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Book SynopsisDeepen your family's relationship with your grandparents using this beautiful deck of conversation cards. These conversation starters will help your family spark discussions with your grandmother or grandfather about their favourite memories and wisdom they've gained over the years. If you're eager to learn more about their lives and experience, but don't know where to begin, this deck will help you ignite the conversation. Thoughtfully designed by bestselling author Korie Herold, Meaningful Conversations with My Grandparents is the perfect gift for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, birthdays, or any time of year. It's also designed to look beautiful on a dining table or coffee table even when not in use. Cards include questions, such as: Early Childhood: What was your house like growing up? What were your favourite toys or playtime activities? School Years: What did you think you wanted to be when you grew up? What were you like as a teenager? Work and Travel: What was your first job? What family vacations do you remember the most? Love and Family: What's your best relationship advice? How did you feel when you found out you were going to be a grandparent? Character and Values: What do you value most in life? What family values do you hope to pass down? Hypotheticals and Curiosities: What's something you wish you had done differently? What's the best advice you ever received? Special features include: Elegant designed box with gold foil Gold foil and hand-drawn illustrations printed on matte paper and heavy cardstock Carefully-developed designs and prompts allow to you reflect and remember "We are not taught how to have meaningful conversation," says author Korie Herold. "That's a skill gained over time, and it's my mission to help you learn it." The Meaningful Conversations with Grandparents deck can be used as a standalone item, or as a companion to the guided journals Grandma's Story and Grandpa's Story. Use the conversation cards to start discussions around the dinner table, and then if you're so inclined, purchase one of the guided journals to document your grandparent's answers as you go along.

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Book Synopsis Joining our bestselling On-the-Go series, 50 Bucket List Adventures is a deck of adventure inspiration for the bold!The activities on the cards are exciting, thrilling, and awe-inspiring. The range of categories includes spending time in nature (deep-sea dive, meditate by a waterfall), thrill-seeking (sky dive, learn to ride a motorcycle, taste a hot pepper), aspirational travel (visit the oldest city you can, travel somewhere during a major local festival), learning something unusual (take instrument lessons, learn a language picked at random), or trying something to push out of a comfort zone (audition for a theater production). Some activities require travel, but many can be done from home. Each on-the-go amusement in the series offers a different way to interact, connect, and have fun out and about. With a cute and compact format, the tins are easy to carry and perfect for gifting. Great for families, friends, and loved ones!IRR

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Book SynopsisTeaching reading successfully requires deep knowledge of the reading process and development, as well as the implementation of impactful reading instruction and differentiation. This book aligns Montessori didactic materials and pedagogy, developed over a century ago, with current research on reading development.Trade Review"This book is clearly written and well-supported by concrete examples of materials and implementation strategies that are directly aligned with current research findings. It is especially useful for teachers in Montessori settings. However, the ideas are universal and could easily find effective implementation in traditional classrooms should the appropriate materials be available."—Teachers College RecordTable of Contents Contents (Tentative) Foreword by Daniel Willingham and Trisha Thompson-Willingham Welcome Preface Acknowledgments 1. Montessori Education Dr. Maria Montessori Growth of Montessori Education Montessori Materials and the Prepared Environment The Montessori Educator's Approach to Instruction 2. Science of Reading Overview Structured Literacy Seminal Research Simple View of Reading Hollis Scarborough's Reading Rope Considering the Montessori Curriculum and Alignment to the Science of Reading (SoR) Literature Part I: Word Recognition Chapter 3: Phonological Awareness Science of Reading—Phonological Awareness Phonological Awareness in the Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Phonological Awareness Activities 4. Decoding Science of Reading—Decoding Decoding in the Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Decoding Activities 5. Sight Recognition Science of Reading—Sight Recognition Sight Recognition in the Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Sight Recognition Activities Part II: Language Comprehension Overview Chapter 6: Background Knowledge Science of Reading—Background Knowledge Background Knowledge in a Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Background Knowledge Activities 7. Vocabulary Science of Reading—Vocabulary Vocabulary in a Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Vocabulary Activities 8. Language Structures Science of Reading—Language Structures Language Structures in a Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Language Structures Activities 9. Verbal Reasoning Science of Reading—Verbal Reasoning Verbal Reasoning in a Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Verbal Reasoning Activities 10. Literacy Knowledge Science of Reading—Literacy Knowledge Literacy Knowledge in a Montessori Classroom Additional SoR Literacy Knowledge Activities 11. Conclusion Scientific Thinking, Discourse, and Advocacy to Improve the Lives of Children References Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisColor adorable and charming creatures with the Cute Chibis Coloring Book! Anime and chibi enthusiasts and those fond of cuddly animals will enjoy this delightful coloring book. Each chibi creature inside has cute facial expressions and poses that are sure to make you smile. The word “chibi” is a Japanese slang term for short and implies cuteness. Chibi is also known as a popular anime and manga drawing style used in film and television. Chibi-style characters are often drawn with exaggerated body proportions and big eyes. All of them are fun to color! The Cute Chibis Coloring Book features over 120 coloring pages of creatures, including: Cats Pandas Pigs Bunnies And more! Express your creativity and start coloring cute chibis today!Chartwell Coloring Books is the ultimate coloring book series, encompassing

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Book SynopsisExplores what a liturgical approach to the Bible looks like and what hermeneutical implications this might have: How does the liturgy celebrate, understand, and communicate Scripture? The starting point is Pope Benedict's affirmation that “a faith-filled understanding of sacred Scripture must always refer back to the liturgy”.Trade ReviewThis superbly structured volume is eminently scholarly, but also conveys an urgent sense of Christocentrism."" - Antiphon (review from the German edition)

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Book SynopsisTurn your dreams into reality with the help of this guided manifestation journalWhat if everything your heart desired was just a flick of a pen away? Whether you dream of securing the perfect job, having better health or finding love, writing down your manifestations may be the key to turning your aspirations into reality.Whether you're a beginner or a more seasoned manifester, this book is the perfect space to write out your thoughts, goals and desires. The beautiful journal pages provide everything you need to start creating the life of your dreams, or help you take the next step on your journey. You can also find a brief history of manifestation, step-by-step techniques and positive mantras to inspire you while you practise your art.Align yourself with the rhythm of the universe and achieve your goals by discovering these insights:- What manifestation is, its main principles and the power it holds- The history of manifestation, its origins and its popularity in present day- How to manifest and the positive impact it can have on your life- A step-by-step approach to help you start and make progress on your manifestation journey

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Book SynopsisOffers a long perspective and draws on recently opened records to provide an in-depth analysis of the approaches taken by the Clinton and Bush administrations toward terrorism in general and Al-Qaeda in particular. It also delivers arresting new details on the four hijackings and the collapse of the twin towers.Trade ReviewAfter two decades, the dust of 9/11 has settled sufficiently to permit a clear-eyed historical assessment. The Day That Shook America chillingly lays out the reasons why the government agencies responsible for protecting the nation failed catastrophically, and weighs the lasting consequences." - Donald A. Ritchie, US Senate historian emeritus and author of Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932"The Day That Shook America is a chilling account of missed opportunities and overlooked clues that led to the horrors of 9/11. J. Samuel Walker evokes both the folly and the heroism of that day, while at the same time detailing the petty bureaucratic turf battles that crippled the nation’s response to Al-Qaeda. Walker’s judicious account of this horrific event does not preclude him from indicting those he believes might have prevented this ‘day of agony.’" - Stephen F. Knott, author of The Lost Soul of the American Presidency: The Decline into Demagoguery and the Prospects for Renewal"To read this powerful account of 9/11 is to feel wrenching sadness combined with deep anger: sadness in recalling the terrible toll of lives taken that day, and anger both at those who perpetrated the attack and at the senior US officials who failed to avert it despite the warning signs that were flashing red." - Andrew Bacevich, author of After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed"In this evocative and succinct history, J. Samuel Walker incisively analyzes the efforts to hunt down Osama bin Laden before 9/11 and assesses the actions of the Bush administration in its aftermath. Vividly describing the seizures of the planes by Al-Qaeda terrorists, Walker also eloquently narrates the gruesome circumstances of those entrapped in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. On the twentieth anniversary of that tragic day, we are fortunate to have this well-researched, thoughtful book." - Melvyn P. Leffler, Edward Stettinius Professor of History, emeritus, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. “A Complex, Dangerous Threat”: America’s Approach to Terrorism2. “I Tried and I Failed to Get Bin Laden”: Clinton and the Terrorist Threat3. “bin Laden Determined to Strike in US”: Bush and Al-Qaeda4. “Oh My God, the Flight, It’s Going Down”: The Four Hijackings5. “A Day of Agony”: The Effects of the Attacks6. “The Pearl Harbor of the 21st Century”: The White House ResponseConclusion: The Shadow of 9/11NotesEssay on SourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisBlends eyewitness detail with in-depth history to tell the story of how Jacksonville, Florida bred a generation of legendary musicians. This book offers vivid journey into a crucible of American music, and shines a light on the artists and songs that powered a phenomenon.Trade Review[An] enjoyable book that's part memoir and part music history. . . . Offers entertaining glimpses into the development of a music scene and music style." - No DepressionTable of Contents Preface: Jacksonville Blues Introduction: What Is Southern Rock? 1. Gram Parsons: A Walking Contradiction 2. The Bitter Ind/31st of February 3. The Allman Brothers Band 4. Cowboy 5. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Bad-Boy Chic 6. Blackfoot: Southern Metal 7. 38 Special: Holding on Loosely 8. Molly Hatchet: Southern Spinal Tap 9. Derek Trucks: Channeling Duane 10. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Cosmic Cards, sought-after tarot teacher and astrologer Maisy Bristol shows us how to read and interpret the star signs and tarot in one combined practice to give us a fresh outlook on life. For years, we have looked solely to the zodiac for guidance. Astrology has long told us that Taurus is a comfort-loving homebody who loves routine, while Gemini is the extroverted social butterfly who craves variety. However, as the universe expands and we become even more multifaceted, surely this blinkered outlook is no longer reflective of the times we live in? By reading astrology through the lens of the tarot, we can uncover how to broaden our minds, smash stereotypes and discover the different facets of each sign's personality to reveal a deeper insight into us, our family, friends and lovers. Accompanied by a beautifully illustrated 78-strong deck, Cosmic Cards is a modern mystical toolkit that enhances our understanding of ourselves and others through the wisdom of astrology and tarot.

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Book SynopsisThroughout the COVID-19 pandemic, flexible working has become the norm for many workers. This volume examines flexible working using data from 30 European countries and drawing on studies conducted in Australia, the US and IndiaTable of ContentsIntroduction: The flexibility paradox and contexts The demand for and trends in flexible working The dual nature of flexibility: Family-friendly or performance-oriented logic? The outcomes of flexible working The flexibility paradox: Why more freedom at work leads to more work The empirical evidence of the flexibility paradox Gendered flexibility paradox Flexibility stigma and the rewards of flexible working The importance of contexts COVID- 19 and flexible working Conclusion: Where do we go from here?

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Book SynopsisOffers the first-ever definitive account of the life and work of Irish modernist poets Thomas MacGreevy, Brian Coffey, and Denis Devlin. Apprenticed to the likes of W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot, James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, all three worked at the centre of modernist letters in England, France and the US, but did so from a distinctive perspective.Trade ReviewWilson brings to his subject considerable expertise in the theological and philosophical contexts of Catholicism. These authors' relationship with the Catholic Church, and the dialogue between Irish and European Catholicism, are illuminated to fascinating ends."" - Sarah Bennett, Durham University

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Book SynopsisA FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. 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 ART. Patchwork or ‘pieced work’ is a form of needlework that dates back around 5,000 years ago and is continued to this day as a meaningful part of many cultures, creating heartfelt and beautiful textiles that connect us to our world. A series of fabric pieces are sewn together to form a larger design, usually of differing patterns, colours and textures, as seen in this delightful example from Russia. 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."

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Book SynopsisChallenge your brain with word puzzles.The Sun presents this cracking collection of 250 fun, quick crosswords so you can while away your leisure time at home. Wherever you are, Britain's bestselling daily ensures you will always have a quick and enjoyable brain challenge to hand.These 250 quick crosswords are all new and based on the quick clues from the pages of The Sun. Tackle them on the train, tube or bus journey or pack them in your bags on your next holiday or weekend away. Fun, fast and furious you will while away the time and give your grey matter an enjoyable workout at the same time.

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Book SynopsisThrough 24 unique challenges, a diverse range of angles, and detailed insights into the world of food design, Lick It will radically transform your relationship to food. Whether mealtimes are your favourite part of the day or you're in the camp of 'eat to live' rather than 'live to eat, this book will help you reshape how you think about food. Much more than just body fuel, food is political, it's social, it's exciting and constantly shifting and changing. With a striking balance between creative tools and cutting-edge theory, these 30 chapters will examine everything from food politics and sex to hunger and queer food. Lick It is not a cookbook. Rather, it's an ultimate food experience, helping you challenge your mind and expand your mouth.

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Book SynopsisExamines the nature of dogmatic statements and the causes of development. The book devotes particular attention to the emergence of the form of dogmatic statements at the Council of Nicaea, but notes how this form is anticipated in the New Testament.Trade ReviewA serious work of theology undertaken by a well-respected theologian. Not everyone will agree with every detail of his proposal, but all will grant it a serious challenge to standard contemporary Catholic thinking on the topic."" - James Keating, Providence College

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Book SynopsisFollows upon the previous two volumes of this series entitled Jesus Becoming Jesus. Unlike many conventional biblical commentaries, Weinandy concentrates on the theological content contained within John's Gospel. This is accomplished through a close reading, theologically interpreting each chapter of the Gospel sequentially.

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Book Synopsis#1 New York Times bestselling author Catana Chetwynd presents a new take on the beloved Catana Comics—a guided journal in her signature wholesome and cozy style.Catana Chetwynd presents a new twist on feel-good humor. This guided journal, illustrated in her signature style, is for couples, friends, family, and anyone who wants to learn more about themselves and their personal relationships. With wholesome prompts, insightful questions, fun activities, moments for deeper reflection, and lighthearted illustrations and stickers, My Heart's Content: A Journal for Everyone offers every person the chance to spend some quality time on themselves. Planning for the future, reflecting on the past, soaking up the present, and learning more about ourselves and the ones we love.

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Book SynopsisOpening up Carolingian history to a new generation, this book draws on recently translated primary sources to examine the collapse of an early medieval kingdom.Table of ContentsList of Figures Abbreviations Key Individuals Introduction 1. King Lothar II Grants Winebert an Immunity, November 856 2. A Coin of King Lothar II (Undated) 3. The Quierzy Letter, November 858 4. The Remiremont Liber Memorialis “Royal Entry,” December 861 5. The Council of Aachen, 29 April 862 6. The Summit at Savonnières, November 862 7. Bishop Adventius Writes to Archbishop Theutgaud, Early 863 8. King Lothar II Grants a Church to the Convent of St-Pierre in Lyon, 18 May 863 9. Bishop Adventius Reforms the Monastery of Gorze, June 863 10. Eberhard and Gisela Make a Will, c. 863 11. Bishop Adventius Writes to Pope Nicholas, Early 864 12. The Bishops of Lotharingia Write to the West Frankish Bishops, c. 865 13. King Lothar II Grants Queen Theutberga Lands, 17 January 866 14. Pope Nicholas Writes about Waldrada to the Bishops of Gaul, Germany, and Italy, 13 June 866 15. Queen Ermentrude’s Coronation, 25 August 866 16. Pope Nicholas I Writes to King Charles the Bald, 25 January 867 17. Bishop Adventius Organizes Prayers against the Northmen, Summer 867 18. The Metz Oath, c. 868 19. King Lothar II Writes to Archbishop Ado of Vienne, July 869 20. Pope Hadrian II Writes to the Lotharingian Aristocracy, 5 September 869 21. The Sacramentary of Metz, 869 22. Emperor Louis II Writes to Emperor Basil I of Byzantium, Early 871 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBorders, Boundaries, Frontiers presents a short and accessible introduction to border studies from an anthropological perspective.Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Anthropology of Borders, Boundaries, and Frontiers 2. Globalization and Borders in a Borderless World 3. Border Walls and the Violence of Security 4. Border Energetics: The Frontiers of Sovereignty and Citizenship 5. Chameleon Borders and Everyday Transnationalism: Border Cultures and Identities 6. Future Borders and New Normals in Border Studies 7. Conclusion: New and Critical Border Thinking

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Remapping Sovereignty places Indigenous anticolonial thought at the center of twentieth century global struggles over nation-state, political economy, and international order. Through a beautiful synthesis of political theory and history, Temin not only powerfully reconceives classic debates but he also demonstrates the essential conceptual importance of North American Indigenous arguments for making sense of the past and future of the decolonial project. The result is a truly innovative work of political reconstruction, with critical insights for both scholars and activists." -- Aziz Rana | author of "The Constitutional Bind""Temin aptly describes aspects of historical and contemporaneous social context associated with each theorist, including treaties; settler state citizenship; termination policy; the African American civil rights movement focused on individual integrationist inclusion in the settler state; the Canadian multicultural approach; capitalism, white supremacy, and patriarchy; “Third World” anticolonialism, decolonization, and socialism; and relations between radical Indigenous activists and established Indigenous nations." * Journal of Ethnic and Racial Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction. Remapping Sovereignty Chapter One. Indigenous Self-Determination against Political Slavery: Zitkala-Ša and Vine Deloria Jr. on the Colonialism of US Sovereignty and Citizenship Chapter Two. The Struggle for Treaty: Ella Cara Deloria and Vine Deloria Jr. on Anticolonial Relations Chapter Three. “The Land Is Our Culture”: George Manuel on the Fourth World and the Politics of Resurgence Chapter Four. Indigenous Marxisms: Howard Adams and Lee Maracle on Colonial-Racial Capitalism Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOffers the most comprehensive history of the Hawkeye State ever written, surveying Iowa from the last ice age through the COVID-19 pandemic. The book tells a new and vibrant story, examining the state’s small-town culture, politics, social and economic development, and its many diverse inhabitants.Trade ReviewJeff Bremer’s new history of Iowa captures the many facets of the state: its diversity, complexity, and changeability. It is the story of both elites and ordinary folks of many backgrounds. It takes a hard look at the myths that both the nation and that Iowans tell about place. The breadth and scope of this work make it a welcome addition to the growing literature that chronicles the state and the region." - Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, distinguished professor of history at Iowa State University and author of When a Dream Dies: Agriculture, Iowa, and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s"Iowa is the heart of the American heartland, the beating center of the Midwest, and it has been far too long since Iowa’s history has been given a comprehensive treatment. Bravo to Jeff Bremer, who brings decades of expertise to the task, succeeding brilliantly, and puts Iowa back on the national map. For anyone curious about the history of the forgotten center of the nation, this is a must-read." - Jon K. Lauck, founding president of the Midwestern History Association, editor-in-chief of the Middle West Review, and adjunct professor of political science at the University of South Dakota, and author of The Conservative Heartland: A Political History of the Postwar American Midwest and The Good CountryTable of Contents Introduction Part I—Iowa to the Civil War 1. Native Iowa: Iowa to 1833 2. Iowa Territory, 1833–1846 3. Frontier Iowa, 1833–1870 4. Slavery, Politics, and Transportation before the Civil War 5. Iowa and the Civil War, 1861–1870 Part II—Iowa from the Civil War to 1929 6. Immigrants, Railroads, and Farm Protest 7. Religion, Education, and Rural Life 8. Cities, Industry, and Technology, 1833–1920 9. Suffrage, Prohibition, and Politics, 1870–1920 10. Iowa in World War I and the 1920s Part III—Iowa since 1929 11. the Great Depression and Iowa 12. Iowa in World War II 13. Postwar Iowa, 1945–1975 14. Iowa and the Farm Crisis, 1975–2000 15 Iowa in the Twenty-First Century Acknowledgments Notes Bibliographic Essay Index

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Book SynopsisExplores how the Imperial Russian Army and its successors, the Soviet Army and the army of the Russian Federation, confronted the state’s foreign policy challenges - projecting power, defending the empire - and the domestic challenge of containing internal unrest generated by nationalism, ethnic and religious identities, and political discontent.Trade ReviewA first-rate treatment of the Russian army which combines the advantages of explaining the present as well as the past. Based on excellent scholarship, this relevant work is a significant contribution to military history." - Jeremy Black, author of War and Technology"Concise yet nuanced, Russia’s Army provides beautifully balanced coverage of the Russian military as an institution, its experience in peacetime and war, and the relationship between the military and society…This is clear and accessible military history that belongs on every reader's bookshelf." - Reina Pennington, author of Wings, Women, and War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat

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Book SynopsisLandscape designer and garden writer Judith Phillips recounts the history of the world-renowned gardens of Los Poblanos and demonstrates the ways in which the farm’s owners, designers, and gardeners have influenced the evolution of this unique landscape.Trade ReviewThe Gardens of Los Poblanos tells a fascinating story of the evolution and stewardship of a family estate that has evolved to embody sustainable landscape design, the cultivation of local foods, and the development of a thriving family business."—Gina Chorover, College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture, University of Arizona"Now more than ever before, our attention to the grace of plants and gardens--what they teach us about the past and implore us to learn for the future--is necessary. In her latest book, Phillips brings us on a journey that beautifully weaves together nature, culture, and cultivation."—Laura Paskus, author of At the Precipice: New Mexico's Changing Climate"What a perfect combination: New Mexico's foremost garden-design author takes on one of the state's most treasured living historic landscapes, Los Poblanos Ranch. Anyone interested in landscape garden design or the creative culture of the Southwest will savor the many rich illustrations, the fascinating historical vignettes, and, above all, Phillips's knowledge and wisdom about planting in our semiarid environment."—Chris Wilson, author of The Myth of Santa Fe: Creating a Modern Regional TraditionTable of ContentsForewordMatt RembeAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. The Story of Los PoblanosChapter One. The History of Gardening in the Rio Grande ValleyChapter Two. The Country Place Era of American LandscapesChapter Three. The Development of the Simms Country Place at Los Poblanos, 1932-1964Chapter Four. The Private Family Gardens of Los Poblanos and the Return to Community, 1965-2004Chapter Five. A New Preservation Model: Living History, 2005-2014Chapter Six. Focus on the Future, 2015-2020Chapter Seven. Coming Full Circle, 2021 and OnwardGlossary

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Book SynopsisDeveloping the Athlete: An Applied Sport Science Roadmap for Optimizing Performance explains the integration of sport science with an athlete development team to prepare athletes to compete and succeed at every level of competition.

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Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at Centers for Teaching and Learning and their profound impact on US higher education. Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs) are important change agents on campus with strategies that are unique and impactfulbut sometimes unarticulated or misaligned. In this wide-ranging book, Mary C. Wright maps the landscape of 1,200+ CTLs in the United States through a unique approach: by conducting complex web searches to identify and categorize CTLs, then examining the wealth of information that is available on these institutions' own websites. The data she uncovers reveal important insights into CTLs' strategies and operations and offer a fuller picture of the impact these centers are making on US higher education as a whole. Drawing from this web-based methodology, as well as interviews with CTL leaders and staff, Wright provides a broad picture of educational development in the United States and examines trends in what CTLs aim to accomplish, key strategies for reaching thTrade ReviewCenters for Teaching and Learning will inspire anyone considering a nontraditional academic career. By reading this book, every professor motivated to improve their teaching will gain valuable knowledge of how to work with their campus CTL. Every president, provost or dean interested in developing and nurturing institutional structures that advance learning and bolster educators should place Centers for Teaching and Learning at the top of their must-read list.—Inside Higher EdCenters for Teaching and Learning does a remarkable service in compiling the data about the current state of pedagogy in American higher education and offers practical advice on how to create and operate these centers.—University BookmanTable of ContentsIntroduction: How Many Centers for Teaching and Learning Are There?1. What Are We Trying to Do? Key Center for Teaching and Learning Aims2. How Do We Get There? Center for Teaching and Learning Theories of Change3. What Tactics Do We Employ? Signature CTL Programs and Services4. How Are We Organized? CTL Leadership, Governance, Staffing, and Structures5. How Do We Make Visible Our Work? CTL Approaches to Evaluation in Annual ReportsConclusionAppendix 1: MethodologyAppendix 2: Retreat ModelsBibliographyNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Bipolar Disorder Journal is designed to help you better understand and manage your bipolar disorder. Drawing on evidence-based techniques, such as CBT and mindfulness, and on the author's own experience of bipolar, it provides journaling prompts, creative activities, colouring pages and motivational quote pages to help you stay well and keep on track. The techniques in this journal support you in recognising and coping with episodes of depression, mania, and psychosis, understanding their triggers, and finding ways of seeking support. Created by Cara Lisette, author of The Eating Disorder Recovery Journal, this journal is intended for those who want to learn more about themselves and live a full and happy life.

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Book SynopsisPresents and organises hundreds of beautiful, surprising and intriguing results about polygons with more than four sides. This panoply consists of eight chapters, one dedicated to polygonal basics, the next ones dedicated to pentagons, hexagons, heptagons, octagons and many-sided polygons.Table of Contents Polygon basics Pentagons Hexagons Heptagons Octagons Many-sided polygons Miscellaneous classes of polygons Polygonal numbers Solutions to the challenges Credits and permissions Index

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Book SynopsisFROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR DR. JASON FUNG: A 12-Week Journal for Reversing Type 2 Diabetes and Taking Charge of Your Health.Known as “the doctor who invented intermittent fasting,” Dr. Jason Fung has helped thousands of people lose weight and prevent and reverse type 2 diabetes with his clinical research and internationally bestselling books The Obesity Code and The Diabetes Code. Readers around the world have followed Fung’s method and improved their overall health and wellbeing.Now, you can track your progress and health in one handy place. In this user-friendly journal, you’ll find: Space to record your daily food intake Tools for monitoring glucose spikes and dips Weekly challenges Mindfulness prompts for developing a positive relationship with food Recipes from The Diabetes Code Cookbook Shopping lists With Dr. Fung's empathetic approach and science-backed information and tips, The Diabetes Code Journal offers a daily practice that anyone can follow. Get ready to kickstart your journey to better health today.

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Book SynopsisSherlock Holmes socks - Our sock game is afoot!Product Details? Unisex? 75% cotton, 20% polyester, 5% spandexSize & Fit? Small: Shoe Sizes: 5.5-9/Sock: 9-11? Large: Shoe Sizes: 8.5-12/Sock: 10-13

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Book SynopsisThe evidence-based physical and mental well-being guidance presented in Fitness and Well-Being for Life provides a personal tool to leading healthier, happier lives. Students will learn to develop long-term health habits regarding their fitness, nutrition, stress management, and sexual health.

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Book SynopsisA FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. 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. Art by Thomas Kinkade Studios. Thomas Kinkade, the Painter of LightTM, emphasized simple pleasures and inspirational messages through his art – and the branded products created from that art. From textiles, to collectibles, to music and books, Thom believed that both the ability and the inspiration to create his paintings had been given to him as a gift. His goal as an artist was to touch people of all faiths and to bring peace and joy into their lives through the images he had created. 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."

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Book SynopsisInvestigating the history of anti-Black racism in several canonical texts of Arabic culture, Africanism explores how Black people are perceived, imagined, and represented in the Arab imaginary from the Middle Ages until the nineteenth century in works of religion, literature, and history.Trade Review“Amir Al-Azraki’s excellent translation of Nader Kadhem’s book brilliantly fills a critical gap in our understanding of the history of racism in Arab societies. This captivating and well-researched work is suitable for both academic and general audiences.” Abderrahman Beggar, author of L’Amérique latine sous une perspective maghrébine

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"I am so glad someone finally wrote this book; I am only sorry it wasn’t me! In it, Kim Hong Nguyen takes white feminists to task on our performativity, practices and power structures that only serve to perpetuate white supremacy. Being mean isn’t it, white feminists, and it’s time we take a critical look at how we overcome it in service to liberation for all." --Ms. Magazine“This is an important book that is beautifully and powerfully written and deeply original while offering productive interventions into the study of mean girl culture and its larger impact on conversations on feminism. Nguyen does an excellent job showing the systemic and historical ways white supremacy and patriarchy enact themselves on white women’s feminist practices and creation of mean girl feminism. A vital contribution.”--Kishonna L. Gray, author of Intersectional Tech: Black Users in Digital GamingTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Feminist Civility and the Right to Be Mean Bitch Feminism: Blackfaced Girl Boss in Feminist Performative/Performativity Politics Mean Girl Feminism: Gatekeeping Postfeminist Beauty as Illegible Rage Power Couple Feminism: Gaslighting and Re-Empowering Heteronormative Aggression Global Mother Feminism: Gatekeeping Biopower and Sovereignty Conclusion: Abolishing Mean Girl Feminism Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"I find this collection a much needed and timely post-colonial re-mapping of film histories and cinematic practices around the Persian Gulf, aptly shifting the focus from land to water, from national borders to arenas, contact zones, from hegemonic historiography to transcultural stories and identities."—Viola Shafik, author of Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity"In de-essentialising the Gulf and presenting it to us as a critical method, this collection achieves two key things: it contributes to the decolonisation of knowledge production about the Gulf, its peoples, cultures and societies and invites us, at the same time, to rethink the fields of Arab and Middle Eastern media and cultural studies beyond static, colonial configurations of geography. This wide-ranging collection recognizes the Gulf as a complex transcultural space; a conduit to relational histories and cultural encounters that transcend the limiting and teleological imaginations of nations and regions in film and area studies. This is a terrific and a much-needed book. I strongly recommend it to scholars of Middle Eastern media and cultural studies and also to those researching media practices and uses in the global South and beyond."—Tarik Sabry, author of Cultural Encounters in the Arab World: On Media the Modern and the Everyday"A cornucopia of information and insight, Reorienting the Middle East manages to do what the title promises. It reorients discussion of Gulf Media by expanding the corpus and scope in multiple ways, first of all by counterpointing portrayals of the Gulf with portrayals from the Gulf. Rather than approach the region as a static place, it uses the Gulf as an epicentric prism to reveal the fluid movement of ideas, images and films across borders. The book treats transnationality not as a mere inventory of nation-states involvement but rather as an intricate cross-border process embedded in the transnational imaginary of and about the Gulf. Reorienting the Gul describes a constantly morphing transcultural arena of interconnected histories, migrating cultures, of uncanny resemblances, subterranean affinities. Rather than a simple binary of metropole and colony, we find palimpsestic formations where a nation can at once be indigenous, postcolonial, para-colonial and colonial in the sense of exploiting migrant labor from the Global South, in situations where multicultures intersect and interfecundate in hybrid formations. The book also addresses the various forms of transnational projections, as in the case of South-South stereotyping (Egyptian films mocking rich Gulf State Arabs, and Bollywood films portraying the Gulf as corrupting the innocent Indian nationals, Replete with intriguing surprises, the book engages such topics as entrepot film culture in Dubai, romanticized narratives about ruling families, American corporations extracting oil while injecting stereotypes and segregation into Saudi Arabia, the transoceanic aurality of love and yearning, blackness in Iran, and the filmic imagining of the lives of domestic workers. Admirably transmediatic, the book expands the corpus beyond fiction features to include documentaries, TV shows, tourism commercials, YouTube videos, and digital activist videos. It is hard to imagine the reader who would not learn from this book."—Ella Shohat and Robert Stam, authors of Unthinking Eurocentrism: Multiculturalism and the Media

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Book SynopsisEnvironments associated with migration are often seen as provisional, lacking both history and architecture. As Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi demonstrates in Architecture of Migration, a refugee camp’s aesthetic and material landscapes—even if born out of emergency—reveal histories, futures, politics, and rhetorics. She identifies forces of colonial and humanitarian settlement, tracing spatial and racial politics in the Dadaab refugee camps established in 1991 on the Kenya-Somalia border—at once a dense setting that manifests decades of architectural, planning, and design initiatives and a much older constructed environment that reflects its own ways of knowing. She moves beyond ahistorical representations of camps and their inhabitants by constructing a material and visual archive of Dadaab, finding long migratory traditions in the architecture, spatial practices, landscapes, and iconography of refugees and humanitarians. Countering conceptualizations of refugeTrade Review“This beautifully written and brilliantly original work elucidates a seemingly irresolvable tension, central to the condition of migrants, between the transience of the refugee category and how refugees’ lives are anchored in hard infrastructures and histories. By tracing the entanglement of aesthetics and politics in the Dadaab refugee camp, Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi ties migration to encampment in a visceral and material way.” -- Miriam Ticktin, author of * Casualties of Care: Immigration and the Politics of Humanitarianism in France *“Architecture of Migration deftly deconstructs humanitarian discourses in architecture, planning, and global crisis management. Its compelling ethnographic research with camp residents and aid workers shares lived experiences within these built-to-be-temporary camps of tents and tarps that have become permanent sprawling urban settlements. Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi’s insightful histories share spatial narratives of lives caught in the wake of colonialism and political, economic, and environmental upheaval. Siddiqi produces an unparalleled study of how neoliberal policies strategically and violently underdevelop spaces for the world’s most vulnerable people.” -- Mabel O. Wilson, Professor of Architecture and Professor of Black Studies, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsAbbreviations xiii Author’s Note xv Introduction. Architecture and History in a Refugee Camp 1 1. From Partitions 51 2. Land, Emergency, and Sedentarization in East Africa 99 3. Shelter and Domesticity 141 4. An Archive of Humanitarian Settlement 181 5. Design as Infrastructure 249 Afterword. “Poetry Is a Weapon That We Use in Both War and Peace” 305 Acknowledgments 321 Notes 329 Primary Sources 363 References 371 Index 397

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