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Book SynopsisA global analysis of the vastly popular instant messaging service Known by the popular nickname "ZapZap" in Brazil and synonymous with the Internet across Africa and South Asia, WhatsApp has emerged as a major means of communication for millions of people around the world. Unlike social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, WhatsApp offers a closed, encrypted communication architecture that ostensibly limits the reach and exposure of shared content. While recent scholarship has drawn attention to the risks it poses to democratic systems and marginalized communities, WhatsApp in the World is the first study to offer a systematic global view of an encrypted instant messaging service. Rather than taking the technical feature of "encryption" at face value, the volume proposes the conceptual framework of "lived encryptions" to highlight the different, often contradictory, formations around encrypted messaging, as evidenced in the way the promised confidentiality of encrypted messaging is upturned completely when surveilling states seize the phones from suspected dissenters to download the data, or how seemingly closed group communication is channelized to "broadcast" top-down political messages. WhatsApp in the World features field-based and multidisciplinary research, including contributions from practitioners at leading fact-checking institutions on how encrypted instant messaging services play a critical role in shaping extreme speech and disinformation ecosystems in different regions of the world. From election manipulations in South Africa and Nigeria to Russian diaspora activism in Europe to WhatsApp use as an everyday infrastructure in Brazilian favelas and among nationalists in India, this volume demonstrates how many core features of WhatsAppfrom disappearing messages and quick forwards to group chats and callsallow for the amplification of disinformation and extreme speech. Highlighting complex political dynamics on the ground, it also introduces the significant methodological challenges of studying encrypted messaging services, providing critical pathways to address issues around ethical and technical issues of data protection, privacy, and confidentiality.

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Book SynopsisExplores the cultural role of screen storytelling in societyWith significant evolutions in digital technologies and media distribution in the past two decades, the business of storytelling through screens has shifted dramatically. In the past, blockbuster movies and TV shows like Friends aimed first for domestic mass audiences, although the biggest hits circulated globally. Now, transnational distribution plays a primary role and imagined audiences are global. At the same time, the once-mass audience has significantly fragmented to enable an expansion in the range of commercially viable stories, as evident in series as varied as Atlanta, Better Things, and dozens of others that are not widely known, but deeply loved by their microaudiences. Delving into the changing landscape of commercial screen storytelling, After Mass Media explores how industrial shifts and technological advancements have remade the narrative landscape over the past two decades. Television and movies have long sh

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Book SynopsisHow American symbols inspired enslaved people and their allies to fight for true freedom In the early United States, anthems, flags, holidays, monuments, and memorials were powerful symbols of an American identity that helped unify a divided people. A language of freedom played a similar role in shaping the new nation. The Declaration of Independence's assertion "that all men are created equal," Patrick Henry's cry of "Give me liberty, or give me death!," and Francis Scott Key's "star-spangled banner" waving over "the land of the free and the home of the brave," were anthemic celebrations of a newly free people. Resonating across the country, they encouraged the creation of a republic where the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" was universal, natural, and inalienable. For enslaved people and their allies, the language and symbols that served as national touchstones made a mockery of freedom. Deriding the ideas that infused the republic's founding, they encouraged an empty American culture that accepted the abstract notion of equality rather than the concrete idea. Yet, as award-winning author Matthew J. Clavin reveals, it was these powerful expressions of American nationalism that inspired forceful and even violent resistance to slavery. Symbols of Freedom is the surprising story of how enslaved people and their allies drew inspiration from the language and symbols of American freedom. Interpreting patriotic words, phrases, and iconography literally, they embraced a revolutionary nationalism that not only justified but generated open opposition. Mindful and proud that theirs was a nation born in blood, these disparate patriots fought to fulfill the republic's promise by waging war against slavery. In a time when the US flag, the Fourth of July, and historical sites have never been more contested, this book reminds us that symbols are living artifacts whose power is derived from the meaning with which we imbue them.

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Book SynopsisChoice Outstanding Academic Title 2023 A close look at innovations in policing and the law that should govern them A host of technologiesamong them digital cameras, drones, facial recognition devices, night-vision binoculars, automated license plate readers, GPS, geofencing, DNA matching, datamining, and artificial intelligencehave enabled police to carry out much of their work without leaving the office or squad car, in ways that do not easily fit the traditional physical search and seizure model envisioned by the framers of the Constitution. Virtual Searches develops a useful typology for sorting through this bewildering array of old, new, and soon-to-arrive policing techniques. It then lays out a framework for regulating their use that expands the Fourth Amendment's privacy protections without blindly imposing its warrant requirement, and that prioritizes democratic over judicial policymaking. The coherent regulatory regime developed in Virtual Searches ensures that police are held accountable for their use of technology without denying them the increased efficiency it provides in their efforts to protect the public. Whether policing agencies are pursuing an identified suspect, constructing profiles of likely perpetrators, trying to find matches with crime scene evidence, collecting data to help with these tasks, or using private companies to do so, Virtual Searches provides a template for ensuring their actions are constitutionally legitimate and responsive to the polity.

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Book SynopsisProposes groundbreaking, fundamental reform for the adversarial legal system to keep innocent people from going to prison We rely on the adversarial legal system to hold offenders accountable, ensure everyone is playing by the same rules, and keep our streets safe. Unfortunately, a grave condition lingers under the surface: at all times the imprisonment of possibly tens of thousands of innocent people. The Plea of Innocence offers a fundamental reform of the adversarial system: plausibly innocent people may now plead innocent and require the government to search for exonerating facts; in return, they will be required to waive their right to remain silent, speak to government agents, and participate in a search for truth. While almost all the participants within the system hope that only guilty people will be convicted, the unfortunate reality is that innocent people are convicted and imprisoned at an alarming rate. With the privatization of defense institutions, accused innocent people are themselves responsible for finding the facts that could exonerate them. Though the poor are represented by public defendersin fact, almost no one who is charged with a crime has enough money to pay for a complete defenseit is still accused people, not public officials, who bear the entire burden of proving their innocence. Tim Bakken believes that reform of the three-hundred-year-old adversarial system is long overdue, and that the government should be responsible for searching for truthexonerating facts for innocent peoplerather than being satisfied with due process. While it is improbable that all the facts in any case will ever be known, the essential point is that the acquisition of facts will almost always benefit an innocent person who has been accused of a crime. Featuring compelling evidence and concrete steps for reform, The Plea of Innocence is at once sensible and revolutionary, a must-read for anyone invested in restoring truth to the justice system.

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Book SynopsisOutlines the successes and failures of the movement to support survivors of violence The Victims' Rights Movement (VRM) has been one of the most meaningful criminal justice reforms in the United States. Every state and the federal government has adopted major VRM laws to enact protections for victims and increase criminal sanctions, and the movement has received support from politicians of all backgrounds. Despite recognition of its excesses, the movement remains an important force in the criminal justice arena. The Victims' Rights Movement offers a measured overview of the successes and the failures of the VRM. Among its widely acknowledged accomplishments are expanded resources to help victims deal with trauma, greater sensitivity to sexual assault victims in many jurisdictions, and increased chances of victims receiving restitution from perpetrators of harm. Conversely, the movement has led to excessive punishment for many defendants and destruction of defendants' families. It has exacerbated racial inequality in the imposition of the death penalty and criminal sentencing generally, and falsely promises "closure" to crime victims and their families. Michael Vitiello considers whether the VRM serves those injured by crime well by focusing on "victimhood." He urges a reframing of the movement to fight for universal health care and limits on access to weaponstwo policies that would reduce the number of victims and help those who do become victims of crime.

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Book SynopsisAn irreverent look at the love-hate relationship between queer viewers and mainstream family TV shows like Gilmore Girls and This Is Us After personal loss, political upheaval, and the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us craved a return to business as usual, the mundane, the middlebrow. We turned to TV to find these things. For nearly forty years, network television has produced a constant stream of cry-along sentimental-realist dramedies designed to appeal to liberal, heterosexual, white America. But what makes us keep watching, even though these TV series inevitably fail to reflect who we are?Revisiting soothing network dramedies like Parenthood, Gilmore Girls, This Is Us, and their late-80s precursor, thirtysomething, Normporn mines the nuanced pleasures and attraction-repulsion queer viewers experience watching liberal family-centric shows. Karen Tongson reflects on how queer cultural observerTrade ReviewThe analysis presents bracing assessments of network TV touchstones, and Tongson’s wit is a treat. Thought-provoking and full of fresh insights, this entertains and enlightens. * Publishers Weekly *What begins as a searing cultural critique of the prevalence of sentimental, whitewashed television shows—This is Us, Parenthood, etc.—unfurls brilliantly into a soul-stirring reflection on personal and cultural grief and the palliative effects of plainness. Tongson exquisitely captures what it means for queer people in particular to find solace in the quotidian. * Electric Literature *Emotionally cathartic. The critic’s wrestling with the compromises that the pleasures of mass culture inevitably demand is heartfelt. In a word, it’s normal. * Arts Fuse *A personal and heartfelt ode to the problematic pleasures of normalcy. Insightful, relatable, and funny, Tongson is a master at twirling the personal around the political, giving us a layered, brainy investigation into this sneaky cultural manipulation. * Michelle Tea, author of Valencia *Normporn is a funny, bracing and unrelentingly smart journey through the pop culture of the last twenty years to explain the confused, damaged state of American identity. Karen Tongson takes a look at everything from WandaVision to True Blood to parse out the conflicting ideas of what America is and should be. It’s that rarest of books, a searingly intellectual cultural analysis that’s fun and dishy enough for the beach. * Guy Branum, author of My Life As A Goddess *

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Book SynopsisThis 15th anniversary edition has been updated to include new materials and analysis, a review of developments in the field, prospects for new research, and new illustrations.Trade ReviewServants of Allah opens a new door on the African Diaspora and provides readers with even more insight into Islam, as well as enslaved Africans. Diouf's study greatly enhances current literature on the Diaspora. -- Jason Zappe * Copley News Service Dec '98 *Servants of Allah is constructed in a highly classical manner: the sobriety of its analysis lets the facts speak for themselves, with a minimum of editorializing; it is structured logically and symmetrically in a manner that illuminates the nodal point of the Muslim's distinctiveness within the slave system, namely, their mastery of writing....Servants of Allah has a wealth of arguments that provoke reflection and that will not leave the reader indifferent or lacking in references for further reading * Quarterly Black Review *Sylviane Diouf'sServants of Allah is a welcome contribution to our understanding of a critical moment in the African Diaspora. Her focus is the collective experience of African Muslims enslaved in the New World. Diouf's premise is that Muslims maintained their religious and cultural integrity, indeed their identity, in the face of daunting oddsThe author's insight into Islamic almsgiving in the form of saraka cakes in the Georgia Sea islands is intriguing. The section on Muslim dress in the third chapter is well presented. Perhaps the most fascinating parts of the work concern the probability that Muslim holy books were transferred from the Old World to the New via networks of black sailors and that the blues are most likely informed by the musical creativity of West African Muslims. * Journal of Southern History *Sylviane A. Diouf's book makes a major contribution by focusing on Muslim participation in the slave trade and Muslims' impacts on the Americas...Diouf presents a convincing and original picture of the life of enslaved Muslims, who, she claims, remained primarily servants of Allah than subjects of Christian masters...The chapter on resistance and revolts is especially interesting. According to the author, Muslims, as a result of their literacy and military skills, played essential roles in the Haitian Revolution and the early-nineteenth-century revolts in Bahia. Diouf's well-written and interesting book opens new avenues of inquiry and research. It will interest and perhaps inspire students of the African diaspora and slavery in the Americas. * Journal of American History *Table of Contents" vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction to the 15th Anniversary Edition 1 1 African Muslims, Christian Europeans, and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 20 2 Upholding the Five Pillars of Islam in a Hostile World 71 3 Th e Muslim Community 99 4 Literacy: A Distinction and a Danger 159 5 Resistance, Revolts, and Returns to Africa 210 6 Th e Muslim Legacy 251 Notes 285 Select Bibliography 315 Index 327 About the Author 341 Illustrations appear as a group following page 142.

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Book SynopsisUncovers the history of hair removal practices and sheds light on the prolific culture of beautyFrom the clamshell razors and homemade lye depilatories used in colonial America to the diode lasers and prescription pharmaceuticals available today, Americans have used a staggering array of tools to remove hair deemed unsightly, unnatural, or excessive. This is true especially for women and girls; conservative estimates indicate that 99% of American women have tried hair removal, and at least 85% regularly remove hair from their faces, armpits, legs, and bikini lines. How and when does hair become a problemwhat makes some growth excessive? Who or what separates the necessary from the superfluous? In Plucked, historian Rebecca Herzig addresses these questions about hair removal. She shows how, over time, dominant American beliefs about visible hair changed: where once elective hair removal was considered a mutilation practiced primarily by savage men, by the tuTrade ReviewPluckedmoves beyond current discourse, which is limited to whether shaving and waxing indicate subjugation to social norms or freedom and the practices associated with it. This interdisciplinary study, which unites sociology, anthropology, and history, draws on books, letters, advertisements, magazines, and contemporary interviews to show that determinations of whether hair is & excessive or & peculiar are subjective and flexible, dependent on the person doing the looking, and subject to change based on political, scientific, technological, military, and economic shifts * Women's Review of Books *[A] fascinating new book tracing the history of hair removal since the days when it was done with such delightful devices as clamshell razors or recipes featuring frogs' blood or cat feces, is so very timely. * The Times (UK) *Few people would link the forced beard shaving of Guantanamo Bay detainees with Gwyneth 'I work a seventies vibe' Paltrow, but historian Rebecca Herzig connects the dots in her new book, Plucked. * The Toronto Globe and Mail *Herzig unites anthropology, sociology, history and psychology in this gripping study... Plucked is an important work, not least because it is so very readable. What's more, Herzig is angry, and anger is the first step towards social change. * Times Higher Education *This is an interesting, serious, and meticulously researched contribution to American history, offering a variety of insights around key topics in the evolution of attitudes and practices relating to hair. * The Journal of American History *Her forthcoming book, Plucked: A History of Hair Removal in America, to be published by NYU Press in January 2015, examines techniques that Americans have used to remove their own hair, and the array of social force including beliefs about beauty and self-determination that create expectations about hair and hair removal. * Sun Journal *Humanity has used an impressive array of tools to remove hair. This is, biologically speaking, pretty strange. Most of earth's mammals possess luxuriant fur. Only one seeks to remove it. Rebecca Herzig's delightful history explains why: smooth skin is a cultural imperative. * The Economist *Herzig's history of the growing American antipathy to body hair, and the means used to deal with it, is full of such arresting moments. By its title, Plucked would seem to offer a volume of frothy fun (tinged with schadenfreude) about the high cost of fashion glory; it turns out to be eye-poppingly informative, thought-provoking and, almost against the author's will, frothy fun. * Maclean's Magazine *In Plucked [Herzig] tells the seemingly obscure story of 'hair removal below the scalp line' throughout American history. In a very reader-friendly way we are shown the relevance of hairlessness in the terms of society, race, politics, fashion and economic development...This book is astonishing. * Portland Press Herald *Well researched, well written, and knowledgeable, this work covers not only the history of hair removal in America but the social issues and movements associated with body hair, from cleanliness and race to free will...the author excels at drawing out the larger implications of each dubious procedure and the pseudo-scientific theory associated with hair-removal, from the turn of the 19th century to the present. * Library Journal *Well researched, well written, and knowledgeable, this work covers not only the history of hair removal in America but the social issues and movements associated with body hair, from cleanliness and race to free will. [] [T]he author excels at drawing out the larger implications of each dubious procedure and the pseudo-scientific theory associated with hair removal, from the turn of the 19th century to the present. Herzig carefully considers both sex and gender and never makes the assumption that white is the default. The book asks us to question what role advertising, science, and prejudice play in what we & know to be true. VERDICT: This would be a solid read for popular history buffs and fans of Lori Tharp and Ayana Byrds Hair Story or Bee Wilsons Swindled. * Library Journal *Athoughtful and unique microhistory of hair from the eyebrows down. * Journal of American Culture *If you ever want proof that a thoughtful, careful scholar can follow a single strand of social life and come to see race, class, gender and all the complexity of societythis is the book to read. -- Barbara Katz Rothman,author of Genetic Maps and Human ImaginationsA brilliant exploration of American preoccupations, irrationalities and inconsistencies in our perceptions of body hair. Rebecca Herzig will convince you that how we have hair on our bodies may not really matter, but how we have hair on our minds definitely does. -- Rachel P. Maines,author of The Technology of Orgasm: “Hysteria”, Vibrators, and Women’s Sexual SatisfactionRebecca Herzig's thought-provoking book makes an important contribution to the history of the body, science, and culture in the United States. Herzig insightfully explores how Americans came to perceive body hair as a sign of sexual disorder and animal-like traits, as she traces the scientists and entrepreneurs who promoted hair removal, the feminists who reviled it, and the ordinary women and men who increasingly saw hairlessness as a sign of beauty and respectability. Plucked convincingly argues there is more at stake in shaving and waxing than simply removing hair; rather, these practices are bound up in our understanding of what it means to be human. -- Kathy Peiss,author of Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty CulturePlucked's thorough investigation of hair removal's history makes this consuming read a wake-up call for those who haven't yet interrogated our shaving, plucking, threading, and lasering habits. * Bitch *Plucked is a fascinating look into a largely untaught part of our history...meticulously researched. * Bust Magazine *Herzig tracks the history of the commercialization of hair removal in industrial and post-industrial America. The book demonstrates persuasively that modern communications influenced fashions in hair removal as the U.S. moved from the era of ladies magazines to the broadcast age. * American Historical Review *Herzig draws from history, sociology, racial studies, anthropology, and dermatology, and has absorbed views of theologians and pornographers. Much of what she has found is disturbing, and other findings are just funny, illustrating what a peculiar set of mammals we are. * Columbus Dispatch *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Necessary Suffering 1 1. The Hairless Indian: Savagery and Civility before the Civil War 19 2. "Chemicals of the Toilette": From Homemade Remedies to a New Industrial Order 35 3. Bearded Women and Dog-Faced Men: Darwin's Great Denudation 55 4. "Smooth, White, Velvety Skin": X-Ray Salons and Social Mobility 75 5. Glandular Trouble: Sex Hormones and Deviant Hair Growth 99 6. Unshaven: "Arm-Pit Feminists" and Women's Liberation 115 7. "Cleaning the Basement": Labor, Pornography, and Brazilian Waxing 135 8. Magic Bullets: Laser Regulation and Elective Medicine 153 9. "The Next Frontier": Genetic Enhancement and the End of Hair 171 Conclusion: We Are All Plucked 187 Acknowledgments 193 Notes 199 Index 275 About the Author 287

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Book SynopsisIntroduces key terms, research traditions, debates, and their histories, and offers a sense of the new frontiers and questions emerging in the field of media studies Keywords for Media Studies introduces and aims to advance the field of critical media studies by tracing, defining, and problematizing its established and emergent terminology. The book historicizes thinking about media and society, whether that means noting a long history of new media, or tracing how understandings of media power vary across time periods and knowledge formations. Bringing together an impressive group of established scholars from television studies, film studies, sound studies, games studies, and more, each of the 65 essays in the volume focuses on a critical concept, from fan to industry, and celebrity to surveillance. Keywords for Media Studies is an essential tool that introduces key terms, research traditions, debates, and their histories, and offers a sense of the new frontiers aTrade ReviewWritten by many of the key scholars in media studies, this book is a wonderful introduction to the history, circulation, and meaning of concepts in the field. A useful, thorough, and compelling primer for anyone interested media criticism today. -- Lynn Spigel,Northwestern UniversityOuellette and Grays lexicon of media terms frames complicated constructs in clear and succinct descriptions that tend to render obscure terms accessible to students studying media theory. * Choice *[Keywords for Media Studies] is an excellent and comprehensive reference point for both media studies scholars and students. * European Journal of Communication *

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Book SynopsisFinalist, 2018 National Jewish Book Award for Modern Jewish Thought and Experience, presented by the Jewish Book CouncilWinner, 2019 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award, in the Jewish Literature and Linguistics Category, given by the Association for Jewish StudiesA fascinating glimpse into the world of the coffeehouse and its role in shaping modern Jewish cultureUnlike the synagogue, the house of study, the community center, or the Jewish deli, the café is rarely considered a Jewish space. Yet, coffeehouses profoundly influenced the creation of modern Jewish culture from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. With roots stemming from the Ottoman Empire, the coffeehouse and its drinks gained increasing popularity in Europe. The otherness, and the mix of the national and transnational characteristics of the coffeehouse perhaps explains why many of these cafés were owned by Jews, why Jews became their most devoted habitués, and how cafés acquired Trade Review"[H]ugely entertaining and intimidatingly well researched, with scarcely a café in which a Jewish writer raised a cup of coffee from Warsaw to New York left undocumented." -- Adam Gopnik * The New Yorker *"Shachar Pinsker masterfully documents the impact of café life on Jewish culture throughout the civilized world. . . . A Rich Brew is aptly named. Engagingly illustrated with many contemporary photos and cartoons, it offers a deep dive into the café world of six cities that gave birth to modern Jewish thought and culture." * Moment Magazine *"A Rich Brew evokes the sense of lingering in a timeless café, savoring the flavor and scent of good coffee and the conversation that goes along with it." * The Jewish Week *"Pinsker . . . believes that cafés in six cities created modern Jewish culture. Its the kind of claim that sounds as if it might be a game-changer, and there are enough grounds and gossip in A Rich Brew to keep this customer engrossed from cup to cup." * The Wall Street Journal *"Pinsker makes clear the vital role literary cafes played in 19th- and 20th-century Western Jewish culture in this smart volume." * Publishers Weekly *"Pinsker takes the reader on a journey across the important centers of modern Jewish culture: Odessa, Warsaw, Vienna, Berlin, New York and Tel Aviv, using a host of different sources and making for a captivating read." * The Forward *"This meticulously researched book pays tribute to an electrifying network of cafes that once incubated modern Jewish culture." -- Hadassah"Weaving stories of writers, artists, activists, and revolutionaries in the cafes of Odessa, Warsaw, Vienna, Berlin, New York City, and Tel Aviv, Pinsker takes us on a journey from Moses Mendelssohn’s philosophical writings in Berlin’s Gelehrtes Kaffehause in 1755 to the funeral of the last Yiddish-speaking café owner in 1979 Tel Aviv, 'attended by a crowd of thousands.'" -- Marginalia Review of Books"A captivating tale of Jewish intellectual life, fueled by caffeine and good company in cities across the world." -- Metropole"Shachar Pinskers absorbing new work of nonfiction, A Rich Brew, uses the café as a vehicle both to describe the development of modern Jewish culture and to delve into the topics that drove its progression." * Jewish Book Council *"Pinsker packs his history with titillating behind-the-scenes snapshots of a cast of fascinating and enigmatic Jewish figures in cafés throughout history . . . makes for engaging, as well as nostalgic, reading, and begs the question: what has replaced the café in contemporary Jewish life?" * In geveb *"Pinsker’s greatest strength is in assembling evocative descriptions, both of individual cafés, and of cafés as a species of urban space. He expertly weaves together real-life accounts of cafés, including many in the journalistic-literary genre of the feuilleton, and their fictional depiction in the work of some of the most important Jewish writers of the 19th and 20th centuries." -- Reading Religion"Shachar Pinsker concocts a rich and pleasing brew of material culture, history, sociology, and text analysis to explore the roots of modern Jewish culture as we know it today. Describing the café as a 'thirdspace,' a liminal zone between the intimate and the public spheres, Pinsker follows the emergence of Jewish culture from the synagogue and the traditional house-of-study and its recreation as a modern, urban, secular intellectual heritage. Masterfully constructed and beautifully written, A Rich Brew is an illuminating and pleasurable read." -- Ruby Namdar,author of The Ruined House"A Rich Brew is an innovative work of Jewish cultural and literary history that illuminates how the café served as a laboratory that nourished Jewish writers, artists, and intellectuals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. From the European cafes of Odessa, Warsaw, Vienna, and Berlin, to New York and Tel Aviv Jaffa, Pinsker charts a new account of the public spaces of Jewish culture and the new literary and cultural forms that where imagined there." -- Allison Schachter, author of Diasporic Modernisms: Hebrew and Yiddish Literature in the Twentieth Century"Shachar Pinsker, in part building on research he did for his admirable first book, Literary Passports, has produced a scrupulously documented and finely instructive account of the role of cafes in modern Jewish culture. A Rich Brew, providing apt discussions of many long-forgotten or unknown texts and a generous sampling of photographs of the sundry cafes, should be of considerable interest both for historians and students of modern Jewish literature." -- Robert Alter, Emeritus Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley"The best part of this book is that it offers a new cultural history of Jewish modernity by utilizing literary studiesusing examples of poetry and prose written in and about cafés, it gives voice to artists who populated these cafés." -- Anna Shternshis, University of Toronto"A Rich Brew is an enjoyable, well-written book, accessible to a wide audience. Pinsker does a fine job introducing the reader to the larger historical contexts, especially of each individual city under examination; offers clear overviews of representative Jewish literary and artistic personalities; and, most importantly, brings to life the many (but now defunct) cafés that stand at the heart of his narrative." * AJS Review *"A great strength of A Rich Brew is the attention given to precisely what is absent from [Jürgen] Habermas’s text: the physical spaces of cafés and their relationship to the bourgeois public sphere. It is marvelous to see how much a literary historian learned about places (and people) from his close scrutiny of literature and art." * Sociological Forum *"The focus on examining individual cities is one of the book’s strongest points, as each chapter is a mini-historiography of class, religion, ethnicity, and gender. More than anything, however, A Rich Brew is an examination of the role of nostalgia for home in shaping everything from café discussions to creative output to historical reflection." * Digest: A Journal of Foodways & Culture *"[Pinsker] has uncovered a vibrant, far-flung network of neighborhood cafes that were patronized by Jewish writers with a taste for coffee, conversation, and difference." * Sociological Forum *"A Rich Brew takes us on a spectacular tour of urban Jewish cafés across several continents, invigorating our sense of Jewish modernity in the making." * The American Historical Review *"The power of this book is not merely in reminding the reader of the lost world of Jewish cafés but in showing how comparative analysis illuminates what is common and what is unique about Jews as a social group and the institutions they create." * American Jewish History *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewEven the most sophisticated scholars will enjoy seeing how their colleagues achieve the feat of crafting such delicious distillations within the given space constraints. This book is a monumental achievement. -- Claudia Mills, Children's Literature AssociationThis book presents ... thoughtful essays based on various concepts pertaining to children's literature, including genres, literary theories, and the history of children's literature ... This volume will be very useful, especially for colleges and universities with children's literature programs. Highly recommended. -- J. Stevens, ChoiceOverall, this volume succeeds quite well in focusing attention on how we discuss children's literature. The[se] essays are models of thoughtful inquiry into words we frequently use, often without considering how they have been transformed over time. -- Myra Zarnowski, Teachers College RecordBy distilling the complex uses of its core terms, the contributors to Keywords for Children's Literature have produced an indispensable handbook for scholars in this dynamic field. -- Donald E. Pease, author of Theodor SEUSS GeiselKeywords for Children's Literature demonstrates how sophisticated the critical approaches to the burgeoning field of children's literature have become. Not only do the essays on keywords, written by some of the most capable professors in the field, elaborate important concepts in the history of children's literature, but they cover significant cultural debates and discussions. This superb volume of scholarship demonstrates definitively that adult literature cannot be understood without grasping its roots in children's literature. -- Jack Zipes, University of Minnesota"Anyone who reads the collection may find herself—as this reviewer did—continuing the scholarly conversation by putting the premises of one essay in dialogue with others in the volume…. [O]ne of the intellectual pleasures Keywords offers is surprising readers to reconsider their understanding of words that they may have taken for granted.” —Adrienne Kertzer, The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol. 46., No. 1 (Jan 2022). * The Lion and the Unicorn *It is a broad and nuanced selection that reads its contemporaries well and far manages to capture the vast array of new studies and theoretical perspectives that have enriched and deepened our understanding of children’s literature in the 21st century. … an excellent and necessary interlocutor for further thinking about the complex issues surrounding children’s literature and the multifaceted context in which it is created, read, analysed and debated. -- Maria Lassén-Seger * Barnboken *

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Book SynopsisWounded Feelings is the first legal history of emotions in Canada. Through detailed histories of how people litigated emotional injuries like dishonour, humiliation, grief, and betrayal before the Quebec civil courts from 1870 to 1950, Eric H. Reiter explores the confrontation between people’s lived experience of emotion and the legal categories and terminology of lawyers, judges, and courts. Drawing on archival case files, newspapers, and contemporary legal writings, he examines how individuals narrated their claims of injured feelings and how the courts assessed those claims using legal rules, social norms, and the judges’ own feelings to validate certain emotional injuries and reject others. The cases reveal both contemporary views of emotion as well as the family, gender, class, linguistic, and racial dynamics that shaped those understandings and their adjudication. Examples include a family’s grief over their infant sonȁ

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Book SynopsisThe ongoing political muscle-flexing of diverse Christian communities in North America raises some deeply troubling questions regarding their roles among us. Earlier analyses including Herberg’s Protestant, Catholic, Jew showed that these three branches of the Judaeo-Christian tradition correspond to three forms of the American way of life; while Kruse’s One Nation Under God showed how Christian America was shaped by corporate America. Willem H. Vanderburg’s Secular Nations under New Gods proceeds based on a dialogue between Jacques Ellul’s interpretation of the task of Christians in the world and Ellul’s interpretation of the roles of technique and the nation-state in individual and collective human life. He then adds new insight into our being a symbolic species dealing with our finitude by living through the myths of our society and building new secular forms of moralities and religions. If everything is political and if eveTable of ContentsPreface Introduction A Secular Way of Life in Search of Spirituality? Where Are We and What Have We Done? Seeing and Listening People of a Time, Place, and Culture People of a Time, Place, and Universal Technical Order People of the Word 1 The Possibility and Impossibility of Living a Secular Life How Secular Have We Become? Language, Swearing, and the Sacred A Creation for Freedom without a Sacred A Creation for Love without Eros 2 The Roots of a Non-secular Life: Religion and Morality as Symptoms of Evil Uprooting and Re-rooting the Creation’s Fabric of Relationships The End of Secular Human Life God's Covenant and Humanity's Life Support The Beginning of Human History A New Beginning without God 3 Language, Myth, and History Making a Name The Word, Human Words, and Cultures Socially and Historically Naming Ourselves Culture and Revelation The Subversion of Symbolization 4 Born Neither Free nor Equal, but Loved An Enslaved Humanity The Flesh and the World A World Ruled by Principalities and Powers The Demonic Powers The Satanic Powers Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse The City as the Seat of the Powers 5 The Law, the Spirit, and the Kingdom of Heaven The Law and the Jewish People The Law of Freedom The Spirit The Kingdom of Heaven 6 Christianity in the Grip of Vanity and Chasing after the Wind Why Give the Last Word to Qohelet? Vanity and Myths Wisdom and Myths God and Our Myths Epilogue Notes Index

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Book SynopsisOn February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine that dominated headlines around the world. Millions of Ukrainians would flee the country, and a third of the population would be displaced. In the days following the invasion, Swedish migration expert Gregg Bucken-Knapp sent text messages to his Ukrainian colleagues, offering support and assistance. These were their responses. In a series of graphic vignettes, Messages from Ukraine takes the words of Ukrainian migration professionals and transforms them into snapshots of how war affects the lives of everyday people: those who are forced to flee home and seek safety elsewhere, those who choose to stay and volunteer or fight, those who witness events unfolding from afar, and those who find themselves trapped in cities under siege. Messages from Ukraine captures a moment in time to tell a timeless story about war, displacement, determination, and resilience. Proceeds from the sale of MTable of ContentsMessages from Ukraine Appendix I: Timeline of Events Appendix II: Interview with the Authors Appendix III: Study Guide References

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Book SynopsisThis is Canada's only up-to-date collection of essays on issues in Canadian federalism, covering the Harper and Trudeau eras, as well as federal-provincial debates over healthcare, climate change, trade, and more.Table of ContentsPart I Socio-Economic Foundations, Institutions, and Processes of Canadian Federalism 1. Canadian Federalism: Performance, Effectiveness, and Legitimacy Herman Bakvis and Grace Skogstad 2. Canada as a Case of Comparative Federalism Jörg Broschek 3. Quebec and the Canadian Federation David Cameron 4. The Courts, the Division of Powers, and Dispute Resolution Gerald Baier 5. Criminal Justice and Criminal Law Dennis Baker 6 Federalism, Political Parties, and the Burden of National Unity: Still Making Federalism Do the Heavy Lifting? Herman Bakvis and A. Brian Tanguay 7. Intergovernmental Relations in a Complex Federation Robert Schertzer Part II The Social and Economic Union 8. Federalism and Canada’s Economic Union Grace Skogstad and Matt Wilder 9. International Trade and the Evolution of Federalism Christopher Kukucha 10. Fiscal Federalism: The Importance of Balance Douglas M. Brown 11. The Three Federalisms and Change in Social Policy Keith G. Banting 12. Federalism and Universal Health Care: A Question of Performance and Effectiveness Herman Bakvis 13. Federalism and Immigration in Canada Mireille Paquet 14. Federalism and Canadian Climate Change Policy Mark Winfield and Douglas Macdonald Part III Re-imagining the Federation 15. Nation to Nation? Canadian Federalism and Indigenous Multilevel Governance Martin Papillon 16. Municipalities in the Federation Jack Lucas (Calgary) and Alison Smith Conclusion: Taking Stock of Canadian Federalism Grace Skogstad and Herman Bakvis

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Book SynopsisFitness Professional's Handbook, Seventh Edition With HKPropel Access, provides current and future fitness professionals with the knowledge to screen participants, conduct standardized fitness tests, evaluate the major components of fitness, and prescribe appropriate exercise.Table of ContentsPart I. Physical Activity: Links to Health, Fitness, and PerformanceChapter 1. Health, Fitness, and Performance Edward T. HowleyChapter 2. Health Risk Appraisal Michael ShipePart II. Scientific FoundationsChapter 3. Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics Clare E. MilnerChapter 4. Exercise Physiology Edward T. HowleyChapter 5. Nutrition Dixie L. ThompsonChapter 6. Measurements of Energy Cost in Physical Activity Edward T. HowleyPart III. Fitness AssessmentChapter 7. Assessment of Cardiorespiratory Fitness Edward T. HowleyChapter 8. Assessment of Body Composition Dixie L. ThompsonChapter 9. Assessment of Muscular Fitness Avery FaigenbaumChapter 10. Assessment of Flexibility and Low-Back Function Laura Horvath GagnonPart IV. Exercise Prescription for Health, Fitness, and PerformanceChapter 11. Exercise Prescription for Cardiorespiratory Fitness Edward T. HowleyChapter 12. Exercise Prescription for Weight Management Dixie L. ThompsonChapter 13. Exercise Prescription for Muscular Fitness Avery FaigenbaumChapter 14. Exercise Prescription for Flexibility and Low-Back Function Laura Horvath GagnonChapter 15. Training for Performance Scott A. CongerPart V. Special PopulationsChapter 16. Exercise for Children and Youth Edward T. HowleyChapter 17. Exercise and Older Adults Edward T. HowleyChapter 18. Exercise and Women’s Health Dixie L. ThompsonChapter 19. Exercise and Heart Disease David R. Bassett, Jr.Chapter 20. Exercise and Obesity Dixie L. ThompsonChapter 21. Exercise and Diabetes Dixie L. ThompsonChapter 22. Exercise and Pulmonary Disease David R. Bassett, Jr.Part VI. Comprehensive Exercise Program ConsiderationsChapter 23. Behavior Change Janet BuckworthChapter 24. ECG and Exercise Performance David R. Bassett, Jr.Chapter 25. Injury Prevention and Treatment Jenny MoshakChapter 26. Legal Considerations JoAnn M. Eickhoff-Shemek

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“For more than 40 years Dave Chambers has been sharing his exceptional knowledge and wisdom as a coach, teacher, and specialist within the world of hockey. His brilliant forward-thinking instruction guides are long lasting yet new to coaches everywhere. He is a world-renowned student and teacher of the game and a man I admire and greatly respect. His information is useful to coaches everywhere.” Lou Vairo-- Director of Special Projects, USA Hockey “The Hockey Drill Book demonstrates Dave Chambers’ intimate knowledge of the game. He has the ability to simplify every skill set. This collection of drills is an absolute must for individual player and team development.”Ken Hitchcock-- Head Coach, St. Louis Blues Table of Contents Chapter 1 Running Effective Practices and Drills Chapter 2 Warm-Up Drills for Skating, Passing, and Stickhandling Chapter 3 Warm-Up Drills With Shooting Chapter 4 One-on-One Drills Chapter 5 Two-on-One Drills Chapter 6 Two-on-Two Drills Chapter 7 Three-on-One Drills Chapter 8 Three-on-Two, Five-on-Two, and Breakout Drills Chapter 9 Defensive Drills Chapter 10 Combination Drills Chapter 11 Shooting Drills Chapter 12 Defenseman Drills Chapter 13 Forward Drills Chapter 14 Goalie Drills Chapter 15 Power Play, Penalty-Killing, and Face-Off Drills Chapter 16 Competitive Fun Drills and Games Chapter 17 Evaluation Drills Chapter 18 On-Ice Conditioning Drills

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Book Synopsis Every workout is intended to do one thing: maximize results. Whether that result is fitness, function and performance, fat loss, or physique improvements, you want your efforts to pay off. What if you had the opportunity to have the NSCA Personal Trainer of the Year observe your workout and show you how you could make it better? Now you do have access to that expertise, with Your Workout PERFECTED. Nick Tumminello, author of Strength Training for Fat Loss and Building Muscle and Performance, knows that a one size fits all approach can't work. That program you're followingthe one you lovemay be more harmful than beneficial. Or maybe, with some slight alterations, that program is exactly what you need. That's why he developed Your Workout PERFECTED. It's a unique and cooperative approachone that works to improve, not replace, your routine. Inside, there are 243 exercises and 71 programs to develop your fitness, promote fat loss, improvTrade Review Nick Tumminello is an innovator in the fitness field. His combination of scientific knowledge and practical experience make him a go-to guy for getting results from a fitness program, as displayed in Your Workout PERFECTED. Highly recommended reading. Brad Schoenfeld, PhD—Author of The M.A.X. Muscle Plan and Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy It’s hard to think of anyone who consistently contributes as much valuable information as Nick Tumminello. Your Workout PERFECTED showcases his unique ability to reveal how much we don’t know about strength training—and how much we do know that’s either inaccurate or antithetical to our goals. Lou Schuler—Award-Winning Fitness Journalist, LouSchuler.com There are just a few trainers in the industry who are creative enough to come up with new ideas that get used around the world. Nick is one of those guys, and he constantly leaves me saying to myself, "Now why didn't I think of that?" Bret Contreras, PhD, CSCS,*D—Owner of Glute Lab, Author of Strong Curves and Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy Nick Tumminello is kind of a pain in the butt. You can't just say, “Hey, Nick, what do you think of this exercise?" No, he'll analyze it, research it, conduct 101 experiments on it, and then he'll show you about a dozen ways to make it better. It's really quite annoying. He gets away with it because he's damn near always right. TC Luoma—Editor of Testosterone Nation If you're looking for accurate and scientifically backed information, quality workouts that are interesting and fun, and programs that are designed by someone who walks the walk and trains real people, you need not look any further than Nick Tumminello. It's been my pleasure to know him and learn from him for the past decade; he's the real deal. Cassandra Forsythe, PhD, RD, CSCS—Professor of Exercise Science, Author, and Mom Table of ContentsPart I: Training Objectives Chapter 1. Fitness Chapter 2. Function and Performance Chapter 3. Fat Loss Chapter 4. Physique Part II: Exercises Chapter 5. Warm-Up and Mobility Exercises Chapter 6. Upper-Body Exercises Chapter 7. Lower-Body Exercises Chapter 8. Core Exercises Chapter 9. Conditioning Exercises Part III: Programming Chapter 10. General Beginner Programs Chapter 11. Fitness Programs Chapter 12. Function and Performance Programs Chapter 13. Fat Loss Programs Chapter 14. Physique Programs Chapter 15. Strategies for Minimizing Injury

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Book SynopsisThe Sports Rules Book is updated and expanded to cover 64 sports, including information on each sport's origin and history, basic procedures, terminology, equipment, competitive playing areas, and scoring systems.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Adventure Racing Chapter 2. Alpine Skiing Chapter 3. Archery Chapter 4. Australian Football Chapter 5. Badminton Chapter 6. Baseball Chapter 7. Basketball Chapter 8. BMX Racing Chapter 9. Bocce Chapter 10. Bowling Chapter 11. Boxing Chapter 12. Canoeing and Kayaking Chapter 13. Cheerleading Chapter 14. Climbing Chapter 15. Cornhole Chapter 16. Cricket Chapter 17. Croquet Chapter 18. Cross Country Chapter 19. Cross-Country Skiing Chapter 20. Curling Chapter 21. Cycling Chapter 22. Equestrian Chapter 23. Fencing Chapter 24. Field Hockey Chapter 25. Figure Skating Chapter 26. Football Chapter 27. Golf Chapter 28. Gymnastics Chapter 29. Handball Chapter 30. Horseshoes Chapter 31. Ice Hockey Chapter 32. Judo Chapter 33. Jujitsu Chapter 34. Karate Chapter 35. Kung Fu Chapter 36. Lacrosse Chapter 37. Netball Chapter 38. Pickleball Chapter 39. Racquetball Chapter 40. Rowing Chapter 41. Rugby Union Chapter 42. Shooting Chapter 43. Skateboarding Chapter 44. Snowboarding Chapter 45. Soccer Chapter 46. Softball Chapter 47. Speed Skating Chapter 48. Squash Chapter 49. Stand-Up Paddleboard Racing Chapter 50. Surfing Chapter 51. Swimming and Diving Chapter 52. Synchronized Swimming Chapter 53. Table Tennis Chapter 54. Taekwondo Chapter 55. Team Handball Chapter 56. Tennis Chapter 57. Track and Field Chapter 58. Triathlon Chapter 59. Ultimate Chapter 60. Volleyball Chapter 61. Water Polo Chapter 62. Water Skiing Chapter 63. Weightlifting Chapter 64. Wrestling

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Book SynopsisAdvanced Sports Nutrition, Third Edition, offers research-based nutrition guidance for the athlete. It covers nutrition sources, fueling strategies for optimal performance, factors affecting nutrition needs, and plans for athletes in power, endurance, and combined power and endurance sports.Trade Review“Nutrition is a vital component of student-athlete success—both athletically and academically. Advanced Sports Nutrition provides a scientific approach that is easy to follow so all student-athletes can improve their year-round fueling strategies.”—John Dunham, MS, ATC, CES, Head Athletic Trainer for Emory University Athletics“Advanced Sports Nutrition offers a wealth of knowledge that is backed by scientific research. Dr. Benardot provides the foundational blueprint to implement a successful sports performance nutritional program across all sports. This guidebook sets the nutritional standard.”—A.J. Neibel, PTA, CSCS, RKC, USAW, FMS, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Las Vegas Raiders“Advanced Sports Nutrition translates the science of nutrition into practical advice to fuel training and competition performance.”—Beth Van Fleet, Beach Volleyball Head Coach at Georgia State University"Advanced Sports Nutrition combines fundamental human performance concepts with state-of-the-art science. Dr. Dan Benardot provides the information in a format that is easy for clinicians and athletes to apply to optimize both health and performance."—Moriah P. Bellissimo Myers, PhD, RD, Former Division I NCAA Athlete Table of ContentsPart I. Nutrition Sources for AthletesChapter 1. Energy Nutrients Energy nutrients (carbohydrate, protein, and fat) are fuel sources for athletes, but they also have other functions, including muscle recovery and tissue repair. These substrates are metabolized differently depending on exercise intensity, substrate availability, and conditioned state. This chapter clarifies what substrates should be emphasized before, during, and after exercise.Chapter 2. Vitamins and Minerals Physical activity alters the requirements for vitamins and minerals, with the type of activity performed in different environmental conditions having a different effect on utilization and need. This chapter demonstrates how the sporting discipline, age, and gender influence the risk of vitamin or mineral deficiency, and it recommends the best ways of ensuring that cellular needs are satisfied.Chapter 3. Fluids and Electrolytes Fluid and electrolyte balance is critically important for sustaining athletic performance, but it is difficult to accomplish without a hydration plan that is tailored to the athlete and the environmental conditions. This chapter provides information on how to create appropriate hydration strategies and how to help the body adapt to consumption of the right amounts of fluid.Chapter 4. Ergogenic Aids Nutritional ergogenic aids are substances that can improve athletic performance if properly consumed. However, there are many ergogenic aids available to athletes that fail to perform as advertised, and they may have a negative impact on performance. This chapter highlights the nutritional ergogenic aids that may benefit athletes in specific sports and those that should be avoided because of potential problems.Part II. Nutrition for Optimal PerformanceChapter 5. Athlete GI Function and Energy Delivery Everything an athlete eats and drinks passes through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, which is responsible for digesting foods so that vitamins, minerals, and energy substrates can be absorbed into the blood for delivery to tissues. This chapter focuses on how consuming the right foods and beverages at the right times and in the right amounts can help athletes optimize GI function and minimize the risk of GI distress.Chapter 6. Nutrient and Fluid Timing Nutrition recommendations have traditionally emphasized the foods and beverages that will meet daily nutritional needs. There is an increasing body of evidence highlighting the importance of eating and drinking those foods and beverages in the right amounts and at the right times. This chapter provides information on how the timing of consumption can influence athletic performance.Part III. Factors Affecting Nutrition NeedsChapter 7. Travel Travel is a common aspect of the life of athletes, who often cross multiple time zones and travel to locations with different cultures and unfamiliar foods. This chapter provides information on the common nutritional problems that travel creates, with solutions for how to reduce travel-associated risks so that athletes can perform at their conditioned capacity.Chapter 8. High Altitude The lower oxygen level at high altitude has a negative impact on athletic performance in an athlete who has not adapted to the altitude. Staying at a high altitude for a period of time may create an adaptation that improves oxygen-carrying capacity and endurance. This chapter reviews the nutritional strategies to follow for enhancing adaptation in high-altitude environments.Chapter 9. Gender and Age The nutritional requirements of athletes vary widely based on age and gender, and these differences must be taken into consideration to optimize health and athletic performance. This chapter reviews the common risks faced by athletes of different ages and genders, and examines how sports that emphasize appearance may be associated with nutritional risks that have a negative impact on performance and athlete longevity.Chapter 10. Body Composition and Weight Although weight is often the focus of athletes wishing to improve performance, this is not the most appropriate measurement of the athlete’s body. Instead, athletes should focus on the distribution of tissues that constitute weight (i.e., fat mass and fat-free mass). This chapter focuses on nutritional strategies for optimizing body composition and commonly available methods for body composition assessment.Part IV. Nutrition Strategies and PlansChapter 11. The Power Athlete High-intensity activities and power activities require such a high level of energy production per unit of time that these activities exceed the athlete’s capacity to derive enough energy aerobically, thereby increasing the requirement for anaerobic fuels. This chapter helps power athletes understand how best to eat and drink to ensure a satisfactory availability of these power fuels. Included in this chapter are sample eating plans to demonstrate the dynamic interaction between fuel use and intake.Chapter 12. The Endurance Athlete Endurance athletes must have eating and drinking strategies that make required fuels available over long periods of time. They must also practice fluid intake strategies that are well timed to sustain blood volume and blood sugar. This chapter reviews the nutritional strategies that can optimize aerobic metabolic processes, and it includes sample eating plans to help athletes understand how to best store needed fuels.Chapter 13. The Power and Endurance Athlete Athletes in team sports, such as basketball and soccer, need a combination of power and endurance. Team sport athletes require an optimal storage of needed fuels and fluids, and they must employ replenishment strategies during training and competition. This chapter reviews the nutritional strategies these athletes should follow, and it includes sample eating plans. Appendix A. Dietary Reference Intakes and Tolerable Upper Intake Levels Appendix B. Food Sources of Key Nutrients Appendix C. Practical Nutrition Guides

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Book SynopsisA Clinical Guide to Surface Palpation, Second Edition, uses a simple step-by-step approach to explaining palpation techniques, which are organized by regions of the body. Anatomical overlays on photos and video clips help demonstrate proper execution of common clinical palpation techniques.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to the Art and Science of Palpation Definition of Palpation Goals of Palpation Psychomotor Skill of Palpation Importance of Palpation as a Component of the Examination Role of Anatomy in Palpation Palpation of Different Structures Body Mechanics Conclusion Review QuestionsChapter 2. Skull and Face Functions of the Skull and Face Bony Anatomy Soft Tissue Anatomy Neurovascular Anatomy Structural Inspection Palpation Case Study Review QuestionsChapter 3. Superficial Back and Shoulder Complex Functions of the Shoulder Girdle Complex Bony Anatomy Soft Tissue Anatomy Neurovascular Anatomy Structural Inspection Palpation Case Study Review QuestionsChapter 4. Pectoral and Axillary Regions Functions of the Pectoral Region Bony Anatomy Soft Tissue Anatomy Neurovascular Anatomy Structural Inspection Palpation Case Study Review QuestionsChapter 5. Elbow and Forearm Functions of the Elbow and Forearm Bony Anatomy Soft Tissue Anatomy Neurovascular Anatomy Structural Inspection Palpation Case Study Review QuestionsChapter 6. Wrist and Hand Functions of the Wrist and Hand Bony Anatomy Soft Tissue Anatomy Neurovascular Anatomy Structural Inspection Palpation Case Study Review QuestionsChapter 7. Cervical Spine and Thorax Functions of the Cervical Spine, Thoracic Spine, and Rib Cage Bony Anatomy Soft Tissue Anatomy Neurovascular Anatomy Structural Inspection Palpation Case Study Review QuestionsChapter 8. Lumbosacral Spine Functions of the Lumbosacral Spine Bony Anatomy Soft Tissue Anatomy Neurovascular Anatomy Structural Inspection Palpation Case Study Review QuestionsChapter 9. Abdomen and Pelvis Functions of the Abdomen and Pelvis Bony Anatomy Soft Tissue Anatomy Neurovascular Anatomy Abdominal Visceral Anatomy Pelvic Visceral Anatomy Structural Inspection Palpation Case Study Review QuestionsChapter 10. Hip and Groin Region Functions of the Hip Joint Bony Anatomy Soft Tissue Anatomy Neurovascular Anatomy Structural Inspection Palpation Case Study Review QuestionsChapter 11. Knee and Thigh Functions of the Knee Joint Bony Anatomy Soft Tissue Anatomy Neurovascular Anatomy Structural Inspection Palpation Case Study Review QuestionsChapter 12. Lower Leg, Ankle, and Foot Functions of the Foot and Ankle Joints Bony Anatomy Soft Tissue Anatomy Neurovascular Anatomy Structural Inspection Palpation Case Study Review Questions

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Book SynopsisThe multiple narrators in this novel grapple with their unrecorded history on Martinique, first as slaves and then in relation to the wider world. Trade Review"A centuries-old tree in Martinique witnesses generations of resistance, striving and social collapse in this novel by the island’s foremost postcolonial writer."—New York Times"Glissant (The Overseer's Cabin), canonized in the Caribbean for his poetry, novels, and critical theory, offers a dazzling history of colonialism in Martinique, originally published in 1997 and here translated into English for the first time. . . . Glissant (1928–2011) is as comprehensive as he is unconcerned with the encumbrance of linearity, and has found the perfect form to explore the inescapable and reverberating legacies of colonialism. This is a transcendent work of art."—Publishers Weekly, starred review“Mahagony gives a gripping fictional embodiment of Édouard Glissant’s literary and cultural theory. It is the indispensable pivot between his abstract thought, his poetry, and his engagement with the history of the postcolonial world. Betsy Wing is Glissant’s foremost translator; she is our best guide through the mangrove of the Martinique master’s body of work.”—A. James Arnold, professor emeritus of French at the University of Virginia“Mahagony is a crucial monument to the ever-evolving changes defined byÉdouard Glissant’s Poétique de la Relation. . . . Betsy Wing has rendered the stylistic complexities of Glissant’s writing while preserving the explosive life that emanates from every instant of this important work . . . resulting in an eminently readable text whose poetic power, charm, and subtlety has been faithfully and elegantly preserved. A magnificent accomplishment.”—Alexandre Leupin, Phyllis M. Taylor Professor in French Studies at Louisiana State UniversityTable of ContentsChronologyLe Trou-à-rochesMathieuThe One Who Serves as HusbandEudoxieHégésippeLanoué MathieuMalendureThe DescentLongouéArtémise according to AdélaïdeA Cock for AsklepiusMathieuOdibertThe Whole-WorldMarie CelatIda MathieuThe CommentatorResurfacingPassion according to Mathieu

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Book Synopsis“The people are missing” is a constant refrain in Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s writings after the 1975 publication of Kafka: Pour une litterature mineure. With the translation of this work into English (Kafka: Toward a Minor Literature) in 1986, the refrain quickly became a hallmark of political interpretation in the North American academy and was especially applied to the works of minorities and postcolonial writers. However, in the second cinema book, Cinéma 2: L’Image-temps, the refrain is restricted to third-world cinema, in which Deleuze and Guattari locate the conditions of truly postwar political cinema: the absence, even the impossibility, of a people who would constitute its organic community. In this critical reflection, Gregg Lambert traces the “narrowing” of the refrain itself, as well as the premise that the act of art is capable of inventing the conditions of a “people” oTrade Review“Lambert’s book is mesmerizing. . . . Serious literary and political theorists will want to read this.”—Dorothea E. Olkowski, author of Postmodern Philosophy and the Scientific Turn“The People Are Missing is a commanding intervention by one of the most original and incisive readers of Deleuze today. Lambert assuredly offers the reader what is undoubtedly the most penetrating and systematic analysis to date of this famous Deleuzian concept of ‘minor literature.’”—Nick Nesbitt, author of Caribbean Critique: Antillean Critical Theory from Toussaint to GlissantTable of ContentsProvocations: Year 0—The Refrain “The People Are Missing” 1. The Axiom of Political Interpretation 2. The Principle of “Anti-interpretation” 3. The Tautology of Literary History 4. The Ethical Duty of the Writer and the Critic 5. The Weakness of the Moral Analogy 6. The Final Sense of the Refrain Year 2021: Minor Literature Today Notes

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Book SynopsisWinner of the Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction In Invitation, men and women try and fail to connect to the people they want to be with. As they remember the first people who dominated their lives-parents, best friends, cousins, crushes-they find themselves repeating old patterns. A boy shares seemingly disturbing details about his mother's disappearance with an aloof tutor. A man stalks an ex-girlfriend but finds her missing. A woman wakes up in an empty apartment-and to every mother's worst nightmare. When a callous young man penetrates the bell jar of an elderly couple's quiet life, their live-in assistant learns a cruel lesson about loyalty. Why are we the way we are with one another? And what do our relationships ask us to become? In these stories, set mostly in South Korea, all must contend with the uncertainty and danger that comes with connection, real or imagined. These stories by Mi Jin Kim ask us to consider what it is we really want from the people we think we need.

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