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Stanford University Press Mimesis and Theory Essays on Literature and
Book SynopsisMimesis and Theory brings together twenty previously uncollected essays on literature and literary theory by one of the most important thinkers of the past thirty years.Trade Review"[T]his collection spans the course of Girard's career and provides a concise way to gain some perspective on his legacy . . . One the whole, this volume confirms Girard's reputation as a first-rate literary critic, devoted to the close study of literary texts but avoiding the pitfalls of l'art pour l'art formalism by asking extra-literary, essentially anthropological, questions of them, and emphasizing the insights and lessons that literature has to offer us in those matters that are of greatest import to us."—Eric Prieto, SubStanceTable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Editor's Note iii Editor's Introduction iii @toc2:1 History in Saint-John Perse 000 2 Val'ry and Stendhal 000 3 Classicism and Voltaire's Historiography 000 4 Stendhal and Tocqueville 000 5 Pride and Passion in the Contemporary Novel 000 6 Memoirs of a Dutiful Existentialist: Simone de Beauvoir 000 7 Marcel Proust 000 8 Marivaudage, Hypocrisy, and Bad Faith 000 9 Formalism and Structuralism in Literature and the Human Sciences 000 10 Racine, Poet of Glory 000 11 Monsters and Demi-Gods in Hugo 000 12 Bastards and the Anti-Hero in Sartre 000 13 Critical Reflections on Literary Studies 000 14 Narcissism: The Freudian Myth Demystified by Proust 000 15 Theory and Its Terrors 000 16 Love and Hate in Ch'tien de Troyes' Yvain 000 17 Innovation and Repetition 000 18 Mimetic Desire in the Underground: Feodor Dostoevsky 000 19 Conversion in Literature and Christianity 000 20 The Passionate Oxymoron in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet 000 @toc4:Sources 000 Notes 000 Index 000
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Stanford University Press Pragmatisms Advantage
Book SynopsisPragmatism's Advantage is a highly original reading of the contemporary interplay between pragmatism and continental European philosophy based on an unexpectedly inventive union of Hegelian and Darwinian themes.Trade Review"Pragmatism's Advantage is original and stimulating, polemical without being aggressive. The scholarship that went into this work is altogether excellent, indeed, sovereign. Margolis has a precise and nuanced knowledge of the subject matter and is familiar with materials from many different philosophical traditions. The argument is clear, technical yet accessible, and permeated by a keen and humane wit." —Robert Innis, University of Massachusetts"A leading voice for 40 years, Margolis explains how pragmatism works as well as anyone, and he expertly exposes core philosophical issues at the intersections of pragmatism, analytic philosophy, and Continental philosophy." -- J.R. Shook * University of Buffalo *"As the culmination of his work of the past 25 years, this is Joseph Margolis's most ambitious, most sweeping, most important, and best work. It is also the most cogent effort since Richard Rorty's Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature to establish /rapprochement/ among the analytic, continental, and pragmatist traditions in Western philosophy." -- Kenneth Stikkers * Southern Illinois University *
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University of Toronto Press The Gold Crusades
Book SynopsisAmong the hordes of starry-eyed 'argonauts' who flocked to the California gold rush of 1849 was an Australian named Edward Hargraves. He left America empty-handed, only to find gold in his own backyard. The result was the great Australian rush of the 1850s, which also attracted participants from around the world. A South African named P.J. Marais was one of them. Marais too returned home in defeat – only to set in motion the diamond and gold rushes that transformed southern Africa. And so it went.Most previous historians of the gold rushes have tended to view them as acts of spontaneous nationalism. Each country likes to see its own gold rush as the one that either shaped those that followed or epitomized all the rest. In The Gold Crusades: A Social History of Gold Rushes, 1849-1929, Douglas Fetherling takes a different approach.Fetherling argues that the gold rushes in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa shared the saTrade Review'The gold rushes were among the most dynamic episodes in modern history, when people from many nations and every level of society converged, turning wilderness into colonies, crossroads into boom towns and boom towns into cities. The Gold Crusades conveys that excitement, while offering a broader perspective. Readers will find it meticulously researched, with a helpful and entertaining essays on sources appended for further reading. Anyone prospecting for a good book should find it a gem.' -- Eric Marks New Brunswick Telegraph Journal
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Johns Hopkins University Press Washington Sculpture A Cultural History of
Book SynopsisBoth a guide for visitors and a reference for serious historians, Washington Sculpture offers the most comprehensive examination of urban sculpture in the nation's capital.Trade ReviewQuirky details... are what make the new edition... so captivating. -- John Kelly Washington Post 2009 Handsome new volume... An important addition is an exploration of the city's fourteen neighborhoods as well as the Maryland and Virginia suburbs. -- Steve Goddard History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive 2009 The historic and cultural significance of each sculpture is written with heart, but it's the stories of the subject portrayed in bronze that are the most intriguing reads. -- Andrea Cohen Roll Call 2009 A significant reference work. Choice 2009 A heroic effort and it is hard to stop leafing through it. RALPH: Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and the Humanities 2010Table of ContentsPrefaceAckowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Capitol HillChapter 2. Connecticut AvenueChapter 3. The EllipseChapter 4. The Federal TriangleChapter 5. Foggy BottomChapter 6. Judiciary Square and East DowntownChapter 7. The MallChapter 8. Massachusetts AvenueChapter 9. North Capitol StreetChapter 10. Pennsylvania AvenueChapter 11. Potomac ParkChapter 12. Sixteenth StreetChapter 13. SouthwestChapter 14. Wisconsin AvenueChapter 15. Maryland SuburbsChapter 16. Virginia SuburbsAppendix A. Sculpture RemovedAppendix B. Selected Biographies of SculptorsAppendix C. Techniques in Executing Marble and Bronze SculptureGlossaryBibliographyIndex
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University of Nebraska Press Break of Day
Book SynopsisA collection of critical and polemical essays. It features such essays as: "Refusal to Inter", "Legitimate Defense", "Surrealism and the Treatment of Mental Illness", "Introduction to the Strange Tales of Achim von Arnim", and "Picasso in His Element".Table of ContentsForeword by Mary Ann Caws; Preface: In the harsh light of dawn by Mark Polizzotti Introduction to the Discourse on the Paucity of Reality; Burial Denied; In Self-Defense; Paul Eluard's "Capital of Pain"; The X..., Y... Exhibit; Notice to the Reader of "The Hundred Headless Woman"; The First Dali Exhibit; Lyubovnaya lodka razbilas o byt; On the Relations Between Intellectual Labor and Capital; Psychiatry Standing Before Surrealism; Letter to Andre Rolland de Reneville; On the Proletarian Literature Contest Organized by L'Humanitie; Introduction to Achim von Arnim's "Strange Tales"; Picasso in His Element; The Faces of Women; The Automatic Message Sources and acknowledgements
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University of Toronto Press The Bias of Communication
Book SynopsisOne of the most influential books ever published in Canada, Harold A. Innis's The Bias of Communication has played a major part in reshaping our understanding of history, communication, and media theory. First published in 1951, this masterful collection of essays explores the relationship between a society's communication media and that community's ability to maintain control over its development. Innis considers political and economic forces in the context of social change and the role of communication in the creation of both ancient and modern empires.In an essay for this new edition, Innis biographer Alexander John Watson examines the reasons why Innis, at the height of his success as an economic historian, embarked on new research areas of communications and empire, as well as the ways in which Marshall McLuhan's interpretations of Innis changed and de-politicized Innis's work.As important today as it was when first published, The Bias of Communicatio
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Cornell University Press The Ambiguities of Experience
Book SynopsisThe first component of intelligence involves effective adaptation to an environment. In order to adapt effectively, organizations require resources, capabilities at using them, knowledge about the worlds in which they exist, good fortune, and good decisions. They typically face competition for resources and uncertainties about the future. Many, but possibly not all, of the factors determining their fates are outside their control. Populations of organizations and individual organizations survive, in part, presumably because they possess adaptive intelligence; but survival is by no means assured. The second component of intelligence involves the elegance of interpretations of the experiences of life. Such interpretations encompass both theories of history and philosophies of meaning, but they go beyond such things to comprehend the grubby details of daily existence. Interpretations decorate human existence. They make a claim to significance that is independent of their contribution tTrade ReviewJames March is a pioneer in the field of organizational decision making. For decades March, perhaps the wisest philosopher of management, has illuminated how humans think and behave, and he continues to do so in this book. He begins by reminding us of just how deeply beholden we have become, in our organizational lives, to the idea of experiential learning.... The problem is that learning from experience involves serious complications, ones that are intrinsic to the nature of experience itself and which are explored in the body of this book.... Besides being a broadly erudite scholar, March is also a poet, and his talent shines through in the depth of the insight he offers, the breadth of allusion he portrays, and the concise language he uses. Though this book is short, it is challenging: Don't pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons. Rather, be ready to ponder your assumptions about learning from experience in work and life. The rewards are here. -- Jeff Kehoe * Harvard Business Review *
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Cornell University Press Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters
Book SynopsisOver the course of the eighteenth century, increasing numbers of French women, from the wives and daughters of artisans and merchants to countesses and queens, became writers-not authors, and not mere signers of names, but writers of letters. Taking...Trade Review"From paintings and novels through paper, ink, and exquisite desks to the words of women who poured their hearts out to each other, Dena Goodman takes us on a dazzling tour of the world of eighteenth-century female letter-writers. Goodman makes a convincing case that these French women did not just record their thoughts on paper; they invented their very selves through the rituals and pleasures of correspondence." -- Sarah Maza, Jane Long Professor of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University"Reading Dena Goodman's creative exploration of French culture and gender history is always a treat. In Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters, Goodman turns her attention to the iconic Enlightenment practice of letter writing and plunges deep into the intimate material details of how four particular women in eighteenth-century France experienced the culture of reading and writing letters. Interpreting a broad variety of cultural artifacts from portraits of female letter writers to letter-writing manuals, inkwells, stationery, and writing desks, Goodman reveals a detailed picture of how female letter writers participated in both the burgeoning material and consumer culture of eighteenth-century France and the domestic sphere of family and friendship. Engaging an important set of questions in both cultural studies and feminist historiography about subjectivity, empowerment, and writing, Goodman argues that women experienced writing as an activity that both provided an autonomous space for self-reflection and control and a connected space in which they enacted identities as mothers, daughters, and female friends." -- Jennifer Jones, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey"This wonderful book is essential reading for anyone interested in women and the Enlightenment. Dena Goodman brings together diverse areas of inquiry to focus on the issue of letter writing and its role in the formation of a woman's sense of self in eighteenth-century France. Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters, which is based on truly impressive original research, is written in an elegant, accessible style." -- Mary Sheriff, W. R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Art History, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"We might expect a book on girls and young women writing letters to tell us about their education and the instruction given by their mothers, but Dena Goodman takes us to many more surprising places too: to the shops where inkstands, fine Dutch paper, and fashionable writing desks were sold, to female painters choosing how to depict women writing letters, and ultimately to the hard-won sense of self gained in the act of pressing quill to paper. Goodman recaptures a world we have forgotten and recovers aspects of it we never knew." -- Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History, UCLA, author of Inventing Human Rights
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Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd. Golden Universal Tarot
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas From Defeat to Victory The Eastern Front Summer
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University of Pennsylvania Press Spaces in Translation
Book SynopsisIn Spaces in Translation, Christian Tagsold explores Japanese gardens in the West and ponders their history, the reasons for their popularity, and their connections to geopolitical events. He concludes that a process of cultural translation between Japanese and Western experts created an idea of the Orient and its distinction from the West.Trade Review"Christian Tagsold provides a detailed social and intellectual history and a phenomenological study all at once. There is nothing remotely like this book, and with it, Tagsold becomes a central figure in the study of Japanese gardens." * Kendall Brown, California State University, Long Beach *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. From China to Japan: The History of Asian Spaces Chapter 2. Discourses of Spaces Chapter 3. Spreading the Japanese Garden Worldwide Chapter 4. Between Essence and Invention Chapter 5. Zen and the Art of Gardens Chapter 6. Elements of the Japanese Garden Chapter 7. Authoritarian Gardens Chapter 8. Connecting Spaces, Disconnecting Spaces Chapter 9. Postmodernizing Japanese Gardens Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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Random House USA Inc BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook The
Book SynopsisA guide to learning to sew clothes with style, from the largest online community of sewing enthusiasts. It features 5 fully customisable sewing patterns, photography and contributions from more than 78 designers from 22 countries. It teaches readers what they need to know to design and sew an entire wardrobe of fashion-forward looks.Trade Review"The BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook...sits at the other end of the sewing spectrum, providing inspiration for clothing designers and experienced sewers. BurdaStyle is a website for the fashion-oriented." --Associated Press"A great new resource that is absolutely overflowing with information and inspiration." --Craftzine.com
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Crossway Books Martin Luther
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Handbook of Catholic Social Teaching A Guide for
Book SynopsisEmploys a question and answer format to better accentuate the response of the Church's message to the questions Catholics have about their social role and what the Church intends to teach about it. It is the first short book on Catholic Social Teaching to ground itself thoroughly in the longer and authoritative Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church (2004).Trade Review“I am delighted that Prof. Mons. Martin Schlag has edited this Handbook of Catholic Social Teaching. It is a catependium in the sense that it summarizes the Compendium and preserves its range of contents (. . . pendium), and it adopts the question-and-answer approach of catechisms (cate . . .) that has proven very effective for teaching. This helps the presentation to be amenable and accessible to young people as well as others. I hope this catependium will be widely read and made available to many people all over the world. Most of all, however, I hope and pray that its contents will move many hearts to respond to the stirrings of the Holy Spirit, and open us to the needs of our brothers and sisters and of the Earth, our common home.” —from the foreword by Peter K. A. Cardinal Turkson
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University of Illinois Press Mormonism
Book SynopsisSuitable for both believers and non-believers, this book presents a way to understand the Mormons.Trade Review"Shipps has found a way to understand the Mormons that will truly please both believers and non-believers." New York Times Book Review "This may be the most brilliant book ever written on Mormonism. It is insightful, inspiring, and original and sure to become a landmark work on the subject." Richard L. Bushman, author of Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism
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Indiana University Press Blood Libel in Late Imperial Russia
Book SynopsisRobert Weinberg's account of the Beilis Affair explores the reasons why the tsarist government framed Beilis, shedding light on the excesses of antisemitism in late Imperial Russia.Trade Review[A] riveting history. . . Weinberg has culled documents from the trial transcripts, newspaper articles, and Beilis's memoirs, many appearing for the first time in English, to bring us face to face with this notorious trial.Fall 2014 * Jewish Book World *Weinberg has assembled and translated a collection of documents from the case, such as contemporary newspaper accounts and excerpts from the verbatim trial scripts [] The documents convincingly illustrate not only the virulent anti-Semitism of the right wing press, which pushed forward the ritual murder idea at the time when most investigators found the concept ludicrous, but also the contradictory testimonials and unreliable witness statements that the prosecution used to builds its case against Beilis.September 19, 2014 * Times Literary Supplement *A first-rate summary of how leading historians of the period now view the trial's backdrop can be found in Robert Weinberg's excellent new volume . . . which tells the story through well-chosen and translated primary documents together with an insightful analysis.Winter 2015 * Jewish Review of Books *The combination of text and sources make this very useful for studies of religious prejudice and the over-coming of religious prejudice. The book is also a fascinating read. It is a basic study for collections dealing with the Jewish experience in Eastern Europe as well as Eastern Christianity. * Religious Studies Review *Weinberg's research is based on a wealth of published and unpublished sources, including trial transcripts, newspaper articles, political cartoons and Beilis's memoirs. . . This is an excellent historical reconstruction told in a gripping and deeply engaging style.Feb/March 2015 * Assn Jewish Libraries *This is an excellent historical reconstruction told in a gripping and deeply engaging style. Highly recommended for all library collections. * AJL Reviews *Overall this book succeeds in providing both a concise yet thorough account of the trial and an exploration of the significance of the Beilis Affair for late imperial Russian society. It also provides a historical perspective on an important case from the history of antisemitism, and in so doing contributes to our understanding of the social history of late imperial Russia. * Slavonic & East European Review *This concisely written book forcefully tells the story of the outrageous ritual murder trial of Mendel Beilis in Kiev. Through careful review of published and unpublished sources . . . the author lays out the process resulting in a trial during which the state prosecution attempted to convict the entire Jewish religion of the crime of ritual murder. . . What concerns the author is that readers should come to recognize the power of prejudice, hatred, fear, and suspicion, combined with state interest, to suppress challenges to traditional authority.11/14/14 * Jewish Book Council *Weinberg's short work provides a sober and informed analysis of the affair, coupled with a collection of relevant primary source documents. * Slavic Review *In 1913, in the most sensational trial of its kind until then, Menachem Mendel Beilis, a 39-year-old Jewish factory manager in Kiev, went on trial for ritual murder, a crime dredged from the twisted fantasies of Russian reactionaries. An international cause celebre, the trial confirmed once and for all that Czar Nicholas II's autocratic regime was a bastion of deep-seated antisemitism. Robert Weinberg . . . skillfully reconstructs the events that led to this appalling miscarriage of justice.5/20/14 * SheldonKirshner.com *In an accessible volume, Robert Weinberg has offered readers historical analysis and a selection of primary documents from the trial. * Canadian Slavonic Papers *Boasting depth as well as breadth, this book is an invaluable resource for scholars, undergraduates, and graduate students in the fields of Russian and European history, Jewish studies, and religious studies. * Journal of Modern History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsDramatis PersonaeIntroduction: A Murder Without a Mystery1. The Initial Investigation2. The Case Against Beilis3. The Trial4. Summation and VerdictEpilogueDocumentsBibliographyNotesIndex
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Indiana University Press Dance and the Music of J. S. Bach Expanded
Book SynopsisAn expanded edition of a favourite Bach book!Table of ContentsPreliminary Table of Contents:Preface to the Expanded EditionPreface to the First EditionPart I: IntroductionChapter 1. French Court Dance in Bach's WorldChapter 2. Terms and ProceduresPart II: Bach's Dance MusicChapter 3. The BouréeChapter 4. The GavotteChapter 5. The MinuetChapter 6. The PassepiedChapter 7. The SarabandeChapter 8. The CouranteChapter 9. The CorrenteChapter 10. The GigueChapter 11. The Loure and the ForlanaChapter 12. The PolonaiseChapter 13. The Chaconne and the PassacagliaChapter 14. Dance Rhythms in Bach's Larger WorksAppendix A. Titled Dances by J. S. BachAppendix B. Dance Rhythms in Bach's Larger WorksNotesBibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Evolution of the American Diesel Locomotive
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA host of books and articles have touched on various aspects of this ongoing story over the years, but none tell the story with the completeness and superb clarity found here. May - June 2010 * Michigan Railfan *Lamb's book is . . . an important contribution to railroad technological history. The book's strength is the author's mastery of the mechanical details, which he presents in a straightforward style. -- Mark Reutter, editor * Railroad History *Lamb provides the reader with detailed descriptions of every generation of diesel locomotive along with a generous supply of excellent photographs. July 2008 -- Maury Klein * Technology and Culture vol. 49 *Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 Precursor TechnologiesChapter 2 Self-propelled CoachesChapter 3 The Diesel Climbs AboardChapter 4 Streamlined TrainsChapter 5 Developments Beyond La GrangeChapter 6 Alco ReboundsChapter 7 Postwar ShakeoutChapter 8 Road Switchers Take OverChapter 9 A Monopolized MarketChapter 10 Special Purpose DesignsChapter 10 New Heights for Diesel PowerChapter 12 Recent DevelopmentsChapter 13 The Diesel Century in PerspectiveReferences Index
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Indiana University Press MerleauPontys Philosophy
Book SynopsisThe work of French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty touches on some of the most essential and vital concerns of the world today, yet his ideas are notoriously difficult and not widely understood. This work redresses this problem by offering a carefully argued, critical appreciation of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy.Trade Review[T]his ambitious text is well worth reading. . . Toadvine offers a bold, yet carefully constructed reading of the early ontology oriented by Merleau-Ponty's later self-evaluations of it.Winter 2010 * Environmental Ethics *[T]his is one of the few [Merleau-Ponty books] that is genuinely important.Volume 15, Issue 2, Fall/Automne 2011 * Symposium *. . . a valuable contribution to scholarship bridging analytic and Continental concerns. . . . clear and largely jargon-free. . . . Recommended.January 2009 * Choice *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations of Texts by Merleau-PontyIntroduction: Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy: "Singing the World"Prelude: Scenes from the Cartesian Theater1. The Sensation Fallacy: Toward a Phenomenology of Perception2. The Secret Life of Things3. Singing the Living Body Electric4. Elemental Alterity: Self and Others5. Later Developments: Ecart, Reversibility, and the Flesh of the World6. Expression and the Origin of Geometry7. Behold "The Speaking Word": The Expressive Life of LanguageConclusion: The Visible and the InvisibleAppendix: The Multiple Meanings of Flesh in Merleau-Ponty's Late WritingsNotesBibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Bachs Cello Suites Volumes 1 and 2
Book SynopsisTrade Review. . . these volumes are a fascinating, comprehensive, and incredibly detailed look into the solo cello works of Bach. Recommended for those who like theory and in-depth, analytical discussions of Bach's music.April 1, 2009 -- G. P. * Strings Magazine *Table of ContentsVolume IContentsForeword PrefaceChapter 1: Historical BackgroundChapter 2: The Preludes Chapter 3: The AllemandesChapter 4: The CourantesChapter 5: The SarabandesChapter 6: The Optional DancesChapter 7: The GiguesChapter 8: Summary and ConclusionsAppendix: Analytical DesignationsNotesBibliographyIndexAppendix: Analytical DesignationsVolume IIContentsTable of Contents for Volume II: Music ExamplesPrefaceChapter 1: Music Examples for the Historical BackgroundChapter 2: Music Examples for the Preludes Chapter 3: Music Examples for the AllemandesChapter 4: Music Examples for the CourantesChapter 5: Music Examples for the SarabandesChapter 6: Music Examples for the Optional DancesChapter 7: Music Examples for the Gigues
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University of Texas Press Super Black
Book SynopsisAn exploration of black superheroes as a fascinating racial phenomenon and a powerful source of racial meaning, narrative, and imagination in American society.Trade ReviewThis well-conceptualized, well-written book is enriched by Nama's witty turns of expression, occasional corrections of earlier errors and omissions, and fascinating background material. * Choice *Throughout, Nama takes a refreshingly nuanced approach to his subject. Nama complicates the black superhero by also seeing the ways that they put issues of post-colonialism, race, poverty, and identity struggles front and center. * Rain Taxi *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Color Them Black Chapter 2. Birth of the Cool Chapter 3. Friends and Lovers Chapter 4. Attack of the Clones Chapter 5. For Reel?: Black Superheroes Come to Life Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Narrative of the Incas
Book SynopsisOne of the earliest histories of the Inca empire.Trade ReviewFor over 400 years, de Betanzos’s work was known only in an 18-chapter fragment, but recently the translators of this volume have discovered the complete manuscript. Their translation and compilation of several old variants provides the most accurate and intelligible version available of de Betanzos’s narrative. . . . This translation is a triumph of historical scholarship and a treasure for scholars . . . . * Library Journal *Table of Contents List of Maps and Figures Introduction: Juan de Betanzos and Inca Traditions Note on the Translation Measurements Preface Prologue Part One I. Contiti Viracocha, the Creator II. The Creation of the People and the Departure of Contiti Viracocha III. Cuzco and the Creation of the Noble Class IV. Ayar Manco Settles in Cuzco V. From Manco Inca to Viracocha Inca VI. Viracocha Surrenders to Uscovilca VII. Yupanque Decides to Resist VIII Yupanque Defeats Uscovilca IX. Yupanque Offers the Victory to His Father X. Yupanque Divides the Spoils XI. Yupanque Builds the Temple of the Sun XII. Yupanque Consolidates the Empire XIII. Division of Cuzco and the Marriage of the Single Men XIV. The Creation of the Warrior Class XV. Yupanque Creates the Calendar and the Feasts XVI. Yupanque Rebuilds Cuzco XVII. The Death of Viracocha Inca XVIII Yupanque's Conquests XIX. Yupanque Defeats the Soras XX. Yupanque Conquers Collasuyo XXI. Yupanque Creates Laws for Cuzco XXII Yupanque Provisions His Realm XXIII. Life of the Inca Yupanque XXIV. Yupanque Sends His Sons to Conquer Chinchasuyo XXV. Yamque Yupanque Returns from the Wars XXVI. The Birth of Huayna Capac XXVII. Topa Inca XXVIII Topa Inca Conquers Andesuyo XXIX. Yupanque Divides His Property XXX. Yupanque Ordains Certain Ceremonies XXXI. Yupanque Arranges His Funeral XXXII The Death of Yupanque XXXIII. Topa Inca Puts Down a Rebellion XXXIV. Topa Inca Names the Governors of the Provinces XXXV. Topa Inca Defeats His Enemies and Goes to Chile XXXVI. Topa Inca Returns to Cuzco; the Death of Yamque Yupanque XXXVII. Topa Inca Builds the Fortress of Cuzco XXXVIII Topa Inca Builds Chinchero XXXIX. The Death of Topa Inca XL. Huayna Capac Sends Out Inspectors XLI. Huayna Capac Reorganizes the Empire XLII. Huayna Capac's Inspection of the Region around Cuzco XLIII. Huayna Capac Builds Monuments XLIV. Huayna Capac Learns of His Mother's Death XLV. The Birth of Atahualpa and Huascar XLVI. The Birth of Cuxi Yupanque XLVII. The Birth of Doña Angelina XLVIII. Huayna Capac Dies in Quito Part Two I. Huascar Is Named Inca II. Atahualpa Sends Gifts to Huascar III. Huascar Sends Hango Against Atahualpa IV. Hango's Defeat and Death V. Atahualpa Punishes the Cañares VI. Atahualpa Accepts the Royal Fringe VII. Atabualpa's Victories over Huascar VIII. Chalcochima and Quizquiz Achieve Victory IX. The Inca Atahualpa Leaves Quito X. Atahualpa Punishes the Yungas XI. The Defeat of Huascar's Forces XII. Huascar Raises an Army in Cuzco XIII. Initial Victory for Huascar XIV. Huascar's Capture XV. Chalcochima Defeats Huascar's Army XVI. Atahualpa Destroys the Guaca at Guamacbuco XVII. Atahualpa Learns of Pizarro's Arrival XVIII. Quizquiz and Chalcochima Enter Cuzco XIX. Cuxi Yupanque Punishes Atahualpa's Enemies in Cuzco XX. Pizarro Sends a Messenger to Atahualpa XXI. Pizarro Arrives at Cajamarca XXII Pizarro Awaits Atahualpa XXIII. Atahualpa's Capture XXIV. Huascar's Death XXV. Pizarro Sends Three Spaniards to Cuzco XXVI. Atahualpa's Death XXVII. Pizarro Names Topa Gualpa As Inca XXVIII. Pizarro Names Manco As Inca XXIX. Manco Inca and Vilaoma Plot a Rebellion XXX. Manco Inca Escapes from Hernando Pizarro XXXI. Manco Inca Lays Siege to Cuzco XXXII. Manco Inca's Death XXXIII. Saire Topa Is Named Inca XXXIV. Juan de Betanzos Meets with Viceroy Hurtado de Mendoza Notes Glossary Index
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University of Texas Press The Making of Gone With The Wind
Book SynopsisMore than 600 rarely seen items from the David O. Selznick archive offer fans and film historians alike a must-have behind-the-camera view of the production of this classic movie on its seventy-fifth anniversary.Table of Contents Foreword by Robert Osborne Introduction Spring 1936 Selznick International Pictures Summer 1936 The Book Deal Fall 1936 Who Should Play Scarlett? Tallulah Bankhead "With New People or with Stars" Other Film Projects Sidney Howard "Stop Planting Stories about Hepburn" Winter 1936 The Invasion of the South The "Creole Girl" The First Protest Through Scarlett's Eyes First Draft Selznick's Theory of Adaptation Spring 1937 Cukor's Trip South Norma Shearer Paulette Goddard Summer 1937 The Bigelow Twins Casting African Americans Hitchcock Color Fall 1937 Choosing Rhett Censorship Winter 1937–1938 Jezebel William Cameron Menzies and Lyle Wheeler The Story Department Don't Give Up the Scarlett Hunt Bebe Anderson Margaret Tallichet Mercedes McCambridge Susan Hayward Butterfly McQueen Marcella Martin Summer 1938 "I Am Scarlett" The Gable Deal The Confidential Player Walter White and the NAACP "Try to Make This Gable's Next Picture" Fall 1938 Lana Turner and Other Studio Stock Players Winter 1938–1939 Other Film Projects Wilbur Kurtz and Susan Myrick "Dixie's Sacred Drawl" The Burning of Atlanta The Finalists Casting Supporting Roles Vivien Leigh "Plunkett Has Come to Life" Interiors Script Doctors "One More Will Only Confuse Us" January 1939 Filming Begins February 1939 The Atlanta Bazaar (Cukor's Version) "The Negro Problem" The Childbirth Scene Victor Fleming is Hired—Hiatus March 1939 The Wedding Scarlett's Walk with Gerald Twelve Oaks The Atlanta Bazaar (Fleming's Version) The Examiner April 1939 The Evacuation The Jail Scene The Hospital The "Klan Sequence" Melanie's Death Fleming Collapses; Sam Wood Steps In Belle on the Steps of the Hospital May 1939 The Search for Dr. Meade Return to Tara The Yankee Deserter Rhett and Belle "No More Babies"" The "Pull Back Shot"" Scarlett's Oath and Tara Cotton Field Feeding Soldiers Melanie and Mammy on the Stairs Outside Jail; Atlanta Streets June 1939 The Shooting Schedule Becomes More Chaotic The "Hate Word" "Frankly, My Dear . . ." Bonnie Learns to Ride Shanty Town The Lumber Mill "Bonnie's Death Ride" Rhett and Scarlett's Honeymoon The Paddock and Scarlett under the Bridge Summer 1939 Bits and Retakes Fall 1939 Music Postproduction The Fox Riverside Preview Winter 1939 The Atlanta Premiere Spring 1940 Wide Release Appendix (Document Transcriptions) Illustration Credits Acknowledgments Index
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University of Chicago Press The Mystic Fable Volume Two
Book SynopsisMore than two decades have passed since Chicago published the first volume of this groundbreaking work in the Religion and Postmodernism series. It quickly became influential across a wide range of disciplines and helped to make the tools of poststructuralist thought available to religious studies and theology, especially in the areas of late medieval and early modern mysticism. Though the second volume remained in fragments at the time of his death, Michel de Certeau had the foresight to leave his literary executor detailed instructions for its completion, which formed the basis for the present work. Together, both volumes solidify Certeau's place as a touchstone of twentieth-century literature and philosophy, and continue his exploration of the paradoxes of historiography; the construction of social reality through practice, testimony, and belief; the theorization of speech in angelology and glossolalia; and the interplay of prose and poetry in discourses of the ineffable. This book will be of vital interest to scholars in religious studies, theology, philosophy, history, and literature.
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Basic Technical Japanese
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The University of Chicago Press A Stricken Field
Book SynopsisFollows a journalist who returns to Prague after its annexation and finds her efforts to obtain help for the refugees and to convey the shocking state of the country both frustrating and futile.Trade Review"A brave, final novel. Its writing is quick with movement and with sympathy; its people alive with death, if one can put it that way. It leaves one with aching heart and questing mind." (New York Herald Tribune) "The translation of [Gellhorn's] personal testimony into the form of a novel has... force and point." (Times Literary Supplement) "Miss Gellhorn... is an admirable reporter. She has intelligence, feeling, a seeing eye, and she writes a clean, contemporary prose.... [A Stricken Field] is a compelling book and a moving one." (New York Times)"
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University of Notre Dame Press Simone Weil Late Philosophical Writings
Book SynopsisThis collection of Weil’s later writings captures her insightful philosophical explorations of the nature of value, moral thought, and the relation of faith and reason.Trade Review"This is an important and much-needed collection of Simone Weil’s later philosophical reflections, which is introduced, edited, and translated by two of the very best Weil scholars in the English-speaking world. Weil is too often excluded from conversations occurring within and around the academic discipline of philosophy, and as Eric O. Springsted carefully explains in his introduction, this omission may be a result of how Weil herself understood good philosophy—as a patient contemplation of irreducible problems, rather than as system-building that ends in a discrete set of positions and prescriptions. Springsted’s curation sheds new light on Weil, the philosopher, who attentively feels the rough patches of human existence so that she may inhabit, think, and act in the world more honestly." —Rebecca Rozelle-Stone, president, American Weil Society, University of North Dakota "[Simone Weil] was above all a thinker, and Eric O. Springsted has gathered a wonderful collection of 10 essays by her on just that. The essays are not merely Weil at her most speculative, but her reflections on the process of thinking itself. Taken together, they 'take up what she thought thinking is and ought to be and hence what she thought she was doing in writing all that she did.' In that alone, the book casts aside our habitual ways of remembering Weil and clears entirely fresh ground. . . . Each of the 10 essays is relatively short but packs a punch, as Weil’s writing tends to do. They were all written in the last three years of her life, from 1940 to 1943, a feverishly productive and intensely experimental time for Weil. She was living for the most part in Marseilles, where she had gone to work in the resistance after fleeing Paris, just as the Germans descended." —America"Springsted edits this collection of Simone Weil's works on her conception of philosophy, consisting of a short introduction and ten translated essays. . . . Though unpolished, these pieces offer substantive analysis and insight into key topics in philosophy, such as the nature of the discipline, value, personal identity, character, and morality. . . . An excellent resource for philosophers interested in metaphilosophy, metaethics, and free will." —Library Journal “In this welcome book, Springstead presents the philosophical thought of Simone Weil during the final three years of her life . . . All of the essays reveal both the interdisciplinary nature of Weil’s thought and the extent to which her way of philosophizing goes beyond the limits of academic philosophy.” —Choice“Springstead’s passion for Weil and his extraordinary expertise in her multidisciplinary contributions to intellectual life make him uniquely qualified to edit this philosophical testament. . . . Some of the essays have been unavailable for years, and several are presented for the first time in this welcome assortment of philosophical literature. Those who are admirers of Weil will appreciate these classic texts and be inspired by the newer contributions.” —Catholic Library World "This is an excellent book by one of the world's leading Simone Weil scholars. Eric O. Springsted has gathered Simone Weil's writings that focus explicitly on her conception of philosophy and its relation to both value and the transcendent. In doing so, he has provided a conceptual framework for understanding Weil's oeuvre as a whole, which challenges readers to reinvestigate their views on the nature of philosophy and value." —Mario Von Der Ruhr, Swansea University "This book makes an important contribution to Weil studies, studies which are by their very nature interdisciplinary. Because Weil died so young, much of her work was haphazardly collected into various volumes by friends and colleagues after her death, often with very little attention paid to theme, coherence, or consistency. Springsted has done a great service over the years to Weil scholars in his attempts to address these problems; this volume is a welcome continuation of his efforts." —Vance Morgan, Providence College “Springsted has selected several essays—some rather developed and others possibly drafts—that provide the reader with enough material to get a sense of ‘what she thought thinking is and ought to be and hence what she thought she was doing in writing all that she did.’ . . . Because the essays in this book capture her thinking within a very specific time period (1940-1943) and because many of their themes are related, the reader is able to get a certain sense of who she was and what she was about.” —CatholicBookReview.org“This careful selection of essays, the manner in which each is set up and put into context, and the very useful index, provide an excellent contribution to the existing Weil publications. Together with Springsted’s clear-sighted reflections on Weil’s understanding of philosophy in the introduction, this volume is to be highly recommended not only for Weil scholars but for all readers who have an interest in Weil’s philosophy.” —Irish Theological Quarterly
£999.99
Insight Editions Tobin's Spirit Guide: Official Ghostbusters
Book SynopsisAn immersive in-world guide based on the fictional book mentioned in the 1984 Ghostbusters film. This book features the ghouls, specters, and supernatural occurrences that inspired the fictional tome that the original Ghostbusters consulted.This dynamic in-universe book takes fans inside the world of Ghostbusters like never before. In the first Ghostbusters movie, Tobin’s Spirit Guide is a comprehensive supernatural encyclopedia used by our heroes to research ghouls and ghosts. For the first time, this fully illustrated tome will allow fans to pore through the pages of this legendary guide to learn all about the things that go bump in the night—from Class 5 Free-Roaming Vapors to giant Sloars! This newly revised and updated version, written by veteran Ghostbusters Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler, brings the original text up to date with entries on the ghosts and ghouls they’ve tackled, including Slimer, Mr. Stay Puft, and Vigo the Carpathian. Along with covering the original movies, Ghostbusters: Tobin’s Spirit Guide will also explore the expanded Ghostbusters universe, delving into supernatural phenomena from the comics, animated shows, video games, and other aspects of the franchise. Filled with never-before-seen original illustrations, the book will have a unique in-world aesthetic that makes it feel like a real object from the world of Ghostbusters. Absorbing, immersive, and an essential purchase for fans, Ghostbusters: Tobin’s Spirit Guide is the ultimate guide to the franchise’s rogues’ gallery of spirits, specters, demons, and ghouls.
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American Mathematical Society Really Big Numbers and You Can Count on Monsters
Book SynopsisIn Really Big Numbers, mathematician and author, Richard Evan Schwartz, leads math lovers of all ages on an innovative and strikingly illustrated journey through the infinite number system. You Can Count on Monsters is a unique teaching tool that takes maths lovers on a journey designed to motivate kids to learn the fun of factoring and prime numbers.
£32.25
Cornell University Press Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil
Book SynopsisIn the Birds of Brazil Field Guides, the Wildlife Conservation Society brings together a top international team to do justice to the incredible diversity of Brazilian birds. This second guide presents 927 bird species, 863 illustrated, that occur in just the southeastern Atlantic Forest biome.Trade ReviewThere is no doubt that the Wildlife Conservation Society guide is the best yet to Brazilian birds. * Cotinga *
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Cornell University Press Doctors at War Life and Death in a Field
Book SynopsisDoctors at War is a candid account of a trauma surgical team based, for a tour of duty, at a field hospital in Helmand, Afghanistan.Trade ReviewThis text provides renewed insight into the irrational world of humans, where we engage in endless efforts to kill one another while mustering immense energy to save and repair those injured and harmed in the process. -- M. W. Carr, US Army Watercraft & Riverine Operations, US Coast Guard and US Navy Diving * Choice *The book turns reflexive when, back home, de Rond finds himself ‘disillusioned with what I felt was a pedestrian, low-status, egocentric game of academia’ (p. 133). Confronted with the human consequences of war, academia can seem hopeless (p. 128). Once again academics are faced with the question, does our work matter? And once again the moment can turn existential. If academics do immerse themselves in de Rond’s book, they will find themselves on firmer ground no matter what they conclude about what matters. -- Karl E. Weick * Administrative Science Quarterly *This is an amazing and fast read that tears at the reader’s every emotion. It leaves one ready to serve and be thankful for the sacrifice of so many in the medical community. -- Lt. Col. Jason E. Pelletier, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas * Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army *[de Rond's talent at describing places, spaces, and objects is nothing short of amazing.... Doctors at War should be read by anyone who hasn't seen a war. -- Barbara Czarniawska * Organization *Mark de Rond brilliantly presents the human side of those doctors, making them incredibly relatable. So relatable, that we might for one second forget about the barbarity they witness and how emotionally strong they must be, to imagine ourselves wanting to embrace the same challenges and purpose. * Symbolic Interaction *Table of ContentsBy Way of Introduction1. Hawkeye2. Reporting for Duty3. Camp Bastion4. A Reason to Live5. Legs6. Apocalypse Now and Again7. Boredom8. Christmas in Summer9. A Record-Breaking Month10. Kandahar11. War Is Nasty12. Way to Start Your Day13. Back HomeEpilogueBy Way of Acknowledgment
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VR DISTRIBUTION No Thanks
Book SynopsisTake a card or say No Thanks. It's easy to say no if you have a chip to add to the prize pool. Be aware that your chips won't last forever and when you take a card it can score against you if it isn't a part of a run. A quick, fun, fast-paced game of extortion for all ages. Contents: 33 Cards, 55 Chips. Rules: For 3-7 Players. Ages 8+. Playing Time 20+ minutes.
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Fordham University Press Sexagon
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In France today, sex is a matter of national identity: it provides a language to speak about those whose Frenchness is deemed problematic. Indeed, the gender and sexuality of these racialized 'Others'are the object of a proliferation of discourses. Mehammed Mack's original, rich, and precise contribution to a growing field of studies focuses on the multiplicity of cultural representations that both reflect and produce postcolonial France as a kaleidoscope of sexual obsessions - a 'sexagon.'" -- -Eric Fassin Paris-8 University Vincennes-Saint-DenisTable of ContentsIntroduction: Enter the Sexagon Manipulations of Gay-Friendliness Vocabularies of Race and Desire The Sexualization of Ethnicity, Now and Then Not Queer Enough Sexual Nationalism and the Rape of Europa The Banlieue as Laboratory An Eventful Home Life Exposing the Arab The Sexagon Chapter One: The Banlieue has a Gender: Competing Visions of Sexual Diversity Banlieue Girl Gangs and Muslima soldiers Ethnographic Obfuscation in the Homo-ghetto Capitalizing on Banlieusard Homosexualities The Banlieue as Maker, Not Cracked Mirror, of the Queer Chapter Two: Constructing the Broken Family: The Draw for Psychoanalysis The Juvenile Delinquent Mother Enablers of a Male Islam "Be Careful What You Wish For" Historical Echoes of the Colonial Delinquent The Veiled Woman The Veil, the Clandestine, and the Public/Private Distinction The Impotent Father Psychoanalysis, Assimilation, and Community Attachment Chapter Three: Uncultured yet Seductive: The Trope of the Difficult Arab Boy Sexuality, Ethnography, and Literature Sexual Informants of Bad News The Guardians of French Letters Looking Hard The Rehabilitation of Ethnic Virility Atonement for Cross-Cultural Injury The Arab Boy's Post-colonial Revenge Chapter Four: Sexual Undergrounds: Cinema, Performance, and Ethnic Surveillance Exposing the Clandestine, Intimately Homosexualization and Acceptance Rehabilitating Virility The Sexualization of Authority Big Brother is Watching You Interpenetration of Communities Sex Work, Immigrant Work, Travail d'Arabe Image Control Chapter Five: Erotic Solutions for Ethnic Tension: Fantasy, Reality, Pornography Exploiting Exploitation Stereotypes and Victimology Francois Sagat, aka, "Azzedine" The banlieue's Erotic Premises From beur to beurette, a Political Loss Domestic-Exotic Men Conclusion: The Sexagon's Border Crisis Acknowledgments Notes Index
£21.59
Texas Tech Press,U.S. A Manual of Acarology
Book SynopsisAcarologists have discovered a multitude of new taxa, made major modifications in classification of acarines, and altered their understanding of the Acari. This title is of interest to researchers, teachers, students, and plant and animal scientists wishing to explore the complex and often astonishing world of mites.
£140.25
Ohio University Press Eight Prison Camps A Dutch Family in Japanese
Book SynopsisEldest daughter of eight children, the author grew up in Surakarta, Java, in what is now Indonesia. In the months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, however, Dutch nationals were rounded up by Japanese soldiers and put in internment camps.Trade Review“Bonga’s writing style is simple and direct and her living tesitmony is uncomplicated by academic jargon, which vastly increases its power. Although brief, her account succeeds marvelously in communicating the emotional and physical trauma that she as a teenage woman and her family went through. … This is not just a good book about Indonesia or Southeast Asia or World War II, it is just a good book.” * Journal of Third World Studies *“Dieuwke Wendelaar Bonga’s memoir is important as the testimony of the survivor: it shows us how war is directed against women and children, and it tells the end of Dutch history in Indonesia.” * The Journal of Asian Studies *
£21.59
Temple University Press,U.S. In Reunion
Book SynopsisDo you know your real parents? is a question many adoptees are asked. In In Reunion, Sara Docan-Morgan probes the basic notions of family, adoption, and parenthood by exploring initial meetings and ongoing relationships that transnational Korean adoptees have had with their birth parents and other birth family members. Drawing from qualitative interviews with adult Korean adoptees in the United States and Denmark, as well as her own experiences as an adoptee, Docan-Morgan illuminates the complexities of communication surrounding reunion. The paradoxes of adoption and reunionshared history without blood relations, and blood relations without shared historygenerate questions: What does it mean to be family? How do people use communication to constitute family relationships? How are family relationships created, maintained, and negotiated over time? In Reunion details adoptive and cultural identities, highlighting how adoptees often end up shouldering communicative responsibility in thTrade Review“Bridging the fields of communication studies and critical adoption studies, In Reunion is a groundbreaking text weaving together the social sciences and humanities to grapple with what it means when we make sense of how reunion is performed—the emotional work undertaken—to consider how adoptees negotiate the discursive burden produced by the act of reuniting. Docan-Morgan attends to the language and cultural gaps and the work adoptees undertake to mitigate those chasms. She expertly and effectively positions herself as a scholar and adoptee, deftly weaving intimate vignettes of her own experiences to tell the stories of reunion.”—Kimberly D. McKee, author of Adoption Fantasies: The Fetishization of Asian Adoptees from Girlhood to Womanhood“An unparalleled text, In Reunion shines light on an understudied, paradoxical family phenomenon—transnational adoptee birth-family reunions. Sara Docan-Morgan artfully interweaves her story with stories of other Korean adoptees to unveil complexities and beauties of being in reunion. Immensely readable, In Reunion raises larger questions about family, belonging, and identity. Drawing upon her expertise as a communication scholar, Docan-Morgan illuminates the role communication plays in the unfolding of these relationships across time, space, and differences in language and culture. In Reunion is a must-read for adoptees, adoptive parents, scholars, and all who work with and support the transnational adoption constellation.” —Elizabeth A. Suter, Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Denver
£27.90
MX - APA Publishing Healing Days A Guide For Kids Who Have
Book SynopsisSensitive and empowering, this book models therapeutic coping responses and provides tools children may use to deal with their own trauma. Trade Review2013 Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award: Mind, Body and Spirit “A sensitive and reassuring story intended for children who have experienced trauma…What an OUTSTANDING resource.”—Books That Heal Kids “This book is a fabulous tool for parents, guidance counselors and therapists to read with a child when they may suspect a trauma … The book also helps children know they aren’t alone and that they can find ways to heal. Maria Bogade’s illustrations are warm, and comforting, and beautifully show the emotion of the children.”—ChildrensBooksHeal.com "With Healing Days, the American Psychological Association has published an illustrated storybook that aims to help guide young victims through their emotional or physical trauma. The book tells the tale of a child who has had an unspecified "bad thing" happen. Through the story, author and psychologist Susan Farber Straus emphasizes that the victim is not to blame and introduces concepts that can help children understand that there is hope for a happy future."—The Washington Post
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American Psychological Association Write It Up Practical Strategies for Writing and
Book SynopsisWrite It Up is for anyone writing an empirical article in APA Style amp reg , from beginners facing their first article to old dogs looking for new writing strategies. Your academic writing will be more influential if you approach it reflectively and strategically. Based on his experience as an author, journal editor, and peer reviewer, Paul J. Silvia offers sage and witty advice on problems like picking journals cultivating the right tone and style for your article managing collaborative projects and coauthors crafting effective Introduction, Method, Results, and Discussion sections and submitting and resubmitting papers to journals. Write It Up features: amp bull readable and amusing, the book shows, step-by-step, how to plan and organize your academic writing and amp bull uses real-world examples to illustrate how to improve writing style and write better articles.Trade ReviewIn the world of academia, once in a while, we are privileged to read a book that is both educational and entertaining … Silvia's Write It Up is a book that should be on the shelves of every aspiring writer, academic and researcher. * Child Adolescent Social Work Journal *The discussion is so well rounded, topical, and useful for one's career, this book should be required supplemental reading in graduate school for courses such as research methods. * Doody's Review Service *Its reasonable price, logical organization, and practical suggestions make it a reference that anyone who wants to have a better understanding of how to get articles published in their journal of choice might benefit from owning. * PsycCRITIQUES *From practical advice on grammar to tips, tricks, and common pitfalls when co-authoring papers, Write it Up is an absolute must-have for any scientific or academic seeking to build their reputation through published journal articles. * Midwest Book Review *Table of Contents Preface Introduction I. Planning and Prepping How and When to Pick a Journal Tone and Style Writing With Others: Tips for Coauthored Papers II. Writing the Article Writing the Introduction Writing the Method Writing the Results Writing the Discussion Arcana and Miscellany: From Titles to Footnotes III. Publishing Your Writing Dealing With Journals: Submitting, Resubmitting, and Reviewing One of Many: Building a Body of Work References Index About the Author
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MH - Indiana University Press A History of Indiana State University From Normal
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Crossway Books Is Jesus Truly God
Book SynopsisThis book invites readers to explore the humanity and divinity of Jesus Christ by looking at 6 key truths presented in the Scriptures and later developed in the ecumenical creeds.
£12.34
Johns Hopkins University Press Living Safely Aging Well
Book SynopsisA chapter devoted to health literacy helps people and caregivers make the best use of the medical care system and a chapter on driving helps evaluate when it is no longer safe to be behind the wheel.Trade ReviewThis is a wonderful resource for anyone thinking about how to increase the safety of the home to allow for independence as people live longer. Publisher's Weekly I think anyone who's over the age of 50 needs this book on their shelf. If you're concerned about safety for a loved one or want to maintain independence yourself, Living Safely, Aging Well will give you the steps you need. -- Terri Schlichenmeyer Bookworm An excellent guide that describes the types of injuries that commonly happen at home, and how to prevent them... This is a top reference for any who would live well. Midwest Book ReviewTable of Contents1. What's "Old" Got to Do with It?2. Don't Fall!3. Too Hot and Too Cold4. Poisoning5. Preventing Asphyxia6. When Driving Is Dangerous7. The Backyard and the Workshop8. All around the House9. Seeing the DoctorAppendix A: Injury Statistics for People 65 and OlderAppendix B: Agencies and Organizationsthat Can HelpReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Field Guide to the Street Trees of New York City
Book SynopsisYour evening walk will never be the same once you come to know the quiet giants that line the city's streets.Trade Review"Dr. Day... A sort of Julia Child of nature." (New York Times) "This little gem fills you in on everything finned, furred, feathered, or leafed, and how to find it, in all five boroughs." (House and Garden) "Leslie Day ('a child of Manhattan') reveals hidden depths of this urban behemoth... A wonderful guide to the green side of the Big Apple." (Guardian)"Table of ContentsForeword, by Amy FreitagAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Leafy Neighborhoods of the Five Boroughs2. Tree Terminology3. Illustrated Glossary4. TreesDeciduous ConifersBald CypressDawn RedwoodDeciduous Broadleaf TreesSimple, UnlobedCallery PearNorthern CatalpaSchubert ChokecherryKwanzan CherryCrabappleDowny ServiceberryEastern RedbudAmerican ElmChinese ElmJapanese ZelkovaFlowering DogwoodGinkgo BilobaHawthornEuropean HornbeamJapanese Tree LilacKatsuraAmerican LindenLittlelead LindenSilver LindenSaucer MagnoliaPurple Leaf PlumSimple, LobedLondon PlaneHedge MapleJapanese MapleNorway MapleRed MapleRilver MapleSugar MapleSycamore MapleWhite MulberryEastern White OakEnglish OakNorthern Red OakPin OakSawtooth OakSwamp White OakWillow OakSweetgumTuliptreeCompound, PinnateTree of HeavenGreen AshWhite AshBlack LocustHoney LocustGoldenrain TreeJapanese PagodatreeKentucky PagodatreeCompound, Chestnut5. Tree PeopleTree Care TipsBibliographyIndex
£38.70
University of Washington Press Gandhis Search for the Perfect Diet
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[Slate] finds a new angle on one of the most consequential leaders of the last century, and then he fills in that angle with nuts and milk and fruit. You don’t see many portraits like this one, constructed out of all the food that made the man." * Seattle Review of Books *"A marvelous and well-written book." * Food Anthropology *"This illustration is so simple, yet so clever. It’s so striking and playful." * Spine Magazine *"[A] deft and careful exploration of the philosophical underpinnings of Gandhi’s dietary views." * Journal of Asian Studies *"Brings a new perspective to a familiar figure through an investigation of the archive of diet." * New Books Network *"[D]eep, wise book about the eating life of one of the moral giants of the modern world." * Arab News *"Will be of significant interest to Gandhi scholars and to those with a commitment to exploring the ethics, sociology, and history of food." * Choice *
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New York University Press Your John
Book SynopsisFeatures a selection of Hall's love letters to Evguenia Souline, a White Russian emigre with whom Hall fell in love in the summer of 1934. These letters detail Hall's growing obsession, the pain to her life partner Una Troubridge of this betrayal, and the poignant hopelessness of a happy resolution for any of the three women.Trade Review"Many assumptions have been made about the degree to which Radclyffe Hall's lesbian classic, The Well of Loneliness, may be autobiographical. Your John dismisses such notions. This exhaustive collection of letters written between 1934 and 1942 to Evguenia Souline, a White Russian emigre with whom Hall fell deeply in love with are detailed, intimate records of Hall's personal life and convictions...the collection is a heart-wrenching record of how politics, money, and geography converged to undermine these women's dreams." * Publisher's Weekly *"Passionate and revealing love letters from the iconic lesbian novelist...Radclyffe Hall is getting a fresh look...Glasgow has chosen these letters well and provides helpful context." * Kirkus *
£24.99
University of Minnesota Press Francis Bacon
Book SynopsisPresents the last major work of Gilles Deleuze, translated into English.
£17.09
New York University Press Dancing Tango Passionate Encounters in a
Book SynopsisArgentinean tango is a global phenomenon. Through interviews and ethnographical research in Amsterdam and Buenos Aires, this book shows why a dance from another era and another place appeals to men and women from different parts of the world and what happens to them as they become caught up in the tango salon culture.Trade ReviewDaviss participant-informant status serves her well as she describes the subtle communication that goes on chest to chest as the dancers use of wordless cues to make adjustments and improvise, and the engrossing safety of their embrace. * Women's Review of Books *Davis has written a superb, complex, and stimulating book. She obliges all of us to think. * The Queer Tango Book Project *Hopefully this wonderful and creative book will get many more people on to the dance floor. And not just hopping about any old how in lonely (but usually crowded) isolation, but engaging in learning the rules of dancing with a partner. No need to stand on your toes, or anyone elses; it is about extending the possibilities of what your mind and your body can do. * Times Literary Supplement *[P]assionately written. * Dance Research Journal *[] Dancing Tango is an engaging book where tango is quite rightly taken seriously as a social and cultural phenomenon. This book displays a thoroughly readable style, which is at times playful and humorous. Davis does not shy away from potentially difficult, personal, intimate, or emotional topics, and this keeps the reader engaged. * American Journal of Sociology *A thoughtful and enjoyable study of tango in Argentina and Amsterdam goes beyond the history of the dance to explore the possibilities and perils of bodies, passion, gender, and identity in the modern transnational world. * Anthropology Review Database *Providing us with a sensual, groundbreaking and highly accessible account of how the global phenomenon of Argentinean tango is implicated in a desire for a liminal experience of embodied connectivity in music, Kathy Davis places her global ethnography in a context that explores the intersections between the politics of passion, performance, gender, and transnational connections, power-relations and imaginaries. This compelling study will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students interested in feminist sociology, ethnography, sexuality, embodiment and globalization. -- Chris Shilling,author of The Body and Social TheoryTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1.Salon Cultures 19 2. Tango Passion 48 3. Tango Trajectories 74 4. Performing Femininity, Performing Masculinity 100 5. Queering Tango 127 6. Transnational Encounters 155 Epilogue: Should a Feminist Dance Tango? 183 Notes 193 References 209 Index 219 About the Author 225
£22.79
Watson-Guptill Drawing Fantastic Furries The Ultimate Guide to
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MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ The Road to Results Designing and Conducting
Book SynopsisSuitable for those involved in development evaluation, this title provides procedures and examples on how to set up a monitoring and evaluation system, how to conduct participatory evaluations and do social mapping, and how to construct a 'rigorous' quasi-experimental design to answer an impact question.
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