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Seagull Books London Ltd Notebooks Volume 1 199899
Book SynopsisThe first volume of Notebooks spans the years 1998-1999 and traces the origins and creative process of Kiefer’s visual works during this period.
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McGill-Queen's University Press Missing the Tide Global Governments in Retreat
Book SynopsisHow the global optimism that characterized the 1990s evolved into pessimism and chaos.Trade Review" A stimulating testimony by one of the most important actors on the global stage at the turn of the millennium. Is it, as Johnson says, a ' true but tragic story?' I am not as pessimistic, but only because I expect his lucid account will help redress a very challenging and demanding global situation." Jean-Claude Trichet, former president of the European Central Bank " Read it and weep! Don Johnston has written what he rightly calls the ' true but tragic story' of how the United States and its allies squandered their chance to build a better world in the 1990s. Published as Donald Trump takes office, this compelling memoir by the former secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development will be painful reading. It' s a story of bungled opportunities to draw Russia, Turkey, and other problem nations of the twenty-first century closer to the West. Most of all, Missing the Tide is the sad story of how the United States lost its luster as a true superpower, ' magnanimous and fair.' All the wisdom that Johnston accumulated in his ten years of running the OECD is shared in this book to help leaders catch the tide if it ever returns." David Ignatius, columnist for The Washington Post
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Headline Publishing Group Paperscapes London the book that transforms into
Book SynopsisFeatures 50 of the city's seminal structures, with specially commissioned illustrations accompanied by text. Once the card around the buildings is removed, you are left with your own version of London to treasure and display. Table of ContentsLondon Eye • The Shard • Tower of London • Alexandra Palace • St Paul's Cathedral • Tower Bridge • The Monument • Temple Bar • Trinity Buoy Lighthouse • City Hall • Thames Barrier • Severndroog Castle • Kew Temperate House/Palm House • Crystal Palace Dinosaur • Greenwich Observatory • A telephone box • Canary Wharf • Wembley Stadium • Houses of Parliament • The O2 • Nelson's Column • Swiss Re Building • Neasden Temple • Lloyds of London • Shakespeare's Globe • Sir Richard Burton's Tomb • The Queen's House • Crossbones Graveyard Gates • Charles Dickens' House • Abbey Mills Pumping Station • Tate Modern • Royal Festival Hall • 2 Willow Road • A Routemaster Bus • Liberty's • Hardy Tree • George Inn • Southwark • Royal Albert Hall • Hampton Court Palace • St Pancras Station • Upminster Windmill • Cutty Sark • Traffic Light Sculpture • Isle of Dogs • Dennis Severs' House • Natural History Museum • Kensington Palace • Berry Brothers and Rudd • Manze's Pie and Eel Shop • Royal Vauxhall Tavern • Westminster Abbey • Wilton's Music Hall • The French House • Sentry box at Horseguards.
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Mount Orleans Press On A Bat's Back: A Poetry Anthology for Children
Book SynopsisA beautifully presented anthology of poetry, chosen with children in mind and designed to form a bedrock of knowledge to accompany them through life. Richly illustrated by Roland Pym, the poems range from nursery rhymes to mature and thoughtful themes, the poets ranging from the seventeenth century classics to twentieth century figures such as Auden, Belloc, Betjeman, and Eliot, amongst many others.
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Princeton University Press Affordable Housing in New York
Book SynopsisA richly illustrated history of below-market housing in New York, from the 1920s to today that is essential reading for understanding and advancing debates about how to enable future generations to call New York home.Trade Review"“Book Title of the Year,” as selected for Curbed.com’s Architecture in 2015: A Year in Review"
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F&W 50 Beaded Earrings
Book SynopsisThe best of Beadwork magazine, EARRINGS!
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HarperCollins Publishers The Times Quick Cryptic Crossword Book 5
Book SynopsisChallenge yourself with word and number puzzles100 puzzles from The Times adapting the cryptic puzzle for those with a hectic lifestyle and schedule. Ideal for those starting out with cryptic crosswords, and those who'd like to tackle the main puzzle but feel daunted, or who can perhaps only solve a handful of clues.Appearing Monday to Friday in the puzzle pages of Times2, this crossword has a reduced 13x13 grid size and reduced difficulty too, the intention being to encourage people to take their first steps in tackling cryptic crosswords. And also to cater for those of us who have limited time to devote to our favourite pastime and need a ready-made set of puzzles that is solvable in a short space of time.
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Insight Editions Harry Potter: Hogwarts Hardcover Ruled Journal:
Book SynopsisNew from Insight Editions’ best-selling HARRY POTTER™ stationery line, the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Hardcover Journal and Elder Wand Pen Set brings a bold HOGWARTS™ touch to your everyday journaling and includes a collectible Elder Wand pen!Celebrate the artistry of the HARRY POTTER™ films with this HOGWARTS™-themed journal and pen set. Inspired by the colors and heraldry of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, this journal features a gorgeous full-color cover emblazoned with the iconic Hogwarts crest and a collectable, sculpted Elder Wand pen. This hardcover journal lies flat when open and includes 192 ruled pages, a ribbon placeholder, an elastic band, and a back pocket for storing keepsakes and mementos.
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Rutgers University Press Native Artists of North America
Book SynopsisLavishly illustrated with over 80 full-colour images, this book includes original art and artifacts from the distant past as well as modern work by Native American artists. Works included are clothing (such as robes and hats), everyday items (such as blankets, pots, and baskets) and artwork (such as paintings on animal hide and figurines).Table of ContentsCONTENTS Foreword Ulysses Grant Dietz Acknowledgments Adriana Greci Green and Tricia Laughlin Bloom Native Artists of North America Adriana Greci Green A Hopi Way of Life Susan Sekaquaptewa What I See When I Look at Clothing in Museum Collections Emil Her Many Horses Apsáalooke Floral Dress Wendy Red Star The Language of Clothing in the Circumpolar North Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi Biil’éé D. Y. Begay The Newark Museum’s Unique Northwest Coast Collection Mique’l Dangeli The Beauty of California Indian Basketry Sherrie Smith-Ferri We Weave D. Y. Begay Jeffrey Gibson’s Come Alive! (I Feel Love) Tricia Laughlin Bloom
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Octopus Publishing Group 100 Tips to Help You Through the Menopause:
Book SynopsisMenopause isn't always an easy journey, but this accessible guide will help you to take your next steps with confidence. With wide-ranging and practical advice for every experience, including simple lifestyle and dietary changes you can make today, find out how to:- Find relief from hot flushes- Boost your mental outlook and feel more positive- Reduce the health risks associated with menopause- Discover how to beat middle-aged spread and look younger- Learn the truth about HRT and make informed choices- Look to a positive future postmenopause
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The University of Chicago Press Inward Vipassana Meditation and the Embodiment of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This striking ethnography sticks in one's mind: rooms full of silent meditators coordinating their body rhythms on a tacit channel, observing sensations over every inch of their bodies, and washing away pains not by seeking their causes but by detached attention. Pagis depicts meditation in a secular age, not as religion but as bodies among bodies giving each other space to repair the inroads of too much social self."--Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania "Pagis' beautifully written, brilliantly argued ethnography of meditation makes three major contributions: it shows how some of our most private experiences are socially enabled; it demonstrates how our selves are not only linguistically but sensuously mediated; and it reveals how attention is not merely a faculty but a practice. All three have profound consequences for understanding the sociality of human beings."--Andreas Glaeser, University of Chicago "Pagis deftly draws readers into the world of contemporary vipasanna meditation, and in so doing shows us how fruitful--and important--sociological attention to the varied social practices that retool the relations of self and other, private and public, visible and invisible, can be. Inward is a beautifully rendered ethnography with important implications for the study of the body and self-making."--Courtney Bender, Columbia University
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The University of Chicago Press The Art of Mbira Musical Inheritance and Legacy
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Crossway Books Transformed by Truth
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Insight Editions Harry Potter Hogwarts Crest 3D Wood Model
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Crossway Books Grace Defined and Defended
Book SynopsisBest-selling author Kevin DeYoung equips Christians to clearly define grace by looking at the Canons of Dort, exploring the historical context, theological implications, and practical applications of this important document in the Reformed tradition.
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Rutgers University Press Impure Migration Jews and Sex Work in Golden Age
Book SynopsisInvestigates the period from the 1890s until the 1930s, when prostitution was legal in Argentina. At the same time, pogroms and anti-Semitic discrimination left thousands of Eastern European Jewish people displaced. For many Jewish women, participation in prostitution was one few ways they could escape the limited options in their home countries.Trade Review"Recommended."— Choice "Yarfitz has approached the delicate subject deftly and with sophistication."— H-Net “A fascinating account of Jewish participation in sexual commerce in Buenos Aires…Impure Migration deepens our knowledge of the relation between prostitution and migration.”— Cristiana Schettini, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) / University of San Martín, Argentina “A tour de force. It transcends conventional accounts of victimized prostitutes and malevolent pimps with an intellectually bold exploration of sexual and racialized public anxieties. An important contribution to the history of international mobility, immigrant sociability, gendered labor, and multi-ethnic cities.”— José Moya, professor of history, Barnard College “Impure Migration presents a fascinating chapter in the history of Jewish immigration to the Americas... it is important that this story be made available.”— Adriana M. Brodsky, professor, St. Mary's College of Maryland "Wyklęta Varsovia. Sutenerski szlak "Napoleona" ze Smoczej," by Wojtek Rodak— Weekend Gazeta "If you want to read just one of the very many books on Jewish white slavery, this is the one you should choose. Both specialists and the general public will find this volume engaging and insightful."— Raanan Rein, vice president, Tel Aviv University "This book provides us with exciting ways in which the perspectives of the subaltern can be narrated into a transnational history of elites who dominated the talk about them. Impure Migration is a brilliant piece of history writing which will speak loudly and inspirationally to global and transnational historians. Its findings will equally be of immense help to activists and academics engaged in debates on contemporary sex work and trafficking."— ConnectionsTable of ContentsContents Note on Translation and Transliteration Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction: White Slave Wives on the Road to Buenos Aires 1 White Slaves and Dark Masters 2 Jewish Traffic in Women 3 Marriage as Ruse, or Migration Strategy 4 Immigrant Mutual Aid among Pimps 5 The Impure Shape Jewish Buenos Aires Conclusion: After the Varsovia Society Acknowledgments Notes Index
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Cornell University Press Everyday Transgressions Domestic Workers
Book SynopsisAdelle Blackett tells the story behind the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Decent Work for Domestic Workers Convention No. 189, and its accompanying Recommendation No. 201 which in 2011 created the first comprehensive international standards to extend fundamental protections and rights to the millions of domestic workers laboring in...Trade ReviewThe book's breadth and grounding in labor law make it most accessible and useful to a professional audience, but even nonspecialists and lay readers will appreciate Blackett's insights about law and domestic work and provocative issues such as social stratification and immigration. * Choice *An important book for legal and policy historians concerned with labor, Blackett's volume encourages her readers to think about why standards for decent work must be transnational, responsive to workers' experiences, and inspired by a desire to see substantive justice rather than formal law implemented. * Labor: Studies in Working-Class History *Everyday Transgressions is a magnificent piece of research. The book sparks numerous questions and provides innovative heuristic tools for answering them. For specialists in this field (legal scholars and social scientists) but also for domestic workers and activists, it can be read as an invitation to explore the international and local dynamics in which state law confronts and defeats (albeit partially and momentarily) the persistent law of the household workplace. * Revue International des études du Dévelopmenet *Everyday Transgressions is a magnificent piece of research. The book sparks numerous questions and provides innovative heuristic tools for answering them. For specialists in this field (legal scholars and social scientists) but also for domestic workers and activists, it can be read as an invitation to explore the international and local dynamics in which state law confronts and defeats (albeit partially and momentarily) the persistent law of the household workplace. * ILR Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Who Cares? 1. Establishing a Transgressive Transnational Legal Order 2. What's Informality Got to Do with It? On Invisibility 3. Subordination or Servitude in the Law of the Household Workplace: Decent Work for Domestic Workers 4. Searching for Law in Historical Cookbooks 5. Tough Spots at the International Labour Conference 6. Beyond Ratification: Diffusing Decent Work for Domestic Workers Conclusion: Thinking Transnationally Postface Appendixes 1. A Note on Terminology 2. Text of the Domestic Workers Convention and Domestic Workers Recommendation 3. International Standard-Setting Timeline 4. The Foregrounded Ethnographies Glossary of Terms Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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Indiana University Press The Education of Alice Hamilton
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis volume is valuable just for its windows—through a series of 40 photographs, a comprehensive table of honors and awards Hamilton received, and an extensive bibliography of other source material—into the formative years of our field and the life of a pathbreaking woman in academia. But the authors have brought Hamilton into the present moment through their careful synthesis of how she came to occupational epidemiology and remained absolutely faithful to science and to evidence-based advocacy at its best. -- Adam M. Finkel, ScD, CIH * AJPH Book & Media *Table of ContentsList of TablesPrefaceBrief Educational Biography1. Prologue: Alice Hamilton Arrives at Harvard2. Early Informal Education3. Learning in Transition to Adulthood4. Medical Schools5. Learning Self Confidence at Hull House6. Investigating the Dangerous Trades7. The Scientist as Social Scientist8. Epilogue: The Senior as a Public Intellectual9. A Photographic MemoirBibliography: Wilma R. Slaight Bibliography of the Writings of Alice Hamilton
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MOLESKINE Moleskine Art Pocket Watercolour Notebook Black
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Moleskine Set Of 3 Moleskine Pocket Ruled Cahier Journals
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MOLESKINE Moleskine Expanded Large Ruled Softcover Notebook
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Moleskine Moleskine Art Large Sketch Pad Black
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MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico The Language Letters Selected 1970s
Book SynopsisReveals Language poetry in its nascent stage, with letters written by Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein, and others in intense and intimate conversation regarding poetry and poetics; the contemporary poetry and arts scenes; publication venues, journals, and magazines; and issues of community, camaraderie, and friendship.
£54.40
Paraclete Press All Creation Waits
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The Catholic University of America Press History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Invaluable for those who are concerned with the teaching of medieval philosophy or for those who are interested in research in medieval philosophy. Scholarship of a very high order is revealed everywhere in this work but the manner in which the author transcends mere scholarship and captures in a comprehensive grasp the grand perspectives of the medieval tradition in philosophy is the work of philosophical genius.” – Franciscan Studies""A comprehensive analysis of philosophical thought from the second century to the fifteenth century, from the Greek apologists through Nicholas of Cusa. This work is Gilson's magnum opus.""—Jounral of the History of Ideas""The title conveys precisely how Professor Gilson approaches his material. This is a history of philosophy, but of the philosophy of Christians who employ and adapted the ideas of classical philosophy in constructing a rational view of the world in harmony with Christian thought.""—The Philosophical Quarterly
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Insight Editions Fallout Hardcover Ruled Journal
Book SynopsisFallout is the post-nuclear role-playing game that defined a genre. This finely crafted journal is illustrated with the game''s iconic retro-futuristic art—a mix of 1950s and post-apocalyptic styles—beloved by fans. Featuring Vault Boy and Vault-Tec illustrations on its endpapers, this journal is guaranteed to delight the game''s massive following.
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Ten Speed Press Women in Science: 100 Postcards
Book SynopsisGorgeous illustrations of fifty fearless female pioneers who changed the world—with duplicates of each postcard Collecting the fifty most iconic illustrations from the book Women in Science, this box of 100 postcards is the perfect gift for fans of Rachel Ignotofsky’s work, budding scientists, and anyone who wishes to champion the great contribution women have made to all branches of science. From well-known figures like Marie Curie to unsung heroes like Rachel Carson, these cards are perfect to send as greetings or hang as mini artistic masterworks—and with two sets of each card, there are plenty of cards to go around.
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Octopus Publishing Group Don't Quit Your Daydream: Inspiration for
Book SynopsisThis is for the stargazers, the cloud-watchers, the adventure-chasers, the puddle-jumpers and the bubble-blowers. Filled with wise quotes and freewheeling ideas, this is the must-have book for keeping your daydreams close to their heart.
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Forever Young A Life of Adventure in Air and Space
Book SynopsisEnthusiasts of space exploration have long waited for John Young to tell the story of his two Gemini flights, his two Apollo missions, the first Space Shuttle flight, and the first Spacelab mission. This memoir delivers all that and more: Young's journey from engineering graduate to fighter pilot, to test pilot, to astronaut, to high NASA official.Trade ReviewA fascinating life."" - Space Review""An intensely enjoyable book."" - AmericaSpace.com""If you have been waiting for a book from the only moonwalker without one you will not be disappointed with Forever Young. John W. Young, with James R. Hansen, has written the epic story if his life not only of adventure, but service to his country and inspiration for the future."" - Ad Astra""n incredible read, fast paced at times with great insight into Young's mind as he takes you with him as he soars into earth orbit and upon the vast ocean of space."" - Examiner.com
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Taunton Decoden Desserts
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Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Write On My Story Journal
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Kodansha America, Inc Attack On Titan Adult Coloring Book
Book SynopsisThis large-size colouring book collects key pages and scenes from the original best-selling manga series and re-formats tham for the adult colouring market. Complete with a striking new cover!
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University of Toronto Press A Womens History of the Christian Church
Book SynopsisTracing two thousand years of female leadership, influence, and participation, Elizabeth Gillan Muir examines the various positions women have filled in the church. From the earliest female apostle, and the little known stories of the two Marys the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene to the enlightened duties espoused by the nun, the abbess, and the anchorite, and the persecutions of female witches, Muir uncovers the rich and often tumultuous relationship between women and Christianity. Offering broad coverage of both the Catholic and Protestant traditions and extending geographically well beyond North America, A Women’s History of the Christian Church presents a chronological account of how women developed new sects and new churches, such as the Quakers and Christian Science. The book includes a timeline of women in Christian history, over 25 black-and-white illustrations, a glossary, and a list of primary and secondary sources to complement the content in each chTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface 1. Women in the Early Church: Part I 2. Women in the Early Church: Part II 3. The Rise of the Virgin Mary and the Devolution of Mary Magdalene 4. The Nun, the Abbess, and the Anchorite 5. La Papesse and La Pucelle 6. Woman as Witch 7. The Mystics 8. Women in Religious Communities before the Protestant Reformation The Cathars The Beguines The Humiliati 9. Women in Religious Communities in the Protestant Tradition The Waldensians The Lollards The Anabaptists The Moravians The Baptists The Church of the Brethren The Church of God (Anderson) 10. Methodism 11. Women Who Founded Churches under the Roman Catholic Church The Guglielmites The Ursulines Mary Ward and the English Ladies The Company of the Daughters of Charity 12. Other Women Who Founded Churches: Part I The Quakers The Shakers The Society of Universal Friends The Seventh Day Adventist Church The Salvation Army Christian Science 13. Other Women Who Founded Churches: Part II The Church of the Nazarene The Foursquare Gospel Church The Mita Congregation The Saint John’s Apostolic Faith Mission The Pillar of Fire The Lumpa Church The Yoido Full Gospel Church The Mai (Mother) Chaza Church Mother Leafy Anderson 14. The Missionary Impulse 15. Women in the Church Today Conclusion Appendix 1: Timeline Glossary Index Sources
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Anness Publishing Giant Join the Dots: Famous Paintings
Book SynopsisDot-to-dot puzzles have long been a popular activity for generations, with the opportunity to while away the hours uncovering hidden pictures. This fabulous new book takes simple join-the-dot art to the next level with 20 puzzles of famous works of art to complete. Intricate, challenging and rewarding to finish, the puzzles range from 250 to 1060 dots and will have you transfixed as you progress through the dots to see what you have drawn.
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Seagull Books London Ltd The Upright Revolution
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi The Beautiful Mysterious The Extraordinary Gaze
Book SynopsisOffers an examination of the life and work of the artist widely considered to be the father of colour photography. Edited by Ann J. Abadie, this catalogue contains fifty-five William Eggleston photographs, thirty-six that were featured in The Beautiful Mysterious exhibition at the University of Mississippi Museum.
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Dick Waterman A Life in Blues
Book SynopsisDuring his career, Dick Waterman befriended and worked with numerous musicians, including such luminaries as B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, and Eric Clapton. This authorised biography is the crescendo of years of original research as well as extensive interviews conducted with Waterman and those who knew and worked with him.
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Silent Warriors Incredible Courage The
Book SynopsisThe outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 took the American military by surprise. Rushing to respond, the US and its allies developed a selective overflight program to gather intelligence. This book offers a history of the Cold War overflights of the Soviet Union and China, based on extensive interviews with dozens of pilots.
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MOLESKINE Passion Journal Wedding
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MP-TAM Texas A&M University Identifying and Interpreting Animal Bones A
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The University of Chicago Press Money Power and the People
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Princeton University Press The Left Behind
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Wuthnow has conducted one of the deepest, most intimate examinations of small-town life ever undertaken."—David Shribman, Globe and Mail“Writing with empathy . . . the author reflects on the factors shaping rural life—from the importance of faith to the stability and familiarity of life in town to the importance of ritual events (barn dances, etc.), stories, and symbols—as well as pressing problems (brain drain, teen pregnancy, drugs, lack of good jobs) and concerns over moral decline (abortion and homosexuality). . . . A superb, authoritative sociology book.”—Kirkus Reviews“Thanks to Wuthnow’s rich observations, we are able to address and understand what truly confronts us as a nation: the triumph of mass society through mass politics in the name of the `little guy.’ Little did we know that such a person would also have the hands to match. ”—L. Benjamin Rolsky, Los Angeles Review of Books
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F&W Wanderlust
Book Synopsis46 modern knits including a wide range of projects from accessories to garments, all of which are machine-washable.
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Pomegranate Communications Inc,US Albert Bierstadt Bridai Veil Falls Yosemite
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Cornell University Press Paradigms for a Metaphorology
Book Synopsis"Paradigms for a Metaphorology may be read as a kind of beginner''s guide to Blumenberg, a programmatic introduction to his vast and multifaceted oeuvre. Its brevity makes it an ideal point of entry for readers daunted by the sheer bulk of Blumenberg''s later writings, or distracted by their profusion of historical detail. Paradigms expresses many of Blumenberg''s key ideas with a directness, concision, and clarity he would rarely match elsewhere. What is more, because it served as a beginner's guide for its author as well, allowing him to undertake an initial survey of problems that would preoccupy him for the remainder of his life, it has the additional advantage that it can offer us a glimpse into what might be called the ''genesis of the Blumenbergian world.'"from the Afterword by Robert SavageWhat role do metaphors play in philosophical language? Are they impediments to clear thinking and clear expression, rhetorical flourishes that may well help to make philosophy more accessible to a lay audience, but that ought ideally to be eradicated in the interests of terminological exactness? Or can the images used by philosophers tell us more about the hopes and cares, attitudes and indifferences that regulate an epoch than their carefully elaborated systems of thought?In Paradigms for a Metaphorology, originally published in 1960 and here made available for the first time in English translation, Hans Blumenberg (19201996) approaches these questions by examining the relationship between metaphors and concepts. Blumenberg argues for the existence of "absolute metaphors" that cannot be translated back into conceptual language. These metaphors answer the supposedly naïve, theoretically unanswerable questions whose relevance lies quite simply in the fact that they cannot be brushed aside, since we do not pose them ourselves but find them already posed in the ground of our existence. They leap into a void that concepts are unable to fill.An afterword by the translator, Robert Savage, positions the book in the intellectual context of its time and explains its continuing importance for work in the history of ideas.Trade ReviewParadigms for a Metaphorology is a model of scholarly translation. Savage's handling of citations and sources is scrupulous and thorough.... And he provides judicious explanatory notes that work in conjunction with the afterword and Blumenberg's own notes to guide readers through Blumenberg's own reading and career. Finally, and most importantly, his English rendering is consistently accurate while also being, in the context of translations of German philosophy, remarkably readable.... In short, readers approaching Blumenberg's reflections on metaphor through the English language could not ask for a more reliable and helpful guide than this volume. -- David Adams * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsHans Blumenberg: An Introduction Part I: History, Secularization, and Reality 1. The Linguistic Reality of Philosophy (1946/1947) 2. World Pictures and World Models (1961) 3. "Secularization": Critique of a Category of Hisotrical Illegitimacy (1964) 4. The Concept of Reality and the Theory of the State (1968/1969) 5. Preliminary Remarks on the Concept of Reality (1974) Part II: Metaphors, Rhetoric, and Nonconceptuality 6. Light as a Metaphor for Truth: At the Preliminary Stage of Philosophical Concept Formation (1957) 7. Introduction to Paradigms for a Metaphorology (1960) 8. An Anthropological Approach to the Contemporary Significance of Rhetoric (1971) 9. Observations Drawn from Metaphors (1971) 10. Prospect for a Theory of Nonconceptuality (1979) 11. Theory of Nonconceptuality (circa 1975, excerpt) Part III: Nature, Technology, and Asthetics 12. The Relationship between Nature and Technology as a Philosophical Problem (1951) 13. "Imitation of Nature": Toward a Prehistory of the Idea of the Creative Being (1957) 14. Phenomenological Aspects on Life-World and Technization (1963) 15. Socrates and the objet ambigu: Paul Valery's Discussion of the Ontology of the Aesthetic Object and Its Tradition (1964) 16. The Essential Ambiguity of the Aesthetic Object (1966) 17. Speech Situation and Immanent Poetics (1966) Part IV: Fables, Anecdotes, and the Novel 18. The Absolute Father (1952/1953) 19. The Mythos and Ethos of America in the Work of William Faulkner (1958) 20. The Concept of Reality and the Possibility of the Novel (1964) 21. Pensiveness (1980) 22. Moments of Goethe (1982) 23. Beyond the Edge of Reality: Three Short Essays (1983) 24. Of Nonunderstanding: Glosses on Three Fables (1984) 25. Unknown Aesopica: From Newly Found Fables (1985) 26. Advancing into Eternal Silence: A Century after the Sailing of the Fram (1993)
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Cornell University Press Rape during Civil War
Book SynopsisRape is common during wartime, but even within the context of the same war, some armed groups perpetrate rape on a massive scale while others never do. In Rape during Civil War Dara Kay Cohen examines variation in the severity and perpetrators of rape using an original dataset of reported rape during all major civil wars from 1980 to 2012. Cohen also conducted extensive fieldwork, including interviews with perpetrators of wartime rape, in three postconflict counties, finding that rape was widespread in the civil wars of the Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste but was far less common during El Salvador''s civil war.Cohen argues that armed groups that recruit their fighters through the random abduction of strangers use rapeand especially gang rapeto create bonds of loyalty and trust between soldiers. The statistical evidence confirms that armed groups that recruit using abduction are more likely to perpetrate rape than are groups that use voluntary methods, even controlling for other Trade ReviewBrilliant, groundbreaking.... [Cohen’s] ability to address this difficult subject in a way that is analytical and sensitive, and to point to clear policy prescriptions that could apply her findings to very practical solutions to the problem of wartime rape is admirable. Cohen’s approach to generating new data through innovative and careful methodologies is one that future scholars who want to study rape and other sensitive topics should follow. Rape During Civil War is an agenda-setting book, a model of high-quality scholarship and a must-read for anyone interested in stopping rape in conflict before it happens. * The Washington Post *[Cohen's] achievement is to shift the debate away from the question of whether rape most often occurs as a result of a deliberate military strategy, ethnic hatred, or simple opportunism and to instead focus on what she calls 'combatant socialization.' * Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Puzzle of Rape in Civil War1. The Logic of Wartime Rape2. Research Strategy, Cross-National Evidence (1980-2012), and Statistical Tests3. Mass Rape by Rebel Actors: Sierra Leone (1991-2002)4. Mass Rape by State Actors: Timor-Leste (1975-1999)5. Less Frequent Rape in Wartime: El Salvador (1980-1992)Conclusion: Understanding and Preventing Rape during Civil War
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Cornell University Press Curse on This Country
Book SynopsisImperial Japanese soldiers were notorious for blindly following orders, and their enemies in the Pacific War derided them as cattle to the slaughter. But, in fact, the Japanese Army had a long history as one of the most disobedient armies in the world. Officers repeatedly staged coups d''états, violent insurrections, and political assassinations; their associates defied orders given by both the government and the general staff, launched independent military operations against other countries, and in two notorious cases conspired to assassinate foreign leaders despite direct orders to the contrary.In Curse on This Country, Danny Orbach explains the culture of rebellion in the Japanese armed forces. It was a culture created by a series of seemingly innocent decisions, each reasonable in its own right, which led to a gradual weakening of Japanese government control over its army and navy. The consequences were dire, as the armed forces dragged the government into more and more oTrade Review[Orbach] ties together the many violent events from the 1870s through the 1930s that were often studied in isolation to argue that both a culture of insubordination in the army that originated among the pro-emperor zealots of the 1860s and ideological hopes for the country facilitated unsanctioned violence connected to the army. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries. * CHOICE *Draws on multi-lingual primary sources with an innovative re-interpretation through a 21st-century military and political lens that connects historical incidents, especially on the late Tokugawa shishi and their outsized influence on 20th-century Japan. * The Japan Times *Orbach’s book pulls off the difficult trick of talking to two audiences at once. Those only casually familiar with Japanese history will appreciate how thoroughly Orbach demolishes the hoary orientalist trope that Japanese soldiers were insect-like drones, mindlessly obedient to state propaganda. Specialists will be more interested in Orbach’s answer to what is still for many the great question of modern Japanese history: why did the country embark on a disastrous war of aggression in the mid-twentieth century?.... Orbach’s book is not just an important contribution to the historiography of Japan; it adds a key piece to the puzzle of understanding state-military relations across the global nineteenth century. * Pacific Affairs *Orbach's is a bold book.... I appreciated Orbach's original interpretation, his extensive research, and the fervor of his prose. Curse on this Country makes an important contribution to both military history and the history of Japan. * The Journal of Asian Studies *Well-researched and enlightening. * Asian Review of Books *Masterful.... Well-crafted and lucidly explained, Curse on This Country takes us on a journey from the bakumatsu era through a series of acts of insubordination, unauthorized military actions abroad, civil-military clashes, and rebellion.... Most of these incidents are well known to a historian of modern Japan, but Orbach shines new light on each incident and the circumstances surrounding them. However, the book's greatest contribution is that—to the best of this reviewer's knowledge—for the first time it ties all these together in one historical narrative, and as aspects of an evolving, but nevertheless single, phenomenon of Japan's modern army: its 'culture of subordination.'... Curse on This Country is a rich and sophisticated history that deserves to be read widely by students of modern Japanese history and military history. * Japan Review *Danny Orbach has written a splendid book in which he complicates our understanding of the road to war by demonstrating how a tradition of insubordinate military actions from below led modern Japan from the Meiji Restoration in the 1860s to World War II in the late 1930s.... His book is a gripping read. * Monumenta Nipponica *An interesting and well-written book which will be useful to both specialists and students. * The Journal of Japanese Studies *Despite the oft-displayed blind obedience and discipline of its soldiers in combat, the Imperial Japanese Army was, in fact, " one of the most disobedient armed forces in modern history." This statement provides the intriguing starting point for Danny Orbach's highly readable book Curse on This Country. * The Journal of Military History *Table of ContentsPart I: Age of Chaos: 1868–18782. Jewel in the Palace: The New Political Order, 1868–18733. "By Not Stopping": Military Insubordination and the Taiwan Expedition, 1874 4. Fatal Optimism: Rebels and Assassins in the 1870sPart II: Age of Military Independence: 1878–19135. Gold-Eating Monsters: Military Independence and the Prerogative of Supreme Command6. Three Puffs on a Cigarette: Miura Goro and the Assassination of Queen Min7. Coup D'etat in Three Acts: The Taisho Political Crisis, 1912–1913Part III: Into the Dark Valley, 1928–19368. The King of Manchuria: Komoto Daisaku and the Assassination of Zhang Zuolin, 19289. Cherry Blossom: From Resistance to Rebellion, 193110. Pure as Water: The Incident of February 1936 and the Limits of Military Insubordination Conclusion: The Dreadful and the Trivial
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University Press of Florida Dixies Daughters
Book SynopsisEven without the right to vote, members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy proved to have enormous social and political influence throughout the South - all in the name of preserving Confederate culture. Karen Cox's history of the UDC shows why myths surrounding the Confederacy continue to endure.
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