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Book SynopsisThe Paradox of Parliament addresses the widespread and perennial dissatisfaction with Parliament in Canada.Table of Contents1. Introduction Explanations for Parliament’s Problems Paradox and the Competing Logics Conclusion 2. Historical Foundations and the Competing Logics Indigenous Peoples and Legislative Representation The Early Development of Canadian Legislatures The Logic of Governance The Logic of Representation Attempting to Reconcile the Logics: “Every Reform Creates A New Problem” Reforms of the 1960s–1980s The 1990s: The Reform Party and Paul Martin’s “Democratic Deficit” The 2004–2011 Minority Era and Beyond Consensus Legislatures Canada in Comparative Perspective Conclusion 3. Parties Canadian Political Parties: An Overview The Weakness of Canadian Parties Party Discipline: Is Canada Exceptional? Party Discipline in Practice “Excessive” Discipline Party Discipline and the Party System Parties in Minority Governments Electoral Systems and Parties Conclusion 4. MPs Why Do MPs Run? Who Gets Elected as an MP? Gender and Race Socioeconomic and Occupational Backgrounds Age Learning to Be an MP MPs in the House MPs in the Constituency Life as an MP: The Personal Dimension Managing Their Public Roles Managing Their Personal Lives MP Pay Staffing An MP’s Day Departure, Turnover, and “Amateurism” Conclusion 5. House of Commons Business The Roles The Speaker The Clerk and Procedural Staff House Leaders and Whips The Setting The Chamber and Decorum The Parliamentary Day The House of Commons at Work: Four Aspects Government Bills and Debate Question Period Private Members Business Opposition Days and Confidence/Non-confidence Motions Process in Minority Parliaments Committees Conclusion 6. Diversity Persons with Disabilities LGBT Persons Women in Parliament Women in the Senate Women in the House Figure 9.1 Women in the House of Commons since 1968 (%) Women as Legislators Race Symbolic Descriptive Table 9.1 Racialized MPs in the House of Commons Compared to General Population Substantive Conclusion 7. The Senate Bicameralism A Brief Description of the Senate History of the Senate Senate Reform The Senate since 2016 8. Scrutiny Scrutiny in Theory and Practice Parliament and Money Officers of Parliament Parliamentary Scrutiny: How Far Can It Go? Parliament’s Access to Documents and People Conclusion 9. The Future of Parliament Technological Sociological Citizen Attitudes Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn the city of Natal in northeastern Brazil, several local women negotiate the terms of their intimate relationships with foreign tourists, or gringos, in a situation often referred to as "sex tourism." These women have different experiences, but they share a similar desire to "escape" the social conditions of their lives in Brazil. Based on original ethnographic research and presented in graphic form, Gringo Love explores the hopes, dreams, and realities of these women against a backdrop of deep social inequality and increasing state surveillance leading up to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games. It touches on important contemporary issues, including sexual economics, transnational mobility, romantic imaginaries, gender representation, race and inequality, and visual methods.The graphic story is accompanied by analysis and contextual discussion, which encourage readers to engage with the narrative and expand their understanding of the broader sociaTrade Review"This graphic novel is a much needed addition to libraries. There are a lot of books out there that vilify people in this industry, and it is important for people to view this subject from another point of view." -- 2020 VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award Committee"Gringo Love boldly does something less common in anthropology: it uses an experimental visual medium and a collaborative process based on generously shared time and stories to tell a reality-based tale that complicates and broadens the space in which a politicized and controversial practice can be understood. By visualizing those often made invisible in the mainstream discourse of sex tourism, Carrier-Moisan and her collaborators bring us into lives on the ground." -- Colin Willox, Maynooth University * Visual Anthropology Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Note to the Reader Lexicon Part I: Arrivals Field notes Part II: Gringo Love? Field notes Part III: Sair Dessa Vida Epilogue Appendix I: Reading Guide & Discussion Questions Appendix II: The Making of Gringo Love • The Creation Process • The Research Process Appendix III: The Context for Gringo Love • Sex Tourism • Ponta Negra • Gringo Love Appendix IV: Further Readings Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIt is widely believed that people living in the Middle Ages seldom traveled. But, as Medieval Travel and Travelers reveals, many medieval people and not only Marco Polo were on the move for a variety of different reasons. Assuming no previous knowledge of medieval civilizations, this volume allows readers to experience the excitement of men and women who ventured into new lands. By addressing cross-cultural interaction, religion, and travel literature, the collection sheds light on how travel shaped the way we perceive the world, while also connecting history to the contemporary era of globalization. Including a mix of complete sources, excerpts, and images, Medieval Travel and Travelers provides readers with opportunities for further reflection on what medieval people expected to find in foreign locales, while sparking curiosity about undiscovered spaces and cultures.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Mapping Out Journeys 1. Maps a. T-O World Map b. Osma Beatus World Map c. Sawley (or Henry of Mainz) World Map d. Al-Idrisi World Map e. Carte pisane 2. Woodcuts of Cities (Parens [Poreč ], Corfu, Modon [Methoni]) 3. Woodcuts of People a. “Exotic” People (Saracens [Muslims], Jews, Greeks, Syrians, Ethiopians, Turks) b. Monsters 4. Cosmas Indikopleustes, The Christian Topography of Cosmas 5. Einsiedeln Itinerary 6. Einhard, The Translation and Miracles of Marcellinus and Peter 7. Paris Conversations 8. Richer of St-Rémi, Histories 9. Jordanus of Severac, Mirabilia descripta 10. Book of the Knowledge of All Kingdoms, Lands, and Lordships That Are in the World Chapter Two: Religious Journeys 11. Travel Prayers in the Gregorian Sacramentary 12. The Vision of Adamnán 13. Life of Anskar 14. The Western European Monk Bernard’s Journey to Jerusalem 15. Al-Tabari, The Prophet Ascends to the Seventh Heaven 16. The Seafarer 17. The Russian Primary Chronicle 18. Life of Saint Christopher 19. Benedict the Pole, Narrative 20. Pascal de Vitoria, Letter 21. The Book of Margery Kempe Chapter Three: Business Journeys 22. Ibn Khurraddadhbih, Book of Routes and Realms 23. The Reports of Ohthere and Wulfstan 24. Letters from Jewish Merchants in the Cairo Geniza 25. Marco Polo, Travels 26. Francesco Balducci Pegolotti, Merchant Handbook 27. Afanasy Nikitin, Voyage beyond Three Seas Chapter Four: Diplomatic Journeys 28. Ibn Fadlan, Mission to the Volga 29. Liudprand of Cremona, Retribution and Embassy 30. Rabban Sauma, Travelogue 31. Ghiyyath al-Din Naqqash, A Persian Embassy to China 32. Abd-al-Razzaq Samarqandi, Narrative of the Journey Chapter Five: Journeys of Discovery and Adventure 33. Saga of the Greenlanders 34. Nasir-i Khusraw, Book of Travels 35. Benjamin of Tudela, Itinerary 36. Ibn Jubayr, Travels 37. Ibn Battuta, Rihla 38. Petrarch, Ascent of Mt. Ventoux 39. Pero Tafur, Voyages and Adventures 40. Jörg von Ehingen, Diary Sources Index of Topics

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Book SynopsisIn Spenser's famous Flight, Patrick Cheney challenges the received wisdom about the shape and goal of Spenser's literary career. He contends that Spenser's idea of a literary career is not strictly the convential Virgilian pattern of pastoral to epic, but a Christian revision of that pattern in light of Petrarch and the Reformation.Cheney demonstrates that, far from changing his mind about his career as a result of disillusionment, Spenser embarks upon and completes a daring progress that secures his status as an Orphic poet.In October, Spenser calls his idea of a literary career the 'famous flight.' Both classical and Christian culture has authorized the myth of the winged poet as a primary myth of fame and glory. Cheney shows that throughout his poetry Spenser relies on an image of flight to accomplish his highest goal.

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Book Synopsis2022 International Latino Book Award Finalist for Best LGBTQ Studies Book Within a trans-embodied framework, this anthology identifies transmovimientos as the creative force or social mechanism through which queer, trans, and gender nonconforming Latinx communities navigate their location and calibrate their consciousness. This anthology unveils a critical perspective with the emphasis on queer, trans, and gender nonconforming communities of immigrants and social dissidents who reflect on and write about diaspora and migratory movements while navigating geographical and embodied spaces across gendered and racialized contexts, all crucial elements of the trans-movements taking place in the United States. This collection forms a nuanced conversation between scholarship and social activism that speaks in concrete ways about diasporic and migratory LGBTQ communities who suffer from immoral immigration policies and political discourses that produce untenable lTrade Review“A critical and timely set of subjects, especially given the rampant and castigating racism, homophobia, transphobia, and xenophobia against the Latinx LGBTQI communities in the United States and throughout other countries at this time. The coeditors have brought together important, established, and emerging voices in an exciting manner.”—Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz, author of Wild Tongues: Transnational Mexican Popular CultureTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Trans vida in Extraordinary Times Eddy Francisco Alvarez Jr., Magda García, and Ellie D. HernándezTwenty-First-Century Student Movements 1. Triunfando con o sin papeles: Muxerista y jotx-historias of DACA-mentation and Activism in Las Vegas Joanna Núñez, Jasmine Rubalcava-Cuara, and Anita Tijerina Revilla 2. Somos jotería: UCLA Chicanx Latinx Student Activists Fighting for Social Justice José Manuel SantillanaReading Performance and Performativity from Cuba to Los Angeles 3. Working Trans in Jaime Cortez’s Sexile/Sexilio Carlos Ulises Decena 4. Wonder Woman, Pancho Villa, and the Shifting Rio Grande: Transnational jotx Identity, Desire, Pleasure, and Death on the El Paso / Juárez Border Omar González 5. Vaqueeros: Muy machos, Wearing the Pants, and Living la vida loca Carlos-Manuel 6. Home(bodies): Transitory Belonging at LA’s Oldest Latinx Drag Bar Katherine SteelmanMemory and Memoir: Between sueños y pesadillas 7. Pesadilla convertida en sueño: El sueño nunca soñado / A Nightmare Turned Into a Dream: A Dream Never Dreamed Bamby Salcedo 8. “¿Qué harás si algo me pasa?”: An ofrenda Nicholas DuronFrom the Urban Landscape to Sites of Incarceration 9. Queering el barrio: Latina Immigrant Street Vendors in Los Angeles Lorena Muñoz 10. The Privatized Deportation Center Complex y la trans mujer Verónica Mandujano In Our Own Words: An Afterword Ellie D. Hernández, Eddy Francisco Alvarez Jr., and Magda García List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisExplores the significant impact of this countercultural figure of postwar Japan.Trade Review"Steven C. Ridgely’s Japanese Counterculture is invaluable—a long overdue study of Terayama’s complex oeuvre, carefully researched and brilliantly argued. But Japanese Counterculture offers much more: it proposes to redefine the practice of cultural and countercultural studies, and even more significantly, the very nature of global culture. Therein lie its force, ingenuity, and radicality." —Akira Mizuta Lippit, University of Southern California"Ridgely’s exciting book opens Terayama’s world—his work as a poet, playwright/theater director, radio dramatist, filmmaker—and most importantly conveys the feeling and air of the times, the ‘tactical’ interventions of this fascinating figure within the space of counterculture." —Miryam Sas, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsContents Introduction: Global Counterculture, Visual Counterculture 1. Poetic Kleptomania and Pseudo-Lyricism 2. Radio Drama in the Age of Television 3. Boxing-Stuttering-Graffiti 4. Deinstitutionalizing Theatre and Film 5. The Impossibility of History Conclusion: "Japanese" Counterculture Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIn Sex, or the Unbearable two of our leading theorists of sexuality, politics, and culture engage in intense and animated dialogue about living with—and imagining alternatives to—what's overwhelming in sex, friendship, social inequality, and one's relation to oneself.Trade Review“What’s lovely about this exchange is that Berlant and Edelman’s mutually locked horns don’t make us feel as though a cleverer person has already figured things out and we’re simply not smart or qualified enough to piece together the unspoken counterarguments they would have to our doubts.” -- Colin Low * Against the Hype *"This collaboration between Berlant and Edelman has a feel for the ecology of thinking as it passes between two points. Like holding one’s breath under water or passing a balloon back and forth without its touching the floor, these conversations illuminate the sense of timing with which ideas respond to and are shaped by each other." -- Michael D. Snediker * Theory & Event *"Berlant and Edelman’s three-act dialogue is wonderfully intriguing, especially in regard to how the dialogue itself bears witness to the intellectual process of ‘thinking through’ in the dialogic form." -- Marcie Bianco * Lambda Literary Review *“Berlant and Edelman take debates around the antisocial thesis as a point of departure to theorize the importance of relationality, loss and repair, sovereignty, and negativity in the politics and ethics of queer theory. Despite the overlapping topics of interest that have marked their respective works, their varying theoretical approaches make for a smart, enlivening, and productive conversation in Sex, or the Unbearable.” -- Fiona I. B. Ngô * American Studies *“While Berlant and Edelman do not address popular romances, their work can be informative to the work of romance scholars in tackling issues of the place of sex and the erotic, especially within some romance tropes, such as discovery of a new sexual orientation plots in queer romances, or submissive-for-you plots in many erotic romances of all orientations.” -- Amanda Jo Hobson * Journal of Popular Romance Studies *“Among the book’s major attractions is its inventive dialogic form, and Berlant and Edelman’s masterful close readings of diverse media. The authors alternate named passages, riffing on each others’ ideas and including their moments of complex ambiguous affect, including responses to the other of misappropriation, frustration, delight and surprise, so often elided in collaborative critical theory. This dialogic form and its auto-analysis is one of the great intellectual joys of the book, a fascinating and inventive device well-suited to a discussion of the complex investments subjects have in relationality, including sex, conversation, and pedagogy.” -- Jessica Durham * Colloquy *“These two authors offer an intense and highly insightful account of interactions between two subjects that, I suggest, could be fruitfully applied to understanding encounters in organizations. They show some of the complexities of relationality: it is violent, pleasurable, productive, a scene of fantasy and misrecognition, all these and more.” -- Nancy Harding * Gender, Work & Organization *“As an overall project, Sex, or the Unbearable pushes forward the debate on queer negativity and antisociality, whilst also contributing to contemporary queer, feminist and cultural theory’s wider critiques of academic knowledge production and the political utility of academic scholarship.” -- Kathryn Medien and Jacob Breslow * Sexualities *Table of ContentsPreface vii 1. Sex without Optimism 1 2. What Survives 35 3. Living with Negativity 63 Afterwords 119 Appendix. "Break It Down" / Lydia Davis 127 Acknowledgments 135 References 137 Index 141

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Book SynopsisIn this original theory of power, Brian Massumi explains how the logic of preemption governs U.S. military policy in the War on Terror and how that logic spills over from the war front to the home front. Threats are now felt into reality and power refocuses on what may emerge. The mode of power embodying the logic of preemption is ontopower.Trade Review"Brian Massumi’s latest addition to our understanding of power may be the most important addition to grand strategy since On War. ... Ontopower is less a guidebook than a warning against assuming we will be right. Without making a moral argument, Brian Massumi effectively describes the moral limitations of the power to preempt, the rewriting of history through the actions of the present, the confirmation of what could have been into what was. It should be studied by practitioners of power—professionals who owe it to the country to have discussions now, so as to have answers when policy demands action." -- Phil Reynolds * Air Force Research Institute *"Without making a moral argument, Massumi effectively describes the moral limitations of the power to preempt, the rewriting of history through the actions of the present, and the confirmation of what could have been into what was. This book should be studied by practitioners of power—professionals who owe it to the country to have discussions now, so as to have answers when policy demands action." -- Philip W. Reynolds * Parameters *"Brian Massumi is a gifted writer with the intellectual heft to bring . . . questions together and make the metaphysical visible and intelligible. The writing achieves a lightning strike of insight regularly enough to reward commitment. The prose is spiced and leavened with sentences that hit the bull’s eye on complex concepts." -- Jude McCulloch * Left History *"Ontopower is a significant book that deals with contemporary problems without losing its intellectual allure and philosophical perspicacity. Its captivating commentaries on the reconfiguration of power, as well as the proposal of its own vocabulary to deal with this new phenomena of power, will certainly appeal to readers interested in understanding the intermingling of politics, power, and today’s society." -- Samuel Mateus * International Journal of Communication *"Ontopower is an impressively dense and insightful inquiry into the global consequences of contemporary United States security policy and practice. . . . [The] immense analytical depth alone will make Ontopower impossible to ignore for scholars on the field of critical theory interested in the 'war on terror.'" -- Philipp Kender * Society & Space *"Ontopower is clearly a well-researched and well-argued text. Whether or not one agrees with the principles of this new theory of power, it is undeniable that Massumi has presented a thorough and rigorous examination of power and the logic of preemption.... It offers excellent insight into the importance of perception in modern politics, and thus warfare, which is essential knowledge for students and practitioners of governance and security." -- Courteney J O’Connor * Political Studies Review *Table of ContentsPreface vii Part One: Powers 1. The Primacy of Preemption: The Operative Logic of Threat 3 2. National Enterprise Emergency: Steps toward an Ecology of Powers 21 Part Two: Powers of Perception 3. Perception Attack: The Force to Own Time 63 4. Power to the Edge: Making Information Pointy 93 5. Embodiments and History 153 Part Three: The Power to Affect 6. Fear (The Spectrum Said) 171 7. The Future Birth of the Affective Fact 189 Afterword: After the Long Past: A Retrospective Introduction to the History of the Present 207 Notes 247 References 275 Index 287

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Book SynopsisPresenting the fierce and vital writing of organizers, lawyers, scholars, poets, and policy makers, Color of Violence radically repositions the antiviolence movement by putting women of color at its center, covers violence against women of color in its myriad manifestations, and maps strategies of movement building and resistance.Trade Review"Anyone who's complacent about the successes of the feminist movement should dip into this collection . . . about the women left behind, left out, or simply forgotten." * Publishers Weekly *"A powerful guide for activists, educators, community organizers, and anyone asking the question, 'What would it take to end violence against women of color?'" * WATER *"Color of Violence . . . boldly challenges conventional feminist thought and contemporary antiviolence initiatives. . . . [Its] contributors reveal necessary truths about the failures of traditional social service and criminal justice-oriented approaches to ending violence against women. . . . INCITE! challenges us to look beyond the conventional doctrine on violence against women that has influenced and sometimes hindered contemporary antiviolence organizing to establish a new framework for activism that acknowledges and incorporates our diverse, sometimes divergent, perspectives as women of color." -- Keidra Chaney * Bitch *"This anthology would serve as an invaluable classroom source on Third Wave feminism, antiracist social movements, and social justice movements in the United States in the twenty-first century." -- Sharmila Rudrappa * Journal of American Ethnic History *"These compelling essays are written by women who bring passion, energy, anger, and insight to an injustice that has taken a back seat to other social justice issues: violence perpetrated on women of color. The writings are impressively comprehensive in their global scope, historical insight, and unyielding passion. The book reminds readers that the antiviolence movement, although perhaps once at risk of fading, remains profoundly important, especially to women, and most especially to women of color. . . . These bold women occasionally shame, always inform, and often challenge readers to finish the book and embark on the cause of finally ending the violence that women of color have too long endured." -- D. A. Mathews * Choice *"A deeply thoughtful contribution to radical anti-violence activism . . . Colors of Violence engages a complex and diverse dialogue about forms of violence, resistance, and movement building. . . . [It] does a skilled job of instigating a thoughtful and complex discussion on a topic that has not received adequate attention even among radicals." -- Chloe Tribich * Against the Current *"Consistently, the articles discuss the importance of and strategies around movement-building among communities of color, specifically radical women of color, in their shared struggles for liberation. They also speak to a great need for activists to learn about intersecting forms of oppression that may be undervalued or ignored. . . . And lest we forget, the book does not stand alone. The women of Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology are not only writers, speakers, poets, and academics but also activists, concerned with bringing about the change that they write. We can be part of their liberation, and our own, by listening to their voices." -- Katie Seitz * Off Our Backs *"Every essay in this collection reveals another critical aspect of being a woman of color in the United States today. . . . It is an excellent starting point for understanding some of the issues today for women of color actively working for social change." -- Rachel Pepper * Curve *"Color of Violence . . . challenges every reader to recognize and fight the subtle and not so subtle forms of violence that manifests and is inflicted upon women of color." -- Vernetta K. Williams * Callaloo *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 I. Reconceptualizing Antiviolence Strategies 1. Rethinking Antiviolence Strategies: Lessons from the Black Women's Movement in Britain / Julia Sudbury 13 2. Disability in the New World Order / Nirmala Erevelles 25 3. Federal Indian Law and Violent Crime / Sarah Deer 32 4. Feminism, Race, and Adoption Policy / Dorothy Roberts 42 5. The Color of Choice: White Supremacy and Reproductive Justice / Loretta J. Ross 53 6. Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pilars of White Supremacy: Rethinking Women of Color Organizing / Andrea Smith 66 7. A Call for Consistency: Palestinian Resistance and Radical US Women of Color / Nadine Naber 74 II. Forms of Violence 8. The Color of Violence / Hauani-Kay Trask 81 9. Four Generations in Resistance / Dana Erekat 88 10. The War to Be Human / Becoming Human in a Time of War / Neferti Tadiar 92 11. The Forgotten "-ism": An Arab American Women's Perspective on Zionism, Racism, and Sexism / Nadine Naber, Eman Desouky, and Lina Baroudi for Arab Women's Solidarity Association, San Francisco Chapter 97 12. Relections in a Time of War: A Letter to My Sisters / Dena Al-Adeeb 113 13. Don't Liberate Me / S. R. 118 14. "National Security" and the Violation of Women: Militarized Border Rape at the US-Mexico Border / Sylvanna Falcón 119 15. The Complexities of "Feminicide" on the Border / Rosa Linda Fregoso 130 16. INS Raids and How Immigrant Women are Fighting Back / Renee Saucedo 135 17. Law Enforcement Violence Against Women of Color / Andrea J. Ritchie 138 18. Crime, Punishment, and Economic Violence / Patricia Allard 157 19. Pomo Woman, Ex-Prisoner, Speaks Out / Stormy Ogden 164 20. The War Against Black Women, and the Making of NO! / Aishah Simmons 170 21. Medical Violence Against People of Color and the Medicalization of Domestic Violence / Ana Clarissa Rojas Durazo 179 III. Building Movement 22. Unite and Rebel! Challenges and Strategies in Building Alliances / Elizabeth "Betita" Martínez 191 23. Sistas Makin' Moves: Collective Leadership for Personal Transformation and Social Justice / Sista II Sista 196 24. Disloyal to Feminism: Abuse of Survivors within the Domestic Violence Shelter System / Emi Koyama 208 25. Gender Violence and the Prison-Industrial Complex / Critical Resistance and INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 223 26. Trans Action for Social and Economic Justice / TransJustice 227 27. "The Personal is the Private is the Cultural": South Asian Women Organizing Against Domestic Violence / Puneet Kuar Chawla Sahota 231 28. An Antiracist Christian Ethical Approach to Violence Resistance / Traci C. West 243 29. Taking Risks: Implementing Grassroots Community Accountability Strategies / Communities Against Rape and Abuse (CARA) 250 30. poems on trying to love without fear / maiana minahal 267 Endnotes and Works Cited 270 Index 305 About the Contributors 321

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Book SynopsisExtending decolonial theory into greater conversation with race, sexuality, and Indigenous studies, Macarena Gómez-Barris traces the political, aesthetic, and performative practices of South American indigenous activists, intellectuals, and artists that emerge in opposition to the ruinous effects of extractive capital.Trade Review"The Extractive Zone offers a glimpse into what kind of world may be possible through the everyday practices and knowledges of submerged perspectives." -- Megan Spencer * The New Inquiry *"A timely study. . . . The result of substantive situated fieldwork. . . . There may be no greater testament to the value and urgency of decolonial approaches to embodied vernacular knowledge today." -- Kimberly Richards * TDR: The Drama Review *"Gómez-Barris’s compelling text grapples with the destruction and death dealt by extractive industries. . . . This is all provocative and engaging material, particularly when set against political economic critiques of extractivism." -- Joe Bryan * The Americas *"Gómez-Barris’s writing provides an anecdote to technocratic visions of 'green capitalism' by foregrounding questions of justice, identity, and the contingency of politics. Scholars interested in the debates animating anti-extractive social movements in Latin America and beyond should begin here." -- Matthew Shutzer * Enterprise & Society *"The Extractive Zone contributes an important feminist and indigenous hemispheric genealogy and cultural studies lens on current political economic debates circulating in Latin America and beyond regarding alternatives to growth-oriented, capitalist and extractive-based models of development. The book also complicates heroic and romantic readings of the conceptual and legal mechanisms surrounding the state-based rhetoric of buen vivir in Latin American constitutionalism that too often appear uncritically examined in scholarship produced in the global North." -- Kristina Lyons * Journal of Latin American Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Preface. Below the Surface xiii Introduction. Submerged Perspectives 1 1. The Intangibility of the Yasuní 17 2. Andean Phenomenology and New Age Settler Colonialism 39 3. An Archive for the Future: Seeing through Occupation 66 4. A Fish-Eye Episteme: Seeing Below the River's Colonization 91 5. Decolonial Gestures: Anarcho-Feminist Indigenous Critique 110 Conclusion. The View from Below 133 Notes 139 Bibliography 165 Index 179

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsGeneral Abbreviations | vii Abbreviations for Poets and Poems | ix Acknowledgments | xiii Introduction | 1 Part 1: Making Memories Rök and Ynglingatal | 15 1. Death in Place | 20 2. Forging the Chain | 46 Stone—Stanza—Memory | 72 Part 2: Seeing Things 3. The Viking Eye | 81 4. Seeing, Knowing, and Believing in the Prose Edda | 108 Part 3: Hearing Voices 5. The Noise of Poetry | 135 6. A Poetry Machine | 160 Conclusion | 185 Notes | 193 References | 257 Index | 291 Plates follow page 78

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Book SynopsisSpecific Models Covered:ZX900 A1-A3 84-86; ZX1000 A1-A2 86-87; ZX1000 (ZX-10) B1-B3 88-90; ZX1100 C1-C4 90-93; ZX1100 (ZX-11) D1-D9 93-01

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Book SynopsisSpecific Models Covered:TRX500FA 01-04; TRX500FGA 2004

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Book SynopsisLembke concludes that the prescription drug epidemic is a symptom of a faltering health care system, the solution for which lies in rethinking how health care is delivered.Trade ReviewA thought-provoking study that all healthcare professionals and patients should read. Library Journal ... a story with mythic resonance. Times Higher Education "... excellent... It's a short book, concisely written, giving plenty of examples of patients' stories while at the same time showing trends in policy and national practice." Metapsychology Drug Dealer, MD offers a fresh, comprehensive perspective on addiction and prescription drugs. The patient narratives provide compassionate, albeit sometimes extreme, examples of how the medical field has failed patients, while the data provide the facts needed to prove that this truly is a system failure rather than any one person's fault. This thought-provoking book should be a must-read for medical trainees, providers, and health policy leaders working at the forefront of addressing the prescription drug epidemic. Health Affairs Anna Lembke sheds light on the rise of prescription drug addiction in the USA, fuelled in part by the actions of doctors and the structure of the US healthcare system. London School of Economics Review of Books ... The book is written in a clear, easy-to-read style with lay readers in mind. Pharmaceutical Journal ... once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. Drug Dealer, MD ... the most important medical book of the decade. -- Abigail Zuger Undark As far as I am concerned, "Drug Dealer, M.D.," in less than 200 unassuming, readable, and carefully referenced pages, may be the most important medical book of the decade for finally getting the story of this epidemic exactly right... every doctor and concerned citizen can take a first step in the right direction by reading Anna Lembke's book.Table of ContentsContents1. Introduction: The Prescription Drug Epidemic2. What is Addiction and Who's at Risk? 3. Pain is Dangerous, Difference is Psychopathology: The Role of Illness Narratives4. Big Pharma Joins Big Medicine, Co-Opting Medical Science to Promote Pill-Taking 5. The Drug-Seeking Patient: Malingering vs the Hijacked Brain 6. The Professional Patient: Illness as Identity and a Right to Be Compensated7. The Compassionate Doctor, the Narcissistic Injury, and the Primitive Defense8. Pill Mills and the Toyota-ization of Medicine 9. Addiction, the Disease Insurance Companies Still Won't Pay Doctors to Treat10. Stopping the Cycle of Compulsive Prescribing Bibliography

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Book Synopsis In The Wrestling Drill Book, Second Edition, nine of the sport’s top coaches offer more than 160 drills for mastering essential techniques: takedowns, reversals, escapes, riding, and pinning combinations. Detailed descriptions, coaching points, corrections to common errors, and 400 photos provide thorough instruction for proper execution of each move. Trade Review “The Wrestling Drill Book assists coaches from youth to college levels in developing championship wrestlers. It’s a must-read.” Bobby Douglas-- U.S. Olympic Coach (1992, 2004), NWCA Coach of the Year (2000), U.S. Freestyle World Team Head Coach (’89, ’91, ’02, ’03) "To reach your potential as a wrestler, you must be willing to work hard in the off-season. The Wrestling Drill Book offers some great training activities to help you do this." Cael Sanderson-- 2004 Olympic Champion, Head Wrestling Coach, Penn State University “Whether for wrestling or for mixed martial arts, the second edition of The Wrestling Drill Book is the one resource that athletes need in order to learn how to grapple like a champion.” Doug Jeffrey-- Editor, Ultimate MMA Magazine Table of Contents Chapter 1 Essential Movement Drills Chapter 2 Footwork: Agility, Quickness, and Balance Drills (new chapter) Chapter 3 Takedown Drills (5 new drills) Chapter 4 Advance Throws and Takedown Drills (new chapter) Chapter 5 Escape and Reversal Drills (9 new drills) Chapter 6 Riding to Pinning Combination Drills (7 new drills) Chapter 7 Advance Pinning Combination Drills (5 new drills) Chapter 8 Conditioning Drills (11 new drills) Chapter 9 Effective Practices and Off-Season Activities (expanded)

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Book SynopsisIn Pursuit of Excellence offers a prescriptive and practical means of gaining a competitive edge on or off the field through mental training. Athletes, coaches, and professionals will develop a positive outlook and focused commitment, overcome obstacles, improve performance, and achieve higher-quality living. Trade Review“This book is for those who are not satisfied with good enough. I have known Terry for over 20 years, and his insights have provided me with the guidance I need to stay focused on the things that really matter to achieve my goals. I regularly use the strategies he shares in Pursuit of Excellence in my work with coaches around the world, from youth sport to the world’s best Olympic and national team coaches.”—Wade Gilbert, PhD, Professor, Department of Kinesiology California State University–FresnoTable of ContentsPart I Discovering Excellence Chapter 1. Choice of Excellence Chapter 2. Wheel of Excellence Chapter 3. Focus for Excellence Chapter 4. Journey to Excellence Part II Focusing for Excellence Chapter 5. Self-Examination Chapter 6. Intensity, Relaxation, and Recovery Chapter 7. Distraction Control Chapter 8. Positive Images Chapter 9. Simulation Chapter 10. Zen Experiences Part III Creating Excellence Chapter 11. Perspectives Chapter 12. Goals Chapter 13. Commitments Chapter 14. Connections Chapter 15. Challenges Chapter 16. Actions Part IV Living Excellence Chapter 17. Composed Chapter 18. Balanced Chapter 19. Consistent Chapter 20. Coachable Chapter 21. Team-Oriented Chapter 22. Self-Directed Chapter 23. Adaptable Chapter 24. Transition

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Book SynopsisProvides an elementary introduction to geometric topology and its applications to chemistry, molecular biology, and cosmology. It does not assume any mathematical or scientific background, sophistication, or even motivation to study mathematics. It is meant to be fun and engaging while drawing students in to learn about fundamental topological and geometric ideas.Trade Review[T]his is a wonderful introduction to geometry and topology and their applications to the sciences. The book contains a unique collection of topics that might entice young readers to continue their academic careers by learning more about the world of mathematics." - Claus Ernst, Zentralblatt MATHTable of Contents Universes: An introduction to the shape of the universe Visualizing four dimensions Geometry and topology of different universes Orientability Flat manifolds Connected sums of spaces Products of spaces Geometries of surfaces Knots: Introduction to knot theory Invariants of knots and links Knot polynomials Molecules: Mirror image symmetry from different viewpoints Techniques to prove topological chirality The topology and geometry of DNA The topology of proteins Index

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Book SynopsisLightning through the Clouds is the first English-language life-and-times biography of ‘Izz al-Din al-Qassam, a preeminent figure who helped to reshape the political and religious landscape of the region. A Syrian-born, Egyptian-educated cleric, he went from the battlefields of World War I to join the anticolonialist fight against the French in Syria. Sentenced to be executed by the French military, he managed to escape to Palestine, where he became an increasingly popular presence, moved by the plight of the poor and disenfranchised. Outraged by British rule and the encroachment of Zionism, he formed a secret society to resist the colonization of Palestine first by the British and then by Jewish immigrants from Europe, once again taking up arms and advocating for a moral, political, and military jihad as the only solution. His death at the hands of Palestine Police in 1935 drew thousands to his funeral and sparked the 19361939 Arab Revolt.His influence continueTrade Review"[A] masterful study of [‘Izz al-Din al-Qassam]...The judicious analysis and research found in Lightning through the Clouds allows us to cast aside the myth and lore surrounding this iconic figure and uncover the many complex historical forces that shaped his life. Lightning through the Clouds is not only a welcome contribution to Palestinian studies but a valuable addition to the larger field of modern Middle Eastern history." * Journal of Palestine Studies *A welcome scholarly publication...Sanagan’s choice of narrating the social history of ʿIzz Al-Din Al-Qassam as the representative of resistance in the modern Middle East offers a valuable contribution to both the biography of the iconic hero and the historiography of Mandate Palestine during its middle period. The study would benefit scholars and students of history, religious studies, and Middle East and cultural studies. * Arab Studies Quarterly *This biography of [‘Izz al-Din] al-Qassam places him not only in the context of his social and political settings, but also allows us to see him within a wider movement in which his charisma and community connections made him not a single, dominating figure, but first amongst equals...Sanagan has thus succeeded in writing a rare book, one that combines the compelling narrative thrust of a biography with a breadth of view that tells the reader something genuinely new about the development of Palestine and Levantine anti-colonial politics over the first third of the twentieth century. * Contemporary Levant *Table of Contents List of Figures List of Abbreviations Note on Transliterations Maps Prologue Introduction Chapter 1. The Guide Chapter 2. The City of a Thousand Minarets Chapter 3. The Soldier Shaykh Chapter 4. Exile to Haifa Chapter 5. Workers and Villagers Chapter 6. The Tip of the Thread Chapter 7. Nahalal, 1932 Chapter 8. With the Qurʾan as a Passport Chapter 9. Memorial Conclusion Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendix. Ikhwan al-Qassam A Note on Sources Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMuch has changed in the area of school law since the first edition of The Educator’s Guide to Texas School Law was published in 1986. This new tenth edition of The Educator’s Guide offers an authoritative source on Texas school law through the 2021 legislative sessions. Intended for educators, school board members, attorneys, and taxpayers, it explains what the law is and what the implications are for effective school operations; it helps professional educators avoid expensive and time-consuming lawsuits by taking effective preventive action; and it serves as a highly valuable resource for school law courses and staff development sessions.The tenth edition begins with a review of the legal structure of the Texas school system, incorporating recent features such as charter schools and districts of innovation, then addresses the instructional program, service to students with special needs, the rights of public school employees, the role of religion, s

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Book SynopsisFollowing a decade of U.S. bombing campaigns that obliterated northern Vietnam, East Germany helped Vietnam rebuild in an act of socialist solidarity. In Building Socialism Christina Schwenkel examines the utopian visions of an expert group of Vietnamese and East German urban planners who sought to transform the devastated industrial town of Vinh into a model socialist city. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in Vietnam and Germany with architects, engineers, construction workers, and tenants in Vinh's mass housing complex, Schwenkel explores the material and affective dimensions of urban possibility and the quick fall of Vinh's new built environment into unplanned obsolescence. She analyzes the tensions between aspirational infrastructure and postwar uncertainty to show how design models and practices that circulated between the socialist North and the decolonizing South underwent significant modification to accommodate alternative cultural logics and ideas about urban futurity. By documenting the building of Vietnam's first planned city and its aftermath of decay and repurposing, Schwenkel argues that underlying the ambivalent and often unpredictable responses to modernist architectural forms were anxieties about modernity and the future of socialism itself.Trade Review“A triumph of interdisciplinary and transnational scholarship! Following a compelling new case of international ‘high-socialist’ architecture, Christina Schwenkel bridges the histories of and scholarship on Eastern European and Asian socialisms. The oft-maligned but poorly understood city of Vinh proves to be an unexpected center of international solidarity and a riveting example of human resilience. Its story offers a significant perspective on Vietnamese history, socialist internationalism, postwar reconstruction, post-socialism, neoliberal redevelopment, and urban history.” -- Erik Harms, author of * Luxury and Rubble: Civility and Dispossession in the New Saigon *“In this extraordinary book, the anthropological and architectural histories of the city of Vinh emerge between the hour zero when B-52s fly over Vinh and the ebbing of obsolescence. Christina Schwenkel addresses urban space and design in an enlightening and unsettling manner, evoking and explaining the ‘building of socialism’ as both a Vietnamese and an East German phenomenon in its postcolonial and postmodern contexts.” -- Rudolf Mrázek, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Michigan“Schwenkel explores the main built legacy of this alliance [between Vietnam and East Germany], the Quang Trung housing estate in Vinh.... The story she has to tell, and the research she has undertaken in several years living on the estate...[is] informative, surprising, and often very moving.” -- Owen Hatherley * Jacobin Magazine *“A model of transnational urban research, Building Socialism uncovers the history of Vinh’s role as a global planning hub, while also attending to the afterlife of socialist modernism for those residing in the city today." -- Katherine Zubovich * The Metropole *"Building Socialism is . . . an indispensable addition to our understanding of urban Asia." -- Abidin Kusno * Journal of Asian Studies *"The book offers a novel and broader understanding of the urban development projects in postwar Vietnam with its social and political trajectories aided by an impressive collection of archival material. . . . Altogether, Christina Schwenkel’s work is a refreshing and groundbreaking addition not only to the study of the global history of the GDR but, first and foremost, to the study of Vietnam’s building of socialism." -- Katrin Bahr * German Studies Review *"Exemplary scholarship. . . . The book's theoretical reflections challenge some calcified notions in current scholarship and intelligentsia, and show the incredibly similar housing experiences and cultural-imperialist tendencies of both capitalism and socialism." -- Esra Ackan * Berlin Journal *"Building Socialism is a remarkably illuminating transnational and interdisciplinary study of socialist nation building, examined through the lenses of internationalism, urban planning and architecture, and an ethnography of a mass housing estate. . . . The author very much succeeds in presenting a cohesive, theoretically rich work of in-depth investigation." -- Hazel Hahn * H-Urban *"Building Socialism is a captivating, imaginative, and significant contribution in anthropology, Vietnamese history, urban history, and history of urban planning. It is suitable for assigning in both graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses." -- Hazel Hahn * H-Urban, H-Net Reviews *"This engaging book ties together the legacies of the Vietnam War, East German urbanism, and contemporary neoliberal development to produce a narrative that is greater than the sum of its parts, shedding much-needed light on the complexity of modernism’s social and material durabilities." -- Samantha Maurer Fox * Anthropological Review *"Though somewhat theoretical, this book is ultimately accessible to a broad readership. It will be of most interest to scholars and students of urban planning, urban anthropology, and urban studies. Highly recommended. Lower division undergraduates through faculty; professionals" -- M. E. Pfeifer * Choice *"The book’s strength is that it expands our understanding of the multiplicity of urbanisms. . . . Building Socialism is an achievement that warrants the attention of every scholar interested in the urbanism of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, well beyond Vietnam." -- Takanari Fujita * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *Table of ContentsList of Figures, Plates, and Tables vii Abbreviations xi A Note on Translation and Transliteration xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 Part I. Ruination 1. Annihilation 25 Interlude. Urban Fragments 1 43 2. Evacuation 45 Interlude. Urban Fragments 76 3. Solidarity 78 Part 2. Reconstruction 4. Spirited Internationalism 105 Interlude. Urban Fragments 3 129 5. Rational Planning 131 Interlude. Urban Fragments 4 159 6. Utopian Housing 161 Part 3. Obsolescence 7. Indiscipline 211 8. Decay 232 9. Renovation 260 10. Revaluation 293 Conclusion. On the Future of Utopias Past 316 Notes 323 References 357 Index

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Book SynopsisIn Struggles for the Human, Lara Montesinos Coleman blends ethnography, political philosophy, and critical theory to reorient debates on human rights through attention to understandings of legality, ethics, and humanity in anticapitalist and decolonial struggle. Drawing on her extensive involvement with grassroots social movements in Colombia, Coleman observes that mainstream expressions of human rights have become counterparts to capitalist violence, even as this discourse disavows capitalism’s deadly implications. She rejects claims that human rights are inherently tied to capitalism, liberalism, or colonialism, instead showing how human rights can be used to combat these forces. Coleman demonstrates that social justice struggles that are rooted in marginalized communities’ lived experiences can reframe human rights in order to challenge oppressive power structures and offer a blueprint for constructing alternative political economies. By examining the practice of Trade Review“Lara Montesinos Coleman’s arresting and beautiful ethnography of Colombian resistance movements doubles as an informed and sophisticated critical intervention into the controversy about the meanings of human rights in an age of neoliberalism. Bypassing the politics of struggle, the book proves, is a mistake for anyone rushing to bury—or praise—human rights today.” -- Samuel Moyn, Yale University“In Struggles for the Human, Lara Montesinos Coleman brings together a blistering critique of mainstream human rights practices and a nuanced account of neoliberalism with a defense of the continued use of human rights by radical social movements. Coleman shows how human rights retain a disruptive potential and can contribute to the dismantling of capitalist structures of impunity. Breaking new ground in our thinking about rights, capitalist power, and emancipation, this is an indispensable book for all those interested in the politics of human rights, radical social movements, and political philosophy.” -- Jessica Whyte, author of * The Morals of the Market: Human Rights and the Rise of Neoliberalism *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction. Human Rights in Struggle 1 1. Necroeconomics: Violence, Law, and Twenty-First-Century Plunder 27 2. Deadly Colonial Ethics: Development Policy-Speak and Corporate Responsibility 57 3. Privatizing Workers’ Rights: Social Partnership in a Neoliberal World 81 4. Elusive Justice: Capital, Impunity, and Counterlegality 105 5. From Pernicious Optimism to Radical Hope: Human Rights beyond Abstract Values 132 6. For an Insurgent Humanism 153 Conclusion. What Do We Make of Human Rights? Ten Points 170 Notes 175 Bibliography 213 Index 239

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Book SynopsisThe role of disability and deafness in art Distressing Language is full of mistakeserrors of hearing, speaking, writing, and understanding. Michael Davidson engages the role of disability and deafness in contemporary aesthetics, exploring how physical and intellectual differences challenge our understanding of art and poetry. Where hearing and speaking are considered normative conditions of the human, what happens when words are misheard and misspoken? How have writers and artists, both disabled and non-disabled, used error as generative elements in contesting the presumed value of "sounding good"? Distressing Language grows out of the author's experience of hearing loss in which misunderstandings have become a daily occurrence. Davidson maintains that verbal confusions are less an aberration in understanding than a component of new knowledge. Davidson discusses a range of sites, from captioning errors and Bad Lip Reads on YouTube, to the deaf artist Christine Sun Kim's audiovisual installations, and a poetic reinterpretation of the Biblical Shibboleth responding to the atrocities of the Holocaust. Deafness becomes a guide in each chapter of Distressing Language, giving us a closer look at a range of artistic mediums and how artists are working with the axiom of "error" to produce novel subjecthoods and possibilities.Trade ReviewDrawing on his own experience of increasing deafness, Davidson provides an engrossing look into the ways that slips or unusual forms of language can unexpectedly lead to new meanings and beauty. Distressing Language expertly weaves together modern poetry and fiction, popular culture, sign language art, theory, politics, and history, and is often as funny as it is profound. * Christopher Krentz, author of Writing Deafness: The Hearing Line in Nineteenth-Century American Literature *A highly original account of language, meaning, and sound, all framed through hearing loss. In Davidson’s account, meaning and value come from things not working the way they are supposed to. But rather than fetishizing technical glitch or aesthetic failure, he processes meaning through a disability hermeneutic. Throughout Distressing Language, the lines between poetry, sound art, and music are intentionally blurred and violated, while the meaning of sound is foregrounded as something especially important for those who have limited access to it. * Jonathan Sterne, McGill University *

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Book SynopsisWhat’s in Your Genome? describes the functional regions of the human genome, the evidence that 90% of it is junk DNA, and the reasons this evidence has not been widely accepted by the popular press and much of the scientific community.The human genome contains about 25,000 protein-coding and noncoding genes and many other functional elements, such as origins of replication, regulatory elements, and centromeres. Functional elements occupy only about 10 percent of the more than three billion base pairs in the human genome. Much of the rest is composed of ancient fragments of broken genes, transposons, and viruses. Almost all of this is thought to be junk DNA, based on evidence that dates back fifty years. This conclusion is controversial. What’s in Your Genome? describes the arguments on both sides of the debate and attempts to explain the reasoning behind those different points of view. The book corrects a number of Table of ContentsPreface Prologue The Junk DNA War 1. Introducing Genomes 2. The Evolution of Sloppy Genomes 3. Repetitive DNA and Mobile Genetic Elements 4. Why Don’t Mutations Kill Us? 5. The Big Picture 6. How Many Genes? How Many Proteins? 7. Gene Families and the Birth and Death of Genes 8. Noncoding Genes and Junk RNA 9. The ENCODE Publicity Campaign 10. Turning Genes On and Off 11. Zen and the Art of Coping with a Poorly Designed Genome Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the entanglement of art, technology, and culture, The Quantum Revolution illuminates the contemporary scientific imagination as a new way of understanding everyday life.Table of Contents1.The Quantum Revolution Riders of the Information Storm Theses on the Quantum Revolution Art as Quantum Gateway Rebecca Belmore and the Art of Duality Quantum Vision. Energetic Art Particle Poetics Wave Aesthetics 2. Particle Poetics: Street Scenes from the Quantum Revolution A. Art of the Fourth Dimension B. Blasts of Graffiti for Life on the Run C. Cutaways to Street Memories of the Future D. Dark Matter/Dark Energy E. “The Last Human Being” F. Forensic Architecture and the Empire of Crime G. Gateways to Blue Stragglers H. Hybrid Bodies I. Interference Patterns J. Jet Streams of Gravity Waves K. Kinetics of Atrocity L. Lonesome Cowboys to the Stars: Perseverance Has Landed on Mars M. Macrobursts and Sun Dogs in the Gathering Sky of Global Politics N. Nostalgia for Nostalgia: The Eclipse of Right-Wing Populism O. Open-Source Speed Runners P. Primordial Black Holes Q. Quantum Bodies: From Louise Bourgeois and Abject Bodies to Siren lll R. Scorpio Rising S. Streaming SuperStream T. Trouble in the Global Village U. Undone by Screen Addiction V. Vector Zero Vector W. Baby Algorithms at Warp Speed X. X-Raying Scavenger Culture Y. Yesteryear Futurism Z. Zoom Kids 3. Wave Aesthetics: Art of Resurgence Vectors of Extinction in the Quantum Revolution Fold 1: Ecological Death Ecological Death and Fairy Creek Fold 2: Violent Event Horizons The Pacific Wall of Kienholz/Lyotard Counter-Gradient: Autopsy of the Future: Nadia Myre’s Indian Act & The Scar Project Fold 3: From the Slaughterhouse From the Slaughterhouses to the Butchers to the Tate: Deleuze/Bacon Counter-Gradient: Wolf Girl: Kiki Smith and the Butchered Self Fold 4: The Quantum Citizen TRANS/formers: More than Meets the Eye Duchamp/Lyotard Fold 5: The Vortex of Immaterial Bodies Alberto Giacometti and The Quantum Void Fold 6: Art with the Density of a Black Hole The Gates of Hell: Rodin and the Promised Land Counter-Gradient: The World Screen of the Twenty-First Century: “In the future, everything will be fine” Datamoshing Intimacy and Memory for a Time of Lonesome Remix Identity Time Tunnelling Spinning, Dying Neutron Stars from Deep Space AI Goes Psychic Harvesting the Brain 4D Organs Looping in the Fifth Dimensional Plane Hoping for the Best but Mourning for the Rest From Kathy Acker Neon Dreams When Drones Rain Murder from the Sky Cold War Redux/Drive-Thru Insurgency Fold 7: Cold Blue with Skies the Color of Melancholy Quantum Assassin: Jacques Monory 4. Epilogue: I Stepped into The Future and It Was Now Index

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Book Synopsis Presents the best coaching methods and practices for each season on the sport calendar – pre-season, in-season, post-season, and off-season - and offers specific actions, tools, and guidelines for coaches to create a cycle of continuous improvement for themselves, their athletes, and their teams. Trade Review“I met Wade at a USOC coach education seminar, and was immediately impressed by his knowledge of what it takes to coach at a championship level. His cycle for continuous excellence and many of his other insights and recommendations ring true to my experience and teachings throughout my career. Coaching Better Every Season has just become more possible for any coach who reads and applies the wisdom and best practices found in this book.”Anson Dorrance—Head Coach of University of North Carolina Women’s Soccer Team, 22-Time NCAA National Champions “The best sport programs have a solid plan for success and follow that winning formula consistently each year. Coaching Better Every Season is a blueprint for building just such a structure for success that coaches can apply and adapt to their specific sport and personnel. Wade Gilbert’s season-by-season guide is a great tool for any coach who is willing to ask “What can I improve?” and who is then willing to take the steps to do so. At YSU our motto is Macte virtute, a Latin phrase that commands us to increase excellence. With Wade’s book, you can do just that.”Jim Tressel—President of Youngstown State University and Five-Time National Champion Football Coach “I first heard Wade speak about quality coaching at the Hockey Hall of Fame. The message he shared that day, summarized in this impressive book, is a proven approach to building better athletes and programs. I highly recommend coaches at all levels of sport read this book and apply Wade’s strategies in their coaching.”Greg Schell—Coordinator of Hockey Development for Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Club “Now 47 years into my coaching journey, I am still looking for ways to improve my coaching. I just wish Coaching Better Every Season had been available earlier in my career. It is an invaluable resource filled with key concepts, proven strategies, innovative ideas, and insightful examples for addressing the philosophical underpinnings, the seasonal process, and effective day-to-day applications in coaching. Throughout the book are recommended strategies for improving coaching effectiveness via a careful blend of art and science. Read and use this book, and you’ll be a better coach.”Vern Gambetta—Founder of GAIN (Gambetta Athletic Improvement Network) and Coach/Consultant to NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, Collegiate, National, and Olympic teams “Dr. Gilbert is widely recognized as a leader in coach education. His guidance for coaches—not just coaching theory but also applied practical advice—allows us to be more effective in what we do.”Ken Martel—Technical Director of USA Hockey “If you are satisfied with your quality of coaching, Wade Gilbert’s book, Coaching Better Every Season, is not for you. However, if you are like my former coach John Wooden, who improved his coaching every year until his retirement, this book will be most valuable, as it will provide a roadmap for your passionate pursuit of perfection.” Swen Nater—Author and Former UCLA, NBA, and ABA Basketball Player “Coaching Better Every Season iss a book is for all coaches truly committed to being better at their craft. Wade’s insights have provided me the guidance I need to stay focused on the things that really matter for coaching and performance improvement at the highest level. His approach and strategies have real-world, practical application for coaches around the world at all levels, from youth sport to those at the Olympic and national team level.” Cameron Kiosoglous, PhD—US Rowing National Team Coach “Coaching Better Every Season is a must read for any coach at any level seeking to build a championship program, positive team culture, and lasting tradition. It is a book you will want to continually refer to as a coach’s guide throughout each season.”Jeffrey Huber, PhD—Indiana University, Big Ten, NCAA, USA, USOC Coach of the Year; 13-Time USA Diving National Coach of the Year “For more than 20 years, Wade has been sharing his exceptional coaching knowledge and wisdom gleaned from his varied experiences as a teacher, researcher, and coach. He is a world-renowned expert in the coaching field, a scholar of extraordinary breadth, and a brilliant communicator. Wade brings to this book a marvelous blend of research, insights, and strategies about coaching that provide a master blueprint for building successful sport programs.”Jean Côté, PhD—Professor and Director of School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University “Dr. Gilbert’s research on coaching is the best coaching science we’ve got. He has studied, learned from, and collaborated with successful coaches around the world, including national, Olympic, and world championship coaches—and John Wooden himself. I highly recommend the book, which most certainly will have you Coaching Better Every Season." Ronald Gallimore, PhD—Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UCLA "Coaching Better Every Season is the most comprehensive coaching book I have read. Dr. Gilbert has a knack for speaking and writing about the heart of coaching and leadership. It is a must read for any coach who wants to be successful and continually stay ahead of the game.”Guy Krueger—Education and Training Manager at USA Archery “In Coaching Better Every Season, Wade Gilbert masterfully incorporates the art and science of coaching into a system that promotes greatness. His book provides a clear and compelling road map for developing the people who are producing the results. If you are driven by your desire to help your athletes be their best, this book is for you.”Ralph Pim, EdD—Sport Adviser and Team Consultant, Director of Competitive Sports (retired), United States Military Academy "Working with Wade and applying the strategies he shares in Coaching Better Every Season has helped me set the vision and standards for our wrestling program."Troy Steiner—Head Coach of Fresno State University Wrestling "Coaching Better Every Season should be a mandatory read for all coaches. It presents the art and science of coaching, no matter the sport."Chuck Kylee—Head Coach at Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio; Two-Time USA Today High School Coach of the Year; Youth Football Advisor for the Cleveland Browns “Internationally known coaching expert Wade Gilbert has the rare ability to link science and practice in creative ways for coaches, as shown in this book. The organization of pointers from preseason to off-season makes for an informative read for coaches.”Robin S. Vealey, PhD—Professor and Graduate Director of the Department of Kinesiology and Health at Miami University “Coaching Better Every Season articulates the role of coaches in building teams as centers of learning. Dr. Gilbert’s book is the perfect resource for those who desire sustainable programmatic success; it is a must read for coaches at every level.”Jon LeCrone—Commissioner of the Horizon League “I have had the pleasure of speaking to Wade Gilbert’s classes over the past eight years. I have watched him mentor and bring out the best in every student in his classes. Coaching Better Every Season is going to give every coach who uses this book the opportunity to coach better every day. Wade Gilbert knows how to use science and practical experience and bring them together. This book will help us all be better coaches to our athletes.”Jeanne Fleck—Head Coach of Fresno State University Women’s Swimming and Diving “I am fortunate enough to have worked with and learned from Dr. Wade Gilbert, and I consider my experience with him to be the most significant factor in my desire to return to coaching and pursue my first head coaching position. In Coaching Better Every Season, Wade delves deep into his subject matter while keeping it relatable and applicable to coaches of all levels. The concepts and strategies he shares have bolstered my ability to build and sustain a successful program, with success defined by so much more than wins and losses. Reflecting upon the totality of experiences I’ve had in my sport and profession, I truly believe that the knowledge and tools provided in Coaching Better Every Season have been paramount to my development as a coach.”Breanne Nasti—Head Coach of Women’s Softball and Assistant Athletic Director at Adelphi University “I have been extremely fortunate to reconnect with and work alongside Dr. Wade Gilbert. He has provided me with a wealth of invaluable knowledge that I share regularly in my interactions with coaches and athletic directors. His acute insights on what it takes to become a better coach, and a better person, and to build a legacy through a better program are exactly why every coach should read this book.”Pat Riddlesprigger—Athletic Manager at Fresno Unified School District “Dr. Wade Gilbert provides a perfect blend of research-based information, front-line coaching applications, and compelling examples throughout his book. Coaching Better Every Season is a major contribution to the education and practice of coaches.”John Bales—President of the International Council for Coaching Excellence “I have had the privilege of collaborating with Dr. Gilbert for over 15 yearrs as both a high school coach and athletic director. Dr. Gilbert has the unique ability to present current research in the field of coach and athlete development and demonstrate how that research can be applied in the real world of everyday coaching. Over the last five years, Wade has been an integral part of rebuilding the athletics program at Fresno High School. The results have been both dramatic and measurable; we now have a system in place that allows us to use data, athlete feedback, and competitive indicators to measure the status of each sport program. Simply put, Wade provided us with the tools that changed the culture of our entire athletics program. With Coaching Better Every Season, you can too.”David Barton—Athletic Director at Fresno High School “Unquestionably one of the best coaching books out there from one of the finest minds. I wish a book like this had been available when I started coaching 20-plus years ago!”Sergio Lara-Bercial, PhD—Senior Research Fellow at Leeds Beckett University; International Council for Coaching Excellence Table of ContentsPart I Preseason: EnvisionChapter 1 Define Purpose and Core Values Chapter 2 Connect Values to a Philosophy Chapter 3 Set Target Outcomes Chapter 4 Build Trust and Cohesion Part II In-Season: EnactChapter 5 Develop Athletic Talent and Skill Chapter 6 Optimize Athletes’ Learning Chapter 7 Design Quality Practices Chapter 8 Ensure Precompetition Readiness Chapter 9 Coach Effectively on Game Day Part III End of Season: EvaluateChapter 10 Design and Implement a Program Evaluation System Chapter 11 Recognize and Build on Strengths Part IV Off-Season: EnhanceChapter 12 Close Performance Gaps Chapter 13 Collaborate and Learn Chapter 14 Recharge and Ignite Closing Repeating Success

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Book SynopsisGain the plant-based advantage! Join the thousands of runners, bodybuilders, and athletes from virtually every sport who rely on foods and beverages made without animal products. Every day an increasing number of athletes, even those who are not fully vegetarian or vegan, incorporate a plant-based diet when training or recovering from competition.In Plant-Based Sports Nutrition, registered dietitians Enette Larson-Meyer and Matt Ruscigno combine decades of evidence-based research with personal experience working with—and as—vegan and vegetarian athletes to offer you a reliable and complete explanation of how, when, and why you need to plan your nutrient intake to maximize nutrition and get the best results. They will help you make smart decisions about properly fueling your body so you have the energy and stamina to boost your training and excel during competition.Learn how to get proper amounts of all essential macronutrients, vitamins, and mTrade Review“Five decades ago, when I won the Boston Marathon as a vegetarian runner, few knew or cared about my diet. Since then, I've encountered increasing interest year after year. At every runner’s clinic, someone asks me: ‘What do you think of a vegetarian diet, and how can I learn more?’ The answer is simple: Vegetarian and plant-based diets are great for your health as well as the health of the planet. And to learn everything you need to know, just read Plant-Based Sports Nutrition. Enette Larson-Meyer and Matt Ruscigno are as informed on the subject as they are passionate and experienced. There's no better source than this book.”—Amby Burfoot, 1968 Boston Marathon Winner and Author of Run Forever: Your Complete Guide to Healthy Lifetime Running and Other Books“Whether you’re an elite athlete or newbie exerciser, Plant-Based Sports Nutrition dispels the myths of plant-based nutrition while providing the knowledge to optimize your athletic performance. Plants are the athletic fuel of the future!”—Scott Jurek, Vegan Ultramarathon Legend and Author of North and the New York Times–Bestselling Eat and RunTable of ContentsChapter 1. Gaining the Plant-Based AdvantageChapter 2. Getting Adequate Calories From Plant SourcesChapter 3. Finding the Right Carbohydrate MixChapter 4. Choosing Smart Fat Over No FatChapter 5. Building Muscle Without MeatChapter 6. Optimizing Bone HealthChapter 7. Boosting Iron Intake and AbsorptionChapter 8. Breaking Free of Multivitamin DependenceChapter 9. Prioritizing Food and Fluids Before, During, and After EventsChapter 10. Choosing Whether to SupplementChapter 11. Reducing Muscle Cramps and InflammationChapter 12. Creating a Customized Meal PlanChapter 13. Adapting the Plan to Manage WeightChapter 14. Whipping Up Quick Plant-Based Meals and SnacksChapter 15. RecipesAppendix A. Energy Costs of Physical ActivityAppendix B. Food Guidance SystemsAppendix C. Foods Containing FODMAPsAppendix D. Glycemic Index of Common FoodsAppendix E. Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamins and MineralsAppendix F. Metric Conversions for Common Measures

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Book SynopsisSee what it takes to maximize multisport strength, power, speed, and endurance. Let Triathlon Anatomy, Second Edition, prepare you for the starting line and show you how to reach your personal best by increasing muscular strength and optimizing the efficiency of every movement.Triathlon Anatomy features 74 of the most effective multisport exercises with step-by-step descriptions and full-color anatomical illustrations highlighting the muscles in action. But you’ll see much more than the exercises—you’ll also see the results. For each exercise, a Triathlon Focus feature illustrates how the movement is fundamentally linked to performance in each sport. You’ll see how to strengthen muscles and increase stamina for cycling steep inclines, running across various terrains, and swimming in open water. You’ll learn how to modify exercises to target specific areas, reduce muscle tension, and minimize comTrade Review“Having combined experience of more than 50 years of training and treating endurance athletes of every level, Dr. Mark Klion and Jonathan Cane know exactly what it takes to achieve optimal performance. Triathlon Anatomy is an easy-to-understand guide to personalized performance and injury prevention. Whatever your definition of success for triathlon, Triathlon Anatomy will help you achieve it.”—Victoria Brumfield, Chief of Staff for USA Triathlon“Mark Klion has been helping triathletes optimize their performance and stay injury-free for decades. I’ve raced side by side with Dr. Klion at the Ironman in Kona, Hawaii. I’ve also visited his Manhattan office for treatments and advice that kept me at the top of my game. Since the 1980s, Jonathan Cane has helped me and countless other endurance athletes go farther and faster than we ever could have without his training programs. Coach Cane is a legend in the New York City multisport community. I’m thrilled that Triathlon Anatomy brings Klion and Cane together and makes their expertise available to multisport athletes everywhere.”—Christopher Bergland, World-Class Endurance Athlete Who Broke a Guinness World Record for Treadmill Running (153.76 miles in 24 hours) Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Triathlete in MotionChapter 2. Principles of Endurance TrainingChapter 3. Creating a Customized Training PlanChapter 4. ArmsChapter 5. ShouldersChapter 6. ChestChapter 7. CoreChapter 8. Back and NeckChapter 9. LegsChapter 10. Whole-Body TrainingChapter 11. Injury Prevention

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Book SynopsisThis edition of Teaching Sport Concepts and Skills: A Tactical Games Approach adds four new chapters and has over 350 lesson plans to help teachersfrom elementary through secondary schoollearn the tactics and skills of various sports. Video clips delivered on HKPropel show some lessons in action.Table of ContentsPart I. Tactical Games TeachingChapter 1. Tactical Games Explanation and Review Rationale for a Tactical Approach Game Frameworks Game Performance Levels of Tactical Complexity Teaching Tactical Awareness and Skill Acquisition Implementing a Tactical Games Approach Using This Book SummaryChapter 2. Preparing Students for a Tactical Games Approach Training Students to Play Small-Sided Games Teaching Appropriate Sport Behavior Teaching Rules and Routines Teaching During Game Play Physical Activity Considerations in Games Teaching and Learning Pedagogical Considerations and Strategies for Promoting Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity SummaryChapter 3. Getting Started With Tactical Games Teaching Conceptual Framework for Planning Tactical Teaching Putting the Planning Framework Into Action The Teacher and the Change Process Implementing Practices SummaryChapter 4. Transfer as a Principle of Games Teaching and Learning Transfer of Tactical Knowledge in Games Implications for Curriculum Development Ultimate as an Example of Transfer in Action SummaryChapter 5. Tactical Games Curriculum Model Assumptions Underpinning a Tactical Games Curriculum Conceptual Framework Model-Based Instruction SummaryChapter 6. Assessing Outcomes Assessment Beliefs Assessment Strategies Assessing Learning Outcomes SummaryChapter 7. Aligning a Tactical Games Model With Content Standards Content Standards in the United States Content Standards in England Content Standards in Australia Content Standards in Singapore Tactical Games Alignment With the International Baccalaureate SummaryChapter 8. Digital Technology for Teaching Tactical Games and Enhancing Skill Development Digital Planning Tactical Awareness and Skill Development Formative Assessment and Self-Assessment SummaryChapter 9. Teaching and Learning Social Justice Through Inventing Games Revisiting the True Meaning of Competition Teaching Social Justice and Democracy in Action SummaryChapter 10. Integrating Social and Emotional Learning Into a Tactical Games Approach Overview of Social and Emotional Learning Overview of SEL Teachers and Their Classrooms Situating Social and Emotional Learning Within a Tactical Games Approach SummaryPart II. Lesson Plans for a Tactical Games Approach at the Elementary Level: Building Sport FoundationsChapter 11. Invasion Games at the Elementary Level Elementary Invasion Games Tactics Levels of Elementary Invasion Game Complexity Modifications for Elementary Invasion Games Progressions for Teaching Elementary Invasion Games Scope and Sequence Level I Level II Level III Teaching Cues for Invasion Game Skills SummaryChapter 12. Net and Wall Games at the Elementary Level Elementary Net Games Tactics and Levels of Game Complexity Modifications for Elementary Net and Wall Games Progressions for Teaching Elementary Net and Wall Games Level I Level II Level III SummaryChapter 13. Striking and Fielding Games at the Elementary Level Elementary Striking and Fielding Games Tactics Levels of Elementary Striking and Fielding Game Complexity Modifications for Elementary Striking and Fielding Games Progressions for Teaching Elementary Striking and Fielding Games Level I Level II Level III Level IV SummaryChapter 14. Target Games at the Elementary Level Elementary Target Games Tactics and Levels of Game Complexity Modifications for Elementary Target Games Progressions for Teaching Elementary Target Games Bowling as an Exemplar for Teaching Target Games Target Games Lessons Level I Level II Level III SummaryPart III. Lesson Plans for a Tactical Games Approach at the Secondary Level: Developing Sport PerformanceChapter 15. Soccer Level I Level II Level III Level IV Level V SummaryChapter 16. Basketball Level I Level II Level III Level IV SummaryChapter 17. Lacrosse Level I Level II Level III Level IV SummaryChapter 18. Rugby Level I Level II Level III SummaryChapter 19. Flag Football Level I Level II SummaryChapter 20. Volleyball Volleyball Tactics Teaching Volleyball Levels of Tactical Complexity Level I Level II Level III Level IV Level V SummaryChapter 21. Badminton Level I Level II Level III SummaryChapter 22. Tennis Level I Level II Level III SummaryChapter 23. Softball Level I Level II Level III Level IV SummaryChapter 24. Cricket Level I Level II Level III SummaryChapter 25. Golf Safety Instruction Tips Tactical Reality Golf Level I Level II SummaryChapter 26. Bowling Organization of Lanes and Equipment Instruction Tips Level I Level II Level III Level IV Summary

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Book SynopsisThe Plastic Turn offers a novel way of looking at plastic as the defining material of our age and at the plasticity of plastic as an innovative means of understanding the arts and literature. Ranjan Ghosh terms this approach the material-aesthetic and, through this concept, traces the emergence and development of plastic polymers along the same historical trajectory as literary modernism. Plastic''s growth as a product in the culture industry, its formation through multiple application and chemical syntheses, and its circulation via oceanic movements, Ghosh argues, correspond with, and offers novel insights into, developments in modernist literature and critical theory.Through innovative readings of canonical modernist texts, analyses of art works, and accounts of plastic''s devastating environmental impact, The Plastic Turn proposes plastic''s unique properties and destructive ubiquity as a theory machine to explain literature and life in tTrade ReviewGhosh uses plastic metaphorically and in an innovative way to advance understanding of literature, art, and life in the present. In so doing, he develops a new material aesthetic, one that offers a new way to view history, ontology, and ecology as well as literature and the arts. * Choice *Ecocriticism's ongoing heterogenization mirrors broader strides in the environmental humanities, including advances in green postcolonial analysis, ice humanities, plant studies, waste studies, and related ecohumanistic domains. As a case in point, a significant contribution to ecocritical examinations of waste is Ranjan Ghosh's The Plastic Turn. Through a material-aesthetic optic, Ghosh genealogizes the impact of the plastic polymer on critical theory and literary modernism * The Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory *An original and worthwhile reading experience for all those concerned with the humanities, the Anthropocene, the written word and the ecology of good and bad ideas. Ghosh's The Plastic Turn not only breaks the mold of literary criticism but asks others to refashion critical literature in elastic, versatile and plastic ways. * LSE Review of Books *Table of ContentsTurn to... 1. The Plastic Turn 2. Plastic Literary 3. Plastic Touch 4. Plastic Literature 5. Plastic Affect Turn on...

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Book SynopsisIn The Fragile Balance of Terror, the foremost experts on nuclear policy and strategy offer insight into an era rife with more nuclear powers. Some of these new powers suffer domestic instability, others are led by pathological personalist dictators, and many are situated in highly unstable regions of the worlda volatile mix of variables. The increasing fragility of deterrence in the twenty-first century is created by a confluence of forces: military technologies that create vulnerable arsenals, a novel information ecosystem that rapidly transmits both information and misinformation, nuclear rivalries that include three or more nuclear powers, and dictatorial decision making that encourages rash choices. The nuclear threats posed by India, Pakistan, Iran, and North Korea are thus fraught with danger. The Fragile Balance of Terror, edited by Vipin Narang and Scott D. Sagan, brings together a diverse collection of rigorous and creative scholars who analyze how the nuclear landscape is changing for the worse. Scholars, pundits, and policymakers who think that the spread of nuclear weapons can create stable forms of nuclear deterrence in the future will be forced to think again. Contributors: Giles David Arceneaux, Mark S. Bell, Christopher Clary, Peter D. Feaver, Jeffrey Lewis, Rose McDermott, Nicholas L. Miller, Vipin Narang, Ankit Panda, Scott D. Sagan, Caitlin Talmadge, Heather Williams, Amy Zegart

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Book SynopsisEcological States examines ecological policies in the People''s Republic of China to show how campaigns of scientifically based environmental protection transform nature and society. While many point to China''s ecological civilization programs as a new paradigm for global environmental governance, Jesse Rodenbiker argues that ecological redlining extends the reach of the authoritarian state.Although Chinese urban sustainability initiatives have driven millions of citizens from their land and housing, Rodenbiker shows that these migrants are not passive subjects of state policy. Instead, they creatively navigate resettlement processes in pursuit of their own benefit. However, their resistance is limited by varied forms of state-backed infrastructural violence. Through extensive fieldwork with scientists, urban planners, and everyday citizens in southwestern China, Ecological States exposes the ways in which the scientific logics and practiceTable of ContentsIntroduction: Ecological States Part I: Ecology and State Power 1. Making Ecology Developmental 2. Botany, Beauty, Purification 3. Ecological Territorialization Part II : Ecology and Social Trajectories 4. Ecological Migrations, Volumetric Aspirations 5. Rural Redux 6. Infrastructural Diffusion Epilogue: Global Ecological Futures

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Book SynopsisRussia’s Turkish Wars examines the changing place of the Balkan population in Russian military thought, strategic planning, and occupation policies. It reveals choices made by the tsarist strategists and commanders during the Russian-Ottoman wars, reflecting a general reconceptualization of the role of the people in modern warfare that took place during the nineteenth century. The book explores the tsarist military’s engagement with the population of the Balkans in the wake of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. It draws on previously unpublished materials from Russian archives as well as a broad range of published primary sources. Victor Taki recounts the discussions among Russian military men and the international relations of the nineteenth century. Russia’s Turkish Wars ultimately provides a new perspective on both military change and Imperial Russia’s Balkan entanglements.

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Book SynopsisSources for the History of Western Civilization is a primary source reader designed specifically to allow undergraduate students to interact with historical documents. Michael Burger provides only the editorial guidance that students truly require, without unnecessary interventions. The third edition gives special stress to certain genres, including letters and biographical writings, to facilitate comparisons across time. Introductions to sources are brief, encouraging students to make their own assessments and giving instructors the freedom to supplement where desired. The third edition features substantive revisions and additional coverage of key topics throughoutas well as new material  on the Crusades, Jewish persecution, and European expansion.

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Book SynopsisThe first book in a new series, Forgotten Things demonstrates the process of archaeological research and explores the culture of fieldwork.Trade Review"The history of this hidden village might never have been recovered if it was not for the work of Bob Muckle and successive teams of undergraduates enrolled in his archaeology workshop at Capilano University. Forgotten Things is a primer in how to organize and carry out an archaeological field study. But there is also plenty for the general reader with any interest at all in the history of the North Shore or more generally in the study of archaeology." -- Daniel Francis * The British Columbia Review *Table of ContentsDedication About this Book Preface Prologue 1. Beginnings 2. Finding Our Way 3. Archaeology of Settler Sites 4. A Logging Camp at Suicide Creek 5. A Most Unusual Site Near McKenzie Creek 6. Digging in at McKenzie Creek 7. Making the Fieldwork Meaningful 8. Endings Key Resources and Suggested Readings Appendix 1: Field School Students Appendix 2: Assessing Significance Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Maricas Javier Fernández-Galeano traces the erotic lives and legal battles of Argentine and Spanish gender- and sexually nonconforming people who carved out their own spaces in metropolitan and rural cultures between the 1940s and the 1980s. In both countries, agents of the state, judiciary, and medical communities employed “social danger” theory to measure individuals’ latent criminality, conflating sexual and gender nonconformity with legal transgression. Argentine and Spanish queer and trans communities rejected this mode of external categorization. Drawing on Catholicism and camp cultures that stretched across the Atlantic, these communities constructed alternative models of identification that remediated state repression and sexual violence through the pursuit of the sublime, be it erotic, religious, or cultural. In this pursuit they drew ideological and iconographic material from the very institutions that were most antagonistic to t

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Book SynopsisClaire Zimmerman reveals how photography profoundly influenced architectural design in the past century, playing an instrumental role in the evolution of modern architecture. This richly illustrated work shows, for the first time, how new ideas and new buildings arose from the interplay of photography and architecture—transforming how we see the world and how we act on it.Trade Review "This book is a wonderful, deeply researched, occasionally irreverent contribution to the English-language scholarship on modern architecture in Germany, with networks extending to the United States and England. An essential demonstration of the complex role(s) played by photography in the development of modern architecture in general that readily translates to other contexts, it will no doubt become a key reference in a scholarly milieu increasingly concerned with the interaction of architecture and media." —Reinhold Martin, Columbia University "Claire Zimmerman argues that not only did photography become in the twentieth century the principal way through which architecture was made known, but that at the same time photography brought about a shift in the aesthetics of architecture. This is an original and deeply-considered book that sets out a number of new ideas about modern architecture and its relationship to photography." —Adrian Forty, University College London "A serious and provocative work that brings a new approach to an interdisciplinary topic of increasing interest: the relationship between media and architecture."—ARLIS/NA"An indispensable repository of scholarly understanding of modernism in architecture, its photography, and the intricacies of their mutual relationship."—CHOICE"An evocative narration, constructed from a series of representative case studies emerging or unstable moments in the recent history of architecture."—Arquilecturas"Photographic Architecture in the Twentieth Century is a delightful tour de force that examines the interdisciplinary relationship between photography and architecture."—Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Beyond Visibility: Modern Architecture in the Photographic ImageI. Architecture after Photography1. Bildarchitekturen: Architectural Surface, circa 19142. Photography into Building: Mies in Barcelona3. Architectural Abstraction: The Tugendhat PhotographsII. Architects and Architectural Photographs4. Type-Photo: Architectural Photography in Germany5. Aura Deferred: Bauhausbauten Dessau6. The Future in the Present: Erscheinungsform and “The Dwelling,” 1927III. Imageability7. Promise and Threat: American Photographs in Postwar Germany8. The Photographic Architecture of Hunstanton School9. From Photographic Surface to Image Object: James Stirling’s PostmodernismConclusion: Surface DividesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIn this set of essays that cover the period from 1992 to 2012, Kobena Mercer uses a diasporic model of criticism to analyze the cross-cultural aesthetic practice of African American and black British artists and to show how their refiguring of visual representations of blackness transform perceptions of race. Trade Review"Travel & See benefits from a retrospective gaze; Mercer’s 30-year career gives him a judicious distance on some highly charged aesthetic movements and issues.... Mercer’s volume ... does not simply collect his past writings; it forces us to see international modernism in a way that has implications for future scholarship both within and beyond the field of black diasporic art. Travel & See posits Mercer as a chronicler not only of the field of contemporary art of the Afro-modern world, but of the inextricable ties of black diasporic and modernism itself." -- Sarah Lewis * Art in America *"Travel & See is an essential addition to any art historian’s library.... With Travel & See, Mercer further establishes himself as a leading figure in the field while also modeling the type of work that still needs to be done. The volume shows how Mercer’s writing redefined contemporary art history just as much as it shows how black diaspora artists changed contemporary art." -- Uchenna Itam * Shift *"Mercer's optimistic spirit encourages the reader to dare to travel in space and time in order to see better." -- Maureen Murphy * Critique d'art *"Subtleties of thought and elegance of expression are characteristic of Mercer's writings, read avidly by those art historians who have sought insight into Black British Cultural Studies, increasingly influential over the last thirty years. Mercer's essays offer a welcome contrast to art‐historical scholarship aimed at the specialist, and also to criticism on the contemporary arts of the African and Asian diasporas." -- Amna Malik * Art History *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Part I. Art's Critique of Representation 37 1. The Fragile Inheritors 39 2. Busy in the Ruins of Wretched Phantasia 50 Part II. Differential Proliferations 87 3. Marronage of the Wandering Eye: Keith Piper 89 4. Mortal Coil: Eros and Diaspora in the Photographs of Rotimi Fani-Kayode 97 5. Avid Iconographies: Isaac Julien 129 6. Art That Is Ethnic is Inverted Commas: Yinka Shonibare 147 Part III. Global Modernities 155 7. Home from Home: Portraits from Places in Between 157 8. African Photography in Contemporary Visual Culture 170 9. Ethnicity and Internationality: New British Art and Diaspora-Based Blackness 186 10. Documenta 11 207 Part IV. Detours and Returns 215 11. A Sociography of Diaspora 217 12. Diaspora Aesthetics and Visual Culture 227 13. Art History after Globalization: Formations of the Colonial Modern 248 14. The Cross-Cultural and the Contemporary 262 Part V. Journeying 277 15. Postcolonial Trauerspiel: Black Audio Film Collective 279 16. Archive and Dépaysement in the Art of Renée Green 294 17. Kerry James Marshall: The Painter of Afro-Modern Life 310 18. Hew Locke's Postcolonial Baroque 321 Bibliography 347 Index 357

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Book SynopsisIn this expansive and engaging narrative William Acree guides readers through the deep history of popular entertainment before turning to circus culture and rural dramas that celebrated the countryside on stage.

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Book SynopsisDescribes the lives of native leaders whose resilience and creativity allowed them to survive and prosper in the traumatic era of European conquest and colonial rule. In a comparative study that spans more than three centuries, McEnroe challenges common assumptions about the relationships among victors, vanquished, and their shared progeny.Trade ReviewMcEnroe's is an arresting voice. Attentive to the perspectives and ingenuities of all kinds of people, to the energy of their meaningful stories and places, and with a hemispheric vision and cross-imperial implications (that are rarely faced), A Troubled Marriage offers a meditation upon the dynamic intercultures at the heart of the emerging Americas." - Kenneth Mills, author of Idolatry and Its Enemies: Colonial Andean Religion and Extirpation, 1640-1750"Combining archival sources from three continents with a huge body of scholarship, Sean McEnroe explores boundary crossing throughout the vast early Americas. While mindful of power, he introduces us to dozens of fascinating people who transgressed categories, hierarchies, and identities across the hemisphere. Sweeping in scope yet grounded in the details of individual lives, A Troubled Marriage deserves a wide readership." - Brian DeLay, author of War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican War

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Book SynopsisTells the suspenseful story of a successful mutiny on board the slave ship Creole. While this is a book about the United States confronting the ugly and tumultuous issue of slavery, it is also about the 135 enslaved men and women who were unwilling to take their oppression any longer and rose up to free themselves.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Chapter One. Cruising down the Atlantic Coast Chapter Two. Sandy Beaches, Swaying Palm Trees, and Hoped-for Freedom in Nassau Town Chapter Three. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Chapter Four. Into the Whirlwind Chapter Five. Ashore in New Orleans Chapter Six. In the Creole's Wake, the Abolitionists Storm Washington, DC Chapter Seven. The Crucifixion of Joshua Giddings, the Abolitionists, and Anybody Who Supported the Mutineers aboard the Creole Chapter Eight. The Last Fight--Texas Epilogue Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWritten largely in the words of a fifteen-year-old survivor, these poems provide historical entry into the Holocaust. Put simply, the poems explore the reality of the events experienced by Judith Sherman in her determination to survive.Table of Contents Foreword Arthur Kleinman Preface Poems of Before This Time I Too Have a Dream Because My Grandfather Serious Men Poems of the Holocaust My Village of Kurima It Is the Law The Law of the Land My Suitcase and I Morning Mass Toothbrush Gestapo Prison Mirjam's Letter from Hiding Unhiding in the Forest Hiding in the Forest Karpu in Auschwitz Such Good Taste Wagon Train Auschwitz Lord SS Man Knew You Then Morning Prayer During Appell Appell Guard Magda Speaks kein Deutsch Come Messiah Hunger Hunger, Do Not Intrude Let Not Flowers Here The Invitation An Apple in Ravensbruck My Ravensbruck Love Song I Know a Dog Ravensbruck Jesus, Tell Your Father Stand Still, Sun The Roma Girl Ravensbruck Friend Shoes for Life The Mirror in My Right Shoe A Brief Reprieve You Are Invited to My Funeral Reluctant Witness Resistance of Prisoner 83,621 Death March I Say Damn You Liberation Trees I Say Death, Stand Aside at My Liberation Time Poems of After Once You Survive No More Hide-and-Seek Tell Me This This Year in Jerusalem That You Should Know Legacy Poem Do Something Accountability 9/11: Has Anybody Seen My Dad? My Darfur Mother Bosnia Boy To Walk in My Shoes I Smile, I Smile Fresh Washed Sheets Sunrise Summer Woods If God Is Dead Are Things Changed in Heaven How You Are? Oversight If You Apologize Let Me Win A Ladder for God We Should Talk Survivor's Voice Today Survivor's Message Say the Name Afterword Ilana Gelb Acknowledgments Contributors

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Book SynopsisWith the emphasis on incorporating STEM activities in children's curriculum at ever earlier ages, often neglected are opportunities to explore subjects outside the sciences, and give children the space to use their imagination. This book will spark their interest in history, geography, events, and landmarks around the world, and nourish creativity.Table of Contents Introduction Part I Exploring the United States of America 1 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race (Alaska) 2 Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona) 3 Golden Gate Bridge (California) 4 Kennedy Space Center (Florida) 5 Lei Day Festival (Hawaii) 6 Mardi Gras, New Orleans (Louisiana) 7 Chaco Culture National Historic Park (New Mexico) 8 Statue of Liberty (New York) 9 Oregon Trail (Oregon) 10 The Liberty Bell and Independence National Historic Park (Pennsylvania) 11 Mount Rushmore National Park (South Dakota) 12 Vaqueros and American Cowboys (Texas) 13 The White House (Washington, D.C.) Part II Exploring Other Countries 14 San People, Formerly Known as the Bushmen of South Africa (Botswana, Africa) 15 Aborigines Indigenous People (Australia) 16 Amazon Rainforest (Brazil) 17 Moon Festival (China) 18 Son Cubano Music (Cuba) 19 Eiffel Tower (France) 20 Holi Festival (India) 21 Ziggurat of Ancient Mesopotamia (Iraq) 22 Saint Patrick’s Day (Ireland) 23 Cherry Blossom Festival (Japan) 24 Day of the Dead (Mexico) 25 Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia) Additional Resources

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Book SynopsisBrings together a range of topics and perspectives from authors of diverse backgrounds and institutions to offer practical inspiration and a framework for creating meaningful graduate student work experiences at your institutions.Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction. Learning in Action: Designing Successful Graduate Student Work Experiences in Academic Libraries Part I: Creating Access Pathways Introduction Chapter 1: “What If You Don’t Have a Library School?” Ethical Considerations for a Summer Internship at an Academic Library Brian Flota, Mark Lane, and Juhong Christie Liu Chapter 2: In Their Own Words: Scholars and Coordinators Reflect on the Oregon State University Libraries’ Diversity Scholars Program Marisol Moreno Ortiz, Bridgette Flamenco, Valeria DÁvila, Natalia FernÁndez, and Beth Filar Williams Voices from the Field: Training Future Librarians: Creating Online, Flexible, and Effective Internships and Practicum Experiences for LIS Graduate Students Jenny Dale, Samantha Harlow, and Amy Harris Houk Chapter 3: Virtual Spaces: Developing Experiential Learning Opportunities for Online Students Allison Bailund and Christina Miskey Voices from the Field: Dream Big, Intern Small: The Value of Internships at Small GLAM Institutions Hannah King Part II: Developing, Running, and Evolving Programs for LIS Students Introduction Voices from the Field: Breaking Down Barriers: Preparing Graduate Students for the Unspoken Rules of Academic Libraries Jenny Hoops Chapter 4: Improving in Action: An Iterative Approach to Developing a Successful Practicum Program Joyce Chapman and Emily Daly Voices from the Field: A Chinese Student’s Perspective on American Library School and Work Shu Wan Chapter 5: Building an Innovative Internship Program: The Recipe for Greatness Claire DeMarco Chapter 6: Interns in Action: Exploring an LIS Internship Program at a Canadian University Library Rumi Graham, Emma Scott, and Marissa Rocca Voices from the Field: Internship: What’s in a Name? Rumi Graham, Emma Scott, and Marissa Rocca Voices from the Field: Theory + Practice = Student Success Allison Kittinger Chapter 7: Practice Made (More) Perfect Sonia Archer-Capuzzo and Nora J. Bird, with Kyle Burkett, Aspen Chang, Sarah Fetzer, Rebekah Hilton, Sujeit Llanes, Alyssa Nance, Soni Philip, and Morgan Pruitt Voices from the Field: Learning through Variety: Interning in Different Institutional Contexts Teddy Stocking Part III: Working with Graduate Students without an LIS Background: Mutual Opportunities for Growth Introduction Chapter 8: Information Literacy Fellows at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Erin Rinto and Chelsea Heinbach Chapter 9: The Peer Scholars Program: Leveraging Paid Peer Teaching at the Libraries Alexa Carter, Shaun Bennett, Shelby Hallman, and Danica Lewis Voices from the Field: A Practicum Experience at the San Antonio Community College Library Beatrice Canales Chapter 10: Cocreated Cocurricular Graduate Learning Experiences Louise L. Lowe Voices from the Field: Weeding “Wright”: Engaging Graduate Students in a Meaningful Collection Management Process Maggie Portis, Manuela Aronofsky, and Ella Milliken Detro Part IV: Centering the Person Introduction Voices from the Field: Staying Connected When the Unexpected Happens Arianne Hartsell-Gundy Chapter 11: Crafting the Internship: An Empathy-Driven Approach Rebecca Blakiston Voices from the Field: Intern Self-Advocacy and the Mutual Benefits of Collaboration Samantha Wilairat Chapter 12: Beyond Individualism: Self-Advocacy and Mentorship in LIS Graduate Student Employment Kristin Kerbavaz and Amber Dierking Voices from the Field: Wayfinding and Gapminding: An Integrated Approach to Developing a Library Internship Learning Experience Emily Cukier and Terri Artemchik Chapter 13: Two Sides of the Coin: Sharing Perspectives on Work and Identity between a Graduate Student and an Academic Library Manager April M. Hathcock and Lingyu Wang Chapter 14: Reflections of a First-Time Manager: Building Trust for a Successful MLIS Practicum Experience Jodi A. Psoter About the Authors

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Book SynopsisPart of the Shared Foundations series, this book examines effective implementation of the Shared Foundation Explore from the National School Library Standards.

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