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Widowhood and weirdos, online and off, NORMA is so dark it smarts.It’s a terrible freedom to linger unaccounted for.Norma is waking up and cracking up. Decades of marriage, housekeeping, and family responsibility: buried with her husband Hank. Now, she’s free, gorging on an online riot of canceled soap operas, message boards, and grocery store focus groups. Transcribing chatter for fifty cents a minute. It’s all of humanity—grim, funny, and desperate—wafting into her world, a world reeking with the funk of old fast food wrappers, cold stale recycled air, and desiccated car upholstery. And one where appropriate boundaries are suddenly slipping too, when a voice from one of her transcripts goes from virtual to IRL and just down the block.NORMA is a tart, unhinged flail into widowhood, the parasocial, and some of the more careworn corners of the internet.

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The hair-raising mash-up of feminist X-Men, gothic fairy tale, family saga and biting social criticism that is taking Europe by storm.When Anita Naakka jumps in front of an oncoming train, her daughter, Norma, is left alone with the secret they have spent their lives hiding: Norma has supernatural hair, sensitive to the slightest changes in her mood--and the moods of those around her--moving of its own accord, corkscrewing when danger is near. And so it is her hair that alerts her, while she talks with a strange man at her mother's funeral, that her mother may not have taken her own life. Setting out to reconstruct Anita's final months--sifting through puzzling cell phone records, bank statements, video files--Norma begins to realise that her mother knew more about her hair's powers than she let on: a sinister truth beyond Norma's imagining.

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Wrong Norma is Anne Carson's first book of original material in eight years'Effortlessly readable... Fun' DAILY TELEGRAPH'I'm a big fan... She pinpoints the collision of oracle and anachronism' TEJU COLEAs with her most recent publications, Wrong Norma is a facsimile edition of the original hand-designed book, drawn and annotated by the author. Several of the twenty-five startling poetic prose pieces have appeared in magazines and journals like the New Yorker and the Paris Review.Anne Carson is probably our most celebrated living poet, winner of countless awards and routinely tipped for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Famously reticent, asking that her books be published without cover copy, she has agreed to say this:Wrong Norma is a collection of writings about different things, like Joseph Conrad, Guantanamo, Flaubert, snow, poverty, Roget's Thesaurus, my Dad, Saturday night, Sokrates, writing sonnets, forensics, encounters with lovers, the word "idea", the feet of Jesus, and Russian thugs. The pieces are not linked. That's why I've called them "wrong".

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'A life-affirming book' Daily Mail'An uplifting personal story of a year lived like no other' Daily ExpressTwo days after her husband of sixty-seven years dies, nonagenarian Miss Norma is diagnosed with cancer. When given her treatment options - surgery, chemo and radiotherapy - she rises to her full five feet and says in the strongest voice she can muster: 'I’m ninety years old. I’m hitting the road!' Driving Miss Norma is the story of her inspirational road trip across the US in a thirty-six-foot motorhome with her son, Tim, his wife, Ramie and their Poodle, Ringo - showing us that it's never too late to begin an adventure, inspire hope or become a trailblazer. As the journey unfolds, Miss Norma finally spreads her wings and lives life on her own terms for the very first time. With each adventure a once timid Miss Norma says YES to living in the face of death - whether it's experiencing her very first pedicure or taking the hot air balloon ride her late husband never found time for. With each passing mile - and one hilarious visit to a cannabis dispensary - Miss Norma’s health improves and conversations that had once been taboo begin to unfold. Norma, Tim and Ramie bond in ways they could never have anticipated and their definitions of home, family and friendship are rewritten as strangers become friends and shower them with kindness.Bursting with Miss Norma’s generous spirit, Driving Miss Norma ignites a renewed sense of life, family, fun and self-discovery - at any age.

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El Premio de Literatura Fora de norma nos ofrece en esta ocasión trece relatos que relacionan de manera más cercana o más lejana el humor y el sexo. Como siempre, rehúye los estereotipos y rechaza el discurso único de cómo y para quién deben ser el placer, el erotismo y el sexo.En la búsqueda de nuestra libertad aspiramos a una literatura erótica que nos haga gozar en más de un sentido y el humor se hace presente. La obra contiene una literatura erótica feminista, diversa e inclusiva donde la normalidad no encaja ni constriñe, ni nos quiere encerrar en una estructura caduca. Además, siempre de maneras diferentes, en alguna de las piezas nos partiremos de risa, en otras el humor estará presente solamente entre los personajes, pero siempre el humor vehicula la forma en que los protagonistas se relacionan entre sí. Divertíos y gozad.

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Sexo Fora de norma (helados) presenta las trece historias finalistas del Premio de Literatura Erótica Feminista. Relatos que nos hablan de una sexualidad diversa e inclusiva, alejada de los estereotipos marcados por la pornografía y por el sexo falocéntrico. Además, como novedad, en esta ocasión todas las historias responden a un mismo marco temático: sexo sin penetración.Así, encontramos piezas literarias que tratan temas como el consentimiento, el onanismo, el no binarismo, el descubrimiento de la sexualidad, la aceptación del propio cuerpo, la comunicación con la pareja, los juegos sexuales, las fantasías o la soledad buscada, siempre desde una perspectiva feminista, abierta e integradora.

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Premi de Literatura Eròtica Feminista. Històries que ens parlen d?una sexualitat diversa i inclusiva que s?allunya dels estereotips marcats per la pornografia i pel sexe fallocèntric normalitzat.Fer les coses fora de norma és fer-les de manera autèntica, fugint d?una pretesa normalitat que ens restreny i ens vol fer encaixar a la força en una estructura caduca i patriarcal. Per això, a la convocatòria d?enguany trobareu relats sobre el sexe anal, l'onanisme femení, el gènere no binari, les fantasies, la comunicació del plaer a la parella, la diversitat sexual, el contacte en temps de Covid, el BDSM, el consentiment, el poliamor, el sexe a distància i l?estímul intellectual, entre d'altres temes excitants i estimulants.En aquest recull trobareu històries que exploren múltiples facetes de la nostra sexualitat. Relats amb personatges propers amb els quals ens podem sentir fàcilment identificades? o no. Perquè el sexe també es descobriment i exploració.

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Es frecuente agrupar bajo la denominación de impersonalidad fenómenos muy heterogéneos sintáctica y semánticamente. Además, son muchos los casos de impersonalidad sintáctica que no recogen los manuales. La intención de esta obra es poner orden en el campo de la impersonalidad y diferenciar diversos tipos. El tratamiento del tema es en parte descriptivo y en parte normativo, pues con ciertos aspectos de impersonalidad se incurre con alguna frecuencia en algunas incorrecciones y/o agramaticalidades. En este trabajo, pues, el autor trata de aunar sintaxis y norma.

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Wit and wisdom from the innovative, influential, and empowering wellness guru and designer Norma Kamali In her first book, fashion legend Norma Kamali offers readers a stylish, inspiring, and heartfelt handbook for gliding boldly through each of life’s decades with purpose and power. Manifesto, memoir, and essential guide, its pages are informed by 50 years of Kamali’s twists, turns, triumphs, and failures experienced while finding the courage and conviction to race after her dreams and never look back. At 75, Kamali looks—and acts—nearly half her age. The secret, she writes, is learning to age with power: Embracing a healthy lifestyle and looking forward to every milestone and the changes they bring, with the realization that reaching one’s potential has no date. With wisdom and wit, Kamali imparts her lessons on authentic beauty, timeless style, career-building, fitness, and health through personal stories, worldly insight, and actionable advice designed to help women of every age create their happiest, healthiest, most successful and fulfilling lives.

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Sexe Fora de norma (gelats) ens acosta les tretze històries finalistes del Premi de Literatura Eròtica Feminista. Relats que ens parlen d?una sexualitat diversa i inclusiva, allunyada dels estereotips marcats per la pornografia i pel sexe fallocèntric. A més, com a novetat, enguany totes les històries responen a un mateix marc temàtic: sexe sense penetració.Així, trobem peces literàries que tracten temes com el consentiment, l?onanisme, el no binarisme, el descobriment de la sexualitat, l?acceptació del propi cos, la comunicació amb la parella, els jocs sexuals, les fantasies o la solitud buscada, tot des d?una perspectiva feminista, oberta i integradora.

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Imaginar un mundo gobernado por el derecho, por leyes iguales para todos, es hoy, como en otras épocas, pensar una utopía. Sabemos que la norma internacional carece de la fuerza coactiva que sería precisa para extender el principio de legalidad más allá de nuestras fronteras y que las relaciones internacionales, ahora como en el pasado, reflejan fielmente la correlación de fuerza de los distintos países que conforman la comunidad internacional. Tal vez no pueda ser de otra manera. Algunos juristas sostienen que pertenece a la identidad de las diversas naciones la defensa de sus intereses o la aspiración a su supervivencia.Sin embargo, las difíciles relaciones internacionales, los perennes conflictos armados o las enormes desigualdades entre las poblaciones que viven en las diferentes zonas del planeta obligan, una y otra vez, a pensar en esa utopía, en una norma mundi que gobierne la sociedad internacional y sirva para superar la violencia de las relaciones entre los distintos paíse

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Norma leads a very normal life, but she longs for adventure. Will the silver teapot she finds at Granny's house bring her the adventure she's always dreamed of? Oxford Reading Tree All Stars is an engaging chapter fiction series which combines age-appropriate content with imaginative stories, perfect for inspiring and stretching able infants. The series develops comprehension skills and provides a wide variety of fiction topics and styles, alongside illustrations that aid understanding. All the books in this series are carefully levelled, so it's easy to match every child to the right book - one which will develop their reading skills and fuel their love of reading. Help with children's reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

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'I'm nuts for these sweet and silly squirrels' BEN CLANTON, author of the NARWHAL AND JELLY series 'Heart-warming, side-splitting, mouth-watering fun!' JIM SMITH, author of the BARRY LOSER series 'Sweet and hilarious... perfect for newly independent readers aged five and up' THE BOOKSELLER, Editor's Choice Norma and Belly really really REALLY want a donut. But things aren't going their way! With a burned breakfast and a grumpy donut seller at the local food truck, they may be stuck with only nuts to eat... But these squirrels won't give up that easily! They're on a mission to get their paws on the biggest, most delicious donut of their tiny lives!

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This volume celebrates the career of Norma Franklin, an archaeologist who has made important contributions to our understanding of the three key cities of Samaria, Megiddo and Jezreel in the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the Iron Age. The sixteen essays offered by Franklin's colleagues in archaeology and biblical studies are a fitting tribute to the woman in the pith helmet: an indomitable field archaeologist who describes herself as "happiest with complex stratigraphy" and as being dedicated to "killing sacred cows".

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La Gestión de la Calidad va más allá del pleno rendimiento de la empresa. Es una filosofía de trabajo, en la que todos los departamentos y profesionales integrantes de la organización están convencidos de que, realizando cada uno sus tareas de forma óptima y sistemática, consiguen un objetivo común, la Calidad y, por tanto, la satisfacción del cliente.Trabajar en esta dinámica es en sí una satisfacción, pero además se puede conseguir un reconocimiento por ello, mediante certificaciones de los productos que elaboramos o de los servicios que prestamos, los cuales otorgan credibilidad y garantía frente a nuestros clientes y proveedores, además de constituir un signo de prestigio cada vez más valorado y casi imprescindible en el mercado global en el que nos desenvolvemos actualmente.En este sentido, el presente libro pretende ofrecer un punto de vista pragmático sobre la Gestión de la Calidad, ofreciendo estrategias operativas para su implantación en los diferentes tipos de empresas.

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Beginning with a gripping, firsthand account of the 2011 anti-gay murder of twenty-four year-old Norma Hurtado, a student the author taught in an Austin high school ten years earlier, this series of interwoven essays employs a mix of narrative nonfiction and political analysis to uncover the intersectional nature of the disparities impacting the LGBTQ community. Drawing from his fifteen-years’ experience as a grassroots organizer in Texas and California, Greco argues for the types of political organizations and public policies necessary to address these challenges. To Find a Killer charts a robust but pragmatic course for the LGBTQ movement today: investing in grassroots leadership development, rooting organizations in local civic and religious institutions, and focusing not just on legal equality, but a wider set of socio-economic issues.

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In addition to her accomplishments as a gifted musician and songwriter, Norma Tanega was a noted gallerist, teacher, and a central figure in the vibrant and homegrown creative scene of Claremont, California. She was also a visual artist of astonishing originality. In Try to Tell a Fish About Water, the bold colors and gestural immediacy of Tanega’s paintings are presented for the first time alongside unseen photos, illustrations, journal entries, and other ephemera. Featuring reflections and remembrances from Norma’s friends and collaborators collaged alongside the visual roadmap, Try to Tell a Fish About Water is a thoughtful exploration of Tanega’s art career and a testament to a life spent immersed in creativity.

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In the late 1970s, Hollywood producers took the published biography of Crystal Lee Sutton, a white southern textile worker, and transformed it into a blockbuster 1979 film, Norma Rae, featuring Sally Field in the title role. This fascinating book reveals how the film and the popular icon it created each worked to efface the labor history that formed the foundation of the film's story. Drawing on an impressive range of sources—union records, industry reports, film scripts, and oral histories—Aimee Loiselle's cutting-edge scholarship shows how gender, race, culture, film, and mythology have reconfigured and often undermined the history of the American working class and their labor activism. While Norma Rae constructed a powerful image of individual defiance by a white working-class woman, Loiselle demonstrates that female industrial workers across the country and from diverse racial backgrounds understood the significance of cultural representation and fought to tell their own stories. Loiselle painstakingly reconstructs the underlying histories of working women in this era and makes clear that cultural depictions must be understood as the complicated creations they are.

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Trained at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris in the atelier of Georges Jeanclos, Elsa Sahal quickly focused on working with ceramics for their sensuality and fragility. Former resident at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, in 2013 (Helena, MT), at Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics, in 2009-2010 (Alfred, NY) and at the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres (2007-2008), Elsa Sahal has also taught at the Haute École d'Art et de Design in Geneva and at the École Supérieure d'Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg. She experiments in particular with the idea of volume and balance in sculpture, while returning to an exploration of the themes of the body and femininity. Ambiguous, dense, sensual and colourful, her works oscillate between anthropomorphic landscape and the landscaped body, taking up Cézanne's dream of uniting women's curves with the shoulders of hills. Elsa Sahal conceives, kneads and then produces complex and disturbing forms sustained by dense colours and sublimated through enamel. Winner of the MAIF prize for sculpture, in 2008, and the contemporary sculpture prize awarded by the Fondazione Francesco Messina, in 2007, Elsa Sahal has presented her work in one-woman shows and group exhibitions in numerous museums around the globe: at the Bonnefantenmuseum, 'Ceramix, Ceramic art from Gauguin to Schütte', in 2015 (Maastricht); at the MAD Museum, 'Body and Soul, New International Ceramics', in 2013 (New York); at the Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, 'Sculptures', in 2008 (Paris); and at the Incheon Women Artists Biennale, in 2008 (Korea). Text in English and French.

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Hubert Le Gall is an aesthete with eclectic and unclassifiable talent who refuses to be pigeonholed in a style or trapped by routine. Constantly coming up with new associations of quirky ideas, switching between set design, art, and decoration, Hubert Le Gall takes great delight in playing with traditions and derision, with forms, light and cast shadows, contents and containers, solids and things untied...Pic poissons Pedestal table, Taureau cabinet, Pot de fleurs armchair, Marguerites table, Spot Dog lamp, Dorian mirror, his playful and poetic pieces never fail to enchant or to surprise.

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This beautifully illustrated book of avant-garde art furniture design highlights a generation of creators whose energy and vision made a break with the past. Profiled here are Mark Brazier-Jones, Franck Evennou, Elizabeth Garouste, Marco de Gueltzl, Hubert Le Gall, Thierry Peltrault, Laurence Picot, Andrea Salvetti, and Claude de Wulf. All have been represented since the 1980s by Elisabeth Delacarte, whose Galerie Avant-Scène in Paris continues its mission of promoting these and other extraordinary furniture and jewellery designers to this day. Text in English and French.

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Nestor Perkal has been multiplying his activities as an artist since the 1970s. He is indeed simultaneously a designer of furniture, objects and lightings, an interior architect, a scenographer, a curator and an art director. This book is the first monograph made about his work and aims to chart the different steps of his extraordinary career. In 1978, Nestor Perkal left his native land, Argentina, to settle in France. He first thrived in Paris as an independent designer, creating original furniture. At the same time, he opened a gallery and was the first to represent Memphis. His creations were displayed at the exhibition Life with colours of the Cartier Foundation in 1985. Then, he moved to Limoges where he lead the Craft, a research centre about the art of ceramic making. An artistic community gathered around him. He worked with many creators, designers, artists, but also manufacturers, sponsors and collectors. Having grown as an artist through time, Nestor Perkal played and is still playing a crucial part in promoting and producing the work of contemporary designers, architects and artists. Text in French.

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