of 1648 Khmelnyts'kyi's early career The uprising of 1648 Khmelnyts'kyi and the Jews Khmelnyts'kyi as a national leader 17 Muscovy and the Agreement of Pereiaslav The rise of Muscovy Muscovy, Poland, and Ukraine Khmelnyts'kyi and Pereiaslav The Agreement of Pereiaslav 18 The Period of Ruin Changing international alliances The Cossack turn toward Poland The Union of Hadiach Anarchy, ruin, and the division of Ukraine 19 The Structure of the Cossack State Registered and unregistered Cossacks Internal administration What to call the Cossack state? The Cossack state administration International status 20 Mazepa and the Great Northern War The image of Mazepa The rise of Mazepa Mazepa as hetman: The early phase Mazepa during the Great Northern War Mazepa's defection Mazepa and Ukraine after Poltava 21 Socioeconomic and Cultural Developments in the Cossack State Social structure Social estates in the Cossack state Economic developments Church and state Cultural developments The transformation of Ukraine after 1648 Part Five: Ukrainian Lands in the Eighteenth Century 22 Ukraine's Autonomy and the Russian Empire Muscovy becomes the Russian Empire Sloboda Ukraine Zaporozhia The Hetmanate The Crimean Khanate Transformation under Russian rule 23 Socioeconomic Developments The changing social structure Economic developments International trade and commerce 24 Religious and Cultural Developments The integration of the Orthodox church Education Architecture and painting Literature and history writing 25 The Right Bank and Western Ukraine The return of Polish rule in the Right Bank Social protest and the haidamak revolts Uman' as a symbol for Ukrainians, Poles, and Jews The Partitions of Poland Part Six: Ukrainian lands in the Russian Empire 26 Administrative and Political Developments in Dnieper Ukraine Territorial divisions Administrative structure Administrative structure in Dnieper Ukraine before the 1860s Administrative structure in Dnieper Ukraine after the 1860s The evolution of the Russian Empire, 1814-1914 27 Socioeconomic Developments in Dnieper Ukraine Social estates before the 1860s Social estates in Dnieper Ukraine The reforms of the 1860s Economic developments 28 The Peoples of Dnieper Ukraine The Russians The Poles What Ukraine means for Poland The Jews Memories of the 'shtetl Pogroms The Germans and Mennonites The Crimean Tatars The Romanians Other peoples 29 The Ukrainian National Awakening in Dnieper Ukraine before the 1860s The idea of nationalism What is a nationality? The phenomenon of multiple loyalties The early histories of Ukraine The belief in mutually exclusive identities 30 The Ukrainian National Movement in Dnieper Ukraine after the Era of Reforms The Right Bank and the 'khlopomany' movement Ukrainianism in St Petersburg and the renewal of the organizational stage Russian reaction to the Ukrainian movement The Valuev decree Schools in Dnieper Ukraine The Ems Ukase The church in Dnieper Ukraine The return to the heritage-gathering stage The beginnings of the political stage Part Seven: Ukrainian lands in the Austrian Empire 31 The Administrative and Social Structure of Ukrainian Lands in the Austrian Empire before 1848 Austria acquires Ukrainian lands The structure of the Austrian Empire The demographic and administrative status of Galicia and Bukovina The economic status of Galicia before 1848 Other peoples in eastern Galicia 32 The Ukrainian National Awakening in the Austrian Empire before 1848 The Austrian government and the Ukrainian national awakening The heritage-gathering stage in Galicia Bukovina and Transcarpathia before 1848 33 The Revolution of 1848 The revolution in Austria The revolution in Galicia and the Ukrainians The Supreme Ruthenian Council The national movement in Galicia and the beginning of the organizational stage The revolution of 1848 in Bukovina and Transcarpathia 34 The Administrative and Socioeconomic Structure of Ukrainian Lands in the Austrian Empire, 1849- 1914 Administrative structure International developments and Austria's internal politics Austria's parliamentary structure Social structure and economic developments The problem of statistics The Ukrainian diaspora Other peoples in eastern Galicia and Bukovina Ukraine's other diasporas 35 The Ukrainian National Movement in Austria-Hungary, 1849-1914 In search of a national identity Old Ruthenians, Russophiles, and Ukrainophiles Language as the symbol of identity The national movement in Galicia: The organizational stage The national movement in Galicia: The political stage Independence for Ukraine At the bottom of the pecking order The national movement in Bukovina The national movement in Transcarpathia Part Eight: World War I and the Struggle for Independence 36 World War I and Western Ukraine The outbreak of World War I The Russians in Galicia and Bukovina Ukrainian political activity in Vienna 37 Revolutions in the Russian Empire Russia's first revolution of 1917 Revolution in Dnieper Ukraine The Central Rada First Universal of the Ukrainian Central Rada The Bolshevik Revolution Third Universal of the Ukrainian Central Rada (Preamble) The Ukrainian National Republic The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 38 The Period of the Hetmanate The establishment of the Hetmanate Authoritarian in form, Ukrainian in content The fall of the Hetmanate 39 The Directory, Civil War, and the Bolsheviks The Directory of the Ukrainian National Republic The Bolsheviks The peasant revolution The White Russians The Allied Powers The West Ukrainian National Republic and Dnieper Ukraine Poland and Dnieper Ukraine 40 The revolutionary era and Dnieper Ukraine's other peoples The Jews Petliura and the pogroms The Russians The Poles The Germans and Mennonites Mennonites caught in the revolution The Czechs The Crimean Tatars 41 The West Ukrainian National Republic Austria's Ukrainians prepare for their postwar future West Ukrainian independence and war The West Ukrainian government-in-exile Bukovina and Transcarpathia The Ukrainian revolution: Success or failure? Part Nine: The Interwar Years 42 The Postwar Treaties and the Reconfiguration of Ukrainian Lands The Paris Peace Conference Soviet Ukraine and the Soviet Union Treaty of Union between the Russian SFSR and the Ukrainian SSR 43 Soviet Ukraine: The Struggle for Autonomy The government of Soviet Ukraine The Communist party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine The policy of Ukrainianization Communism and the nationality question Ukrainianization, the governing elite, and demographic change Ukrainianization Ukrainianization and the return of the emigres Ukrainianization in education Ukrainianization in the arts Religion Ukrainianization in the era of transition 44 Soviet Ukraine: Economic, Political, and Cultural Integration War communism and the New Economic Policy--NEP NEP in Soviet Ukraine The end of NEP Central planning and industrialization The collectivization of agriculture Dekulakization and the Great Famine Ukraine's Holocaust: The Great Famine of 1933 The apogee and the decline of Ukrainianization The end of Ukrainianization Purges and integration The purges 45 Other Peoples in Soviet Ukraine The Moldavian S.S.R. and the Moldovans in Soviet Ukraine Nationality administration in the Soviet Union The Russians The Jews The Poles The Germans The Crimean Tatars The Greeks The Bulgarians 46 Ukrainian Lands in Interwar Poland The administrative status of Ukrainian-inhabited lands The economic status of Ukrainian-inhabited lands Poland's initial policies and Ukrainian reactions The cooperative movement Women and the Ukrainian national ethos Ukrainian political parties, schools, and churches Armed resistance and pacification 47 Ukrainian Lands in Interwar Romania and Czechoslovakia Ukrainians in Romania The Rusyns/Ukrainians of Czechoslovakia Part Ten: World War II and the Postwar Years 48 The Coming of World War II Germany and the 'new order' in Europe Autonomy for Carpatho-Ukraine The fall of Poland The "reunification" of western Ukraine The Generalgouvernement 49 World War II and Nazi German Rule The German and Romanian invasions of Ukraine Nazi rule in Ukraine Nazi racial policies and the Holocaust Thou shalt not kill Nazi policies toward Ukrainians Resistance to Nazi rule 50 Postwar Soviet Ukraine until the Death of Stalin Wartime destruction and territorial expansion Voluntary reunification, Soviet style The minority question Ethnic cleansing, Soviet style Industrial and agricultural reconstruction The nationality question Western Ukraine 51 Post-Stalinist Soviet Ukraine Ukraine under Khrushchev The sixties phenomenon Economic developments The Brezhnev era--stability and st

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Book SynopsisA gifty impulse buy with actual substance for literary language lovers, Shakespeare fans, students and insult aficionados alike.

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Book SynopsisReadings for a History of Anthropological Theory curates and collects many of the most important publications of anthropological thought spanning the last hundred years, building a strong foundation in both classical and contemporary theory. The sixth edition includes seventeen new readings, with a sharpened focus on public anthropology, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and the Anthropocene. Each piece of writing is accompanied by a short introduction, key terms, study questions, and further readings that elucidate the original text.On its own or together with A History of Anthropological Theory, sixth edition, this anthology offers an unrivalled introduction to the theory of anthropology that reflects not only its history but also the changing nature of the discipline today.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Part One The Early History of Anthropological Theory Overview 1. Bourgeois and Proletarians Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 2. The Science of Culture Edward Burnett Tylor 3. Ethnical Periods Lewis Henry Morgan 4. General Summary and Conclusion [The Descent of Man] Charles Darwin 5. Introduction [The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life] Émile Durkheim 6. Conclusion [The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies] Marcel Mauss 7. The Sociology of Charismatic Authority Max Weber 8. Nature of the Linguistic Sign and Synchronic and Diachronic Law Ferdinand de Saussure Part Two The Earlier Twentieth Century Overview 9. The Methods of Ethnology Franz Boas 10. Conclusion [Primitive Society] Robert Lowie 11. What Anthropology Is About Alfred Louis Kroeber 12. Introduction [Coming of Age in Samoa] Margaret Mead 13. The Individual and the Pattern of Culture Ruth Benedict 14. The Unconscious Patterning of Behavior in Society Edward Sapir 15. Introduction and Part One: Folk Tales, John and the Frog, Witness of the Johnstown Flood in Heaven [Mules and Men] Zora Neale Hurston 16. Social Structure Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown 17. The Subject, Method, and Scope of This Inquiry [Argonauts of the Western Pacific] Bronislaw Malinowski 18. Model Systems Edmund Leach 19. Rituals of Rebellion in South-East Africa Max Gluckman Part Three The Later Twentieth Century Overview 20. Structuralism and Ecology Claude Lévi-Strauss 21. Introduction [Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo] Mary Douglas 22. Introduction [Islands of History] Marshall Sahlins 23. Componential Analysis and the Study of Meaning Ward H. Goodenough 24. Energy and Tools Leslie White 25. Archaeology as Anthropology Lewis Binford 26. The Epistemology of Cultural Materialism Marvin Harris 27. The New Physical Anthropology Sherwood Washburn 28. Symbols in Ndembu Ritual Victor Turner 29. Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture Clifford Geertz 30. Woman the Gatherer: Male Bias in Anthropology Sally Slocum 31. The Female World of Cards and Holidays: Women, Families, and the Work of Kinship Micaela di Leonardo 32. Introduction [Anthropology & the Colonial Encounter] Talal Asad 33. Knowing the Oriental Edward W. Said 34. Introduction [Europe and the People Without History] Eric R. Wolf 35. Introduction: Toward Ethnographies of Communication Dell Hymes 36. The Subject and Power Michel Foucault 37. Structures, Habitus, and Practices Pierre Bourdieu 38. Partial Truths James Clifford 39. A Crisis of Representation in the Human Sciences George E. Marcus and Michael M.J. Fischer 40. A Critical-Interpretive Approach in Medical Anthropology: Rituals and Routines of Discipline and Descent Margaret Lock and Nancy Scheper-Hughes Part Four The Early Twenty-First Century Overview 41. Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy Arjun Appadurai 42. “We’re Here and We’re Queer!”: An Introduction to Studies in Queer Anthropology Michelle Walks 43. David Maybury-Lewis and Cultural Survival: Providing a Model for Public Anthropology, Advocacy, and Collaboration Louise Lamphere 44. Introduction [Other People’s Anthropologies] Aleksandar Bošković and Thomas Hylland Eriksen 45. An Indigenous Feminist’s Take on the Ontological Turn: “Ontology” Is Just Another Word for Colonialism Zoe Todd 46. From Kinship to Link-up: Cell Phones and Social Networking in Jamaica Heather Horst and Daniel Miller 47. Introduction: Contemporary Theoretical Debate in Archaeology [Archaeological Theory Today] Ian Hodder 48. Introduction [Is Science Racist?: Debating Race] Jonathan Marks 49. Earth Stalked by Man Anna Tsing Conclusion Sources Index of Key Words

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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 SynopsisArtisan, A6 notebooks from Flame Tree come in a range of hues to suit the mood and the moment. They’re hand crafted with decorated edges overflowing with petals and teasing vines. And, with flexible, soft touch faux leather covers, they’re easy to slip into your bag and a pleasure to use

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Book SynopsisNew title in the Flame Tree Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, with lined pages, a pocket at the back, two ribbon bookmarks and a solid magnetic flap. Perfect as a gift, or personal choice for notetakers and journal users of all kinds.A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year.BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table.

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Book SynopsisAdrian Chiles's weekly Guardian column has gained a cult following for his unique insights into everything from the present tense in history podcasts to his legendary at-home urinal.Chiles never misses. And his targets are the stuff of life, the everyday things we should all stop and think about a little more: favourite spoons, the correct duration of a hug, falling into a bed of wild garlic, or even discovering you have a naked doppleganger on OnlyFans.This bumper collection takes us on a brilliant, bemused tour of British life, delivering offbeat, comforting blasts of truth, humour and warmth.'The nation's only truly good columnist' Imogen West-Knights, Slate'It can't do you any harm' Adrian Chiles

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Book SynopsisMaria Rivans is a collage artist based in Brighton, UK. She curated the images in the hugely successful Extraordinary Things to Cut Out and Collage (2020), has exhibited her work internationally, and created a book and three unique jigsaw puzzles. Known for its surreal approach, Maria's collages are in a constant dialogue with cultures of the past, reinventing narratives while spinning bizarre and dreamlike tales.

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Book SynopsisBound in Stewart Modern Camel tartan cloth made in British mills, this large hardback notebook is 21 x 13cm, with 192 pages - each spread has left blank, right ruled. Has stained edges, ribbon marker, bookmark and inner note holder. Eight perforated end leaves and expandable inner note holder. Each includes a removable booklet and bookmark giving information on the specific tartan used for the binding. With 192 pages, acid-free threadsewn, 80 gsm cream shade pages, with round-cornered cover and bookblock corners, and a matching elastic closure. The tartan cloth is supplied by and produced with the authority of Kinloch Anderson who are tailors and kiltmakers in Edinburgh.

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Book SynopsisA 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle of an evocative Parisian scene, inspired by classic Batsford book covers of the 1930s and 40s. Immerse yourself in a wonderfully colourful vision of Paris. This nostalgic illustration of a Parisian balcony looking onto a picturesque boulevard with the Eiffel Tower in the distance, is inspired by Batsford's vintage Brian Cook book covers, first published in the 1930s and still very popular today. This gorgeous and vivid puzzle will provide you with hours of mindful entertainment. The box includes 1000 jigsaw pieces in a sustainable paper bag, plus a helpful poster for guidance. Once completed, the jigsaw puzzle measures 70 x 50cm / 27.56 x 19.69in. Also available in this series as puzzles are the Brian Cook covers for the classic Batsford books The Landscape of England, The Cathedrals of England and The Spirit of London, alongside The Spirit of New York.

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Book Synopsis'Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves' is an illustration made for The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1937. In it you can see Bilbo sitting on top of a barrel as it floats down the forest river. He and the Dwarves (who are hidden inside the barrels) have just escaped from the Elvenking. This was Tolkien's favourite watercolour for the book and he was disappointed to find that it had been omitted from the first American edition. Designed to be easily portable or to fit in a small bag, with ruled pages and handy ribbon marker, this stunning journal uniquely features Tolkien's exquisite illustration on both front and back covers. A must for all Tolkien enthusiasts.

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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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