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Book SynopsisExpanding and updating H.A. Stephens's 1969 classic, this handbook offers full descriptions of woody plant species found in the wild in Kansas, 138 of them native. County-level distribution maps show where species have been documented, and nearly 1,000 color photographs highlight morphological features - habit, bark, leaves, flowers, and fruit.Trade ReviewThe authors provide not only updated and detailed descriptions plus excellent color photos but also fascinating plant associations, such as using sand sagebrush as relief for intestinal ailments, and insect relationships, such as gall psyllids and hackberry. The organization and plant keys make available quick access to information about 166 Kansas species. A first-rate guide to the woody plants of Kansas!"" - Iralee Barnard, author of Field Guide to the Common Grasses of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska

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Book SynopsisTo try to get a clearer picture of what the real Ronald Reagan legacy is, in this book Marcus Witcher details conservatives' frequently tense relationship with Ronald Reagan in the 1980s and explores how they created the latter-day Reagan myth.Trade ReviewThe legend is that Ronald Reagan unified the GOP and led it to a long string of successes. This outstanding book tells the true story, which is far more complex and fascinating. With depth, balance, and subtlety, Witcher explains how Reagan went from being the leader of a fractious party to a symbol of its aspirations. Getting Right with Reagan makes a major contribution to the study of American political history, offering rich insights into the history and political uses of the Reagan myth." - John J. Pitney, Jr., Roy P. Crocker Professor of Politics, Claremont McKenna College"Marcus Witcher has written a bold and provocative book. Not everyone will be persuaded by his revisionist portrayal of President Reagan as a ‘pragmatist,’ or by Witcher’s contention that conservative ‘purists’ since the 1980s have constructed an idealized and mythical Reagan who owed his success to an unbending devotion to conservative principles. But readers of this volume will gain a deeper appreciation of Reagan’s immense and continuing impact on the mental landscape of the American Right." - George H. Nash, author of The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America since 1945"The American conservative movement’s adoration for Ronald Reagan is seemingly limitless and only seems to grow with each passing decade. Yet Reagan was not the unwavering standard-bearer of conservative purity that his contemporary admirers imagine-though his pragmatism and flexibility were reasons for his success. In this valuable study, Marcus Witcher provides a more nuanced picture of Reagan’s presidency, explains how conservative views of the fortieth president evolved in the years that followed, and shows the consequences of the mythical Reagan." - George Hawley, author of Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism"Marcus M. Witcher’s Getting Right with Reagan is a brilliant analysis of the US conservative revolution of the 1980s and beyond. It’s essential reading for anybody interested in the Cold War and the American political system. Highly recommended!" - Douglas Brinkley, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and professor of history at Rice University and author of American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space RaceTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Evolution of Conservatives' Perception of ReaganPart I: Conservative Frustration with Reagan, 1945-19881. The Origins and Evolution of Reagan's Economic Policies2. The Battle for Fiscal Conservatism: Supply-Siders vs. Budget Hawks3. The Origins of the New Right and the Seeds of Future Frustrations4. The Battle for America's Soul: Conservative Disillusion with Reagan on Social Issues5. AIDS, the New Right and Reagan's Response6. Neoconservatives, the New Right, and Reagan's First Two Years of Foreign Policy7. The Year of Fear: Ronald Reagan and the Transformation of America's Foreign Policy8. The Battle for the Cold War: Conservative Frustration with the INF TreatyPart II: The Legacy of Evolving Mythology of President Reagan: 1988-20169. Recasting Reagan: How the Fortieth President Framed His Legacy, 1989-199410. Remembering Reagan: The Reagan Legacy in Conservative Politics, 1994-199611. Memorializing Reagan: Enshrining the Reagan Legacy, 1996-200012. Reinventing Reagan: George W. Bush and the Emergence of the Reagan Myth, 2000-200413. Reconstructing Reagan: How the Conservatives Created a Mythical Reagan, 2004-200814. Resurrecting Reagan: The Tea Party Movement and the Manifestation of the Reagan Myth, 2008-20169Conclusion: Beyond Reagan?NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTells the story of the roles played by American and Vietnamese citizens in their postwar quest for peace. Hang Thi Thu Le-Tormala deepens our understanding of the Vietnam War and its aftermath by taking examining postwar Vietnam and offering a fresh analysis of the effects of the war and what postwar reconstruction meant for ordinary citizens.Trade ReviewPostwar Journeys fills a significant gap in the literature regarding post-Vietnam War efforts at creating peace and normal relations between the United States and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam by examining nonstate groups and people and demonstrating how they influenced their governments' policies. Employing a framework of transnationalism, Le-Tormala skillfully weaves together powerful stories with international politics to demonstrate how 'hidden historical actors' were able to make two hostile governments in Washington, DC, and Hanoi engage with each other to solve problems that were being ignored. There is no comparable study that has the breadth and depth in examining the efforts of veterans, peace groups, and individuals that ultimately helped forge peace between the United States and Vietnam." - David F. Schmitz, Robert Allen Skotheim Chair of History, Whitman College, and author of Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War: The End of the American Century "Much has been written about the normalization of US-Vietnamese relations in the 1990s. Far less attention has been given to the decades of grassroots peace efforts that led to and followed that normalization. Hang Thi Thu Le-Tormala has now beautifully excavated this history. Through poignant stories and incisive analysis, Postwar Journeys provides a much-needed examination of the ongoing importance of people-to-people diplomacy." - Scott Laderman, author of Tours of Vietnam: War, Travel Guides, and Memory and The 'Silent Majority' Speech: Richard Nixon, the Vietnam War, and the Origins of the New Right"Postwar Journeys is an impressive study that details the transnational interactions between ordinary Vietnamese and American citizens who helped reshape the struggle for peace and reconciliation after the end of what the Vietnamese call the 'American War.' Addressing the efforts of Vietnamese refugees, Amerasian children of American GIs, American and Vietnamese veterans and their families, relatives of fallen soldiers on both sides, and other citizens who experienced the war in one way or the other, the author examines the journeys of individuals from varied political, cultural, and social backgrounds. In doing so, this book bridges a gap in the scholarship that often overlooks the role of individual citizens on both sides in the postwar effort that led to reconciliation between the former foes. Far-ranging in scope and impressively researched, this book is a valuable addition to the ever-growing historiography of the war." - James H. Willbanks, professor emeritus of military history, US Command and General Staff College, and author of Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War

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Book SynopsisTraces the growth of Lee v. Macon County from a case to desegregate a single school district in rural Alabama to a decision that paved the way for ending state-imposed racial segregation of the schools in the Deep South.Table of Contents Preface Introduction: Tuskegee, Alabama, September 9, 1963 1. The Ratchet Principle:Truman Sets Federal Civil Rights Policy for His Successors in Office 2. Macon County and Alabama's Racial Caste System 3. The School Desegregation Case Begins 4. New Year, New Schools, New Law 5. The Case Goes Statewide 6. Aftermath: Response to the Statewide Decree 7. "Watch What We Do" Conclusion Notes Bibliographic Essay Index

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Book SynopsisA memoir from one of Richard Nixon’s senior domestic policy advisors. John Roy Price provides firsthand insight into key moments regarding Nixon’s political and policy challenges in the domestic social policy arena.Trade Review"Price's story is more than just a helpful explainer for the more recent thorny and contentious debates over child tax credits. It’s also a portrait of a Republican party that once knew how to broker its own coalition, governing through the power of two wings, a conservative ‘base,’ and an ‘establishment’ leadership."—Law & Liberty"Price’s compelling and persuasive book will be of great interest to those who study domestic policy as well as party politics."—Political Science Quarterly"Contains abundant, telling historical detail and analysis."—Choice "Are you ready for some revisionism? Price’s Nixon was trying to bring the country together. He understood that politics was ‘poetry’—you needed more than good policy positions. But good ones he had. His domestic policies would have ended the financial incentives to break up low-income families and would have kept catastrophic health issues from bankrupting middle-class families. We see Nixon doing the right thing because it is the right thing. This book is thought-provoking from beginning to end."—Nicholas Evan Sarantakes, author of Fan in Chief: Richard Nixon and American Sports, 1969–1974"John Roy Price’s The Last Liberal Republican is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the Nixon presidency as well as the presidential/congressional relationship as it relates to domestic policymaking. Price’s memoir not only explains the domestic policy agenda during a seminal point in American history but also shows how a Republican president worked with a Democratic Congress to revise and expand parts of the New Deal and Great Society agendas. Price’s ability to illustrate the policy battles as they played out on the political frontlines makes this book essential reading."—Lori Cox Han, author of Advising Nixon: The White House Memos of Patrick J. Buchanan"For all those who thought there was nothing more—nothing new—to say about Richard Nixon, John Roy Price has a surprise, and an important one. Here is a Nixon seldom seen, a Nixon leaning left even as he moved the Republicans right, a Nixon worried about his place in history even as he was soiling his place in history. No biography of the thirty-seventh president written in the remainder of this century can be unaffected by this vital and indispensable book."—David Shribman, Pulitzer Prize–winning nationally syndicated columnist and former executive editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"John Roy Price’s The Last Liberal Republican is an indispensable memoir about working the domestic policy beat for President Richard Nixon. Price writes well, has commanding knowledge of the era, and is determined to set the historical record straight. I consider it a gift to Cold War–era scholarship. Highly recommended!"—Douglas Brinkley, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and professor of history, Rice University, and coeditor of The Nixon Tapes"Not so very long ago the Republican Party was the home of serious policy thinkers and doers who believed in the power of the federal government to improve American lives and then exercised that power with skill and finesse. John Roy Price throve in that world, and in these pages he brings it captivatingly to life with fresh, nuanced portraits of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Robert Finch, George Shultz, and many others, including, most remarkably, Richard Nixon. The Last Liberal Republican is just the book we need in our own illiberal time."—Sam Tanenhaus, author of The Death of Conservatism: A Movement and Its Consequences and Whittaker Chambers: A BiographyTable of Contents Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Path to Eisenhower and Nixon: The Struggle for the Soul of the Republican Party 2. The Disruptive Decade: The 1960s and the Formation of the Ripon Society 3. Partisan Strife, San Francisco’s 1964 Convention, and Electoral Calamity 4. 1965-1968: Back to the Center? 5. The Oval Office Has a new Occupant 6. Organizing for Domestic Policymaking: Enter Daniel P. Moynihan 7. the Council for Urban Affairs: The Launch 8. A President in a Hurry 9. “Our Monument”: Laying the Foundation 10. The Battle for Nixon's Decision 11. The Fencing Moves Épées to Sabers 12. The Hunger Issue and the Food Stamp Revolution 13. “A Gamble on Human Nature”: Nixon in a Minority in His Cabinet 14. Briefing Ronald Reagan: The Beginnings of the Conservative Rebellion 15. The Center Does Not Hold—Nixon Folds His Hand on FAP 16. Richard Nixon and a Health Strategy Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAssessment and Treatment of Muscle Imbalance: The Janda Approach blends postural techniques, neurology, and functional capabilities in order to alleviate chronic musculoskeletal pain and promote greater functionality.Trade Review“A practical text for clinicians treating patients with musculoskeletal complaints.”SciTech Book News (March 2010) “An excellent book and a fitting tribute to Janda - well done! I attended several of Janda's courses in the UK over a period of many years and his influence on my professional life was significant.” Christopher Norris, PhD, MSc, MCSP, MBAcC -- Director of Norris Associates "This would make a useful addition to every clinician’s library—especially physical therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, and all those using hands-on therapies." Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies "…a thorough, well-organized, and well-written summary of the Janda approach to muscle imbalance." Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy"With its modest price tag and practical insights of both assessment and treatment of muscle imbalance, I would recommend this book to any practitioner or student planning to treat MSK disorders." Manual TherapyThis book "provides a lot of useful information that is different from the typical treatment approaches taught in most physical therapy schools and it can only help give clinicians insights that may help them treat their patients." Orthopedic Physical Therapy PracticeTable of ContentsPart I. The Scientific Basis of Muscle ImbalanceChapter 1. Structural and Functional Approaches to Muscle ImbalanceIntrinsic Versus Extrinsic FuctionMuscle Balance in Function and PathologyMuscle Imbalance ParadigmsSummaryChapter 2. The Sensorimotor SystemSensorimotor Hardware and SoftwareNeuromuscular Aspects of Postural Stability and Joint StabilizationPathology in ProprioceptionSummaryChapter 3. Chain ReactionsArticular ChainsMuscular ChainsNeurological ChainsSummaryChapter 4. Pathomechanics of Musculoskeletal Pain and Muscle ImbalancePathology of Musculoskeletal PainPathomechanics of Muscular ImbalanceCauses of Muscle Tightness and WeaknessJanda’s Classification of Muscle Imbalance PatternsSummaryPart II. Functional Evaluation of Muscle ImbalanceChapter 5. Posture, Balance, and Gait AnalysisMuscle Analysis of Standing PostureEvaluation of BalanceEvaluation of GaitSummaryChapter 6. Evaluation of Movement PatternsJanda’s Basic Movement Patterns Additional Movement Tests Complementary to Janda’s TestsSelected Manual Muscle TestsSummaryChapter 7. Muscle Length TestingMuscle Length Assessment TechniqueLower-Quarter MusclesUpper-Quarter MusclesHypermobilitySummaryChapter 8. Soft-Tissue AssessmentCharacteristics of Trigger PointsAssessment of Trigger Point or Tender Point ChainsScarsMyofasciaSummaryPart III. Treatment of Muscle Imbalance SyndromesChapter 9. Normalization of Peripheral Structures Central Indirect techniquesLocal Direct techniquesSummaryChapter 10. Restoration of Muscle BalanceFactors Contributing to Muscle WeaknessAdditional Treatment Techniques for Muscle WeaknessFactors Contributing to Muscle TightnessAdditional Treatment Techniques for Muscle TightnessSummaryChapter 11. Sensorimotor TrainingRole of Sensorimotor Training in Janda’s TreatmentSensorimotor Training ComponentsSensorimotor Training ProgressionSummaryPart IV. Clinical SyndromesChapter 12. Cervical Pain SyndromesRegional Considerations Common PathologiesCase StudySummaryChapter 13. Upper-Extremity Pain SyndromesRegional ConsiderationsAssessmentCommon PathologiesCase StudySummaryChapter 14. Lumbar Pain SyndromesRegional ConsiderationsCommon PathologiesSacroiliac DysfunctionAssessmentManagement of Low Back Pain SyndromesCase StudyConclusionSummaryChapter 15. Lower-Extremity Pain SyndromesRegional ConsiderationsAssessmentCommon PathologiesCase StudySummary

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Book SynopsisSports Massage provides an in-depth discussion of applications of foundational massage techniques within a sports massage approach. Table of ContentsPart I: Getting Started With Sports MassageChapter 1: Introduction to Sports Massage What Is Sports Massage? Who Should Be Treated? How Does Sports Massage Work? Where Can Sports Massage Take Place? When Should Sports Massage Take Place? Benefits of Sports Massage Closing Remarks Quick Questions Chapter 2: Contraindications for Sports Massage Contraindications Pathology Closing Remarks Quick Questions Chapter 3: Preparing for Sports Massage Venue Equipment Hygiene Client Positioning Safety Closing Remarks Quick Questions Part II: Sports Massage Techniques Chapter 4: Body Mechanics Massage Couch Height Working Posture Principles of Application Closing Remarks Quick Questions Chapter 5: Massage Techniques Components of a Massage Stroke Effleurage Petrissage Compression Deep Strokes Vibration Tapotement Friction Closing Remarks Quick Questions Part III: Applying Sports MassageChapter 6: Sports Massage for Prone Positions Neck Shoulder Torso Pelvis Leg Foot Sitting Quick Questions Chapter 7: Sports Massage for Supine Positions Neck Chest Shoulder and Arm Torso and Abdominal Muscles Pelvis Thigh Leg Foot Quick Questions Chapter 8: Sports Massage for Side-Lying Positions Neck Shoulder and Arm Torso Pelvis Thigh Quick Questions Part IV: Sports Massage Programmes and ManagementChapter 9: Client Assessment Subjective Assessment Objective Assessment Interpretive Stage Closing Remarks Quick Questions Chapter 10: Event Massage Pre-Event Massage Inter-Event Massage Post-Event Massage Working With an Elite Sport Team Organising an Event Closing Remarks Quick Questions Chapter 11: Special Populations Spinal Cord Injuries Limb Deficiency Cerebral Palsy Visual Impairment Communication Closing Remarks Quick Questions

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Book Synopsis The most highly regarded basketball coaching text, Coaching Basketball Successfully, Third Edition, is loaded with tactical instruction and practice drills and strategies on offensive and defensive play for handling every situation and match-up. This comprehensive guide will also help you better manage your program, team, and players on and off the court. Trade Review“It is appropriate to mention Morgan Wootten in the same conversation as John Wooden, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski and Bob Knight as among the greatest coaches of basketball. His impact on all high school sports, all of his former players and coaches, and the entire coaching profession for generations is unmatched. His incredible ability to teach the fundamentals of the game is the gold standard for all coaches at all levels to follow. I know firsthand that his son Joe has continued this way of teaching the game. Joe’s continued development of the Wootten Way has produced championship teams and fundamentally sound college-bound players for over a decade. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to become a better coach.”Sean Miller -- Head Men’s Basketball Coach University of Arizona “Morgan Wootten is one of the most respected basketball coaches of all time. His wisdom and expertise are in full display in Coaching Basketball Successfully. It is a guide that should be on the bookshelf of every high school coach.”Tom Izzo -- Head Basketball Coach Michigan State University "People say Morgan Wootten is the best high school basketball coach in the country. I disagree. I know of no finer coach at any level – high school, college, or pro. I've said it elsewhere and I'll say it here: I stand in awe of him." John WoodenTable of Contents Part I Coaching Foundation Chapter 1 Developing a Basketball Coaching Philosophy Chapter 2 Communicating Your Approach Chapter 3 Motivating Players Chapter 4 Running a Basketball Program Part II Coaching Plan Chapter 5 Season Planning Chapter 6 Practice Planning Part III Coaching Offense Chapter 7 Teaching Offensive Positions and Sets Chapter 8 Teaching Offensive Skills Chapter 9 Developing a Quick-Scoring Approach Chapter 10 Man-to-Man Offense Chapter 11 Zone Offense Chapter 12 Clock and InBounds Situations Part IV Coaching Defense Chapter 13 Teaching Defensive Positions and Sets Chapter 14 Teaching Defensive Skills Chapter 15 Team Defense Chapter 16 Full-Court Team Defense Part V Coaching Games Chapter 17 Preparing for Games Chapter 18 Handling Game Situations Part VI Coaching Evaluation Chapter 19 Evaluating Players Chapter 20 Evaluating Your Program

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Book Synopsis Make your last line of defense as strong as it can be. The Complete Soccer Goalkeeper offers a comprehensive reference and training guide for goalkeepers and their coaches. It shows how to develop keepers from the youth leagues to the pros and covers all aspects of what many believe is soccer’s most challenging role. Trade Review“If you ask me when I really knew I wanted to be a goalkeeper, I trace it to when Tim Mulqueen started training me at a New Jersey soccer camp when I was 12 years old… [The Complete Soccer Goalkeeper] is more than a series of exercises: It delves into all the aspects of the position and the coach–player relationship… And that’s what makes this book so valuable to the future of goalkeepers—it speaks to both the player and the coach.” Tim Howard-- U.S. Soccer Men's National Team, Everton Football Club "The Complete Soccer Goalkeeper is a must-have for goalkeepers and their coaches. From tactics to strategies, Mulqueen and Woitalla cover it all."Peter Nowak -- Head Coach, Philadelphia Union Table of Contents Chapter 1. Is That a Keeper? Assessing and Selecting Goalkeepers Chapter 2. Hero to Zero to Hero: Goalkeeping’s Mental Challenges Chapter 3. Coach and Keeper: Building a Unique Partnership Chapter 4. The Save Starts Before the Shot Chapter 5. Diving Saves: To Fly and Land Safely Chapter 6. Distribution: The Keeper as Orchestrator Chapter 7. Expect the Unexpected: Reading the Game Chapter 8. Catch Them if You Can: Handling Crosses Chapter 9. Ready? Set Play! Chapter 10. In the Spotlight: Penalty Kicks Chapter 11. Practice, Practice, Practice Chapter 12. Hitting the Peak: Physical Conditioning

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Book Synopsis Develop flexibility, balance, and strength for improved performance on the athletic field, in fitness class, and in daily life. Premier fitness instructor and author Jay Blahnik blends the best of yoga, Pilates, martial arts, and sport training to create stretching sequences that can be used for warm-up, cool-down, and challenging fitness workouts. Trade Review“Full-Body Flexibility is flawless and on the mark. Jay’s methodology is simple and offers an exercise instruction formula that is seamless, exciting, fun, and useful to both fitness professionals and consumers!” Douglas S. Brooks, MS -- Author of Your Personal Trainer, BOSU Programming and Master Trainer Team Director, RealRyder Director of Programming and Education “As a true visionary, Jay Blahnik brings stretching into the 21st century. His book Full-Body Flexibility takes a holistic approach to training that is both scientifically sound and easy to apply.” Keli Roberts -- IDEA International Instructor of the Year "This is a smart, straightforward approach to stretching for flexibility, strength, and injury prevention.”Lindsey Emery -- Fitness Magazine Fitness Editor Table of ContentsPart I Total-Body Stretch System Chapter 1: Stretching Basics Chapter 2: Three-Step Stretch System Part II Regions of Flexibility Chapter 3: Neck, Shoulders, Arms, and Hands Chapter 4: Chest, Back, and Abdominals Chapter 5: Glutes, Hips, and Inner Thighs Chapter 6: Quadriceps and Hamstrings Chapter 7: Calves, Shins, and Feet Chapter 8: Multiregion Stretches Chapter 9: Sport Mobility Stretches Part III Fitness and Sport Routines Chapter 10: General Stretch Routines Chapter 11: Sport Stretch Routines Chapter 12: Specialty Stretch Routines

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Book SynopsisLong-Term Athlete Development offers an in-depth explanation of the long-term athlete development model, an approach to athlete-centered sport that combines skill instruction with long-term planning and an understanding of human development to produce athlete growth. Trade Review“An indispensable guide for any coach or parent concerned with making sport healthier and more ethical. This book brings fresh ideas to the practice of sport and truly represents thinking outside the box. As human beings, we only have one body so we need to treat it well. Too many athletes leave sport with long-term injuries and a record of underperformance. The ideas in this book can change that and allow everyone in sport to get the most out of talents and ambitions.”Jim Denison -- Professor, University of Alberta, Director, Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre “The authors show that programs of sport and wellness can be complementary, not mutually exclusive. Thus, long-term athlete development is consistent with the goals of North American initiatives—Sport Canada, the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition.”CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic LibrariesTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction to Long-Term Athlete DevelopmentChapter 1. Long-Term Athlete Deveopment Model Beginnings of LTAD LTAD Model Explained Sport for Life Philosophy Framework for Working Together Guide for Participating in Sport and Physical Activity Tool for Change Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 2. Athletes With Disabilities Sport for People With Disabilities LTAD Stages for Athletes With Disabilities Special Considerations Supporting Athletes With Disabilities Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Part II. Key Factors in Long-Term Athlete DevelopmentChapter 3. Physical Literacy Physical Literacy Definitions Physical Literacy Development in Children Appropriate Skill Development in Children Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 4. Specialization Specialization Defined Negative Consequences of Specializing Too Early Positive Effects of Specialization at the Optimal Time Optimal Time to Specialize Specialization Groups Sport-Specific Specialization Athlete Development Models Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 5. Age Age Categories Relative Age Developmental Age Measuring and Monitoring Growth Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 6. Trainability Sensitive Periods of Trainability Trainability of Stamina Trainability of Strength Trainability of Speed Trainability of Skill Trainability of Suppleness Training and Competition During Puberty Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 7. Intellectual, Emotional, and Moral Development Capacities Interplay of Intellectual, Emotional and Moral Development Physical Development Intellectual Development Emotional Development Moral Development Influence of Intellectual, Emotional, and Moral Development on LTAD Learning Styles Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 8. Excellence Takes Time Importance of Practice in Excellence Importance of Multisport Participation and Free Play Importance of the Physical, Cognitive, and Emotional Domains to Excellence Perils of Premature Selection Keys to Achieving Necessary Training Hours Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 9. Periodization Periodization and LTAD Components of Periodization 10-Step Approach to Creating an Annual Plan Implementing the 10 Steps of an Annual Cycle Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 10. Competition Competition and LTAD Issues in Competition Making Good Decisions Training-to-Competition Ratios Through the Stages Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 11. Sport System Alignment and Integration System Alignment From an Individual Perspective System Alignment From a Sport Organization Perspective System Alignment From a Sector Perspective LTAD and S4L Implications for Policy Development Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 12. Continuous Improvement Technology Changes Paradigm Changes Influencing Change Actions for Continuous Improvement Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Part III. Stages of Long-Term Athlete DevelopmentChapter 13. Active Start Active Start Importance Physical Activity and the Brain Critical and Sensitive Periods Maturity and Body Movements Appropriate Activities and Programs Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 14. Fundamentals Evolution of Skills Fundamental Movement Skills Locomotor Skills in Varied Environments Attaining All of the Fundamental Movement Skills Learning and Teaching Fundamental Movement Skills Key Training and Performance Characteristics Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 15. Learn to Train Learn to Train Basics Key Training and Performance Characteristics Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 16. Train to Train Train to Train Basics Key Training and Performance Characteristics Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More Chapter 17. Train to Compete Train to Compete Basics Key Training and Performance Characteristics Summary Questions for Reflection Summary To Learn More Chapter 18. Train to Win Train to Win Basics Key Training and Performance Characteristics Summary Questions for Reflection Summary To Learn More Chapter 19. Active for Life Active for Life Basics Importance of Active for Life Competitive for Life Basics Fit for Life Basics Sport and Physical Activity Leaders Summary Questions for Reflection References To Learn More

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Book SynopsisPresents fresh insights on leadership from a diverse collection of the most important voices in the field today. In this title, the contributors present a comprehensive look at leadership, identify the challenges future leaders will face and reveal how future leaders can best prepare to meet those challenges.Table of ContentsPart I Personal LeadershipChapter 1 Introduction to 21st-Century Leadership in Leisure ServicesTim O’Connell What Is Leadership? Recreation and Leisure Services Leaders in the 21st Century Setting the Stage for Leading in 21st-Century Recreation and Leisure Services Summary Chapter 2 Self-LeadershipBrent Cuthbertson Toward a Definition of Leadership Understanding Your Self Personality Values, Beliefs, and Emotional Intelligence Summary Chapter 3 Interpersonal Communication SkillsTerilyn Goins The Nature of Interpersonal Communication Listening and the Perception Process Communication Competence and Leadership Task- Versus Relations-Oriented Leadership Traditional Face-to-Face Versus E-Leadership Interpersonal Leadership Model Summary Chapter 4 Facilitating Group ExperiencesBrent Wolfe Foundational Definitions Roles of a Facilitator Facilitation Techniques Summary Chapter 5 Leadership, Diversity, and InclusionLynn Anderson Diversity Defined Variations: A New Way of Thinking Inclusive Leadership Professional Development for Inclusive Leaders The New Norm Best Practices in Inclusive Leadership Summary Chapter 6 Leadership Styles and EthicsMary Breunig Leadership Theories Values and Ethics Decision Making Summary Part II Leading as a Professional in Leisure ServicesChapter 7 Understanding Group DynamicsTim O’Connell and Michael Van Bussel Groups Defined History of Groups Group Development Norms Roles Group Size Cohesion Socialization Environmental Factors Leadership Theory and Working With Groups Common Issues With Groups Summary Chapter 8 Direct Leadership in Recreation, Leisure, Hospitality, and TourismMichael Van Bussel Motivation Preferences in Leadership Behavior Dimensions of Leader Behavior Multidimensional Model of Leadership Tools for Direct Leadership: Setting Goals and Objectives Summary Chapter 9 Supervising Staff and VolunteersMarilynn R. Glasser Defining Supervision Supervisors’ Responsibilities Supervising Volunteers How to Be a Top-Notch Parks and Recreation Supervisor Summary Chapter 10 Team Development and Team LeadershipGreg Robinson Understanding Team Development Teamwork in the 21st Century Team Learning Dynamics Team Formation Individual Factors for Team Success Team and Individual Leadership Team Delivery Programs Successful and Unsuccessful Team Development Summary Chapter 11 Risk Management in LeadershipRobert Kauffman Negligence Considerations Designing the Experience 2\x\2 Risk Matrix: Perceived Versus Actual Risks Adventure Experience Paradigm Accident Causation and Safety Management Summary Part III Organizational LeadershipChapter 12 Internal Organizational Leadership and Professional DevelopmentAmy Hurd Succession Planning Step 1: Understand Agency Development Needs Step 2: Assess Job Demands, Competencies, and Bench Strength Step 3: Build the Talent Pool Summary Chapter 13 External Community and Organizational LeadershipDale Larsen External Community Leaders External Organizational Leadership Summary Chapter 14 Leading in the ProfessionJane H. Adams and Elaine Schilling Macro Trends Affecting Parks and Recreation Competencies for the 21st-Century Parks and Recreation Leader Summary

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Book SynopsisProvides you with a fresh approach to running, achieving your goals and setting your personal best. This title challenges the stereotypes, removes the doubts and erases the self-imposed limitations by prescribing not only what to do but also how to do it. It helps you learn how to overcome the obstacles that prevent you from running faster.Trade Review“Julian Goater offers a practical approach to running, explaining not only what to do but how to do it. The Art of RunningFaster is a must-have guide for becoming a better runner.” -- David Bedford, Race Director of the Virgin London Marathon Table of ContentsChapter 1. Pushing the Limits; Chapter 2. Aiming True; Chapter 3. Flexible You; Chapter 4. Take a Deep Breath; Chapter 5. Going Clubbing; Chapter 6. The Ups and Downs of Running; Chapter 7. Running Round in Circles; Chapter 8. Running With Skill.

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Book SynopsisThe first full-length book of the unique and extraordinary political situation in Rojava, SyriaTrade Review'Written by long-time activists of the Kurdish freedom movement, this book is the first authentic insight into the complex dimensions of Rojava's radical revolution' -- Dilar Dirik, author and activist of the Kurdish Women's Movement'The Kurdish revolution of Democratic Autonomy is of enormous importance for the future of the world. It points a possible way forward out of the tragedy of the Middle East, and more than that: a possible way forward out of the catastrophe that is capitalism. This book is of great help... A careful and detailed account that is filled with personal narrative, it is both easily accessible and very informative' -- John Holloway, Professor of Sociology, Autonomous University of Puebla, author of Crack Capitalism (Pluto, 2010)'A deeply insightful contribution to understanding the Kurdish movement's achievements in Rojava' -- ROAR'Gives a profound insight' -- Firat News Agency'A comprehensive and readable guide to the complex situation. This hugely exciting and important book has wider lessons for feminists, ecosocialists and others who want to create an anti-capitalist alternative' -- Green Left Weekly'Provides excellent background information about this important but little understood struggle' -- The MonthlyTable of ContentsList of Figures Translator’s Note Foreword by David Graeber Introduction Prologue: On the Road to Til Koçer 1. Background 2. Rojava’s Diverse Cultures 3. Democratic Confederalism 4. The Liberation 5. A Womens' Revolution 6. Democratic Autonomy in Rojava 7. Civil Society Associations 8. Defense: The Theory of the Rose 9. The New Justice System 10. The Democratization of Education 11. Health Care 12. The Social Economy 13. Ecological Challenges 14. Neighbors 15. Prospects Afterword: The Philosophy of Democratic Autonomy by Asya Abdullah Glossary About the Authors Index

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Book SynopsisAn auto-ethnography of cross-dressing, framed by Marxism and psychoanalytic theoryTrade Review'Cremin explores the relationship between theory and life with intelligence and wit' -- Juliet Jacques, author of Trans: A Memoir (Verso, 2016)'Laced with some occasional edginess, it is a wonderful book, erudite, politically astute, brilliantly written, and at times wickedly funny. It's my favourite I've read for quite some time' -- Jeff Hearn, Hanken School of Economics, Finland; University of Huddersfield, UK; author of Men of the WorldTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. What’s In A Dress? 2. On The Lavatory Question 3. The Aesthetic of Cross-Dressing 4. Everyone’s a Fetishist 5. How Popular Culture Made Me (a Woman) 6. Full Exposure Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCharts the rise of neoliberal Israel to show how Israeli security elites turn violence into a commodity.Trade Review'Shir Hever has emerged as one of the most incisive analysts of the critical Israeli Left.' -- Jonathan Nitzan, Professor in the Department of Political Science, York University'Shir Hever is an "engaged intellectual" par excellence. As a political economist and activist, he is well-placed to explore a little-known but key facet of Israel's occupation: the privatization of Israeli security and the economic and political benefits that accrue from both Israel's Occupation and its constant state of militarism' -- Jeff Halper, author of War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians, and Global Pacification (Pluto, 2015)'[An] important study' -- Socialist ReviewTable of ContentsList of Tables List of Graphs Acknowledgements Abbreviations Preface 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Framework 3. Developments in Israel’s Military and Security Institutions 4. Processes of Privatization of Security in Israel 5. Outsourcing the Occupation 6. Global Dimensions of Security Privatization in Israel 7. Conclusions Appendix: Overview of Privatization of Security in Israel Notes Filmography Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA radical history of Turkey, from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the present day, rejecting traditional narratives of a 'clash of civilisations'Trade Review'Wrests us out of the stale narratives of Islam vs. secularism, offering a new way of understanding one of the most important questions in Turkey today: why despite so much democratic promise, its fundamental political structure returns to authoritarianism again and again' -- Suzy Hansen, author of Notes on a Foreign Country (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017)'Informative and authoritative Karaveli's analysis of Turkish politics should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand Turkey's relentless retreat from democracy' -- Ronald Grigor Suny, William H. Sewell Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History, The University of Michigan, and author of 'They Can Live in the Desert But Nowhere Else': A History of the Armenian Genocide (Princeton, 2015)Table of ContentsSeries Preface Timeline List of Illustrations Introduction 1. A Pattern of Violence 2. Kemalism and the Left 3. Capitalist Foundation 4. How the Right Won the People 5. Social Democratic Hope 6. Vengeance of the Right 7. The Rise of the Islamists Epilogue: Class, Identity and Democracy Afterword: Attacking the Kurds - The 'Return' of Kemalism Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA vivid look at a modern-day political and humanitarian nightmare.Trade Review'The most succinct and convincing insider's narrative of the uprising' -- Richard Spencer, Daily Telegraph'Full of fascinating details' -- Robyn Cresswell - The New York Review of Books'Extraordinary ... the book on Syria I was waiting for' -- Molly Crabapple, artist, author, journalist'Gripping ... Cutting through the fog of geopolitics, Burning Country refocuses the conflict with the people at its centre' -- Brian Whitaker, Newsweek'A detailed history of Syria's moderate opposition and a meticulous analysis of the origins of today's violent dynamics' -- New Statesman'Explores how Syria's peaceful uprising gave way to armed insurgency and sectarian jihad... This is an important, honest and insightful book, well worth anyone's time' -- Marc Lynch, Washington Post'Avoids the easy indulgence of indignation; instead, it elicits the voices of many different Syrians involved in the uprising, acknowledging their suffering as well as their courage, intelligence, and humanity, while explaining the terrible choices that have been forced on them' -- Ursula Lindsey, The Nation'Vital' -- Peter Geoghegan - the Herald Scotland'For decades Syrians have been forbidden from telling their own stories and the story of their country, but here Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila al-Shami tell the Syrian story' -- Yassin al-Haj Saleh, Syrian writer, intellectual, and former political prisoner'By far the best account of the Syrian uprising yet' -- Dr. Yasser Munif, Professor of sociology at Emerson College, co-founder of the Global Campaign of Solidarity with the Syrian RevolutionTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface Maps 1. Revolution From Above 2. Bashaar’s First Decade 3. Revolution From Below 4. The Grassroots 5. Militarisation and Liberation 6. Scorched Earth: The Rise of the Islamisms 7. Dispossession and Exile 8. Culture Revolutionised 9. The Failure of the Elites 10. The Start of Solidarity 11. Syria Dismantled Further Reading Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of the radical politics and poetics of Linton Kwesi Johnson.Trade Review'David Austin offers nothing less than a radical geography of black art in his (re)sounding of Linton Kwesi Johnson. You don't play with Johnson's revolutionary poetry, Austin teaches, and 'Dread, Poetry and Freedom' is as serious, and beautiful, as our life' -- Fred Moten, poet, critic and theorist'A moving and dialogic musing on freedom. Austin's richly textured study reads LKJ's poetry in relation to an expansive tradition of black radical politics and poetics. It captures both the urgency of Johnson's historical moment and his resonance for ours' -- Shalini Puri, Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh'With the intensity of a devotee and the precision of a scholar, David Austin skillfully traverses the dread terrain of Linton Kwesi Johnson's politics and poetry, engaging readers in an illuminating dialogue with diverse interlocutors who haunt the writer's imagination' -- Carolyn Cooper, cultural critic, author of 'Noises in the Blood: Orality, Gender and the 'Vulgar' Body of Jamaican Popular Culture'' 'Dread, Poetry and Freedom' offers an expansive exploration of Caribbean political and cultural history, from Rastafari in Jamaica and Walter Rodney and Guyana to the Cuban Revolution with impressive articulations of the significance of Fanonism. Caribbean political theory is animating literary and cultural studies diasporically; this work demonstrates this elegantly' -- Carole Boyce Davies, author of 'Caribbean Spaces', Professor of Africana Studies and Literature at Cornell UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Prologue 1. The Poet's Routes 2. Dread Dialectics 3. Dread Poetry and Freedom 4. Politics and Mourning in 'Reggae fi Radni' 5. The Wise Old Shepherd 6. The Good Life 7. More Time 8. Searching for the Fantastic Post-Apartheid Postscript Notes Index

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Book SynopsisWhat can we learn about capitalism by looking at artworks that take money as their subject?Trade Review'Perhaps the most theoretically creative radical thinker of the moment' -- – David Graeber, author of Debt: The First 5000 Years (Melville House, 2014)'Daring, brilliant, provocative. At last a radical critique of the crypto-approach and an abolitionist approach to the problem of money and art' -- Franco Berardi, Philosopher, author of Futurability: The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility (Verso, 2017)Table of ContentsFigures Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction 1. 3.5 Artistic Strategies To Envision Money’s Mediation 2. 6 Artists x 2 Crises x 3 Orders Of Reproduction 3. 0 Participation: Benign Pessimism, Tactical Parasitics and the Encrypted Common 4. ∞ Encryption: Art’s Crypt, Securitization in Numbers, Derivative Socialities 5. Conclusion: Toward Abolitionist Horizons Notes Subject Index Name Index

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Book SynopsisA revolutionary collection of black radical thought from a historic event in 1968.Trade Review'The Congress of Black Writers marks one of the most important gatherings of radical intellectuals in the 20th century... Where else can you find the likes of C.L.R. James, Walter Rodney, Richard B. Moore, James Forman, Stokely Carmichael, Robert Hill and others, talking revolution to an engaged and sometimes combative crowd? I couldn't put the book down' -- Robin D. G. Kelley, author of 'Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination''Moving Against The System is a carefully constructed montage of the leadership , dynamics, and substance of what became an international "Movement". It is a revelatory portrait of the past that is no less revealing of the political dynamics and potential of today's "Black Live Matter", "#MeToo", and other activist efforts . A must read' -- Harry Edwards, Prof. Emeritus, Univ. of California, Berkeley; Consultant: NFL, NBA'Austin provides a wonderful contextual and critical Introduction making the contributions of CLR James, Robert Hill, Walter Rodney, James Forman, Stokely Carmichael and many others not only relevant to but also very much alive for contemporary movement theory and practice. A must read for all those concerned with anti-racist revolutionary social transformation today' -- Gary Kinsman, gay liberation and anti-capitalist activist, co-author of 'The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation''Moving Against the System powerfully reminds us of the depth and breadth of the Black radical tradition and its profound, enduring contributions to anti-imperialist thought and action. At a time when such acute insights are badly needed, Austin suggests critical ways to engage with these ideas and histories, to educate and inform today’s struggles to change the system' -- Aziz Choudry, Canada Research Chair in Social Movement Learning and Knowledge Production, McGill University'It is simply extraordinary to read, fifty years later, this collection. Not only has David Austin expertly introduced the interventions of some of the 20th century's most important intellectuals and militants, these texts remind us of a time when the struggles against racism, capitalism, and imperialism converged on a global scale and advanced a project for liberation... a project which remains central and necessary today' -- Asad Haider, author of 'Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump''This remarkable collections gathers electric essays from a critical site of the making of a 'global 1968'. Masterfully introduced, it includes the work of leading pan-African thinkers and freedom fighters gathered at the most important North American intellectual event of that critical year. The histories and dilemmas that they dissect are ones with which we still very much live' -- David Roediger, author of 'Class, Race, and Marxism''This collection is a treasure chest of Canadian, Caribbean, and African diasporic history. And David Austin is a remarkable archivist, curator, detective and analyst of this decisive moment' -- Karen Dubinsky, Professor, Global Development Studies and History Queen's University'David Austin has done a tremendous service by bringing together this brilliant and inspiring collection from the Congress of Black Writers... With white supremacy on the rise once again, the insights contained here provide a vital guide to the waging of revolutionary anti-racist praxis on a global scale' -- Sunera Thobani, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia; author of 'Exalted Subjects: Studies in the Making of Race and Nation in Canada''Reading Moving Against the System as an activist and organiser is to experience time folding in on itself ... much of our struggles today are informed in part by some of the men whose speeches and arguments appear here ... the documentation of this incredibly important Congress in an accessible book format is sure to remain relevant and instructive for years to come' -- Sandra Hudson, co-founder of Black Lives Matter - Toronto'With the groundbreaking publication of key selections from the 1968 Congress of Black Writers and David Austin's in-depth explanation of the gathering's context and significance 'Moving Against the System' speaks to us across five decades with great eloquence and power' -- Max Elbaum, author of 'Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che'Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: The Dialect of Liberation: The Congress of Black Writers at 50 and Beyond - David Austin 1. The Psychology of Subjection: Race Relations in the United States of America - Alvin Poussaint 2. The Haitian Revolution and the History of Slave Revolt - C. L. R. James 3. The Fathers of the Modern Revolt: Marcus Garvey and the Origins of Black Power - Robert Hill 4. African History in the Service of the Black Liberation - Walter Rodney 5. The Civilizations of Ancient Africa - Richard B. Moore 6. Black History in the Americas - Richard B. Moore 7. Race in Britain and the Way Out - Richard Small 8. Moving Against the System: New Directions for the Black Struggle - Harry Edwards 9. Frantz Fanon and the Third World - James Forman 10. Black Power in the USA - Stokely Carmichael 11. 'A Black Woman Speaks Out' - Barbara Jones 12. 'You Don't Play with Revolution': Interview with C. L. R. James - Michael Smith 13. On the Banning of Walter Rodney from Jamaica - C. L. R. James at Montreal Rally 14. Letter to C. L. R. James from Rosie Douglas, June 9, 1968 15. Letter to Rosie Douglas from C. L. R. James, June 27, 1968 Notes Index

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Book SynopsisWe live in a time of engineered intimacy, toxic memes and online addiction. Can we ever break free?Trade Review'Dystopian ... a scathing indictment of a technology that transforms the very notion of self into a sharing platform.' -- Eva Illouz, author of 'Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation''Sad by Design: on Platform Nihilism, despite the title, is not a sad book. It dissects our digital addictions with the dynamite power of critical theory. It's a savage journey into the heart of the digital self, and a wake-up call to break free of our own enslavement' -- Donatella Della Ratta, author of 'Shooting a Revolution: Visual Media and Warfare in Syria''Geert Lovink, who is expertly familiar with digital dynamics - technological as well as social - provides in this book a searing criticism of platform nihilism, considered above all as a perversion of computational design' -- Bernard Stiegler, author of 'The Age of Disruption: Technology and Madness in Computational Capitalism'Table of ContentsSeries Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Society of the Social 1. Overcoming the Disillusioned Internet 2. Social Media as Ideology 3. Distraction and its Discontents 4. Sad by Design 5. Media Network Platform: Three Architectures 6. From Registration to Extermination: On Technological Violence 7. Narcissus Confirmed: Technologies of the Minimal Selfie 8. Mask Design: Aesthetics of the Faceless 9. Memes as Strategy: European Origins and Debates 10. Before Building the Avant-Garde of the Commons Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA critical look at the terrifying ways the police are used to control 'surplus' populations worldwide.Trade Review'Every socialist should read this book' -- Neil Faulkner, historian and archaeologist'A field guide to repression in the 21st century, with its state control and new forms of surveillance and technological manipulation.' -- Christopher McMichael, New Frame'Robinson gives powerful theoretical coherence to everyone's fear that the fascism is being reborn, but adds the important twist that repression itself has grown into an essential engine of accumulation' -- Mike Davis, author of 'Planet of Slums' and co-author of 'Set the Night on Fire: Los Angeles in the Sixties''For the last twenty years, William Robinson has been one of the most important analysts of global capitalism and the dynamics of globalization. In this new work, Robinson turns his attention to the emergence of a 21st century "global police state" that has developed as a corollary to growing inequality, climate collapse, and intensifying migration movements of the dispossessed. As Robinson warns, with great deprivation comes great repression, policing and potentially war. Robinson writes pointedly and with urgency for a broad audience with an interest in mobilizing for a just world' -- Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and author of 'From #BlackLives Matter to Black Liberation''Karl Marx aspired to a world in which our animal needs would be satisfied and our human needs could be addressed. It is a realistic possibility now, as William Robinson outlines – or the alternative that is taking shape before our eyes: a 'global police state' controlled by narrowly concentrated capital with 'surplus humanity' left to survive somehow on its own. The choice is in our hands. There could hardly be a more compelling one' -- Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and author of 'Who Rules the World?'‘A crucial reflection on power, capitalism and war globally … The Global Police State provides an accessible and compact overview of repression and corporate expansion into policing and surveillance.’ -- ‘ROAR’Table of ContentsA Brief Acknowledgment of Collective Authorship List of Acronyms Introduction: “George Orwell Got It Wrong” 1. Global Capitalism and its Crisis 2. Savage Inequalities: The Imperative of Social Control 3. Militarized Accumulation and Accumulation by Repression 4. The Battle for the Future Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA detailed ethnographic account of the revolutionary Kurdish women's movementTrade Review'Dilar Dirik is one the foremost writers, scholars and participants in the Kurdish women's movement. Her revolutionary work against all forms of state and social oppression and exploitation is unsparing in its truth-telling and expansive in its political orientation - a true people's historian from below' -- Harsha Walia, author of 'Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism' (Haymarket, 2021)'Compelling [...] As a social history from below, it goes beyond the hype and reveals the radical roots of this movement' -- Dr Yara Hawari, writer, academic and political analyst'Read to 'feelthink' and to embrace the memories of the historical struggle of the Kurdish sisters against the fascist and capitalist patriarchy. From the mountains, academia and daily life in resistance, their legacy walks towards liberation, healing and dignity' -- Lorena Kab'nal, Mayan Ancestral Healer, Territorial Community Feminist and Community Social Psychologist'What should a women's revolution look like? With clarity, Dilar Dirik lays bare the thoughts and experiments of the inspiring Kurdish women who for decades having been setting example to anyone fighting for a more equal world. This is an important book for everyone interested in revolution, gender equality, anti-fascist and anti-capitalist struggle' -- Alpa Shah, Professor of Anthropology at London School of Economics and award-winning authorTable of ContentsFigures Abbreviations and acronyms Locations in Kurdish Map Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: The Kurdistan women’s revolution – A social history from below PART I: HISTORY 1. Mapping the Kurdistan of women 2. The Kurdistan Revolutionaries 3. Berxwedan jiyan e! – The Diyarbakır prison resistance 4. Vejîn! – The first bullet 5. Edî bes e! – The dirty war 6. Towards women’s autonomy 7. International conspiracy and internal crisis 8. The battle for the PKK’s soul 9. Enter Democratic Confederalism PART II: THEORY 10. ‘Struggling woman’: Ideology and identity 11. Building ‘democratic modernity’ 12. Jineolojî: ‘A science of woman and life’ PART III: PRACTICE 13. Stateless society 14. Öcalan: Leader, prisoner, comrade 15. Revolutionizing love 16. Mothers 17. Self-defence 18. Martyrs 19. Prisoners 20. Education 21. Media 22. Ecology 23. Mexmûr: From displacement to self-determination 24. Bakur: Women against politicide 25. Başûr: ‘Freedom is more than the absence of dictatorship’ 26. Rojava: A women’s revolution 27. Resistance or feminicide: Women against Daesh 28. Şengal: From feminicide to women’s autonomy 29. Kobanê did not fall 30. Life after Daesh: Women’s solidarity in Manbij 31. War and peace PART IV: EMPOWERMENT OR REVOLUTION? 32. Two rivers, two freedom agendas? Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn introduction to the degrowth movement worldwideTrade Review'Everyone knows we can't go on like this. As the world lurches from crisis to crisis, Exploring Degrowth outlines alternatives to a capitalism that expands like a cancer. This is a lively and accessible introduction to the ideas, theorists and controversies associated with degrowth' -- Jeff Sparrow, 'Guardian''This book is the perfect introduction to the burgeoning intellectual and activist movement of degrowth. Short, crisp and provocative' -- Giorgos Kallis, ecological economist, author of 'Limits''A superbly written reflection on degrowth politics' -- Ariel Salleh, editor of 'Eco-Sufficiency and Global Justice''This is an excellent introduction to the degrowth perspective, an important contribution to an urgent debate.' -- John Holloway, author of 'Change the World Without Taking Power''We can improve people’s lives right now, without any growth at all, simply by sharing what we already have more fairly and investing in public goods. Equity is the antidote to the growth imperative. ... Of course, all of this leaves us with a million questions. What does a such an economy look like? How does it work? How do we get there? The book you hold in your hands traces a path through this thicket, and paints a picture of the new economy that lies ahead – an economy that enables human flourishing for all within planetary boundaries' -- Jason Hickel, author of 'Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World'Table of ContentsList of Figures and Boxes List of Abbreviations and Symbols Glossary Series Preface Foreword by Jason Hickel Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Exploring ‘Degrowth’ 2. Decolonising Our Growth Imaginaries 3. Degrowth in Practice 4. Political Strategies for Degrowth 5. The Degrowth Project: A Work in Progress Postface: ‘Now Is the Time of Monsters’ Appendix 1: A Platform for Degrowth Appendix 2: The Content of the Unconditional Autonomy Allowance Appendix 3: Implementing the Unconditional Autonomy Allowance: Transitionary Steps Notes Selected Further Reading and Links Index

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Book SynopsisThe history and legacy of Indian and Chinese Caribbean indentured labourers who were part of the Windrush generationTrade Review'This illuminating, vivid volume is a fitting tribute to the experiences of migration, struggle and celebration that shaped those communities born out of the system of Caribbean indenture' -- Hanif Kureishi, author of 'The Buddha of Suburbia' (Faber & Faber, 2009) 'Through moving and insightful stories and testimonies, the legacies of indenture are powerfully inscribed' -- Hannah Lowe, author of 'Long Time No See' (Periscope, 2015) 'This kaleidoscopic survey illuminates corners of modern Britain that have been overlooked. Filed with vivid stories about the Chinese and Indian contribution to Caribbean culture, it is also a vibrant history of immigration to the UK: a colourful work in every sense' -- Sibghat Kadri QC 'I cried when I read this beautifully furious book on the life, loves and heroic struggles of my brave ancestors, the unfree indentured Indian and Chinese men and women who have been consciously and cruelly written out of British and Caribbean history' -- Heidi Safia Mirza, Professor of Race, Faith and Culture at Goldsmith College, University of London 'Indentured labour was a unique form of labour invented and perfected by the British. This book analyses its history, development and human consequences with remarkable insight and points to its dark moral underside' -- Bhikhu Parekh, political theorist, academic and member of the House of LordsTable of ContentsList of figures Introduction: 'My Father's Journey Made Me Who I Am' Maria del Pilar Kaladeen and David Dabydeen 1. What's in a Face? - Jonathan Phang 2. Black Turkey - David Dabydeen 3. From BG to GB - Elly Niland 4. Made through Movement - Nalini Mohabir 5. Interview: 'Trinidad Implants in you this Wonderful Sense of Carnival' - Bob Ramdhanie 6. A Tribute to the Life of Rudy Narayan (1938-1998) - Lainy Malkani 7. Pepperpot - Gordon Warnecke 8. Scratching the Surface: A Speculative Feminist Visual History of other Windrush Itineraries - Tao Leigh Goffe 9. Everything of Us - Maria del Pilar Kaladeen 10. Three Rivers - Mr Gee 11. Interview: 'Invited then Unwelcomed' - Charlotte Bailey Contributor Biographies Index

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