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Book SynopsisTrade Review"By tracing the history of the Black Panther Party through the evolution of its popular imagery, Jane Rhodes has made a major contribution to scholarship. Her treatment of this controversial organization is well-researched, admirably balanced, singularly insightful, and a pleasure to read."--Clayborne Carson, Director, Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute"No scholar has better documented and explained the Black Panther Party 's continuing hold on the popular imagination than Jane Rhodes. In a moment when black men and women dying at the hands of police is once again in the public eye, and insurgent political confrontation takes form through mediated images and pithy slogans, the republication of Framing the Black Panthers is both timely and relevant."--Nikhil Pal Singh, author of Black Is a Country: Race and the Unfinished Struggle for Democracy

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Book SynopsisFocuses on the twin problems of the doctrine of signs - communication and signification - and offers a highly original theory of sign production, including a carefully wrought typology of signs and modes of production.Table of ContentsForewordNote on graphic conventions0. Introduction—Toward a Logic of Culture0.1. Design for a semiotic theory0.2. 'Semiotics': field or discipline?0.3. Communication and/or signification0.4. Political boundaries: the field0.5. Natural boundaries: two definitions of semiotics0.6. Natural boundaries: inference and signification0.7. Natural boundaries; the lower threshold0.8. Natural boundaries: the upper threshold0.9. Epistemological boundaries1. Signification and Communication1.1. An elementary communicational model1.2. Systems and codes1.3. The s-code as structure1.4. Information, communication, signification2. Theory of Codes2.1. The sign-function2.2. Expression and content2.3. Denotation and connotation2.4. Message and text2.5 Content and referent2.6. Meaning as cultural unit2.7. The interpretant2.8. The semantic system2.9. The semantic markers and the sememe2.10. The KF model2.11. A revised semantic model2.12. The model "Q"2.13. The format of the semantic space2.14. Overcoding and undercoding2.15. The interplay of codes and the message as an open form3. Theory of Sign Production3.1. A general survey3.2. Semiotic and factual statements3.3. Mentioning3.4 The prolem of a typology of signs3.5. Critique of iconism3.6. A typology of modes of production3.7. The aesthetic text as invention3.8. The rhetorical labor3.9. Ideological code switching4. The Subject of SemioticsReferencesIndex of authorsIndex of subjects

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Book SynopsisFeatures important philosophical papers of the brilliant American thinker Charles Sanders Peirce. This volume presents twenty-five key texts, chronologically arranged, beginning with Peirce's "On a New List of Categories" of 1867, and ending with the systematic presentation of his evolutionary metaphysics in the "Monist Metaphysical Series".

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Book SynopsisQuiz your family at home with crosswords, puzzles and games. Su Doku is the classic number puzzle.

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Book SynopsisEnglish translations of two major treatises, Tinctor’s Invectives and the anonymous Recollectio, that arose from the famous Arras witch hunts and trial in the mid-fifteenth century in France. Trade Review“[This] sourcebook presents a valuable contribution to the study of witchcraft and devil worship in the late medieval imagination. It is intelligible to lay readers, while scholars may find it useful as a brief overview of the Arras affair, with multiple references to more detailed studies on the topic.”—František Novotný Correspondences“This new volume offers readable translations with helpful outlines and notes. Reading the accounts written by churchmen whose learning and conviction made them very partial jurors, one gets an eerie picture of the mindset behind the witch craze in late medieval Europe.”—Thomas Willard Mediaevistik“The editors’ additions of modern subheadings and the wide, empty margins make the book well-suited to the classroom; the novelty and accessibility of these English translations render the book critical to researchers in the field. The Arras Witch Treatises will hopefully usher Tinctor and du Bois’ texts into the canon of demonological treatises, expanding our grasp of this chilling historical episode and forcing scholars to look afresh at received knowledge.”—Rachel Daphne Weiss Comitatus“Provides a well-articulated introduction and excellent primary sources for undergraduate and graduate courses on the topic of witchcraft and the European witch hunts.”—Amanda Pipkin Sixteenth Century Journal“The potential of the new edition of the Arras treatises promises to transcend its already valuable contribution for classroom use. It will surely contribute to fine-tuning existing assumptions about fifteenth-century demonology, and students and scholars alike will benefit from its publication.”—Tamar Herzig Renaissance Quarterly“There can be no argument, therefore, that a complete translation of Tinctor’s treatise and the anonymous Recollectio, which may have come from the pen of Jacques du Bois, one of the judges in the Arras trials, helps considerably in providing much-needed evidence to fill a gap in our knowledge of an important episode a century or so before the major waves of witchcraft prosecution in Western Europe began to make themselves felt.”—P. G. Maxwell-Stuart Speculum“This important work sheds much light on the fifteenth-century origins of the witch craze. The ‘elaborated theory’ of witchcraft described here is absolutely fascinating, not just because it predates the classic era of witch hunting by a century but also because it was so incoherent and contentious and yet terrifyingly relevant to changing social and political conditions. This is a story about medieval superstition as well as the modernity of print and law and state building.”—Malcolm Gaskill,University of East Anglia“A fascinating glimpse into the mind-set of two promoters of witch hunting who defined demonic heresy and justified the use of cruel tactics to extract confessions. Revealing both similarity to and significant differences from other demonological works, The Arras Witch Treatises offers an exciting new resource for both teaching and scholarship.”—Gary K. Waite,University of New BrunswickTable of Contents Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Arras Witch Treatises in ContextAnonymous of Arras, A History of the Case, State and Condition of Waldensian Heretics (Witches)Johannes Tinctor, Treatise Against the Sect of Waldensians (Witches)BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis timeless treasure from Charles Spurgeon reminds readers to place their hope in the finished work of Jesus Christ as they navigate trials on this earth. Part of the Crossway Short Classics series.

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Book SynopsisMarimekko + Chronicle continues to be a match made in pattern and colour heaven!

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Book SynopsisPatrick William Otim argues that the Acholi people of northern Uganda, who helped Europeans spread colonial rule and Christianity, were far more politically savvy than previously understood.Trade ReviewA landmark study in African intellectual history. Patrick William Otim’s Acholi Intellectuals puts the acquisition and deployment of erudition and skill at the center of the contradictions and ironies shaping this region’s political-cultural history. In accessible prose and well-chosen detail, Otim demonstrates that complex networks of elder men and women cultivated skill and ambition among a small number of exceptional Africans who reinvented power in a fractious nineteenth century, a short colonial century of administration and bureaucracy, and a later twentieth century of nationalist frictions. -- David Schoenbrun, Northwestern UniversityEngagingly and intimately written, Acholi Intellectuals reveals how Acholi cultivated talent across a broad sweep of nineteenth and twentieth century East African history, and how historical actors both seized the opportunities and navigated the perils that successive political regimes offered. Focused on the lives of healers, war leaders, and royal messengers—who became clerks, translators, converts, writers, and elders—Patrick William Otim has written a masterful study that sets a new standard for the study of exemplary individuals in African history. -- Daniel Magaziner, Yale UniversityPatrick William Otim has written a fascinating, innovative, and meticulously documented account of Acholi history. He shows that intellectuals who played major roles before conquest worked to create an Acholi-inflected version of colonial society. We were mistaken to imagine that the most important post-conquest transformations revolved around chiefs. Instead, people who were already influential in the realm of symbolism and knowledge reimagined and recreated their own society. -- Steven Feierman, University of PennsylvaniaPatrick William Otim’s definitive history of Acholi intellectuals analyzes their embodied knowledge, revealing their centrality in Acholiland’s colonial history. Deeply researched, Otim’s clear, engaging, and imaginative analysis interweaves rich sources and historiographies, yielding fresh critical insights on Acholi intellectuals’ intermediary roles within Acholiland’s politics. -- Michelle Moyd, Michigan State UniversityWith this book, Patrick William Otim becomes a leader in rethinking Uganda’s intellectual history. Drawing deeply from ethnographic and Acholi archival sources, Otim moves us beyond the political terrain of chiefs into the inner worlds of war leaders, royal messengers, public healers, poets, musicians, and aspiring historians. This work also manages to push Ugandan history writing beyond its obsession with kingdoms toward a more inclusive vision of republican history writing. Scholars and students of Ugandan and African political thought owe Otim a tremendous debt of gratitude. -- Jonathon L. Earle, Centre CollegePatrick William Otim’s evidence...refutes the division of African history into precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial periods....Otim’s work invites historians of Africa to think again about history we thought we knew. -- Holly Elisabeth Hanson, Mount Holyoke College“An important project … an impressive achievement.” -- Joel Cabrita, author of Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church

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Book Synopsis500 PIECE PUZZLE – The Spooky Portraits 500 Piece Foil Puzzle by Galison features a wall of spooky portraits enhanced with gold foil details. This puzzle is just the right level of challenge for the whole family to join in on for hours of puzzling fun! The box includes an insert with the full puzzle image for reference. BRIGHT AND BOLD ARTWORK – This puzzle features a Victorian inspired wall adorned with the spooky frames of infamous monsters' ghouls and other supernatural beings. Puzzle lovers will appreciate all the creepy details as they piece together the puzzle, creating a haunted display that will add a touch of spookiness to any room this fall season. PERFECT FOR GIFTING – Whether you're looking for a fun activity for a rainy day or a unique gift for a loved one, this puzzle is sure to impress! With its intricate details and challenging design, this puzzle is perfect for anyone who loves the haunted and the restless spirits

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Book Synopsis-The first comprehensive account of the construction of the Panama Railroad, the forerunner to the Panama Canal. - The narrative focuses on the ordinary Irish workers that built the railroad. -The only other monograph on the Panama Railroad was published in the 1960s and has numerous factual errors.Trade ReviewThe first thing that readers will notice about this book is that it is the result of a very thorough examination of the railroad's construction. The extensive research that Pyne undertook in order to present this comprehensive story is commendable. -- Bill Hough * NRHS Bulletin *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Construction1. The Grand Design2. A False Start3. Slow Progress4. A New Departure5. Hopes Dashed6. The Final PushPart II: The Workers7. The Men Who Built the Railroad8. Working Conditions9. Workers' Amenities10. MortalityPart III: The Irish11. The American Irish12. The Men from CorkPart IV: Epilogue13. Railroad-Government Relations14. The AftermathConclusion

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In a near-perfect echo of today's world, Nobel Prize-winning Elfriede Jelinek's On the Royal Road is stuffed breathless with metaphors, innuendoes, and anecdotes as it satirises US President Donald Trump. . . . The play reveals unflinchingly how complicit everyone has been in the entire spectacle of the Trump presidency. And because Jelinek never actually names the country nor the leader, it becomes a raw and scary tale of power left unchecked which can apply anywhere in the world." * The Daily Star (India) *"Honegger’s translation fizzes with the intellectual rigour and linguistic command. . ." * Translation and Literature *Table of ContentsN

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The book is a series of essays on the luminaries of African American political thought, across the history of the United States, by some of the most impressive scholars currently working. It is as close to a comprehensive overview of the African American political tradition as I’ve read, with chapters on figures from Phillis Wheatley and David Walker (two of the most important Black political thinkers of the early American republic) to Angela Davis and Clarence Thomas." -- Jamelle Bouie * The New York Times *"Melvin Rogers’s and Jack Turner’s magisterial volume African American Political Thought comprises thirty essays on thirty different thinkers, each grappling with a shared set of questions and themes. . . . As 'collected history,' African American Political Thought offers a rich point from which to begin. Transfiguring the history of American political thought and democratic political theory, the volume proposes a canon of political thought that might itself be a starting point for democratic politics. . . . What they have achieved here does not only augment our existing canons, but works to transform those canons, and indeed the project of canon formation itself." * Comparative Political Theory *"For those wishing to learn more about the broader significance of black social-political thought . . . African American Political Thought: A Collected History is the go-to volume. . . . All of the thirty essays in African American Political Thought generate original scholarship and insights . . . all are invaluable sources for future scholarship on these important political thinkers’ contributions to political theory. Overall, this collected history works to reshape understandings of politics, history, culture, economics, institutions, social relations, and human beings in the United States by adding missing political theorists’ voices and views and illustrating problems with some of the dominant political theorists’ voices and views." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"African American Political Thought, co-edited by Brown political scientist Melvin Rogers, reveals the outsize impact many Black thinkers, from Frederick Douglass to Angela Davis, have had on American society." * Brown University (News from Brown) *"Melvin Rogers’s and Jack Turner’s highly anticipated volume African American Political Thought: A Collected History promises to transform how we read and teach the history of Black political thought. An impressive collection, it fills large gaps in our understanding of this tradition and sets a new foundation for further research... The volume sets a new standard for study of African American political thought and makes a persuasive case for the tradition’s important contributions to political theory broadly." * European Journal of Political Theory *“For far too long, mainstream white American political theorists, whether in political science or political philosophy, have gotten away with the construction of a Jim Crow canon for which black thinkers are separate, unequal, and invisible. This groundbreaking and comprehensive overview of the African American political tradition should henceforth make such intellectual ghettoization impossible.” -- Charles W. Mills, The City University of New York“African American Political Thought should become an instant classic. So much to mine here. So many lines of inquiry to follow. Rogers and Turner have masterfully curated a collection of essays that will guide the field of African American political thought for generations. The study of American political thought will never be the same.” -- Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Princeton University“This book is an essential intervention in political theory and expands the notion of the canon of American political thought in ways that are both necessary and profound. Herein we begin to understand the richness of the legacies of politics reasoned from margin to center and the critical impact that can have on conceptions of democracy and justice. A must-read for those interested in understanding American politics and seriously engaging political theory.” -- Deva Woodly, The New School"Rogers and Turner have assembled a collection of African American political thought covering a stunning range of time and ideas... Given its scope, the book maintains a sense of continuity through a plethora of resonances between its chapters. The collection boasts a variety of interpretative approaches and scales of analysis and is notable for its attention to a range of rhetorical strategies and expressive genres: sermons, slave narratives, satire, Supreme Court opinions... The time and care Rogers and Turner invested in this project from its conception in 2007 and compilation over 10 years is evident in its comprehensiveness and thorough introduction. The credentials of the contributors to this collection are astonishing and the oeuvre of each in their own right is worth reading further." * MAKE Literary Magazine *Table of ContentsPolitical Theorizing in Black: An Introduction Melvin L. Rogers and Jack Turner 1 Phillis Wheatley and the Rhetoric of Politics and Race Vincent Carretta 2 David Walker: Citizenship, Judgment, Freedom, and Solidarity Melvin L. Rogers 3 Martin Delany’s Two Principles, the Argument for Emigration, and Revolutionary Black Nationalism Robert Gooding-Williams 4 Harriet Jacobs: Prisoner of Hope Nick Bromell 5 Frederick Douglass: Nonsovereign Freedom and the Plurality of Political Resistance Sharon R. Krause 6 Alexander Crummell’s Three Visions of Black Nationalism Frank M. Kirkland 7 Booker T. Washington and the Politics of Deception Desmond Jagmohan 8 Anna Julia Cooper: Radical Relationality and the Ethics of Interdependence Carol Wayne White 9 Ida B. Wells on Racial Criminalization Naomi Murakawa 10 W. E. B. Du Bois: Afro-modernism, Expressivism, and the Curse of Centrality Paul C. Taylor 11 Marcus Garvey: The Black Prince? Michael Dawson 12 A. Philip Randolph: Radicalizing Rights at the Intersection of Class and Race Michael McCann 13 Zora Neale Hurston’s Radical Individualism Farah Jasmine Griffin 14 George S. Schuyler: Post-Souls Satirist Jeffrey B. Ferguson 15 C. L. R. James: Race, Revolution, and Black Liberation Anthony Bogues 16 Langston Hughes’s Ambivalent Political Expressivism Jason Frank 17 Thurgood Marshall: The Legacy and Limits of Equality under the Law Daniel Moak 18 Richard Wright: Realizing the Promise of the West Tommie Shelby 19 Bayard Rustin: Between Democratic Theory and Black Political Thought George Shulman 20 Ralph Ellison: Democratic Theorist Danielle Allen 21 James Baldwin: Democracy between Nihilism and Hope John E. Drabinski 22 Malcolm X: Dispatches on Racial Cruelty Nikhil Pal Singh 23 Martin Luther King: Strategist of Force David L. Chappell 24 Toni Morrison and the Fugitives’ Democracy Lawrie Balfour 25 Audre Lorde’s Politics of Difference Jack Turner 26 Stokely Carmichael and the Longing for Black Liberation: Black Power and Beyond Brandon M. Terry 27 Huey P. Newton and the Last Days of the Black Colony Cedric G. Johnson 28 Angela Y. Davis: Abolitionism, Democracy, Freedom Neil Roberts 29 Clarence Thomas: Race Pessimism and Black Capitalism Corey Robin 30 Cornel West and the Black Prophetic Tradition Mark D. Wood Acknowledgments Index Contributors

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The connection between terror and contagion is the explicit subject of Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb’s Epidemic Empire. . . [This work] illuminates the experience of living through a metaphor made real. . . . Epidemic Empire [offers] valuable lessons in the importance of metaphor to cultural analysis. . . . In showing how we disseminate cultural biases and the social and geopolitical inequities they perpetuate, [this work] open this process to inspection." -- Priscilla Wald * Public Books *“In her forceful and timely debut book. . . Raza Kolb describes a 200-year history during which politicians, Supreme Court justices, policymakers, and novelists have described terrorism as 'a cancer, an infection, an epidemic, a plague.' Identifying the metaphor’s origin during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, she traces it and epidemiology’s coterminous evolution through a rich and unexpected archive of texts including novels by Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Albert Camus, and Salman Rushdie, as well as colonial epidemiologists' writings and The 9/11 Commission Report. . . . [The book is] a pedagogical lesson, in which epidemiology [is] not just a science but a mode of reading.” -- Charles Shafaieh * Los Angeles Review of Books *"[Epidemic Empire] will likely become one of this moment’s iconic works of academic literature. . . The prose is lucid and, quite often, lovely: Raza Kolb presents us with a counter-poetics of the disease poetics she is excavating. But this counter-poetics is also a rigorous examination of its object of study. . . . This book is a joy to read. Epidemic Empire borders on the sublime." -- Joshua Moufawad-Paul * Marx and Philosophy Review of Books *“Epidemic Empire is a book with which to reconsider the possibilities of criticism in our terrible time… Raza Kolb is a beautiful reader, careful and wickedly smart.” * Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry *“Epidemic Empire is grippingly told—a fantastic story of the coemergence of the epidemiological, colonial, and ‘terrorist’ imaginaries. Raza Kolb's close readings are superb and revealing, and it is urgent that these arguments and methodologies and this archive make their way into the public debate. These debates become more pressing every day, as the long histories of colonial and white national violence become less and less ‘merely’ historical, in the United States and globally.” * Jacques Lezra, University of California, Riverside *“Moving well beyond viral transmission as a metaphor in social, political, or economic life, Raza Kolb’s book offers us an innovative account of violence as a form of contagion in its own right. Showing how medical and political thinking were intertwined in British and French imperialism, she traces the legacy of its distinctive history down to the present day.” * Faisal Devji, University of Oxford *“Raza Kolb renders a startling account of the extent to which figures of illness, disease, and virality saturate quotidian discourses on terrorism and race from the nineteenth century to the present. Uncannily prescient yet historically profound, Epidemic Empire allows us to glimpse the future of pandemics from the racial prisms of the past. The temporal arc is sublime, and the writing, exquisite.” * Jasbir K. Puar, Rutgers University *"It is surprising that no one else has identified the ubiquity of this metaphor until now, and we all should be grateful for Raza Kolb’s demonstrated ingenuity, passion, and eloquence in taking up this formidable challenge. Epidemic Empire, read amidst a global pandemic and the rise of anti-Asian racism in the United States, paves the way for more interventions on how colonial medicine and literary cultures continue to inform our troubled present." * Literature and Medicine *"[A] powerful and challenging study. . . . The book proposes an interesting re-reading of the Foucauldian concept of biopolitics, comparing the different gradations assumed by epidemiological and immune metaphors in specific colonial and imperial events and domains: British India, Algeria during the war of national liberation (thus with France as a counterpart), the United States and more generally the West after 9/11, within the folds of the global wars on terror and their effects." * Postcolonial Interventions *"Epidemic Empire is truly a multidisciplinary, visionary work—part history of epidemics, part literary criticism, part postcolonial studies, part terror studies. Few ambitious books live up to their potential in the way that this book does. It should be required reading today as we continue to manage and mismanage the COVID-19 pandemic. But Epidemic Empire is not just a book of the present, and will surely help to define scholarship for many years to come." * Modern Philology *"The publication of Epidemic Empire is timely not only because it coincides with the ongoing pandemic, but because it also deals with the continued misperception of Muslims as terrorists and Islam as an epidemic of global threat. The book combines a study of famous and little-known literary works with numerous archival documents exclusively from two erstwhile powerful colonizing nations, Britain and France, and their colonies, India, and Algeria. In so doing, it unravels the idea of the epidemic of terrorism in seven impressive chapters." * Journal of Postcolonial Writing *"Epidemic Empire is intricately structured and lofty, offering a timely contribution to the history of medicine and postcolonial studies . . . [It] is an audacious book and both a profound theoretical narrative and a moral reflection on what it means to medicalize discourses of terror. It is an astute critique of narrative, documenting the literary and public health fervour which is promulgated in Western societies." * Journal of Contemporary History *Table of ContentsList of Figures Preface: Politics and Scholarship in a Time of Pandemic Introduction: “Islam,” Terrorism, and the Epidemic ImaginaryPart One: The Disease Poetics of Empire Chapter 1: Great Games Chapter 2: The Blue Plague Chapter 3: Circulatory LogicPart Two: The Body Allegorical in French Algeria Chapter 4: The Brown Plague Chapter 5: Algeria UngownedPart Three: Viral Diaspora and Global Security Chapter 6: Selfistan Chapter 7: Cures from Within Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCareers in Dance explores the expanding opportunities in dance in various settings and with a variety of focuses, including performance, choreography, and competition. It helps dancers pinpoint their passions and strengths and equips them to forge fulfilling careers in dance.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Examining the Big Picture Dance as an Economic and Cultural Force in the United States Impact of Dance on the U.S. Economy Dance as a Cultural Force in the United States Expanding Notions of a Career in Dance Education and Training for Careers in Dance SummaryChapter 2. Dance as an Entrepreneurial Journey An Entrepreneurial Approach to Dance Careers Aligning Strengths With Career Goals Qualities of a Successful Dance Professional Roadblocks and Rerouting Plans B, and C, and D A Mindset of Lifelong Learning and Change SummaryChapter 3. Teaching Dance in K-12 Schools and Postsecondary Education Planning and Training for a Career in Dance Education Steps to a Career in K-12 Dance Education Steps to a Career in Postsecondary Dance Education Pros and Cons of Different Educational Environments SummaryChapter 4. Opportunities in the Private Sector: Dance Studios and Schools Types of Studios and Schools Training and Education for Dance Studio Professions Teaching in a Dance Studio Managing a Teaching Career Over a Lifetime Opening a Dance Studio Business SummaryChapter 5. Nonprofit Dance Companies and Organizations Performing in a Dance Company Artistic Leadership SummaryChapter 6. Breaking Into Commercial Dance Career Options in Commercial or Entertainment-Based Dance Training and Preparation Branding Networking Finding an Agent Joining a Union Audition Tips A Day on the Job SummaryChapter 7. Dance Research and Journalism Dance Journalism Dance Research SummaryChapter 8. Dance Administration and Advocacy Careers in Dance Administration Dance Administration Careers in Educational Institutions Administrative Careers in Dance Companies and Nonprofit Organizations Preparing for a Career as a Dance Company Executive Administrator Careers in Dance Advocacy Preparing for a Career Involving Dance Advocacy SummaryChapter 9. Dance Science, Medicine, Therapies, and Somatic Practices Careers in Dance Science and Medicine Careers in Dance/Movement Therapy Careers in Somatic Practices Preparing for a Career in Somatic Practices SummaryChapter 10. Competitive Dance and Sports Entertainment Private Dance Competition and Convention Companies High School and Collegiate Competitive Dance Preparing for Careers in Competitive Dance Professional Sports Entertainment Dance Teams Preparing for Careers on Sports Entertainment Dance Teams SummaryChapter 11. Technical Theater, Media, and Technology Opportunities in Technical Theater Preparing for Careers in Technical Theater Opportunities in Media and Technology SummaryChapter 12. Interdisciplinary Opportunities Collaboration With Artists Collaboration With Professionals Outside of the Arts Preparing for Professional Interdisciplinary Opportunities SummaryConclusion. Now What? First Steps Toward a Dance Career Major Takeaways From This Book Graduate School Possibilities Adjusting to Life as a Working Professional in Dance Summary

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Book SynopsisBring some drama to your card table with 54 of the most influential TV stars and series creators, arranged into four suits:Hearts = Comedy, Clubs = Drama, Diamonds = Crime, Spades = Fantasy & Sci-fiIncludes illustrations of all the big names, from George R. R. Martin and David Simon to Elisabeth Moss and Sarah Jessica Parker.

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Book SynopsisThe relationship between dogs and humans has been contemplated since the start of human culture, with lasting expressions found in art, philosophy, literature and science. It is only within the past decade that sociologists have shown a concerted interest in the social organization of dog-human interaction; this book is an example of this movement.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Nisei Radicals is an important addition to Asian American history texts and creates likable heroes out of Yasutake and Yamada." * International Examiner *"All in all, Nisei Radicals is not only a book well worth reading as a joint biography of two remarkable Nikkei, but I hope will act as a springboard for larger discussions of social justice." * Nichi Bei Weekly *"Nisei Radicals offers a model for historical biography…The lives [Fujino] portrays offer a model of how to make activism sustainable, most notably, by staying in community and partnering with like-minded others to fight for justice." * Pacific Historical Review *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An unexpectedly delightful and rewarding jaunt into once-cherished, now-decaying living history. Each chapter gives a quick sketch of a species or genus that was formally described from a museum specimen, often decades after it was collected. Most of the creatures--which include lightning cockroaches, squeaker frogs, pygmy bandicoots from New Guinea, ruby seadragons, and 'atomic' tarantulas caught at a nuclear test site in Nevada--have been identified in the past fifteen years or so."--Ira Flatow "Wall Street Journal" "As part of the rising concern for global biodiversity, Christopher Kemp makes clear the value of preserved specimens in basic research. He successfully presents their study as part science, part history, and part adventure."--Edward O. Wilson, University Research Professor, emeritus, Harvard University "Forbes, Best Biology Books of 2017" "The natural history museums of the world are full of surprises--undescribed species, from flying foxes to king crabs--sitting on their shelves waiting for someone to notice. Kemp vividly brings to life the stories of these specimens, and the people who collect and describe them. The Lost Species will delight any reader who cares about discovery, adventure, and the little-known planet that sustains us."--Richard Conniff, author of The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth "Forbes, Best Biology Books of 2017" "Natural history museums and their collections come alive with Kemp's inside stories of new species formerly hidden away in museum drawers and jars. Anyone who appreciates discovery and has an interest in museums, history, and biodiversity will find plenty to enjoy in The Lost Species, an intriguing, engaging, and conversational read."--Marty Crump, author of Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog, Adder's Fork and Lizard's Leg: The Lore and Mythology of Amphibians and Reptiles "Forbes, Best Biology Books of 2017" "Natural history collections are vast, backlogged, error-riddled, or incompletely described. Think of all those expeditions in the 1800s and 1900s. Imagine drawers with thousands of beetles and flies, countless jars of marine invertebrates. What other treasures could those collections still be holding? Well, biologist Kemp wondered about that, too. And he went on a quest to uncover the forgotten collections and chronicled his findings in a book, The Last Species--new species that were only found with the help of natural history museums. . . . Amazing story."--Ira Flatow "Science Friday" "At a time when funding for natural history collections is under siege, Kemp's The Lost Species, which champions the irreplaceable value of these collections in the identification of new species, is a refreshing endorsement of both biodiversity and curatorial taxonomic expertise. . . . Kemp ably demonstrates the vital role that natural history collections and curators with taxonomic expertise play in the documentation of new species and ultimately in the preservation of biodiversity. These collections require maintenance to ensure the preservation of specimens and documentation for the next generation of taxonomists, who will discover more new species. It is my hope that The Lost Species will engender broader public interest and support for these efforts."--Bonnie Styles "Science" "As Kemp showcases these inspiring discoveries, you'll find yourself wondering what undiscovered treasures can be found in your local natural history museum. Clearly there is plenty of unknown biodiversity: currently, only 2 million species have been named out of the estimated 10 million that are thought to be out there (some credible estimates go as high as 30 million unnamed species), but I was amazed to learn that as many as half of all museum specimens are misidentified. Yeow! Clearly, there's a lot of taxonomic and systematic work to be done. This engaging book is a compelling argument for the overall value of natural history museums, and for the importance of studying these collections."--GrrlScientist "Forbes, Best Biology Books of 2017" "Major natural history museums of the world today collectively hold an enormous, irreplaceable collection of scientific objects numbering in the billions. Among this library of life and culture that has been assembled over several centuries, each piece has its own tale to tell. Christopher Kemp vividly brings several of these stories to life in The Lost Species. He chooses pieces ranging from a lowly nematode worm to the mighty dinosaur Apatosaurus (formerly known as Brontosaurus) to engage us. He presents these specimens to us not only as voucher specimens of Earth's biodiversity, but also as examples of human endeavor surrounding their discovery and eventual study. A great read for anyone interested in natural history museum collections, how they came to be, and what we can learn from them." --Lance Grande, author of Curators "Forbes, Best Biology Books of 2017"Table of ContentsIntroduction The Vertebrates 1. Pushed up a Mountain and into the Clouds: The Olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina) 2. Beneath a Color 83 Sky: The Ucucha Mouse (Thomasomys ucucha) 3. Going on a Tapir Hunt: The Little Black Tapir (Tapirus kabomani) 4. A Taxonomic Confusion: The Saki Monkeys (Pithecia genus) 5. Scattered to the Corners of the World: The Arfak Pygmy Bandicoot (Microperoryctes aplini) 6. 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