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Duke University Press Feminism and the Cinema of Experience
Book SynopsisFrom popular films like Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (2023) to Chantal Akerman’s avant-garde classic Jeanne Dielman (1975), feminist cinema can provoke discomfort. Ambivalence, stasis, horror, cringe—these and other affects refuse the resolution of feeling good or bad, leaving viewers questioning and disoriented. In Feminism and the Cinema of Experience, Lori Jo Marso examines how filmmakers scramble our senses to open up space for encountering and examining the political conditions of patriarchy, racism, and existential anxiety. Building on Akerman’s cinematic lexicon and Simone de Beauvoir’s phenomenological attention to the lives of girls and women, Marso analyzes film and television by directors ranging from Akerman, Gerwig, Mati Diop, Catherine Breillat, and Joey Soloway to Emerald Fennell, Michaela Coel, Audrey Diwan, Alice Diop, and Julia Ducournau. Through their innovative and intentional uses of camera, sound, editing, and new forms
£18.89
Moleskine Moleskine Large Ruled Notebook Go Pen Set
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Recent Toys Huzzle Cast Equa Puzzle Game
Book SynopsisWe have created a puzzle that takes on a ball-like shape of an astronomical model composed of a planet and a surrounding ring. The planet positioned tightly inside the ring looks as if it cannot be taken out, and all you can do with it is rotate it on its axis. Or is this really the case? The theme of the puzzle is 'heaven', made by Oskar of The Netherlands.
£15.95
Princeton University Press How Birds Evolve
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Crossway Books Faithful Theology
Book SynopsisThe first volume in the new Short Studies in Systematic Theology series explores why theology is important and how to derive good theology from Scripture.
£999.99
MP-MEL Melbourne University The Invention of Melbourne A Baroque Archbishop
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American Mathematical Society Women Who Count
Book SynopsisA children's activity book highlighting the lives and work of 29 African American women mathematicians, including Dr Christine Darden, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan from the award-winning book and movie Hidden Figures. This is a must-read for parents and children alike.Trade ReviewI applaud the author's creativity! This activity book is a unique way to expose children early to mathematical ideas and to a part of American history that is not readily accessible at a young age." - Dr. Sylvia T. Bozeman"Realize your 'Dream Job'. Then work to make that your reality!" - Dr. Christine Darden"Diversity of representative images of Black women in all facets of life is so important for all. Thank you to Shelly Jones for providing a platform to celebrate the contributions of Black women to mathematics." - Dr. Candice Price"Once you have learned to think as a mathematician, in a structured and strategic manner, you can solve all kinds of problems. This activity book is the beginning toolbox for aspiring problem solvers!" - Dr. Shree Whitaker Taylor"The work Dr. Jones is doing is essential to promoting awareness and inclusion in the mathematical sciences." - Dr. Christina Eubanks-Turner"This is a great endeavor! I'm looking forward to meeting the kids inspired by the book!" - Dr. Chelsea Walton"The Euler Paths activity. Love it; a fun challenge." - Teacher"The Quadrilateral Transformations activity has students making predictions and checking their own work. Love this activity!" - TeacherTable of Contents The firsts The pioneers The un-hidden figures The contemporary firsts Selected activity answer keys References About the author About the illustrator Photo credits.
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John Wiley & Sons The Creative Classroom Innovative Teaching for
Book SynopsisPresents an original, compelling vision of schools where teaching and learning are centered on creativity. Drawing on the latest research and his studies of jazz and improvised theater, Sawyer describes curricula and classroom practices that will help educators get started with a new style of teaching - guided improvisation.Table of Contents Foreword Tony Wagner Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Teaching Creative Knowledge 2. Teaching Creative Knowledge Creative Knowledge and Shallow Knowledge Moving Beyond the Coverage Trap The Noisy Library: Learning Creativity and State Standards Creative Habits of Mind Creative Knowledge in Math, Science, and History Teaching for Creativity in Every Subject 3. Guided Improvisation Learning to Improvise Improvisation is an Ensemble Art Improv Techniques for Teachers When Teachers Need to Break the Rules Lesson Planning for Guided Improvisation Scaffolding: Balancing Structure and Improvisation Summary 4. Mastering the Teaching Paradox Scaffolding: The Structures of Guided Improvisation Project-Based Learning and the Teaching Paradox Different Balances of Structure and Improvisation From Novice Teacher to Expert Improviser Pedagogical Content Knowledge Conclusion 5. Schools for creativity What Creative Schools Look Like A Case Study: Keels Elementary Conclusion 6. A Call to Action References Index About the Author
£27.16
Knock Knock Em Friends Hustle Pouch
Book SynopsisYou''ve got a filthy mouth and an attitude, but damn, your shit is organized.-Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.5- 100% cotton canvas pouch-Cotton lining-Gold zipper with fabric tab-Design is printed on both sides of the pouch
£999.99
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Those Who Know Dont Say The Nation of Islam the
Book SynopsisChallenging incarceration and policing was central to the postwar Black Freedom Movement. In this bold new political and intellectual history of the Nation of Islam, Garrett Felber centres the Nation in the Civil Rights Era and the making of the modern carceral state.Trade ReviewShows that police departments steeped in cultures of bigotry, and a judicial system that promotes punishment over rehabilitation, were harsh in responding to black protest movements, many of them led by the Nation of Islam. . . . An impressive academic investigation and an appealing contribution to black American history." —Foreword
£22.75
University of Texas Press Beyond Market Value A Memoir of Book Collecting
Book SynopsisA fascinating memoir by a passionate bibliophile and pioneering venture capitalist.Trade ReviewA pleasure to read. * Fine Books Magazine *Table of Contents Prologue: Random Reflections on Collecting and Collectors An Auction at Sotheby’s First Acquisition: “A Song for Simeon” Books of Childhood Palgrave’s Golden Treasury Growing Up Early Collecting California and Collecting Detours Finding a Focus Ulysses The Importance of Cyril Connolly’s Modern Movement List Beginning the Connolly Collection Venture Capital Investing Books, Book Dealers, and Literary Associations The French Modern Movement: Du côté de chez Swann Friends of Cyril Connolly: Sir Harold Acton Literary High Spots, The Great Gatsby, and the Modern Book as Currency Buying at Auction: The Anthony Hobson Sale Terre des hommes: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Turn of the Century and the First Dot-Com Bubble French Bibliomania and the Rise and Fall of the Société Aristophil Acceleration: Completion of the Connolly List Hubris The Sale The End of the World? New Horizons Epilogue: The Point of It All Appendix Index
£23.39
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Buddha in the Marketplace The Commodification of
Book SynopsisClassical Tibetan Buddhist scriptures forbid the selling of Buddhist objects, and yet there is today a thriving market for Buddhist statues, paintings, and texts. In Buddha in the Marketplace, Alex John Catanese investigates this practice, which continues to be viewed as a form of ""wrong livelihood"" by modern Tibetan Buddhist scholars.Trade Review"A work of breadth and depth, this book touches on key issues in the study of the commodification of religious objects, the production of Buddhist art, patronage practices in premodern Tibet, and cultural tourism in minority areas of China today. It offers salient insights into the transformation and adaptation of Buddhist values and objects in contemporary Tibet. The book will be invaluable to those studying cultural tourism, Buddhist material culture, and minorities in China."
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Rutgers University Press Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People Colonialism
Book SynopsisSalmon and Acorns Feed Our People: Colonialism, Nature and Social Action draws upon nearly two decades of examples and insight from Karuk experiences on the Klamath River to illustrate how the ecological dynamics of settler-colonialism are essential for theorizing gender, race and social power today.Trade Review"Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People is a wake-up call for social scientists. Through an intensive analysis of Karuk experiences, Professor Norgaard shows the artificiality of nature-social divide. With passion and commitment, she demonstrates the interconnectedness of all systems (environment, health, gender, race, emotions, and political power). I highly recommend this book." -- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva * Duke University, Past-president, American Sociological Association *"Transformative for environmental justice! So many powerful relationships have created a lasting, generous and complex book, connecting ecology, culture, food, history and self-determination. Cutting in her critique of colonial power, Norgaard shows powerfully what sociology and ally-ship can achieve when responsibility and accountability are centered." -- Kyle Powys Whyte * Professor and Timnick Chair, Michigan State University *"Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People is a terrific book that impressively brings together seemingly far-flung concepts in thoughtful ways. Norgaard makes an insightful argument about how ‘nature’ functions within race-making, weaving sociological theories into an interdisciplinary project that is also empirically driven. My congratulations to the author on a fantastic contribution to sociology." -- Lisa Sun- Hee Park * author of The Slums of Aspen: Immigrants vs. the Environment in America’s Eden *"What a gift! Kari Norgaard’s Salmon and Acorns Feed our People illustrates in unflinching detail how the environmental degradation wrought by settler colonization must be seen as a form of violence while simultaneously revealing the Karuk’s complex knowledge and life-affirming worldview. Given the environmental crisis and our refusal to acknowledge the ballast of empire, this book is required reading." -- Laura Pulido * co-author of A People's Guide to Los Angeles *"Norgaard provide us with a powerful example of sociological research that centers the needs and priorities of Indigenous communities; the rich collaborative analyses support Indigenous resistance to colonialism." -- Michelle M. Jacob * author of Yakama Rising: Indigenous Cultural Revitalization, Activism, and Healing *"Kari Norgaard has produced a truly insightful and urgent analysis of how indigenous peoples resist racial formation and settler-colonialism, while practicing environmental justice and food sovereignty. This book is an extraordinary intervention and charts an urgently needed and timely path forward for the environmental social sciences and racial/ethnic studies." -- David Naguib Pellow * author of What is Critical Environmental Justice? and Dehlsen Chair of Environmental Studies, UC San *"Colonization, Fire Suppression, and Indigenous Resurgence in the Face of Climate Change" excerpt of Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People in Yes! Magazine https://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/fire-climate-change-indigenous-colonization-20191021 * Yes! Magazine *"What western states can learn from Native American wildfire management strategies" by Kari Mari Norgaard and Sara Worl https://theconversation.com/what-western-states-can-learn-from-native-american-wildfire-management-strategies-120731 * The Conversation *"Kari Marie Norgaard's 'Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People'" https://page99test.blogspot.com/2019/10/kari-marie-norgaards-salmon-and-acorns.html * The Page 99 Test *"Pg. 99: Kari Marie Norgaard's 'Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People'" http://americareads.blogspot.com/2019/10/pg-99-kari-marie-norgaards-salmon-and.html * Campaign for the American Reader *"The particular points on which Kari Marie Norgaard alights have truly needed to be discussed aloud for a long time....In being able to break it down and have discussions, [readers] could learn a lot about [them]selves, where we each fit into a wildly altered landscape, and how we can go forward together as a tribe, practicing pikyav as fix-the-world people." * News for Native California *"On indigenous land management, and a space beyond colonialism," interview with Kari Marie Norgaard https://thisishell.com/interviews/1117-kari-marie-norgaard * This is Hell! podcast *"This book is a beacon from which to discover Indigenous theorists such as Nick Estes, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, and Winona LaDuke, and poets such as Sherwin Bitsui, Kim Shuck, and Jake Skeets. At its core, this is a deeply argued book that explicates the Karuk’s ethos of caring interconnectivity, while pushing each reader to grapple with the depth of settler colonialism. Further, it demands that we all—scholars, writers, readers—take this reality seriously in beginning to address the destruction and violence undergirding the United States." * Orion Magazine *Sydney Environment Institute podcast with Professor Kari Marie Norgaard http://sydney.edu.au/environment-institute/publications/salmon-and-acorns-feed-our-people/ * Sydney Environment Institute podcast *"Short Takes: Latest titles of interest from alumni and faculty authors." https://issuu.com/uomarketingcommunications/docs/final_oq_winter_2020 * Oregon Quarterly *"A comprehensive and well-organized presentation of data and analyses that demonstrate how the legitimization of racial categories is directly connected to changes in the physical land....This book is an example of how sociology can grow and expand in both research and theory practices, opening the door to more comprehensive understandings of social relations and structures." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"Kari Marie Norgaard’s Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People is an important guide to achieving this goal skillfully. Norgaard conscientiously connects readers to Karuk epistemologies and illustrates them in the lessons she has drawn over nearly two decades of research and advocacy work with members of the Karuk community, whose ancestral lands stretch along the Klamath River in northern California. Her commitment to legally establishing the book’s copyright with the Karuk Tribe is one I hope other non-Native researchers collaborating with Indigenous peoples will make a standard practice." * Monthly Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction One: Mutual Constructions of Race and Nature on the Klamath Two: Ecological Dynamics of Settler Colonialism: Smokey Bear and Fire Suppression as Colonial Violence Three: Research as Resistance: Food, Relationships and the Links Between Environmental and Human Health Four: Environmental Decline and Changing Gender Practices: What Happens to Karuk Masculinity When There Are No Fish? What Happens to Karuk Femininity When There Are No Acorns? Five: Emotions of Environmental Decline: Karuk Cosmologies, Emotions and Environmental Justice Conclusion: Climate Change as a Strategic Opportunity? Methodological Appendix Acknowledgements Bibliography
£105.40
University of Illinois Press Defining Girlhood in India
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Ashwini Tambe’s Defining Girlhood in India is eloquently written, empirically grounded, and persuasively argued." --Journal of Women's History"By employing a transnational feminist lens to investigate sexual maturity laws that informed the idea of girlhood, this book represents a significant contribution to the field of girlhood studies." --Contemporary South Asia "Defining Girlhood weaves an otherwise rich and extensive tale of the 'girl child' as a rapidly morphing but always potent signifier in Indian and international politics." --Journal of Asian Studies "Defining Girlhood in India emerges as a well-timed and much-needed genealogy of the girl child as a political subject. . . . Beautifully written and organized." --Progress in Development Studies
£17.99
John Wiley & Sons Getting to Know You
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£29.45
McGill-Queen's University Press Saturn and Melancholy Studies in the History of
Book SynopsisAn augmented edition of the famed Warburgian interdisciplinary study on saturnine melancholy.Trade Review"The majestic Saturn and Melancholy represents a unique interdisciplinary collaboration among three leading humanists of the twentieth century. One of the most venerable and momentous books ever written in the field of Renaissance studies, this new edition is a cause for celebration by scholars and interested readers alike." Laurinda Dixon, Syracuse University"The reissue of Saturn and Melancholy is a major event that scholars worldwide have long been waiting for: almost as great an achievement as its original publication." Davide Stimilli, University of Colorado Boulder"I do not believe that the Warburgian spirit has ever been better illustrated." Robert Klein, Mercure de France
£51.30
John Wiley & Sons Jewish Giving Philanthropy and the Shaping of
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£31.50
Liverpool University Press The Vanishing Spoorloos
Book SynopsisAt the 1989 Sydney Film Festival, George Sluizer's little-known independent film, The Vanishing, was an unexpected hit, winning the festival's audience award and gaining accolades at other international film festivals.
£53.19
MK - Stanford University Press Absolute Ethical Life Aristotle Hegel and Marx
Book SynopsisKarl Marx gave us not just a critique of the political economy of capital but a way of confronting the impoverished ethical quality of life we face under capitalism. Interpreting Marx anew as an ethical thinker, Absolute Ethical Life provides crucial resources for understanding how freedom and rational agency are impacted by a social world formed by value under capitalism, with consequences for philosophy today. Michael Lazarus situates Marx within a shared tradition of ethical inquiry, placing him in close dialogue with Aristotle and Hegel. Lazarus traces the ethical and political dimensions of Marx's work missed by Hannah Arendt and Alasdair MacIntyre, two of the most profound critics of modern politics and ethics. Ultimately, the book claims that Marx's value-form theory is both a continuation of Aristotelian and Hegelian themes and at the same time his most distinctive theoretical achievement. In this normative interpretation of Marx, Lazarus integrates recent moral philosophy with a historically specific analysis of capitalism as a social form of life. He challenges contemporary political and economic theory to insist that any conception of modern life needs to account for capitalism. With a robust critique of capitalism derived from the determinations of what Marx calls the "form of value," Lazarus argues for an ethical life beyond capital.
£21.59
University of Texas Press Her Cup for Sweet Cacao
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John Wiley & Sons Rethinking Chronic Absenteeism Why Schools Cant Solve It Alone
£26.96
Pluto Press Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine
Book SynopsisReveals a little-known history of 1917: the Ukrainian anarcho-communist MakhnovistsTrade Review'Utilising numerous sources, some only recently available, Colin Darch produces an admirably lucid account of complex events, supported by penetrating analysis' -- Gary Littlejohn, author of 'A Sociology of the Soviet Union' (1984)'A timely and welcome contribution. Detailed and balanced, Darch's narrative succumbs to neither a romanticisation nor demonisation of Makhno. Readers will encounter a multifaceted Makhno attempting to navigate his movement through the furies of revolution and civil war' -- Sean Patterson, author of 'Makhno and Memory: Anarchist and Mennonite Narratives of Ukraine’s Civil War, 1917-1921''Before Rojava, before Spain, there was Ukraine. Darch's brilliant study recovers the intertwined stories of the anarchist Nestor Makhno, factory worker and son of freed serfs, and the revolution that swept Ukraine. This highly recommended study of an epic time shows another revolution was possible’ -- Lucien van der Walt, Professor of Economic & Industrial Sociology, Rhodes UniversityTable of ContentsList of Maps List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements The Deep Roots of Rural Discontent: Guliaipole, 1905–17 The Turning Point: Organising Resistance to the German Invasion, 1918 Brigade Commander and Partisan: Makhno’s Campaigns against Denikin, January–May 1919 Betrayal in the Heat of Battle? The Red–Black Alliance Falls Apart, May–September 1919 The Long March West and the Battle at Peregonovka Red versus White, Red versus Green: The Bolsheviks Assert Control The Last Act: Alliance at Starobel’sk, Wrangel’s Defeat, and Betrayal at Perekop The Bitter Politics of the Long Exile: Romania, Poland, Germany, and France, 1921–34 Why Anarchism? Why Ukraine? Contextualising Makhnovshchina Epilogue: The Reframing of Makhno for the Twenty-First Century Notes Index
£21.84
SPCK - Crossway ESV Childrens Bible TruTone Coral
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University of Toronto Press Experiencing Medieval Art
Book SynopsisAcross the nine thematic chapters of Experiencing Medieval Art, renowned art historian Herbert L. Kessler considers functional objects as well as paintings and sculptures; the circumstances, processes, and materials of production; the conflictual relationship between art objects and notions of an ineffable deity; the context surrounding medieval art; and questions of apprehension, aesthetics, and modern presentation. He also introduces the exciting discoveries and revelations that have revolutionized contemporary understanding of medieval art and identifies the vexing challenges that still remain. With 16 color plates and 81 images in allincluding the stained glass of Chartres Cathedral, the mosaics of San Marco, and the Utrecht Psalter, as well as newly discovered works such as the frescoes in Rome’s aula gotica and a twelfth-century aquamanile in HildesheimExperiencing Medieval Art makes the complex history of medieval art accessible for students Trade Review"Incorporating abundant multilingual publications, this engaging study will serve as an indispensable reference book and catalyst for further inquiry. The figures and plates were well chosen and elaborated on throughout the work. It is laudatory that Kessler made such an encompassing study flow so seamlessly and invitingly." -- Elizabeth Marie Sandoval, Williams College Museum of Art * Journal of British Studies *"Experiencing Medieval Art taught me a great deal about medieval art. Its comprehensive index provides a useful starting point for doing research into individual topics like The Last Supper or a medium like stained glass and many more. Individual chapters might easily be assigned in an undergraduate classroom, or the work as a whole would serve any medievalist’s library well. It is an excellent resource for faculty wanting to speak more effectively about medieval material in their own classrooms." -- Christina Francis, Bloomsburg University * Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1. Object 2. Matter 3. Making 4. Spirit 5. Book 6. Church 7. Life (and Death) 8. Performance 9. Subject Epilogue Notes Photo Credits Index
£30.60
JOVIS Verlag Urbanism as Civic Art
Book SynopsisUrbanism as Civic Art presents essential expertise on the art of building cities. Showcasing 150 examples from over 70 German cities, it illustrates, analyzes, and compares a wide range of city spaces, courtyard spaces, plaza spaces, and street spaces. The book impressively documents the distinctive qualities of European cities: their beauty, durability, mixed usage, social diversity, density, and the clear separation between public and private space. Editor Christoph Mäckler builds on the foundations laid by early twentieth-century urban design pioneers such as Cornelius Gurlitt, Raymond Unwin, and Josef Stübben, offering a comprehensive framework for city planning. Featuring contributions by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Christoph Mäckler, Werner Oechslin, Alexander Pellnitz, Jan Pieper, Birgit Roth, Mirjam Schmidt, Wolfgang Sonne, Jürg Sulzer and Anne Pfeil, and Thomas Will The definitive guide to the foundations of urban design, now in English Comprehensive analysis of 150 case studies from 70 cities Outcome of decades of research at the Deutsches Institut für Stadtbaukunst
£65.88
University of Toronto Press The Holistic Curriculum Third Edition
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1988, The Holistic Curriculum addresses the problem of fragmentation in education through a connected curriculum of integrative approaches to teaching and learning. John P. Miller, author of more than seventeen books on holistic education, discusses the theoretical foundations of the holistic curriculum and particularly its philosophical, psychological, and social connections. Tracing the history of holistic education from its beginnings, this revised and expanded third edition features insights into Indigenous approaches to education while also expanding upon the six curriculum connections: subject, community, thinking, earth, body-mind, and soul. This edition also includes an introduction by leading Indigenous educator Greg Cajete as well as a dialogue between the author and Four Arrows, author of Teaching Truly, about the relationship between holistic education and Indigenous education.Table of ContentsPart One. Holistic Curriculum: The Context 1. Holistic Curriculum: The Why and the What 2. The Perennial Philosophy 3. The Psychological Context: The Unconditioned Self 4. The Social Context: An Ecological/Interdependent Perspective 5. Historical Background Part Two. Holistic Curriculum: Practice 6. Intuitive Connections 7. Body-Mind Connections 8. Subject Connections 9. Community Connections 10 Earth Connections 11. Soul Connections 12. Implementing and Evaluating the Holistic Curriculum
£29.70
John Wiley & Sons On Painting
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£98.60
John Wiley & Sons A History of Photography in Canada Volume 1
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£59.50
Tuttle Publishing Cool Blue Gift Wrapping Papers 6 sheets
Book SynopsisThese fine-quality tear-out wrapping sheets feature six Asian-inspired prints, suitable for craft projects as well as for gift wrapping. An introduction details the history and meaning behind the designs and provides some wrapping inspiration.
£8.80
Island Press Standing for Nature
Book SynopsisRights of Nature laws are becoming a vital tool for addressing environmental injustice. From New Zealand and India to Ecuador and Bolivia, advocates have successfully secured legal rights for rivers, forests, and mountains. Granting rights to nature has the potential to expand environmental protections, strengthen indigenous rights, promote sustainable development, and alter how humans relate to nature. Despite these promises, rights of Nature laws have met with greater resistance in some countries than in others. Standing for Nature offers advocates a blueprint for creating, implementing, and safeguarding rights of Nature laws. This book looks closely at four examples?New Zealand, Colombia, Bangladesh, and the United States?to explain why these laws have been successful in some places but not others. Through this comparative exploration, the authors highlight key strategies for advancing rights of Nature laws in the United States and around the world. These lessons include an examination of different legal traditions to better understand which is the best form of law?judicial, legislative, or regulatory?for advocates to target; how to ensure effective implementation once a law is passed; and how to shift communal perspectives on the human-Nature relationship for better implementation and enforcement.This book is essential for environmental lawyers, policy makers, and advocates interested in gaining new knowledge and tools for championing rights of Nature laws in their own communities.
£28.80
Indiana University Press Yiddish in Israel A History
Book Synopsis This book examines the development of Yiddish in the early state of Israel, charting its tensions with Hebrew culture and the culture of the Jewish Diaspora. The author is a senior scholar who works on Israeli history and culture. The book will find audiences in Israel studies, Jewish studies, Yiddish and Hebrew language studies. Trade ReviewThis is an important book for two reasons. First, it is a pioneering study on Yiddish in Israel, a topic that—for reasons that should be interrogated and explained—has not attracted much scholarly attention until recently. Second, the book is very well documented. It provides a wealth of information on Israeli Yiddish newspapers and journals, theater, academia, and other aspects of Yiddish and Israeli history. -- Shachar Pinsker - University of Michigan * AJS REVIEW *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsA Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Archival SignaturesIntroduction1. "Even the Stones Speak Hebrew": The Melting Pot, and Israel's Cultural Policy2. The Heart of Yiddish Culture: Yiddish Press 1948-19683. "We are Jewish Actors from the Diaspora": Yiddish Actors, Yiddish Theater, and the Jewish State, 1948–19654. "To Assemble the Scattered Spirit of Israel": High Yiddish Culture – Di goldene keyt and the Yiddish Chair at the Hebrew University5. "We Are Writing A New Chapter in Yiddish Literature":The literary Group Yung Yisroel and the Zionist Master Narrative6. "You No Longer Need to be Afraid to Love Yiddish": 1965, The Production of Di megile, and the Return of Eastern Europe to Israel's Collective Memory7. The End of the 20th Century: Private Memory, Collective Image and the Retreat from the 'Melting Pot'EpilogueBibliography
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Headline Publishing Group How to Fart at Work: Propel Yourself to Success
Book SynopsisFrom the toilet etiquette experts who brought you the global game-changer How to Poo at Work comes an equally essential guide: How to Fart at Work. Anyone who has ever worked in an office, or indeed any other enclosed space, has at one time or another been confronted with this gut-wrenching problem. Fortunately, Mats & Enzo have spent years studying this fragrant issue, occasionally putting themselves in highly dangerous situations armed only with a single gas mask for protection. With informative illustrations to help elucidate their findings, How to Fart at Work is a practical guide to solving every gaseous situation you might find yourself in. Whether you smelt it or you dealt it, Mats & Enzo's expert advice will allow you to not only smooth your way through any smelly moments, but they will even teach you how to further your career with flatulence! Table of ContentsChapters include: Understanding and Preparing for Flatulence. Relieve Yourself in the Office Without any Risk. Potential Problems Encountered at Work. Coping with Flatulent Colleagues. Boost Your Career by Breaking Wind. On a Business Trip. Urgent and Critical Situations.
£7.59
Human Kinetics Publishers The Walking Solution
Book SynopsisThe Walking Solution offers techniques and coaching cues to turn a low-impact, easily accessible activity into a fun and challenging workout for clients of every age and ability.Table of ContentsPart I. Why Walking?Chapter 1. The Power of WalkingChapter 2. Made for WalkingPart II. The New Way to WalkChapter 3. Intensify the PaceChapter 4. Coach Proper TechniquePart III. Walking WorkoutsChapter 5. Design Effective WorkoutsChapter 6. Stretch for Mobility and PerformanceChapter 7. Gain Strength for PowerPart IV. Enhance the ExperienceChapter 8. Ensure Comfort and SafetyChapter 9. Include AllPart V. The Business of WalkingChapter 10. Manage Your ClassesChapter 11. Promote Walking as a WorkoutChapter 12. Coach for Success Appendix A. Recommended Reading Appendix B. Health Questionnaires and Waivers Appendix C. Business Development Resources
£27.54
McGill-Queen's University Press The Clean Body A Modern History
Book SynopsisRecounting the history of personal hygiene in Europe and North America and the making of the modern clean body.Trade Review"As The Clean Body makes clear, the hygiene revolution was tied in with the rise of consumerism and its concomitant exploitation of natural resources — things that have contributed greatly to our current environmental tipping point." The Montreal Gazette"In The Clean Body: A Modern History [Ward] promises to tell the story of the 'cleanliness revolution,' offering cleanliness as a lens through which to view a society in transition, whether culturally, technologically, or scientifically." Our environmental woes too are the logical conclusion to a history of growing consumption, of things as well as resources. As Ward writes, "Once an element of nature, [water] had become a commodity, an engineered product of the industrial economy, ... its presence in everyday life taken utterly for granted."" Literary Review of Canada"The Clean Body is a beautifully written tour de force, a wonderfully accessible book, and a joy to read. Peter Ward draws extensively on the literature in four languages and moves with ease between rich empirical detail, theoretical soundings, and socioeconomic data." Brian Lewis, McGill University and co-editor of The Moral Mapping of Victorian and Edwardian London: Charles Booth, Christian Charity, and the Poor-but-Respectable"A thoughtful and thought-provoking discussion of practices that we would be mistaken to think of as natural or normal. Its study of centuries of hygiene is a prompt for us to reconsider our present-day pursuit of cleanliness." Winnipeg Free Press
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The University of Chicago Press Radical as Reality Form and Freedom in American
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Against our contemporary mania for growth, Campion positions poetry's particular contribution to a human understanding of the last hundred years of history as a form of cunning motility. The last line of this book proclaims, "We'll know the sincere poem by the way it moves," and the essays within move deftly with the poems themselves, capturing both spirit and form. American poetry, in Campion's story, doesn't celebrate freedoms preserved but acknowledges reality changed. I remember some of these essays, when they first appeared in the best journals, as vitally acerbic and fiercely challenging. And they remain so--but the raw material of the necessary book that collects them, Radical as Reality, is revealed to be wonder rather than judgment. Here, poet-critic Campion celebrates the spaciousness and splendor of a found family of American poets, less fathered by the great men of Modernism and their heir, Robert Lowell, than fostered in their own diverse practices."--Katie Peterson, author of A Piece of Good News and editor of Robert Lowell's New Selected Poems "Peter Campion's Radical as Reality returns poetry reviewing to its central place in American literary culture. His muscular prose is addressed to the reader looking for the pulse of America as it beats in the passions and rhythms of our best poets."--Bonnie Costello, author of The Plural of Us: Poetry and Community in Auden and Others
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Seagull Books London Ltd In the Face of Death We Are Equal
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Little, Brown & Company Scribbles Journal
Book SynopsisLittle messages to inspire the heart are included on the pages of this streamlined softcover journal. Portable enough for lists and quick notes, yet thick enough for stories and goal setting. Scribble. Plan. Jot Down. Elaborate. Schedule. Live. Learn. Love this journal.
£12.53
Abrams Being in Your Body Guided Journal A Journal for
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Indiana University Press Battle for Malaya
Book SynopsisThe defeat of 90,000 Commonwealth soldiers by 50,000 Japanese soldiers made the Battle for Malaya during World War II an important encounter for both political and military reasons. British military prestige was shattered, fanning the fires of nationalism in Asia, especially in India.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Prelude to Invasion2. The Imperial Armies3. Retreat from the Beaches4. Defeat along the Slim and Muar Rivers5. Disaster at Johore6. Endgame at Singapore7. Assessment8. ConclusionBibliographyIndex
£56.10
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Familiaris Consortio Sobre la Función de la Familia Cristiana en el Mundo de Hoy
£9.80
The Crowood Press Handspinners Companion From Fibre to Yarn
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Avonside Publishing Ltd Hamsters Calendar 2026 Square Animal Wall
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£10.55
Instituto Monsa de Ediciones Wild Living Homes
Book SynopsisWild Living Homes celebrates the harmony between architecture and nature. Featuring stunning remote homes, it highlights sustainable design, off-grid technologies, and a profound respect for the wild landscapes they inhabit. This book invites readers to reconnect with the essence of living through inspiring structures that merge functionality with the sublime beauty of nature.
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Duke University Press Living on After Failure
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Mission An American Congressmans Voyage to Space
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Insight Editions Harry Potter: Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
Book SynopsisInspired by the beloved HARRY POTTERTM films, this travel journal invites all witches, wizards, and MugglesTM to record their own magical journeys. Featuring your very own ticket for Platform Nine and Three-QuartersTM, this journal lies flat when open and includes 192 pages, a ribbon placeholder, an elastic band, and a back pocket for storing keepsakes and mementos.
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Insight Editions Beetlejuice Pocket Notebook Collection: Set of 3
Book SynopsisCalling all fans of the ghost with the most! Celebrate your love of Beetlejuice with this colorful collection of three 64-page pocket notebooks. Featuring graphics and imagery from the classic movie, this collection includes one ruled, one blank, and one grid-lined notebook—perfect for the classroom, the office, the netherworld, or wherever your adventures take you.
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SPCK ESV Holy Bible with Apocrypha Anglicized Standa
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