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Book SynopsisIn 1931, a sexologist arrived in colonial Shanghai to give a public lecture about homosexuality. In the audience was a medical student. The sexologist, Magnus Hirschfeld, fell in love with the medical student, Li Shiu Tong. Li became Hirschfeld’s assistant on a lecture tour around the world.Racism and the Making of Gay Rights shows how Hirschfeld laid the groundwork for modern gay rights, and how he did so by borrowing from a disturbing set of racist, imperial, and eugenic ideas.Following Hirschfeld and Li in their travels through the American, Dutch, and British empires, from Manila to Tel Aviv to having tea with Langston Hughes in New York City, and then into exile in Hitler’s Europe, Laurie Marhoefer provides a vivid portrait of queer lives in the 1930s and of the turbulent, often-forgotten first chapter of gay rights.Trade Review“Marhoefer's achievement in Racism and the Making of Gay Rights is not just to place Li back into the lecture halls and the steamships of their shared journey, but also to brilliantly reframe Hirschfeld as a man of his era, a man who developed and popularized the concept of ‘homosexuality’ in a world that was shaped by the fact of empire … This book should be required reading for anybody with a professional, political, or personal interest in the ‘homosexual.’” -- Lauren Stokes, Northwestern University * Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Maps Introduction: Manila Bay, Philippines, July 1931 1. “Einstein of Sex”: Magnus Hirschfeld at the End of the First Century of Gay Rights, North Atlantic Ocean, November 1930 2. The Empire of Queer Love: Berlin, Sometime between 1910 and 1914 3. Hirschfeld and Li Shiu Tong Meet: Feminism and Queer Attraction at the China United Apartments, International Settlement, Shanghai, May 1931 4. The Fight against Sexual Oppression is a Fight against Empire: Jawaharlal Nehru’s house, Allahabad, India, 1931 5. Are Homosexuals Like a Race? Analogy and the Making of the Sexual Minority 6. Magnus Hirschfeld’s Theory of the Races 7. Tea with Langston Hughes: Hirschfeld’s Anti-Blackness and Queer Black New York: Winter of 1930 8. Making Jews White: Tel Aviv, Palestine, Winter of 1932 9. Magnus Hirschfeld’s Queer Eugenics: Berlin, Germany, Manila, Philippines, Pasadena, California, United States, and Bondowoso, East Java, Indonesia 10. “And What about Women?” 11. The Exile: Athens to Nice, 1932 to 1935 12. Li Shiu Tong’s Queer Masculinities: The Hotel Baur au Lac, Zurich, Late 1930s 13. Li Shiu Tong’s Defiant Sexology: Vancouver, British Columbia, 1974 to 1993 Conclusion: Li Shiu Tong’s Berlin and Magnus Hirschfeld’s America Bibliography

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Book SynopsisInstitutional ethnography (IE) originated as a feminist alternative to sociologies defining people as the objects of study. Instead, IE explores the social relations that dominate the life of the particular subject in focus. Simply Institutional Ethnography is written by two pioneers in the field and grounded in decades of ground-breaking work. Dorothy Smith and Alison Griffith lay out the basics of how institutional ethnography proceeds as a sociology. The book introduces the concepts Discourse, Work, Text that institutional ethnographers have found to be key ideas used to organize what they learn from the study of people’s experience. Simply Institutional Ethnography builds an ethnography that makes this material visible as coordinated sequences of social relations that reach beyond the particularities of local experience. In explicating the foundations of IE and its principal concepts, Simply Institutional Ethnography reflects on the ways in wTrade Review"This book serves as a fitting legacy of the work of authors Smith and Griffith, two pioneers in the field of institutional ethnography, both of whom passed away prior to this book's publication. The authors encapsulate decades of their efforts to create and develop this particularly unique form of sociology and document its conceptual and theoretical refinement along the way. The result is a sophisticated, comprehensive overview that, although rather complex at times, nonetheless lays out for readers the promise and potential of this approach to studying human lived behavior an.d the myriad institutions in which such behavior is embedded." -- J. R. Mitrano, Central Connecticut State University * CHOICE *“In this slim volume, the authors encapsulate decades of their efforts to create and develop this particularly unique form of sociology and document its conceptual and theoretical refinement along the way. The result is a sophisticated, comprehensive overview that lays out for readers the promise and potential of this approach to studying human lived behavior and the myriad institutions in which such behavior is embedded.” -- J.R. Mitrano, Central Connecticut State University * CHOICE *Table of ContentsPreface Part I: Introducing Institutional Ethnography 1. Introduction 2. People’s Experience as the Ethnographic Resource Part II: Useful Concepts 3. Concepts but Not Theory 4. Discourse 5. Work 6. Texts Part III: The Ethnographic Dialogue 7. Transition to the Ethnography 8. Exploring Ruling Relations 9. Institutional Circuits: From Actual to Textual 10. Making Change from Below Part IV 11. In Conclusion

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"White Terror is a much-needed, original, and provocative analysis of race and the American horror film in the early 2000s."—Aviva Briefel, author of Horror after 9/11: World of Fear, Cinema of Terror"Given the rising awareness of entrenched racism and the accompanying resistance to white supremacy that marks the current moment, this book couldn't come at a better time. A welcome addition to the growing body of work assessing the racial dynamics of the horror genre, the book offers a cogent assessment of Obama era horror, especially as it pertains to normative conceptions of family, home ownership, gender, and socio-economic class."—Natalie Wilson, author of Willful Monstrosity: Race and Gender in 21st Century Horror"A chilling look not only at the horrors we can't stop watching on screen — demonic possession, evil children, home invasions, and ghostly forces, to name a few — but also at the horrors we can't stop living off screen. Meeuf deftly weaves together economic forces, political realities, and Hollywood strategies in order to demonstrate how the three of them work together to shape the way we see the world, as well as how we choose to live in it. Don't make the mistake of thinking that what happens on screen is purely entertainment. As Meeuf demonstrates, there is no such thing."—Dahlia Schweitzer, author of Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses, and the End of the World"Through a thematic overview of mainstream horror films divided into six cycles, Meeuf evokes the simmering discontent that boiled over with the rise of MAGA rhetoric and the election of Trump. Despite early-Obama era media speculations that the US had reached a post-racial turning point, horror films told a different story."—Marc Olivier, author of Household Horror: Cinematic Fear and the Secret Life of Everyday Objects"Ably dissecting a dizzying range of recent horror films, White Terror makes a strong contribution to the scholarship on horror films in general and race in horror in particular. Its focus on whiteness is something long overdue, and Meeuf's book will be of interest to academics and to fans of the horror genre alike."—Murray Leeder, author of Horror Film: A Critical IntroductionTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Whiteness, Politics, and Horror1. Whiteness Under Siege, Part 1: Haunted House Films2. Whiteness Under Siege, Part 2: Home Invasions3. American Dreams: Fantasies and Social Mobility in Dream House and Drag Me to Hell4. Sad White Men and Their Demons: Possession Films5. Suffering and Reluctant Mothers Meet Their Match: Horrific Children6. Motor City Gothic: White Youth and Economic Anxiety in It Follows and Don't Breathe7. Surveilling Whiteness: The Horrific Technology Film8. Making Horror Great Again: The Horror RemakeConclusion: Horror in the Trump EraBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisOften condemned as a form of oppression, fashion could and did allow women to express modern gender identities and promote feminist ideas. Einav Rabinovitch-Fox examines how clothes empowered women, and particularly women barred from positions of influence due to race or class. Moving from 1890s shirtwaists through the miniskirts and unisex styles of the 1970s, Rabinovitch-Fox shows how the rise of mass media culture made fashion a vehicle for women to assert claims over their bodies, femininity, and social roles. She also highlights how trends in women's sartorial practices expressed ideas of independence and equality. As women employed new clothing styles, they expanded feminist activism beyond formal organizations and movements and reclaimed fashion as a realm of pleasure, power, and feminist consciousness. A fascinating account of clothing as an everyday feminist practice, Dressed for Freedom brings fashion into discussions of American feminism during the long twentieth century.Trade Review"A fascinating and accessible examination of fashion and feminism throughout history." --Ms. Magazine "Thought-provoking. . . . Recommended." --Choice "Rabinovitch-Fox provides an engaging and accessible history of American fashion and its relationship to feminism across the twentieth-century. . . . A highly readable and pacey book that will deservedly find a wider readership outside the academy. " --Gender and HistoryTable of ContentsCoverTitle PageContentsAcknowledgmentsintroduction. Beyond Bloomers: The Feminist Politics of Women’s Fashion in the Twentieth Century1. Fashioning the New Woman: Gibson Girls, Shirtwaist Makers, and Rainy Daisies2. Styling Women’s Rights: Fashion and Feminist Ideology3. Dressing the Modern Girl: Flapper Styles and the Politics of Women’s Freedom4. Designing Power: The Fashion Industry and the Politics of Style5. This Is What a Feminist Looks Like: Fashion in the Era of Women’s LiberationEpilogue. The Fashionable Legacies of American FeminismNotesIndexBack cover

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Book SynopsisTinnitus and sound disorder case studies provide invaluable guidance on enhancing quality and scope of patient careTinnitus affects nearly one in 10 people around the world and tinnitus-related disabilities are considered among the most common chronic conditions reported. Historically, many patients with these conditions have been ignored, misunderstood, or misguided by medical, audiological, and/or online communities. Tinnitus and Sound Sensitivity Casebook by renowned audiologists and educators Suzanne H. Kimball and Marc Fagelson provides evidence-based strategies for clinical management of patients with tinnitus as well as sound intolerance disorders, based on a diverse array of case studies drawn from clinics. The book is divided into three sections and 29 chapters, with insightful clinical pearls from 24 multidisciplinary authors. The first section includes 15 cases on a full spectrum of underlying medical conditions, patterns of occurrence, and tinnitus with normal hearing, fo

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Book SynopsisA humorous and quirky collection of unusual, ingenious, and beautiful morsels of mathematics. Authors Burkard Polster (YouTube's Mathologer) and Marty Ross delve into mathematical puzzles and phenomena in engaging stories featuring current events, sports, and history, many flavoured with a distinctive bit of Australiana.Trade ReviewPolster and Ross are masters of the genre this book represents: a cornucopia of offerings, from across the mathematical spectrum. Their articles are entertaining, captivating, and informative, and will appeal to everyone from interested amateurs to old pros. On top of all that, the prose is clear, concise and a lot of fun—happily with a charmingly Aussie flavo(u)r. Crack the spine and enjoy!"" —Michael Berg, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles""The American Mathematical Society must be congratulated on publishing a singularly amusing synthesis of cultural anthropology coupled with mathematical entertainment."" —Tushar Das, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse""Polster and Ross are as good as the original master, Martin Gardner! They are also as good as that other great popularizer of mathematics, Ian Stewart, who took up Gardner's mantle, and as good as Douglas Hofstedter, who also followed in Gardner's footsteps as popularizers of mathematics within regular columns in Scientific American', and elsewhere. I recommend this new book very highly! Like Poster and Ross's first collection of columns, it is one that you can happily read from cover to cover, or dip into at any random point, and find treasures. You will then often return, savouring, and often laughing, while also learning, and responding to thoughtful challenges!"" —John Gough, Deakin University, Geelong, AustraliaTable of Contents Putting two and two together: Cordial math Uncovering base motives Sneaky square dance A very strange set of blocks Parabolic production line The magic of the imaginary There's no $e$ in Euler What's the best way to lace your shoes? Ringing the changes The shape of things to come: Triangle surfer dude We have it pegged Shadowlands Picture perfect Tractrix and truck tricks Cycling in circles Which way did Natalie go? $\pi=3$ Just the right level of wine Spotting an unfortunate spot Summing up the mystery of flight MH370 Choc-full of mathematics Too hot, too cold, just right A bloody good sport: Seeds of doubt Tennis math, anyone? The ball was in AND out? You cannot be serious! Giving it your best shot Bombs, and a bombed Riewoldt Diophantine footy fan Walk, don't run! Tour de math How round is your soccer ball? And the winner is... The house that math built: Visionary Voronoi Melbourne's catenary chaos Eureka! Archimedes' crocodile Melbourne Grammar mystery map A rectangle, some spheres and lots of triangles A chance encounter: So you think you can beat the bookies? A Penney for your thoughts The Playmobil mystery The devil is in the dice The Freddo Frog path to perfection Will Rogers, clever Kiwis and medical magic The hidden karma of snakes and ladders Space and time, final frontiers: Poet of the universe Escape to our Moon planet Tickling Orion with a triangle The eternal triangles On primes and Pluto The math of planet Mars Letter from Germany: The eternal grind Calendar kinks Strange moves of a mathematical feast Lucky Friday the 13th On the shoulders of lesser giants: Hermann the hermit The equals of Robert Recorde Pythagoras's theorem ain't Pythagoras's Six of one, Babylonian the other It's Chris Mass time Clearing a logjam Squares, triangles and other labor-saving devices The doodle, the witch and Maria Christian Goldbach's magic sum Solutions to the puzzles

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Book SynopsisA complete guide for advanced undergraduate students to take the next step in exploring probability theory and for master's students in mathematical finance who would like to build an intuitive and theoretical understanding of stochastic processes.Trade ReviewLouis-Pierre Arguin's masterly introduction to stochastic calculus seduces the reader with its quietly conversational style; even rigorous proofs seem natural and easy. Full of insights and intuition, reinforced with many examples, numerical projects, and exercises, this book by a prize-winning mathematician and great teacher fully lives up to the author's reputation. I give it my strongest possible recommendation."" —Jim Gatheral, Baruch College""I happen to be of a different persuasion, about how stochastic processes should be taught to undergraduate and MA students. But I have long been thinking to go against my own grain at some point and try to teach the subject at this level—together with its applications to finance—in one semester. Louis-Pierre Arguin's excellent and artfully designed text will give me the ideal vehicle to do so."" —Ioannis Karatzas, Columbia University, New YorkTable of Contents Basic notions of probability Gaussian processes Properties of Brownian motion Martingales Ito calculus Multivariate Ito calculus Ito processes and stochastic differential equations The Markov property Change of probability Applications to mathematical finance Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRest. Reflect. Restore. Reset.Would you like to make a fresh start? To move forward feeling happier and healthier, and to fill your days with meaningful experiences?Resetting your life doesn't have to mean uprooting your entire existence. In fact, making just a few small changes every day can make a big impact. Filled with helpful prompts, tips and activities, How to Reset will take you on a gentle but powerful journey - to rediscover yourself, your passions and your principles.From reflecting on your past to visualizing your future, the practical advice in these pages will help transform your mindset and reshape your life. Whether you want to refresh your relationships, choose a new career path or simply have a little more time for your hobbies and loved ones, these easy-to-follow tips give you the tools you need to take control, move forward with purpose and enjoy life to the full each and every day.

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Book SynopsisFrom the best-selling children''s picture book Superworm by author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Alex Scheffler, we bring you the wiggly, squiggly superhero Superworm Soft Toy. With over 450,000 books sold in the UK alone, Superworm was first published in 2016 and continues to be a family favourite, with its story being made into an animation which can be seen on BBC One. Our Superworm Soft Toy sits perfectly in his unique coiled position with a mixture of corduroy and soft plush material. Sitting prettily on top of Superworm is the bee and the butterfly from the story, keeping him company. This is 100% official merchandise with Superworm Soft Toy measuring 20 cm.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"These are not stories for readers who want a fictionalized world to roll out smoothly before them. These are stories about characters who live in an enigmatic world, who transform as their world simultaneously changes." * Litro Magazine *"The Birth of Emma K. sucks you in, whirls you around, and then, much like Emma K. herself, spits you out into a world that is complex and harsh, yet compelling and seductive—bounded by forces beyond our control, but in which we must inevitably take part. Like life itself, this collection will at times leave you dazed and confused, but craving more." * Asymptote *Table of Contents1. God on Gellert Hill 2. Daphne 3. Chestnut 4. Like a Shaggy Ink Cap Mushroom 5. At the Western Gate 6. Open Lesson 7. The Story of Money 8. Loneliness 9. Before Midnight 10. Madhouse 11. The Cloister of Sanctuary 12. The Birth of Emma K.

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Book SynopsisThe contributors to Re-Understanding Media advance a feminist version of Marshall McLuhan’s key text, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, repurposing his insight that “the medium is the message” for feminist ends.Trade Review“This brilliant collection thrillingly updates and interrogates Marshall McLuhan’s work, with abundant insights from feminist and critical race studies. Starting from the insight that ‘the medium is the message,’ Re-Understanding Media refuses the idea of technology as a mere tool, instead showing how it is a structuring form of power—from incubators to platform heels to facial recognition scanners. A challenging and important book.” -- Rosalind Gill, City, University of London“Correcting the lack of feminist and critical race considerations in the body of work of media ecologist Marshall McLuhan, [Re-Understanding Media] explores the gender and racial power dynamics inherent in media technology. . . . The various modes of analyses presented—such as semiotic analysis, autoethnography, and interviews—also demonstrate the breadth of methodologies used in feminist and critical race media studies. Highly recommended.” -- K. Gentles-Peart * Choice *"Re-Understanding Media’s rich provocations to the field and its foundations make it a work of clear and compelling interest for media theorists and feminist scholars, artists, and activists in and outside the academy—if not, perhaps, a heartening read for devoted disciples of McLuhan." -- Eden Rea-Hedrick * The Communication Review *Table of ContentsPreface: The Centre on the Margins / Sarah Sharma vii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: A Feminist Medium Is the Message / Sarah Sharma 1 Part I. Retrieving McLuhan's Media 1. Transporting Blackness: Black Materialist Media Theory / Armond R. Towns 23 2. Sidewalks of Concrete and Code / Shannon Mattern 36 3. Hardwired / Nicholas Taylor 51 4. Textile, the Uneasy Medium / Ganaele Langlois 68 Part II. Thinking with McLuhan: An Invitation 5. Dear Incubator / Sara Martel 87 6. Wifesaver: Tupperware and the Unfortunate Spoils of Containment / Brooke Erin Duffy and Jeremy Packer 98 7. “Will Miss File Misfile?” The Filing Cabinet, Automatic Memory, and Gender / Craig Robertson 119 8. Computers Made of Paper, Genders Made of Cards / Cait McKinney 142 9. Sky High: Platforms and the Feminist Politics of Visibility / Rianka Singh and Sarah Banet-Weiser 163 Part III. Media after McLuhan 10. Scanning for Black Data: A Conversation with Nasma Ahmed and Ladan Siad / Sarah Sharma and Rianka Singh 179 11. 3D Printing and Digital Colonialism: A Conversation with Morehshin Allahyari / Sarah Sharma and Rianka Singh 192 12. Toward a Media Theory of the Digital Bundle: A Conversation with Jennifer Wemigwans / Sarah Sharma 208 Afterword: After McLuhan / Wendy Hui Kyong Chun 225 Bibliography 233 Contributors 255 Index 259

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Book SynopsisOver the course of 9 lessons featuring guided study, Bible passages, and discussion questions, this companion to the book Rediscover Church emphasizes the significance of face-to-face fellowship with the family of Christ.

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Book SynopsisJoyful and empowering with vibrant illustrations throughout, this guided journal encourages readers to accept, love, and appreciate their body as it is. Body positivity advocate Virgie Tovar shares the role of journaling in her own relationship to her body and offers writing prompts; visual prompts that include drawing, coloring, connecting the dots, and more; as well as inspiring short essays. Anyone looking to shed body shame and judgment and embrace acceptance and positivity will appreciate the range of activities, insightful guidance, uplifting tone, and fun, inclusive artwork that celebrates bodies of every shape and size.

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Book SynopsisWalking through the Bible's teaching, Sam Storms helps believers find freedom, joy, and peace in knowing what God has done (and will never do) with their sin through the redemptive sacrifice of Jesus.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an intimate portrait of early twentieth-century Harbin, a city in Manchuria where Russian colonialists, and later refugees from the Revolution, met with Chinese migrants. The deep social and intellectual fissures between the Russian and Chinese worlds were matched by a multitude of small efforts to cross the divide as the city underwent a wide range of social and political changes. Using surviving letters, archival photographs, and rare publications, this book also tells the personal story of a forgotten city resident, Baron Roger Budberg, a physician who, being neither Russian nor Chinese, nevertheless stood at the very centre of the cross-cultural divide in Harbin. The biography of an important city, fleshing out its place in the global history of East-West contacts and twentieth-century diasporas, this book is also the history of an individual life and an original experiment in historical writing. Trade Review"This is a fascinating and well-researched exploration of the Russian [and] Chinese cultural encounter in Harbin, based on the extensive use of sources in both Russian and Chinese." -- Austin Jersild, Old Dominion University * H-Soz-Kult *"Specialists will draw much eclectic material about Harbin from Gamsa and enjoy the author’s often insightful ideas about cross-cultural contact and more." -- David Wolff, Hokkaido University * Slavic Review *"There are many reasons to like this book. The writing is elegant, with frequent memorable turns of phrase. The research in Russian, Chinese, and European-language sources is deep and rich, and Gamsa’s feel for his subject is remarkable. One senses on every page his balanced affection for Harbin and even for Budberg, despite his frankness about their many shared imperfections." -- Willard Sunderland, University of Cincinnati * Journal of Modern History *“The book builds on impressive research, contains stimulating discussions of the relationship between biography and general history, and thus deserves to be read not only as the story of a remarkable man but also, more broadly, as a fascinating attempt to understand the life of an individual in the context of his multicultural environment.” -- Stig Thøgersen, Aarhus University * H-Net Reviews *“Harbin: A Cross-Cultural Biography is a remarkable feat of research across multiple languages and archives, as well as a compellingly original, stylishly written, and surprisingly intimate book.” -- Edward Tyerman, University of California, Berkeley * Twentieth-Century China *"The book is a masterful analysis of the consequences that traumatic shifts in power relations could have for the life of individuals." -- N. Pianciola, Nazarbayev University * Slavonic and East European Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1. Of Ethnicity and Identity 2. Beginnings 3. Intermediaries and Channels of Communication 4. A Chinese-German Flower 5. Daily Life in a Mixed City 6. Trials and Endings 7. Russians and Chinese under Japanese Rule 8. Kharbintsy and Ha’erbin ren Epilogue: The General and the Particular Notes Glossary of Chinese Terms Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword Lisa Stevenson | vii Introduction: Imagistic Inquiries: Old Age, Intimate Others, and Care Lone Grøn and Cheryl Mattingly | 1 The Gift: An Imagistic Critical Phenomenology Cheryl Mattingly | 31 Virtuous Aging in Uncanny Moral Worlds: Being Old and Kyrgyz in the Absence of the Young Maria Louw | 59 “Yeah . . . Yeah”: Imagistic Signatures and Responsive Events in a Danish Dementia Ward Lone Grøn | 83 On the Silent Anarchy of Intimacy: Images of Alterity, Openness, and Sociality in Life with Dementia Rasmus Dyring | 109 Together Apart: Fence Work in Landscapes of Relationality, Old Age, and Care in the Ik Mountains Lotte Meinert | 137 Imagining Self and Other: Carers, TV, and Touch Harmandeep Kaur Gill | 163 Virtues and Vexations: Intimate Others Caring for Elders in Eastern Uganda Susan Reynolds Whyte | 187 The Staircase: The Ethics of “Transcendence and Height” in Welfare Care Helle Sofie Wentzer | 209 The Drawing Underneath Maria Speyer | 229 Afterword: These Images Burn Robert Desjarlais | 251 List of Contributors | 261 Index | 265

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Book SynopsisThe Waverley Thistle Large Tartan cloth hardback (21 x 13cm) Notebook has 192 pages cream FSC acid-free paper, from sustainable forests and boards made from 100% recycled paper. The tartan colours are deep purple and green, with turquoise blue, dark burgundy, and dark charcoal. Left hand side page blank, right hand side page ruled. Made with Kinloch Anderson-designed cloth woven in mills in Great Britain. Pocket at the back for enclosures. Bookmark with history of tartan on one side and brief story of the tartan design on the other. Leaflet with map of Scotland, explanation of the history of tartan.

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Book SynopsisNonlinear algebra provides modern mathematical tools to address challenges arising in the sciences and engineering. It is useful everywhere, where polynomials appear: in particular, data and computational sciences, statistics, physics, optimization. The book offers an invitation to this broad and fast-developing area.Table of Contents Polynomial rings Varieties Solving and decomposing Mapping and projecting Linear spaces and Grassmannians Nullstellensatze Tropical algebra Toric varieties Tensors Representation theory Invariant theory Semidefinite programming Combinatorics Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMaya Angelou's Guide to Hope is an illustrated guide to how we can all spread a little more hope.Including 50 simple acts, from giving words of encouragement to extending a helping hand or spending time with someone, and accompanying illustrations featuring Maya herself, this book helps us to always keep hope alive.Maya's life is a rich and remarkable one – a tale filled with strength, hardship and, above all else, hope. She used her voice to overcome prejudice and difficulty, becoming an inspiration to those around her as well as future generations.This book takes the lead from Maya, helping us to change ourselves and the world around us for the better.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize, Georgetown Center for the Constitution""Finalist for the George Washington Prize, Washington College, the Gilder Lehrman Institute, and George Washington’s Mount Vernon"

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Book SynopsisIt's time to meet your new superheroesDiscover the fascinating stories behind 38 iconic people of colour, all of them ground-breakers, risk-takers and game-changers. Whether they are activists, athletes, scientists or superstars, every one of them has been a trailblazer in their field and has paved the way for future change. It's time these individuals took centre stage and had their achievements celebrated the world over.This book will introduce you to some of the most influential people of colour from across the globe and throughout history, including several modern-day icons.Among others, you will learn about the incredible lives and achievements of:- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez- Barack Obama- Chadwick Boseman- Florence Price- Jimi Hendrix- Kamala Harris- Laverne Cox- Malala Yousafzai- Maria Tallchief- RuPaulEach inspiring profile also features a bespoke illustration.Be empowered and inspired by their extraordinary stories, their awesome accomplishments and their words of wisdom in this pocketbook of remarkable people.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“The lucidity of Daniel’s razor-sharp prose is surpassed only by the boldness and sensitivity of his thought. Joy of the Worm resists the easy logic of secularization, whereby classical valorization and Christian condemnation of self-killing sequentially give way to a modern understanding of suicide as a cry for help. Instead, Daniel attunes us to materialist understandings and aesthetic representations of self-destruction in which cruelty and tenderness, sorrow and mirth, ugliness and beauty mingle conceptually and tonally. Daniel’s meticulous and humane readings attune us to a complex affective and social landscape surrounding suicide.” * Melissa E. Sanchez, University of Pennsylvania *“What happens if we take seriously the failed seriousness of literary scenes of self-killing? ‘Joy within death’ is the ambit of Daniel’s revelatory book, which gathers instances on both sides of Thomas Browne’s Religio Medici (1643)—the work that debuted the word ‘suicide’—to show this ‘contrary aesthetic tendency’ accreting generic force. By reckoning with the levity that animates the choice not to bear what must be borne, Joy of the Worm offers a brilliant and necessary meditation on the resources early modernity furnishes for finding pleasure in an age of destruction and setting down the burden of false hope.” * Ellen MacKay, University of Chicago *“Joy of the Worm is a brilliant, deeply thoughtful, conceptually agile, ethically serious, and surprisingly funny work. Before the emergence of suicide as the pathologized act we currently understand it to be, self-killing enabled a wider set of affective and aesthetic responses. Alert to the difficulty of this topic, Daniel moves deftly back and forth between our twenty-first-century present and the early modern past so that we can understand our own assumptions for what they are: historically contingent ways of framing and perhaps diminishing a fundamental human possibility.” * Timothy M. Harrison, author of 'Coming To: Consciousness and Natality in Early Modern England' *"The book is rich with references to literary critics, philosophers, and thinkers both ancient and modern; present-day thinking about suicide; and aspects of current popular culture but is always accessible and easy to follow. Undergraduates will find the sections on Hamlet and Antony and Cleopatra especially enlightening. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *"This monograph is of value to students and teachers of early modern literature and culture, yet no review can adequately encapsulate the experience of reading it. Like the joy of the worm, the book itself evades the expected experience of its genre (the academic monograph) and instead offers—less dramatically than self-killing but with notable acuity—the indulgence of playful prose and the invitation to ponder life and death with indecorous delight. Many of its findings enlighten us about living as much as about dying." * Review of English Studies *"Drawing on intellectual and literary history, Daniel explores how voluntary death - distinguishing between suicide and self-killing - in literature goes beyond tragedy." * Renaissance and Reformation *"It is a testament to the sheer brilliance of Drew Daniel’s new book—and by 'brilliance' I mean not only its impressive intelligence but also the delightful sparkle of its prose—that I found myself, while reading it, frequently giggling with glee over his meditations on the topic of [suicide] . . . Above all else — even beyond the persuasiveness of its arguments and sharp-eyed close readings — the enjoyment the book generates stems largely from the wit and eloquence of its writing." * Modern Philology *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Renaissance Self-Finishing Chapter 1 Failed Seriousness in the Old Arcadia and Gallathea Chapter 2 Slapstick and Synapothanumenon in Antony and Cleopatra Chapter 3 Trolling Decorum in Hamlet and Timon of Athens Chapter 4 The Open Window in Biathanatos Interlude Inventing Suicide in Religio Medici Chapter 5 A Cartoon about Suicide Prevention in Paradise Lost Chapter 6 Smiling at Daggers in Cato, a Tragedy Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewToward a Sound Ecology places many of Titon's key writings that were foundational to the development of ethnomusicology, as well as the subfield of ecomusicology, and continue to influence the field in one location where they can be in dialogue with one another. The reader can trace the trajectory of Titon's intellectual contributions to the discipline and his work with his fieldwork communities through the volume's clear chronological organization and thematic groupings. -- Kate Galloway, Wesleyan UniversityTiton is unquestionably one of the more important ethnomusicologists of the 20th century, providing leadership and direction in the field as it navigates and develops along various axes of inquiry. . . . Toward a Sound Ecology is a welcome contribution to the field of ethnomusicology and a valuable resource. -- David A. McDonald, Indiana UniversityToward a Sound Ecology offers not only a retrospective on shifting thought in ethnomusicology throughout the length of Titon's career but also suggestions about where it may go in the future. Titon's book is a fascinating character study that shows the evolution of his thinking, situated within real-world ethnographic and biographical specifics, and proposes future expansions for the field in its current state. Each of the essays can be excerpted and used out of context for a variety of purposes, but the book as a whole serves as an excellent refresher on the field as a whole, as well as a suggestion of what it may soon become. -- Julianne Graper * Journal of Folklore Research *Table of ContentsIllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction I. Field Work: Folklore and Ethnomusicology 1. The Life Story 2. Ethnomusicology as the Study of People Making Music3. Text 4. Knowing Fieldwork 5. Applied Ethnomusicology: A Descriptive and Historical AccountII: Cultural and Musical Sustainability 6. 'The Real Thing': Tourism, Authenticity, and Pilgrimage among the Old Regular Baptists at the 1997 Smithsonian Folklife Festival7. Music and Sustainability: An Ecological Viewpoint8. Sustainability, Resilience, Adaptive Management, and Applied EthnomusicologyIII: Toward a Sound Ecology 9. A Sound Commons for All Living Creatures10. The Nature of Ecomusicology11. Thoreau's Ear12. The Sound of Climate Change13. Sustainability and a Sound EcologyNotes References Selected List of Publications by Jeff Todd Titon Index

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Book SynopsisA fascinating book full of legendary monsters and mythical creatures, packed with tall tales and great deeds. The book includes dragons, trolls, mermaids and werewolves, as well as astounding and unique beasts such as the Minotaur and Pegasus from Ancient Greece, and Jormundgandr the world serpent of Norse legend.

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Book SynopsisAndy Warhol Selfies 1000 Piece Puzzle features a collage of the artist''s famous self-portrait Polaroid photographs. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. An insert of the full puzzle image is included in the box.- Box Size: 8 x 8 x 2.5, 203 x 203 x 63 mm- Puzzle Size: 20 x 27, 508 x 685 mm- Includes Puzzle Insert

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Book SynopsisWalk a llama. Fly a kite. Go star gazing. Ride a steam train. Row a boat. Watch a waterfall. Wonder at life and all its beautiful moments because you only get one chance at it.Discover new ways to broaden your horizons and reach for life-affirming experiences, then record them in these pages. Collect Moments, Not Things will help you break away from a digital existence and create a fulfilled, exciting and happy life.

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Book SynopsisOn 1 January 1943, with German Sixth Army about to be destroyed in the Stalingrad pocket, the Stavka (Soviet High Command) launched Operation Don, a strategic offensive aimed at demolishing German defenses in the southern Soviet Union. This book is the first detailed study of this crucial but virtually overlooked Soviet military operation.

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Book SynopsisFeaturing a timely and diverse cross-section of frequently targeted titles, complete with many quotes and comments from authors whose works have been challenged, this book will be an important tool for library managers, children's and YA librarians, and teachers.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword by Richard Rechtman | ix Introduction | 1 Part I: Loss and Awakenings | 35 Interlude 1: Affliction and War in the Domestic | 61 Part II: A Future in Kinship, a Future in Language | 65 Interlude 2: Homeward Bound | 87 Part III: The Kids | 93 Interlude 3: Siblings and the Scene of Inheritance | 119 Part IV: Mother Tongue | 125 Epilogue: Seeing Like a Child | 153 Acknowledgments | 157 Notes | 161 Works Cited | 167

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Book SynopsisFollows the human person's journey to union with God in the theologies of Saint Bonaventure and Saint Thomas Aquinas. The book argues that these seminal thinkers of the 13th Century emphasize scriptural notions of divine rewards as ordering principles for the graced movement of human viators to eternal life.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Viviana Zelizer Award for Best Book, Economic Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association""Honorable Mention for the Theory Prize, Theory Section of the American Sociological Association"

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Book SynopsisIn A People and a Nation, the authors, most of whom are themselves Metis, offer readers a set of lenses through which to consider the complexity of historical and contemporary Métis nationhood and peoplehood. Trade ReviewThis is an important text, which has been carefully edited to bring disparate voices together in a way that creates a resonance. -- Lyle Ford, University of Manitoba Libraries * Prairie History *This is a timely, potentially paradigm-shifting book. -- B. F. R. Edwards * CHOICE Connect *Table of ContentsIntroduction: A New Era of Métis Studies Scholarship / Chris Andersen and Jennifer Adese1 Peoplehood and the Nation Form: Core Concepts for a Critical Métis Studies / Chris Andersen2 The Power of Peoplehood: Reimagining Metis Relationships, Research, and Responsibilities / Robert L.A. Hancock3 The Race Question in Canada and the Politics of Racial Mixing / Daniel Voth4 Challenging a Racist Fiction: A Closer Look at Métis-First Nations Relations / Robert Alexander Innes5 Restoring the Balance: Métis Women and Contemporary Nationalist Political Organizing / Jennifer Adese6 Alcide Morrissette: Oral Histories of a Métis Man on the Prairies in the Mid-Twentieth Century / Jesse Thistle7 “We’re Still Here and Métis:” Rewriting the 1885 Resistance in Marilyn Dumont’s The Pemmican Eaters / June Scudeler8 Mary and the Métis: Religion as a Site for New Insight in Métis Studies / Paul L. Gareau9 Building the Field of Métis Studies: Toward Transformative and Empowering Métis Scholarship / Adam GaudryList of Contributors; Index

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