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Living West as Feminists

Conversations about the Where of Us

By: Krista Comer

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Living West as Feminists

Conversations about the Where of Us

By: Krista Comer

In the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Krista Comer invited fifteen colleagues into a conversation about feminism and the U.S. West. From her travels over some thirteen thousand miles to places chosen by participants comes a remarkable series of dialogues focusing on questions about the where of us—the places that we love or belong, or don’t belong, and who we are in them. Living West as Feminists moves from travelogue to interviews to critical meditations. It asks who one’s people are, to whom one feels accountable, and how we might make peace with the itinerant, often displaced lives of late-stage capitalist culture. Ultimately, the book understands feminism not as a specific politics or set of theories but as a network of relations. Its coalitional perspective allows for coming together even while distinguishing feminists who write from Black, Indigenous, queer, Chicanx, and materialist perspectives. Feminist rest areas, in which relational securities find footing, can create the most priceless resource in desperate times: well-being and political hope.

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1496241142

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Adventure Guide to the Alps

By: Krista Dana

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Adventure Guide to the Alps

By: Krista Dana

Annotation Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France, Austria -- the Alps extend through them all and this guide shows you how to experience their excitement and beauty. A native of the German Alps, the author explores the history, flora, fauna, people and culture, foods, festivals, adventures. Cortina, St. Moritz, Innsbruck, Chamonix, Milan, Zermatt, Intertaken and Venice are just a few of the magical spots you will visit.

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Hunter Publishing, Inc

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1588433919

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The Alps

By: Krista Dana

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The Alps

By: Krista Dana

This book is a great general guide to all the skiing areas in the Alps. Better than any other book I looked at. One bone to pick: It doesn't include Verbier, Switzerland. The authors had to cut the book off somewhere, I guess. The book is paperback and small -- easy to carry with you while you travel. Since I was unfamiliar with the Alps, I referred to it often on my ski trip to Switzerland and France. It gave the perfect amount of background info to each location and then had good, concise sections re: where to eat, where to party and where to stay. Bravo to the authors for obviously putting effort into creating an easy-to-read, concise and informative resource. -- Rahmit Olsen (Amazon reviewer). An avid skier and hiker, the author has explored terrain ranging from Switzerland's Matterhorn to South Korea's Muju Mountain. The author of more than 800 travel features, hotel reviews and destination guides, she shares her vast knowledge of ski and adventure travel in the Alps and Europe. --Ingram Advance Magazine. As portable as they are helpful and heavily illustrated as well, the volumes in this series remain very reliable in making certain that adventure is a major ingredient of your trip. --Booklist. Designed to be used while you re on the go, Hunter's Pocket Adventures fit in your pocket with ease and make the perfect take-along reference. They contain all the practical travel information you need - places to stay and eat, tourist information resources, travel advice, emergency contacts and more - plus condensed sections on history and geography that give you good background knowledge of the destination. The authors are fascinated with the destination and their passion comes across in the text, which is lively, revealing and a pleasure to read. Sidebars highlight unusual facts and tell of local legends, adding to your travel experience. Detailed town and regional maps make planning day-trips or city tours easy. Adventures covered range from town sightseeing tours and nature watching to sea kayaking and organized jungle excursions. Travelers looking for a more relaxed vacation may want to sign up for language classes or take a course on traditional regional cooking - these cultural adventures will introduce you to the people and afford you a truly unique travel experience. Maps and photos throughout.

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1588436497

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Gatekeeper's Deception I - Deceiver

By: Krista Wallace

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Gatekeeper's Deception I - Deceiver

By: Krista Wallace

Why don't you trust me?" he asked. Hurt and disbelief whirled in her head. "Because you don't trust me." The Lady Alon Maer, wife of duke Kien Bartheylen, is pregnant and seriously ill. Swordfighter Kyer Halidan, along with her company of friends, takes on the mission to find a cure. If they fail, Alon and her baby will die. An alluring stranger who calls himself The Guardian turns up along the way and gives Kyer timely warnings, earning her trust, and hinting at her true identity. But is he helping her, or serving his own ends? An uncanny escape, a gift from a dead warrior, a shocking message for Kyer's ears only, all sow suspicions among her friends that she is not who she claims to be. Even as their faith in her is tainted, her nemesis plots his vengeance: exposing unassailable evidence that it is Kyer who is attempting to murder Alon Maer.

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177808950X

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The Swiss Alps Travel Adventures

By: Kimberly Rinker,Krista Dana

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The Swiss Alps Travel Adventures

By: Kimberly Rinker,Krista Dana

The Valais region encompasses Switzerland''s most rugged terrain. Our coverage extends from the gateway city of Geneva to the upper reaches of the Walliser Alps along the Italian frontier. Visitors are apt to enter the region in Geneva, a small, cosmopolitan city between the border of France and the western end of Lake Geneva, known in French as Lac Leman. The city bustles with the business of international organizations, plays along a garden-lined lakefront, and harbors a pleasant pedestrian old town. The city of Lausanne lies across the lake, drawing visitors for its own pleasant lakefront and the Olympic Games History Museum. Beyond, in the Valais region, protrudes the magnificent Matterhorn Peak, with famed Zermatt at its foot and secluded Saas-Fee just over the hill. In southeastern Switzerland next to the border of Italy, Zermatt reclines amid a cluster of 38 4,000-m peaks. Above the town towers the distinctive hook of the Matterhorn crest. For most visitors, Zermatt isn''t a place to relax; it''s a place to play, and play hard. About 400 km of hiking paths wind through the mountains above Zermatt, most areas well-served by cableway or mountain train. The most spectacular of the trails run through the Sunnegga and Rothorn areas, winding around lakes, skirting glaciers, and all within view of the Matterhorn across the valley. One of these, the Marmot Trail, leads from mid-mountain Rothorn at Blauherd down to Sunnegga via a path lined with several marmot family groups. Walkers wanting a closer look at the majestic mountain should try the new Matterhorn Trail. It drops from the lift station at Schwarzsee, along the foot of the Matterhorn to Stafel, to the lake at Zmutt, and then down to the lift station at Furi OCo passing several inviting mountain huts along the way. Saas-Fee lies to the east of Zermatt, on the opposite side of the towering Dom. Like Zermatt, the resort is reached via a climb up the forked valley south of Visp OCo to reach Saas-Fee, drivers at Stalden take the lft fork toward Saastal instead of the right fork toward Tnsch. (Although only a few km apart as-the-crow-flies, the drive between Saas-Fee and Zermatt takes around an hour.) Also like Zermatt, the village of Saas-Fee is technically car-free, served only by a swarm of electric taxi carts. The swarm here, however, is considerably smaller and less menacing. Drivers park in the nine-story cliff-side garage on the village edge and, from the garage loading bays, telephone hotels for pickup. (Visitors arriving by train must bus in from Brig or Visp.) Guests here split into two distinct camps OCo those who''ve come for the small-resort exclusivity, and those who''ve come for the big-mountain recreation. Both camps enjoy the views from the Allalin, where the world''s highest revolving restaurant, the Drehrestaurant Metro-Alpin, does a full rotation each hour. Steps away, adventurers stroll through the largest ice pavilion in the world (the Mittelallin Eispavillon), a cave carved out of the glacier and embellished with sculptures and a chapel. At the heart of the Alps lies Switzerland; at the heart of Switzerland lies the Jungfrau region; and at the heart of the Jungfrau lies Interlaken. Tucked away in what is arguably the most spectacular Alpine scenery in the world, Interlaken enjoys renown for its diversity of outdoor adventures and its role as the Jungfrau region''s mountain transportation hub. It''s an inviting town OCo a busy, bustling place with back alleys few tourists take time to explore. These are just a few of the Swiss gems explored in this guide, equivalent to 160 print pages and loaded with detail on all the restaurants, hotels, shops and activities you''ll want to know about. Plus, there are maps and photos throughout. This is an excerpt from the much larger Adventure Guide to the Alps, which runs 500 pages in print, and covers the German, French, Austrian and Italian Alps as well.

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Gatekeeper's Deception II - Deceived

By: Krista Wallace

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Gatekeeper's Deception II - Deceived

By: Krista Wallace

Two lives for each life." Lord Bartheylen rose to his seven-foot height. "Kyer Halidan owes me four." The party of adventurers is fractured, divided between those who believe Kyer delivered the poison that is killing Lady Alon Maer, and those whose faith in her remains intact. Racing against time and relentless pursuers, the company must align to find the cure and deliver it to Alon Maer. A magical intervention can hasten their journey—it is not only a clue to Kyer's true identity, but further damning proof of her guilt. Against all odds she must clear her name. As the evidence against Kyer stacks up, her nemesis launches his final plan to destroy her life.

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1778089526

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Minnesota Open House

A Guide to Historic House Museums

By: Krista Finstad Hanson

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Minnesota Open House

A Guide to Historic House Museums

By: Krista Finstad Hanson

The user-friendly guide to nearly two-hundred breathtaking historic house museums across Minnesota.

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Minnesota Historical Society

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0873517431

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Mapping Landscapes in Transformation

Multidisciplinary Methods for Historical Analysis

By: Krista De De Jonge

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Mapping Landscapes in Transformation

Multidisciplinary Methods for Historical Analysis

By: Krista De De Jonge

The relational complexity of urban and rural landscapes in space and in time The development of historical geographical information systems (HGIS) and other methods from the digital humanities have revolutionised historical research on cultural landscapes. Additionally, the opening up of increasingly diverse collections of source material, often incomplete and difficult to interpret, has led to methodologically innovative experiments. One of today’s major challenges, however, concerns the concepts and tools to be deployed for mapping processes of transformation—that is, interpreting and imagining the relational complexity of urban and rural landscapes, both in space and in time, at micro- and macro-scale. Mapping Landscapes in Transformation gathers experts from different disciplines, active in the fields of historical geography, urban and landscape history, archaeology and heritage conservation. They are specialised in a wide variety of space-time contexts, including regions within Europe, Asia, and the Americas, and periods from antiquity to the 21st century. Contributors: Karl Beelen (Karlsruhe IT), John Bintliff (Leiden University / Edinburgh University), Bieke Cattoor (TU Delft), Jill Desimini (Harvard University), Cecilia Furlan (TU Delft / KU Leuven), Ian Gregory and Christopher Donaldson (Lancaster University), Joanna Taylor (University of Manchester), Piraye Hacigüzeller, Frank Vermeulen and Devi Taelman (Ghent University), Ralf Vandam and Jeroen Poblome (KU Leuven), Reinout Klaarenbeek (KU Leuven), Sanne Maekelberg (KU Leuven), Steffen Nijhuis (TU Delft), Cristina Purcar (TU Cluj-Napoca), Changxue Shu (KU Leuven, FWO), Bram Vannieuwenhuyze (University of Amsterdam), May Yuan and Arlo McKee (University of Texas, Dallas) Ebook available in Open Access. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

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Leuven University Press

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9462701733

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Love, Happiness and Other Lies My Mother Told Me

By: Krista Lee Woodman

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Love, Happiness and Other Lies My Mother Told Me

By: Krista Lee Woodman

At twenty-two years old, Kerri Shepherd was on the verge of success. Her first novel had been published and she was preparing for a successful career as an author. All her dreams seemed to be coming true. But three years later, she still hasn't written a word. After the death of her father (a father who had abandoned the family seventeen years earlier), Kerri finds herself moving away from Toronto to the small Georgian Bay town of New Ferndale. Will the change of scenery help her overcome her writer's block? Or will she be too distracted by the men in her life; Denny (her first love), Carter (the small-town lawyer), and Duncan (her new neighbor)? And can she keep her sanity once her newly-divorced sister moves in with her? Family secrets are revealed and old wounds are exposed as Kerri realizes that love and happiness may not be the lies she always thought they were.

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0595443311

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The Complete Makanza Series

A complete Dystopian Romance series. Four books in one.

By: Krista Street

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The Complete Makanza Series

A complete Dystopian Romance series. Four books in one.

By: Krista Street

A deadly virus. A brilliant, young researcher. And an infected survivor who threatens to steal her heart. In a society ruled by sanctions and curfews, Dr. Meghan Forester emerges as the youngest and most promising scientist to join the fight against Makanza—the deadly virus that’s ravaged the world. Inside Compound 26, a giant government-controlled research facility, Meghan’s new job involves studying the Kazzies, the rare survivors who carry the virus and now exhibit supernatural powers. But as her work unfolds, Meghan’s horrified at the brutal and unethical practices the Kazzies are subjected to. And most surprisingly, she falls in love with one. Faced with growing conflict over helping the Kazzies versus following the Compound’s strict policies, Meghan must choose: obey the government’s unethical practices or risk everything to save the only man she’s ever loved. If you love epic sagas, women who rise to the top to prove their place in this world, and love stories that will shatter your heart before putting it back together, The Complete Makanza Series is a must read. This ebook includes all FOUR books in the Makanza Series: Book 1—Compound 26 Book 2—Reservation 1 Book 3—Section 12 Book 4—Division 5

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Krista Street

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1946884200

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A Good Dog's Guide to Murder

By: Krista Davis

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A Good Dog's Guide to Murder

By: Krista Davis

The great Gingerbread Dog & Cat House competition has come to Wagtail, along with another murder to solve for Holly and her supersmart Jack Russell terrier Trixie in the New York Times bestselling Paws & Claws series by Krista Davis! Visitors are arriving in droves to spend Thanksgiving in the mountains of pet-friendly Wagtail, Virginia. Many of them are bringing dog and cat gingerbread houses to enter in the contest that will be held in the new convention center. Wagtail resident Orly Biffle bequeathed the land to the town in his will, provided that they not cut down the grand old oak tree on the property. Orly’s children are mighty miffed that they didn’t inherit the prime piece of property overlooking the lake. Holly notices that Trixie and Twinkletoes, her calico kitty, are fixated on the big oak tree. Trixie barks at it as though she thinks it’s a corpse! Just as contestants are spicing up their sweet gingerbread creations, the majestic tree drops an enormous limb. The mayor declares that the tree is dangerous and must come down. When a bulldozer churns up some roots, the tree falls over on its own accord revealing a body inside the trunk! Initially, everyone suspects this unsavory trick was Orly’s doing. But it soon becomes clear that someone is trying to keep the truth under wraps. Trixie and Twinkletoes now have to help Holly sniff out some suspects and leash a conniving killer.

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Penguin

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0593436962

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Reservation 1

Book two in a complete dystopian romance series filled with heartbreak and hope.

By: Krista Street

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Reservation 1

Book two in a complete dystopian romance series filled with heartbreak and hope.

By: Krista Street

To save the only man she's ever loved, she must pay a price. When Dr. Meghan Forester, a young researcher, helps create a vaccine for the deadly Makanza virus, her goal to annihilate the virus is coming true. But the question remains - what becomes of the Kazzies? They'll always be infected carriers of the terrifying virus. Despite being newly vaccinated, the public still believes they'll die if exposed. As government discussions about releasing the Kazzies meets public resistance, a frightening event plunges Meghan into the Kazzie world with Davin at her side. Unwittingly, she becomes the poster child for a political movement to free them. But when an old enemy resurfaces, Meghan learns that to save the only man she's ever loved she must pay a steep price. The Makanza Series is a complete series in which fantastical powers collide with modern science. Download RESERVATION 1, book two, now! READ THE COMPLETE SERIES in ebook, paperback or listen on audio! The Makanza Series - a dystopian romance series Book 0 (prequel): The Second Wave Book 1: Compound 26 Book 2: Reservation 1 Book 3: Section 12 Book 4: Division 5 Keywords: dystopian romance, YA science fiction, YA dystopian, science fiction romance, complete YA series, YA post-apocalyptic romance, complete science fantasy series, books for teens, YA books, post-apocalyptic books, post-apocalyptic romance, post-apoc romance. Other authors you may enjoy: Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, Dean Koontz, Sophie Davis, Stephenie Meyers, & Tahereh Mafi.

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Krista Street

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1946884103

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Introduction to Cities

How Place and Space Shape Human Experience

By: Xiangming Chen,Anthony M. Orum,Krista E. Paulsen

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Introduction to Cities

How Place and Space Shape Human Experience

By: Xiangming Chen,Anthony M. Orum,Krista E. Paulsen

The revised and updated second edition of Introduction to Cities explores why cities are such a vital part of the human experience and how they shape our everyday lives. Written in engaging and accessible terms, Introduction to Cities examines the study of cities through two central concepts: that cities are places, where people live, form communities, and establish their own identities, and that they are spaces, such as the inner city and the suburb, that offer a way to configure and shape the material world and natural environment. Introduction to Cities covers the theory of cities from an historical perspective right through to the most recent theoretical developments. The authors offer a balanced account of life in cities and explore both positive and negative themes. In addition, the text takes a global approach, with examples ranging from Berlin and Chicago to Shanghai and Mumbai. The book is extensively illustrated with updated maps, charts, tables, and photographs. This new edition also includes a new section on urban planning as well as new chapters on cities as contested spaces, exploring power and politics in an urban context. It contains; information on the status of poor and marginalized groups and the impact of neoliberal policies; material on gender and sexuality; and presents a greater range of geographies with more attention to European, Latin American, and African cities. Revised and updated, Introduction to Cities provides a complete introduction to the history, evolution, and future of our modern cities.

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John Wiley & Sons

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111916771X

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Vincent Scully

Architecture, Urbanism, and a Life in Search of Community

By: A. Krista Sykes

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Vincent Scully

Architecture, Urbanism, and a Life in Search of Community

By: A. Krista Sykes

The renowned architectural historian and critic, beloved Yale professor, and outspoken public activist Vincent Scully (19202017) emerged in the 1950s as a guiding voice in American architecture. This intellectual biography of Scully's life and career traces the formative moments in his thinking, mapping his relationships with a constellation of architects, artists, and cultural personalities of the past one hundred years. Scully charted an unlikely course from postwar modernism to postmodernism and New Urbanism, overturning outdated beliefs and changing the face of the built environment as he went. A teacher for more than 60 years and a figure of immense importance in the field, he was central to an expansive network of associations, from Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, and Robert Venturi to Robert Stern, Harold Bloom, and Norman Mailer. Scully's extensive body of work, with its range spanning centuries and civilizations, coalesced around the core beliefs that architecture shapes and is shaped by society, and that the best architecture responds, above all else, to the human need for community and connection. This timely appraisal provides a platform for reassessing the legacy of these values as well as how we write and think about architecture in the twenty-first century.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350298395

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Love & Other Cursed Things

By: Krista Ritchie,Becca Ritchie

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Love & Other Cursed Things

By: Krista Ritchie,Becca Ritchie

From New York Times Bestselling Authors Krista & Becca Ritchie comes a sizzling new contemporary F/F romance set in a coastal town, swimming with secrets, lies, and deep familial bonds. Never fall in love in a cursed town. Tourists flock to Mistpoint Harbor to snap photos of the famous lighthouse, browse the Museum of Curses & Curiosities, and claim their “I survived the Most Cursed Town in America!” pin. But for me, growing up in Mistpoint Harbor wasn’t a vacation. Not when locals have a deep-seated loathing for my family. They hate my dad. They hate my older brothers. And they hate me--Zoey Durand, the girl who shrunk in high school at the taunts and jeers. Like a sad, wilted flower. If it wasn't for October Brambilla, life would've been a real living hell. But the moment I could leave my family's disgraced legacy and this cursed town behind, I did. And I vowed to never return. Until the phone call. My brother is in trouble, and I’d risk just about anything for my family. Even a curse. Even running into October Brambilla, the daughter of the wealthiest, most revered family in all of Mistpoint Harbor. She is town royalty. I'm town scum. She's a goddess and ice queen. I just want in-and-out. But she's my total weakness. And she's already been cursed. She wants me gone before I meet the same misfortune. The more she pushes, the more my heart is willing to go up against a stupid old town legend. But my head is telling me to run. No one returns to Mistpoint Harbor once they leave, and the longer I stay, the more I realize why.

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1950165329

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Textual Curation

Authorship, Agency, and Technology in Wikipedia and Chambers's Cyclopaedia

By: Krista Kennedy

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Textual Curation

Authorship, Agency, and Technology in Wikipedia and Chambers's Cyclopaedia

By: Krista Kennedy

A study of the roles community, financial support, texts, information structures, interfaces, and technology play in collaborative works Wikipedia is arguably the most famous collaboratively written text of our time, but few know that nearly three hundred years ago Ephraim Chambers proposed an encyclopedia written by a wide range of contributors—from illiterate craftspeople to titled gentry. Chambers wrote that incorporating information submitted by the public would considerably strengthen the second edition of his well-received Cyclopædia, which relied on previously published information. In Textual Curation, Krista Kennedy examines the editing and production histories of the Cyclopædia and Wikipedia, the ramifications of robot-written texts, and the issues of intellectual property theory and credit. Kennedy also documents the evolution of both encyclopedias as well as the participation of central players in discussions about the influence of technology and collaboration in early modern and contemporary culture. Through this comparative study, based on extensive archival research and data-driven analysis, Kennedy illuminates the deeply situated nature of authorship, which is dependent on cultural approval and stable funding sources as much as it is on original genius and the ownership of intellectual property. Kennedy's work significantly revises long-held notions of authorial agency and autonomy, establishing the continuity of new writing projects such as wikis with longstanding authorial practices that she calls textual curation. This study examines a wide range of texts that recompose accepted knowledge into reliable, complex reference works combining contributions of article text alongside less commonly considered elements such as metadata vocabularies, cross-indexing, and the development of print and digital interfaces. Comparison of analog and networked texts also lays bare the impact of technological developments, both in the composing process and in the topics that can practically be included in such a text. By examining the human and technological curators that support these encyclopedias as well as the discourses that surround them, Kennedy develops textual curation as a longstanding theory and process that offers a nuanced construction of authorship.

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1611177103

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The Arkansas Delta Oral History Project

Culture, Place, and Authenticity

By: David A. Jolliffe,Christian Z. Goering,James A. Anderson,Krista Jones Oldham

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The Arkansas Delta Oral History Project

Culture, Place, and Authenticity

By: David A. Jolliffe,Christian Z. Goering,James A. Anderson,Krista Jones Oldham

In rural America, perhaps more than other areas, high school students have the ability to contribute to the revitalization and sustainability of their home communities by engaging in oral history projects designed to highlight the values that are revered and worth saving in their region. The Arkansas Delta Oral History Project, a multiyear collaboration between the University of Arkansas and several public high schools in small, rural Arkansas towns, gives students that opportunity. Through the project, trained University of Arkansas studentmentors work with high school students on in-depth writing projects that grow out of oral history interviews. The Delta, a region where the religious roots of southern culture run deep and the traditions of cooking, farming, and hunting are passed from generation to generation, provides the ideal subject for oral history projects. In this detailed exploration of the project, the authors draw on theories of cultural studies and critical pedagogy of place to show how students’ work on religion, food, and race exemplifies the use of community literacy to revitalize a distressed economic region. Advancing the discussion of place-based education, The Arkansas Delta Oral History Project is both inspirational and instructive in offering a successful model of an authentic literacy program.

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Syracuse University Press

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0815653786

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An Eye for the Tropics

Tourism, Photography, and Framing the Caribbean Picturesque

By: Krista A. Thompson

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An Eye for the Tropics

Tourism, Photography, and Framing the Caribbean Picturesque

By: Krista A. Thompson

Images of Jamaica and the Bahamas as tropical paradises full of palm trees, white sandy beaches, and inviting warm water seem timeless. Surprisingly, the origins of those images can be traced back to the roots of the islands’ tourism industry in the 1880s. As Krista A. Thompson explains, in the late nineteenth century, tourism promoters, backed by British colonial administrators, began to market Jamaica and the Bahamas as picturesque “tropical” paradises. They hired photographers and artists to create carefully crafted representations, which then circulated internationally via postcards and illustrated guides and lectures. Illustrated with more than one hundred images, including many in color, An Eye for the Tropics is a nuanced evaluation of the aesthetics of the “tropicalizing images” and their effects on Jamaica and the Bahamas. Thompson describes how representations created to project an image to the outside world altered everyday life on the islands. Hoteliers imported tropical plants to make the islands look more like the images. Many prominent tourist-oriented spaces, including hotels and famous beaches, became off-limits to the islands’ black populations, who were encouraged to act like the disciplined, loyal colonial subjects depicted in the pictures. Analyzing the work of specific photographers and artists who created tropical representations of Jamaica and the Bahamas between the 1880s and the 1930s, Thompson shows how their images differ from the English picturesque landscape tradition. Turning to the present, she examines how tropicalizing images are deconstructed in works by contemporary artists—including Christopher Cozier, David Bailey, and Irénée Shaw—at the same time that they remain a staple of postcolonial governments’ vigorous efforts to attract tourists.

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Duke University Press

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0822388561

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Murder Most Howl

By: Krista Davis

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Murder Most Howl

By: Krista Davis

In the third mystery in the New York Times bestselling Paws & Claws series, the Sugar Maple Inn is in for a ruff winter... This January, Wagtail, Virginia, the top pet-friendly destination in the country, is throwing a fun murder mystery weekend—but no one expected the real thing... Holly Miller is delighted her grandmother has finally left the Sugar Maple Inn to take a well-deserved vacation. It means Holly’s in charge, but running the inn might be more challenging than she realized. Wagtail’s throwing a weekend-long murder mystery game to draw in tourists during the slow season, the inn has a full house, and a blizzard is on the way. Trouble is unleashed the night the game begins, when the storm blows in and the lights go out. It gets worse the following morning when Holly’s Jack Russell terrier, Trixie, discovers a body—one that’s actually dead. Now Holly, her calico kitten Twinkletoes, and Trixie must play by the rules and find one dirty dog... Delicious recipes for owners and pets included!

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1101593105

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History is HIStory

By: Krista Bryant

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History is HIStory

By: Krista Bryant

History has been defined as the study of the past. The study of wars and generals, presidents and empires, discoveries and newfound territories. The plights of everyday people, living extraordinary lives as they fought for freedom, rights and dignity, moral values, peace, and prosperity. However, these events do not even begin to scratch the surface of what history truly is and its eternal purpose. History Is History. It is God's story of what He has done throughout time and with each and every single person to ever walk the face of the planet. Beholding true History is about seeing God's hands in everything and being able to appreciate how He continually molds and shapes even the most common events. Everything from where an individual is standing during a war to words of encouragement given to a stranger to split second decisions have all been used by grace of the Almighty. Every moment in History has a purpose. Every day common occurrences to extraordinary acts of heroism have been orchestrated by God to shape the course of humanity and to bring glory and honor to His precious and holy name. When people are able to see the connection between God's mighty hands of care and direction throughout their lives, History no longer becomes a random series of events. God's hands were in every second of the Battle of Stalingrad, His hands molded and shaped the man who went from being the planner of the Pearl Harbor disaster to becoming an evangelist for Christ. God helped Patton and his men when he prayed for a break in the weather. God helped the men during the Vietnam War to help stop the spread of communism. God was guiding the voyage and purpose behind Christopher Columbus's journeys. When people see History, the way God intends for it to be seen, lives are changed. Gratitude, amazement, and awe are just the beginning to understanding and appreciating the wonderful works of the Almighty God throughout History.

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1645156184

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Indigo Fire

By: Krista Janssen

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Indigo Fire

By: Krista Janssen

A boldly independent woman, Eden Palmer must save her family's indigo plantation from reverting to the English crown. She sails to Barbados and cuts a bargain with a former buccaneer to buy his secret for growing a profitable crop. She cajoles a handsome Swiss captain to take her and her plants on his ship, and is soon irresistibly drawn to his power and courage. Baron Derek von Walden is sailing with his Swiss colonists to claim property in South Carolina when he is persuaded to carry indigo plants by a spirited young lady. He is stunned to learn that his plantation boundaries overlap hers. Tormented by a tragic past, Derek begins to find healing love with Eden, but their glorious passion is challenged from all quarters as their destiny unfolds.

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Simon and Schuster

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163355788X

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Inside Hope

By: Krista Sieger

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Inside Hope

By: Krista Sieger

“I’m eighteen,” Eric the Red lies to the Army recruiter at Hope High one spring day. A record twenty-three students enlist, including one foster-boy. This story documents their experiences in training and in deployment in Afghanistan. Eric predicted he would come home in a casket – and he does – along with twelve other lads from the town. How the soldiers deal with the dangers of life in a hostile country, how the families in the community of Hope rise above their loss, and how the returning soldiers and their loved ones – including one soldier who chose to go AWOL – cope with their challenges, makes for a gripping tale of action that is heartwarming to the end. Inside Hope is a novel that could well have occurred in any town in America. It bonds the families together in time of war as they reach out to survive their grief.

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Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency

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1628570814

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The Sweet Sides of Bitter

By: Krista

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The Sweet Sides of Bitter

By: Krista

The story of a young girl growing up in the war torn German metropolis of Berlin is factually correct. Her strict and disciplined upbringing and the mortal fear of nightly bombings causes her to be nervous and shy. She soon finds solace in nature while she learns to harvest the bounty of the nearby forest for nutrition that calms the ever present gnawing of her hungry stomach. The story makes reference to some historical events post war Europe and the struggle for an apprentice position in food education. With a sense of adventure and a tongue and cheek humor the reader joins her on a journey to America. Participate in the wide eyed wonders of getting to know different cultures, different foods and a new language. The detour into motherhood, while balancing a cottage industry, makes for some zany moments. Finally, tragedy and personal challenges are touching events, but they open the field of experiences in the world of food professionals. The mental and physical stress, as well as the ambitious rush of adrenalin so typical in the service industry, often causes hilarious and at times serious happenings behind the kitchen doors. Sharing in the experiences and the knowledge of different food professionals will interest any food enthusiast. The different segments of the books chapters are preceded by poetic stanzas which describe the part of her life following. Traveling with food in mind and an original formula for cold raised yeast pastry, ends the story of a German immigrant who adopted Texas as her home, while discovering the sweet sides of bitter.

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146857485X

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The New Man in Town

5 Contemporary Romances

By: Jennifer DeCuir,Christy Newton,Ellie Darkins,Amie Louellen,Ana Krista Johnson

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The New Man in Town

5 Contemporary Romances

By: Jennifer DeCuir,Christy Newton,Ellie Darkins,Amie Louellen,Ana Krista Johnson

Expectations are high for the new guy in town, and these five heroes don't disappoint. You'll be glad you opened your door to the passionate possibilities! Trapped in Tourist Town: Cady dreams of leaving tiny Scallop Shores for the bright lights of New York City, but she's stuck playing tour guide when travel writer Burke blows into town for the summer. When deeper feelings develop, can he convince her that everything they need is right in front of them? Naturally Enchanted: As a struggling journalist, Owen Cooper has to make a name for himself, and a tip that a real-life witch is living on Mango Cove may just lead to the big story he needs. Undercover as a shipwrecked tourist, he worms his way into Ezra's family and their secrets, but can he get her out of his heart? Hiding from Hollywood: When movie producer Ethan Walker breezes into Abby's diner, she's terrified. The last thing she wants is her name connected with his when her life is now about hiding from the tabloids. But when she's left without a safe place to stay, Ethan offers her sanctuary in his home, and Abby must decide whether she can finally stop running and trust Ethan with her secret. Southern Comfort: Natalie Coleman has her hands full with her family responsibilities; she certainly doesn't have time to humor a Chicago journalist who lands on her porch, seeking spooks in her house. But it turns out there's more to Newland Tran's story than Confederate ghosts. Can the unlikely pair discover the truth behind the eerie goings-on before Newland succumbs to Natalie's brand of southern comfort? Jade's Treasure: Jade Sawyer simply wants to be left alone to manage her family's mountain resort and design her jewelry. Then world-famous author Matthew Riley McLaughlin arrives to claim the room he booked as a hideout, and their shared need for privacy becomes personal. But can she overlook a shocking betrayal? Sensuality Level: Sensual

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1507201753

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The Diva Spices It Up

By: Krista Davis

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The Diva Spices It Up

By: Krista Davis

Includes an excerpt from The diva serves forbidden fruit.

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Kensington Publishing Corporation

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149671475X

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The Pueblo Pendant

By: Mick Davis,Krista Davis Lake

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The Pueblo Pendant

By: Mick Davis,Krista Davis Lake

While golfing in the Conrad Hilton Open in Socorro, New Mexico, former Miss New Mexico, now detective, Miitrai (pronounced MIITRA) Riley is 'blasted' into a case of attempted murder of young space scientist Will Craven. Earlier, violence erupted on a dark Sunday night in the small 'rustic', town of Frisco Flats, where Craven and his priest were discussing 'morality questions' of his research of the scientist's 'secret' space discovery. The Vatican was contacted, the answer was 'stop'; a scientist-partner 'mentioned' it to his fiancé at a mega-church; it was a secret no longer. After leaving the rectory, a bizarre 'bola' assault was made against Cravenby a motor-cycle rider a warning was given to him and the Priest. Later the bike-rider 'dumps' near a bridge in town. His back-pack with a 'pendant' inside is pitched into the water where later a corgi dog finds it. The pack is taken to the local Sheriff, Frank Baca. Two weeks later, a 'fisherman' arrives in town seeking the pendant, ' I lost while fishing'. Sheriff Baca is suspicious. Lead flies and the fisherman dies. Others arrive seeking the 'pendant'. Native American Detective, Miitrai Riley realizes the pendant is similar to one her old grand mama on theAcoma Pueblo has kept for years. - 'strange'. Mysteries abound as violence escalates; a kidnapping in front of the cathedral in Santa Fe, a gun fight in Frisco Flats and a violent crash of a multi-million corporate jet at an Alabama airport keep the action level high. The young woman detective uncovers a crime infested foreign corporation, a huge religious money laundering scam, both seeking to recover the pendant and stopping Craven's research. County, State, Indian Reservation and FBI agencies interact in the final events. The case comes to an explosive end in a mysterious building near the 'atomic city' of Los Alamos. Or did it?

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1977225810

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9781977225818

Time Traveled

By: Krista Marson

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Time Traveled

By: Krista Marson

TIME TRAVELED is a highly entertaining compendium of travel tales told by an adventurer who fancies herself a poet. Themes such as nature, history, and art rank high on her literary list, as well as loneliness and the importance of having someone to love. Tripping over the remnants of who we used to be, this explorer diligently follows the breadcrumbs left by those who came before. Krista Marson has a unique voice and infectious curiosity. Her words are often witty, sometimes poignant, and always brutally honest. She's an author who lays herself bare and writes at her best whenever she feels vulnerable. Her travel stories are highly imaginative and represent a new approach to the art of memoir writing. Her tales are refreshingly uncommon, for she visits tucked-away places that few people ever travel. This book is an installment of the Memory Road Trip series, an entertaining collection of travel stories that don't require reading in any particular order. The author has traveled extensively and developed a unique perspective on the universal themes of life, love, and loneliness. She's passionate about nature, art, ruins, and how the past influences the modern age. Her memoirs are not travel journals per se, but rather visceral and introspective journeys to the mysterious self.

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1737328429

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