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How the Cottonwood Got Its Star

A Fairy Tale

By: Amber Jo Ann

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How the Cottonwood Got Its Star

A Fairy Tale

By: Amber Jo Ann

Hear the flowing of a river And follow evocative scent To find guardian of spirit — Beloved bridge of our ascent! Known as the humble Cottonwood, Found in rich soils, damp and wet. Its song is heard upon the breeze, Perfuming Nature’s sweet duet. Yet within branches, slight and soft, Hides cosmic kiss as perfect star — Sole evidence of ancient tale Now told and loved both wide and far! -------------------------------------- SAMPLE: Chapter 1 There was once a Son of Saturn, The God of sowing and of seed. Highly moral, he ruled as King And through Reason did he succeed. He brought his people together And soon taught them to till the ground. With discipline they tamed the vine And through fair laws kept man unbound. This Kingdom knew not war nor loss Nor famine, drought, or senseless Death - For prosperity continued As long as righteous King drew breath. He possessed the age-old knowledge Passed down by ancient men of thought. And through his systems of belief Great abundance had his reign brought.

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Luna Sophia Publishing

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1735026042

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9781735026046

The Color Series

A Poetry Collection

By: Amber Jo Ann

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The Color Series

A Poetry Collection

By: Amber Jo Ann

Start with red and end with gray To explore the Peacock’s Tail, As solar eyes capture day Behind wisdom of the veil. Iridescent tinctures here For those seeking the Divine, Shared in verse to soothe the ear And ignite a sacred shrine. Seek below to rise above Then bring us all together — Hearts ablaze with Truth and Love, Now lighter than a Feather. *This collection includes ten poems, each based on a specific color. -------------------------------- Sample: Red Takes two to start a fire Or rage a bloody war, With kindling for desire And wavelengths to explore. There is that threat of danger In every call to arms, As passion can breed anger And red sounds all alarms. Still, the energy of Nymphs And Satyrs dressed as gods Evokes a sacred glimpse Into why we’re all at odds. For Life and Death flow aroused As battle trumpets sound. Find the lock where sex is housed To see how we are bound.

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Luna Sophia Publishing

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1735026026

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9781735026022

Lagniappe

A Poetry Collection

By: Amber Jo Ann

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Lagniappe

A Poetry Collection

By: Amber Jo Ann

What power makes a seedling burst To escape darkness of its shell? From what great muck is beauty born To emerge radiant from Hell? Please, judge not from mere appearance, As there are great Mysteries here — Beginning with the seed within, A spark that cannot disappear! Fear not the trials of Winter On that road to self-becoming. Prepare instead to boldly bloom, As the Spring is always coming! *This collection includes twelve poems. ---------------------------------------- Sample: Hidden Flame Friction, friction, breathing smoke Within a world most dark! Stoke the embers of the past With lick of precious spark. Smolder, seethe discovery In emptiness of night; Ripple, burn, and manifest Most vital fire bright! Throb with urge for secret warmth, Releasing bitters old; Melt the rigid for the hard, Illuminating bold! Hear it whispered flame to flame Through crackle, pop, and snap: Soaring heat consumes all lost As smoke reveals new map. Kiss me, Love, to glow anew, Ignited by our gaze. Let's dance within these vapors, And feed this mighty blaze.

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Luna Sophia Publishing

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1735026077

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9781735026077

Beating the Odds

82 Years at the Kentucky Derby

By: John S. Sutton Jr,Amber D. Sims

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Beating the Odds

82 Years at the Kentucky Derby

By: John S. Sutton Jr,Amber D. Sims

Beating The Odds: 82 Years At The Kentucky Derby is an Autobiography of a man who has attended 82 consecutive Kentucky Derbies and the ensuing unique lifestyle that accompanied this feat. Featured intermittently with an unusual childhood and later life experiences that very few people have had the privilege of being exposed to (good or bad). In addition, there are pictures and legacies of the immediately family that supported this endeavor.

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325

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Xlibris Corporation

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1669800792

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9781669800798

Designing Motherhood

Things that Make and Break Our Births

By: Michelle Millar Fisher,Amber Winick

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Designing Motherhood

Things that Make and Break Our Births

By: Michelle Millar Fisher,Amber Winick

More than eighty designs--iconic, archaic, quotidian, and taboo--that have defined the arc of human reproduction. While birth often brings great joy, making babies is a knotty enterprise. The designed objects that surround us when it comes to menstruation, birth control, conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and early motherhood vary as oddly, messily, and dramatically as the stereotypes suggest. This smart, image-rich, fashion-forward, and design-driven book explores more than eighty designs--iconic, conceptual, archaic, titillating, emotionally charged, or just plain strange--that have defined the relationships between people and babies during the past century. Each object tells a story. In striking images and engaging text, Designing Motherhood unfolds the compelling design histories and real-world uses of the objects that shape our reproductive experiences. The authors investigate the baby carrier, from the Snugli to BabyBjörn, and the (re)discovery of the varied traditions of baby wearing; the tie-waist skirt, famously worn by a pregnant Lucille Ball on I Love Lucy, and essential for camouflaging and slowly normalizing a public pregnancy; the home pregnancy kit, and its threat to the authority of male gynecologists; and more. Memorable images--including historical ads, found photos, and drawings--illustrate the crucial role design and material culture plays throughout the arc of human reproduction. The book features a prologue by Erica Chidi and a foreword by Alexandra Lange. Contributors Luz Argueta-Vogel, Zara Arshad, Nefertiti Austin, Juliana Rowen Barton, Lindsey Beal, Thomas Beatie, Caitlin Beach, Maricela Becerra, Joan E. Biren, Megan Brandow-Faller, Khiara M. Bridges, Heather DeWolf Bowser, Sophie Cavoulacos, Meegan Daigler, Anna Dhody, Christine Dodson, Henrike Dreier, Adam Dubrowski, Michelle Millar Fisher, Claire Dion Fletcher, Tekara Gainey, Lucy Gallun, Angela Garbes, Judy S. Gelles, Shoshana Batya Greenwald, Robert D. Hicks, Porsche Holland, Andrea Homer-Macdonald, Alexis Hope, Malika Kashyap, Karen Kleiman, Natalie Lira, Devorah L Marrus, Jessica Martucci, Sascha Mayer, Betsy Joslyn Mitchell, Ginger Mitchell, Mark Mitchell, Aidan O’Connor, Lauren Downing Peters, Nicole Pihema, Alice Rawsthorn, Helen Barchilon Redman, Airyka Rockefeller, Julie Rodelli, Raphaela Rosella, Loretta J. Ross, Ofelia Pérez Ruiz, Hannah Ryan, Karin Satrom, Tae Smith, Orkan Telhan, Stephanie Tillman, Sandra Oyarzo Torres, Malika Verma, Erin Weisbart, Deb Willis, Carmen Winant, Brendan Winick, Flaura Koplin Winston

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MIT Press

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0262044897

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9780262044899

Fifty States

Every Question Answered

By: Lori Baird,Marcel Brousseau,Amber Rose

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Fifty States

Every Question Answered

By: Lori Baird,Marcel Brousseau,Amber Rose

Take a tour of America with this outstanding reference—including photos, maps, and extensive facts about each state’s geography, history—and more. What was the last state to join the Union? What does the state quarter for Alabama look like? What is the state bird of Texas? How did Vermont get its name? All the answers are contained in Fifty States: Every Question Answered! Whether you’re a student or just a history buff, this book is a great reference manual to each state’s geography, history, factual details, and ecology. Beautiful color photos and maps also provide a view of how the landscape has changed over the years. Young and old alike will enjoy this adventurous, wide-ranging walk through the United States of America.

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Simon and Schuster

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1626862699

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9781626862692

The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook

Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief

By: Clair Davies,Amber Davies

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The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook

Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief

By: Clair Davies,Amber Davies

Trigger point therapy is one of the fastest-growing and most effective pain therapies in the world. Medical doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists, and massage therapists are all beginning to use this technique to relieve patients’ formerly undiagnosable muscle and joint pain, both conditions that studies have shown to be the cause of nearly 25 percent of all doctor visits. This book addresses the problem of myofascial trigger points—tiny contraction knots that develop in a muscle when it is injured or overworked. Restricted circulation and lack of oxygen in these points cause referred pain. Massage of the trigger is the safest, most natural, and most effective form of pain therapy. Trigger points create pain throughout the body in predictable patterns characteristic to each muscle, producing discomfort ranging from mild to severe. Trigger point massage increases circulation and oxygenation in the area and often produces instant relief. The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook, Third Edition, has made a huge impact among health professionals and the public alike, becoming an overnight classic in the field of pain relief. This edition includes a new chapter by the now deceased author, Clair Davies’ daughter, Amber Davies, who is passionate about continuing her father’s legacy. The new edition also includes postural assessments and muscle tests, an illustrated index of symptoms, and clinical technique drawings and descriptions to assist both practitioners and regular readers in assessing and treating trigger points. If you have ever suffered from, or have treated someone who suffers from myofascial trigger point pain, this is a must-have book.

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New Harbinger Publications

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1608824969

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9781608824960

A Real Life Exacta

Bourbon & 83 Kentucky Derbies

By: John S. Sutton Jr.,Amber D. Sims

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A Real Life Exacta

Bourbon & 83 Kentucky Derbies

By: John S. Sutton Jr.,Amber D. Sims

In "A Real Life Exacta: Bourbon & 83 Kentucky Derbies," the author pulls back the curtain on the history of horse racing, chronicling a lifelong passion that began more than eight decades ago. This illuminating Kentucky Derby book is steeped in rich tradition, offering readers a vibrant narrative that intimately showcases Kentucky Derby history. It's an exceptional dive into American horse racing, narrated by a man who has been a part of the Derby's fabric for an astounding 83 consecutive years. The book's narrative stretches back to the author's childhood when his familial love for horse racing was ignited. With the turn of each page, the reader is closer to the very heart of the Derby experience, revealing tales that only true Kentucky Derby fans would appreciate. Anecdotes, triumphs, challenges, and a host of horse racing stories are colorfully narrated, along with a plethora of candid photos and family legacies that lend added depth and texture. This autobiography is as much a chronicle of the author's life as it is a reflection of his enduring love for the Derby. It weaves in and out of significant life events and gives the reader a vivid picture of a unique lifestyle shaped around the most exhilarating two minutes in sports. Readers are granted a ringside seat to a journey that transformed a young boy into a fervent supporter who, since his first Derby, has been captivated by the sport's allure. Considered among the most inspirational autobiographies, the book underscores the author's determination to master every nuance of horse racing and leave a tangible legacy for his family. His resilience in the face of life's good and bad moments is narrated with honesty and steadfast resolve. "A Real Life Exacta: Bourbon & 83 Kentucky Derbies" is a must-read for those who relish true stories and are drawn to biographies that offer more than just a glimpse into a fascinating life. Similar to "Beating the Odds," it is a testament to a man's unwavering dedication to his passion and an extraordinary chronicle of a quintessential American pastime.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1669869083

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9781669869085

Remembering Vancouver's Disappeared Women

Settler Colonialism and the Difficulty of Inheritance

By: Amber Dean

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Remembering Vancouver's Disappeared Women

Settler Colonialism and the Difficulty of Inheritance

By: Amber Dean

Between the late 1970s and the early 2000s, at least sixty-five women, many of them members of Indigenous communities, were found murdered or reported missing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. In a work driven by the urgency of this ongoing crisis, which extends across the country, Amber Dean offers a timely, critical analysis of the public representations, memorials, and activist strategies that brought the story of Vancouver’s disappeared women to the attention of a wider public. Remembering Vancouver’s Disappeared Women traces “what lives on” from the violent loss of so many women from the same neighbourhood. Dean interrogates representations that aim to humanize the murdered or missing women, asking how these might inadvertently feed into the presumed dehumanization of sex work, Indigeneity, and living in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. Taking inspiration from Indigenous women’s research, activism, and art, she challenges readers to reckon with our collective implication in the ongoing violence of settler colonialism and to accept responsibility for addressing its countless injustices.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442660856

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9781442660854

Lady Gaga and the Remaking of Celebrity Culture

By: Amber L. Davisson

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Lady Gaga and the Remaking of Celebrity Culture

By: Amber L. Davisson

Lady Gaga represents both the height of celebrity and a disruption of the norms surrounding the social position. This book charts the way the pop star manages the celebrity persona in her relationships with her fans, the development of her gender identity, her parodying of other celebrities, and her navigation of the legal and economic system that make up the music industry. Much of Gaga's ability to maintain ownership of her identity comes from her early decisions to characterize herself as a performance artist. For Gaga, this means living the persona 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Gaga mimicks celebrity life in a self-conscious way that makes the mimicry apparent. Her performance of celebrity is an on-going project--despite what she may claim, she was not born this way. The excess of her celebrity is magnified by her title: Mother Monster. Historically, media narratives of celebrities, monsters, and mothers have centered on uncontrolled excesses that must be contained. Gaga adopts these personas, but refuses to submit to the containment that comes with each. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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McFarland

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1476603766

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9781476603766

Epistemology, Ethics, and Meaning in Unusually Personal Scholarship

By: Amber Esping

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Epistemology, Ethics, and Meaning in Unusually Personal Scholarship

By: Amber Esping

This book uses Viktor Frankl’s Existential Psychology (logotherapy) to explore the ways some professors use unusually personal scholarship to discover meaning in personal adversity. A psychiatrist imprisoned for three years in Nazi concentration camps, Frankl believed the search for meaning is a powerful motivator, and that its discovery can be profoundly therapeutic. Part I begins with four stories of professors finding meaning. Using the case studies as a foundation, Part II investigates issues of epistemology and ethics in unusually personal research from an existential perspective. The book offers advice for graduate students and faculty who want to live and work more meaningfully in the academy.

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Springer

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331973718X

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9783319737188

Alva Ixtlilxochitl's Native Archive and the Circulation of Knowledge in Colonial Mexico

By: Amber Brian

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Alva Ixtlilxochitl's Native Archive and the Circulation of Knowledge in Colonial Mexico

By: Amber Brian

Modern Language Association's Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize, Honorable Mention, 2016 Born between 1568 and 1580, Alva Ixtlilxochitl was a direct descendant of Ixtlilxochitl I and Ixtlilxochitl II, who had been rulers of Texcoco, one of the major city-states in pre-Conquest Mesoamerica. After a distinguished education and introduction into the life of the empire of New Spain in Mexico, Ixtlilxochitl was employed by the viceroy to write histories of the indigenous peoples in Mexico. Engaging with this history and delving deep into the resultant archives of this life's work, Amber Brian addresses the question of how knowledge and history came to be crafted in this era. Brian takes the reader through not only the history of the archives itself, but explores how its inheritors played as crucial a role in shaping this indigenous history as the author. The archive helped inspire an emerging nationalism at a crucial juncture in Latin American history, as Creoles and indigenous peoples appropriated the history to give rise to a belief in Mexican exceptionalism. This belief, ultimately, shaped the modern state and impacted the course of history in the Americas. Without the work of Ixtlilxochitl, that history would look very different today.

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Vanderbilt University Press

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0826503810

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9780826503817

Best of Stitch - Beautiful Bedrooms

By: Amber Eden

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Best of Stitch - Beautiful Bedrooms

By: Amber Eden

Brighten up your boudoir with twenty sewing projects! Stitch magazine readers can't get enough of pillows and other home-decor accessories. Perhaps it's because home-decor items are among the most accessible of sewing projects: quick to make, no fitting required, and fun to show off. And what better place to use and showcase these items than where you lay your head? Best of Stitch: Beautiful Bedrooms brings together a colorful, sensory feast of favorite and fresh projects that are easy on the eye and just a little bit sultry. You will learn new skills and find creative ways to make your sleeping quarters a showplace for handmade items. The book includes twenty projects as well as tips and sidebars on special techniques and troubleshooting advice for construction, handstitching, working with fabrics, and embellishing. A "Sewing Basics" reference section at the back of the book covers the skills necessary for creating each project.

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Penguin

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1620335190

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9781620335192

Motherhood and Feminism

Seal Studies

By: Amber E Kinser

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Motherhood and Feminism

Seal Studies

By: Amber E Kinser

How does feminism relate to motherhood, how has it changed over time, and what does the future of motherhood and feminism look like? These are just some of the questions Amber E. Kinser, PhD, tackles in this latest addition to the Seal Studies Series. Motherhood and Feminism examines the role of feminism within motherhood—a topic that has garnered a lot of attention lately as society shifts to adapt to new definitions of these roles—and offers insight into the core questions of motherhood: what it means to be a good mother, what role mothers play in the family and in society, and how motherhood has been redefined throughout time. Kinser also speculates on the future directions of feminism—focusing on the expansion of contemporary mother activism that has occurred in the last 15 years, and emphasizing the need for that expansion to continue—and examines how the changing world of motherhood fits into feminist activism.

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158005353X

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Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting

Stigma and the Undoing of Global Health

By: Alexandra Brewis,Amber Wutich

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Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting

Stigma and the Undoing of Global Health

By: Alexandra Brewis,Amber Wutich

How stigma derails well-intentioned public health efforts, creating suffering and worsening inequalities. 2020 Winner, Society for Anthropological Sciences Carol R. Ember Book Prize,Shortlisted for the British Sociological Association's Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize Stigma is a dehumanizing process, where shaming and blaming are embedded in our beliefs about who does and does not have value within society. In Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting, medical anthropologists Alexandra Brewis and Amber Wutich explore a darker side of public health: that well-intentioned public health campaigns can create new and damaging stigma, even when they are otherwise successful. Brewis and Wutich present a novel, synthetic argument about how stigmas act as a massive driver of global disease and suffering, killing or sickening billions every year. They focus on three of the most complex, difficult-to-fix global health efforts: bringing sanitation to all, treating mental illness, and preventing obesity. They explain how and why humans so readily stigmatize, how this derails ongoing public health efforts, and why this process invariably hurts people who are already at risk. They also explore how new stigmas enter global health so easily and consider why destigmatization is so very difficult. Finally, the book offers potential solutions that may be able to prevent, challenge, and fix stigma. Stigma elimination, Brewis and Wutich conclude, must be recognized as a necessary and core component of all global health efforts. Drawing on the authors' keen observations and decades of fieldwork, Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting combines a wide array of ethnographic evidence from around the globe to demonstrate conclusively how stigma undermines global health's basic goals to create both health and justice.

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Johns Hopkins University Press

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1421433354

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How the Cottonwood Got Its Star

How the Cottonwood Got Its Star

The Color Series

The Color Series

Lagniappe

Lagniappe

Beating the Odds

Beating the Odds

Designing Motherhood

Designing Motherhood

Fifty States

Fifty States

The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook

The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook

A Real Life Exacta

A Real Life Exacta

Remembering Vancouver's Disappeared Women

Remembering Vancouver's Disappeared Women

Lady Gaga and the Remaking of Celebrity Culture

Lady Gaga and the Remaking of Celebrity Culture

Epistemology, Ethics, and Meaning in Unusually Personal Scholarship

Epistemology, Ethics, and Meaning in Unusually Personal Scholarship

Alva Ixtlilxochitl's Native Archive and the Circulation of Knowledge in Colonial Mexico

Alva Ixtlilxochitl's Native Archive and the Circulation of Knowledge in Colonial Mexico

Best of Stitch - Beautiful Bedrooms

Best of Stitch - Beautiful Bedrooms

Motherhood and Feminism

Motherhood and Feminism

Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting

Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting

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