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Johns Hopkins University Press The Chetnik Movement and the Yugoslav Resistance
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1975. This book fills a gap in the historical knowledge of wartime Yugoslavia. Focusing on the Chetnik movement provides a better understanding of the various ways that important segments of the population, including members of the Yugoslav officer corps and Serb civilians, perceived and responded to the occupation. The partisans' ultimate success does not conceal the fact that during the greater part of the war, several armed groups, owing at least some sort of allegiance to Mihailovic, chose very different courses of resistance. The overriding question for Milazzo is how a movement whose leadership was in no sense pro-Axis found itself progressively drawn into a hopelessly compromising set of relationships with the occupation authorities and the Quisling regime. What was it about the situation in occupied Yugoslavia and the Serb officers' response to that state of affairs that prevented them from carrying out serious anti-Axis activity or engaging in effectiveTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. The Axis Powers and the Destruction of YugoslaviaChapter 2. The Mihailovic Movement in Serbia, 1941Chapter 3. The Serb Nationalist Movement in the Italian Occupation ZoneChapter 4. The Formation of the Chetnik MovementChapter 5. The Dilemma of Tactical CollaborationChapter 6. Operation WeissChapter 7. The Crisis of the Chetnik LeadershipChapter 8. Collaboration and DefeatConclusionSelected BibliographyIndex
£26.50
John Wiley & Sons Frederik vi
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John Wiley & Sons Making Play Just Right Unleashing the Power of
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Human Kinetics Publishers Training and Conditioning for MMA
Book SynopsisBased on scientific evidence, Training and Conditioning for MMA covers physical training, nutrition, and injury prevention for all martial arts disciplines. It uses actual training programs and showcases real examples from countless elite MMA fighters.Trade Review"This book covers everything about strength and conditioning, nutrition, periodization, injury and prevention, and, more importantly, it shows real training models that could be used to get you in the best shape and performance mode. I highly recommend Training and Conditioning for MMA."—Junior Dos Santos, Brazilian Professional Wrestler and Mixed Martial Artist, Former Heavyweight Champion of UFC“After training with professor and scientist Stéfane Dias (in Melbourne, Florida), I can assure you he knows everything about the training and physical preparation of fighters. He shares that knowledge with you in Training and Conditioning for MMA.”—Anderson Silva, MMA Legend and Former UFC Middleweight ChampionTable of ContentsChapter 1. Concepts in the Methodology of Sports TrainingOverload Principle Applied to Sports TrainingModes of TrainingTraditional Periodization MethodsBlock PeriodizationPeriodization Model Used at American Top TeamConstruction of a Training SessionChapter 2. Program DesignPrinciples of Resistance TrainingResistance Training for Strength and Muscle HypertrophyResistance Training for PowerHigh-Intensity Interval TrainingNew Russian Concept of TrainingMethods of Training the Heart MuscleMethods of Directing Adipose Tissue ActivityHeat AcclimationChapter 3. Physical Assessment of the FighterBody CompositionMetabolic and Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Laboratory TestingMetabolic and Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Field TestingTests Specific to FightersNeuromuscular-Musculoskeletal FitnessVelocityFlexibilityChapter 4. The Importance of Nutrition in High-Level TrainingEnergyCarbohydratesProteinFatVitaminsMineralsErgogenic AidsChapter 5. Methods of Training for MMABody Weight TrainingResistance TrainingAgonist-Antagonist TrainingEccentric TrainingFunctional TrainingSuspension TrainingPower TrainingSpecific Power TrainingPower Endurance TrainingSpeed TrainingAgility TrainingPrecompetition TrainingMMA-Specific Cross TrainingTraining for Adaptive MMA AthletesTraining to Improve MMA TakedownsMMA, Muay Thai, and Jiu-Jitsu Preparation Training for WomenTraining for Wrestlers and GrapplersTraining for Jiu-JitsuOutdoor Training for MMAHigh-Intensity Interval Training for MMACircuits for Five-Round MatchesResistance Band TrainingTraining Using the Isoton MethodTraining to Increase Muscular Endurance and Number of Mitochondria in Type II Muscle FibersTraining to Increase Strength and Power in Type II Muscle FibersTraining to Increase SpeedChapter 6. Prevention of MMA-Related InjuriesInjury Prevention in MMA FightersHead and Face InjuriesSpinal InjuriesElbow, Wrist, and Hand InjuriesShoulder InjuriesHip and Thigh InjuriesKnee InjuriesAnkle and Foot InjuriesThe Science of Stretching and Flexibility
£25.19
Chronicle Books Good Morning, Good Night Deck: Good Morning, Good
Book SynopsisGOOD MORNING, GOOD NIGHT DECK offers ways to both start and end your day right. Each card has two prompts: Turn to the morning side for ways to awaken your body, from energizing yoga stretches to inspiring meditations; flip to the night side to unwind from your day with calming reflections and encouraging mantras. Each card’s prompts can be used in tandem for a full-day practice or drawn at random when you need a little boost to your morning or night. Reflecting the moods of each side of the card, this vibrant deck uses a hue of yellow for the morning side and a hue of blue for the night side, creating a vibrant deck to help inspire your day.
£16.69
Galison Critical Drinker Floaty Pen Set
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University of Toronto Press OnscreenOffscreen
Book SynopsisBased on over a decade of ethnographic fieldwork in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Onscreen/Offscreen is an exploration of the politics and being of filmic images. The book examines contestations inside and outside the Tamil film industry over the question "what is an image?" Answers to this question may be found in the ontological politics that take place on film sets, in theatre halls, and in the social fabric of everyday life in South India, from populist electoral politics and the gendering of social space to caste uplift and domination.Bridging and synthesizing linguistic anthropology, film studies, visual studies, and media anthropology, Onscreen/Offscreen rethinks key issues across a number of fields concerned with the semiotic constitution of social life, from the performativity and ontology of images to questions of spectatorship, realism, and presence. In doing so, it offers both a challenge to any approach that would separate image from social Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transliteration, Quotation, Names, and Transcripts Introduction: Ontological Politics of the Image Introduction From Ontologies to Ontological Politics Toward a Linguistic Anthropology of Cinema A Brief History of Tamil Cinema For a “Tamil” Cinema Realism and the Mass Hero Overview of the Chapters Part I: Presence/Representation 1. The Hero’s Mass Introduction Presence of the Film Image Gravity of the Hero’s Mass Presence of Mass Image-Act of the Slaps Sociological Realism of the Mass Hero’s Image Aesthetic Realism and the Event of the Slaps Ambivalent Realisms Authorizing the Slaps, or the Principal of Animation Conclusion 2. The Heroine’s Stigma Introduction Item’s Interruption Item’s Titillation Item’s Spectacle Ontological Politics of Sexual Difference Actness of the Image Politics of Vision Explicitness of Performativity Voyeurism and Exhibitionism in 7/G Rainbow Colony Kinship Chronotopes and Sociological Traces of the Performativity of Presence Marriage and Not-to-be-looked-at-ness An Alien Presence Conclusion Epilogue Part II: Representation/Presence 3. The Politics of Parody Introduction Anti-Cine-Politics of Thamizh Padam A Politics of (Im/possible) Worlds Chronopolitics For Another Kind of Image For a Less Serious Industry A Politics of Production The Politics for an Image Conclusion 4. The Politics of the Real Introduction Questions of Realism Register of Realism Enregistering Realism in Tamil Cinema Kaadhal (“Love”) Realism’s Heroism This Is a True Story Representing Taboo Caste and Sexuality in Kaadhal Frustrated Textuality and Sexual Reference Production Format of Realism New Faces and the Director’s Image Realism’s Illiberal Extimacy and the Suspension of Belief Conclusion Conclusions An End of an Era Killing the Mass Hero Performativity Representation and the Method Theory of a Linguistic Anthropology of Cinema For a Linguistic Anthropology of … Notes Interviews and Works Cited Index
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Castle Point Books One Question a Day for Finding Calm A ThreeYear
Book SynopsisRelease your worries and find some peace.Take a few minutes every day to free your feelings, manage your anxiety, and enjoy how good it feels to just let go. Aimee Chase''s One Question a Day for Finding Calm will get you in the healthy habit of breathing deeper and slowing down to reflect on all that's good within you and around you. Count on this easy-to-use, three-year journal for prompts that will help you pause and unwind when life gets overwhelming. You'll learn what helps you relax and grow your self-awareness year after year when you add this soothing journal to your everyday routine.
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MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma Acrocanthosaurus Inside and Out
Book SynopsisHow can paleontologists know what a living dinosaur was like more than a hundred million years ago, particularly when only partial skeletons remain? Focusing on one large carnivorous dinosaur, Acrocanthosaurus, paleontologist Kenneth Carpenter explains the process, pairing scholarly findings with more than 75 colour illustrations.
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John Wiley & Sons Diversion and Deception
Book SynopsisCombining military and deception histories - so often viewed in isolation - this book provides context for deceptions and adds a layer of knowledge regarding the planning of military operations. The result is a more complete and nuanced view of Allied operations than is to be found in most histories of World War II.
£18.86
Flame Tree Publishing William Morris: Acanthus (Foiled Journal)
Book SynopsisPart of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed then foil stamped. And they’re powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmarks and a solid magnetic side flap. These are perfect for personal use and make a dazzling gift. This example features one of William Morris's most striking textile designs, Acanthus.
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University of Chicago Press Knots or the Violence of Desire in Renaissance
Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary study of hair through the art, philosophy, and science of fifteenth-century Florence. In this innovative cultural history, hair is the portal through which Emanuele Lugli accesses the cultural production of Lorenzo il Magnifico's Florence. Lugli reflects on the ways writers, doctors, and artists expressed religious prejudices, health beliefs, and gender and class subjugation through alluring works of art, in medical and political writings, and in poetry. He considers what may have compelled Sandro Botticelli, the young Leonardo da Vinci, and dozens of their contemporaries to obsess over braids, knots, and hairdos by examining their engagement with scientific, philosophical, and theological practices. By studying hundreds of fifteenth-century documents that engage with hair, Lugli foregrounds hair's association to death and gathers insights about human life at a time when Renaissance thinkers redefined what it meant to be human and to be alive. Lugli uncovers overlooked perceptions of hair when it came to be identified as a potential vector for liberating culture, and he corrects a centuries-old prejudice that sees hair as a trivial subject, relegated to passing fashion or the decorative. He shows hair, instead, to be at the heart of Florentine culture, whose inherent violence Lugli reveals by prompting questions about the entanglement of politics and desire. Trade Review“Knots is the opposite of academic hair-splitting. Adopting a self-aware and approachable voice that’s attuned to both contemporary and historical concerns, Emanuele Lugli reorients our understanding of Medicean Florence around hair, a borderland of the body usually treated as trivial. He braids together Renaissance art, science, literature, and philosophy into a new way of imagining what cultural history can be.” -- Rebecca Zorach, Northwestern University“In this lovely study of hair’s meanings in Renaissance culture, Lugli unveils ways in which people naturalize cultural values regarding age, race, class, gender, and sexuality. Beautifully illustrated, meticulously researched, and engagingly written, Knots will engage scholars, students, and lay readers alike.” -- Katharine Park, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsONE Prologue: Hair Care TWO Learning to See Thinness THREE Desiccated Smoke FOUR Tie Me Down, Burn Me Up FIVE Superfluities SIX Achonciare SEVEN Never Just Itself EIGHT Raking the Skin NINE On the Politics of a Comb TEN Split Ends: A Conclusion Appendix: Maps Acknowledgments Illustration Credits Notes Index
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Flame Tree Publishing Gustav Klimt: Three Ages of Woman (Foiled Pocket
Book SynopsisA FLAME TREE POCKET NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand and look wonderful on a desk or table. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Renowned Austrian artist Gustav Klimt is well-known for his golden masterpieces full of sumptuous ornamentation, as well as his incredible depictions of the female form and vibrant landscapes. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
£9.11
University of Nebraska Press From the Boarding Schools
Book SynopsisArnold Krupat’s From the Boarding Schools makes available previously unheard Apache voices from the Indian boarding schools. It includes selections from two unpublished autobiographies by Sam Kenoi and Dan Nicholas, produced in the 1930s with the anthropologist Morris Opler, as well as material by and about Vincent Natalish, a contemporary of Kenoi and Nicholas. Natalish was one of more than one hundred Apaches taken from Fort Marion to the Carlisle Indian School by its superintendent, Captain Richard Henry Pratt, in 1887. A considerable number of these students died at the school, and many who were sent home for illness or poor health did not recover. Natalish, however, remained at Carlisle and graduated in 1899. He married, had a son, and lived and worked in New York. He also actively sought the release of his relatives and other Apaches held prisoner at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Apache people have been telling and circulating stories among themselves Trade Review“The federal Indian boarding schools are an increasingly important subject for both scholars and the general public. Apache autobiographical sources are rare, and so collecting them and making them available is an important contribution. From the Boarding Schools is written in an accessible style, which is a real strength of this book.”—John R. Gram, author of Education at the Edge of Empire: Negotiating Pueblo Identity in New Mexico’s Indian Boarding SchoolsTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Sam Kenoi’s School Years, as told by Himself 2. Dan Nicholas’s School Years, as told by Himself 3. Vincent Natalish: His Schooling, Life, and Writing Notes References Index
£48.60
University of Toronto Press The Bartering Mindset
Book SynopsisWe use money to solve our everyday problems, and it generally works well. Despite its economic benefits, however, money has a psychological downside: it trains us to think about negotiations narrow-mindedly, leading us to negotiate badly. Suggesting that we need a non-monetary mindset to negotiate better, The Bartering Mindset shows us how to look outside the monetary economy to the bartering economies of the past, where people traded what they had for what they needed. The book argues that, because of the economic difficulties associated with bartering, barterers had to use a more sophisticated form of negotiation a strategic approach that can make us master negotiators today. Now available in paperback, this book immerses readers in the assumptions made by barterers, collectively referred to as the bartering mindset, and then demonstrates how to apply this mindset to modern, monetary negotiations. The Bartering Mindset concludes that our individual, organizaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 The Limits of the Monetary Mindset 2 The Bartering Mindset 3 Step 1: Deeply and Broadly Defi ne Your Needs and Offerings 4 Steps 2–3: Map Out the Full Range of Transaction Partners and the Full Range of Their Possible Needs and Off erings 5 Step 4: Anticipate the Most Powerful Set of Partnerships across the Market 6 Step 5: Cultivate the Most Powerful Set of Partnerships across the Market 7 Integrating the Bartering and Monetary Mindsets 8 Objections to the Bartering Mindset 9 Conclusions and Applications Notes Index
£17.99
Princeton University Press Deep Time
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Sasquatch Books My Baby's Book: A Keepsake Journal for Parents to
Book SynopsisMy Baby's Book focuses on baby’s delivery and first few years. Prompts include a mix of short-answer questions, lists, fill in the blanks, and places for photos to record pregnancy/anticipation of the birth, arrival, family info, observations about baby’s appearance and temperament, firsts, growth milestones, home, family friends, and baby playmates. When complete, you'll have a nuanced portrait of your baby's life through reflections, memories, history, and stories - a keepsake to be cherished throughout their life. Sections include: About Us, Your Arriva, l About You, Showered, Firsts, Home, Adventure, Growing Up. This gorgeously crafted journal features the whimsical work of papercut artist Sarah Trumbauer throughout.Trade Review"Seattle author Anne Phyfe Palmer, yoga pioneer and mom has created a beautiful and compelling journaling tryptic with the release of the latter earlier this year."--Seattle's ChildTable of ContentsCONTENTSHow to Use This Book xxABOUT US xx Parent(s) xx Sibling(s) xx Family xx Extended Family xxYOUR ARRIVAL xx Pregnancy xx You’re Here! xx Birthday xx The Day You Were Born xxABOUT YOU xx Name xx Your Body xx Dressing You Up xx Interaction xx Night & Naptime xxSHOWERED xx Baby Shower xx Gifts xx Attention xx Letters xx Ceremonies & Rituals xxFIRSTS xxBaby xxToddler xxOut & About xxCommunication xxMovement xxHealth xxMore Firsts xxHOME xxYour First Home xxHometown xxADVENTURE xxSeasons xxTravel xxTransportation xxNature xxGROWING UP xxGrowth xxNutrition xxYou’re One Year Old! xxYour Second Year xxYour Third Year xxYour Fourth Year xxBeyond xx
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Teachers' College Press Everybodys Classroom Differentiating for the
Book SynopsisOffers K-12 teachers both the foundations for differentiating their instruction and the means to maximize learning opportunities by getting to know students beyond the labels and stereotypes that often accompany them into the classroom.
£27.54
MOLESKINE Moleskine Ltd. Ed. Sakura Pocket Ruled Hardcover
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MOLESKINE Moleskine Ltd. Ed. Sakura Large Ruled Hardcover
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Emmaus Academic Metaphysics and Gender
Book SynopsisThe emergent science of transgenderism and related philosophies of gender propose a full-scale inversion of the understanding of God, man, and the created order articulated in classical metaphysics, undermining and parodying both the causality and ontology voiced by Genesis 1:27 (God created man in His own image,... male and female He created them.). Whether through subversive performative identity or by surgical sex change, the divinely made human person is now threatened with abolition and replacement by the self-made man and the man-made woman. In Metaphysics and Gender, Michele M. Schumacher offers a corrective to this distorted and distorting outlook, calling for the recovery of an anthropological vision rooted in recognition of the normative divine art of nature and of the likenessand far greater unlikenessbetween divine and human causality. Surveying contemporary transgender trends, Schumacher identifies and excavates their conceptual and ideological foundations in the gender
£23.70
Moleskine Moleskine Limited Edition Year of the Tiger
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The Catholic University of America Press Ecclesial Exegesis A Synthesis of Ancient and
Book SynopsisEmploying a dialogic movement between the inductive-exegetical and the deductive-dogmatic, Gregory Vall offers nine studies that bring to the surface issues such as the relationship between Old Testament and New Testament, literal sense and spiritual sense, and Scripture and Tradition.
£27.96
MB - Cornell University Press Stalins Final Films
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MK - Stanford University Press The Influencer Factory
Book SynopsisInfluencers are more than social media personalities who attract attention for brands, argue Grant Bollmer and Katherine Guinness. They are figures of a new transformation in capitalism, in which the logic of the self is indistinguishable from the logic of the corporation.Influencers are emblematic of what Bollmer and Guinness call the Corpocene: a moment in capitalism in which individuals achieve the status of living, breathing, talking corporations. Behind the veneer of leisure and indulgence, most influencers are laboring daily, usually for pittance wages, to manufacture a commodity called the selfa raw material for brands to usewith the dream of becoming corporations in human form by owning and investing in the products they sell. Refuting the theory that digital labor and economies are immaterial, Bollmer and Guinness search influencer content for evidence of the material infrastructure of capitalism. Each chapter looks to what literally appears in the backgrounds of vid
£19.79
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Jean Peters Hollywoods Mystery Girl
Book SynopsisFrom 1947 to 1955, Jean Peters (1926-2000) appeared in films opposite such Hollywood leading men as Tyrone Power, Marlon Brando, Burt Lancaster, Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, and Robert Wagner. This book offers an in-depth analysis of each of her nineteen films and is enriched by photographs from the author's personal collection.
£27.96
MX - APA Publishing How I Feel When I Hear NO
Book SynopsisAn engaging story that uses imaginative metaphors to explore a child’s anger when his mom tells him “no.”
£15.19
Emmaus Academic The Faith Once for All Delivered
Book SynopsisIn the third verse of his eponymous New Testament epistle, Jude exhorts his readers to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered, a charge that continues to resound to the present day. This collection of essays responds to the apostle's call by providing both a diagnosis of the ills of modern progressivist Catholic doctrinal and moral theology and a prescription for the safeguarding of orthodoxy via a rightly understood return to the traditional sources of theology. The essays in the first part of this collection seek to answer the question, What went wrong with Catholic theology since the Second Vatican Council?. Following a brief account of the movement in modern theology from its philosophical basis in Kant and Hegel to the nouvelle théologie and later progressivist theologies of the twentieth century, the writings of Karl Rahner, Walter Kasper, and Bernhard Häring are treated as representative of principal problematic trends, and the concept of heresy is surveyed as
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Atlantic Books Much Ado About Numbers
Book SynopsisRob Eastaway is an author, speaker and mathematician whose books include the bestselling Maths on The Back of An Envelope and Why Do Buses Come In Threes?. He is regularly to be heard on BBC Radio talking about the maths of everyday life, and has appeared numerous times on the popular programme More Or Less. He has given talks across the world for almost every age group, at venues ranging from The Royal Institution in London to the Mercantile Bar in Dublin. Like everyone else, he had to study Shakespeare at school, but it took a visit to Stratford-upon-Avon to revive his interest.
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University of Toronto Press The Appeal of Insurance
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Teachers College Press The School Leaders Our Children Deserve Seven
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Teachers' College Press Teaching Climate Change to Children Literacy
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£34.20
Insight Editions Hanukkah Pop-Up Menorah: An 8-Day Celebration of
Book SynopsisA safe, no-mess, and fun way to celebrate Hanukkah! Pop up the menorah and add a sturdy paper candle for each of the eight nights of Hanukkah!Discover fun and festive Hanukkah collectibles and a stunningly detailed pop-up menorah in this unique Hanukkah decoration and activity. This is the perfect way to celebrate the Festival of Lights! Open a new pocket each night to discover a paper candle to place on the menorah. Fun, interactive, and fire-free, Hanukkah Pop-Up Calendar is a beautiful addition to your holidays! NEW HANUKKAH TRADITION: Count down the eight nights of Hanukkah by opening a pocket each night to discover a new paper candle to place on the pop-up menorah. FIRE-FREE FUN: A safe way to “light” the menorah for all ages.
£39.15
The University of North Carolina Press Divided by Terror
Book SynopsisA compelling history that shifts the focus on America's War on Terror from the battlefield to the arena of political and cultural conflict, revealing how fierce debates over the war are inseparable from debates about the meaning of patriotism itself.Trade ReviewA highly recommended work that sheds insight on how patriotism is formed and sustained during times of crisis. Bodnar's work is also important for its understanding of the power of collective memory and how it has shaped American society in the 21st century."—Library Journal"Well-written and argued, this is a valuable contribution to history, political sociology, and cultural studies collections."—CHOICE"Highly readable and wide-ranging. . . . Bodnar has produced a compelling analysis of American patriotism in the twenty-first century."—Peace & Change"The first serious cultural history to explore how the September 11th terrorist attacks split the U.S. public into at least two ideological tribes."—Diplomatic History"What makes Bodnar's depiction of war-based patriotism ring so true is also what makes it so politically frightening and historically discouraging."—Reviews in American History
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MO - University of Illinois Press Circus World Roustabouts Animals and the Work of
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption
Book SynopsisThis book is about innovation ecosystems, Clusters of Innovation (COI) and the Global Networks of Clusters of Innovation (GNCOI) they naturally form. What is innovation and why is it important to us? Innovation is nothing less than the ability for constructive response and adaptation to change. The cause and catalyst for that change is frequently identified as technology and its unceasing pressure to improve on existing solutions and address unmet needs. The last decade has painfully demonstrated that exogenous environmental shocks are also sources of change that call for innovative responses, ranging from the obvious challenges such as global warming and Covid-19 to the more subtle social and political perturbations of our time.Entrepreneurs, in collaboration with venture investors and major corporations can create a flywheel of constructive engagement, a cluster of Innovation, that helps build the resiliency of our communities to adsorb and rebound from these shocks. The process is enhanced when actively supported by government, universities, and other elements of the ecosystem. This book provides the tools for understanding this value creation process and the means to enhance it, in both emerging and mature innovation ecosystems.This book provides a framework for understanding innovation in mature and emerging innovation ecosystems to a wide swath of professionals and academics, from senior executives of major corporations, government leaders, public policy makers, and consultants, to academics, researchers, and educators.Trade Review‘Governments world-wide are seeking to encourage the growth of new ventures. Making this task harder is the fact that entrepreneurship is undoubtedly an “increasing returns” activity: the presence of nearby high-growth ventures increases the innovation and success of a new business. This volume presents a fascinating series of country-specific “case studies” that show the potential and challenges associated with growing entrepreneurial clusters.’ -- Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School, US‘Professor Jerome Engel has updated, expanded, and extended his Clusters of Innovation framework in this new book. There are fresh ideas about culture and behavior in these clusters. There are new regions included. And there is an extension to a non-geographic cluster built around a business model instead of a location. Anyone wishing to gain new insights into what makes the Silicon Valley cluster of innovation work will find this new volume an essential resource.’ -- Henry Chesbrough, University of California, Berkeley, US and Luiss University, Rome, Italy‘How do entrepreneurs, risk capital and corporate Innovation strategy come together to form an innovation cluster? Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption provides a framework for understanding how this happens. This essential text updates the innovation cluster framework and provides a series of case studies on urban clusters and national strategies. Insightful, intuitive and intelligent – Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption is a guide to creating value out of chaos.’ -- Steve Blank, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xv David J. Teece Preface: Silicon Valley – a state of mind xx Jerome S. Engel 1 Introduction: Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption 1 Jerome S. Engel PART I CLUSTERS OF INNOVATION: REFINING AND EXTENDING THE FRAMEWORK 2 Global Cluster of Innovation theory and practice in the 21st century: COI Components 13 Jerome S. Engel and Aline Figlioli 3 Global Cluster of Innovation theory and practice in the 21st century: COI Behaviors 35 Jerome S. Engel and Aline Figlioli 4 Major Corporations and Open Innovation: capturing value from disruptive innovation 81 Jerome S. Engel, Dickson Louie and David Charron 5 Business-model-led Clusters of Innovation: the case of Product Led Growth 115 Itxaso del Palacio PART II GLOBAL CASE STUDIES: REGIONAL AND URBAN CLUSTERS 6 The Munich high-tech region: development towards a leading European startup cluster 129 Helmut Schönenberger 7 The Oslo case: agile and adaptive responses to Covid-19 challenges by actors in local and globally extended health technology clusters 152 Per Ingvar Olsen and Morten H. Abrahamsen 8 Changing pathways: urban dynamics and governance at 22@Barcelona 181 Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and Josep Miquel Piqué PART III GLOBAL CASE STUDIES: NATIONAL STRATEGIES 9 The development of Singapore’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem 206 Poh Kam Wong 10 State- and private-led Clusters of Innovation in China 245 Virginia Trigo and Chen Peng 11 Strategy for economic recovery from the COVID-19 disaster: Japan aims to become a startup nation again 269 Shigeo Kagami 12 Supporting innovation in India through a special Service Organization 292 Manav Subodh 13 Australian Sports Technologies Network: adding value through creating synergies 312 James Demetriou, Martin Schlegel and Danny Samson 14 Conditions for the implementation of a biotechnology Cluster of Innovation in Colombia: a benchmark of best practices with German clusters 341 Christian Bruszies and Carlos Scheel 15 The Brazilian innovation ecosystem takes off 425 Flavio Feferman PART IV CONCLUSION 16 Clusters of Innovation: lessons learned and final thoughts 420 Jerome S. Engel Index
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MD - Duke University Press Shooting for Change
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MP - University Of Minnesota Press Reading Autobiography Now
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Octopus Publishing Group The Little Book of Chillies: A Pocket Guide to
Book SynopsisIf you love the tingle of chilli on your tongue, get stuck in to this celebration of the all-conquering capsicum – from mild varieties to red-hot peppers – served with a spicy side of trivia, tips and recipes Chillies originated in the Americas but they’ve now gone global, finding their way onto our plates and into our hearts. Whether you get your fix in the form of classic dishes, hot sauces or new culinary creations, chillies offer all kinds of pleasures and possibilities. This book is the perfect pocket guide to these wonders of nature, exploring how they became so widely loved, where their heat comes from, and how they can beguile and benefit our bodies. The Little Book of Chillies will give you a taste of the following and much more: Discover all kinds of fun chilli-related trivia, including how the Scoville scale is used to measure heat levels Trace the journey made by capsicums across centuries and continents Get the lowdown on world-famous chillies as well as the world’s hottest Marvel at the weird and wonderful uses of chillies, from powders and pickles to pepper spray Whip up a selection of recipes with a kick, from a terrific chilli con carne to adventurous dessert options
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Octopus Publishing Group My Pawsome Dog and Me Journal: Celebrate Your
Book SynopsisCherish every moment with your pooch with this one-of-a-kind keepsake, filled with sage advice and pearls of doggie wisdom to help you care for your canine companion Love is a four-legged word There is no love like that between a dog and its human. So why not document and celebrate that love in one treasured keepsake? With space to record of all the firsts, major milestones and precious memories you make together, My Pawsome Dog and Me Journal is the ultimate book for any pooch parent. Document all of your dog’s most important details – from their birthdate and star sign to their favourite treats and most-loved scratch spots. There’s also plenty of helpful tips and practical advice on ensuring the overall health and well-being of your little woofer to keep them happy and healthy every day. The journal is broken down into sections on caring for every part of your pup, including tips on: Supporting their physical and mental health Recognizing different communication and behavioural signals Grooming your pup from nose to tail Fun activities for maintaining fitness
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Paperblanks Van Goghs Irises Midi Lined Hardcover Journal
Book SynopsisDutch artist Vincent van Gogh (18531890) was one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionist painters. Though much of his work, like this Irises study, is filled with brightness and light, Van Gogh's own life was filled with personal turmoil. Asevere mental health crisis, in which he now-famously cut off his own ear, prompted Van Gogh to admit himself to the Saint-Paul Asylum at Saint-Rémy in the south of France. His recuperation began with painting of the asylum garden, Irises chief among the resulting output.<#13>We are honoured to feature this seminal painting from the J. Paul Getty Museum in our collection.
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Galison Warhol Flowers Canvas Tote Bag Pink
Book Synopsis CANVAS TOTE BAG – Our new Warhol canvas tote bag features Warhol's iconic Flowers print while being stylish and eco-friendly. The bag is also spacious and roomy, with plenty of space to hold all of your essentials. It's also lightweight and easy to carry, making it perfect for everyday use. This unique tote bag is a great way to show off your style while also doing your part for the environment. MULTIFUNCTIONAL – This reusable tote bag is perfect for carrying groceries, books, or anything else you need to take with you on the go. The high quality canvas material is durable and easy to clean, so you can use it again and again. MAKES THE PERFECT GIFT – The canvas tote bag features the famous Flowers print that Warhol used in his artwork on one side and an iconic Warhol quote on the other side, making it a great gift for any art lover or pop culture enthusiast. GALISON – Since 1979, our vision at Galison has been to inspire peopl
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Rockpool Publishing My Wellness Journal: Connect to your body,
Book SynopsisThis journal will help you better understand your hormones and exactly how your body works. Did you know that around 80% of women experience period pain at some stage in their lifetime? A further 25% of women report pain so extreme it disrupts their productivity at work and require regular pain relief medication. Did you know that most women struggling to conceive can actually get pregnant? Or that the contraceptive pill completely shuts down the production of female hormones? Our hormones are the undercurrent of how we experience life. Our bodies are built with incredible internal cycles that can be harnessed in different phases. If you are wanting to improve your skin, your weight or your fertility or manage any health condition or symptom you can think of, My Wellness Journal has motivating charts and prompts that will seriously aid in your healing journey. Whether you have a chronic health condition, suffer from PMS, or no obvious health issues at all, this book is for you. The knowledge in My Wellness Journal is inclusive of all modalities of medicine - from functional medicine to Ayurveda - this is about informing you so you can find what works for you.
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Out of Print Clothing Nancy Drew Tote Bag
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MD - Duke University Press Aníbal Quijano
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Out of Print To Be Read Enamel Pin
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MM - Thieme Essentials of Plastic Surgery
Book SynopsisThe go-to pocket, computer, tablet and smartphone reference on plastic surgery essentials Essentials of Plastic Surgery, Third Edition by renowned plastic surgeon Jeffrey E. Janis and an impressive group of esteemed colleagues, retains its reader-friendly formatting, while featuring extensive updates that reflect significant changes in the field. The book is organized by the same seven sections as the prior edition: Fundamentals and Basics; Skin and Soft Tissue; Head and Neck; Breast; Trunk and Lower Extremity; Hand, Wrist, and Upper Extremity; and Aesthetic Surgery. The new edition includes 127 chapters, as well as updated and expanded references that guide readers to classic and definitive articles and chapters. New chapters include Pain Management in Plastic Surgery, Decreasing Complications in Plastic Surgery, Basics of Plastic Surgery Wound Closure, Scars and Scar Management, Skin Grafting, Posterior Trunk Reconstruction, Perineal Reconstruction, Nerve Transfers, Targeted Muscle Reinnervation, Hand Rehabilitation, Basics of Skin Care, Aesthetic Facial Anatomy, Secondary Rhinoplasty, Buttock Augmentation, and Male and Female Aesthetic Genital Surgery. Breakout chapters covering breast reconstruction and nonsurgical facial rejuvenation reflect new procedures developed since publication of the second edition. Key Highlights Contributions from a cadre of global plastic surgeons including new and completely rewritten chapters reflect accurate, state-of-the-art, contemporary plastic surgery practiceKey points at the end of each chapter provide a quick source of information and a refresher on essential contentMeticulous graphics such as new tables, charts, diagrams, pictures, and prior edition images updated in four color provide visually-rich insightsThis unique pocket guide provides high-impact information across the breadth and depth of plastic surgery, making it a must-have resource for medical school, residency and fellowship training, preparation for maintenance of certification, and beyond. This print book includes complimentary access to a digital copy on https://medone.thieme.com.
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MW - Rutgers University Press Messianic Zionism in the Digital Age
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