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Book SynopsisA set of twelve postcards featuring unique digital illustrations of and interesting facts about classic authors from literature. A6 in size with the back of each card set out to a standard postcard design. Made with 300gsm white textured stock.

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Book SynopsisA pair of magnetic bookmarks featuring bright pink and blue bookish designs 'Death by TBR' and 'Between the pages of a book is a lovely place to be'. Presented on a postcard in a cello bag ready for retail.

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Book SynopsisA high quality art print of Bookishly's vintage style travel poster of Neverland printed on high quality soft white card and displayed in a cello bag with a backing board.

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Book SynopsisIn collaboration with National Theatre, we've created a merchandise rangefor their new production 'The Other Other Bronté', inspired by quotes from theBronté sisters. A sturdy ceramic mug with our Artful Hussy design. Our mugsare dishwasher safe - to ensure your mug gets the best treatment and thecolours stay bright for the longest time possible, we recommend hand-washingwith occasional dishwasher use.9. 5 cm (H) 8. 2 cm (D) 10 Fl Oz.

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Book SynopsisIn collaboration with National Theatre, we've created a merchandise rangefor their new production 'The Other Other Bronté', inspired by quotes from theBronté sisters. A sturdy ceramic mug with our Wild and Wicked design. Ourmugs are dishwasher safe - to ensure your mug gets the best treatment and thecolours stay bright for the longest time possible, we recommend hand-washingwith occasional dishwasher use.9. 5 cm (H) 8. 2 cm (D) 10 Fl Oz.

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Book SynopsisA sturdy ceramic mug with 'Knowledge is Power' in a pink hand-illustrated design. Celebrate the transformative power of words with our 'Activist Literary Collection' empowered by curiosity, learning, and change. Perfect for book lovers, activists, and lifelong learners, these designs inspire a world where reading fuels revolution. Our mugs are dishwasher safe - to ensure your mug gets the best treatment and the colours stay bright for the longest time possible, we recommend hand-washing with occasional dishwasher use. 9.5 cm (H) 8.2 cm (D) 10 Fl Oz.

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Book SynopsisA sturdy ceramic mug with 'Books Build Bridges' in a mustard hand-illustrated design. Celebrate the transformative power of words with our 'Activist Literary Collection' empowered by curiosity, learning, and change. Perfect for book lovers, activists, and lifelong learners, these designs inspire a world where reading fuels revolution. Our mugs are dishwasher safe - to ensure your mug gets the best treatment and the colours stay bright for the longest time possible, we recommend hand-washing with occasional dishwasher use. 9.5 cm (H) 8.2 cm (D) 10 Fl Oz.

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Book SynopsisSome of our favourite Bookishly stickers printed onto a ceramic mug. Don't worry they aren't stuck on they are printed in the normal way! Our mugs are dishwasher safe - to ensure your mug gets the best treatment and the colours stay bright for the longest time possible, we recommend hand-washing with occasional dishwasher use. 9.5 cm (H) 8.2 cm (D) 10 Fl Oz.

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Book SynopsisThis ceramic mug features tiles showcasing the colours and textures of Van Gogh's iconic and lesser-known works, offering a fresh take on classic art. Our mugs are dishwasher safe - to ensure your mug gets the best treatment and the colours stay bright for the longest time possible, we recommend hand-washing with occasional dishwasher use. Dimensions9.5 cm. (Height) 8.2 cm. (Diameter) 10 Fl Oz.

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Book SynopsisThis ceramic mug features tiles from J.M.W. Turner's most atmospheric works, capturing his expressive skies, shifting colours, and textures. Our mugs are dishwasher safe - to ensure your mug gets the best treatment and the colours stay bright for the longest time possible, we recommend hand-washing with occasional dishwasher use. Dimensions9.5 cm. (Height) 8.2 cm. (Diameter) 10 Fl Oz.

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Book SynopsisPart of the 'Lucy Locket' collection, this is a contemporary design entitled 'Lucy Birthday Love'. Beautifully hand-drawn elements and finished with a flash of gold foil on 350 gsm board, this card comes with a luxury Kraft envelope and is left blank inside so you can write your own special message.

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Book SynopsisEscape the real world for a few hours with REVERIE, a dreamy 1000-piece jigsaw that's guaranteed to give you a rewarding puzzling experience.

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Book SynopsisPurrfect in every way, Build Your Own's new Kitten kit is oh so cute. Ideal for the junior builder, little ones will delight in creating their lovable, sweet kitten. The cute moving head action, striking tabby fur pattern, and gleaming eyes cleverly bring this cuddly companion to life. Your playful kitten comes complete with grooming accessories, cat toys and treats, a miniature mouse friend and more for a fun-filled, imaginary play experience. Plus, an adorable trinket chest for you to safely store your kitten's belongings. Find the secret hidden heart as you build and make a special wish. There's also a ready-to-colour kitten picture inside the packaging for creative young artists to enjoy. Colour it in, then proudly display your masterpiece. Easy to assemble using slot together techniques - there's no glue, no mess, no fuss. Everything you need is provided in the kit - follow the simple instructions: press out the pre-cut parts, build, and play.

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Book SynopsisThese pocket-sized companions are big on charm and adventure, perfectly sized for presents and adventures. With over 40 animals to choose from (and more on the way!) there really is a Wilberry Mini for everyone! Bring nature indoors with our robin mini. Realistic colouring and craftsmanship capture the charm of this iconic bird, making it a delightful collectible. This adorable lifelike animal by Wilberry is finished to a very high standard and has superb attention to detail. At less than 15cm, they're small enough to carry about, making them the perfect companion for all of life's little adventures! This engaging collection encourages imaginative play and looks even better when used in a group. Dimensions: 16 x 10 x 12 cm. Suitable from 12 months and above.

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Book SynopsisThis beautiful Golden Retriever Full-Bodied Animal puppet has been designed to be as beautiful and cuddly as a soft toy, but with all the functionality of a puppet. 28 different animals in the range to collect, from popular African beasts to farmyard favourites! Access into base of the puppet. Suitable for children aged 12 months and above. Height: 33cm x Width: 18cm x Length: 12cm.

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Book SynopsisThough there have been countless studies on how attachment styles affect our romantic relationships, Raising Securely Attached Kids is the first book to reframe the subject for caregivers and children.Licensed therapist and highly sought-after attachment research expert Eli Harwood illuminates the science that explores our innate human need to bond with other humans, and helps us harness it as the only parenting approach proven to have a lasting impact. Her loyal followingfast approaching the millionsconnects to Eli's accessible approach that helps everyone form secure and close relationships with their kids, which helps them develop resilience, confidence, and form close relationships in the future.Eli Harwood brings infectious-fun energy, vulnerability, and fresh perspectives without shaming or blaming. Not only is Raising Securely Attached Kids a practical and actionable guide, it's grounded in science and entertaining to read. Hilary Swank, actress, storyt

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Book SynopsisThis lovely 1000-piece Galison puzzle illustrated by Frankie Penwill is the ultimate snapshot of the plant-obsessed home dweller, chock-full of houseplants, books, and all the knickknacks that make a home a home. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage.• 1000 pieces• Box Size: 11.25 x 8.25 x 2, 86 x 210 x 51 mm• Puzzle Size: 27 x 20, 508 x 686 mm• Includes Puzzle Insert• Minimal puzzle dust

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive and accessible orientation to the field of medieval manuscript studies.Trade Review"A volume of broad, interdisciplinary appeal.... This volume would be an excellent classroom resource.... This beautifully illustrated, skillfully organized resource is an ideal survey of the field, valuable for presenting information critical to new students and veteran scholars, for teaching the history and scope of the medieval manuscript. A very worthwhile addition to collections in medieval studies, art history, English literature, or archival studies.""Impressive in both its comprehensive range and depth of detail and even more remarkable for the clarity of its writing and illustration, this long-needed volume will serve as an admirable introduction for students from the many disciplines that study medieval manuscripts. It is also likely to become a treasured reference tool for experienced scholars." -- Richard K. Emmerson, Florida State University"Introduction to Manuscript Studies is for beginners and seasoned scholars alike, offering details—such as that the best quills are plucked in the springtime from the left wings of live geese—that will delight everyone. Bringing together codicology, paleography, material culture, and a bit of art history as well, this gorgeous, comprehensive, and charming book should be on the syllabus of every course in medieval studies." -- Barbara H. Rosenwein, Loyola University ChicagoTable of ContentsPart I: Making the Medieval Manuscript Chapter 1. Writing Supports Chapter 2. Text and Decoration Chapter 3. Correction, Glossing, and Annotation Chapter 4. Assembling, Binding, and Storing the Completed ManuscriptPart II. Reading the Medieval Manuscript Chapter 5. Working with Medieval Manuscripts Chapter 6. Punctuation and Abbreviation Chapter 7. Encounters with Damaged Manuscripts Chapter 8, Assessing Manuscript Origin and Provenance Chapter 9. Manuscript Description Chapter 10. Selected ScriptsPart III: Some Manuscript Genres Chapter 11, The Bible and Related Texts Chapter 12. Liturgical Books and Their Calendars Chapter 13. Books of Hours Chapter 14. Charters and Cartularies Chapter 15. Maps Chapter 16. Rolls and ScrollsAppendix: Tools for the Study of Medieval Latin by Anders WinrothGlossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTest your powers of logic with these challenging Su Doku puzzles.Specially compiled to provide the most deadly Su Doku challenge, this is the only volume for Su Doku enthusiasts who need a puzzle that really tests their mettle.Prepare yourself for the toughest Su Doku challenge there is. These diabolically difficult Ultimate Killer Su Doku puzzles will really put your brainpower to the test as you warm up' with the 100 Deadly Killer puzzles before steeling yourself to take on the 100 Extra Deadly Su Dokus. Are you ready for the challenge?Not for the faint-hearted. The puzzles use the same 9x9 grid as a regular Su Doku, but have an extra mathematical element that multiplies the challenge. The aim is not only to complete every row, column and cube so that it contains the digits 1 to 9, but also to make sure that the outlined sections, called cages, add up to the number given in each cage.Warning: Not suitable for amateur puzzlers!

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Book Synopsis"If you really want to get under the skin of a city, the 500 Hidden Secrets series, which covers a number of cities from Havana to Ghent, all written by people who know the cities inside out, is ideal. It's an innovative and refreshing take on the traditional travel guide."- The Independent The 500 Hidden Secrets of Brussels is a guide to the Brussels that no one knows. It takes you to undiscovered art museums, forgotten squares and secret shops. The book doesn't mention everything there is to see. There are already more than enough guides that cover the familiar tourist places. This book goes one step further and lists the places the author would recommend to friends if they asked him where to go in Brussels. Here you will find the 5 best places to eat frites, the 5 small museums that no one should miss and the 5 best record shops in town. The aim is to take the reader to the unexpected places that give the city its charm, like the restaurant on the top floor of the national library, or the metro station that is decorated with 140 characters from Tintin albums, or the art cinema that seats just 20 people. You do not have to do everything listed in the book, but you are urged at the very least to drink a Gueuze beer in one of the 5 best Brussels bars, eat at one of the 5 best fish restaurants, and visit one of the 5 best independent cinemas. If you do, you will begin to discover a city that no one else knows. The 500 Hidden Secrets of Brussels offers a practical guide to Brussels' finest places, and Derek Blyth covers all bases to ensure no visitor to the city is ever anything short of captivated. Packed with accessible, easy-to-read information summarised in handy lists, maps, itineraries, sections on food & drink, accommodation, green spaces, museums, galleries and shops; this guide is an essential resource for the inquisitive traveller.

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Book SynopsisA guided journal with a fresh approach to the trendof journal-as-tool-for-self-examination. The journal is delightfully illustrated in the authors’ trademark style— accessible, whimsical, detailed. Blending inspiring examples with engaging instruction, this journal asks: What do we learn about ourselves when we measure our gratitude, confidence, and distraction levels? What do our collections say about who we are: our books, music, the clothes we wear? Observe, Collect, Draw! functions as a mini-course in information design, as accessible to beginners as it is engaging to seasoned info designers.Trade Review"The book provides tools for creating data portraits and is richly illustrated throughout, concluding with a section that includes more white space for readers to craft their own visual language." -- Eye magazine

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Book SynopsisThe ideal gift for su doku enthusiasts.If you like to live dangerously and push beyond your mental comfort zone, steel yourself for The Times'' toughest Ultimate Killer puzzles. A bumper collection of more than 360 puzzles for hard-core solvers. Selected from The Times these puzzles will challenge the sharpest minds.Includes Deadly-level Killer puzzles, and Extra Deadly, to really test your limits: this is the only place you''ll find such a torturous collection in a single book.These puzzles are not for the fainthearted, they use the same 9x9 grid as Su Doku, and have an added mathematical challenge. The aim is not only to complete every row, column and cube so that it contains the digits 1-9, it is also necessary to ensure that the outlined cubes add up to the same number as well.But unlike with previous books, there is no chance to ease yourself in with Easy, or even Tough puzzles: this book is the Ultimate Killer Su Doku completely deadly.Puzzles in this collection are taken from T

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Book SynopsisWriter''s block has met its match with Writer''s Toolbox!Designed by a longtime creative writing teacher, this innovative kit includes a 64-page booklet filled with exercises and instructions that focus on a right-brain approach to writing. Sixty exercise sticks: First Sentences, Non Sequiturs, and Last Straws will get stories off the ground, 60 cards fuel creative descriptions and four spinner palettes will ignite unexpected plot twists. For any aspiring writer, this kit is the perfect first step on the path to literary greatness! Inspires writers with creative prompts and samples Gets writers in the right headspace to let creativity flow Features 60 writing exercises and other creative games Make those days and nights of struggling to create writing ideas go away without having to bury yourself in more books with Writer''s Toolbox, which makes for the perfect gift for writers.

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Book SynopsisChallenge yourself at home with word and number puzzlesFrom the puzzles section of The Times our Editors have chosen the best selection of general-knowledge and definition crossword puzzles to keep even the most eager enthusiasts entertained for hours.This collection of 300 accessible puzzles is utterly addictive, yet concise enough to be solved relatively quickly.Encompassing a wide range of subjects including geography, literature, history and culture, these general-knowledge and definition-based puzzles will test your word power and broaden your horizons at the same time.With clues that are satisfyingly skillful and containing no cryptic elements, these crosswords are guaranteed to stretch your mind and entertain you equally.Puzzles taken from previously published titles.

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Book SynopsisLEGO® NOTE BRICK! A keepsake box designed to look like a colourful stack of bricks.

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Book SynopsisMore than 400,000 copies sold across the Pantone line!Add some color to your correspondence with these postcards featuring Pantone''s iconic color chip design. The 50 postcards in the set offer an exciting array of shades to share with friends and family near and far.• BELOVED PANTONE COLORS: Each of these 50 postcards features a single Pantone color (and iconic chip design)—and all-new colors as compared with previous Pantone stationery products.• A COLORFUL GIFT: Design enthusiasts, artists, and creative types of all stripes will love the postcards in this set—and the clever packaging.• INCLUDES: 50 unique full-color postcards in box with hinged lid and lifting ribbon

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Book SynopsisTheorizes the political agency of things and natural phenomena—such as trash, food, weather, and electricity—to examine how non-human elements exert force on human politics and social relations.Trade Review“Jane Bennett’s Vibrant Matter is an important work, linking critical movements in recent continental philosophy, namely a vitalist tradition that runs from Bergson to Deleuze and even, on Bennett’s reading, to Bruno Latour, and (on the other hand) a ‘political ecology of things’ that should speak to anyone conscious enough to be aware of the devastating changes underway in the world around us. There is good reason Bennett’s book has, in short order, gained a wide following in disparate areas of political theory and philosophy.” - Peter Gratton, Philosophy in Review“For the sake of assuaging harms already inflicted we have always cobbled together publics that deal with vibrant matters of floods, fires, earthquakes and so on. For the sake of preventing unseen future harms, Bennett’s book argues that we need to take a closer look at how we are embedded in a web of mutual affect that knows no bounds between living and nonliving, human and nonhuman. It is in this refreshingly naïve ‘no-holds-barred’ approach that Bennett’s work has much to offer for a reconsideration of our role as thinking, speaking humans in a cosmos of vibrant matter that we continually depoliticize even in our efforts to ‘protect’ and ‘save’ the earth . . . a highly recommended read.” - Stefan Morales, M/C Reviews“Jane Bennett’s Vibrant Matter is an admirable book for at least three reasons. First, it is wonderfully written in a comfortable personal style, which is rare enough for academic books. Second, Bennett makes an explicit break with the timeworn dogmas of postmodernist academia. . . . The third pointthat makes this book admirable is Bennett’s professional position: Chair ofPolitical Science at Johns Hopkins University. That someone in a PoliticalScience department at an important university could write as candid a workof metaphysics as Vibrant Matter is an encouraging sign. Perhaps philosophical speculation on fundamental topics is poised for a comeback throughout the humanities. “ - Graham Harman, New Formations“Vibrant Matter is a fascinating, lucid, and powerful book of political theory. By focusing on the ‘thing-side of affect,’ Jane Bennett seeks to broaden and transform our sense of care in relation to the world of humans, non-human life, and things. She calls us to consider a ‘parliament of things’ in ways that provoke our democratic imaginations and interrupt our anthropocentric hubris.”—Romand Coles, author of Beyond Gated Politics: Reflections for the Possibility of Democracy“Vibrant Matter represents the fruits of sustained scholarship of the highest order. As environmental, technological, and biomedical concerns force themselves onto worldly political agendas, the urgency and potency of this analysis must surely inform any rethinking of what political theory is about in the twenty-first century.”—Sarah Whatmore, coeditor of The Stuff of Politics: Technoscience, Democracy, and Public Life“This manifesto for a new materialism is an invigorating breath of fresh air. Jane Bennett’s eloquent tribute to the vitality and volatility of things is just what we need to revive the humanities and to redraw the parameters of political thought.”—Rita Felski, author of Uses of Literature “Bennett’s is one of those books where, on finishing, you want to begin immediately again to experience the excitement and élan vital of eloquent, simple ideas presented in clear, concise and considered prose, wherein the presence of a generous, kind and unpretentious author speaks straight into your understanding. Vibrant Matter is fresh, alert, quiet and potent, a door opening in a stuffy room to let the outside in, which lets it speak so as to embolden us to breathe differently. It will redraw the boundaries of political thought; it’s already doing so. Read it.” -- Mark Jackson * Emotion, Space and Society *“Orienting us to re-encounter both nature and familiar objects as newly strange and pulsing with ‘thing-power,’ Bennett challenges our worn assumptions concerning the hierarchy between humans and things, the workings of causality, and our deep cultural attachment to matter and nature as inanimate. . . . Her book is surprising, refreshing, and troubling.” -- Lori J. Marso * Political Theory *“For the sake of assuaging harms already inflicted we have always cobbled together publics that deal with vibrant matters of floods, fires, earthquakes and so on. For the sake of preventing unseen future harms, Bennett’s book argues that we need to take a closer look at how we are embedded in a web of mutual affect that knows no bounds between living and nonliving, human and nonhuman. It is in this refreshingly naïve ‘no-holds-barred’ approach that Bennett’s work has much to offer for a reconsideration of our role as thinking, speaking humans in a cosmos of vibrant matter that we continually depoliticize even in our efforts to ‘protect’ and ‘save’ the earth . . . a highly recommended read.” -- Stefan Morales * M/C Reviews *“Jane Bennett’s Vibrant Matter is an admirable book for at least three reasons. First, it is wonderfully written in a comfortable personal style, which is rare enough for academic books. Second, Bennett makes an explicit break with the timeworn dogmas of postmodernist academia. . . . The third pointthat makes this book admirable is Bennett’s professional position: Chair ofPolitical Science at Johns Hopkins University. That someone in a PoliticalScience department at an important university could write as candid a workof metaphysics as Vibrant Matter is an encouraging sign. Perhaps philosophical speculation on fundamental topics is poised for a comeback throughout the humanities. “ -- Graham Harman * New Formations *“Jane Bennett’s Vibrant Matter is an important work, linking critical movements in recent continental philosophy, namely a vitalist tradition that runs from Bergson to Deleuze and even, on Bennett’s reading, to Bruno Latour, and (on the other hand) a ‘political ecology of things’ that should speak to anyone conscious enough to be aware of the devastating changes underway in the world around us. There is good reason Bennett’s book has, in short order, gained a wide following in disparate areas of political theory and philosophy.” -- Peter Gratton * Philosophy in Review *"Bennett is a philosopher and political theorist. But her intellectual work is not primarily about creating new theories. In her writing, she expertly distills and juxtaposes the ideas of Gilles Deleuze, Immanuel Kant, Martha Nussbaum, and others, but her goal is often to create a mood. She wants readers to adopt and embody an ethos that makes room for the vitality of matter." -- Morgan Meis * The New Yorker *Table of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments xxi 1. The Force of Things 1 2. The Agency of Assemblages 20 3. Edible Matter 39 4. A Life of Metal 52 5. Neither Vitalism nor Mechanism 62 6. Stem Cells and the Culture of Life 82 7. Political Ecologies 94 8. Vitality and Self-interest 110 Notes 123 Bibliography 157 Index 171

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Book SynopsisArgues that a commitment to diversity is frequently substituted for a commitment to actual change. This title traces the work that diversity does, examining how the term is used and the way it serves to make questions about racism seem impertinent.Trade Review“Ahmed’s book is not a how-to guide to ‘what works.’ But On Being Included would be an excellent choice for a faculty-staff reading group about social justice in the academy, because Ahmed provides a rich resource for serious rethinking: ‘My aim is not to suggest that we should stop doing diversity, but that we need to keep asking what we are doing.’” - Meryl Altman, Academe“For those of us interested in diversity work, Ahmed’s On Being Included provides a novel way of thinking about diversity. In her readings of institutional documents interwoven with the voices of diversity workers, Ahmed cautions us to think about diversity as a tool deployed to further crystallize institutionally sanctioned racist practices that recede to the background of everyday life.” - Andres Castro Samayoa, Somatechnics“[A] unique account of diversity as an institutional practice and also of what people do and feel when they do not quite fit the norms of an institution orare ‘out of place’. Ahmed captures the experience of diversity in liberal institutions through the image of a coming up against a brick wall and an important part of this book is the ‘physical and emotional’ labour of confronting that wall.” - Karim Murji, Ethnic and Racial Studies“Regardless of positionality and lived experiences, this text is engaging both intellectually and emotionally. Ahmed’s unflinching candor compels reflection and tough (hopefully productive) conversations far more effectively than a conventional ‘diversity document’. This is a text that moves to confront and change the status quo.” - Corin de Freitas and Alex Pysklywec, Society and Space, Environment and Planning D“Despite having read widely within the field of diversity and higher education, it is rare for a book to so powerfully call to mind my own identities as did this one. . . . This work is most appropriate for an educational anthropology course or unit focused on applied work within higher education. . . . It would also be useful for researchers looking for a new theoretical approach to how discourse and documents perform within institutions or, more provocatively, how they fail to do so.” - Lauren Miller Griffith, Anthropology and Education Quarterly"Just when you think everything that could possibly be said about diversity in higher education has been said, Sara Ahmed comes along with this startlingly original, deeply engaging ethnography of diversity work. On Being Included is an insightful, smart reflection on the embodied, profoundly political phenomenology of doing and performing diversity in predominantly white institutions. As Ahmed queers even the most mundane formulations of diversity, she creates one eureka moment after another. I could not put this book down. It is a must-read for everyone committed to antiracist, feminist work as key to institutional transformation in higher education."—Chandra Talpade Mohanty, author of Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity"Sara Ahmed's sensitive and respectful analysis of the complexities faced by diversity workers in higher education institutions arrives at a moment when we urgently need ways to rethink institutional dynamics and the animating effects of policy regimes and processes. This is a vital book: vital as a compass guiding the eye, heart, and mind to the knowledge that can emerge from the labor of institutional transformation, and vital in the sense of being life-giving to those involved in the process."—Gail Lewis, coauthor of Citizenship: Personal Lives and Social Policy"There are no other books of this caliber examining the institutional culture of diversity in higher education. Sara Ahmed not only offers a rigorous empirical study of how diversity operates in the real world; she also develops a brilliant theoretical framework exploring the affective reproduction of inequality. At the same time, as a black feminist, she draws on her own embodiment of difference and experience as a diversity practitioner."—Heidi Safia Mirza, author of Race, Gender and Educational Desire: Why Black Women Succeed and Fail“Ahmed’s book is not a how-to guide to ‘what works.’ But On Being Included would be an excellent choice for a faculty-staff reading group about social justice in the academy, because Ahmed provides a rich resource for serious rethinking: ‘My aim is not to suggest that we should stop doing diversity, but that we need to keep asking what we are doing.’” -- Meryl Altman * Academe *“Regardless of positionality and lived experiences, this text is engaging both intellectually and emotionally. Ahmed’s unflinching candor compels reflection and tough (hopefully productive) conversations far more effectively than a conventional ‘diversity document’. This is a text that moves to confront and change the status quo.” -- Corin de Freitas and Alex Pysklywec * Environment and Planning D *“[T]he book links deeply theoretical questioning to personal experience, empirical findings in interviews, informal discussions and engaged participant observation. It provides the reader with many insights, some created within different varieties of collective intellectual labor that are referred to as discussions in a seminar, meeting or informal talk, that nourish the quest for reading that is simultaneously compelling and delightful. In its combination of theory and practice, the book offers food for thought to theorists and practitioners alike.” -- Anitta Kynsilehto * International Feminist Journal of Politics *“On Being Included is one of those books that took over my life. It seemed like, for a while, I inserted this text into just about every conversation I had. ‘Oh, that’s similar to what Sara Ahmed talks about when she says … ‘ Maybe it’s because I want people to associate me with this brilliant author! It’s also partially because this book is really smart about dealing with the ways that terms–specifically, diversity–are taken up within the institution (and she does a neat job of thinking through what institution means) and used to obscure particular kinds of work.” -- Erin Frost * Theorizing Feminist Apparency blog *“On Being Included does an excellent job of bringing to life, in highly perceptive ways, the experience of doing diversity work. As ethnography, its strength indeed may lie in bracketing other times and places. However, the resonance with other documented experiences in Britain and Australia contributes to the book’s value in offering not just a picture of diversity politics but a vivid account of the persistent features of contemporary organisational life when faced with projects seeking change.” -- Davina Cooper * British Journal of Educational Studies *“Drawing from interviews and informal conversations with higher education diversity practitioners across the United Kingdom and Australia, scholar Sara Ahmed has crafted a keen meditation on the meaning of diversity in higher education and its implications for inclusion.... Focusing on what practitioners can learn about institutions as they work to transform them, her book will be of interest to anyone seeking to promote greater inclusion at their institution.” * On Campus with Women *“This book offers a grounded and open exploration of what it means to ‘do’ diversity, to ‘be’ diverse. It challenges the reader, both in style and in content, to reconsider relations of power that stick to the multiple practices, meanings, and understandings of diversity, and to reconsider how we engage, reproduce, and disrupt these relations.” -- Juliane Collard and Carolyn Prouse * Gender, Place & Culture *“A key finding in Ahmed’s rich analysis of race relations is how diversity policies can become a mechanism for preserving whiteness. . . . Above all, Ahmed’s corpus of work on race and cultural studies continues to remind us that race is a ‘sticky sign’. . . . The wonder of Ahmed’s book is that it allows us insight into some of the more ephemeral ways whiteness, privilege and institutional discrimination come to operate as normative.” -- Anoop Nayak * British Journal of Sociology of Education *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. On Arrival 1 1. Institutional Life 19 2. The Language of Diversity 51 3. Equality and Performance Culture 83 4. Commitment as a Non-performative 113 5. Speaking about Racism 141 Conclusion. A Phenomenological Practice 173 Notes 191 References 221 Index 235

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Book SynopsisIncludes an array of cat characters take the starring roles in a variety of instantly recognizable settings. This compilation features feline re-imaginings of scenes from art, theatre, opera, ballet and films.Trade Review'Cat lovers will be eager to get their claws on this beautiful book' - wwd.com'Irresistible' - Daily Express'Captures the mood of each of the original works so eloquently that we can’t help but be enamoured' - artnet.comTable of ContentsCats in Art • Cats on Stage • Cats in the Movies

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