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Indiana University Press Politics of Musical Time
Book SynopsisHow do the temporal features of sacred music affect social life in South Asia? Due to new time constraints in commercial contexts, devotional musicians in Bengal have adapted longstanding features of musical time linked with religious practice to promote their own musical careers. The Politics of Musical Time traces a lineage of singers performing a Hindu devotional song known as kirtan in the Bengal region of India over the past century to demonstrate the shifting meanings and practices of devotional performance. Focusing on padabali kirtan, a type of devotional sung poetry that uses long-duration forms and combines song and storytelling, Eben Graves examines how expressions of religious affect and political belonging linked with the genre become strained in contemporary, shortened performance time frames. To illustrate the political economy of performance in South Asia, Graves also explores how religious performances and texts interact with issues of nationalism, gender, and economTrade ReviewScholarship has established that arts exist through complex networks with historical time; aesthetic forms have distinctive rhythmic-temporal lives; and devotional meditations are based on diurnal, mythical and other time-based imaginings. Yet, The Politics of Musical Time brings these dimensions together in a most original manner, throwing sharp analytical light on synchronic and diachronic relations between musical and social temporalities in Bengal. It does so by analyzing the materiality of sonic time as a highly nuanced expansion of relations between affect and economy, meaning and rhythm, the past and the contemporary, devotion and context, and aesthetics and everyday life. It is a unique and significant contribution to studies of South Asian religions, aesthetics, and historical and contemporary time. -- Sukanya Sarbadhikary, author of The Place of Devotion: Siting and Experiencing Divinity in Bengal-VaishnavismTable of ContentsAccessing Audiovisual MaterialsAcknowledgmentsNotes on Spelling and TransliterationNotes on Representing Musical SoundNotes on Dating SystemsIntroduction: Kīrtan's Influence Derives from TimePart I: Genealogies of Kīrtan1. Temporality and Devotional Performance in Bengal2. The Seeds of Kīrtan: Histories and Imaginaries of Devotional Song in Early Modern Bengal3. Devotional Song Arrives in the City: Histories of Patronage and Images of the Devout Musician in the Colonial Period4. Institutional Pasts and Professional Futures: Temporalities of Instruction and Performance in Contemporary West BengalPart II: The Devotional Aesthetics of Musical Expansion5. Word-Pictures: Expansions of Mood and Meaning in Kīrtan Song Texts6. Sonic Synchronies of Tāl Theory7. The Divine Play of the Tax Collector: Musical Expansion, Embodied Response, and Didactic Storytelling in a Līlā KīrtanPart III: The Shrinking Markets for Expanding Songs8. The Marketplace of Music Festivals: Modern Social Time and Musical Labor9. Media Markets: Visualization and the Abstraction of Musical Time10. Conclusion: Kīrtan OnlineGlossaryBibliographyIndex
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Bayou Battles for Vicksburg
Book SynopsisIn the latest volume in his five-volume history of the Vicksburg Campaign of the US Civil War, Timothy Smith offers the first book-length examination of Ulysses S. Grant’s winter waterborne attempts to capture the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi.Trade ReviewBayou Battles for Vicksburg continues the exhaustive research and clear analysis that marks Timothy Smith’s impressive catalog. This chronicle of battles against man and nature fittingly takes its place in Smith’s masterful multivolume study of the campaign to conquer the Gibraltar of the Mississippi." - Jonathan M. Steplyk, author of Fighting Means Killing: Civil War Soldiers and the Nature of CombatTable of Contents List of Maps List of Illustrations Preface Prologue: Vicksburg Not by the Book 1. “We Were Out-Generaled Some Way” 2. “Can the Enemy Intend Another Attempt to Approach Vicksburg?” 3. “We Have Disposed of This Tough Little Nut” 4. “The Work of Changing the Channel of the Mississippi” 5. “But Grant Is on Two Other Projects” 6. “The Prospect of Opening the Pass Is Encouraging” 7. “The Yankee Boats Are Here” 8. “The Enemy Press Me on All Sides” 9. “We Intend to Take the Boats” 10. “This Is the Only Move I Now See as Practicable” 11. “They Are About to Execute Some Plan” 12. “Attracting Attention from Grant” 13. “We Land in the Morning” Epilogue: “But I Was on Dry Ground” Appendix 1: Union Order of Battle for Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863 Appendix 2: Confederate Order of Battle for Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863 Notes Bibliography Index
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The Catholic University of America Press The Inspiration and Truth of Scripture
Book SynopsisPresents Joseph Ratzinger not as an unimaginative enforcer of doctrinal conclusions but as a creatively faithful theologian, whose reconfiguration of inspiration should serve as the point of departure for all future reflection on the subject.
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MD - Duke University Press Wake Up This Is Joburg
Book SynopsisWriter Tanya Zack and photographer Mark Lewis offer a stunning portrait of Johannesburg and personal stories of its residents, showing how its urban transformation occurs not in a series of dramatic, widescale changes but in the everyday lives, actions, and dreams of individuals.Trade Review"These pieces are sometimes sad, sometimes inspiring, and add up to a complicated picture of a city of contradictions. . . . Wake Up, This Is Joburg tells its range of interesting stories well, through on-the-ground reporting, with ample interviews and context, letting a variety of people around Johannesburg talk about both the struggles and successes of everyday life in the inner city." -- Jeff Fleischer * Foreword *"Wake Up, This Is Joburg effectively frames Johannesburg as one of the continent’s most important entrepôts where people journey from various nodes of the country and continent to earn a decent living. Rather than criminalise their activities, these stories provoke readers to ‘wake up’ and pay attention to those who make this city a fascinating but enigmatic place to live." -- Denise L. Lim * Urban Studies *"There is rich nuance in Tanya Zack’s flowing, sensitive narrative and Mark Lewis’s striking photography. The stories they tell are deeply human and individualised, yet cleverly interwoven within Johannesburg’s broader racial, social and economic anomalies. . . . This is an extraordinary book, with beautiful, powerful photographs and a sensitive, robust and accessible narrative. It provides a fresh perspective on life, struggle, survival, creativity and uniqueness in one of Africa’s major cities." -- Chris Heymans * litnet *"As a collection of salient imagery and anecdotes, the book is a poignant refutation of the cultural anger gripping White South African communities, and a visually arresting plea to recognise the city as an important cosmopolitan hub. As South Africa’s metropoles continue to undergo major political change, Wake Up, This Is Joburg is a critical reminder that it is the barriers to integration constructed by the white political class that have created the country’s political woes." -- Joe Konieczny * Visual Studies *Table of ContentsForeword. True Places / Achal Prabhala ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 1. S’kop 27 2. Tony Dreams in Yellow and Blue 53 3. Inside Out 81 4. Zola 115 5. Good Riddance 143 6. Tea at Anstey’s 175 7. Bedroom 211 8. Master Mansions 241 9. Johannesburg. Made in China 271 10. Undercity 305 References 337 Index 339
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University of Nebraska Press Black Gun Silver Star
Book SynopsisIn The Story of Oklahoma, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves appears as the “most feared U.S. marshal in the Indian country.” That Reeves was also an African American who had spent his early life enslaved in Arkansas and Texas made his accomplishments all the more remarkable. Black Gun, Silver Star sifts through fact and legend to discover the truth about one of the most outstanding peace officers in late nineteenth-century America—and perhaps the greatest lawman of the Wild West era. Bucking the odds (“I’m sorry, we didn’t keep Black people’s history,” a clerk at one of Oklahoma’s local historical societies answered one query), Art T. Burton traces Reeves from his days of slavery to his Civil War soldiering to his career as a deputy U.S. marshal out of Fort Smith, Arkansas, when he worked under “Hanging Judge” Isaac C. Parker. Fluent in Creek and other regional Native languages, physically powerfuTrade Review"As Burton traces Reeves' exploits through oral accounts, records of court proceedings and scraps of correspondence, his fascination with the subject helps to maintain a vigorous pace and ultimately makes Black Gun, Silver Star an eye-opening study of justice and race in the Old West."—Nick Smith, The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)"Art Burton has resurrected a heroic Black U. S. Deputy Marshal that thieves and outlaws in the Indian Territory could not kill but was practically eliminated by scholars of frontier history."—Bruce T. Fisher, curator of African American History, Oklahoma Historical Society"Art Burton's extensive research for Black Gun, Silver Star fleshes out the fascinating life story and exploits of a former slave who became one of the most famous lawmen in the Indian Territory days of 'Hanging Judge' Isaac Parker."—William Black, Superintendent Fort Smith National Historic Site"This is a book that should become mandatory reading for any student of American Frontier history. Black Gun, Silver Star not only answers questions about Bass Reeves, the man, but it also provides insight into the incredible courage and extraordinary skill required in nineteenth-century law enforcement. Those with a passion for history, particularly of the nineteenth century, will find this biography of Reeves to be an essential book for their library."—Angela Y. Walton-Raji, author of Black Indian Genealogy Research"Burton is a generous author who shares his thinking and analysis with the reader, and explains his personal fascination with the story of Bass Reeves. The result is a highly readable book with a tone that will appeal to several audiences."—Barbara C. Behan, Journal of African American History"In the long, sanguinary history of the battle to bring law and order to the violent American West there was no greater or more important figure than this former slave who spent his life enforcing the law in what was the most lawless section of the country. Because Reeves was Black, his remarkable career for the most part was overlooked by the contemporary press, making it difficult now to reconstruct his history, but author Art Burton has admirably tackled the task and told a story, long overdue."—Robert K. DeArment, author of Bravo of the Brazos: John Larn of Fort Griffin, Texas"[This] biography is more statement of fact than tribute to Reeves and no punches are pulled. Bass had an exceptionally long tenure as a Deputy U. S. Marshal and made a few mistakes along the way. These are covered. But, so too, are the remarkable feats he accomplished. . . . No critic, then or now has been able to show that Bass did not do good and bring law and order to the frontier. Art's rendering takes on all comers and their questions. The book is a heck of a good read and not the least bit painful."—Mike Tower, Oklahombres.org“Aside from a few fluff films (like Mel Brooks’s Blazing Saddles) and a smattering of lesser-known scholarship, the African-American presence in Wild West history has been severely underrepresented. . . . Against this backdrop rises Burton’s painstaking account of U.S. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves. . . . Rigorous and impartial, Burton is less concerned with entertainment than faithful research—no small task given the Old West’s diverse and troubled racial climate, in which Black accomplishment often went overlooked. But dedicated readers will become acquainted with a brave, resourceful lawman and the patchwork of homesteaders, murderers, horse thieves and bootleggers he governed.” —Publishers Weekly."[Burton's] years of research resulted in a remarkable story of an Old West giant, one who arguably was the best in his business."—True West“The book is a good addition to the history of law enforcement in the Twin Territories. Students of this area will certainly want to add the book to their library.”—Western Outlaw-Lawman History Association JournalTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: Uncovering the History of Black Deputy U.S. Marshals 1. The Lone Ranger and Other Stories 2. Arkansas Son 3. Van Buren and Fort Smith 4. On the Trail 5. “No Sunday West of St. Louis, No God West of Fort Smith” 6. Gunman’s Territory 7. Hell on the Border 8. Trial of the Century 9. Back on the Trail 10. TheWinds of Change 11. Land of the Six-Shooter 12. Paris, Texas 13. Northern District, Indian Territory 14. Muskogee Marshal 15. A New Century 16. Devotion to Duty 17. The Invincible Marshal 18. A Lawman to the End Epilogue Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
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MT - University of Pennsylvania Press León and Galicia Under Queen Sancha and King
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Emmaus Academic Commentary on Aristotles On the Soul
Book SynopsisThomas Aquinas's commentary on Aristotle's On the Soul is chronologically the first of his commentaries on Aristotle's works, written while Aquinas was still in Rome, between 12671268. It seems probable then that it was written at the same time as his composition of qq. 7589 of the Prima Pars of the Summa theologiae, for Aquinas later adopted this same technique while writing the Secunda Pars, commentating simultaneously on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. It is hard to over-emphasize the importance of this text in revealing Aquinas's deep, developed understanding of the human person. Though already familiar with the text, Aquinas here applies his intellect to grappling with a new translation of On the Soul (together with Themistius's paraphrase), which had just been completed by William of Moerbeke. This first of Aquinas's commentaries on Aristotle was followed shortly thereafter by his commentaries on Aristotle's On Sense and What is Sensed and On Memory and Recollection, also inclu
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MH - Indiana University Press Jewish Odesa
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MK - Stanford University Press The Residential Is Racial
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£21.59
Temple University Press,U.S. Jewish SelfDetermination beyond Zionism Lessons
Book SynopsisTrade Review“An exciting, profound, and humane critical rethinking of Zionism as the ideological foundation of the Israeli state, Graubart’s alternative vision reinforces what Zionism might have become if its leaders had not opted for an exclusivist Jewish state necessitating the continuous repression, exploitation, and discrimination of the Palestinian people in their own homeland. The recent surge to the Israeli far right gives this fine book a timely urgency, especially for liberal Jews, who should be deeply disturbed by what has happened in Israel beneath the banner of Zionism.”—Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University, and author of Palestine’s Horizon: Toward a Just Peace“Jewish Self-Determination beyond Zionism is a recovery operation designed to provide tools for contemporary analysts to contend with the problems posed by the effective disappearance of diplomatic paths toward a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem. Graubart’s well-written and accurate summary of the sharp rightward trajectory Israel has taken in recent decades shows how many of the forecasts of the ‘Humanist Zionists,’ like Martin Buber and Hannah Arendt, have come true, and how decisive have been the ‘core pathologies’ that those thinkers identified.”—Ian Lustick, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality"There is much to learn from this thoughtful, well-researched, clearly written exegesis of the history of what the author calls 'Humanist Zionism' and his proposal for an alternative to Israel in its current configuration.... Summing Up: Recommended."—Choice"In a particularly dark historical and political moment in Palestine/Israel, Jonathan Graubart offers a glimmer of hope for a brighter future by offering new pathways toward Jewish and Palestinian self-determination.... [T]he book makes a valuable contribution to the field of critical Zionism studies. Graubart advances a new approach that moves beyond Zionism while maintaining a commitment to Jewish self-determination. It highlights a well-articulated binational vision for the future rooted in both past ideologies and contemporary realities while also providing a fascinating new analysis of Jewish self-determination rooted in justice for all."—Perspectives on Politics
£21.59
Indiana University Press The Art of Ballet Accompaniment
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe Art of Ballet Accompaniment is a no-nonsense, well-written must-read for dance teachers and musicians alike. Dance teachers, accompanists, and dancers will benefit from adopting Gerald Lishka's easy-to-follow suggestions to hone their craft. -- Patrick Corbin, MFA, Associate Professor of Practice, USC–Glorya Kaufman School of Dance; Artistic Director, CorbinDances; Former Dancer, Joffrey Ballet, The Paul Taylor Dance CompanyTable of ContentsForeword by Kyra NicholsPrefaceIntroduction: How I View the Art of Ballet Accompaniment1. The Ballet Class2. Advice and Guidance3. Barre and Center Combinations4. Suggested Piano Repertory for Barre and Center Work5. Preparing and Arranging Piano Repertory for Ballet Class6. Adapting Piano Repertory with Complex Phrasing Challenges: Four Advanced Lessons7. Improvisation8. Ballet-Related Accompanying Outside the Ballet ClassIndex of Steps
£25.19
Crossway Books From the Manger to the Throne
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The Catholic University of America Press Saint Thomas Aquinas The Person and His Work
Book SynopsisThe presentation of the life and work of any great thinker is a formidable task. This volume provides readers with a detailed, scholarly, and profound account of the thirteenth-century theologian whose works have not ceased to draw the attention of both friend and foe.
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Suffer the Little Children Child Migration and
Book SynopsisIn this affecting and innovative global history - starting with the European children who fled the perils of World War II and ending with the Central American children who arrive every day at the US southern border - Anita Casavantes Bradford traces the evolution of American policy toward unaccompanied children.
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Johns Hopkins University Press Public Policy Writing That Matters Second Edition
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword, by Dr. Katherine BaickerIntroductionPart I. The Thinking Behind Effective Policy Analysis1. Clear Thinking Leads to Clear Writing2. Mastering Deductive, Evaluative, and Prescriptive Policy Answers3. Meeting the Unique Needs of Your ReaderPart II. The Art of Policy Storytelling4. Developing Stronger Policy Recommendations Using Human-Centered Design5. How to Haunt Your ReadersPart III. The Craft of Policy Storytelling6. How to Structure Policy Memos and Briefs for Maximum Impact7. Deductive and Unified Paragraphs8. Coherent Paragraphs9. Clear and Concise SentencesPart IV. The Necessity of Revision10. Eleven Strategies for Ruthlessly Pruning Needless Words11. Being Your Own Best EditorPart V. The Finishing Touches12. Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources Properly13. Making Figures, Tables, and Charts Work for Youby James Bennett14. A Style Guide for Policy WritingAcknowledgmentsNotesSuggested Further ReadingAbout the AuthorIndex
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Black Marxism The Making of the Black Radical
Book SynopsisIn this ambitious work, first published in 1983, Cedric Robinson demonstrates that efforts to understand Black people's history of resistance solely through the prism of Marxist theory are incomplete. Black radicalism, Robinson argues, must be linked to the traditions of Africa and the unique experiences of Blacks on western continents.
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The University of Chicago Press What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Consisting of a stunning array of essays, poems, and interviews, this collection makes the case that the actions and perspectives of a single person can have a ripple effect across generations of people and nature. . . . Recommended for readers interested in environmentalism, anthropology, sociology, history, philosophy, and Indigenous peoples in the United States." * Library Journal *"A wonderfully unclassifiable book, What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be? challenges us to live not just for tomorrow, or for our children, but for many generations in the future. Featuring interviews with and essays by thinkers from across social disciplines—anthropologists, environmental activists, Indigenous leaders, sociologists, and more." * Book Culture Blog *"This compendium of poems, essays, and dialogues contains the voices of a range of writers and speakers from widely disparate cultures, traditions, and ethnicities, speaking out as they grapple with this question. The question itself causes one to pause, containing, as it does, an implicit instruction to consider one’s own ancestors and their/our relationship with the future. Who were they and what has their impact been upon ourselves and the world? How should or might we, ourselves, carry their influence into the future, while adding the work of our own lives to that stream?" * Resilience.org *"This volume edited by Hausdoerffer, Hecht, Nelson, and Cummings incorporates the work of 47 contributors addressing the urgent and central concern of establishing spiritual, social, and ecological continuity in this uncertain age. Employing diverse textual strategies and genres, including essays, ethnographic interviews, and poems, these authors are intent on communicating the understanding and reactions of indigenous people to the problem of providing guidance to future generations. Arguing that the world is currently in the throes of an ecological, economic, and political crisis, this study invites readers to seek essential new wisdom by exploring the traditional wisdom of indigenous ancestors, so as to embrace the role of "ancestor" in the present. . . .Highly recommended." * Choice *“What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be? explores the challenge of climate disruption and ecological disaster through poems, essays and interviews. By offering diverse responses from a worldly selection of multicultural voices, the book provokes examination and inspiration. At the same time, the collection delivers no easy answers. Instead, the responses are personal and detailed, thick with values and reflection." * Gunnison Country Times *“What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be? captures the deep dialogue, continuity, and resonance Indigenous peoples feel and espouse for ancestors, ourselves, our children—with a view for the now and for our very uncertain future. And yet, its audience is at once Indigenous and Universal. Weaving poetry, narrative, interview, essay, and spirit, it is a unique, landmark tapestry. Utterly timely and profoundly urgent.” -- Gregory Cajete, author of "Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence"“The questions this book raises are of such staggering importance and relevance today. I cried. I laughed. I smiled. Many reading moments, beautiful or tragic or just deeply human, are difficult to forget.” -- Jeffrey J. Kripal, author of "The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge"Table of ContentsIntroduction Poem: Unsigned Letter to a Human in the 21st Century Jamaal MayI. Embedded: Our ancestral responsibility is deeply rooted in a multigenerational relationship to place. a. Poem: Great Granddaddy Taiyon Coleman b. Essays: i. Ancestor of Fire Aaron A. Abeyta ii. Grounded Aubrey Streit Krug iii. My Home / It’s Called the Darkest Wild Sean Prentiss c. Interview: Wendell Berry Leah Bayens d. Poem: To the Children of the 21st Century Frances H. KakugawaII. Reckoning: Reckoning with ancestors causing and ancestors enduring historical trauma. a. Poem: Forgiveness? Shannon Gibney b. Essays: i. Sister’s Stories Eryn Wise ii. Of Land and Legacy Lindsay Lunsford iii. Cheddar Man Brooke Williams iv. Formidable Kathleen Dean Moore c. Interview: Caleen Sisk Brooke Parry Hecht and Toby McLeod d. Poem: Promises, Promises Frances H. KakugawaIII. Healing: Enhancing some ancestral cycles while breaking others. a. Poem: To Future Kin Brian Calvert b. Essays: i. Moving with the Rhythm of Life Katherine Kassouf Cummings ii. (A Korowai) For When You Are Lost Manea Sweeney iii. To Hope of Becoming Ancestors Princess Daazhraii Johnson and Julianne Warren c. Interview: Camille T. Dungy and Crystal Williams d. Poem: Yes I Will Frances H. KakugawaIV. Interwoven: Our descendants will know the kind of ancestor we are by reading the lands and waters where we lived. a. Poem: Alive in This Century Leora Gansworth b. Essays: i. What Is Your Rice? John Hausdoerffer ii. Restoring Indigenous Mindfulness within the Commons of Human Consciousness Jack Loeffler iii. Reading Records with Estella Leopold Curt Meine iv. How to Be Better Ancestors Winona LaDuke c. Interview: Wes Jackson John Hausdoerffer and Julianne Lutz Warren d. Poem: Omoiyare Frances H. KakugawaV. Earthly: Other-than-human beings are our ancestors, too. a. Poem: LEAF Elizabeth Herron b. Essays: i. The City Bleeds Out (Reflections on Lake Michigan) Gavin Van Horn ii. I Want the Earth to Know Me as a Friend Enrique Salmón iii. The Apple Tree Peter Forbes iv. Humus Catroina Sandilands v. Building Good Soil Robin Kimmerer c. Interview: Vandana Shiva John Hausdoerffer d. Poem: Your Inheritance Frances H. KakugawaVI. Seventh Fire a. Poem: Time Traveler Lyla June Johnston b. Essays: i. Seeds Native Youth Guardians of the Waters 2017 Participants and Nicola Wagenberg ii. Onëö’ (Word for Corn in Seneca) Kaylena Bray iii. Landing Oscar Guttierez iv. Regenerative Melissa K. Nelson v. Nourishing Rowen White vi. Light Rachel Wolfgramm and Chellie Spiller c. Interview: Ilarion Merculieff Brooke Parry Hecht d. Poem: Lost in the Milky Way Linda Hogan Acknowledgments Notes About the Contributors Index
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Human Kinetics Publishers Pilates
Book SynopsisCovering mat work and apparatus movements, Pilates, Third Edition, details more than 200 exercises, complete with step-by-step instructions, photo sequences, difficulty ratings, variations, modifications, progressions, and recommended resistance ranges. It is the definitive Pilates resource.Trade Review“Rael draws from his vast experience and expertise to provide a clear, comprehensive, creative, and inspiring presentation of the Pilates repertoire for the mat and apparatus. His keen descriptions of the technique and the benefits allow readers to experience the depth of the Pilates method as well as make appropriate exercise selections and modifications for both themselves and clients.”—Karen Clippinger, MSPE, Professor Emerita of California State University at Long Beach and Lecturer for BASI Pilates“The two Pilates books I refer to most often are Joseph Pilates’ Return to Life Through Contrology and Rael Isacowitz’s Pilates. They are must-have reference works for Pilates teachers, students, and clients. I have known Rael for many years. In this book you will meet Rael, the multitalented and knowledgeable man and teacher. He presents his approach to Pilates with simplicity and love, and he inspires you to do your best. Bravo, Rael!”—Lolita San Miguel, PMA, CPT, First-Generation Pilates Teacher Certified by Joseph Pilates and Carola TrierTable of ContentsChapter 1. Enhancing the Mind and BodyChapter 2. Alignment, Posture, and MovementChapter 3. Powerful Pilates PracticeChapter 4. Mat WorkChapter 5. Universal ReformerChapter 6. CadillacChapter 7. Wunda ChairChapter 8. BarrelsChapter 9. Ped-a-PulChapter 10. F2 ChairChapter 11. Magic CircleChapter 12. Sample Exercise Routines
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MQ - University of Nebraska Press John Howard Payne Papers 3volume set
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Thieme Medical Publishers Inc Tinnitus and Sound Sensitivity Casebook
Book SynopsisTinnitus and sound disorder case studies provide invaluable guidance on enhancing quality and scope of patient careTinnitus affects nearly one in 10 people around the world and tinnitus-related disabilities are considered among the most common chronic conditions reported. Historically, many patients with these conditions have been ignored, misunderstood, or misguided by medical, audiological, and/or online communities. Tinnitus and Sound Sensitivity Casebook by renowned audiologists and educators Suzanne H. Kimball and Marc Fagelson provides evidence-based strategies for clinical management of patients with tinnitus as well as sound intolerance disorders, based on a diverse array of case studies drawn from clinics. The book is divided into three sections and 29 chapters, with insightful clinical pearls from 24 multidisciplinary authors. The first section includes 15 cases on a full spectrum of underlying medical conditions, patterns of occurrence, and tinnitus with normal hearing, fo
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American Mathematical Society Putting Two and Two Together Selections from the
Book SynopsisA humorous and quirky collection of unusual, ingenious, and beautiful morsels of mathematics. Authors Burkard Polster (YouTube's Mathologer) and Marty Ross delve into mathematical puzzles and phenomena in engaging stories featuring current events, sports, and history, many flavoured with a distinctive bit of Australiana.Trade ReviewPolster and Ross are masters of the genre this book represents: a cornucopia of offerings, from across the mathematical spectrum. Their articles are entertaining, captivating, and informative, and will appeal to everyone from interested amateurs to old pros. On top of all that, the prose is clear, concise and a lot of fun—happily with a charmingly Aussie flavo(u)r. Crack the spine and enjoy!"" —Michael Berg, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles""The American Mathematical Society must be congratulated on publishing a singularly amusing synthesis of cultural anthropology coupled with mathematical entertainment."" —Tushar Das, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse""Polster and Ross are as good as the original master, Martin Gardner! They are also as good as that other great popularizer of mathematics, Ian Stewart, who took up Gardner's mantle, and as good as Douglas Hofstedter, who also followed in Gardner's footsteps as popularizers of mathematics within regular columns in Scientific American', and elsewhere. I recommend this new book very highly! Like Poster and Ross's first collection of columns, it is one that you can happily read from cover to cover, or dip into at any random point, and find treasures. You will then often return, savouring, and often laughing, while also learning, and responding to thoughtful challenges!"" —John Gough, Deakin University, Geelong, AustraliaTable of Contents Putting two and two together: Cordial math Uncovering base motives Sneaky square dance A very strange set of blocks Parabolic production line The magic of the imaginary There's no $e$ in Euler What's the best way to lace your shoes? Ringing the changes The shape of things to come: Triangle surfer dude We have it pegged Shadowlands Picture perfect Tractrix and truck tricks Cycling in circles Which way did Natalie go? $\pi=3$ Just the right level of wine Spotting an unfortunate spot Summing up the mystery of flight MH370 Choc-full of mathematics Too hot, too cold, just right A bloody good sport: Seeds of doubt Tennis math, anyone? The ball was in AND out? You cannot be serious! Giving it your best shot Bombs, and a bombed Riewoldt Diophantine footy fan Walk, don't run! Tour de math How round is your soccer ball? And the winner is... The house that math built: Visionary Voronoi Melbourne's catenary chaos Eureka! Archimedes' crocodile Melbourne Grammar mystery map A rectangle, some spheres and lots of triangles A chance encounter: So you think you can beat the bookies? A Penney for your thoughts The Playmobil mystery The devil is in the dice The Freddo Frog path to perfection Will Rogers, clever Kiwis and medical magic The hidden karma of snakes and ladders Space and time, final frontiers: Poet of the universe Escape to our Moon planet Tickling Orion with a triangle The eternal triangles On primes and Pluto The math of planet Mars Letter from Germany: The eternal grind Calendar kinks Strange moves of a mathematical feast Lucky Friday the 13th On the shoulders of lesser giants: Hermann the hermit The equals of Robert Recorde Pythagoras's theorem ain't Pythagoras's Six of one, Babylonian the other It's Chris Mass time Clearing a logjam Squares, triangles and other labor-saving devices The doodle, the witch and Maria Christian Goldbach's magic sum Solutions to the puzzles
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MP-AMM American Mathematical A First Course in Stochastic Calculus
Book SynopsisA complete guide for advanced undergraduate students to take the next step in exploring probability theory and for master's students in mathematical finance who would like to build an intuitive and theoretical understanding of stochastic processes.Trade ReviewLouis-Pierre Arguin's masterly introduction to stochastic calculus seduces the reader with its quietly conversational style; even rigorous proofs seem natural and easy. Full of insights and intuition, reinforced with many examples, numerical projects, and exercises, this book by a prize-winning mathematician and great teacher fully lives up to the author's reputation. I give it my strongest possible recommendation."" —Jim Gatheral, Baruch College""I happen to be of a different persuasion, about how stochastic processes should be taught to undergraduate and MA students. But I have long been thinking to go against my own grain at some point and try to teach the subject at this level—together with its applications to finance—in one semester. Louis-Pierre Arguin's excellent and artfully designed text will give me the ideal vehicle to do so."" —Ioannis Karatzas, Columbia University, New YorkTable of Contents Basic notions of probability Gaussian processes Properties of Brownian motion Martingales Ito calculus Multivariate Ito calculus Ito processes and stochastic differential equations The Markov property Change of probability Applications to mathematical finance Bibliography Index
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Seagull Books London Ltd The Birth of Emma K.
Book SynopsisTrade Review"These are not stories for readers who want a fictionalized world to roll out smoothly before them. These are stories about characters who live in an enigmatic world, who transform as their world simultaneously changes." * Litro Magazine *"The Birth of Emma K. sucks you in, whirls you around, and then, much like Emma K. herself, spits you out into a world that is complex and harsh, yet compelling and seductive—bounded by forces beyond our control, but in which we must inevitably take part. Like life itself, this collection will at times leave you dazed and confused, but craving more." * Asymptote *Table of Contents1. God on Gellert Hill 2. Daphne 3. Chestnut 4. Like a Shaggy Ink Cap Mushroom 5. At the Western Gate 6. Open Lesson 7. The Story of Money 8. Loneliness 9. Before Midnight 10. Madhouse 11. The Cloister of Sanctuary 12. The Birth of Emma K.
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Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US Henry VIII
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAct 1Act 2Act 3Act 4Act 5
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Duke University Press ReUnderstanding Media
Book SynopsisThe contributors to Re-Understanding Media advance a feminist version of Marshall McLuhan’s key text, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, repurposing his insight that “the medium is the message” for feminist ends.Trade Review“This brilliant collection thrillingly updates and interrogates Marshall McLuhan’s work, with abundant insights from feminist and critical race studies. Starting from the insight that ‘the medium is the message,’ Re-Understanding Media refuses the idea of technology as a mere tool, instead showing how it is a structuring form of power—from incubators to platform heels to facial recognition scanners. A challenging and important book.” -- Rosalind Gill, City, University of London“Correcting the lack of feminist and critical race considerations in the body of work of media ecologist Marshall McLuhan, [Re-Understanding Media] explores the gender and racial power dynamics inherent in media technology. . . . The various modes of analyses presented—such as semiotic analysis, autoethnography, and interviews—also demonstrate the breadth of methodologies used in feminist and critical race media studies. Highly recommended.” -- K. Gentles-Peart * Choice *"Re-Understanding Media’s rich provocations to the field and its foundations make it a work of clear and compelling interest for media theorists and feminist scholars, artists, and activists in and outside the academy—if not, perhaps, a heartening read for devoted disciples of McLuhan." -- Eden Rea-Hedrick * The Communication Review *Table of ContentsPreface: The Centre on the Margins / Sarah Sharma vii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: A Feminist Medium Is the Message / Sarah Sharma 1 Part I. Retrieving McLuhan's Media 1. Transporting Blackness: Black Materialist Media Theory / Armond R. Towns 23 2. Sidewalks of Concrete and Code / Shannon Mattern 36 3. Hardwired / Nicholas Taylor 51 4. Textile, the Uneasy Medium / Ganaele Langlois 68 Part II. Thinking with McLuhan: An Invitation 5. Dear Incubator / Sara Martel 87 6. Wifesaver: Tupperware and the Unfortunate Spoils of Containment / Brooke Erin Duffy and Jeremy Packer 98 7. “Will Miss File Misfile?” The Filing Cabinet, Automatic Memory, and Gender / Craig Robertson 119 8. Computers Made of Paper, Genders Made of Cards / Cait McKinney 142 9. Sky High: Platforms and the Feminist Politics of Visibility / Rianka Singh and Sarah Banet-Weiser 163 Part III. Media after McLuhan 10. Scanning for Black Data: A Conversation with Nasma Ahmed and Ladan Siad / Sarah Sharma and Rianka Singh 179 11. 3D Printing and Digital Colonialism: A Conversation with Morehshin Allahyari / Sarah Sharma and Rianka Singh 192 12. Toward a Media Theory of the Digital Bundle: A Conversation with Jennifer Wemigwans / Sarah Sharma 208 Afterword: After McLuhan / Wendy Hui Kyong Chun 225 Bibliography 233 Contributors 255 Index 259
£19.79
Crossway Books Typical Woman
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£10.99
Crossway Books Rediscover Church Study Guide
Book SynopsisOver the course of 9 lessons featuring guided study, Bible passages, and discussion questions, this companion to the book Rediscover Church emphasizes the significance of face-to-face fellowship with the family of Christ.
£8.07
Crossway Books A Dozen Things God Did with Your Sin
Book SynopsisWalking through the Bible's teaching, Sam Storms helps believers find freedom, joy, and peace in knowing what God has done (and will never do) with their sin through the redemptive sacrifice of Jesus.
£12.34
University of Toronto Press Harbin
Book SynopsisThis book offers an intimate portrait of early twentieth-century Harbin, a city in Manchuria where Russian colonialists, and later refugees from the Revolution, met with Chinese migrants. The deep social and intellectual fissures between the Russian and Chinese worlds were matched by a multitude of small efforts to cross the divide as the city underwent a wide range of social and political changes. Using surviving letters, archival photographs, and rare publications, this book also tells the personal story of a forgotten city resident, Baron Roger Budberg, a physician who, being neither Russian nor Chinese, nevertheless stood at the very centre of the cross-cultural divide in Harbin. The biography of an important city, fleshing out its place in the global history of East-West contacts and twentieth-century diasporas, this book is also the history of an individual life and an original experiment in historical writing. Trade Review"This is a fascinating and well-researched exploration of the Russian [and] Chinese cultural encounter in Harbin, based on the extensive use of sources in both Russian and Chinese." -- Austin Jersild, Old Dominion University * H-Soz-Kult *"Specialists will draw much eclectic material about Harbin from Gamsa and enjoy the author’s often insightful ideas about cross-cultural contact and more." -- David Wolff, Hokkaido University * Slavic Review *"There are many reasons to like this book. The writing is elegant, with frequent memorable turns of phrase. The research in Russian, Chinese, and European-language sources is deep and rich, and Gamsa’s feel for his subject is remarkable. One senses on every page his balanced affection for Harbin and even for Budberg, despite his frankness about their many shared imperfections." -- Willard Sunderland, University of Cincinnati * Journal of Modern History *“The book builds on impressive research, contains stimulating discussions of the relationship between biography and general history, and thus deserves to be read not only as the story of a remarkable man but also, more broadly, as a fascinating attempt to understand the life of an individual in the context of his multicultural environment.” -- Stig Thøgersen, Aarhus University * H-Net Reviews *“Harbin: A Cross-Cultural Biography is a remarkable feat of research across multiple languages and archives, as well as a compellingly original, stylishly written, and surprisingly intimate book.” -- Edward Tyerman, University of California, Berkeley * Twentieth-Century China *"The book is a masterful analysis of the consequences that traumatic shifts in power relations could have for the life of individuals." -- N. Pianciola, Nazarbayev University * Slavonic and East European Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1. Of Ethnicity and Identity 2. Beginnings 3. Intermediaries and Channels of Communication 4. A Chinese-German Flower 5. Daily Life in a Mixed City 6. Trials and Endings 7. Russians and Chinese under Japanese Rule 8. Kharbintsy and Ha’erbin ren Epilogue: The General and the Particular Notes Glossary of Chinese Terms Bibliography Index
£25.19
MP-AMM American Mathematical Invitation to Nonlinear Algebra
Book SynopsisNonlinear algebra provides modern mathematical tools to address challenges arising in the sciences and engineering. It is useful everywhere, where polynomials appear: in particular, data and computational sciences, statistics, physics, optimization. The book offers an invitation to this broad and fast-developing area.Table of Contents Polynomial rings Varieties Solving and decomposing Mapping and projecting Linear spaces and Grassmannians Nullstellensatze Tropical algebra Toric varieties Tensors Representation theory Invariant theory Semidefinite programming Combinatorics Bibliography Index
£67.50
Princeton University Press The President Who Would Not Be King Executive
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize, Georgetown Center for the Constitution""Finalist for the George Washington Prize, Washington College, the Gilder Lehrman Institute, and George Washington’s Mount Vernon"
£20.90
Haynes E1 Other,Conc,Icon,Pock Mythical Beasts 30 of the worlds most
Book SynopsisA fascinating book full of legendary monsters and mythical creatures, packed with tall tales and great deeds. The book includes dragons, trolls, mermaids and werewolves, as well as astounding and unique beasts such as the Minotaur and Pegasus from Ancient Greece, and Jormundgandr the world serpent of Norse legend.
£6.64
The University of Chicago Press Chemically Imbalanced
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£26.00
University Press of Kansas Operation Dons Left Wing The TransCaucasus
Book SynopsisOn 1 January 1943, with German Sixth Army about to be destroyed in the Stalingrad pocket, the Stavka (Soviet High Command) launched Operation Don, a strategic offensive aimed at demolishing German defenses in the southern Soviet Union. This book is the first detailed study of this crucial but virtually overlooked Soviet military operation.
£52.00
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc Introduction to Fire Protection and Emergency
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MP-ALA American Library Assoc Books Under Fire A Hit List of Banned and
Book SynopsisFeaturing a timely and diverse cross-section of frequently targeted titles, complete with many quotes and comments from authors whose works have been challenged, this book will be an important tool for library managers, children's and YA librarians, and teachers.
£47.20
Fordham University Press Seeing Like a Child Inheriting the Korean War
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword by Richard Rechtman | ix Introduction | 1 Part I: Loss and Awakenings | 35 Interlude 1: Affliction and War in the Domestic | 61 Part II: A Future in Kinship, a Future in Language | 65 Interlude 2: Homeward Bound | 87 Part III: The Kids | 93 Interlude 3: Siblings and the Scene of Inheritance | 119 Part IV: Mother Tongue | 125 Epilogue: Seeing Like a Child | 153 Acknowledgments | 157 Notes | 161 Works Cited | 167
£19.79
The Catholic University of America Press The Wayfarers End Bonaventure and Aquinas on
Book SynopsisFollows the human person's journey to union with God in the theologies of Saint Bonaventure and Saint Thomas Aquinas. The book argues that these seminal thinkers of the 13th Century emphasize scriptural notions of divine rewards as ordering principles for the graced movement of human viators to eternal life.
£56.25
Princeton University Press American Bonds
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Viviana Zelizer Award for Best Book, Economic Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association""Honorable Mention for the Theory Prize, Theory Section of the American Sociological Association"
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MN - University of British Columbia Press A People and a Nation New Directions in
Book SynopsisIn A People and a Nation, the authors, most of whom are themselves Metis, offer readers a set of lenses through which to consider the complexity of historical and contemporary Métis nationhood and peoplehood. Trade ReviewThis is an important text, which has been carefully edited to bring disparate voices together in a way that creates a resonance. -- Lyle Ford, University of Manitoba Libraries * Prairie History *This is a timely, potentially paradigm-shifting book. -- B. F. R. Edwards * CHOICE Connect *Table of ContentsIntroduction: A New Era of Métis Studies Scholarship / Chris Andersen and Jennifer Adese1 Peoplehood and the Nation Form: Core Concepts for a Critical Métis Studies / Chris Andersen2 The Power of Peoplehood: Reimagining Metis Relationships, Research, and Responsibilities / Robert L.A. Hancock3 The Race Question in Canada and the Politics of Racial Mixing / Daniel Voth4 Challenging a Racist Fiction: A Closer Look at Métis-First Nations Relations / Robert Alexander Innes5 Restoring the Balance: Métis Women and Contemporary Nationalist Political Organizing / Jennifer Adese6 Alcide Morrissette: Oral Histories of a Métis Man on the Prairies in the Mid-Twentieth Century / Jesse Thistle7 “We’re Still Here and Métis:” Rewriting the 1885 Resistance in Marilyn Dumont’s The Pemmican Eaters / June Scudeler8 Mary and the Métis: Religion as a Site for New Insight in Métis Studies / Paul L. Gareau9 Building the Field of Métis Studies: Toward Transformative and Empowering Métis Scholarship / Adam GaudryList of Contributors; Index
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Colors of Confinement Rare Kodachrome
Book SynopsisIn 1942, Bill Manbo and his family were forced from their Hollywood home into a Japanese American internment in Wyoming. While there, Manbo documented his surroundings using Kodachrome film. Colors of Confinement showcases sixty-five stunning images from this extremely rare collection of photographs.Trade Review“Injustice, in Kodachrome.” - The New York Times“Sheds new light on life in Wyoming's Heart Mountain internment camp. . . . Disarming. . . . [Manbo's] images show movement and smiles caught in a moment. The people do not perform because of his camera but in spite of it.” - Casper Star-Tribune“These images offer readers glimpses of the internment that are in vivid color and, unlike government- sanctioned photos, candid and earnest. . . .Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.” - Choice“[A] provocative and noteworthy collection. . . . [with] unquestionable cultural and historical significance.” - Publishers Weekly“A rare insider's view of daily life in [Japanese-American internment] camps.” - Durham Herald Sun“These portraits provide a stark reminder that the families of Heart Mountain were prisoners of war.” - NPR Online“The strength of this title is the photography: Manbo documents a people who rose above persecution and injustice to carry on traditions and form a community in a barren landscape. Anyone interested in documentary photography and American social and cultural history will appreciate this book. Highly recommended.” - Library Journal starred review“The narratives and scholarly essays combine with the photos to forge a powerful statement. As humans we see the world in color, so the Kodachrome images convey the circumstances, as we would experience them if we were there. This level of reality is something that existing black and white camp photos cannot duplicate.” - American Studies Journal“Muller recognized this power of color photography to revive the past and has created a book that presents the internee experience through a modern lens. Just as Manbo's slides were miraculously preserved (in a box in his son's garage), Muller's compilation will help preserve our collective memory of the internment experience.” - Hyphen: Asian America Unabridged“Stunning.” - Huffington Post“The collection of pictures [Manbo] took there. . . represent a singular view of internment, all executed in color.” - Los Angeles Times “Poignant images of pickup baseball, judo matches, parades, and other daily life in a Wyoming internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II.” - Military History Quarterly“Showcas[es] 65 color images from [Bill Manbo's] rare collection. . . . Each of the essays helps the reader look at the photographs from a different perspective.” - Carolina Law“The photographs give a haunting account of what life was like for Japanese descents.” - Daily Mail Online“This is a testament to the incredible power of photography. Even one frame can change the tide of public opinion because photography has the power to add layers to our understanding of how events transpired and how people were affected.” - Washington Post“These are not pictures of horrors of confinement but rather photos that show how the Japanese made lives for themselves.” - Denver Post“This volume is at once a wonderful and rare addition . . . to the existing images of the Nikkei experience while incarcerated during World War II.” - Nichi Bei Weekly
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Cornell University Press Biological Systematics
Book SynopsisUnderstanding the history and philosophy of biological systematics (phylogenetics, taxonomy and classification of living things) is key to successful practice of the discipline. In this thoroughly revised Third Edition of the classic Biological Systematics, Andrew V. Z. Brower and Randall T. Schuh provide an updated account of cladistic principles and techniques, emphasizing their empirical and epistemological clarity. Brower and Schuh cover: -the history and philosophy of systematics -the mechanics and methods of character analysis, phylogenetic inference, and evaluation of results -the practical application of systematic results to: -biological classification -adaptation and coevolution -biodiversity, and conservation -new chapters on species and molecular clocks Biological Systematics is both a textbook for students studying systematic biology and a desk reference for practicing systematists. Part explication of concepts and methods, part exploration of the underlying epistemology of systematics, This third edition addresses why some methods are more empirically sound than others.Trade ReviewThis lovely book is a godsend to those of us who teach systematics. I believe that Biological Systematics is the best textbook currently available for courses focusing on the theory and practice of cladistics. * Cladistics *This is an excellent book. Written by a practicing systematist with a keen interest in the theoretical development of systematics, it has a blend of theory and empiricism that results in a very authoritative treatment. In total, I thoroughly recommend this book. It demands to be read as much for its readability as its content. * Paleontological Association Newsletter *Table of ContentsSection I: HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND FOR SYSTEMATICS 1. Introduction to Systematics: First Principles and Practical Tools 2. Systematics and the Philosophy of Science Section II: CLADISTIC METHODS 3. Characters and Character States 4. Character Polarity and Inferring Homology 5. Tree-Building Algorithms and Philosophies 6. Evaluating Results Section III: APPLICATION OF CLADISTIC RESULTS 7. Species: Concepts, Recognition, and Analytical Problems 8. Nomenclature, Classifications, and SystematicDatabases 9. The Integration of Phylogenetics, Historical Biogeography, and Host-Parasite Coevolution 10. Evaluating Hypothetical Scenarios of Evolution,Ecology and Adaptation 11. Understanding Molecular Clocks and Time Trees 12. Biodiversity and Conservation Postscript: Parsimony and the Future of Systematics
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University of Oklahoma Press Tony Hillerman A Life
Book SynopsisThe author of eighteen spellbinding detective novels set on the Navajo Nation, Tony Hillerman simultaneously transformed a traditional genre and unlocked the mysteries of the Navajo culture to an audience of millions. This book offers a balanced portrait of Hillerman's personal and professional life and provides a timely appreciation of his work.Trade Review“Here at last we have a biography of one of the true masters of detective fiction, and one of the most popular and perspicacious writers ever to call the Desert Southwest home. In this scrupulous work, James McGrath Morris artfully guides us into Tony Hillerman’s personal and literary worlds—and taps into the peculiar magic of this beloved novelist’s work. Diehard fans and neophytes alike will gain intriguing insights into how Hillerman was able to spin those unforgettable mysteries set in the red rock kingdom of the Navajo.”—Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II’s Greatest Rescue Mission From James McGrath Morris—author of superb biographies—comes this remarkably rich, absorbing, and varied life of beloved mystery writer Tony Hillerman. With his canny eye for the telling detail, Morris tracks the author's evolution from a poor Oklahoma boy growing up alongside members of the Citizen Potawatomie Nation to a reporter plying the streets of small towns and New Mexico’s state capital, a journey also marked by harrowing combat in the Battle of the Bulge. Tony Hillerman is packed with insight into how a journalist revamped the mystery genre even as he became one of its most original and gifted practitioners, introducing readers to the extraordinary lifeways and beliefs of the Navajo and other Southwestern peoples. Providing a deft and nuanced look at issues surrounding cultural appropriation, this is a biography that becomes, as Hillerman termed facts transformed by imagination, “the stuff of art.”—Caroline Fraser, author of Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder “James McGrath Morris’s Tony Hillerman is beautiful and fascinating biography, not just the life of a remarkable writer but also a vivid depiction of the world that Hillerman grew up in—the American West, ranch and church, the war—and his career as a reporter and novelist that culminated, late in life, in international fame and best-sellerdom. Hillerman was a huge inspiration to me as a young writer. I truly love this book.”—Douglas Preston, author of The Lost City of the Monkey God and the Agent Pendergast series “A towering figure in the realm of mystery fiction like Tony Hillerman is worthy of a biography of monumental proportions, a book that can encompass the grace, talent, and humanity of not only the man but his incredible body of work. James McGrath Morris’s Tony Hillerman: A Life is that book—one of the most thoughtful, detailed, and captivating biographies I’ve read in a very long time.”—Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries
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University of Toronto Press The Eichmann Trial Reconsidered
Book SynopsisThe Eichmann Trial Reconsidered brings together leading authorities in a transnational, international, and supranational study of Adolf Eichmann, who was captured by the Israelis in Argentina and tried in Jerusalem in 1961. The essays in this important new collection span the disciplines of history, film studies, political science, sociology, psychology, and law. Contributing scholars adopt a wide historical lens, pushing outwards in time and space to examine the historical and legal influence that Adolf Eichmann and his trial held for Israel, West Germany, and the Middle East. In addition to taking up the question of what drove Eichmann, contributors explore the motivation of prosecutors, lawyers, diplomats, and neighbouring countries before, during, and after the trial ended. The Eichmann Trial Reconsidered puts Eichmann at the centre of an exploration of German versus Israeli jurisprudence, national Israeli identities and politics, and the conflict bTrade Review"This excellent collection of essays revisits the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann from disciplinary perspectives ranging from law to history to psychology to film studies." -- Norman J.W. Goda, University of Florida * Central European History *“By offering multifaceted views on the former aspects, the volume does an excellent job in summarizing an ever more complex subject of Holocaust studies.” -- Thomas Kühne * Clark University German Studies Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Rebecca Wittmann Part I: Eichmann on Trial 1. Coming to Terms with the “Banality of Evil”: Implications of the Eichmann Trial for Social Scientific Research on Perpetrator Behavior James E. Waller 2. From History to Story: When the “Architect” of the Holocaust Became his Own “Witness” Fabien Théofilakis 3. Revisiting Eichmann and Zionism: Contexts, Strange Encounters, and their Afterlives Michael Berkowitz Part II: Eichmann and Jurisprudence 4. Prosecuting “Crimes against the Jewish People”: The Eichmann Trial and the History of a Legal Concept Laura Jockusch 5. The Eichmann Trial: Toward a Jurisprudence of Eyewitness Testimonies of Atrocity? Leora Bilsky 6. What Makes a Prosecution an International Landmark Trial? Reflections on the Tensions between Legal Proceedings, Politics, and Historical Facts Ruth Bettina Birn Part III: Eichmann and Geopolitics 7.The Eichmann Trial's Impact Reconsidered Boaz Cohen 8. The Eichmann Trial and the Relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Israel: A Positive or Negative Influence? Dominique Trimbur 9. The Impact of the Eichmann Trial on Relations between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany Roni Stauber 10. The Impact of the Eichmann Affair on Arab Holocaust Discourse Esther Webman Part IV: Representing Eichmann 11. Remaking Eichmann: Memories of Mass Murder and the Transatlantic Student Movements of the 1960s Thomas Pegelow Kaplan 12. From 2-Inch to YouTube: The Audiovisual Documentation and the Broadcast of the Eichmann Trial Liat Benhabib
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University of Toronto Press Streetlife
Book SynopsisOur street-level economy is undergoing dramatic change. Retailers are reeling from the rise of e-commerce, rising rents, and increasing storefront vacancies, along with a cultural shift from material to experiential consumerism. Today, the COVID-19 pandemic is contributing to economic upheaval as commercial corridors and the small businesses they house face sweeping closures, bankruptcy, and job losses. Streetlife brings together scholars who have been trying to make sense of the changing retail landscape at street level and what it means for urbanism’s future. Streetlife pays special attention to the varied responses and policies that have emerged to address the competing realities of small business loss and neighbourhood needs. With case studies from the United States, as well as contributions covering Canada and Europe, this book demystifies the logic behind street-level urban retail and calls for better plans, designs, policies, and innovations to bolTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Urban Retail Predicament Conrad Kickert and Emily Talen Retail Trends and Transformations The Life and Death of Retail: Insights from Firm Demography Luc Anselin and Irene Farah The Ups and Downs of Retail, 2000–2015 Kevin Credit, Irene Farah, and Luc Anselin Commercial Gentrification: What Happens to Businesses and Services when the Neighborhood Changes? Rachel Meltzer The Case of E-Commerce Bricks and Clicks Liz Mack The Changing Demand for Urban Retail Space: Evidence from Canada Christopher Daniel and Tony Hernandez Online Sales and the British Urban Retail Hierarchy Colin Jones The Survival of Mom-and-Pops Small Business Survival: How and Why? Vikas Mehta Can Mom and Pop Stores Survive? A Survey of Small Retailers in Chicago Emily Talen What’s in a Chain?: On Hipness, Corporate Stores, and False Dichotomies in Urban Life Jeffrey Nathaniel Parker Retail, Place, and Place-Making Retail Scenes Hyesun Jeong and Terry Clark Main Street Morphology, Adaptability, and Resilience Rosa Danenberg Retail in the Mix Matthew Carmona Toward Solutions Curating Main Streets: The Factors of Success Michael W. Mehaffy and Tigran Haas The Spatial Logic of Urban Retail Conrad Kickert The Future of American Urban Retail Real Estate Heather Arnold Conclusion: Urban Retail Redefined Conrad Kickert and Emily Talen
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McGill-Queen's University Press And Harmony Abound The Musical Life of Morley
Book SynopsisMorley Calvert’s Suite from the Monteregian Hills is cherished by brass players globally and performed hundreds of times annually, making Calvert perhaps the most performed Canadian composer outside the country. And Harmony Abound is a fascinating picture of Calvert’s contribution to musical composition, education, and cultural fabric.Trade Review“The breadth of information in And Harmony Abound provides a pathway for potential ongoing research for years to come. Long overdue, it encompasses the life and work of an important composer. Keith Kinder underscores the contributions Morley Calvert has made to instrumental and choral communities in Canada.” Glen Gillis, University of Saskatchewan
£27.90
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Essentials of International Human Resource
Book SynopsisThe revised and fully updated second edition of this textbook illustrates the multi-layered knowledge accumulated in the field of international human resource management, developing understanding of the strategic management of people in organizations in a global context. It integrates comparative approaches to human resource management, extending beyond traditional coverage of the field to provide a broader overview of contemporary cultural, institutional and organizational challenges. Featuring cutting-edge insights into the field, this book is a crucial resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in international human resource management and global talent management. It will also benefit instructors of courses in human resource management who wish to introduce an international perspective in their teaching.Key features include: Updated extensive coverage of key international human resource management issues Original case studies that draw attention to key aspects of international human resource management and offer students practical perspectives on the field Teaching materials and chapter slides to support classroom learning. Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Globalization and human resource management 2. Cultural context of IHRM 3. Institutional context of IHRM 4. Organizational context of IHRM 5. The global HR department 6. Transfer of HRM practices across national boundaries 7. HRM in international joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and collaborative alliances 8. Global staffing 9. Global human resource development 10. Global performance management and compensation 11. International mobility and global careers 12. International employment relations 13. Global corporate social responsibility 14. Postscript – Global HR in a post COVID-19 world Index
£31.30
University of Notre Dame Press I Want You to Be
Book SynopsisIn his two previous books translated into English, Patience with God and Night of the Confessor, best-selling Czech author and theologian Tomás Halík focused on the relationship between faith and hope. Now, in I Want You to Be, Halík examines the connection between faith and love.Trade Review"Tomáš Halík recovers the old insight of the church fathers that faith should be seen as a journey rather than a fixed dwelling. His meditation on this is full of fresh insights that renew old truths and help us make surprising, biblical sense of our bafflement before the existential issues of faith. This is a book for our age." —Charles Taylor, emeritus, McGill University"Seldom have I read a book that prompted me to think about the mystery of God's love in such surprising and delightful new ways. By turns profound, challenging, and unsettling, Tomáš Halík's new book is also a rarity in theological and spiritual discourse in that it is beautifully written, clearly articulated, and wonderfully inviting." —James Martin, S.J., author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage"In this luminous book, Tomáš Halík embodies St. Paul’s description of love—as patient, as kind, as bearing and enduring all things—in providing wise and gentle accompaniment to all those, believers and nonbelievers alike, who are seekers of transcendence in our perplexing times. In his exploration of the meaning of love of God and love of one’s enemy, he mines insights not only from familiar figures such as Eckhart, Kierkegaard, and Levinas, but from surprising sources including Feuerbach, Marx, and Nietzsche. I Want You to Be adds to a body of work in which Halík has responded to Charles Taylor’s historical-sociological-philosophical analysis of our 'secular age' with his own penetrating theological, spiritual, and psychological diagnosis of the conditions of post-secularity." —William A. Barbieri, Catholic University of America“Tomáš Halík is building a broad community of readers in Europe, between various religions, disciplines, cultures, and nations. He writes at a level higher than our best spiritual writers but does not write as an academic theologian despite the fact that he knows that kind of literature well. Halík's message of religious tolerance and understanding, against the background of European secularization, reflects a new voice for an American audience.” —Richard Rohr, O.F.M., Center for Action and Contemplation“I think of Tomáš Halík as I think of C.S. Lewis, Thomas Merton, and Henri Nouwen—a rare combination of intellect along with an uncommon commitment never to betray the gene that unites us all as children of God.” —Doris Donnelly, John Carroll University"Fluently translated by Gerald Turner, Halík's book is a masterfully written meditation on love, the God of love, and the implications that the love of God has for the Christian life. Eschewing easy or simplistic answers to the questions it poses, it seeks to shake believers from complacency and to instill in them an attitude of greater openness to the world and to the God who is its ground of being." —Catholic Library World"A one-time member of the Czech underground and advisor to Václav Havel, Halík explores the theological understandings of love, grounding his discussion in scholarship yet writing in a style that is accessible to nonspecialists. . . . With this important book Halík joins the conversation taken up by Charles Taylor in A Secular Age and Martha Nussbaum in Political Emotions: Why Love Matters for Justice. In addition to exploring the concept of love, Halík weaves important autobiographical elements that add personal depth to the conversation." —Choice"In reading this fine book, I have come to see [Halík] as a theologian for Friends (Quakers). . . . I Want You to Be is all about love—not the love of adolescent infatuation or romantic fiction, not the love of the narcissist, nor the love of possessions or their acquisition—the deep love in which the ego is transcended and we come into the power that unites without destroying or appropriating. . . . Halík carries the reader gently and surely through reflections and meditations toward this end, yielding no final answers (as he warns in the first chapter) but only an “interim report” of his own journey. It is well worth accompanying him." —Friends Journal"Seeking to apply his understanding of love in beneficial ways for our culture, Halík offers a diagnosis of our times throughout this book, rather than in a designated section. Echoing Teilhard de Chardin’s assertion that love alone can unify all without destruction, Halík sees the need for a fundamental, unifying spiritual vision in the West, particularly in Europe." —Reading Religion"What we have here is not so much prayer but what I have experienced as a profound, beautifully expressed, and translated propaedeutic to prayer. For, in my prayerful reading of it . . . I found it to be an extraordinarily 'pure'/unadulerated example of theologia secunda as, e.g., distinguished from theologia prima." —Worship
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