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A vivid portrayal of Kivebulaya's life that interrogates the role of indigenous agents as harbingers of change under colonization, and the influence of emerging polities in the practice of Christian faiths. Apolo Kivebulaya was a practitioner of indigenous religion and a Muslim before he became in 1895 a Christian missionary from Buganda to Toro and Ituri. He is still admired as a churchman and missionary in the Anglican churches ofUganda, Congo, Tanzania and Kenya, and is a significant civic figure in school curricula in Uganda. This book provides insight into religious encounter in the Great Lakes region of Africa, in which individuals like Kivebulaya remade themselves through conversion to Christianity and re-ordered social relations through preaching a transnational religion which brought technological advantage. In re-examining Apolo's life the author reveals the historic social processes and the cultural motivations which provoked religious and socio-political change in colonial east Africa. She explores the processes of his religious adherence, his travels and church planting, his commitment to Bible translation and its role in developing national sensibilities, and his engagement with missionaries, the Ganda political elite, and the peoples of the Ituri forest, as well as British and Belgian colonial polities. Kivebulayautilized Christian repertoires of memory-making - the Bible, hymns, prayers and fellowship - in creating communities of disciples, and was instrumental in creating new forms of Christian identity in the region, fashioned by levelsof acceptance and resistance. By focusing on the role of indigenous agents as harbingers of change, the author offers a new perspective on the history of the northern Great Lakes region of Africa. Emma Wild-Wood is Senior Lecturer of African Christianity and African Indigenous Religions and Co-director of the Centre for the Study of World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh. Her books include Migration and Christian Identity in Congo (Brill, 2008) and editing, with Joel Cabrita and David Maxwell, Relocating World Christianity: Interdisciplinary Studies in Universal and Local Expressions of the Christian Faith (Brill, 2017). Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan: Twaweza Communications

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Based upon the old tale of "The Marriage of Sir Gawain", "Kissing the Hag" brings us face to face with the nauseating horror of the hag - the raw side, the dark side, the inside of a woman's essential nature. Here we find the untamed soul, the wild, angry, selfish, lustful, manipulative and incomprehensible elements of woman: all that makes us unacceptable and badly behaved. Too often we have been guided to point a finger of blame, accusing our parents, society, our partners of being dysfunctional. Here Emma Restall Orr doesn't allow us that option. As a Druid and animist, she takes the negative stereotypes of the irrational, emotional woman - feisty bitch to shameless whore, smothering mother to grumpy old bag - and finds the archetypes behind them, the faces and forms of the dark goddess.Instead of dismissing these as unacceptable, she encourages us to ride their wild emotional currents, surfing the awesome tides that threaten to overwhelm us. In "Kissing the Hag", we come to accept the fullness of our nature, celebrating the deep mystery, the magic and power of all we are. "Kissing the Hag" is a book written for women who long to loose the chains of insecurity, convention, guilt and self-negation, and rediscover the freedom and creativity of their true nature. It is also a book written for men fascinated but infuriated by the women they love.

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The raw, relatable call-to-arms memoir, breaking the silence on postnatal depression - from the bestselling author of Animals and Adults An Unmissable Memoir for Summer, Stylist A Hot Summer Book, Refinery29 'I am so grateful for this beautiful, honest book. It has helped me immeasurably' Pandora Sykes 'I loved it' Amy Liptrot Six months after the birth of her son, Emma Jane Unsworth finds herself in the eye of a storm. Nothing - from pregnancy to birth and beyond - has gone as she expected. She's swapped all night benders for grazed labia and Whac-a-Moling haemorrhoids. How did she end up here? In this brave, vital account of postnatal depression, Emma tells her story of despair and recovery. She tackles the biggest taboos around motherhood and mental health, from botched stitches and bleeding nipples to anger and shame. How does pregnancy adapt our brains? Is postnatal depression a natural reaction to the trauma of modern motherhood? And are people's attitudes finally changing? After the Storm is a celebration of survival, holding out a hand to women everywhere. 'Hilarious, heart-breaking and wise' Leah Hazard, midwife and author

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The raw, relatable call-to-arms memoir, breaking the silence on postnatal depression - from the bestselling author of Animals and Adults 'I am so grateful for this beautiful, honest book. It has helped me immeasurably' Pandora Sykes 'I loved this book' Clover Stroud 'Totally relatable ... had me laughing and crying in equal measures' Christie Watson 'Dazzling' The i An Unmissable Memoir, Stylist A Hot Summer Book, Refinery29 Six months after the birth of her son, Emma Jane Unsworth finds herself in the eye of a storm. Nothing - from pregnancy to birth and beyond - has gone as she expected. A birth plan? It might as well have been a rough draft! Furious and exhausted, her life is the complete opposite of what it used to be. She's swapped all night benders for grazed labia and Whac-a-Moling haemorrhoids. How did she end up here? In this brave, vital account of postnatal depression, Emma tells her story of despair and recovery. She tackles the biggest taboos around motherhood and mental health, from botched stitches and bleeding nipples to anger and shame. How does pregnancy adapt our brains? Is postnatal depression a natural reaction to the trauma of modern motherhood? And are people's attitudes finally changing? After the Storm is a celebration of survival, holding out a hand to women everywhere. 'This book will make new mums feel accompanied, which is the most sacred thing' Jenn Ashworth 'Hilarious, heart-breaking and wise' Leah Hazard, midwife and author 'Truth and power and lots of LOLs too. I loved it' Amy Liptrot 'A brave and compelling part memoir, part manifesto' Marie Claire

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"A skilfully suspenseful story with all the charm of Chichester Clark’s picture books." The Daily TelegraphA captivating, illustrated young fiction novel about a kind girl and a lost bear cub, with a classic feel from the much-loved, award-winning author-illustrator.Are you brave enough to enter the Wild Bear Woods?Polly Pecorino rescues animals, and she can talk to them too. She spends all of her time caring for those at Happy Days Zoo, where the devious owners, Mr and Mrs Snell, will do anything to make money. One day they steal a bear cub, certain that he will do wonders for ticket sales, but the ferocious bears living in Wild Bear Woods want their cub back. Will Polly be brave enough to stand up to the Snells and take Booboo, the bear cub, back where he belongs?"[G]o down to the woods for a gentle bear story… This divinely illustrated book begs to become a series... Expect growls of approval." The Times, Children's Book of the Week“Full of enchanting illustrations, this is a lovely story of a kindly girl and a lost bear.” The Week Junior"A perfect book. Booboo is now one of my favourite bears, sitting right alongside Paddington and Winnie the Pooh. This story has lots and lots of heart." Carlie Sorosiak, author of I, Cosmo“Heart-warming, quietly exciting, encouraging, thoughtful and most of all, charming; a wonderful story with a real classic feel.” Mary Esther Judy, Fallen Star Stories Blog

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War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying, national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon''s bold entry into the world of mecha fiction.WHEN AN AI DIES, ITS CITY DIES WITH IT WHEN A CITY FALLS, IT LEAVES A CORPSE BEHIND WHEN THAT CORPSE RUNS OFF, ONLY DEVOTION CAN BRING IT BACK When the robotic god of Khuon Mo went mad, it destroyed everything it touched. It killed its priests, its city, and all its wondrous works. But in its final death throes, the god brought one thing back to life: its favorite child, Sunai. For the seventeen years since, Sunai has walked the land like a ghost, unable to die, unable to age, and unable to forget the horrors he''s seen. He''s run as far as he can from the wreckage of his faith, drowning himself in drink, drugs, and men. But when Sunai wakes up in the bed of the one man he never should have slept with, he finds himself on a path straight back into the world of gods and machines. The Archive Undy

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WHEN AN AI DIES, ITS CITY DIES WITH IT. WHEN A CITY FALLS, IT LEAVES A CORPSE BEHIND. WHEN THAT CORPSE RUNS OFF, ONLY DEVOTION CAN BRING IT BACK. When the robotic god of Khuon Mo went mad, it destroyed everything it touched. It killed its priests, its city, and all its wondrous works. But in its final death throes, the god brought one thing back to life: its favourite child, Sunai. For the seventeen years since, Sunai has walked the land like a ghost, unable to die, unable to age, and unable to forget the horrors he's seen. He's run as far as he can from the wreckage of his faith, drowning himself in drink, drugs, and men. But when Sunai wakes up in the bed of the one man he never should have slept with, he finds himself on a path straight back into the world of gods and machines. The Archive Undying is the first volume of Emma Mieko Candon's Downworld Sequence, a sci-fi series where AI deities and brutal police states clash, wielding giant robots steered by pilot-priests with corrupted bodies. Come get in the robot.

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In the second half of the nineteenth century, global labor migration, trade, and overseas study brought China and the United States into close contact, leading to new cross-cultural encounters that brought mixed-race families into being. Yet the stories of these families remain largely unknown. How did interracial families negotiate their identities within these societies when mixed-race marriage was taboo and "Eurasian" often a derisive term? In Eurasian, Emma Jinhua Teng compares Chinese-Western mixed-race families in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, examining both the range of ideas that shaped the formation of Eurasian identities in these diverse contexts and the claims set forth by individual Eurasians concerning their own identities. Teng argues that Eurasians were not universally marginalized during this era, as is often asserted. Rather, Eurasians often found themselves facing contradictions between exclusionary and inclusive ideologies of race and nationality, and between overt racism and more subtle forms of prejudice that were counterbalanced by partial acceptance and privilege. By tracing the stories of mixed and transnational families during an earlier era of globalization, Eurasian also demonstrates to students, faculty, scholars, and researchers how changes in interracial ideology have allowed the descendants of some of these families to reclaim their dual heritage with pride.

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘AN AMAZING WRITER’ Margot Robbie* ‘HILARIOUS’ Stylist ‘DAZZLING’ Marian Keyes ‘WITTY’ Guardian ‘HEARTBREAKING’ Dolly Alderton ‘INCREDIBLE’ Candice Carty-Williams Jenny McLaine:• can’t afford her mortgage since her ex moved out• is about to get dumped by her best friend• spends all day online-stalking women with picture-perfect lives And now her mother has appeared on her doorstep, unbidden, to save the day… Is Jenny ready to grow up and rescue herself this time? UK’s #6 bestselling hardback, The Sunday Times chart 9th February 2020 *Margot Robbie talking about Adults, as quoted in CHANEL’s short film segment, ‘In the library with Margot Robbie’

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Embrace the power of gratitude with this beautiful night-time journal, filled with reflective prompts on colourful pages to complete each evening. Expressing gratitude is believed to improve relationships, increase mindfulness, and decrease stress. What''s more, engaging in optimistic and grateful thoughts before bedtime can create a more relaxed mental state, which may contribute to improved sleep quality. So, give thanks for all the blessings in your life and embrace an attitude of gratitude before you drift off to the land of nod and you''ll wake up on a positive note, feeling ready to embrace everything the day holds.• THOUGHTFUL PROMPTS: This guided journal includes prompts to stir your thoughts and reflections • UNDATED: Don''t worry if you miss a day! This journal lets you fill in each date to avoid blank pages • GIFT EDITION: With cloth-look textured binding, silver embossing and colourful patterned pages, th

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Create uplifting self-care rituals and cultivate compassion for yourself with the help of this beautiful guided journal, filled with thoughtful prompts to complete each day. Being kind to yourself can offer benefits to your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing. So, take some time every day focus on morning to focus on how you will treat yourself with care that day and reflect every evening on the day that has passed, releasing negativity as you go. • MORNING AND EVENING PAGES: Check in with yourself in the morning and evening, to start and end every day with compassion.• THOUGHTFUL PROMPTS: This guided journal includes prompts to stir your thoughts and reflections • UNDATED: Don''t worry if you miss a day! This journal lets you fill in each date to avoid blank pages • GIFT EDITION: With cloth-look textured binding, silver embossing and colourful patterned pages, this journal makes filling i

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A spellbinding sapphic love story filled with wit and queer joy, Emma-Claire Sunday's debut Regency romance will leave you swooning!She's supposed to wed a dukeBut it''s his sister she can''t keep her eyes off!As the ton''s most in-demand debutante, it should be easy for Lady Loretta Linfield to find the perfect husband. So the reason why she is embarking on her third season unwed is a puzzle that nobody can solve. Not least Loretta! Until she meets Charlotte Sterlington The sister of her new suitor the Duke of Colchester is everything that prim and proper Loretta isn'tbold, daring and rakish! But Charlotte is also everything that Loretta finds herself desiring

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John Ward (b.1938) has a longstanding reputation as one of Britain's foremost potters, and yet very little has been written about his manifold achievements. Authoritative and enlightening, this will be the first account of Ward’s life and work, tracing the evolution of his ideas and his practice as a potter and placing them critically within the history of British Studio Pottery. The qualities of Ward’s best pots are hard to define. As the late Emmanuel Cooper noted as long ago as 1996: “...the apparently contrasting qualities of drama and quiet reflection, is one of the most engaging aspects of his work. This sense of balance, of the tension between pushing and pulling, light and shade, movement and rest, makes Ward’s work distinctive, distinguished and intriguing.” Setting out to explore and define those distinctions - expressing what makes Ward’s pots compelling and historically significant - the potter's important artistic contribution will finally be expressed.

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The elegance of the Little Black Dress. The simplicity of the Breton shirt. The luxury of the fragrance. These signatures exemplify the image of Chanel. Bringing to life the story and designs of Gabrielle Chanel, the most influential couturière in the history of fashion, Chanel in 55 Objects is an exquisite collection of bespoke illustrations and captivating text. The chic drawings depict her most iconic innovations including fashion, fragrance, jewellery and accessories, as well as the places, motifs and people that inspired her.

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Every night Blue Kangaroo falls fast asleep, cuddled in Lily's arms. But as new toy animals start arriving, Blue Kangaroo worries that there just isn't enough room for him anymore. When he goes missing, Lily looks everywhere for him and it turns out NONE of the other toys means as much to her as her first and favourite Blue Kangaroo.

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TREMBLE as she faces Matron Stinking Bottomly. THRILL as she discovers the squirrel house and Tanglefield’s Travelling Circus. GASP as she endures a night locked in the attic. QUAKE as she braves the scary streets of Victorian London and CHEER as she overcomes all in the search to find her real mother and a true family of her own. From bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson, the tale of plucky Hetty Feather is brought thrillingly to life on stage by award-winning script writer Emma Reeves (CBBC’s The Story of Tracy Beaker) and the Olivier Award-Nominated director Sally Cookson whose many five-star productions include Peter Pan, We’re Going on a Bearhunt and Stick Man. With a huge heart, Hetty Feather is a terrific adventure story! ‘The play sticks to my basic story, but with many inventive touches that constantly took me by surprise… [it] was a magical experience.’ Jacqueline Wilson

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One of the UK's best-loved psychotherapists reveals the blind spots that are clouding our judgement and affecting our relationships, and shares the tools to overcome themHave you ever had a conversation with a friend or relative that's hit a nerve and you can't figure out why it bothered you so much? Over the course of her 15-year career, Emma has discovered that the root of this pain and confusion often lies in a blind spot: a gap in our awareness that distorts how we perceive ourselves and our loved ones which, left unchallenged, can leave us feeling unloved, insecure or overwhelmed.In What am I Missing? Emma reveals the four blind spot profiles along with client case studies to demonstrate how they show up in daily life, and exercises to help us see past them:Are you THE GLADIATOR, determined but missing trust?THE BRIDGE, easy-going but missing authenticity?THE HUSTLER, charming but missing se

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For the first time, eight collectable, pocket-sized fashion books in one set. Containing the stories of eight legendary fashion houses, this beautiful box holds the best-selling fashion style guides.Exploring eight designers who exemplify elegance and high couture, the little books of fashion follow these brands from their creation, moving through their style evolutions, the key looks that define them and their impact on the fashion landscape today.Featuring over eight hundred exquisite images and text by bestselling fashion writers, these definitive guides to luxury style are the perfect gift set for any fashion lover.TITLES INCLUDE: Little Book of Chanel Little Book of Dior Little Book of Prada Little Book of Gucci Little Book of Louis Vuitton Little Book of Yves Saint Laurent Little Book of Balenciaga Little Book of Hermès

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This super helpful and innovative book aims to make “free from” cooking welcoming, inclusive, and as stress free as possible. All the tasty recipes are gluten free and vegetarian. There is a selection of dairy free, nut free and vegan recipes too. With over 100 sweet and savoury recipes for all day cooking, from breakfast to supper, there are very simple recipes to those that are more adventurous. You’ll find easy to make breads, pizzas and savoury crackers. For the sweet toothed there are indulgent puddings from an Appleberry Charlotte to a Chocolate, Prune and Avocado Tart. The recipes are inclusive to as many people as possible whilst still tasting deliciously decadent and include handy tips on how to convert recipes to nut free or dairy free. Also included are ingredient stockists and an informative store cupboard section featuring advice on different gluten free flours, sweeteners and oils.

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Plum loves everyone. She loves her mummy and daddy and she especially loves her best friends, Rocket, Esther, Bean and Jakey.Her favourite part of the day is when she chases her best friends around the park. But when new dogs try to join in, Plum isn’t so sure.Do they really need new friends? Especially ones as big as Otto, as old as Bounder, or as tiny as Milly?In this heartwarming tale, Plum learns what it really means to be a friend and how much fun new ones can be – especially when you give them a chance.

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Tune in to your aura and change your life.Your aura is your colourful energy field and protection unique to you - it reflects how you are feeling, the experiences you have and can help us understand who we are. It can be damaged but also healed and strengthened. All with simple everyday practices.Discover your aura - how to see, feel and know it - understand its powers and how to look after it so that it can help you reach your full potential.

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Plum has lots of favourite things: catching sticks, her bear, her bed – but really LOVE is her absolute favourite thing. She loves her family, and they love her. But trouble loves Plum too; sometimes she just can’t help doing slightly naughty things. Will everyone still love Plum then?An exuberant celebration of love, mischief and a very childlike joie-de-vivre.Emma Chichester Clark began the website Plumdog Blog in 2012, chronicling the real-life adventures of her lovable “whoosell” (whippet, Jack Russell and poodle cross), Plum. Emma soon gained thousands of loyal Plumdog devotees, and in 2014 a book of the blog was published by Jonathan Cape. This picture book story is the first Plumdog book for children.

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La autora, partiendo del convencimiento de que todas las personas somos buscadoras de felicidad, propone unos senderos modestos pero fiables, psicológicamente sanos, capaces de ser comprendidos y transitados por creyentes y no creyentes y llenos de sabiduría espiritual, para ir en su búsqueda.Estas páginas quieren ser una pedagogía de la felicidad en diálogo con nuestra cultura y atentos a lo que hoy puede enseñarnos el hombre feliz que fue Jesús de Nazaret.Es un libro que brota de la experiencia y quiere conducir a ella; por ello además de una reflexión teórica propone una serie de ejercicios para ampliar la consciencia sobre los propios caminos de felicidad.EXTRACTO DEL ÍNDICE1. Marco teórico2. Entrar en la experienciaCómo estoy en aquí y ahora? Mi experiencia de felicidad. EJERCICIOS PRÁCTICOS3. Qué es y qué no es felicidadA qué llamamos felicidad? Un Jesús feliz nos muestra sus caminos de felicidad. La felicidad en mi contexto EJERCICIOS PRÁCTICOS4.

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Lograr una síntesis entre cuerpo y espíritu no parece fácil y sin embargo es la vocación de toda mujer y todo hombre. Y el sueño de Dios sobre la humanidad. No sólo somos templos del Espíritu , sino que el cuerpo es totalmente espíritu corporal. Un grupo de mujeres bíblicas nos ayudan a desmontar prejuicios y dualismos, y nos aportan una mirada más unificada, verdadera y evangélica del ser corporal que somos.Emma MARTÍNEZ OCAÑA, licenciada en Historia y Teología Espiritual, es profesora de Psicología de la Religión. Psicoterapeuta individual y de grupo, orienta encuentros de integración humana-madurez cristiana y Ejercicios Espirituales. Es miembro de la Institución Teresiana, de la Asociación de Teólogas Españolas y de Mujeres y Teología.Ha publicado en esta misma colección: ""Cuando la Palabra se hace carne...en carne de mujer"".

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