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Childhood and Children's Books in Early Modern Europe, 1550-1800

By: Andrea Immel,Michael Witmore

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Childhood and Children's Books in Early Modern Europe, 1550-1800

By: Andrea Immel,Michael Witmore

This volume of 14 original essays by historians and literary scholars explores childhood and children's books in Early Modern Europe, 1550-1800. The collection aims to reposition childhood as a compelling presence in early modern imagination--a ready emblem of innocence, mischief, and playfulness. The essays offer a wide-ranging basis for reconceptualizing the development of a separate literature for children as central to evolving early modern concepts of human development and socialization. Among the topics covered are constructs of literacy as revealed by the figure of Goody Two Shoes, notions of pedagogy and academic standards, a reception study of children's reading based on book purchases made by Rugby school boys in the late eighteenth-century, an analysis of the first international best-seller for children, the abbe Pluche's Spectacle de la nature, and the commodification of child performers in Jacobean comedies.

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Routledge

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1135473323

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Do Men Mother

Second Edition

By: Andrea Doucet

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Do Men Mother

Second Edition

By: Andrea Doucet

The second edition of Andrea Doucet's Do Men Mother? builds upon the award winning first edition to further illuminate fathers' candid reflections on caring and the intricate social worlds that men and women inhabit as they 'love and let go' of their children. Including interviews with over one hundred fathers - from truck drivers to insurance salesmen, physicians to artists - Doucet illustrates how men are breaking the mould of traditional parenting models. This edition expands her argument wider and deeper, building on changes to the theoretical work that informs the field, her own intellectual trajectory, and the fieldwork of revisiting six fathers and their partners a decade after her initial interviews. She continues to examine key questions such as: What leads fathers to trade earning for caring? How do fathers navigate through the 'maternal worlds' of mothers and infants? Are men mothering or are they redefining fatherhood? In asking and unravelling the question 'Do men mother?' this study tells a compelling story about Canadian parents radically re-envisioning child care and domestic responsibilities in the twenty-first century.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487520514

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The Embodiment of Disobedience

Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies

By: Andrea Elizabeth Shaw,Andrea Shaw Nevins

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The Embodiment of Disobedience

Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies

By: Andrea Elizabeth Shaw,Andrea Shaw Nevins

The Embodiment of Disobedience explores the ways in which the African Diaspora has rejected the West's efforts to impose imperatives of slenderness and mass market fat-anxiety.

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Lexington Books

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0739114875

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9780739114872

British Policy Towards Poland, 1944–1956

By: Andrea Mason

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British Policy Towards Poland, 1944–1956

By: Andrea Mason

This book examines the outcome of the British commitment to reconstitute a sovereign Polish state and establish a democratic Polish government after the Second World War. It analyses the wartime origins of Churchill’s commitment to Poland, and assesses the reasons for the collapse of British efforts to support the leader of the Polish opposition, Stanisław Mikołajczyk, in countering the attempt by the Polish communist party to establish one-party rule after the war. This examination of Anglo-Polish relations is set within the broader context of emerging early Cold War tensions. It addresses the shift in British foreign policy after 1945 towards the US, the Soviet Union and Europe, as British leaders and policymakers adjusted both to the new post-war international circumstances, and to the domestic constraints which increasingly limited British policy options. This work analyses the reasons for Ernest Bevin’s decision to disengage from Poland, helping to advance the debate on the larger question of Bevin’s vision of Britain’s place within the newly reconfigured international system. The final chapter surveys British policy towards Poland from the period of Sovietisation in the late 1940s up to the October 1956 revolution, arguing that Poland’s process of liberalisation in the mid-1950s served as the catalyst for limited British reengagement in Eastern Europe.

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Springer

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3319942417

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Tiger Rock: An AFK Book (Five Nights at Freddy's: Tales from the Pizzaplex #7)

By: Scott Cawthon,Kelly Parra,Andrea Waggener

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Tiger Rock: An AFK Book (Five Nights at Freddy's: Tales from the Pizzaplex #7)

By: Scott Cawthon,Kelly Parra,Andrea Waggener

Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this collection of three chilling stories that will haunt even the bravest player... Have you ever had something stuck in your head . . . ? After a session in the VR Booth at the Mega Pizzaplex, Kai can't shake the feeling that the tiger animatronic somehow has stayed with him . . . A new attraction at the Mega Pizzaplex leaves Kane's mind full of intrusive thoughts not his own . . . And Danny's idea to get the attention of his high school crush comes with unimaginable consequences. . . In the world of Five Nights at Freddy's, truth is often scarier than fiction . . . In this seventh volume, Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon spins three sinister novella-length tales from uncharted corners of his series' canon.Readers beware: This collection of terrifying tales is enough to rattle even the most hardened Five Nights at Freddy's fans.

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Scholastic Inc.

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1338871366

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Euroland and the World Economy

Global Player or Global Drag?

By: Jörg Bibow,Andrea Terzi

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Euroland and the World Economy

Global Player or Global Drag?

By: Jörg Bibow,Andrea Terzi

This book takes a broad perspective to challenge orthodox views about the role of Euroland in the world economy, providing a comprehensive framework to address important questions for the future of the Euro, including the key question: will the single currency contribute to world economic dynamism or be driven by the vigour and vitality of others?

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Springer

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0230377556

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Ifric 12 service concession arrangements and market disclosure quality. Investigation amongst European listed companies in the more extensive scenario of accounting standardisation

Investigation amongst European listed companies in the more extensive scenario of accounting standardisation

By: Andrea Giornetti

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Ifric 12 service concession arrangements and market disclosure quality. Investigation amongst European listed companies in the more extensive scenario of accounting standardisation

Investigation amongst European listed companies in the more extensive scenario of accounting standardisation

By: Andrea Giornetti

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FrancoAngeli

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889170413X

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9788891704139

Romanticism and the Painful Pleasures of Modern Life

By: Andrea K. Henderson

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Romanticism and the Painful Pleasures of Modern Life

By: Andrea K. Henderson

An exploration of the Romantic obsession with power, submission and masochism, through readings of Byron, Keats, Burney and others.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521884020

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A Game of Chance

The Story of British North American South Seas Whaling

By: Andrea Kirkpatrick

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A Game of Chance

The Story of British North American South Seas Whaling

By: Andrea Kirkpatrick

It’s almost impossible to imagine spending eight months at sea “without once putting foot on land.” But that’s exactly what whalers experienced when playing the dangerous “game of chance,” hunting down leviathans for oil and bone—all for a “lay,” or share, of the vessel’s spoils. A Game of Chance is the first comprehensive, in-depth study of British North American South Seas whaling. Author Andrea Kirkpatrick takes readers on a series of fascinating and sometimes fantastical journeys as she chronicles in great detail the story of a largely forgotten industry that operated out of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ports from the 1760s to 1850. Kirkpatrick plumbed the depths of myriad logbooks and journals to piece together the often-murky tales of an astonishing number of ships. In this treatise covering a century of whaling, she shares details such as ownership, tonnage, voyages, captains’ pedigrees, and names of crewmen, including nascent whaler Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick. Hoping for “greasy luck,” the men who manned these ships found both camaraderie and competition as they hunted the world’s whaling grounds from Cape Horn to Kamchatka, many circumnavigating the globe during their careers. They battled squalls and high seas, scurvy and venereal disease, heartbreak and homesickness—and sometimes each other. Many never returned home, their bodies committed to the deep or buried on foreign land. Written in two parts—landward and seaward—Kirkpatrick’s clear prose and adoption of whaling lingua franca brings this high-risk venture to the fore with authenticity, newly revealed facts, and remarkable stories of adventure.

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FriesenPress

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1039158641

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Art Therapy

A Handbook

By: Dryden, Windy,Waller, Diane,Gilroy , Andrea

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Art Therapy

A Handbook

By: Dryden, Windy,Waller, Diane,Gilroy , Andrea

Presents new ideas in the theory and practice of art therapy, incorporating them into more established art therapy and pointing to future developments. The book concludes with an examination of the training of art therapists and a look at the future direction of research in the field.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335098851

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9780335098859

The Millionaire and the Bard

Henry Folger's Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare's First Folio

By: Andrea Mays

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The Millionaire and the Bard

Henry Folger's Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare's First Folio

By: Andrea Mays

The miraculous and romantic story of Shakespeare’s First Folio, and of the American industrialist whose thrilling pursuit of the book became a lifelong obsession: “Mays’s narrative is so fast-moving, and peppered with such fascinating detail, it almost reads like a thriller” (Entertainment Weekly, Grade: A). When Shakespeare died in 1616, half of his plays died with him. No one—not even their author—believed that his writings would last. In 1623, seven years after his death, Shakespeare’s business partners, companions, and fellow actors gathered copies of his plays and manuscripts and published thirty-six of them. This massive book, the First Folio, was intended as a memorial to their deceased friend. They could not have known that it would become one of the most important books ever published in the English language. Over two and a half centuries later, a young man fresh out of law school, Henry Folger, bought a book at auction—a later, 1685 edition Fourth Folio, for $107.50. It was the beginning of an obsession that would consume the rest of his life. Folger rose to be president of Standard Oil, and he used his fortune to create the greatest Shakespeare collection in the world. By the time he died, Folger owned more First Folios than anyone and had founded the Folger Shakespeare Library, where his collection still resides. In The Millionaire and the Bard, Andrea Mays spins the tale of Shakespeare and of his collector, of the genius whose work we nearly lost, the men who had the foresight to preserve it, and the millionaire who, centuries later, was consumed by his obsession with it. “Effortless in its unadorned storytelling and exacting in its research, this is a page-turning detective story” (Publishers Weekly).

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Simon and Schuster

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143914124X

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9781439141243

Qpedia Thermal Management eMagazine, Volume 4

By: Kaveh Azar,Bahman Tavassoli,Advanced Thermal Solutions,Andrea Koss

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Qpedia Thermal Management eMagazine, Volume 4

By: Kaveh Azar,Bahman Tavassoli,Advanced Thermal Solutions,Andrea Koss

The complete editorial contents of Qpedia Thermal 4, Issues 1 - 12 features 48 in-depth articles that discuss critical case studies, calculations and analysis for thermal engineering professionals and academia.

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Advanced Thermal Solutions

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0984627928

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9780984627929

Working Juju

Representations of the Caribbean Fantastic

By: Andrea Shaw Nevins

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Working Juju

Representations of the Caribbean Fantastic

By: Andrea Shaw Nevins

Working Juju examines how fantastical and unreal modes are deployed in portrayals of the Caribbean in popular and literary culture as well as in the visual arts. The Caribbean has historically been constructed as a region mantled by the fantastic. Andrea Shaw Nevins analyzes such imaginings of the Caribbean and interrogates the freighting of Caribbean-infused spaces with characteristics that register as fantastical. These fantastical traits may be described as magical, supernatural, uncanny, paranormal, mystical, and speculative. The book asks throughout, What are the discursive threads that run through texts featuring the Caribbean fantastic? In Working Juju, Nevins teases out the multilayered and often obscured connections among texts such as the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, planter and historian Edward Long’s History of Jamaica, and Grenadian sci-fi writer Tobias Buckell’s Xenowealth series set in the future Caribbean. Fantastical representations of the region generally occupy one of two spaces. In the first, the Caribbean fantastic facilitates an imagining of the colonial experience and its aftermath as one in which the region and its representatives exercise agency and in which the humanity of the region’s inhabitants is asserted. Alternately, the fantastic is sometimes situated as a signifier of the irrational and uncivilized. The thread that unites portrayals of the fantastic Caribbean in the latter kind of works is that they tend to locate Caribbean belief systems as powerful, even at times inadvertently in contradiction to the text’s ideological posture. Nevins shows how the singular “Caribbean” identity that emerges in these text is at odds with the complex historical narratives of actual Caribbean countries and colonies.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820356107

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9780820356105

Challenges to Central Banking from Globalized Financial Systems

By: Ms.Andrea Schaechter,Mr.Piero Ugolini,Mr.Mark R. Stone

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Challenges to Central Banking from Globalized Financial Systems

By: Ms.Andrea Schaechter,Mr.Piero Ugolini,Mr.Mark R. Stone

Increasing global financial market integration is presenting new challenges to central banks as they seek to attain low inflation and financial stability. This volume is based on a conference hosted by the IMF in September 2002. It examines key issues such as the choice of nominal anchor for countries susceptible to shifts in capital flows, what can be done to prevent and deal decisively with financial crises, and how central bankers should think about the difficult choices when monetary objectives and financial stability objectives come into conflict.

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International Monetary Fund

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1589062175

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9781589062177

Icebound

Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

By: Andrea Pitzer

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Icebound

Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

By: Andrea Pitzer

In the bestselling tradition of Hampton Sides’s In the Kingdom of Ice, a “gripping adventure tale” (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explorer William Barents’ three harrowing Arctic expeditions—the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival. The human story has always been one of perseverance—often against remarkable odds. The most astonishing survival tale of all might be that of 16th-century Dutch explorer William Barents and his crew of sixteen, who ventured farther north than any Europeans before and, on their third polar exploration, lost their ship off the frozen coast of Nova Zembla to unforgiving ice. The men would spend the next year fighting off ravenous polar bears, gnawing hunger, and endless winter. In Icebound, Andrea Pitzer masterfully combines a gripping tale of survival with a sweeping history of the great Age of Exploration—a time of hope, adventure, and seemingly unlimited geographic frontiers. At the story’s center is William Barents, one of the 16th century’s greatest navigators whose larger-than-life ambitions and obsessive quest to chart a path through the deepest, most remote regions of the Arctic ended in both tragedy and glory. Journalist Pitzer did extensive research, learning how to use four-hundred-year-old navigation equipment, setting out on three Arctic expeditions to retrace Barents’s steps, and visiting replicas of Barents’s ship and cabin. “A resonant meditation on human ingenuity, resilience, and hope” (The New Yorker), Pitzer’s reenactment of Barents’s ill-fated journey shows us how the human body can function at twenty degrees below, the history of mutiny, the art of celestial navigation, and the intricacies of building shelters. But above all, it gives us a firsthand glimpse into the true nature of courage.

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Simon and Schuster

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1982113367

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9781982113360

The African Burial Ground in New York City

Memory, Spirituality, and Space

By: Andrea E. Frohne

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The African Burial Ground in New York City

Memory, Spirituality, and Space

By: Andrea E. Frohne

In 1991, archaeologists in lower Manhattan unearthed a stunning discovery. Buried for more than 200 years was a communal cemetery containing the remains of up to 20,000 people. At roughly 6.6 acres, the African Burial Ground is the largest and earliest known burial space of African descendants in North America. In the years that followed its discovery, citizens and activists fought tirelessly to demand respectful treatment of eighteenth-century funerary remains and sacred ancestors. After more than a decade of political battle—on local and national levels—and scientific research at Howard University, the remains were eventually reburied on the site in 2003. Capturing the varied perspectives and the emotional tenor of the time, Frohne narrates the story of the African Burial Ground and the controversies surrounding urban commemoration. She analyzes both its colonial and contemporary representations, drawing on colonial era maps, prints, and land surveys to illuminate the forgotten and hidden visual histories of a mostly enslaved population buried in the African Burial Ground. Tracing the history and identity of the area from a forgotten site to a contested and negotiated space, Frohne situates the burial ground within the context of late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century race relations in New York City to reveal its enduring presence as a spiritual place.

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Syracuse University Press

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0815634307

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9780815634300

Paso Robles

By: Andrea H. Hobbs,Milene F. Radford,Paso Robles Pioneer Museum

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Paso Robles

By: Andrea H. Hobbs,Milene F. Radford,Paso Robles Pioneer Museum

Halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, the historic town of Paso Robles became known for its abundance of hot mineral springs that brought relief from pain--first for the Salinan Indians, then for the Franciscan friars. As word of the springs' healing powers spread, hotels and bathhouses were built to accommodate the tourists who came seeking cures. The little community developed steadily after 1886, when the railroad arrived and town lots were auctioned. Area homesteaders raised cattle, grew grain, and planted fruit, walnut, and almond orchards--all without irrigation. Once known as the almond capital of the world, Paso Robles' agriculture has gradually changed from dry-land farms to irrigated vineyards. Tourists are attracted to Paso Robles for its mild climate, beautiful scenery, and mineral baths, which are being revived. The area's rich heritage is portrayed through more than 200 images from public and private historical collections.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738547212

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9780738547213

A Year in the Life of Stuart Britain

By: Andrea Zuvich

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A Year in the Life of Stuart Britain

By: Andrea Zuvich

Exploring a year in the life of Stuart Britain

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500

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445647435

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9781445647432

Top 10 Los Angeles

By: Andrea Schulte-Peevers,Catherine Gerber

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Top 10 Los Angeles

By: Andrea Schulte-Peevers,Catherine Gerber

Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK Top 10 Los Angeles uses exciting photography and excellent cartography to provide a reliable and useful travel companion. Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as well as insider tips, from avoiding the crowds to finding out the freebies, the DK Top 10 Guides take the work out of planning any trip.

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Penguin

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0756691362

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9780756691363

Inventions of the Skin

By: Andrea Stevens

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Inventions of the Skin

By: Andrea Stevens

Recovering a crucial grammar of theatrical representation, this book argues that the onstage embodiment of characters-not just the words written for them to speak-forms an important and overlooked aspect of stage representation.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748670513

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9780748670512

Geek Girls Don't Cry

Real-Life Lessons From Fictional Female Characters

By: Andrea Towers

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Geek Girls Don't Cry

Real-Life Lessons From Fictional Female Characters

By: Andrea Towers

From an entertainment writer, “an enjoyable read for anyone interested in pop culture, with particular relevance to those working to overcome struggles.” (Booklist) What does it mean for a woman to be strong—especially in a world where our conception of a “hero” is still so heavily influenced by male characters like Batman, Spider-Man, and Superman? Geek Girls Don’t Cry outlines some of the primary traits heroic women can call upon, like resilience, self-acceptance, and bravery, pulling in stories from real-life women as well as figures from the pop-culture pantheon. Written by Andrea Towers, who has worked for Marvel Entertainment and written about superheroines for such outlets as Entertainment Weekly, Geek Girls Don’t Cry also includes interviews with the creators of our favorite fictional heroines, who discuss how they came up with their inspiring characters and how their creations continue to inspire them. “In a market flush with biographical anthologies of awesome, powerful, and sometimes unknown women, Towers’ book stands out. She puts the creative in creative nonfiction as she takes the biographical details of fictional female characters and associates them with various real-life issues to empower and comfort readers.” —Booklist

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Union Square + ORM

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1454933402

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9781454933403

Why Mexicans Don't Drink Molson

Rescuing Canadian Business From the Suds of Global Obscurity

By: Andrea Mandel-Campbell

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Why Mexicans Don't Drink Molson

Rescuing Canadian Business From the Suds of Global Obscurity

By: Andrea Mandel-Campbell

Canada has all the makings of a global leader, yet it has opted to become a laggard, frittering away its jackpot of rich resources rather than building viable multinationals that are ultimately the country’s best defence in a globalized world. Andrea Mandel-Campbell interviews some of Canada’s leading executives and behind-the-scenes movers and shakers to reveal the hidden challenges to Canada’s global success and the perils of continued complacency. A lively and authoritative compendium of never-before-heard tales of Canadian companies abroad, Why Mexicans Don’t Drink Molson is also a hands-on guide for innovative competitiveness, helping readers to identify the nation’s previously underestimated assets and abilities.

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D & M Publishers

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192668592X

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Urban Interstices: The Aesthetics and the Politics of the In-between

By: Andrea Mubi Brighenti

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Urban Interstices: The Aesthetics and the Politics of the In-between

By: Andrea Mubi Brighenti

Bringing together a team of international scholars with an interest in urban transformations, spatial justice and territoriality, this volume questions how the interstice is related to the emerging processes of partitioning, enclave-making and zoning, showing how in-between spaces are intimately related to larger flows, networks, territories and boundaries. Illustrated with a range of case studies from places such as the US, Quebec, the UK, Italy, Gaza, Iraq, India, and South-east Asia, the volume analyses the place and function of interstitial locales in both a ’disciplined’ urban space and a disordered space conceptualized through the notions of ’excess’, ’danger’ and ’threat’. Warning not to romanticize the interstice, the book invites us to study it as not simply a place but also a set of phenomena, events and social interactions. How are interstices perceived and represented? What is the politics of visibility that is applied to them? How to capture their peculiar rhythms, speeds and affects? On the one hand, interstices open up venues for informality, improvisation, challenge, and bricolage, playful as well as angry statements on the neoliberal city and enhanced urban inequalities. On the other hand, they also represent a crucial site of governance (even governance by withdrawal) and urban management, where an array of techniques ranging from military urbanism to new forms of value extraction are experimented. At the point of convergence of all these tensions, interstices appear as veritable sites of transformation, where social forces clash and mesh prefiguring our urban future. The book interrogates these territories, proposing new ways to explore the dynamics, events and visibilities that define them.

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250

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Routledge

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1317003721

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9781317003724

Indoor America

The Interior Landscape of Postwar Suburbia

By: Andrea Vesentini

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Indoor America

The Interior Landscape of Postwar Suburbia

By: Andrea Vesentini

Cars, single-family houses, fallout shelters, air-conditioned malls—these are only some of the many interiors making up the landscape of American suburbia. Indoor America explores the history of suburbanization through the emergence of such spaces in the postwar years, examining their design, use, and representation. By drawing on a wealth of examples ranging from the built environment to popular culture and film, Andrea Vesentini shows how suburban interiors were devised as a continuous cultural landscape of interconnected and self-sufficient escape capsules. The relocation of most everyday practices into indoor spaces has often been overlooked by suburban historiography; Indoor America uncovers this latent history and contrasts it with the dominant reading of suburbanization as pursuit of open space. Americans did not just flee the city by getting out of it—they did so also by getting inside. Vesentini chronicles this inner-directed flight by describing three separate stages. The encapsulation of the automobile fostered the nuclear segregation of the family from the social fabric and served as a blueprint for all other interiors. Introverted design increasingly turned the focus of the house inward. Finally, through interiorization, the exterior was incorporated into the all-encompassing interior landscape of enclosed malls and projects for indoor cities. In a journey that features tailfin cars and World’s Fair model homes, Richard Neutra’s glass walls and sitcom picture windows, Victor Gruen’s Southdale Center and the Minnesota Experimental City, Indoor America takes the reader into the heart and viscera of America’s urban sprawl.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813941806

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9780813941806

The Round Table Movement and the Fall of the 'Second' British Empire (1909-1919)

By: Andrea Bosco

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The Round Table Movement and the Fall of the 'Second' British Empire (1909-1919)

By: Andrea Bosco

In spite of the general phobia of federalism, there is a strong federalist trend within British political culture. In three very different historical contexts, federalism inspired the action of political movements such as the Imperial Federation League, the Round Table and the Federal Union. Indeed, it was regarded as the solution to problems arising from the first signs of the possible collapse of Great Britain and its Empire. The Round Table Movement played a particularly interesting role in this regard, attempting to reverse the rapid and inexorable decline of the British Empire. It was a political organisation with roots in all the major peripheries of the Empire and almost unlimited financial resources. This volume discusses the strategies and means employed by the group in order to maintain the British Empire’s global prominence. The book’s main argument is that we did not have a “British century” – the nineteenth – and an “American century” – the twentieth – but, rather, four centuries of Anglo–Saxon supremacy, which witnessed the affirmation of the national principle – expression of the Continental political tradition – and its overcoming through its opposite, the federal principle, the expression of the insular political tradition.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443869996

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9781443869997

Savvy Networking

118 Fast & Effective Tips for Business Success

By: Andrea R. Nierenberg

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118 Fast & Effective Tips for Business Success

By: Andrea R. Nierenberg

Presents a selection of tips organised into chapters that represent steps for building a powerful network.

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1933102446

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The Stuarts in 100 Facts

By: Andrea Zuvich

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The Stuarts in 100 Facts

By: Andrea Zuvich

Discover the history behind the facts

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445647311

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We the Miners

Self-Government in the California Gold Rush

By: Andrea G. McDowell

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We the Miners

Self-Government in the California Gold Rush

By: Andrea G. McDowell

The California Gold Rush is thought to exemplify the Wild West, yet miners were expert organizers. Driven by property interests, they enacted mining codes, held criminal trials, and decided claim disputes. But democracy and law did not extend to “foreigners” and Indians, and miners were hesitant to yield power to the state that formed around them.

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Harvard University Press

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The Rose of Martinique

A Life of Napoleon's Josephine

By: Andrea Stuart

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The Rose of Martinique

A Life of Napoleon's Josephine

By: Andrea Stuart

The acclaimed biography of Josephine Bonaparte, the Caribbean-born Creole who became the first wife of Napoleon and Empress of France. One of the most remarkable women of the modern era, Josephine Bonaparte was born Rose de Tasher on her family’s sugar plantation in Martinique. She embodied all the characteristics of a true Creole—sensuality, vivacity, and willfulness. Rescued from near starvation, she grew to epitomize the wild decadence of post-revolutionary Paris. It was there that Josephine first caught the eye of Napoleon Bonaparte. A true partner to Napoleon, she was equal parts political adviser, hostess par excellence, confidante, and passionate lover. Josephine managed to be in the forefront of every important episode of her era’s turbulent history: from the rise of the West Indian slave plantations that bankrolled Europe’s rapid economic development, to the decaying of the ancien régime, to the French Revolution itself, from which she barely escaped the guillotine. Using diaries and letters, Andrea Stuart brings her so utterly to life that we finally understand why Napoleon’s last word before dying was the name he had given her: Josephine. “A comprehensive and truly empathetic biography. Andrea Stuart, who was raised in the Caribbean, combines scholarly distance with a genuine attempt to understand her heroine.” —The Washington Post

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Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

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1555847420

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Monetary Policy

Goals, Institutions, Strategies, and Instruments

By: Peter Bofinger,Julian Reischle,Andrea Schächter

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Monetary Policy

Goals, Institutions, Strategies, and Instruments

By: Peter Bofinger,Julian Reischle,Andrea Schächter

Provides a description and analysis of monetary policy in Europe and the United States. It focuses on actual monetary policy - targets, institutions, strategies, and instruments - but traditional and contemporary theoretical approaches to monetary policy form the basis for each chapter. Concentrating specifically on the European Central Bank, "Monetary Policy" offers a guide to understanding the targets, strategy, and instruments of the ECB. By combining a theoretical with a policy-oriented approach, this title should appeal to a broad readership, including investment bankers and other professional investors, central bankers, and scholars working in the field.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199248567

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Escaping the Deadly Embrace

How Encirclement Causes Major Wars

By: Andrea Bartoletti

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Escaping the Deadly Embrace

How Encirclement Causes Major Wars

By: Andrea Bartoletti

Encirclement, Andrea Bartoletti argues, is an essential strategic possibility of the international system and a key trigger of major war. Using historical case studies, Escaping the Deadly Embrace examines how great powers try to escape the two-front war problem and seek to preserve their security. Encirclement is a geographic variable that occurs in the presence of one or two great powers on two different borders of the surrounded great power. The surrounding great powers may not have the capacity to initiate a joint invasion. Yet their threatening presence triggers a double security dilemma for the encircled great power, which has to disperse its army to secure its borders. When the surrounding great powers become capable of launching a two-front attack, the encircled great power initiates war. This situation, disastrous in itself, can also lead to war contagion when other great powers intervene in the new conflict owing to the rival-based network of alliances. Combining archival work and historiographical analysis, Escaping the Deadly Embrace demonstrates the efficacy of this by assessing three major wars: the Italian Wars, the Thirty Years' War, and World War I. These findings, Bartoletti shows, have important implications for future major wars. Challenging the current focus on the US-China rivalry, he argues that the most concerning strategic scenario is the encirclement of China by India and Russia.

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Cornell University Press

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1501765922

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Printing and Painting the News in Victorian London

"The Graphic and Social Realism, 1869-1891 "

By: Andrea Korda

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Printing and Painting the News in Victorian London

"The Graphic and Social Realism, 1869-1891 "

By: Andrea Korda

Printing and Painting the News in Victorian London offers a fresh perspective on Social Realism by contextualizing it within the burgeoning new media environment of Victorian London. Paintings labelled as Social Realist by Luke Fildes, Frank Holl and Hubert Herkomer are frequently considered to typify the sentimental Victorian genre painting that quickly became outdated with the development of modernism. Yet this book argues that the paintings must be considered as the result of the new experiences of modernity-the urban poverty that the paintings represent and, most importantly, the advent of the mass-produced illustrated news. Fildes, Holl and Herkomer worked for The Graphic, a publication launched in 1869 as a rival to the dominant Illustrated London News. The artists? illustrations, which featured the growing problem of urban poverty, became the basis for large-scale paintings that provoked controversy among their contemporaries and later became known as Social Realism. This first in-depth study of The Graphic and Social Realism uses the approach of media archaeology to unearth the modernity of these works, showing that they engaged with the changing notions of objectivity and immediacy that nineteenth-century new media cultivated. In doing so, this book proposes an alternative trajectory for the development of modernism that allows for a richer understanding of nineteenth-century visual culture.

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1351553240

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Lonely Planet Los Angeles, San Diego & Southern California

By: Lonely Planet,Andrea Schulte-Peevers,Andrew Bender,Cristian Bonetto,Benedict Walker,Jade Bremner,Clifton Wilkinson

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Lonely Planet Los Angeles, San Diego & Southern California

By: Lonely Planet,Andrea Schulte-Peevers,Andrew Bender,Cristian Bonetto,Benedict Walker,Jade Bremner,Clifton Wilkinson

Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Los Angeles, San Diego & Southern California is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Cruise the slow lanes of the Pacific Coast Highway, ride in spinning teacups at Disneyland Resort, or hit the trails in Joshua Tree National Park; all with your trusted travel companion. Begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Los Angeles, San Diego & Southern California Travel Guide: Full-color maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, music, arts, architecture, wildlife Free, convenient pull-out Los Angeles map (included in print version), plus over 50 color maps Covers Los Angeles, Orange County, Palm Springs, Joshua Tree National Park, Death Valley National Park, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara, San Diego and more eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Los Angeles, San Diego & Southern California, our most comprehensive guide to Southern California, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less traveled. Looking for a guide focused on Los Angeles? Check out Lonely Planet Pocket Los Angeles, a handy-sized guide focused on the can’t-miss sights for a quick trip. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world’s number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we’ve printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You’ll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

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The Book of Hastur

By: C. T. Phipps,Tim Mendees,David Hambling,Matthew Davenport,Andrea Pearson,Eric Malikyte,David Niall Wilson

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The Book of Hastur

By: C. T. Phipps,Tim Mendees,David Hambling,Matthew Davenport,Andrea Pearson,Eric Malikyte,David Niall Wilson

“Have you seen the Yellow Sign?” Hastur was not a creation of H.P. Lovecraft but an adaptation of concepts created by Ambrose Bierce and Robert W. Chambers. Nevertheless, Hastur, AKA The King in Yellow, has since gone on to become one of the most iconic Great Old Ones. Whether the mysterious Lord of Leng in the Dreamlands or Cthulhu’s alleged half-brother, he is a figure who haunts the dreams of those mortals who touch upon even the barest knowledge of his existence. THE BOOK OF HASTUR is a collection of short stories and novellas depicting Hastur’s influence over a variety of individuals as well as those individuals affected by his presence. Some of them are horror, some of them are Pulp adventure, and some are a mixture of the two.

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1637890834

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Urban Regeneration and Social Sustainability

Best Practice from European Cities

By: Andrea Colantonio,Tim Dixon

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Urban Regeneration and Social Sustainability

Best Practice from European Cities

By: Andrea Colantonio,Tim Dixon

Urban regeneration is a key focus for public policy throughout Europe. This book examines social sustainability and analyses its meaning. The authors offer a comprehensive European perspective to identify best practices in sustainable urban regeneration in five major cities in Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, and the UK. This authoritative overview of the scholarly literature makes the book essential reading for researchers and post-graduate students in sustainable development, real estate, geography, urban studies, and urban planning, as well as consultants and policy advisors in urban regeneration and the built environment.

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1444329464

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Baby Names Your Child Can Live With

Thousands Of Names To Help You Make The Perfect Choice

By: Lisa Shaw,Andrea Norville

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Baby Names Your Child Can Live With

Thousands Of Names To Help You Make The Perfect Choice

By: Lisa Shaw,Andrea Norville

Eamon or Andy? Kai or Katherine? Choosing the right name for your baby isn't easy. Cool, contemporary names may seem great to you initially, but what if they sound strange or obscure when your child gets older? There are thousands of names to consider, but only one that's just right for your baby. With this unique and practical book, you can cut through the myriad possibilities in no time. Divided into three sections: tried-and-true classics; slightly daring choices; and names that will have kids living on the edge, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With will help you decide if you're more comfortable playing it safe or you're ready to walk on the wild side.

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Simon and Schuster

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144051870X

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Civetta, Taylor, & Kirby's Critical Care Medicine

By: A. Joseph Layon,Andrea Gabrielli,Mihae Yu,Kenneth E. Wood

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Civetta, Taylor, & Kirby's Critical Care Medicine

By: A. Joseph Layon,Andrea Gabrielli,Mihae Yu,Kenneth E. Wood

Covering every problem encountered in today’s intensive care unit, this leading critical care textbook presents the knowledge and expertise of more than 350 global experts in this fast-changing field. Beginning with the social aspects of medicine, it then discusses monitoring and organ system pathobiology followed by specific diseases states/syndromes. Each chapter begins with immediate concerns and proceeds to broader-based discussions of relevant pathophysiologic and clinical issues.

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1469889854

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