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New York University Press Your John
Book SynopsisFeatures a selection of Hall's love letters to Evguenia Souline, a White Russian emigre with whom Hall fell in love in the summer of 1934. These letters detail Hall's growing obsession, the pain to her life partner Una Troubridge of this betrayal, and the poignant hopelessness of a happy resolution for any of the three women.Trade Review"Many assumptions have been made about the degree to which Radclyffe Hall's lesbian classic, The Well of Loneliness, may be autobiographical. Your John dismisses such notions. This exhaustive collection of letters written between 1934 and 1942 to Evguenia Souline, a White Russian emigre with whom Hall fell deeply in love with are detailed, intimate records of Hall's personal life and convictions...the collection is a heart-wrenching record of how politics, money, and geography converged to undermine these women's dreams." * Publisher's Weekly *"Passionate and revealing love letters from the iconic lesbian novelist...Radclyffe Hall is getting a fresh look...Glasgow has chosen these letters well and provides helpful context." * Kirkus *
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University of Minnesota Press Francis Bacon
Book SynopsisPresents the last major work of Gilles Deleuze, translated into English.
£17.09
New York University Press Dancing Tango Passionate Encounters in a
Book SynopsisArgentinean tango is a global phenomenon. Through interviews and ethnographical research in Amsterdam and Buenos Aires, this book shows why a dance from another era and another place appeals to men and women from different parts of the world and what happens to them as they become caught up in the tango salon culture.Trade ReviewDaviss participant-informant status serves her well as she describes the subtle communication that goes on chest to chest as the dancers use of wordless cues to make adjustments and improvise, and the engrossing safety of their embrace. * Women's Review of Books *Davis has written a superb, complex, and stimulating book. She obliges all of us to think. * The Queer Tango Book Project *Hopefully this wonderful and creative book will get many more people on to the dance floor. And not just hopping about any old how in lonely (but usually crowded) isolation, but engaging in learning the rules of dancing with a partner. No need to stand on your toes, or anyone elses; it is about extending the possibilities of what your mind and your body can do. * Times Literary Supplement *[P]assionately written. * Dance Research Journal *[] Dancing Tango is an engaging book where tango is quite rightly taken seriously as a social and cultural phenomenon. This book displays a thoroughly readable style, which is at times playful and humorous. Davis does not shy away from potentially difficult, personal, intimate, or emotional topics, and this keeps the reader engaged. * American Journal of Sociology *A thoughtful and enjoyable study of tango in Argentina and Amsterdam goes beyond the history of the dance to explore the possibilities and perils of bodies, passion, gender, and identity in the modern transnational world. * Anthropology Review Database *Providing us with a sensual, groundbreaking and highly accessible account of how the global phenomenon of Argentinean tango is implicated in a desire for a liminal experience of embodied connectivity in music, Kathy Davis places her global ethnography in a context that explores the intersections between the politics of passion, performance, gender, and transnational connections, power-relations and imaginaries. This compelling study will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students interested in feminist sociology, ethnography, sexuality, embodiment and globalization. -- Chris Shilling,author of The Body and Social TheoryTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1.Salon Cultures 19 2. Tango Passion 48 3. Tango Trajectories 74 4. Performing Femininity, Performing Masculinity 100 5. Queering Tango 127 6. Transnational Encounters 155 Epilogue: Should a Feminist Dance Tango? 183 Notes 193 References 209 Index 219 About the Author 225
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Watson-Guptill Drawing Fantastic Furries The Ultimate Guide to
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MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ The Road to Results Designing and Conducting
Book SynopsisSuitable for those involved in development evaluation, this title provides procedures and examples on how to set up a monitoring and evaluation system, how to conduct participatory evaluations and do social mapping, and how to construct a 'rigorous' quasi-experimental design to answer an impact question.
£49.95
Duke University Press Nation Within
Book SynopsisNation Within is the complex history of the events between the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi in 1893 and its annexation to the United States in 1898. Highlighting the native Hawaiians' resistance during that five year span, Tom Coffman shows why occupying Hawaiʻi was crucial to American imperial ambitions.Trade Review"Nation Within explores those 'strange five years' from 1893–1898 during which a cabal of 'missionary boys' hijacked a sovereign nation, deposed its monarch, prostituted the words 'republic' and 'democracy' as badly as any Third World Communist dictator ever has, and handed over an unwilling native people to the care and keeping of the breast-beating, muscle-flexing expansionist United States. (And if you think I overwrite, then I challenge you to read the book.) . . . weep, grow angry . . . " -- Dan Boylan, Professor of History, University of Hawaii, * MidWeek *"[A] page-turner—and an eye-opener." * Honolulu Weekly *"Tom Coffman has gracefully constructed a new vision of Hawaiian history, broader perhaps than any produced in the last 100 years. . . . A stunning, transoceanic story." -- Kehaulani Lum * Honolulu Star-Bulletin *"The best single book on annexation." * The Nation *Table of ContentsForeword ix Introduction xiii 1. A False Spring 1 2. Retrieving History 7 3. Coping with Great Powers 23 4. Roosevelt's Frontier 33 5. The Queen's Dilemma 39 6. American Expanisionism 53 7. A Two-Layered Conspiracy 69 8. Trade-off for Pearl Harbor 91 9. An American Coup 109 10. Hawaiian Resistance 135 11. Battle on the Potomac 141 12. A Republic in Name 149 13. The Hawaiian Revolt 167 14. Conjuring the Yellow Peril 183 15. The Doorway to Imperialism 205 16. Hawaiian Protests 235 17. The Treay of Annexation 245 18. The Queen in Winter 263 19. The Hawaiian Petition 273 20. Cuba and the Philippines 289 21. Raising Old Glory 315 Notes and Acknowledgments 325 Endnotes 329 Index 339
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Watson-Guptill Publications Stan Lees How to Write Comics
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Duke University Press Beyond Civil Society
Book SynopsisBeyond Civil Society challenges current understandings of the politics of protest, activism, and participation by examining the ways in which social movements in late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century Latin America blur the boundaries between civil and uncivil activism and between activism carried out in state and the streets.Trade Review"The individual case studies of Beyond Civil Society include rich detail that will be of interest to activists and scholars of social movements alike, and the book’s discussion of the Civil Society Agenda and its consequences is an important contribution to scholarship on Latin America, democracy, and collective action." * EIAL *"The authors of this important edited collection interrogate what they call the 'civil society agenda.' . . . Beyond Civil Society thus offers a sober analysis of the effectiveness and degree of political autonomy of movements working with Pink Tide governments or international organizations." -- Dolores Trevizo * Mobilization *“[A] fascinating anthology of participation and protest in Latin America…. Beyond Civil Society is a very welcome contribution to the often-unintegrated debates about civil society, on the one hand, and social movements, on the other.” -- Anna Krausova * Latin American Research Review *Table of ContentsForeword / Arturo Escobar ix Preface and Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. Interrogating the Civil Society Agenda, Reassessing Uncivic Political Activism / Sonia E. Alvarez, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Agustín Laó-Montes, Jeffrey W. Rubin, and Millie Thayer 1 Part I. Interrogating the Civil Society Agenda: Reflections on Brazil 1. A Century of Councils: Participatory Budgeting and the Long History of Participation in Brazil / Gianpaolo Baiocchi 27 2. Civil Society in Brazil: From State Autonomy to Political Interdependency / Leonardo Avritzer 45 3. The Making and Unmaking of a New Democratic Space / Andrea Cornwall 63 4. Uncivil Subjects, Uncivil Women: Civic Participation, Ambivalence, and Political Subjectivity among Grassroots Community Leaders in Porto Alegre, Brazil / Benjamin Junge 81 Part II. Mapping Movement Fileds 5. Mapping the Field of Afro-Latin American Politics: In and Out of the Civil Society Agenda / Agustín Laó-Montes 103 6. Social Movement Demands in Argentina and the Constitution of a "Feminist People" / Graciela Di Marco 122 7. Politics by Other Means: Resistance to Neoliberal Politics / Graciela Monteagudo 141 8. The "Gray Zone" Between Movements and Markets: Brazilian Feminists and the International Aid Chain / Millie Thayer 156 Part III. The Nexus of Civic and Uncivic Politics 9. "This is No Longer a Democracy . . .": Thoughts on the Local Referendums on Mining on Peru's Northern Frontier / Raphael Hoetmer 179 10. From Afro-Colombians to Afro-Descendants: The Trajectory of Black Social Movements in Colombia, 1990–2010 / Kiran Asher 199 11. In the Streets and in the Institutions: Movements-in-Democracy and the Rural Women's Movement in Rio Grande Do Sol / Jeffrey W. Rubin 219 12. Refounding the Political: The Struggle for Provincialization in Santa Elena, Ecuador / Amaliea Pallares 238 Part IV. Movements, Regimes, and Refoundations 13. The Counterpoint Between Contention and Civic Collective Action in Venezuela's Recent Democracy / Margarita López Maya and Luis E. Lander 261 14. Brazil: Back to the Streets? / Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Ana Claudia Teixeira 282 15.Monuments of (De) Colonization: Violence, Democracy, and Gray Zones in Bolivia after January 11, 2007 / José Antonio Lucero 296 16 Beyond the Civil Society Agenda? Participation and Practices of Governance, Governability, and Governmentality in Latin America / Sonia E. Alvarez 316 Conclusion. Uncontained Activism / Millie Thayer and Jeffrey W. Rubin 331 References 339 Contributors 369 Index 373
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University of Minnesota Press A History of the Swedish People Volume II From
Book SynopsisA revealing and entertaining account of Sweden's past - now in paperback!Table of ContentsContentsForeword Engelbrekt - a Great Man who was Small of Stature Our Daily Bark-Bread Thrice King How Swedes Learned to hate Danes The Forests and Popular Liberties The Three Stures A Warrior People's Dream of Peace Tyrant I: Christian II Tyrant II: Gustav I Life in the Villages The Women outside History The Dacke Rising - Our Greatest Popular Revolt
£12.34
University of Minnesota Press Against Purity Living Ethically in Compromised
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Exciting, original, and intellectually stimulating, Against Purity makes a clear and compelling argument for a politics of relationality that resists the demand for ‘purity’. Even as Alexis Shotwell challenges the basic assumptions of ethical and political philosophy, she also builds pathways for more conventional thinkers to find their way into her discourse."—Lisa Guenther, author of Solitary Confinement: Social Death and Its Afterlives"Readers will find Against Purity to be timely and important, drawing together distinct but nonetheless congruent strains of theorizing that enable and facilitate new modes of collective action."—PhænEx, Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture"On a planet overtaken by the problems and figure of man, this perspective is crucial to keep in mind for both scholarly and worldly work."—Journal of Cultural Economy"Shotwell’s clearly ordered prose makes a wide citational range easily accessible. ...Against Purity is an informative and exciting text."—Enculturation, A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing and CultureTable of ContentsContents Complexity and Complicity: An Introduction to Constitutive Impurity 1. Remembering for the Future: Reckoning with an Unjust Past 2. “Women Don’t Get AIDS, They Just Die From It”: Memory, Classification, and the Campaign to Change the Definition of AIDS 3. Shimmering Presences: Frog, Toad, and Toxic Interdependencies 4. Consuming Suffering: Eating, Energy, and Embodied Ethics 5. Practicing Freedom: Disability and Gender Transformation 6. Worlds to Come: Imagining Speculative Disability Futures Conclusion: The Point, However, is to Change It Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Minnesota Press Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword: The Tribal Law Revolution in Indian Country Today, Robert A. Williams, Jr. Acknowledgments Introduction: Modern Issues, Ancient Traditions: Going Back to Fundamental Values 1. The Navajo Nation Court SystemBrief Navajo History History of the Navajo Nation Courts Modern Navajo Nation Courts2. Foundational Diné Law PrinciplesReturning to Traditional Navajo Laws and Methods3. Hózh= (Peace, Harmony, and Balance)Hózh= in Navajo Culture Hózh= in the Navajo Nation Courts4. K é (Kinship Unity through Positive Values)K é in Navajo Culture K é in the Navajo Nation Courts K é Informs Individual and Community Rights K é as the Basis for Equitable Rights5. K éí (Descent, Clanship, and Kinship) K éí in Navajo Culture K éí Informs Traditional Domestic Matters K éí in the Navajo Nation Courts Descent and DistributionConclusion: Law Is the Product of Human Experience Glossary of Navajo Names and Kinship Terms Notes Index Index to Navajo Nation Court Cases, Council Resolutions, and Statutes
£15.19
Jewish Publication Society The Life of Gl252ckel of Hameln A Memoir
Book SynopsisA fascinating memoir of one of Judaism's earliest female writers, translated from the original Yiddish, Gluckel of Hameln was a marvel of her time: an accomplished businesswoman as well as the mother of twelve, she wrote the riveting memoir that would become a timeless classic, revealing much about Jewish life in seventeenth-century Germany.Trade Review“For those who do not already have Glückel’s memoir on their shelves, this JPS volume is a great introduction to the most famous female Jewish writer of all time.”—JOFA Journal "The Life of Glückel of Hameln is an important historical document, not only in regard to Jewish communal life, but also due to the various world events that she chronicled, including information about Sabbatai Zevi as well as political conflicts and wars that occurred during her life."—Jewish Eye"The work in its totality makes clear yet again just how much has been lost to Jewish history and literature by having for so long denied women their chance to speak. Those who care about such things owe a debt of gratitude to Philadelphia’s Jewish Publication Society for returning Gluumlckel’s life to print and, with any luck, to a whole new generation of readers."—Jewish Exponent
£13.29
Ohio University Press Hello This Is Your Body Talking A DrawItYourself
Book SynopsisWith Drawing Your Stress Away and Hello, This Is Your Body Talking, art therapist and educator Dr. Lucia Capacchione presents a new concept in adult coloring: the draw-it-yourself coloring book.
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Jewish Publication Society JPS TANAKH The Holy Scriptures blue
Book SynopsisPresents an original translation of the Holy Scriptures into contemporary English, based on the Masoretic (the traditional Hebrew) text.Trade Review“Turns Holy Writ into fresh, understandable, contemporary language. A landmark of Jewish religious scholarship.”—Time
£18.99
Duke University Press Pink Noises
Book SynopsisA collection of twenty-four interviews with women in electronic music and sound cultures, including club and radio DJs, remixers, composers, improvisers, instrument builders, and performance artists.Trade Review“[Rodgers] conducted thoughtful, detailed interviews with a wide range of artists. . . . Even when I don't much care for the artist Rodgers is talking to . . . the discussion is lively and interesting. . . . Rodgers clearly understands many disparate modes of music making, and sounds equally authoritative whether she's talking about elaborate programming schemes, the language of analog synthesizers, or record buying.” - Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader“One of the best music books of 2010, Tara Rodgers’s Pink Noises, gave an accessible window into what looks to be many years of research into gender, identity and electronic music. . . .” - Frances Morgan, The Quietus“Pink Noises is an extremely well informed, informative and inspiring discussion of some of the most crucial aspects and developments in electronic music. The innovators and actors behind these developments happen to be women and Pink Noises thereby highlights the astounding male centeredness in standard accounts and representation in electronic music.” - Anna Gavanas, Dancecult“[A] vitally needed book, and it really is wonderful to read so many women talking passionately about the subject.” - Emily Manuel, Bitch“Pink Noises touches upon nearly every aspect of female involvement in the evolution of electronic music and sound. . . . This book would be worthwhile if only for its excellent, clearly written glossary of essential terms and its basic primer on the history of the speed-of-light changes of a mega-industry and tools that most westerners use—in our current climate of relatively affordable consumerism: (if not necessarily civilization)—on a virtually daily basis and that we take for granted.” - Deborah Frost, Women’s Review of Books“Pink Noises is an original and important contribution to discourse inelectronic music, musicology, and gender studies. Rodgers’s unique background as both electronic musician and scholar allows her to ask incisive questions about both creative process and cultural situation. And the introductory essay is nothing less than groundbreaking in its attempt to birth an alternate historiography for electronic music and to theorize the language and systems of electronic music.” - Betsey Biggs, Women & Music“Pink Noises is a breath of fresh air when you look at how many electronic music books are about more of the same: boys with toys. From the Middle Eastern–inflected electronica of DJ Mutamassik, to the Punjabi rhythms of DJ Rekha, to the academix of Pamela Z and Pauline Oliveros, Tara Rodgers’s examination of women as central figures in the creative processes of twenty-first-century art and music is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of music in our hyper-connected and hyper-post-everything contemporary life.”—Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky“What does it mean to be a female electronic musician? This seemingly simple question lies at the heart of Pink Noises, Tara Rodgers’s compelling exploration into the relationship between technology and gender. . . . Rodgers’s book serves as both an introduction to the world of music and technology, even providing an extensive glossary, and inspirational manifesto, revealing that to succeed as an artist is to follow one’s own unique path, no matter what.” -- Nick Zurko * Tom Tom Magazine *“Pink Noises is an extremely well informed, informative and inspiring discussion of some of the most crucial aspects and developments in electronic music. The innovators and actors behind these developments happen to be women and Pink Noises thereby highlights the astounding male centeredness in standard accounts and representation in electronic music.” -- Anna Gavanas * Dancecult *“Pink Noises is an original and important contribution to discourse in electronic music, musicology, and gender studies. Rodgers’s unique background as both electronic musician and scholar allows her to ask incisive questions about both creative process and cultural situation. And the introductory essay is nothing less than groundbreaking in its attempt to birth an alternate historiography for electronic music and to theorize the language and systems of electronic music.” -- Betsey Biggs * Women and Music *“Pink Noises touches upon nearly every aspect of female involvement in the evolution of electronic music and sound. . . . This book would be worthwhile if only for its excellent, clearly written glossary of essential terms and its basic primer on the history of the speed-of-light changes of a mega-industry and tools that most westerners use—in our current climate of relatively affordable consumerism: (if not necessarily civilization)—on a virtually daily basis and that we take for granted.” -- Deborah Frost * Women's Review of Books *“[A] vitally needed book, and it really is wonderful to read so many women talking passionately about the subject.” -- Emily Manuel * Bitch *“[Rodgers] conducted thoughtful, detailed interviews with a wide range of artists. . . . Even when I don't much care for the artist Rodgers is talking to . . . the discussion is lively and interesting. . . . Rodgers clearly understands many disparate modes of music making, and sounds equally authoritative whether she's talking about elaborate programming schemes, the language of analog synthesizers, or record buying.” -- Peter Margasak * Chicago Reader *“One of the best music books of 2010, Tara Rodgers’s Pink Noises, gave an accessible window into what looks to be many years of research into gender, identity and electronic music. . . .” -- Frances Morgan * The Quietus *"I love opening this book and flipping to a random interview. Each one is extremely personal but also technical and conceptual, exploring the artist's unique relationship to sound and space. It's refreshing to read about these women's musical journeys in the context of a male-dominated field like electronic music." -- Lyra Pramuk * Artforum *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part 1. Time and Memory 25 Pauline Oliveros 27 Kaffe Matthews 34 Carla Scaletti 43 Eliane Radigue 54 Part 2. Space and Perspective 61 Maggi Payne 63 Ikue Mori 73 Beth Coleman (M. Singe) 81 Maria Chavez 94 Part 3. Nature and Synthetics 105 Christina Kubisch 107 Annea Lockwood 114 Chantal Passamonte (Mira Calix) 128 Jessica Rylan 139 Part 4. Circulation and Movements 157 Susan Morabito 159 Rekha Malhotra (DJ Rekha) 169 Giulia Loli (DJ Mtuamassik) 178 Jeannie Hopper 190 Part 5. Language, Machines, Embodiment 201 Antye Gueie (AGF) 203 Pamela Z 216 Laetitia Sonami 226 Bevin Kelley (Blevin Blectum) 235 Part 6. Alone/Together 243 Le Tigre 245 Bev Stanton (Arthur Loves Plastic) 255 Keiko Uenishi (o.blaat) 263 Riz Maslen (Neotropic) 273 Glossary 283 Discography 295 References 301 Index 313
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New York University Press Black Sun
Book SynopsisOffers a unique perspective on far right neo-Nazism viewing it as a new form of Western religious heresyTrade ReviewExcellent book provides a lucid and often chilling guide. * Journal of European Studies *Presents a troubling picture of the mindset of the modern Far Right. * Library Journal *[An] important work. * Philadelphia Inquirer *Anyone who remembers the devastation wrought by Nazi fanaticism can only be astonished and dismayed by this book. Who could have foreseen that half a century after the defeat of the Third Reich the Jews would once again be perceived as a demonic power intent on destroying the & Aryan race, or that Hitler would be imagined as a divine being who is about to return to earth to complete the Holocaust? For the matter, who could have foreseen that the preposterous & pagan cult developed by Heinrich Himmler would ever be revived? Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke shows not only that these things have indeed happened but how and why they have happened. He also suggests what dangers they may portend. Black Sun is both an enthralling and a deeply disturbing work. It deserves the most serious attention and a wide readership. -- Norman Cohn,author of The Pursuit of the Millennium and Warrant for GenocideNicholas Goodrick-Clarke has done pioneering work in the field of the occult roots of Nazism. In the present volume he performs the same invaluable service with regard to the ideological fantasies of post war neofascism. -- Walter Laqueur
£22.79
MI - New York University Cruising Utopia The Then and There of Queer
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£19.79
Haynes Publishing Group Triumph Gt6 Vitesse
Book SynopsisGT6 Coupe and Vitesse Saloon. Petrol: 1.6 litre (1596cc) and 2.0 litre (1998cc).
£29.60
Haynes Publishing Group Ford Escort Petrol Sept 80 Sept 90 Haynes Repair
Book SynopsisHatchback, Cabriolet, Estate, Van and Combi, inc. XR3, XR3i, RS Turbo and special/limited editions. Petrol: 1.1 litre (1117 and 1118cc), 1.3 litre (1296 and 1297cc), 1.4 litre (1392cc) and 1.6 litre (1597cc). Exclusions:Does NOT cover CTX (automatic) transmission or RS1600i.
£29.60
Haynes Publishing Group Yamaha RD250 350LC Twins 1980 1982 Motorcycle
Book SynopsisSpecific Models Covered:RD250 LC 247cc 80-82; RD350 LC 347cc 80-82.
£28.00
Princeton Architectural Press Color Theory Notecards
Book SynopsisBlending a classic watercolour feel with a fresh, modern aesthetic, this notecard collection celebrates the mesmerising beauty of colour. Colour has long fascinated artists, designers, philosophers, and makers of all stripes. This enchanting set from artist Mimi Robinson contains six cards illustrating key principles of colour theory and four different envelope designs each with a wash of watercolour on the inside of the flap. All cards feature a detailed caption explaining the principle of colour theory illustrated on the front of the card.
£13.26
Temple University Press,U.S. Classical Hindu Mythology A Reader in the
Book SynopsisThe "Mahapuranas" embody the received tradition of Hindu mythology. This anthology contains fresh translations of these myths. It includes chapters such as: "Origins"; "Seers, Kings and Supernaturals"; "Krsna," "Visnu," and "Siva"; and, "The Goddess" that presents stories of the wives and lovers of the gods, as well as of Kali, the battle goddess.Trade Review"[P]rovides an important segment of world literature that has been virtually inaccessible." —ChoiceTable of Contents Preface The Puranas: An Introduction Origins Visnu Krsna Siva The Goddess Seers, Kings and Supernaturals Glossary Notes on Sources Bibliography of Sanskrit Puranas Index
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Human Kinetics Publishers Scuba Diving
Book Synopsis The best-selling authoritative guide returns, packed with the latest recommendations, dive tables, and instruction. Full-color photographs and illustrations depict the latest equipment, gear selection, dive locations, technologies, and techniques. Scuba Diving is an indispensable resource for preparation, management, and enjoyment of every dive. Table of Contents Chapter 1 Diving Into Scuba Chapter 2 Diving Science Chapter 3 Diving Adjustments Chapter 4 Diving Equipment Chapter 5 Diving Environment Chapter 6 Diving Skills Chapter 7 Dive Planning Chapter 8 Diving Opportunities
£25.19
St Vladimir's Seminary Press,U.S. Festal Orations
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£999.99
Red Wheel/Weiser Tarot of Ceremonial Magick
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£17.09
John Wiley & Sons Poetry Comes Up Where It Can
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£12.56
Haynes Publishing Group Honda VT700 VT750 Shadow Motorcycle 19831987
Book SynopsisSpecific Models Covered:VT700C Shadow 84-87; VT750C Shadow 1983
£33.00
Haynes Publishing Group MG Midget AustinHealey Sprite 58 80 Haynes
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£29.60
F.A. Davis Company Guide to Clinical Documentation
Book SynopsisYour guide to developing the skills you need to master the increasing complex challenges of documenting patient care. Step by step, a straightforward “how-to” approach teaches you how to write SOAP notes, document patient care in office and hospital settings, and write prescriptions.Table of Contents I. Foundations of Documentation 1. Medicolegal Principles of Documentation 2. The Comprehensive History and Physical Examination 3. SOAP Notes II. Documentation Related to Outpatient Care 4. Prenatal Care Visits and Newborn Physical Examination 5. Pediatric Preventive Care Visits 6. Adult Preventive Care Visits 7. Older Adult Visits 8. Outpatient Charting and Communication 9. Prescription Writing and Electronic Prescribing III. Documentation Related to Inpatient Care 10. Admitting a Patient to the Hospital 11. Documenting Inpatient Care 12. Discharging Patients from the Hospital Appendices A. Document Library B. A Guide to Sexual History Taking C. ISMP’s List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations Bibliography
£53.10
Headline Publishing Group Paperscapes The Tree the book that transforms
Book SynopsisIllustrations of leaves, fruits and branches accompany text by conservation expert Steve Marsh that describes the features of 52 varieties of tree. Press-out sections enable you to reveal the outline of each shape and transform your book into a work of art. Table of ContentsPress-out illustrations of 52 trees from across the globe, each accompanied by approx. 250-300 words of descriptive text.
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The University of Chicago Press Care and Cure
Book SynopsisThe philosophy of medicine has become a vibrant and complex intellectual landscape, and Care and Cure is the first extended attempt to map it. In pursuing the interdependent aims of caring and curing, medicine relies on concepts, theories, inferences, and policies that are often complicated and controversial. Bringing much-needed clarity to the interplay of these diverse problems, Jacob Stegenga describes the core philosophical controversies underlying medicine in this unrivaled introduction to the field. The fourteen chapters in Care and Cure present and discuss conceptual, metaphysical, epistemological, and political questions that arise in medicine, buttressed with lively illustrative examples ranging from debates over the true nature of disease to the effectiveness of medical interventions and homeopathy. Poised to be the standard sourcebook for anyone seeking a comprehensive overview of the canonical concepts, current state, and cutting edge of this vital field, this concise int
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University Press of Kansas Japans Imperial Army Its Rise and Fall 18531945
Book SynopsisPopular impressions of the imperial Japanese army still promote images of suicidal banzai charges and fanatical leaders blindly devoted to their emperor. Edward Drea looks well past those stereotypes to unfold the more complex story of how that army came to power and extended its influence at home and abroad to become one of the world's dominant fighting forces.
£26.36
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Roots of Blitzkrieg Hans von Seeckt and
Book SynopsisBetween 1919 and 1933, German military leaders created the Reichswehr, a new military organisation built on the wreckage of the old Imperial Army. This book traces the crucial transformations in military tactical doctrine, organisation and training that laid the foundations for the Nazi Blitzkrieg.
£22.91
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Hell in Hurtgen Forest
Book SynopsisSome of the most brutally intense infantry combat in World War II occurred within Germany's Hrtgen Forest. Focusing on the bitterly fought battle between the American 22d Infantry Regiment and elements of the German LXXIV Korps around Grosshau, Rush chronicles small-unit combat at its most extreme.Trade ReviewA heartbreaking, day-by-day account - beautifully written - of the small unit action in the forest." —Army History"One of the finest case studies of modern infantry combat in any language." —Dennis Showalter, author of Tannenburg: Clash of Empires"Rush successfully marries combat analysis with social history to provide a new assessment of the American infantry units that battled the Wehrmacht from the beaches of Normandy to the Elbe River. In an exhibition of brilliantly imaginative and thorough research, he examines the training, leadership, tactics, and replacement policies that permitted American infantry regiments to remain cohesive enough to keep gaining ground despite personnel losses that totaled sixty-four percent by the war's end. Cutting edge scholarship on the U.S. Army's war in the ETO." —Journal of American History"A gripping tale of American GIs facing combat under the worst imaginable conditions." —Peter Mansoor, author of The GI Offensive in Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941-1945"A superb combat history that shatters long-held concepts on American versus German performance and vividly describes the horror and agony of close combat." —Edward G. Miller, author of A Dark and Bloody Ground: The Hurtgen Forest and the Roer River Dams, 1944-1945
£26.06
British Museum Press Masterpieces of the British Museum
Book SynopsisIncludes many acquisitions and discoveries, such as Picasso's Vollard Suite and the intriguing Vale of York Viking hoard, and showcases a selection of more than 250 of the most beautiful and important objects drawn from across the Museum.
£17.09
Human Kinetics Publishers NSCAs Guide to Program Design
Book Synopsis Developed by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), this text offers strength and conditioning professionals a scientific basis for developing training programs for specific athletes at specific times of year. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Athlete Needs AnalysisWilliam J. Kraemer, PhD, Brett A. Comstock, MA, James E. Clark, MS, and Courtenay Dunn-Lewis, MAMetabolic Demands of the SportBiomechanical Demands of the SportInjury Risks of the SportIntegrating the Needs AnalysisChapter 2. Athlete Testing and Program EvaluationJay R. Hoffman, PhDFactors That Affect Performance TestingTest SelectionPractical Considerations for Test AdministrationTests for Needs Assessment and Program EvaluationChapter 3. Dynamic Warm-UpAvery D. Faigenbaum, EdDStatic Stretching and PerformanceDynamic Warm-Up and PerformanceDeveloping a Dynamic Warm-Up ProtocolDynamic Warm-Up ExercisesChapter 4. Resistance TrainingNicholas A. Ratamess, PhDAdaptations to Resistance TrainingCustomizing Resistance Training ProgramsResistance Training Program VariablesChapter 5. Power TrainingRobert U. Newton, PhD, Prue Cormie, PhD, and William J. Kraemer, PhDFactors Contributing to Power OutputTargeting Power DevelopmentTraining Methods for Power DevelopmentSelecting Load and Velocity for Power DevelopmentChapter 6. Anaerobic ConditioningJay R. Hoffman, PhDPhysiological Adaptations From Anaerobic Conditioning ProgramsDeveloping Anaerobic Conditioning ProgramsAnaerobic Conditioning ExercisesChapter 7. Endurance TrainingJoel T. Cramer, PhD, and Abbie E. Smith, PhDFactors in Aerobic Endurance PerformanceAerobic Endurance Training VariablesAerobic Endurance Training StrategiesPeriodization for Aerobic Endurance TrainingChapter 8. Agility TrainingLee E. Brown, EdD, and Andy V. Khamoui, MSFactors in Agility PerformanceAssessing AgilityTraining for AgilityAgility Program DesignChapter 9. Speed TrainingJay R. Hoffman, PhD, and John Graham, MS Factors in Speed PerformanceSprinting Mechanics and TechniqueSpeed Program DesignChapter 10. Balance and Stability TrainingNejc Sarabon, PhDProgram Planning and PeriodizationSafe Progression for Balance ExercisesStability Training for Joint SystemsChapter 11. Training Integration and PeriodizationG. Gregory Haff, PhD, and Erin E. Haff, MAGeneral Principles of PeriodizationTraining PeriodsSequencing and Integration of the Training ProcessPractical GuidelinesChapter 12. Training Program ImplementationJay R. Hoffman, PhD, Lee E. Brown, PhD, and Abbie E. Smith, PhDWorkout SessionsOff-Season TrainingCompetitive SeasonConsiderations for Endurance AthletesProgram Evaluation
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The University of Chicago Press Building the American Republic Volume 1 A
Book SynopsisNow more than ever, we need informed citizens who bring a thorough knowledge of America's history to community life and the political process. Understanding what built our republic allows us to better maintain its democracy. These books are here to help. Harry L. Watson and Jane Dailey have set out to bring a highly readable, comprehensive telling of American history to the widest audience possible. And to that end, it will be one of the first American history textbooks to be offered completely free in digital form.Building the Republic deftly combines centuries of perspectives and voices into a fluid narrative of the United States. Through crisp, incisive prose it takes readers through the full scope of American history, starting with the first inhabitants and carrying all the way to the 2016 election. Throughout, Watson and Dailey emphasize the struggle for justice and equality in a more perfect union, the challenge of racial and ethnic conflict, the evolution of law and legal norms,
£26.00
John Wiley & Sons Black Cowboys in the American West
Book SynopsisThe first overview of the subject in more than fifty years, Black Cowboys in the American West surveys the life and work of these cattle drivers from the years before the Civil War through the turn of the twentieth century.Trade ReviewA fine book, Black Cowboys in the American West adds significantly to the history of the American West, cattle ranching history, and African American studies."" - Paul H. Carlson, editor of The Cowboy Way: An Exploration of History and Culture""Black Cowboys in the American West is a wide-ranging, thoughtful collection of essays that offers readers new insights about African Americans in the West."" - Alwyn Barr, author of Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528 - 1995
£18.86
Stanford University Press Soap Meridian Crossing Aesthetics
Book SynopsisIn this work, begun during the German occupation, the eminent French poet and philosopher began to turn away from the small, perfect poem toward a much more open form, a kind of prose poem that recounted its own process of coming into being along with the final result.Trade Review“This text manages to be whimsical, political and philosophical all at once by behaving like its subject—soap—and slipping between modes.”—Matthea Harvey, Boston ReviewTable of Contents1. Beginning 2. Soap 3. Appendixes.
£18.04
MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni Performing Prose The Study and Practice of Style
Book SynopsisDrawing on numerous examples from a range of authors and genres, this title demonstrates the use of style as a vehicle for performance, a way for writers to project themselves onto the page while managing their engagement with the reader. It equips students with the vocabulary and tools to analyze the styles of others in fresh ways.Trade Review"In this innovative text, Holcomb and Killingsworth recapture style's rightful place in the generation of prose rather than just a step in editing already-written text. In the process, they manage to incorporate everything the Western rhetorical and literary tradition ever knew about style and have it all make sense together." - Barbara Johnstone, author of Discourse Analysis "Not only is this book smart and inspirational in terms of explanations, examples, and exercises, but it's also fun! What a pleasure it will be to teach from this twenty-first century Ludus Literarius." - Cheryl Glenn, author of Rhetoric Retold and Unspoken"
£32.62
University of Pennsylvania Press The Trotula
Book SynopsisThe Trotula was the most influential compendium on women's medicine in medieval Europe. Green here presents the first modern English translation of the so-called standardized Trotula ensemble, a composite form of the texts that was produced in the mid-thirteenth century and circulated widely in learned circles.Trade Review"This long-awaited book makes available an English translation of a set of texts which represents the most important collection of material on women's diseases and their treatments for the period from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries." * Social History of Medicine *"Thanks to Monica H. Green's splendid new critical edition and translation . . . one of the toughest nuts of medieval medical learning has been cracked. . . . The introduction and translation are spirited and readable; both could be profitably assigned to undergraduates and would provide an excellent entry not only into medieval women's medicine but also into the rich worlds of medical practice and textual transmission." * Speculum *"The Trotula: A Medieval Compendium of Women's Medicine furnishes students and scholars with an invaluable reference. Backed by more than twenty years of scrupulous research and publication, as well as an insightful methodology, it also provides them with an object of inspiration. Green's work is a remarkable example of scholarship." * Comitatus *
£21.59
Cornell University Press Aristotle and Other Platonists
Book SynopsisIn a wide-ranging book likely to cause controversy, Lloyd P. Gerson sets out the case for the "harmony" of Platonism and Aristotelianism, the standard view in late antiquity.Trade ReviewThe title of this work indicates quite clearly where the author stands regarding the relationship of these two ancient philosophers: Aristotle, contrary to the usual thinking in the philosophical literature, is a Platonist. Gerson arrives at this position by examining in detail the writings of the Neoplatonists and others of the period and concluding that they were correct in assuming that there was no real conflict in the overall thinking of the two men and that, indeed, their thinking was 'harmonious.' * LIBRARY JOURNAL *Gerson examines the neglected work of the classical 'harmonists,' those Neoplatonic philosophers of late antiquity who sought to reconcile the opposing doctrinal positions of Platonism and Aristotelianism.... Although some of the harmonists' claims are dubious, Gerson does a fine job defending the essential points of their argumentation. This is an important book that should reshape readers' understanding of the history of classical philosophy. * Choice *A marvelous contribution to the study of ancient philosophy. -- Richard Kraut * Classical Philology *The paradigm of opposition between Plato and Aristotle is addressed by Gerson in his learned, fascinating, and persuasive book. -- Rosamond Kent Sprague * Ancient Philosophy *This is one of the most important and challenging books on Aristotle in recent memory. I think Lloyd Gerson is unlikely to persuade everyone of the truth of what he says. Nor perhaps will he convince anyone of the truth of all the things he says. But if this book does not succeed in disturbing some dogmatic slumbers, I will be very surprised and more than a little disappointed. I urge anyone who is feeling somewhat stifled by the status quo in Aristotle scholarship to take a good hard look at this book. Even if you disagree profoundly it will—and I think should—open your mind to some new possibilities. -- Dirk Baltzly * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *The inquiry is informed throughout with unsurpassed knowledge of the Platonic and Aristotelian texts and with analytical rigor that matches the best Aristotelian scholarship. This is a compelling study that deserves immediate attention from ancient philosophers who are willing to rethink these important questions. -- John Bussanich * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
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University of Oklahoma Press We Pointed Them North
Book SynopsisE.C. Abbott was a cowboy in the great days of the 1870s and ‘80s. He came up the trail to Montana from Texas with the long-horned herds; he punched cows in Montana; he married a daughter of Granville Stuart. For more than fifty years he was known to cowmen from Texas to Alberta as “Teddy Blue.” This is his story, as told to Helena Huntington Smith.
£17.06
John Wiley & Sons Platos Apology of Socrates A Commentary No 36
Book SynopsisThe significance of Plato's Apology of Socrates is impossible to overestimate. An account of the famous trial of Socrates in 399BC, it appeals to historians, philosophers, political scientists, classicists, and literary critics. It is also essential reading for students of ancient Greek.
£20.82
LUP - University of Michigan Press Strategic Responsiveness
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£23.70
University of Nebraska Press Kill All the Lawyers
Book SynopsisExamines the ways in which Shakespeare used the law for dramatic effect and incorporated the passion for justice into his great tragedies and comedies, and considers the modern legal relevance of his work. This is a study in the field of literature and the law.Trade Review“An analysis that will interest Shakespeare scholars, enrich the working life of practicing lawyers, and help the lay reader understand why he enjoys Shakespeare in the first place.”—Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature“Thorough and lucid.”—Times Literary Supplement“Exhaustive scholarship and searching thought.”—New York Law Journal“Kornstein’s style is always lucid and often witty.”—Renaissance Quarterly“Highly recommended to all literate citizens, a genuine contribution to Shakespearean studies.”—Choice
£15.19
Ohio University Press The Creative Journal The Art of Finding Yourself
Book SynopsisUsing more than fifty prompts and vibrantly illustrated examples, The Creative Journal—a classic in the fields of art therapy, memoir and creative writing, art journaling, and creativity development—guides readers through drawing and writing exercises to release feelings, explore dreams, and solve problems creatively.Trade Review“The process of healing is the product, and her work guides us in the process, presenting us with tools for change.”“Beginning with The Creative Journal, Capacchione has been a powerful champion of the therapeutic potential of keeping one’s own drawing journal.… In [her books] she discusses her personal journey and how journaling has facilitated her growth and development…. This intimate touch engages readers and offers them permission to tell their stories through working in their journals.” * Art Therapy *“I think both drawing and writing encourage a fundamental need that we have for self-expression. There may be an added benefit to writing in that it translates experiences into language—which helps the person to resolve a trauma more quickly.”“Lucia Capacchione’s workshop was a powerful tool on my healing journey. She shares her insights and gives you the opportunity to heal your relationship with your inner child.”“[Capacchione] not only helps to bring out the best, but helps to discover that there is a best that is worth bringing out.”
£20.69
University of British Columbia Press Unsettling the Settler Within
Book SynopsisUnsettling the Settler Within is a powerful call to action that lays bare the myth of the peacemaking settler and points the way toward a meaningful reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians grappling with the legacy of the Indian residential school system.Trade ReviewSeeking to navigate the complex terrain of reconciliation in Canada, Regan’s text is an important contribution to settler studies in Canada … Her ability to fuse literatures from the burgeoning field of settler studies and anticolonial scholarship is impressive. -- Robyn Green, Carleton University * Great Plains Research, Vol. 22 No. 2, Fall 2012 *Regan weaves together her own profoundly personal experiences in Indigenous communities with wider historical study and narrative analysis … most compelling. -- Adam J. Barker, University of Leicester * Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, Vol. 13 No. 3, Winter 2012 *Table of ContentsForeword by Taiaiake AlfredAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Settler’s Call to Action1 An Unsettling Pedagogy of History and Hope2 Rethinking Reconciliation: Truth Telling, Restorying History, Commemoration3 Deconstructing Canada’s Peacemaker Myth4 The Alternative Dispute Resolution Program: Reconciliation as Regifting5 Indigenous Diplomats: Counter-Narratives of Peacemaking6 The Power of Apology and Testimony: Settlers as Ethical Witnesses7 An Apology Feast in Hazelton: A Settler’s “Unsettling”Experience8 Peace Warriors and Settler AlliesNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
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