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Astounding Knits!

101 Spectacular Knitted Creations and Daring Feats

By: Lela Nargi

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Astounding Knits!

101 Spectacular Knitted Creations and Daring Feats

By: Lela Nargi

This book compiles the stories, stats, and facts of the world's most amazing knits, from a handknit Ferrari on display at the British Auto Show (knitting the car took 12 miles of yarn) to the American flag knit with utility poles and cranesand everything in between (a plate of sushi; a handknit wedding, including the flowers and the cake; a cozy for a house). This will be a Guinness Book of World Records for knitters. Each entry features color photos, an explanation of how the object was made, and other interesting details, including how much yarn was used, how long it took to make, how many people contributed stitches, the project dimensions, and more.

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Voyageur Press (MN)

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0760338450

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9780760338452

Uncovering Paris

Scandals and Nude Spectacles in the Belle Époque

By: Lela F. Kerley

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Uncovering Paris

Scandals and Nude Spectacles in the Belle Époque

By: Lela F. Kerley

From 1889 to 1914 nude spectacles increased at an astonishing rate as a result of burgeoning artistic experimentation, the commercialization of the female body, and the rise of urban nightlife. In particular, artists’ balls and music halls provided creative spaces in which women, artists, impresarios, and the illustrated press could cast the natural body as a source of sexual pleasure, identity, and reform. Emphasizing the role of erotic entertainment as an outlet and agent of modern sensibilities, Uncovering Paris: Scandals and Nude Spectacles in the Belle Époque offers a fresh approach to important topics of the period—Bohemian artists, the New Woman, and press censorship—and reinterprets them through the lens of la femme nue. Having inherited her name from the pictorial female Nude and the Nude’s real-life counterpart, the artist’s model, la femme nue operated as a screen onto which various groups projected their artistic drives, sexual desires, monetary interests, and cultural anxieties. A struggle to define pornography and art, freedom and censorship, and public and private spheres ensued among artists, theater directors, and moral leagues as a century-long tradition of equating civilization with clothing broke down in the face of performative challenges. In posing, singing, acting, and dancing in naturalist presentations, the artist’s model-turned-erotic entertainer engendered crises in ways of seeing the female body that contributed to and was indicative of a changing moral climate within which women were accorded more freedom to corporeally express themselves. Once denigrated and denounced as a sign of vulgar working-class sexuality, the revelation of female flesh became an integral aspect of twentieth-century French body culture. Drawing upon a range of colorful commentaries, dramatic debates, and evocative photos, Lela F. Kerley highlights the importance of nudity in the redrawing of moral boundaries as she uncovers key moments that amounted to a “culture war” in the years leading up to World War I. Through an investigation of street riots, court cases, and anti-pornography campaigns, Uncovering Paris offers an interdisciplinary approach to the scholarship on Belle Époque sexual politics and a rich glimpse into the social construction of morality in Belle Époque France.

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LSU Press

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0807166359

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9780807166352

Legal Origins and the Efficiency Dilemma

By: Nuno Garoupa,Carlos Gómez Ligüerre,Lela Mélon

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Legal Origins and the Efficiency Dilemma

By: Nuno Garoupa,Carlos Gómez Ligüerre,Lela Mélon

Economists advise that the law should seek efficiency. More recently, it has been suggested that common law systems are more conducive of economic growth than code-based civil law systems. This book argues that there is no theory to support such statements and provides evidence that rejects a 'one-size-fits-all' approach. Both common law and civil law systems are reviewed to debunk the relationship between the efficiency of the common law hypothesis and the alleged inferiority of codified law systems. Legal Origins and the Efficiency Dilemma has six aims: explaining the efficiency hypothesis of the common law since Posner’s 1973 book; summarizing the legal origins theory in the context of economic growth; debunking their relationship; discussing the meaning of 'common law' and the problems with the efficiency hypothesis by comparing laws across English speaking jurisdictions; illustrating the shortcomings of the legal origins theory with a comparative law and economics analysis; and concluding there is no theory and evidence to support the economic superiority of common law systems. Based on previous pieces by the authors, this book expands their work by including new areas of analysis (such as trusts), detailing previous analysis (such as French law versus common law in the areas of contract, property and torts), and updating for recent developments in the academic discourse. This volume is of interest to academics and students who study microeconomics, comparative law and foundations of law, as well as legal policy analysts.

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230

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Routledge

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1315311194

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9781315311197

The Visual Culture of Violence After the French Revolution

By: Lela Graybill

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The Visual Culture of Violence After the French Revolution

By: Lela Graybill

The Visual Culture of Violence after the French Revolution traces four sites of spectatorship that exemplified the visual culture of violence in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, offering a new account of the significance of violent spectacle to the birth of modernity. Considerations of the execution scaffold, salon painting, print culture and the fait divers, and waxworks displays establish the centrality of spectatorial violence to experiences of selfhood in the wake of the French Revolution. Shedding critical light on previously neglected aspects of art and visual culture of the post-Revolutionary period, The Visual Culture of Violence after the French Revolution demonstrates how violent spectacle at this moment was profoundly shaped by shifting social attitudes, contemporary political practices, and rapidly accelerated technological developments. By attending to the formal and historical specificity of violent spectacle after the Revolution, Graybill affirms the historical contingency through which the visual culture of violence in the modern era has emerged. The Visual Culture of Violence after the French Revolution will be broadly relevant to scholars of art, media and visual studies, and particularly to historians of the French Revolution and eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Europe. The book's concern with the representation of violence makes it of interest to scholars working in a variety of fields beyond its historical period, especially in art, literature, history, media and culture studies.

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212

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Routledge

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1351539620

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9781351539623

Absolute Expert: Volcanoes

By: Lela Nargi,Arianna Soldati

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Absolute Expert: Volcanoes

By: Lela Nargi,Arianna Soldati

Introduces volcanoes, describing how they form, why they erupt, and some of the most explosive eruptions throughout history.--

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National Geographic Books

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1426331428

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9781426331428

Shareholder Primacy and Global Business

Re-clothing the EU Corporate Law

By: Lela Mélon

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Shareholder Primacy and Global Business

Re-clothing the EU Corporate Law

By: Lela Mélon

In the context of growing public interest in sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has not brought about the expected improvement in terms of sustainable business. Self-regulation has been unable to provide appropriate answers for unsustainable business frameworks, despite empirical proof that sustainable behaviour is entirely in corporate enlightened self-interest. The lack of success of the soft law approach suggests that hard law regulation may be needed after all. This book discusses these options, alongside the issue of shareholder primacy and its externalities in corporate, social, and natural environment. To escape the "prisoner’s dilemma" European corporations and their global counterparts have found themselves in, help is needed in the form of EU hard law to advocate sustainability through mandatory rules. This book argues that the necessity of these laws is based on the first-mover’s advantage of such corporate law approach towards sustainable development. In the current EU law environment, where codification of corporate law is sought for, forming and defining a general EU policy could not only help corporations embrace this self-enlightened behaviour but could also build the necessary "EU corporate citizenship" atmosphere. Considering the developments in the field of CSR as attempts to mitigate negative externalities resulting from inappropriate shareholder primacy use, the book is centred around a discussion of the shareholder primacy paradigm, its legal position and its (un)suitability for modern global business. Going beyond solely legal analysis, juxtaposing legal principles and argumentation with economic theoretic approaches and, more importantly, real-life examples, this book is accessible to both professionals and academics working within the fields of business, economics, corporate governance and corporate law.

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213

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Routledge

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042959013X

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9780429590139

Knitting Around the World

A Multistranded History of a Time-Honored Tradition

By: Lela Nargi

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Knitting Around the World

A Multistranded History of a Time-Honored Tradition

By: Lela Nargi

Here is the history of knitting around the globe, examining styles, techniques, and particular styles countries and regions—including England, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Iceland, Japan, Australia, Canada, United States, Peru, Bolivia, and more. Highlighted are 20 profiles of historically significant knitters who are using particular techniques today—plus 20 patterns that exemplify knitting traditions from around the world.

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265

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Voyageur Press

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1610597788

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9781610597784

Negotiation

Processes for Problem Solving

By: Carrie J Menkel-Meadow,Andrea Kupfer Schneider,Lela Porter Love

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Negotiation

Processes for Problem Solving

By: Carrie J Menkel-Meadow,Andrea Kupfer Schneider,Lela Porter Love

A distinguished team of leaders in the field of dispute resolution offers a thorough treatment of negotiation skills, ethics, and problem-solving techniques. Comprehensive and current, Negotiation: Processes for Problem Solving covers the theory, skills, ethical issues, and legal and policy analyses relevant to all key areas of negotiation practice. Carefully selected cases are supported by key readings, from critical articles and empirical studies to statutes and regulations. Negotiation: Processes for Problem Solving looks at the latest interdisciplinary approaches to negotiation, including new empirical studies examining on-line negotiation, social and cognitive psychology, gender, race, culture and negotiation, and multiple party negotiation. An introduction to facilitated negotiation (mediation and meeting facilitation) is also included. New research is distilled for use by law students and practicing lawyers. New and complex examples from international negotiation problems come from both private and public environments. The book also explores new forms of complex negotiation in international, multi-party and diverse settings and considers negotiators as problem-solving lawyers. The text is perfectly suited to free standing negotiation courses in American and foreign law schools. Problem boxes, set off in the book, make for easy classroom exercises and teaching. New to the Third Edition: Online and other media forms of negotiation New articles from both research and practice books Shorter excerpts for distilled treatment of issues Comprehensive treatment of negotiation preparation, including client interviewing and counseling Analysis of choice of negotiation approaches to match particular contexts Professors and students will benefit from: A thorough treatment of negotiation skills, ethics, and problem-solving techniques Theory and different frameworks for analyzing negotiation contexts Legal and policy analyses relevant to all key areas of negotiation practice Carefully selected cases and problem sets supported by key readings, from critical articles and empirical studies to statutes and regulations Latest interdisciplinary approaches to negotiation Negotiation research distilled for law students and practicing lawyers Deep discussion of negotiators as problem-solving lawyers Complex examples from international negotiation problems in both private and public environments new forms and facilitation of complex negotiation in international, multi-party, and diverse settings

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Aspen Publishing

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1543801692

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9781543801699

Their Blood Cries Out

The Worldwide Tragedy of Modern Christians Who Are Dying for Their Faith

By: Paul Marshall,Lela Gilbert

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Their Blood Cries Out

The Worldwide Tragedy of Modern Christians Who Are Dying for Their Faith

By: Paul Marshall,Lela Gilbert

Today more than 200 million Christians around the world suffer imprisonment, abuse and even death because of their faith. Yet most Americans never hear their stories. In Their Blood Cries Out, Paul Marshall reveals the reality of this present-day persecution, revealing what we can do to help these brothers and sisters in Christ.

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HarperChristian + ORM

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1418535540

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9781418535544

Beauty Out of Ashes

By: Lela Holt

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Beauty Out of Ashes

By: Lela Holt

This book is about a family of ten, beginning in southern California, in the 1950s. It is a riveting story, told in the third person by the youngest daughter, Lela’s point of view. The author shares with you pertinent events. As the main character, she recalls, play by play, the cold, hard truth, of times past. You will find each page turned is like rounding another corner. It holds the reader captive and keeps his interest on high alert! The story focuses on the hardships of a poor, un

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Page Publishing Inc

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1635685303

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9781635685305

Two Sisters for Social Justice

A Biography of Grace and Edith Abbott

By: Lela B. Costin

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Two Sisters for Social Justice

A Biography of Grace and Edith Abbott

By: Lela B. Costin

During the first half of the twentieth century Grace Abbott (1878-1939) and her sister Edith (1876-1957) worked tirelessly to correct many of our nation's most serious problems. In this vividly detailed and balanced biography, Lela B. Costin has given these two remarkable women their due. From the Progressive Era through the New Deal, the Abbott sisters were an integral part of the debate that raged around the issues of suffrage, workers' rights, child labor laws, juvenile delinquency, prostitution, the "immigrant problem," tenement housing, social security, emergency relief programs, and the peace movement. Refusing to claim any of the special "feminine" insights often attributed to their contemporary Jane Addams, the Abbotts assumed the role of social engineers and strove for a specialized competence with which to understand the entire social system. Individually their achievements were many. Grace was best known for her work with the U.S. Children's Bureau and Edith for her role in the founding and development of the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. As Costin shows, their lives and careers were inextricably woven into a dramatic partnership of ideas and action that challenged the prevailing norms of American society.

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348

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University of Illinois Press

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0252071557

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9780252071553

The Farmer's Wife Cookie Cookbook

Over 250 blue-ribbon recipes!

By: Lela Nargi

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The Farmer's Wife Cookie Cookbook

Over 250 blue-ribbon recipes!

By: Lela Nargi

Nothing evokes the charms of the country kitchen like the smell of freshly baked cookies—or better yet, the taste. With the 250-plus recipes in this cookbook, you’ll be able to recreate the best-loved cookies and bars ever to come from those kitchens, and to make an old-fashioned special occasion of every coffee break or after-school treat, every church social, picnic or bedtime snack. These recipes are drawn from TheFarmer’s Wife, a magazine that for decades provided a meeting place for hardworking rural women seeking advice, company, or recipes like these. You’ll find such well-loved classics as peanut butter and oatmeal cookies and toffee squares along with special treats like Danish Love Krandse and Scotch shortbread, pass-the-plate brownies, and holiday treasures. Illustrated throughout with vintage advertisements and art from TheFarmer’s Wife magazine, the recipes are adapted for the modern kitchen while preserving for all time the tastes and traditions of the American heartland.

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Voyageur Press

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161673180X

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9781616731809

Elephants on the Move

A Day with an Asian Elephant Family

By: Lela Nargi

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Elephants on the Move

A Day with an Asian Elephant Family

By: Lela Nargi

Rumble and mumble. Trumpet and stomp! Meet Kamala, Rani, Bozie, Swarna, and Spike! These busy Asian elephants have formed a family at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. Discover a day in the life of this elephant herd, how keepers interact with them, and how this work helps wild elephants thousands of miles away. Created in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution, this fact-filled picture book will help young learners get to know these incredible creatures.

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1684465389

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9781684465385

The Man Behind Roosevelt

The Story of Louis McHenry Howe

By: Lela Stiles

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The Man Behind Roosevelt

The Story of Louis McHenry Howe

By: Lela Stiles

Originally published in 1954, this book tells the story of Louis McHenry Howe (1871-1936), an American reporter for the New York Herald who became best known for acting as an early political advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Affectionately referred to as “the little boss,” he would play an important part behind the scenes in shaping the destiny of the man who four times became President of the United States. “THIS BIOGRAPHY of Louis Howe is delightfully written and has the advantage of giving a number of stories which I am sure would never have been printed unless someone close to the work Louis did had undertaken to write it. The sidelights on the relationship between my husband and Louis and what this relationship meant to my husband’s public life in the early days and in the struggles of his future life will, I think, be a valuable contribution to history. There has seldom been a story of greater devotion to another man’s success but at the same time one realizes that this was not due to any lack of ambition on the part of Louis McHenry Howe. He loved power, but he also recognized realities and he decided that in the end he would exercise more power through someone else and he prided himself on the judgment he used in choosing the individual with whom and for whom he was going to work. “Lela Stiles shows discrimination and powers of observation which mark her as a real reporter. I found her book delightful reading.”—ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, Foreword, The Man Behind Roosevelt: The Story of Louis McHenry Howe

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1787204723

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9781787204720

The Politics of Child Abuse in America

By: Lela B. Costin,Howard Jacob Karger,David Stoesz

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The Politics of Child Abuse in America

By: Lela B. Costin,Howard Jacob Karger,David Stoesz

Child abuse policy in the United States contains dangerous contradictions, which have only intensified as the public slowly accepted it as a middle class problem. One contradiction is the rapidly expanding child abuse industry (made up of enterprising psychotherapists and attorneys) which is consuming enormous resources, while thousands of poor children are seriously injured or killed, many while being "protected" by public agencies. This "rediscovery" has also led to the frenzied pursuit of offenders, resulting in the sacrifice of some innocent people. Moreover, the media's focus on the sensational details of high-visibility sexual abuse cases has helped to trivialize, if not commercialize, the child abuse problem. As such, child abuse has gone from a social problem to a social spectacle. By the 1980s the child welfare system had become a virtual "nonsystem," marked by a staggering turnover of staff, unmanageable caseloads, a severe shortage of funding, and caseloads composed of highly dysfunctional families (many with drug-related problems). To make room for these families, public agencies rationed services by increasingly screening-out child abuse reports which contained little likelihood of serious bodily harm. In The Politics of Child Abuse in America, the authors argue that child abuse must be viewed as a public safety problem. This redefinition would make it congruent with other family-based social trends, including the crackdown on domestic violence. Children must have the same legal protection currently extended to physically and sexually abused women. This can be done by creating a "Children's Authority," which would have the overall charge for protecting children. Specifically, Children's Authorities would have the responsibility for providing the six main functions of child protection: investigation, enforcement, placement services, prevention and education, family support, and research and development. Offering a unique perspective on the cold reality of this crisis, The Politics of Child Abuse in America will be a provocative work for social workers and human service personnel, as well as the general reader concerned with this timely issue.

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Oxford University Press

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0190283459

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Astounding Knits!

Astounding Knits!

Uncovering Paris

Uncovering Paris

Legal Origins and the Efficiency Dilemma

Legal Origins and the Efficiency Dilemma

The Visual Culture of Violence After the French Revolution

The Visual Culture of Violence After the French Revolution

Absolute Expert: Volcanoes

Absolute Expert: Volcanoes

Shareholder Primacy and Global Business

Shareholder Primacy and Global Business

Knitting Around the World

Knitting Around the World

Negotiation

Negotiation

Their Blood Cries Out

Their Blood Cries Out

Beauty Out of Ashes

Beauty Out of Ashes

Two Sisters for Social Justice

Two Sisters for Social Justice

The Farmer's Wife Cookie Cookbook

The Farmer's Wife Cookie Cookbook

Elephants on the Move

Elephants on the Move

The Man Behind Roosevelt

The Man Behind Roosevelt

The Politics of Child Abuse in America

The Politics of Child Abuse in America

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