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Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive guide through the contested terrain of outsider art and the related domains of art brut, visionary art, “art of the insane”, and folk art. The book examines the history and primary issues of the field as well as explores the intersection between culture and individual creativity that is at the very heart of outsider art definitions and debates.Trade ReviewLavishly illustrated, many of the images never before seen by the public, this indispensable volume is steeped in details about the lives of outsider and visionary artists. Authoritative, informative, and accessible, this groundbreaking volume is a work of art itself as well as a monumental achievement in scholarship, one that forces us to rethink conventional notions of art and creativity."" - Michael Owen Jones, professor emeritus, Department of World Arts and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles.""By exploring personal histories and traumatic experiences of creative people sometimes living at the fringe of society, Daniel Wojcik brings new insights into the phenomenon of outsider art. This comprehensive study will influence how outsider art is now seen and evaluated; it blurs the boundaries between insiders and outsiders and contributes to our understanding of art today. Engagingly written and wonderfully illustrated - in full color! - this is an essential resource that takes the reader on a mesmerizing and inspiring journey. Where are my paint brushes?"" - Peter Jan Margry, professor of European ethnology, University of Amsterdam.""Wojcik's new book seems destined to become an essential text for understanding the field today. Outsider Art: Visionary Worlds and Trauma now brings a great deal of clarity and understanding not only to one of the major hotbeds of activity in the international art market, but to the creative act itself. It is a must-read for anyone serious about better understanding this fascinating subject."" - Roger Manley, director of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design at North Carolina State University and curator of exhibitions of self-taught art at more than forty other institutions, including the American Visionary Art Museum.""Wojcik's informed writing - demonstrated by an almost encyclopedic knowledge of self-taught and outsider art and history - his original research, his balanced and nuanced thinking, the representative examples he discusses, and his ability to articulate his findings make this book required reading for anyone interested in outsider, self-taught, or contemporary folk art."" - Carol Crown, professor emerita, University of Memphis, and coeditor of Sacred and Profane: Voice and Vision in Southern Self-Taught Art

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A New Statesman Essential Non-Fiction Book of 2021""Winner of the PROSE Award in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Association of American Publishers""A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""[A] superb new history of infectious disease. Be so grateful you live now!"---David Frum"Magisterial. . . . [Harper’s] mastery of the science is only matched by the ease of his prose. If I were to nominate a book of the year, it would be this one."---Andrew Sullivan, The Dishcast"[A] sweeping masterpiece. . . . It’s difficult for me to think of anyone who will not find something eye-opening and enlightening in the pages of this comprehensive, beautifully written and eloquent book." * Forbes *"Plagues upon the Earth is a remarkable achievement."---Talha Burki, The Lancet"This magnificent book stood out as much for its nuance and academic rigour as it did for its readability." * Inquisitive Biologist *"An ambitious, engaging, and unified history of humanity’s interaction with infectious disease."---Gregory J. Morgan, Science"By integrating history, demography, economics, evolutionary biology and genomics into a seamless narrative, [Harper] does something that I, for one, have never seen before done so eloquently or persuasively: he demonstrates that any thorough understanding of health requires the kind of sweeping perspective that the humanities offers."---Steve Mintz, Inside Higher Ed"Comprehensive."---Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution"A remarkable accomplishment that weaves together microbiology, history, and economics to understand the role of diseases in shaping human history. Harper, an established historian known for his first three books on Rome and late antiquity, has an impressive command of virology, bacteriology, and parasitology as well as history and economics. In 'Plagues Upon the Earth.' he explains all of these clearly and with many arresting turns of phrase and insights."---Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution"Well-conceived. … [Kyle] Harper combs through the literature of history, economics, epidemiology, and other disciplines to deliver a solid study of the role of infectious disease in the human story. ... Harper’s long-view study is a welcome addition to the spate of recent books on epidemic disease." * Kirkus Reviews *"This is a solid book, superbly referenced and interdisciplinary, covering disease from pre-human origins to the present, and making extensive use of published DNA comparisons and descriptions of plagues by historical observers." * Choice *"Completing the reading of this book leaves one with more than a feeling of satisfaction. Admiration for a major task that was written in an engaging style that retains a facile elegance throughout its 700 pages, that presents comprehensive and detailed information as though it were the sort of material that readers come across every day, is what one might not expect, but welcomes, in a serious work of this size."---Ian Lipke, Queensland Reviewers Collective"This timely work is the book of extraordinary brilliance and scope and the most significant in the field since William McNeill’s Plagues and Peoples from the mid-1970s."---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer"Magisterial." * Prospect *"Plagues Upon the Earth is a highly provoking and enjoyable read. It shows that our success as a species is equally paralleled to the success of pathogens"---Makayla Alderson Fox, World History Encyclopedia

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Stephen Vider’s crisply written, gorgeously illustrated book on queer domesticity traces the transformation of the private sphere over the second half of the twentieth century in the United States. Home-life for LGBTQ people, he argues, evolved from a haven from state-sanctioned homophobia, to a revolutionary alternative to the heteronormative household, before ultimately becoming a homonormative domain entitled to legal protection. Each chapter is fascinating and fresh in its own way, and add up to something more than the sum of its parts: this is an important corrective to a queer historiography that has focused almost entirely on the public sphere." * Susan Stryker, author of Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution *“The Queerness of Home is a consequential achievement. Like any historian worth their salt, Vider knows how to tell a tale: this book’s prose is witty and clear as a mountain stream. More than that, it makes an irrefutable case that twentieth-century domestic environments have been momentous for LGBTQ individuals in the modern United States.” * Scott Herring, author of The Hoarders: Material Deviance in Modern American Culture *“This strikingly original book recovers the unexpected significance of queer forms of home life to LGBTQ people and politics since the mid-twentieth century. Ranging from the gay marriages and camp cookbooks of the 1950s and 1960s to the communes, queer homeless youth shelters, and lesbian feminist experiments in domestic redesign of the post-Stonewall years, Vider provides new insights into the intimate lives and broadest political claims of queer folk—and the meaning of domesticity itself. Creatively researched, beautifully written, and unfailingly smart, this is a first-rate work of revisionist history.” * George Chauncey, author of Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 *“An important history of how LGBTQ peoples make and sustain the homes of their choice and fight back against norms that oppress them. Vider reveals the lives, labors, and imaginations of LGBTQ home-makers, whose experiments with queer domesticities unfurl in vivid storytelling and amazing archival photographs.” * Nayan Shah, author of Stranger Intimacy: Contesting Race, Sexuality and the Law in the North American West *"Vider’s examination of the recent history of activist domesticity in the United States draws upon an extensive breadth of personal, public, and material sources. In its decade-by-decade chronicle the book discusses efforts to fit into the conformist households of the early Cold War, and examines later struggles to build alternative forms of domesticity, through communal living and rethinking architecture. . . . As well, despite its setting in a time of repression and epidemic, this is not a dark book. LGBTQ agency is at its core, and the narrative is a chronicle of contestation, adaptation, imagination, and, above all, creating community. In the face of hegemonic exclusion and repression, the activists in Vider’s study responded with art and humor and radical caregiving." * Journal of History *"Stephen Vider’s innovative new book, The Queerness of Home, offers a sweeping account of the centrality of the home and homemaking in challenging and renegotiating concepts of gender, sexuality, belonging, citizenship, and family, among many others, in the United States since the mid-twentieth century . . . Vider’s book is a most welcome contribution to many fields." * The Public Historian *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Politics and Performance of Home Part One. Integrations Chapter One. “Something of a Merit Badge”: Lesbian and Gay Marriage and Romantic Adjustment Chapter Two. “Oh Hell, May, Why Don’t You People Have a Cookbook?”: Camp Humor and Gay Domesticity Part Two. Revolutions Chapter Three. “The Ultimate Extension of Gay Community”: Communal Living, Gay Liberation, and the Reinvention of the Household Chapter Four. “Fantasy Is the Beginning of Creation”: Imagining Lesbian Feminist Architecture Part Three. Reforms Chapter Five. “Some Hearts Go Hungering”: Homelessness and the First Wave of LGBTQ Shelter Activism Chapter Six. “Picture a Coalition”: Community Caregiving and the Politics of HIV/AIDS at Home Epilogue: The Futures of the Queer Home Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAn eye-opening analysis of the costs and effects of immigration and immigration policy, both on American life and on new Americans.Trade Review"An excellent book with significant potential impact. The authors have done something quite novel: combined a review of the empirical social science evidence on the costs and benefits of undocumented immigration and the effects of various policies with personal stories about the lives of undocumented immigrants. The stories provoke an emotional, moral response, while the more scientific approach taken by the academic summaries provide evidence and rational calculations of costs and benefits. The writing is clear and propulsive, and the personal narratives lend a sense of urgency to the discussions of policy. If I were teaching a class on immigration economics, I would assign this book."--Megan MacGarvie, Boston University Questrom School of BusinessTable of ContentsPrologue Part One: Arrivals Part Two: Arrests Part Three: Afterward Conclusions Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe newly born League of Nations confronted the post-WWI worldfrom growing stateless populations to the resurgence of right-wing movementsby aiming to create a transnational, cosmopolitan dialogue on justice. As part of these efforts, a veritable army of League personnel set out to shape global public opinion, in favor of the postwar liberal international order. Combining the tools of global intellectual history and cultural history, A Violent Peace reopens the archives of the League to reveal surprising links between the political use of modern information systems and the rise of mass violence in the interwar world. Historian Carolyn N. Biltoft shows how conflicts over truth and power that played out at the League of Nations offer broad insights into the nature of totalitarian regimes and their use of media flows to demonize a whole range of others. An exploration of instability in information systems, the allure of fascism, and the contradictions at the heart of a global modernity, Trade Review"Historians usually remember the League of Nations—if at all—for its failure to prevent World War II. Historian Biltoft has a different, far more interesting story to tell. She examines the League as a creator of the news—even 'truth'—and a restless promotor of liberalism in the increasing illiberal interwar world. In this short but illuminating work, Biltoft argues that the League attempted to 'rebrand the world' to encourage discussion rather than war, provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, and ultimately create a new, healthier—and less violent—international order. . . . For an age still plagued by 'fake news' from Moscow to Florida, this book is required reading. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *"This book is short, but its length belies the complexity and range of its ambition. A Violent Peace tackles the technological and cultural ruptures of the interwar era in truly original fashion, making a valuable addition to the growing literature assessing the League in its own right as an experiment in international order." * International Affairs *"Carolyn Biltoft's A Violent Peace provides a useful, timely, and poetic overview of interwar preoccupations with truth and reality, and of their consequences for people's lives then and now. . . . This book offers a compelling picture of the period and the issues under examination and will inspire others to pursue the vital avenues of historical inquiry it undertook. . . . Truly, any reader interested in such debates would find this book useful and likely be impressed by its erudition, clarity, and flair." * Canadian Journal of History *“With bold originality and a keen eye for the telling detail, Biltoft recasts the history of the League of Nations, dedicated to elevating the word over the sword, as a quest for symbolic capital in the chaotic interwar world. Focusing on questions of language, money, and the control of information flows, she shows how the challenges faced by the League continue to bedevil us today.” * Martin Jay, University of California, Berkeley *“Fascinating and utterly original, A Violent Peace is an impressive study of superior scholarship. Biltoft offers a fresh perspective on this topic by shifting the lens from an investigation into the geopolitical coordinates of the League of Nations to the more ephemeral but equally important role of media and communication strategies that underlay the project. Accessible to both specialists and generalists, this exciting book will find a wide cross-section of readers in history, critical theory, government, and beyond.” * Ethan Kleinberg, Wesleyan University *Table of ContentsPreface: Truth, Lies, and Violence, Then and Now 1. As Seen at the League of Nations: Global Media, Competing Truths, and the Allure of Fascism 2. Rebranding the World (Picture) 3. On True and False Tongues 4. Fabricating Currencies: Paper, Gold, and Other Facsimiles 5. Fiat Lux? False News and Hidden Flesh 6. The Word and the Sword Revisited Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Catholic University of America Press is honoured to announce the publication of the first volume of the critical English edition of The Collected Works of Karol Wojtya/John Paul II. The inaugural volume of this collection is Person and Act which is in many respects constitutes Wojtya's most profound and well-known philosophical work.

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Book SynopsisGet focused on your personal ambitions and dreams with this fun and functional vision board kit! In Your Dreams includes all the supplies you need to make a vision board--a collage of words, quotes, and pictures that visually represent the life and future you want. It also includes a guided journal filled with reflections, writing prompts, and exercises to help you plan your goals and get inspired to attain them. Creating a vision board that is uniquely tailored to your dreams will help you focus your energy toward actually making them happen. In Your Dreams includes: * A guided journal with personal reflections, writing prompts, and questions to help you with goal-setting and get you excited about your future--before you create your vision board * A sturdy, blank board you can use as your canvas * 60+ stylish photos * 50+ stickers with cute icons and graphics * Hand-Drawn Patterns and Inspirational Graphics, like "Brave & Bold," "Shine From Inside," "Ambitious AF," "Follow Your Enthusiasm," "Own Your Power," and "More Fun, Less Fear" * Decorative Washi Tape * Non-Toxic Glue Stick No matter your goals, this In Your Dreams vision board kit, created by Ilana Griffo, author of the bestselling book Mind Your Business, can help you "see" the life you want to create and get focused on the steps to take to achieve it.

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Book SynopsisClients often find the camaraderie of group training to be engaging and fun, motivating them to commit to regular activity. But participants also appreciate a more personalized experience, with focused attention from the instructor. That’s where small-group training comes in. A Professional’s Guide to Small-Group Personal Training is a much-needed resource designed to help you successfully lead training sessions for small groups—incorporating group dynamics and your knowledge of training principles to develop business offerings that will create a new stream of revenue. Learn how to apply group dynamics and social interaction to create a comfortable environment for clients who enjoy personal training in a group setting. Develop the skills necessary to quickly modify work for each participant to keep your entire group engaged and progressing toward their fitness goals. Increase client performance, adherence, and enjoyment while growing relationships bTable of ContentsPart I. The Business of Small-Group Personal TrainingChapter 1. Understanding Small-Group Personal TrainingChapter 2. Risk Management and Safe Training PracticesChapter 3. Creating Your PlanChapter 4. Building Your Client BasePart II. Working With Small GroupsChapter 5. Assessment and Exercise TestingChapter 6. Understanding Your Client and Enhancing the Group ExperienceChapter 7. The Three Styles of Coaching: Verbal, Visual, KinestheticChapter 8. Strategies to Optimize Group AchievementPart III. Applying Foundational Training Principles to Programming PracticesChapter 9. Training Principles and Programming ComponentsChapter 10. Advanced Training TechniquesChapter 11. Dynamic Warm-Ups and Cool-DownsPart IV. Sample ProgramsChapter 12. Introductory Training ProgramsChapter 13. Advanced Training ProgramsChapter 14. Partner and Team Training ProgramsChapter 15. Selected Exercises

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an important book, combining discussions of large-scale political events with insights into their impact on individual Muslims and Muslim communities. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *This is an important book for scholars of modern Uzbekistan, and will be a worthwhile addition to student reading lists. It provides a fascinating journalistic account of an important period in modern post-Soviet politics, and will also appeal to general readers interested in the Central Asian region. For students and scholars of Islamist movements, there are also important insights into processes of religious revival and radicalization. -- David Lewis * The Russian Review *

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Book SynopsisAccording to Peter van Inwagen, visible inanimate objects do not, strictly speaking, exist. In defending this controversial thesis, he offers fresh insights on such topics as personal identity, commonsense belief, existence over time, the phenomenon...Trade Review"A fascinating, densely argued, and highly original book on the metaphysics of material objects. The objections van Inwagen raises to the standard views on material parthood are not easily answered. Moreover, his examination of the topic of personal identity is a significant contribution to the philosophy of the mind."—Philosophical Review"Commonplace things such as hawks and handsaws pose philosophical problems at least as imposing as those presented by abstract objects such as numbers and divine beings. Van Inwagen argues vigorously for the view that our world contains . . . only living organisms, the activity of whose various parts constitute a life and against psychological accounts of personal identity. This gives only a rough idea of the contents of this rich and rewarding book."—Review of Metaphysics"There is much to bee learned from this book. . . . Material Beings is a refreshing example of straight-on, full-speed metaphysics. Van Inwagen goes where his arguments lead him—and they lead him to some remarkable places indeed."—Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction PART ONE: MEDIUM 1. Painting and Its Medium 2. The Art of the Book in Medieval South Asia PART TWO: VISION 3. Visions on the Move 4. A Garland of Visions PART THREE: COLOR 5. Color as an Encoding Tool 6. Color to Matter: A Material History of Indian Painting Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Illustrations Index

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Book SynopsisDiscover the art of finding more through having less: more time, more calm, more energy, more money, more you.Filled with practical tips and ideas, this book will guide you toward a simpler way of life. Learn how to reduce your clutter and your stress levels, find advice on mastering your schedule and making time for what matters, and enrich your everyday by putting quality before quantity.From time to time, we all get lost in the flurry of a busy life, but we can always uncover a path back to our best and happiest selves. All you need is focus, a slower pace and the simple power of "less".

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Book SynopsisCompiled from decades of visiting beaches along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts collecting fossils and conducting extensive research, A Beachcomber's Guide to Fossils is the definitive guide for amateur collectors and professionals interested in learning more about the deep history they tread on during their vacations.

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Book SynopsisOffers a persuasive argument of there not being rationality that is not the rationality of some tradition. MacIntyre examines the problems presented by the existence of rival traditions of inquiry in the cases of four major philosophers: Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, and Hume.Trade Review"Alasdair MacIntyre has done it again. . . . [He] delivers on his promise in After Virtue to develop an account of rationality and justice that is tradition specific. It is a long and complex book, but will repay any reader's labors. In this book MacIntyre tells the story of four traditions: the Aristotelian, the Augustinian, the Scottish, and the rise of the liberal tradition. His narrative shows the interaction of these in a manner that illumines our current intellectual and moral context. . . ." —Commonweal"It is a step in the right direction, not of returning to some Catholic version of fundamentalist bibliotary, but of reading a Christian theologian and philosopher whose immense wisdom repays careful study by Christians and non-Christians alike." —New Oxford Review“Whose Justice? Which Rationality? is a work of signal importance ... [it] is usually convincing, always provocative, and has wide-reaching implications for the way we think about our historical moment." —Commentary“MacIntyre’s rich historical exposition displays all the erudition and philosophical subtlety that his readers have come to expect from his work. . . . [T]here is much to admire in MacIntyre’s unflinching indictment of liberal modernity.” —The New Criterion“[MacIntyre’s] diagnosis of what ails recent moral philosophy is brilliant.” —Wilson Quarterly“MacIntyre is widely informed and his story of developments in the traditions that he identifies is learned, interesting, and notably well-written.” —London Review of Books

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Book SynopsisAn Ayesha Curry Sweet July Subscription Box SelectionTurn your dreams into reality one list at a time with this beautiful guided journal in the bestselling 52 List series, including 52 Lists for Happiness and 52 Lists for Calm.What do you want to be brave for? Discover your dreams, build your inner strength to achieve them, and take care of yourself in the process. 52 Lists for Bravery uses easy, fun, and accessible list prompts to inspire you to live your best life. Featuring inspirational quotes, lush photography, gold foil accents, and a plush ribbon, this beautiful hardback journal includes 52 lists—one for each week of the year—and encourages you to find your bravery and turn your inspiration into the life you were meant to live.Grow your courage inward, keep fear from getting in your way, and realize your unique talents and passions through the power of list-making! 52 Lists for Bravery is for: · Anyone looking to make changes in their life · Women of all ages · Journalers of all stripes (and especially fans of the 52 Lists journals) · Those looking for gifts for women at the holidays, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, graduation and more

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"What the Emperor Built will make even those familiar with the city’s ancient buildings feel that while they may have looked, they perhaps did not entirely see." * South China Morning Post *"[A] detailed study of the architecture created during the early Ming dynasty reign of Yung Lo" * Choice *"[O]ne of her book’s greatest strengths lies in the clarity of both the argument and the handsomely reproduced illustrations presented in its pages...the story of magnificent buildings and the millions involved in their construction is sure to inspire lively discussions about the profound impact of Yongle’s architectural vision on global architectural history and global history as a whole." * Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians *"The book is remarkable for its successful integration of architectural with political and economic history, disciplines that are usually practiced separately... This is architectural history at its best, and sets a standard for future work in the field." * Journal of the American Oriental Society *"State architecture is a transformative art of power and persuasion. In What the Emperor Built Aurelia Campbell employs this lens of Ming imperial architecture to capture how Yongle (r.1402–1424) mobilized a standardized architectural vision to project legitimacy and counter his problematic rise to power through nepoticide and civil war." * Chinese Historical Review *

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Book SynopsisPart of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed, then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmarks and a solid magnetic side flap. These are perfect for personal use and make a dazzling gift. This example features Kew Gardens' Marianne North: Foliage and Flowers of a Chorisia and Double-Crested Humming Birds, Brazil. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a world-famous centre for botanical and mycological knowledge. Kew has a gallery dedicated to the paintings of the remarkable Victorian artist Marianne North, who had a great eye for botanical detail. She set out in 1871 on a painterly progress through world flora. She arrived in Brazil in 1872 and stayed until September 1873.

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Book SynopsisAs bullet and planning journallers around the world have discovered, life is about the daily doing. It's the journey, that dedication to keep on stepping that creates the moments and margin that make the difference in life. If we focus only at the big goals, the whole life, the year at a glance, it can seem overwhelming. But goals can be reached, life can be lived, and years conquered for good if we concentrate on taking one step at a time.The fabric spine on Ellie Claire's Deluxe Signature Journals allows them to lay flatter than anything on the market. They have the same gorgeous finishes, thick journalling paper, ribbon marker and back pocket that Ellie Claire journals are known for, making them the perfect gift for any occasion.

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Book SynopsisIn his insightful book, #1 New York Times bestselling author T.D. Jakes wrestles with the age-old questions: Why do the righteous suffer? Where is God in all the injustice? This journal has room for all those questions and more.Crushing Journal will inspire you to have hope, even in your most difficult moments. If you trust in God and lean on Him during setbacks, He will lead you through.Ellie Claire's LeatherLuxe® material plus four-colour interior design make this a stunning journal. The rich feel of leather is finished with round corners to make this an extraordinary gift for any time of year.

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Book SynopsisThis inspiring volume elaborates a new inclusive vision of a global and national order and articulates new approaches for protecting, healing, and restoring long-oppressed peoples, and for respecting their cultures and languages.Table of ContentsForeword / L.M. FindlayAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Unfolding the Lessons of Colonization / Marie BattistePrologue: The Experience of Colonization Around the World / Erica-Irene DaesWestern Door: Mapping Colonialism1. The Context of the State of Nature / James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson2. Indigenous Peoples and Postcolonial Colonialism / Robert Yazzie3. Hawaiian Statehood Revisited / Poka Laenui (Hayden F. Burgess)Northern Door: Diagnosing Colonialism4. Postcolonial Ghost Dancing: Diagnosing European Colonialism / James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson5. Jagged Worldviews Colliding / Leroy Little Bear6. Applied Postcolonial Clinical and Research Strategies / Bonnie Duran and Eduardo Duran7. Transforming the Realities of Colonialism: Voyage of Self-Discovery / Ian HingleyEastern Door: Healing Colonized Indigenous Peoples8. A Different Yield / Linda Hogan9. From Hand to Mouth: The Postcolonial Politics of Oral and Written Traditions / J. Edward Chamberlin10. The “Repressive Tolerance” of Cultural Peripheries / Asha Varadharajan11. Processes of Decolonization / Poka Laenui (Hayden F. Burgess)12. Postcolonial Ledger Drawing: Legal Reform / James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson13. Invoking International Law / Ted MosesSouthern Door: Healing Colonized Indigenous Peoples14. Indigenous Knowledge: The Pueblo Metaphor of Indigenous Education / Gregory Cajete15. Maintaining Aboriginal Identity, Language, and Culture in Modern Society / Marie Battiste16. Protecting and Respecting Indigenous Knowledge / Graham Hingangaroa Smith17. Kaupapa Maori Research / Linda Tuhiwai Te Rina Smith18. Ayukpachi: Empowering Aboriginal Thought / James (Sákéj) Youngblood HendersonAppendix 1: Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of the Heritage of Indigenous PeoplesAppendix 2: Saskatoon Declaration of Indigenous Cultural Restoration and Policy Recommendations on Cultural RestorationContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisAtomic Tragedy offers a unique perspective on one of the most important events of the twentieth century. As secretary of war during World War II, Henry L. Stimson (18671950) oversaw the American nuclear weapons program. In a book about how an experienced, principled man faltered when confronted by the tremendous challenge posed by the intersection of war, diplomacy, and technology, Sean L. Malloy examines Stimson''s struggle to reconcile his responsibility for the most terrible weapon ever known in human history with his long-standing convictions about war and morality. Ultimately, Stimson''s story is one of failure; despite his beliefs, Stimson reluctantly acquiesced in the use of the atomic bomb against heavily populated Japanese cities in August 1945. This is the first biography of Stimson to benefit from extensive use of papers relating to the Manhattan Project; Malloy has also uncovered evidence illustrating the origins of Stimson''s commitment to eliminating or refiningTrade ReviewMalloy rovides an important perspective on the continuing debate about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.... His study of Henry L. Stimson, who served as secretary of war during World War II, is valuable. Stimson, who was in his seventies during the war, was one of the Republican Party's most respected elder statesmen, having been in Hoover's and Taft's cabinets before. He was a deeply moral man who believed in the rule of law to keep international order. Yet despite his fervent belief in moral suasion, he succumbed to the allure of the atomic bomb—and all its attendant horrors—when presented with the possibility that the terrible war could be concluded through its use, even though at the expense of civilian life. Malloy's book... presents us with an updated and exceedingly insightful assessment of the aging statesman, perhaps no longer at the top of his game yet faced with one of our country's most challenging decisions during its most awful conflict. Malloy believes Stimson's decision to support the bomb went against his most cherished beliefs and was for many a disappointing conclusion to an outstanding career of public service.... This book is highly recommended for all collections. * Library Journal (starred review) *Sean L. Malloy's richly detailed, well-argued book is the latest addition to the growing literature on Stimson that offers a critical analysis of his role in what is arguably the most momentous U.S. defense and foreign policy decision of the modern era—to use nuclear weapons against Japan and as a diplomatic tool against the Soviet Union. Malloy's goal is daunting, especially in a relatively brief book, but he achieves it surprisingly well. Making extensive use of archival resources, Malloy employs the lens of biography to recapture Stimson's complicated relationship to the bomb and the context of its use.... This book is a well-written, informative, judicious account that will be useful to historians as well as policy analysts and ethicists. -- Monroe H. Little * Journal of American History *Showing originality, Sean Malloy approaches the decision to use the bomb from the perspective of a key player, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, who had a record of opposition to indiscriminate attacks on civilians, evident misgivings about the prospective use of the atomic bomb, and concern about the implications of its use for future peace and security. -- Lawrence D. Freedman * Foreign Affairs *Using the life and perspective of the erudite, elitist, loyal, compassionate, and complicated Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, to drive his narrative forward, Malloy examines the development of the bomb and the decision to use it. Anyone looking for a review of atomic bomb scholarship as well as a sense of the actual decision-making process will find Malloy's thoughtful and very accessible account both enlightening and thought provoking.... Atomic Tragedy is well worth the read. -- Jonathan F. Phillips * Military History of the West *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Robert Paul and the Origins of British Cinema will likely remain the definitive monograph on a fascinating and influential early British film pioneer. Christie provides novel insights into how British cinema in its earliest years documented historical events and lucidly traces the origins of motion picture copyright wars. This is an outstanding study that is certain to be welcomed by film scholars and to transform the study and teaching of the early years of cinema."--Edward Dimendberg, Professor of Humanities, University of California, Irvine

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Book SynopsisThese high-quality note cards feature 12 traditional Asian prints of Japanese Cranes.

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Book Synopsis1. This bold work takes on many of the myths of Ottoman tolerance of Jews. 2. It links ties between Muslims and Jews in Turkey to denial of the Armenian genocide. 3. It presents meaningful information about the history of Muslim-Jewish relations, reflection on the Jewish experience in Turkey, and ignorance of inconvenient historical facts.Trade ReviewSultanic Saviors and Tolerant Turks is a tour de force that is written with a backdrop of 500 years of Jewish history, spanning from when the Ottoman Empire embraced Jewish refugees fleeing Spain in 1492 all the way until today. In between those years, there were days of honey and days of onions, and as Baer shows, it was often only the sweetness we heard about, with the bitterness buried deep within the souls who suffered it, covered up by an 'utopian narrative of Ottoman and Turkish Jewish history.' -- Louis Fishman * Turkish Studies *In this disturbing and thought-provoking book, Marc David Baer, a Jewish American and a long-time academic scholar of Turkish Studies, bursts the bubble that the Turks throughout history were "God's rod" for the Jews, who smote the antisemitic Christians, welcomed Jews from the Spanish Inquisition and saved them from the Holocaust. * Times Literary Supplement TLS *Table of ContentsContents<\>PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Friend and Enemy1. Sultans as Saviors2. The Empire of Tolerant Turks3. Grateful Jews and Anti-Semitic Armenians and Greeks4. Turkish Jews as Turkish Lobbyists5. "Five Hundred Years of Friendship"6. Whitewashing the Armenian Genocide with Holocaust Heroism7. The Emergence of Critical Turkish Jewish Voices8. Living in Peace and Harmony, or in Fear?Conclusion: New Friends and EnemiesEpilogue

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Book SynopsisPart of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed, then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmarks and a solid magnetic side flap. These are perfect for personal use and make a dazzling gift. This example features John Tenniel's 'Alice and the Cheshire Cat'. This image is from the shortened version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), ‘The Nursery Alice’ (1889/90). The story was adapted by the author for younger children. The fantasy world on the other side of the rabbit hole has influenced literary retellings, artwork, music, film, and pushed the boundaries of the magical world by reminding us there is no limit to the madness or the creativity of the creator.

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Book SynopsisThis little book is a secret weapon of love. When you fill in the blanks, it becomes the only book of its kind in the universe: a unique, personalized gift for the one you love. (Or really, really like.) How easy and perfect is that? - Fill-in-the-Blank Book & Gift Journal measures 4.1" x 5.4"- Hardcover, 64 pages with 30 fill-in prompts- Acetate book jacket

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Book SynopsisThe Hibernensis is the longest and most comprehensive canon-law text to have circulated in Carolingian Europe. This edition offers a complete text of the Hibernensis combining the two main branches of its manuscript transmission. This is accompanied by an English translation and commentary.

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Book SynopsisFrom the illustrator, designer, and founder of Ideal Bookshelf, a company that makes things for people who love books, comes the puzzle companion to the best selling book Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany. Bibliophile Book Club Darlings 1000 Piece Puzzle features one of Jane Mount's signature and vibrant illustrations that bring literary people, places, and things to life. Galison puzzles are packaged in sturdy two-piece matte-finish boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse and storage. - 1000 pieces- Complete puzzle: 27 x 20- Box: 8.25 x 11.25 x 2- Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper. Printed with nontoxic inks. - Ages 8-99

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Book SynopsisThe Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv reveals the local and transnational forces behind the twentieth-century transformation of Lviv into a Soviet and Ukrainian urban center. Lviv''s twentieth-century history was marked by violence, population changes, and fundamental transformation ethnically, linguistically, and in terms of its residents'' self-perception. Against this background, Tarik Cyril Amar explains a striking paradox: Soviet rule, which came to Lviv in ruthless Stalinist shape and lasted for half a century, left behind the most Ukrainian version of the city in history. In reconstructing this dramatically profound change, Amar illuminates the historical background in present-day identities and tensions within Ukraine.Trade ReviewIn its skillful mid-20th-century re-narration and source analysis, Amar's noir is a major achievement. Specialists, graduate students and historiographical belligerents in European history should read The Paradox of Ukranian Lviv in order to rethink Ukraine's tumultuous past and present. * Slavic Review *The use of case studies, life histories, and personal sources in Amar's book helps in dealing with complicated theoretical issues and makes the book even more readable.... Amar's study claims a place in the field occupied by Jan Gross in Polish historiography: and that is why the book is destined to become a subject of heated debate. More important, it will provoke further works that challenge both national and imperial myths, and will prompt new problematizing of the issues of historical subjectivity, actorship, and responsibility. * Ab Imperio *Deploying a keen eye for contradiction and counterpoint, Tarik Amar's book unpacks how [Ukrainian] identity today rests on [Lviv's] oxymoronic reshaping as 'Soviet Ukrainian' after 1939.... Amar's sustained focus on the related topoi of urban milieu, borderland and Ukrainian identity at large is welcome.... There is much to appreciate here, including pithy phrases, a gifted eye for telling detail and serious archival graft. Amar sheds new light on the realities of political and social life in Soviet Lviv, and gives grounds for reconsidering its influence in the present. * The English Historical Review *A sophisticated study based on extensive archival research in Germany, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and the US.... The result is more than impressive.... Surely, The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv will become a standard text for those who wish to study Soviet modernization. * The American Historical Review *Amar examines [the theme of diversity] with a keen eye, erudition and intellectual rigor. His focus on personal agency is particularly noteworthy. Based on an impressive array of archival sources and other material, Amar suggests a compelling account of persistence and malleability of local identities in the grip of Soviet communism, Nazism and nationalism.... This is a seminal study essential for everyone who wants to get a deeper insight into issues of ethnicity, nationality and nationalism in Eastern Europe. While examining historical consequences of statesponsored political, racial, and social ideologies shaping Europe in the 20th century, Amar's book also leads us to deeper understanding of the role of Lviv in the contemporary political mobilization in Ukraine. * Nations & Nationalism *Students of modernization and nationalism in the Baltics will find great utility and even inspiration in Tarik Amar's study of historical change in western Ukraine.... Amar's basic argument—that western Ukraine was defined by the short, sharp shock of the Holocaust and Sovietization as much if not more than the interwar or earlier periods—may not be original, but it is developed at a level of detail and verve that sets this work apart.... On the strength of its extensive primary research and cutting-edge analysis, the book is certain to assume a significant place in the historiography of east-central Europe and the Soviet Union. * Journal of Baltic Studies *Makes an important contribution to the growing literature on the manner in which the successive violence of the first Soviet occupation, Germany's genocidal war, and the brutal return of the Soviets, combined with local nationalist agendas and prejudices, fed each other in producing an extraordinary degree of violence, mass murder, property transfer, and population displacement. * Kritika *Amar makes an important contribution to a growing English language historiography of Lviv. * Choice *Meticulously researched.... The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv is clearly written and coherently structured. It presents readers with an accessible entry point to a bewilderingly complicated moment in history.... An impressive undertaking with an even more impressive result. Amar skilfully weaves together a lineage of state policies that vied for power over the Central European borderlands during the twentieth century. The book is a valuable resource for scholars and students of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Nazi Germany, as well as those interested in authoritarian regimes, nation building and nationalism. * Slavonic & East European Review *Amar's mostly chronological journey through Lviv's twentieth-century history challenges the many myths that continue to (mis)shape the city's own reflection of its past. It also adds to our understanding of recurrent tensions in Ukrainian society and the armed conflict between Ukrainian and (pro-)Russian forces in the country's East. * Laboratorium *The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv provides a meticulous examination of Lviv's wartime and postwar transformation from a diverse multiethnic borderland city to a Soviet and Ukrainian urban center. Amar's work is sophisticated and meticulous, and provides very useful, haunting insights on the confusing and often misunderstood history of Lviv. * Canadian-American Slavic Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Lviv/Lwów/Lemberg before 19392. The First Soviet Lviv, 1939–19413. The Lemberg of Nazism: German Occupation, 1941–19444. After Lemberg: The End of the End of Lwów and the Making of Lviv5. The Founding of Industrial Lviv: Factories and Identities6. Local Minds7. Lviv's Last Synagogue, 1944–19628. A Soviet Borderland of TimeConclusion: A Sonderweg through Soviet Modernity

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Chen makes the case for a thriving culture of fashion in seventh- to early-tenth-century China. . . . Empire of Style is thorough and convincing. Chen not only details the styles of garments and ornamentation during the period but also the social and economic structures that supported opportunities for ‘aesthetic play.’" * Choice *"Depicts a fascinating world of clothing and fashion in Tang China and makes contributions to the studies of clothing history, art history, and cultural history in general. . . . [A] fine example of scholarship on the cultural history of traditional China." * Journal of Chinese History *"Empire of Style is a book that every scholar interested in gender, identity, art, material culture, and literature in premodern China should read. . . . BuYun Chen has advanced the state of scholarship on medieval Chinese fashion by leaps and bounds both conceptually and methodologically." -- Shao-yun Yang * China Review International: A Journal of Reviews of Scholarly Literature in Chinese Studies *"[A]n important book that is a pathbreaking examination of premodern Chinese fashion and a model of interdisciplinary research." * Journal of Chinese Studies *"The book is exemplary in its interdisciplinary focus, weaving together urban studies, legal history, archaeology, textile studies, and literature to produce a texture of the fashion system in the Tang dynasty...As the first of its kind, the book is a must-read for those interested in fashion history in China, and provides a new perspective on textile studies and Tang institutional history." * Studies in Late Antiquity *"[P]aints a lively picture of the sumptuous and cosmopolitan world of seventh, eight, and ninth-century China...A major strength of this book is the diversity of sources Chen brings together and her talent for shifting between historical and art historical modes of analysis. This range means that there is something for practically everyone in the book, from economic historians to textile specialists." * NAN NÜ *"[R]evelatory...The multiple threads that Chen draws together in Empire of Style result in an unprecedented view of Tang fashion and what it reveals about Tang society and culture, and the interdisciplinary nature of her inquiry—not to mention the richness of the visual and material culture represented in these pages—should make it an especially provocative and useful source for art historians." * The Art Bulletin *"In this concise book, BuYun Chen has elegantly formulated the multi-faceted interconnections of fashions: between users and producers of silks, and between textual, material and visual iterations of identities hitherto seemingly invisible and disconnected." * Textile History *"[F]luently written and exquisitely pictured volume. Interpreting silk as both textile production and esthetic play, BuYun Chen has offered richly and nuanced perspective of this material world, one that broadens our understanding of Chinese civilization and art." * Textile *"[A]nalyzes the multifac-eted Tang fashion system, powered by weavers, artisans, traders, and consumers. Focusing in particular on the significance of silk textiles, Chen utilizes archaeological and textual sources, first, to reconstruct the changing modes of production that drove the creation of these fabrics and, second, to demonstrate the existence of a dynamic fash-ion culture and consciousness during the Tang." * Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies *"Chen’s book is a rich and important rethinking of the relevance of dress and fashion to the social and intellectual environments of the Tang dynasty." * CAA Reviews *"[A]adds to a much-needed body of literature on non-Western fashion systems." * Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews *

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Book SynopsisNine rich and masterful readings of the Talmud by the French Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas translate Jewish thought into the language of modern times. Besides being quintessential illustrations of the art of reading, the essays express the deeply ethical vision of the human condition that makes Levinas one of the most important thinkers of our time.Trade ReviewNo work . . . more readily opens this classic of Judaic learning to the general reader. Admirable and different. * The Key Reporter *Beautifully translated . . . these essays are crucial to the interpretation of Levinas's thought. * Religious Studies Review *This book is a stimulating introduction to a difficult but highly rewarding thinker. * The Jewish Law Annual *Table of ContentsLevinas's Talmudic Readings: Thirty Years Later / Annette AronowiczAcknowledgmentsTranslator's Introduction / Annette AronowiczFour Talmudic ReadingsIntroductionToward the OtherThe Temptation of TemptationPromised Land or Permitted Land"As Old as the World?"From the Sacred to the Holy: Five New Talmudic ReadingsPrefaceJudaism and RevolutionThe Youth of IsraelDesacralization and DisenchantmentAnd God Created WomanDamages Due to FireGlossary

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