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Working Aesthetics is about the relationship between art and work under contemporary capitalism. Whilst labour used to be regarded as an unattractive subject for art, the proximity of work to everyday life has subsequently narrowed the gap between work and art. The artist is no longer considered apart from the economic, but is heralded as an example of how to work in neoliberal management textbooks. As work and life become obscured within the contemporary period, this book asks how artistic practice is affected, including those who labour for artists. Through a series of case studies, Working Aesthetics critically examines the moments in which labour and art intersect under capitalism. When did labour disappear from art production, or accounts of art history? Can we consider the dematerialization of art in the 1960s in relation to the deskilling of work? And how has neoliberal management theory adopting the artist as model worker affected artistic practices in the 21st century? With the narrowing of work and art visible in galleries and art discourse today, Working Aesthetics takes a step back to ask why labour has become a valid subject for contemporary art, and explores what this means for aesthetic culture today.

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Fiona Carson has proven herself as CEO of a multibillion-dollar high-tech company – a successful woman in a man's world. Devoted single mother, world-class strategist, and tough negotiator, Fiona has to manage a delicate balancing act every day.Meanwhile, Marshall Weston basks in the fruits of his achievements. At his side is his wife Liz who has gladly sacrificed her own career to raise their three children. Smooth, shrewd and irreproachable, Marshall's power only enhances his charisma – but he harbors secrets that could destroy his life at any moment. Both must face their own demons, and the lives they lead come at a high price. But just how high a price are they willing to pay to stay at the top of their game?POWER PLAY is a compelling, heart-rending portrayal of love, family and career – the perfect read for fans of Penny Vincenzi and Lesley Pearce.

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New York. London. Milan. Paris. Fashion week in all four cities. A month of endless interviews, parties, unflagging work and attention to detail. At the centre of the storm is Timmie O’Neill, who has created an international empire that inspires, fills, and consumes her life. Yet as blessed as Timmie feels by her success, she harbours the private wounds of a devastating childhood and past tragedy. Always willing to take risks in business, she never risks her heart – until an intriguing Frenchman comes into her life during Paris Fashion Week. There is every reason why they must remain apart. But neither can deny their growing friendship and the electricity that sparks whenever they meet. Are they brave enough to face what comes next?

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Tallie Jones is a Hollywood legend. An ambitious and passionate film director, her award-winning productions achieve the rare combination of critical and commercial success. But she has little interest in the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, instead focusing intently on her work and family.She has close, loving relationships with her daughter, her elderly father and Hunter Lloyd - her co-producer and partner of four years. Completing her trusted circle is Brigitte Parker - Tallie's best friend and devoted personal assistant. They've been friends since film school, and Brigitte's polished glamour and highly organized style provides a perfect balance to Tallie's casual appearance and down-to-earth approach to life.However as Tallie is in the midst of directing her most ambitious film to date, small disturbances start to ripple through her faultlessly ordered world. An audit reveals worrying discrepancies in her financial records, which have always been maintained by her trusted accountant, Victor Carson. Receipts hint at activities of which she has no knowledge. Someone close to Tallie has been steadily helping themselves to enormous amounts of her money. Her once safe world of trusted associates is suddenly shaken to its very core - and Tallie is in shock, trying to figure out who has betrayed her among those she trusts and holds dear...

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It is New Year's Eve when the storm of the century hits northern California. For Quinn Thompson, what happens in the storm's wake will bring down a barrier he has built around himself since his wife's death. For neighbor Maggie Dartman, it will spark friendship at a time when she needs it most. And for Jack Adams, a carpenter who will repair Quinn's and Maggie's homes, the storm brings an opportunity: to help two people and to be repaid with the greatest gift of all. Then something extraordinary begins to happen . . . Maggie, still grieving a loss, slowly comes alive again - and Jack finally shares a painful secret he has hidden for years. But Quinn, a man who has scaled heights of success in business, is now adrift, waiting as builders put the finishing touches on his newest passion, a 180-foot yacht he plans to sail around the world. Looking back at all he missed with his family while he built his empire, Quinn is consumed by guilt, focused only on escaping to the sea. But as his plans near completion, and his friendship with Maggie begins to change, Quinn faces a choice - between a safe haven and an adventure of the heart. .

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It is Christmas, 1940, and Kate is making her debut in New York society. Joe, the brilliant protégé of Charles Lindbergh, seems just out of her reach. As the months pass, they meet again, and although Kate goes off to university and Joe skyrockets to fame in modern aviation, he is always drawn back to her, as a moth to a flame. When the war is over Kate wants a marriage and family - while Joe wants the world. Unwilling to wait any longer, Kate moves on with her life. But when a chance encounter brings them together again, the time has come to make a choice, one that will have profound consequences for the rest of their lives...Lone Eagle is a novel of extraordinary grace and compassion from a master storyteller.

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The time is the 1950s, when life was simpler, people still believed in dreams, and family was, very nearly, everything. The place is a small midwestern town with a high school and a downtown, a skating pond and a movie house. And on a tree-lined street in the heartland of America, an extraordinary set of events begins to unfold. And gradually what seems serendipitous is tinged with purpose. A happy home is shattered by a child's senseless death. A loving marriage starts to unravel. And a stranger arrives - a young woman who will touch many lives before she moves on. She and a young man will meet and fall in love. Their love, so innocent and full of hope, helps to restore a family's dreams. And all of their lives will be changed forever by the precious gift she leaves them.

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Fairytales can come true . . . Camille Lammenais had a perfect childhood growing up in California’s beautiful Napa Valley, surrounded by acres of her family’s vineyards. Her beloved parents have built a renowned winery inspired by her father's native Bordeaux, and after graduating, Camille returns to fulfil her lifetime ambition – helping to run Chateau Joy. But the fairytale ends with her mother's sudden, tragic death.Six months after losing his wife, Camille's father is easy prey for a mysterious, charming French countess visiting the valley. Camille, still grieving, is shocked that he can't see past the alluring looks, designer clothes and elegant manners.With Camille’s perfect world falling apart, it will take all of her strength to fight for her family’s legacy. And as her own love story begins to take shape, she must protect her happily ever after with everything she has . . .Fair

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Una periodista que busca la verdad. Un expresidiario que quiere redención. Un mafioso que no teme perderlo todo. Algo está a punto de volar por los aires.Dardo y Peyo comparten sus aventuras criminales desde el Madrid de los años 70 hasta nuestros días. A lo largo de los años, la amistad entre ambos se verá marcada por los conflictos personales y familiares, las traiciones, las decepciones y una constante puesta a prueba de su respectiva lealtad.La aparición de la periodista Daniela Lozano, que investiga la muerte de su novio en un sospechoso accidente, pondrá al descubierto, con la ayuda de Peyo, una gran trama criminal en la que estarán implicados policías, políticos, mafiosos y el propio Dardo, convertido en líder del crimen organizado internacional.Los perseguidos es una novela negra que recorre las vidas de unos personajes atrapados en un mundo violento, en el que aún pueden ganar quienes creen en la justicia. Siempre que logren mantenerse con vida.

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A Marcela, como a todos los niños, le gusta jugar, divertirse y aprender. Y aunque ya tiene cuatro años, y es mayor, al menos mayor que su hermana Daniela, todavía tiene pequeños accidentes, como cuando se despertó con la cama mojada, o el día que no supo decir cómo se llamaba su mamá... Pero no tienen importancia, porque aunque algunas veces pasa apuros, siempre acaba siendo divertido.

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Cuando Daniela vuelve a casa tras su visita a la clínica de inseminación artificial y encuentra a su marido en la cama con la cajera del supermercado, decide poner punto y final a su matrimonio. Gabriel, su amigo gay, al ver que no levanta cabeza, le regala un viaje a Estados Unidos, donde conocerá a Julián, con quien compartirá una noche de sexo y desenfreno. Conseguirá Julián convencerla de que, para él, el mejor premio de lotería es ella?

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Eso significa que el día que me eche novia Adiós, Dani?No parecía hacerle muy feliz esa idea. Suspiré. A mí tampoco, la verdad.Supongo. Es ley de vida. Si tuvieras novia no estarías aquí tirado en un jardín conmigo a las tres de la mañana.Aprovechemos la soltería entonces bromeó, alargando un brazo para atraerme contra sí mismo de nuevo. Me dejé querer.Crecer es un asco declaré seriamente con la voz ahogada contra su hombro. Ojalá no encontrara novia nunca, aunque fuera un pensamiento un poco egoísta de mi parte.Estoy de acuerdo secundó con cierto humor, pero como yo no tengo pensado casarme por el momento y tú espero que tampoco, porque te recuerdo que todavía eres menor de edad añadió sutilmente, animando su tono de voz, creo que es mejor pensar en el futuro más inmediato.Desde sus tiernos tres años, Nacho se ha dedicado a tratar de mantener de una pieza a la alocada y torpe de su vecina Daniela. Él es la calma y ella, la impulsividad hecha persona. Y durante diecisiete años han conv

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Chámome Delia e son unha covarde. Esta é a historia de como acosamos a Silke durante os meses que estudou no noso instituto. E de como todo se nos foi das mans. Das miñas mans inútiles. E das manipuladoras mans de Xulia, Lara e Daniela. Das mans indiferentes de Marcos. Das sucias e miserables mans de Vítor. Das indecisas mans do meu irmán Iago. Diso vai este blog que acabo de abrir. Dos meses que pasei en silencio. Do que aprendín naqueles días da crueldade e da covardía. Isto é o que sei do silencio." O que sei do silencio " é o relato estremecedor de como Delia se converteu en acosadora pasiva dunha rapaza inocente de 3 da ESO. Historia inspirada libremente nun suceso real, afonda dende voces diversas na xénese, desenvolvemento e consecuencias dun caso de acoso escolar. Unha novela necesaria que achega azos a todas aquelas persoas que ignoran o silencio e se fan fortes a si mesmas e ás demais a través das palabras.

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Violence racks Cinnabar. In desperate times, Lt. DanielLeary must serve under a paranoid officer, and OfficerAdele Mundy is drawn into a conspiracy worringly similarto the one that led to her parents' massacre. Leary andMundy battle their way from riot-torn streets to spies in anoutlying base and an anarchic planet where violence is theonly law, but if they succeed at every stage, one test stillremains: a battle against an overwhelming Alliance force.

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Cold Case Scandal by Nicole HelmHe'll risk everything to keep her safeWhen Mary Hudson meets Walker Danielsunder gunfire, no lessthe cautious cold case investigator becomes entrenched in his mother's decades-old unsolved murder case. But giving the alpha maverick and his siblings a safe haven at her family ranch only intensifies her attraction to him. Until Walker's sister reveals a secret that challenges everything they thought they knewEscape the Everglades by Caridad PiñeiroHis son is in dangerTwo years after his wife's death, ex-marine Carlos Ruiz isn''t looking for romance. But then army vet and security expert Natalie Rodriguez and her incredible K-9 walk into his life. Before long, their purely professional relationship turns all too personal, especially once Carlos's little boy goes missing. Now, uncovering the truth becomes vital to the child''s rescue. And to securing their future

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Bauhaus artist Friedl Dicker-Brandeis The work of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898–1944) occupies a key position in the broader history of the Austrian avant-garde while also deepening our understanding of modernism. Her work covers an impressive range of media and genres in the visual and applied arts. Influenced by her studies at Vienna’s Kunstgewerbeschule (which later became the University of Applied Arts Vienna), the Itten Private School, and the Bauhaus in Weimar, she worked as a painter, stage designer, architect, designer in Vienna and Berlin, in exile, and as a deportee. This book explores the heterogeneity of Dicker’s work, reconstructs her artistic strategies and references to aesthetic and political discourses from the 1920s to the 1940s, and documents for the first time her works in the collection of the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Portrait of her work and collection catalog, dedicated to the artist, designer, and architect Friedl Dicker-Brandeis Essays by Julie M. Johnson, Robin Rehm, Daniela Stöppel, and others To accompany an exhibition in Vienna and Zurich; awarded as one of the most beautiful books in Austria in 2022

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The Seattle that Beau knew as a young policeman is disappearing. The city is awash in the aromas emanating from a glut of coffee bars, the neighborhood outside his condo building has sprouted gallery upon gallery, and even his long cherished diner has evolved into a trendy eatery for local hipsters. But the glam is strictly surface, for the grit under the city's fingernails is caked with blood. Beau and his new partner Sue Danielson, a struggling single parent, are assigned the murder of an elderly woman torched to death in her bed. As their investigation proceeds, Beau and Sue become embroiled in a perilous series of events that will leave them and their case shattered - and for Beau nothing will ever be the same again.

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Deben de ser los años sesenta cuando Ana llega al pueblo de Valladolid en el que nació su madre Lucía. Tras quedarse huérfana, Ana queda al cuidado de su abuela, con principio de alzhéimer, y las mujeres de la casa, entre ellas Fernanda, sirvienta en la familia de toda la vida. Ese verano, además de vivir el primer amor junto a Ismael, Ana ahonda en el pasado familiar con la guerra civil como elemento desencadenante de un grave trastorno que aún perdura en el presente, gracias al relato deshilachado y sin fi ltro de su abuela senil, a las historias que circulan por el pueblo sobre la familia y lo que cuentan Fernanda y doña Daniela, la maestra de Lucía, que le entregará a Ana un cuaderno escrito por su madre donde se desvelan algunas verdades y se arroja algo de luz sobre un inquietante suceso familiar, presidido por el tío Orestes y la oscura muerte de Sara, la amiga íntima de su madre. Una historia de fantasmas imaginarios y reales, inquietante, arrolladora, necesaria.

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A series which is a model of its kind EDMUND KING, HISTORY The contemporary historians of Anglo-Norman England form a particular focus of this issue. There are contributions on Henry of Huntingdon's representation of civil war; on the political intent of the poems in the anonymous Life ofEdward the Confessor; on William of Malmesbury's depiction of Henry I; and on the influence upon historians of the late antique history attributed to Hegesippus. A paper on Gerald of Wales and Merlin brings valuable literary insights to bear. Other pieces tackle religious history (northern monasteries during the Anarchy, the abbey of Tiron) and politics (family history across the Conquest, the Norman brothers Urse de Abetot and Robert Dispenser, the friendship network of King Stephen's family). The volume begins with Judith Green's Allen Brown Memorial Lecture, which provides a wide-ranging account of kingship, lordsihp and community in eleventh-century England. CONTRIBUTORS: Judith Green, Janet Burton, Catherine A.M. Clarke, Sebastien Danielo, Emma Mason, Ad Putter, Kathleen Thompson, Jean A. Truax, Elizabeth M. Tyler, Björn Weiler, Neil Wright

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The love you share is more than warm feelings or movie-style romance. It is a heartfelt choice you make every day. Celebrate the ordinary moments that create your one-of-a-kind love story. I Choose You combines contemporary illustrations and thoughtful sentiments to honor the life you have built together and the commitment you make over and over again. Fresh illustrations make this book a unique, heartfelt way to honor love). A perfect gift for a spouse or a partner.

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The release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) findings and recommendations in the spring of 2015 was an immensely important day for the people of Canada. It marked the hopeful beginning of change-a change of thinking, a change of opinion, a change in understanding. But how do we begin? Chief Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the TRC, says that the most common statement the commission heard from the public was: "I didn't know any of this, and I acknowledge that things are not where they should be, and that we can do better. But what can we do? What should we do?" This collection of fifteen true stories of real reconciliation by both Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Canadians is in response to that question. Written by journalists, writers, academics, visual artists, filmmakers, a city planner, and a lawyer, each of these writers expound on their 'light bulb moments' regarding Canada's colonial past and present. They look at their own experiences and assumptions about race and racial divides in Canada under a microscope in hopes that the rest of the population will do the same. With an afterword that is essentially a candid conversation by renowned CBC radio host Shelagh Rogers and Chief Justice Sinclair about their time working with the TRC, this collection is one of the many ways to begin the work of reconciliation in Canada. Metcalfe-Chenail hopes that these voices will inspire other Canadians who want an open dialogue and to maintain the conversation long after the buzz of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report has faded.

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The story of Byren, Fyn and Piro picks up immediately where the cliff-hanging ending of The Usurper let off!When Cobalt stole the Rolencian throne, Byren, Fyn and Piro were lucky to escape with their lives; now they’ve rallied, and will set out to avenge their parents’ murders.Byren is driven to defeat Cobalt and reclaim the crown, but at what cost? Fyn has sworn to serve Byren’s interests but his loyalty is tested when he realises he loves Byren’s betrothed. And Piro never wanted to win a throne, but now she holds the fate of a people in her hands.

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