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Asserting that litigation in late imperial China was a form of documentary warfare, this book offers a social analysis of the men who composed legal documents for commoners and elites alike. Litigation masters—a broad category of legal facilitators ranging from professional plaintmasters to simple but literate men to whom people turned for assistance—emerge in this study as central players in many of the most scandalous cases in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century China. These cases reveal the power of scandal to shape entire categories of law in the popular and official imaginations. The author characterizes litigation masters as entrepreneurs of power, intermediaries who typically emerge in the process of limited state expansion to provide links between local interests and the infrastructure of the state. These powermongers routinely acted in the interests of the local elite and the male lineage. But cases preserved in criminal archives also reveal a clientele surprisingly composed of the subordinate actors in legal disputes—widows fighting in-laws and other men, debtors contesting creditors, younger brothers disputing older ones, and common people charging the rich. Challenging earlier scholarship claiming that the Chinese legal system simply maintained the hegemony of elites and the patriarchal order, this study shows how the legal tools of domination were often transformed into weapons of social resistance and revenge. The book also examines the manifold ways in which legal practice, Confucian ideology, and popular entertainments like opera and storytelling coalesced into Chinese legal culture. Popular traditions in particular did not simply reflect legal culture but actively influenced it, shaping common presumptions about law that transcended differences of class and region. Exploring Chinese legal culture in the structural contexts of commercialization, changes in property transactions, and ineradicable litigation backlogs, the author explains why litigation was condemned by all classes of Chinese men and women even as all classes litigated.

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The Little Encyclopedia of Mermaids is an A-to-Z compendium that spans the globe—from the Isle of Man to the depths of the Sea of Japan—weaving together famous and popular tales of everyone's favorite mythical sea creature. Naughty and nice, real and fictional, the menagerie of creatures included in this book run the gamut of world mythologies and cultures. This little encyclopedia features more than 90 famous mermaids including: Atargatis—a mermaid from ancient Syria who was a goddess before she fell in love with a mortal Blue Men of the Minch—a group of riddle-loving merfolk who have the power to summon storms and capsize ships Little Mermaid—everyone's favorite mermaid princess, who gives up her voice for a chance at love Ningyo—a gruesome sea creature from Japanese folkore that can bring dangerous storms and other misfortune Filled with tales of star-cro

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This is a tale of two brothers, duelling to become a dragon drawing champion. Great skill and imagination must be used to become the victor! If you don’t succeed today, do not fear. There will be another war to fight tomorrow.This picture book targets /r/ blends and is part of Speech Bubbles 2, a series of picture books that target specific speech sounds within the story.The series can be used for children receiving speech therapy, for children who have a speech sound delay/disorder, or simply as an activity for children’s speech sound development and/or phonological awareness. They are ideal for use by parents, teachers or caregivers.Bright pictures and a fun story create an engaging activity perfect for sound awareness.Picture books are sold individually, or in a pack. There are currently two packs available – Speech Bubbles 1 and Speech Bubbles 2. Please see further titles in the series for stories targeting other speech sounds.

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Fly is sneaky and very cheeky. He likes to tease and annoy other creatures around him. Then he meets Platypus, who is ready for lunch. The race is on, but who will win?This picture book targets /l/ blends and is part of Speech Bubbles 2, a series of picture books that target specific speech sounds within the story.The series can be used for children receiving speech therapy, for children who have a speech sound delay/disorder, or simply as an activity for children’s speech sound development and/or phonological awareness. They are ideal for use by parents, teachers or caregivers.Bright pictures and a fun story create an engaging activity perfect for sound awareness.Picture books are sold individually, or in a pack. There are currently two packs available – Speech Bubbles 1 and Speech Bubbles 2. Please see further titles in the series for stories targeting other speech sounds.

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Lynn and Lily love licking lollipops, and lollies of all colours, shapes and sizes. But this time, have they bitten off more than they can chew?This picture book targets the /l/ sound and is part of Speech Bubbles 2, a series of picture books that target specific speech sounds within the story.The series can be used for children receiving speech therapy, for children who have a speech sound delay/disorder, or simply as an activity for children’s speech sound development and/or phonological awareness. They are ideal for use by parents, teachers or caregivers.Bright pictures and a fun story create an engaging activity perfect for sound awareness.Picture books are sold individually, or in a pack. There are currently two packs available – Speech Bubbles 1 and Speech Bubbles 2. Please see further titles in the series for stories targeting other speech sounds.

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Have you ever seen a yeti? Or a unicorn? Maybe, just maybe, these magical creatures could be real...This picture book targets the /y/ sound and is part of Speech Bubbles 2, a series of picture books that target specific speech sounds within the story.The series can be used for children receiving speech therapy, for children who have a speech sound delay/disorder, or simply as an activity for children’s speech sound development and/or phonological awareness. They are ideal for use by parents, teachers or caregivers.Bright pictures and a fun story create an engaging activity perfect for sound awareness.Picture books are sold individually, or in a pack. There are currently two packs available – Speech Bubbles 1 and Speech Bubbles 2. Please see further titles in the series for stories targeting other speech sounds.

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This book is the supporting guide for Speech Bubbles 2, an exciting series created for speech language therapists and pathologists, parents and caregivers, teachers and other professionals working with children who have delayed or disordered speech sound development. The guide contains detailed notes to support the effective use of all of the picture books in the series, targeting the following sounds: /v/, /z/, /sh/, /ch/, /h/, /y/, /j/, /r/, /l/, /w/, /r/ blends and /l/ blends.Speech Bubbles 2 is the second set in a series of picture books designed to be used by those working with children who have delayed or disordered speech sound development, children receiving speech therapy or those wanting to provide sound awareness activities for children. The set includes 12 beautifully illustrated storybooks, each targeting a different speech sound in different positions within words, and a user guide with notes on each individual story. Designed to be read aloud to the child in a therapy, classroom or home setting, the stories create a fun and engaging activity that can be returned to again and again. The full set includes: Twelve bright and engaging stories targeting the following early developing sounds and sounds frequently targeted in speech therapy: /v/, /z/, /sh/, /ch/, /h/, /y/, /j/, /r/, /l/, /w/, /r/ blends and /l/ blends. A user guide supporting the use of the stories, with individual notes on each. Perfect not just for therapy but also for encouraging early sound awareness and development, this is an engaging and invaluable resource for speech language therapists and pathologists, parents and caregivers and teachers working with children aged 2–8 years.

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Steven is having a birthday party, but it’s a long journey to the party. Will me make it in time, and in one piece?This picture book targets /s/ blends, and is part of Speech Bubbles 1, a series of picture books that target specific speech sounds within the story. The series can be used for children receiving speech therapy, for children who have a speech sound delay/disorder, or simply as an activity for children’s speech sound development and/or phonological awareness. They are ideal for use by parents, teachers or caregivers.Bright pictures and a fun story create an engaging activity perfect for sound awareness. Please see other titles in the series for stories targeting other speech sounds.

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Lucas the Monkey loves to play soccer by the river, but he has a problem – Mr. Crocodile, who would love to make Lucas his dinner.This picture book targets the /k/ sound, and is part of Speech Bubbles 1, a series of picture books that target specific speech sounds within the story. The series can be used for children receiving speech therapy, for children who have a speech sound delay/disorder, or simply as an activity for children’s speech sound development and/or phonological awareness. They are ideal for use by parents, teachers or caregivers.Bright pictures and a fun story create an engaging activity perfect for sound awareness. Please see other titles in the series for stories targeting other speech sounds.

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What sort of parent would abandon their child?This is the question everyone asks when the baby is found on the doorstep of Ella's café.Jess feels increasingly left out as the only non-mum amongst her friends. Terrified she might lose them altogether, she embarks on becoming a mother too. But is she really ready?Hollywood actress Ruth Seymour is home in the small town of Lakeview for the summer. But has an ill-advised fling with a handsome co-star resulted in a seriously unplanned consequence?Nina has come to live with her estranged father, Patrick, after a bad break-up. But will she ever dare tell him about the secret she is concealing?One thing's for sure: someone knows more than they're telling. And the truth won't stay hidden forever. . .

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This book tells the story of Gen Z's growing political participationand why it is poised to drive U.S. politics leftward.

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Through portraits of readers and their responses to texts, Reading Practice reconstructs the contours of the knowledge economy that shaped medicine and science in early modern England. Reading Practice tells the story of how ordinary people grew comfortable learning from commonplace manuscripts and printed books, such as almanacs, medical recipe collections, and herbals. From the turn of the fifteenth century to the close of the sixteenth century, these were the books English people read when they wanted to attend to their health or understand their place in the universe. Before then, these works had largely been the purview of those who could read Latin. Around 1400, however, medical and scientific texts became available in Middle English while manuscripts became less expensive. These vernacular manuscripts invited their readers into a very old and learned conversation: Hippocrates and Galen weren't distant authorities whose word was law, they were trusted guides, whose advice coul

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The history of Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, begins in May 1917 when, as part of its wartime mobilization, the Army authorized four training camps for signal troops. One camp, located in central NJ, would eventually be known as Fort Monmouth, in honor of the soldiers of the American Revolution who fought and died at the nearby battle of Monmouth. This camp was located on the site of an old racetrack and luxury hotel, remnants of the famed Gilded Age at the Jersey Shore. Though much of the site was overgrown and infested with poison ivy, it afforded the Army significant advantages: proximity to the port of Hoboken and a train station, good stone roads, and access to water. Corporal Carl L. Whitehurst was among the first men to arrive at Camp Little Silver. He later recalled that the site appeared to be a jungle of weeds, poison ivy, briars, and underbrush. The Army Signal Corps carved a camp out of that wilderness, and trained thousands of men for war there. The Signal Corps also built l

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This is the first volume on the Late Minoan IIIC settlement at Chalasmenos, located near Ierapetra in eastern Crete. The site was excavated (1992-2014), initially as part of a Greek-American project under the direction of Metaxia Tsipopoulou and the late William Coulson. House A.2 is a two-room structure on the southwestern edge of the site. The excavation and stratigraphy, architecture, pottery, small finds, and faunal material from the building are presented. The house was used for domestic purposes, serving as the home of an elite (or prospective elite) family, but it also was a meeting and dining place on certain occasions.

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ALL THE NUTRITION YOU NEED, IN ONE VIBRANT BOWL Wholesome Bowls are a deliciously simple concept: one dish recipes that use only fresh, whole foods to build a bowl of flavour, comfort and nourishment. All the recipes are designed to fit your lifestyle and allow you to fall in love with cooking. Try Turkish Eggs with Spicy Sesame Drizzle for brunch, a gooey Balsamic Fig and Goats Cheese Bowl for lunch, a warming Pearl Barley Mushroom Risotto or a vibrant Chicken Fajita Bowl for dinner. For something sweet there’s Vegan Sweet Potato and Chilli Brownie Bowl or Spiced Hummingbird Cake with Cashew Cream Cheese Frosting. Heal your relationship with food: take the time to get to know your body, treat it with respect and enjoy real, fresh foods that fuel you and leave you feeling energized. REDISCOVER YOUR FOOD HAPPINESS AND COOK YOUR WAY TO JOY!

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This fascinating book provides an up-close look at Angkor Wat. Young readers will learn about the history and construction of the structure, as well as what the site is like today. The book also features informative sidebars, a "That's Amazing!" special feature, a table of contents, quiz questions, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. This Focus Readers series is at the Navigator level, aligned to reading levels of grades 3-5 and interest levels of grades 4-7.

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Explore the benefits, and the beauty, of 50 custom kitchens in over 175 gorgeous color photographs. Stories from kitchen design professionals detail the planning process, and address layout and style in relation to the lifestyles and needs of homeowners. Images illustrate specially crafted cabinetry in a wide breadth of door styles, wood species, and finishes, carefully combined with choices in flooring, lighting, countertops, and appliances to achieve attractive and personalized results. This book serves as a useful introduction to kitchen design, and an inspirational visual reference for homeowners considering their own custom projects. No one remodelling a kitchen for the first time should be without this book.

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Here is the ultimate portfolio featuring some of the most advanced interlocking concrete paver technology available today. Over 300 full color images showcase innovative paver shapes, textures, colors, and finishes, as well as a wide variety of classic pavers in a stunning collection of residential and commercial projects. Homeowners, landscape architects, and builders should not be without this important resource, which inspires with hundreds of ideas for patios, pool skirts, driveways, shopping centers, parking lots, boulevards, and much more.

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The only man who's tempted her... Now poses as her husband!

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Summer is a season of richness: gold against blue; sun dazzle on water; sweet fragrance, and the sound of insects, filling the air. We feel the sand between our toes, or the grass beneath our feet. In these long, warm days, languid and sensual, we reconnect with the natural world, revelling in light and scent and colour once more.Capturing the high point of the year's progress, Summer presents prose and poetry spanning eight hundred years. Featuring new contributions by Simon Barnes, Michael McCarthy and Esther Woolfson, classic extracts from the work of Charles Dickens, Mary Webb and Philip Larkin, and diverse new nature writing from across the UK, this vibrant and evocative collection will inspire you to go out and enjoy the pleasures of summer.

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Perfect for beginners and advanced stitchers alike, Fast & Fun Lap Quilts shows makers how to sew 10” squares into quilts that are fun to make yet have a complex look.

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It seems fate has dealt me the same hand again. I know how to play it. A new king is on the throne and the rebellion lies in ruins. Keera spends her days drinking and her nights avoiding the strange dreams that have haunted her since she returned from the capital. Keera's family in Myrelinth won't let her go without a fight. With new intelligence about the magical seals left behind by Keera's ancient kin, the Light Fae, she rallies to face her demons and unleash the formidable powers she inherited from her people. But a shocking truth is hiding in plain sight, one with the power to unravel the entire rebellion... The pivotal third installment in the Halfling Saga will upend everything Keera thought she knew about her enemiesand her allies.

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Spend a fun day at school with Finny and friends in this storybook based on an episode of Super Simple's hit preschool show Finny the Shark. Includes stickers! Whether it's a trip to the dentist, a first sleepover, or helping out a friend, Finny the Shark's wild imagination turns everyday experiences into over-the-top adventures! Meet Finny and all her friends in this 24-page storybook with stickers! Finny loves making new friends at school. But when the teacher asks them to draw their favourite things and present them to the class, Myrtle the turtle is too shy to come out of her shell. Can Finny help her friend be brave? Super Simple has more than 30 million subscribers on YouTube. Now families can enjoy their favorite characters, songs and stories from the screen with Super Simple board books, storybooks and activity books! SUPER SIMPLE™ is one of the most well-known and loved preschool brands on the internet Includes stickers! Perfect for children aged 4+

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Providing an in-depth look at the history, study, and practice of Reiki, this illustrated guide is ideal for students and practitioners of every level. Discover techniques, hands-on training practices, and different versions of Reiki from around the world. Llewellyn s Complete Book of Reiki presents an extensive look at the many ways Reiki can uplift your life and restore your well-being. This indispensable guide contains information on: Vibrational Healing Sensing Energy Hand Positions Symbols and Mantras Traditional and Non-Traditional Techniques Reiki Self-Practice Professional Practice Conducting Sessions Teaching Reiki Reiki Attunements Reiki for Children and Pets And More

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A fresh and fun teen romance starring a girl with cerebral palsy, and a boy with severe anxiety. Noah, a cello prodigy from a long line of musicians, wants to stick to tradition. Daisy, a fiercely independent disabled violinist, is used to fighting for what she wants and likes to take risks. But the two surprise each other when they play. They fall perfectly in tune. After their performance goes viral, the rest of the country falls for them just as surely as they're falling for each other. But viral fame isn't all it's cracked up to be. No one seems to care about their talent or their music at all. People have rewritten their love story into one where Daisy is an inspiration for overcoming her cerebral palsy and Noah is a saint for seeing past it. Daisy is tired of her disability being the only thing people see about her, and all of the attention sends Noah's anxiety disorder into high speed. They can see their dream of going to Julliard coming closer than it's ever been before. But is the cost suddenly too high?An #own-voices romance that is sure to tug at your heartstringsPerfect for fans of Everything, Everything and Eleanor and ParkMelissa See is a disabled author of young adult contemporary romances. This is her debut novel.

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​This textbook introduces international education scholars, professionals and graduate students to quantitative research methods. It provides them with the most foundational and useful concepts in quantitative analysis, using international education themes for all examples and practice problems. Readers will have a foundation to pursue more advanced methods and analyses, whether through formal training or future individual study.The book assumes no prior knowledge of quantitative analysis and is written for individuals who are new to statistics. Practice problems are found at the end of all substantive chapters, and datasets are provided so that readers can practice the analyses that are presented. Moreover, in each chapter, different statistical approaches are illustrated with real examples from international education research. These examples provide context for each statistical method and represent a wide variety of contexts in international education research, covering a variety of international education topics and a variety of regions of the world. From the instructor perspective, these example studies could be used as additional course reading. Moreover, supplemental material provides slides that instructors can modify and use in conjunction with the text.

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Capture your learners' imaginations with entertaining, story-based lessons and help them enjoy exam practice. Have some Storyfun! This Home Fun Booklet supports students on their Pre A1 Starters journey. It is a fun way for children to practise English at home with parents. Practise exam vocabulary, have fun, be creative and play games in English with family and friends. Record learned words in the picture dictionary.

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Everything in Echo's life changed in a blinding flash when she learned the startling truth: she is the firebird, the creature of light that is said to bring peace. The firebird has come into the world, but it has not come alone. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, and Echo can feel a great and terrible darkness rising in the distance. Cosmic forces threaten to tear the world apart. Echo has already lost her home, her family, and her boyfriend. Now, as the firebird, her path is filled with even greater dangers than the ones she's already overcome. She knows the Dragon Prince will not fall without a fight. Echo must decide: can she wield the power of her true nature - or will it prove too strong for her, and burn what's left of her world to the ground? Welcome to the shadow hour.

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