Maria Innes's Books

The Roman Mistress

Ancient and Modern Representations

By: Maria Wyke

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Roman Mistress

Ancient and Modern Representations

By: Maria Wyke

From Latin love poetry's dominating and enslaving beloveds, to modern popular culture's infamous Cleopatras and Messalinas, representations of the Roman mistress (or the mistress of Romans) have brought into question both ancient and modern genders and political systems. The Roman Mistress explores representations of transgressive women in Latin love poetry and British television drama, in Roman historiography and nineteenth-century Italian anthropology, on classical coinage and college websites, as poetic metaphor and in the Hollywood star system. In a highly accessible style, the book makes an important and original contribution simultaneously to feminist scholarship on antiquity, the classical tradition, and cultural studies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

463

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199228337

ISBN 13

9780199228331

Washed by the Gulf Stream

The Historic and Geographic Relation of Irish and Caribbean Literature

By: Maria McGarrity

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Washed by the Gulf Stream

The Historic and Geographic Relation of Irish and Caribbean Literature

By: Maria McGarrity

This is an historically comparative postcolonial study asserting the dialogic relation between Irish and Caribbean narrative form. The book focuses on the demise of empire and the role of geography in creating an 'island imaginary' for writers from James Joyce to Jamaica Kincaid.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

208

Publisher

Associated University Presse

Published Date

ISBN 10

087413028X

ISBN 13

9780874130287

The Certification of Insanity

Local Origins and Imperial Consequences

By: Filippo Maria Sposini

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Certification of Insanity

Local Origins and Imperial Consequences

By: Filippo Maria Sposini

This book represents the first systematic study of the certification of lunacy in the British Empire. Considering a variety of legal, archival, and published sources, it traces the origins and dissemination of a peculiar method for determining mental unsoundness defined as the ‘Victorian system’. Shaped by the dynamics surrounding the clandestine committal of wealthy Londoners in private madhouses, this system featured three distinctive tenets: standardized forms, independent medical examinations, and written facts of insanity. Despite their complexity, Victorian certificates achieved a remarkable success. Not only did they survive in the UK for more than a century, but they also served as a model for the development of mental health laws around the world. By the start of the Second World War, more than seventy colonial and non-colonial jurisdictions adopted the Victorian formula for making lunacy official with some countries still relying on it to this very day. Using case studies from Europe, the Americas, and the Pacific, this book charts the temporal and geographical trajectory of an imperial technology used to determine a person’s destiny. Shifting the focus from metropolitan policies to colonial dynamics, and from macro developments to micro histories, it explores the perspectives of families, doctors, and public officials as they began to deal with the delicate business of certification. This book will be of interest to scholars working on mental health policy, the history of medicine, disability studies, and the British Empire.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

338

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3031427424

ISBN 13

9783031427428

Geographic Variation in Forest Trees

Genetic Basis and Application of Knowledge in Silviculture

By: Maria Morgenstern

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Geographic Variation in Forest Trees

Genetic Basis and Application of Knowledge in Silviculture

By: Maria Morgenstern

Geographic Variation in Forest Trees is the first book to examine this subject from a world-wide perspective. The author discusses population genetic theory and genetic systems of native North American tree species as they interact with environments in the major climatic regions in the world. He then demonstrates how this knowledge is used to guide seed zoning and seed transfer in silviculture, basing much of his discussion on models developed in Scandinavia and North America. In the final chapter, the author addresses the issue of genetic conservation -- a subject of great concern in the face of accelerated forest destruction, industrial pollution, and climatic change. This comprehensive, well-researched book makes a significant contribution to the knowledge of one of our most important renewable natural resources.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

224

Publisher

UBC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

077484177X

ISBN 13

9780774841771

Performer Training and Technology

Preparing Our Selves

By: Maria Kapsali

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Performer Training and Technology

Preparing Our Selves

By: Maria Kapsali

Performer Training and Technology employs philosophical approaches to technology, including postphenomenology and Heidegger’s thinking, to examine the way technology manifests, influences and becomes used in performer training discourse and practice. The book offers in-depth discussions of present and past performer training practices through a lens that has never been applied before; considers the employment of key digital artefacts; and develops a series of analytical tools that can be useful in scholarly and practical explorations. An array of intriguing subjects are covered including the role of electric lights in Stanislavsky’s work on concentration; the use of handheld tools, such as sticks in Zarrilli’s psychophysical training and Meyerhold’s Biomechanics; the emergence of new forms of training in relation to motion capture technology; and the way the mobile phone complicates notions and practices of attention in learning and training contexts. This book is of vital relevance to performer training scholars and practitioners; theatre, performance, and dance scholars and students; and especially those interested in philosophies of technology.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

353

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317194853

ISBN 13

9781317194859

Polymers in Regenerative Medicine

Biomedical Applications from Nano- to Macro-Structures

By: Manuel Monleon Pradas,Maria J. Vicent

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Polymers in Regenerative Medicine

Biomedical Applications from Nano- to Macro-Structures

By: Manuel Monleon Pradas,Maria J. Vicent

Biomedical applications of Polymers from Scaffolds toNanostructures The ability of polymers to span wide ranges of mechanicalproperties and morph into desired shapes makes them useful for avariety of applications, including scaffolds, self-assemblingmaterials, and nanomedicines. With an interdisciplinary list ofsubjects and contributors, this book overviews the biomedicalapplications of polymers and focuses on the aspect of regenerativemedicine. Chapters also cover fundamentals, theories, and tools forscientists to apply polymers in the following ways: Matrix protein interactions with synthetic surfaces Methods and materials for cell scaffolds Complex cell-materials microenvironments in bioreactors Polymer therapeutics as nano-sized medicines for tissuerepair Functionalized mesoporous materials for controlleddelivery Nucleic acid delivery nanocarriers Concepts include macro and nano requirements for polymers aswell as future perspectives, trends, and challenges in the field.From self-assembling peptides to self-curing systems, this bookpresents the full therapeutic potential of novel polymeric systemsand topics that are in the leading edge of technology.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

416

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1118905814

ISBN 13

9781118905814

Stuart Style

Monarchy, Dress and the Scottish Male Elite

By: Maria Hayward

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Stuart Style

Monarchy, Dress and the Scottish Male Elite

By: Maria Hayward

Centering on five Stuart rulers, plus their royal courtiers and tailors, this is the first detailed study of elite men's clothing in 17th-century Scotland.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

370

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0300240368

ISBN 13

9780300240368

Robert Wilson

By: Maria Shevtsova

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Robert Wilson

By: Maria Shevtsova

This book is a comprehensive study of the theatre work of Robert Wilson it details his aesthetic principles and the elements of composition that distinguish his directorial approach, and provides insight into how they operate through practical exercises.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

188

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134302584

ISBN 13

9781134302581

Caribbean Perspectives on Modernity

Returning Medusa's Gaze

By: Maria Cristina Fumagalli

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Caribbean Perspectives on Modernity

Returning Medusa's Gaze

By: Maria Cristina Fumagalli

Reflecting a diversity of texts, genres, and media, the chapters focus on sixteenth-century engravings and paintings from the Netherlands and Italy, a scientific romance produced at the turn of the twentieth century by the king of the Caribbean island Redonda, contemporary collections of poetry from the anglophone Caribbean, a historical novel by the Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé, a Latin epic, a Homeric hymn, ancient Egyptian rites, fairy tales, romances from England and Jamaica, a long narrative poem by the Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott, and paintings by artists from Europe and the Americas spanning the seventeenth century to the present

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

209

Publisher

University of Virginia Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0813928575

ISBN 13

9780813928579

Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome

Ancient Ideas for Modern Times

By: C. B. R. Pelling,Maria Wyke

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome

Ancient Ideas for Modern Times

By: C. B. R. Pelling,Maria Wyke

Introduction to twelve authors from classical antiquity, whose works still address some of our most fundamental concerns in the world today.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

289

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199597367

ISBN 13

9780199597369

Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre

Process to Performance

By: Maria Shevstova

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre

Process to Performance

By: Maria Shevstova

Including a foreword by Simon Callow, a dedicated admirer of the Maly, Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre provides both a valuable methodological model for actor training and a unique insight into the journeys taken from studio to stage. This is the first ever full-length study of internationally-acclaimed theatre company, the Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg, and its director, Lev Dodin.Maria Shevtsova provides an illuminating insight into Dodin's directorial processes and the company's actor 4raining, devising and rehearsal methods, which she interweaves with detailed analysis of the Maly's main productions. Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre: Process to Performance demonstrates how the impact of Dodin's work extends far beyond that of his native Russia, and gives the reader unparalleled access to the company's practice.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

260

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134313217

ISBN 13

9781134313211

Day by Day at Lucknow

A Journal of the Siege of Lucknow [Illustrated Edition]

By: Mrs Adelaide Maria Case

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Day by Day at Lucknow

A Journal of the Siege of Lucknow [Illustrated Edition]

By: Mrs Adelaide Maria Case

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny] The siege of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny of 1857-8 was one of the focal points of the conflict that engulfed the sub-continent and threatened to bring the British Raj to its knees. Surrounded on all sides by large numbers of rebel sepoys, marauders and native malcontents, the British soldiers and loyal sepoys defended themselves and their families and children fiercely. Among those trapped was Mrs Adelaide Case, a lady who had been swept up into the hellish conditions of the Residency with her husband, Colonel William Case and her sister. Colonel Case was killed early in the brutal fighting that raged around the Residency for almost five months, despite this severe loss Mrs Case kept a daily diary, which is now one of the most valuable and harrowing memorials of the siege. Filled with the fear, suffering and gallantry displayed by the soldiers and the civilians of the shrinking garrison Day by Day, At Lucknow stands as a classic of its kind.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

347

Publisher

Pickle Partners Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1782899081

ISBN 13

9781782899082

Crisis, Austerity, and New Frameworks for Teaching and Learning

A Pedagogy of Hope for Contemporary Greek Education

By: Maria Chalari

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Crisis, Austerity, and New Frameworks for Teaching and Learning

A Pedagogy of Hope for Contemporary Greek Education

By: Maria Chalari

This book attempts to examine the educational consequences of the recent social and economic situation in Greece, and it explores—on a general level—new possibilities for teaching and learning at times of national crisis. Using Greece as an exemplary case, Maria Chalari demonstrates how the relationship between neo-liberalism and education is especially salient during difficult times; it also demonstrates the effect of this relationship on teachers’ day-to-day experiences. By attending to, yet moving beyond, the negative implications of socio-economic crisis, this volume aims to present core educational values of the current era, as well as the crucial issues that may become opportunities for reflection and change.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

194

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

0429671644

ISBN 13

9780429671647

Vernacular Law

Writing and the Reinvention of Customary Law in Medieval France

By: Ada Maria Kuskowski

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Vernacular Law

Writing and the Reinvention of Customary Law in Medieval France

By: Ada Maria Kuskowski

Custom was fundamental to medieval legal practice. Whether in a property dispute or a trial for murder, the aggrieved and accused would go to lay court where cases were resolved according to custom. What custom meant, however, went through a radical shift in the medieval period. Between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, custom went from being a largely oral and performed practice to one that was also conceptualized in writing. Based on French lawbooks known as coutumiers, Ada Maria Kuskowski traces the repercussions this transformation – in the form of custom from unwritten to written and in the language of law from elite Latin to common vernacular – had on the cultural world of law. Vernacular Law offers a new understanding of the formation of a new field of knowledge: authors combined ideas, experience and critical thought to write lawbooks that made disparate customs into the field known as customary law.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

431

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1009217909

ISBN 13

9781009217903

Rich Apparel

Clothing and the Law in Henry VIII's England

By: Maria Hayward

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Rich Apparel

Clothing and the Law in Henry VIII's England

By: Maria Hayward

English dress in the second half of the sixteenth century has been studied in depth, yet remarkably little has been written on the earlier years, or indeed on male clothing for the whole century. The few studies that do cover these neglected areas have tended to be quite general, focusing upon garments rather than the wearers. As such this present volume fills an important gap by providing a detailed analysis of not only what people wore in Henry's reign, but why. The book describes and analyses dress in England through a variety of documents, including warrants and accounts from Henry's Great Wardrobe and the royal household, contemporary narrative sources, legislation enacted by Parliament, guild regulations, inventories and wills, supported with evidence and observations derived from visual sources and surviving garments. Whilst all these sources are utilised, the main focus of the study is built around the sumptuary legislation, or the four 'Acts of Apparel' passed by Henry between 1509 and 1547. English sumptuary legislation was concerned primarily with male dress, and starting at the top of society with the king and his immediate family, it worked its way down through the social hierarchy, but stopped short of the poor who did not have sufficient disposable income to afford the items under consideration. Certain groups - such as women and the clergy - who were specifically excluded from the legislation, are examined in the second half of the book. Combining the consideration of such primary sources with modern scholarly analysis, this book is invaluable for anyone with an interest in the history of fashion, clothing, and consumption in Tudor society.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

519

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351903195

ISBN 13

9781351903196

Climate Change Governance in Chinese Cities

By: Qianqing Mai,Maria Francesch-Huidobro

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Climate Change Governance in Chinese Cities

By: Qianqing Mai,Maria Francesch-Huidobro

In the last thirty years, China has experienced rapid economic development and urbanisation which has resulted in high levels of environmental degradation and has put considerable pressure on the country’s infrastructure and natural resources. As China commits to considerably lower the carbon intensity of its economy, this volume analyses and explains the governance of climate change mitigation responses in major Chinese cities. The book focuses specifically on two highly carbon intensive sectors, buildings and transport, in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong to explore how collaborative municipal networks function in practice in Chinese cities. The authors find that effective coordination relies on the political will of local administrative elites, the political significance attached to climate change issues, the legitimate authority granted to the coordinating agency, and human and financial capitals. Collaboration is hampered by limited span of network engagement, inadequate authority of the primary network participants, insufficient input and output legitimacy of the sectoral innovations, and missing linkages across functionally segregated sectors. The book concludes that the enhanced collaboration and coordination between networks that has emerged in the process of low carbon transitions is transforming the Chinese environmental state into a more pluralistic, inclusive and legitimate one. This book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners across disciplines including Chinese studies, environmental politics and policy, urban studies, and planning and geography.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

421

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317664477

ISBN 13

9781317664475

Managing Human Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations

By: Robert B. Denhardt,Janet V. Denhardt,Maria P. Aristigueta

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Managing Human Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations

By: Robert B. Denhardt,Janet V. Denhardt,Maria P. Aristigueta

A must-read for students in public administration and nonprofit management programs! Managing Human Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations, Fourth Edition, is designed to help students understand, manage, and influence the behavior of others in the workplace. Esteemed authors Robert B. Denhardt, Janet V. Denhardt, and Maria P. Aristigueta take an action-oriented approach by using real-world circumstances within public and nonprofit organizations to illustrate key concepts. Important topics such as stress, decision making, motivation, leadership, communication, teams, and change give students a foundational understanding of the basic issues that affect human behavior. In addition to new cases and examples from the public and nonprofit sectors, the Fourth Edition features new material on leadership and organizational change, cultural diversity and generational diversity, and positive organizational behavior.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

707

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

1506318231

ISBN 13

9781506318233

The Cycle of Troy in Geoffrey Chaucer

Tradition and “Moralitee”

By: José Maria Gutiérrez Arranz

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Cycle of Troy in Geoffrey Chaucer

Tradition and “Moralitee”

By: José Maria Gutiérrez Arranz

The aim of the author of this book is to bring home not only to researchers, but to every kind of audience the repercussions of a literary topic that was an essential part of Classical education and, even more, a crucial subject in and outside the academic world. In ancient Greece and Rome, the Cycle of Troy was viewed as an essential compilation of information and educational models which was a vivid testimony throughout the history of Greek and Roman influence. Yet in the middle Ages, Trojan myths, just as with those concerning other characters like Hercules or Jason, were transformed into models of human behaviour, i.e. underwent the process of “moralization”. We say “Moralitee” to point out how Geoffrey Chaucer recreates those myths. Although we will extensively discuss how Chaucer recreates the Trojan myths in his works, we can anticipate what the reader will find. Chaucer manipulates his material from a multifold point of view: first of all, Chaucer was a man of his times, an unquiet mind and personality who always plays different games with that material. We might consider heroic the fact that Chaucer would pour out on his work the great background that the European writers (mainly Boccaccio, Dante, and Petrarch) supplied him (we will remember how difficult collecting information was in a period of vast lack of what we might call “media”). Come what may, he projects his wisdom to stress the most surmounting aspects of the formal characterization of the myths, and integrates them into the proper contexts of his works, as one of the key forces that the audience is expected to revive with the knowledge that it is supposed to own.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

150

Publisher

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1443815217

ISBN 13

9781443815215

Lustmord

Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany

By: Maria Tatar

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Lustmord

Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany

By: Maria Tatar

In a book that confronts our society's obsession with sexual violence, Maria Tatar seeks the meaning behind one of the most disturbing images of twentieth-century Western culture: the violated female corpse. This image is so prevalent in painting, literature, film, and, most recently, in mass media, that we rarely question what is at stake in its representation. Tatar, however, challenges us to consider what is taking place--both artistically and socially--in the construction and circulation of scenes depicting sexual murder. In examining images of sexual murder (Lustmord), she produces a riveting study of how art and murder have intersected in the sexual politics of culture from Weimar Germany to the present. Tatar focuses attention on the politically turbulent Weimar Republic, often viewed as the birthplace of a transgressive avant-garde modernism, where representations of female sexual mutilation abound. Here a revealing episode in the gender politics of cultural production unfolds as male artists and writers, working in a society consumed by fear of outside threats, envision women as enemies that can be contained and mastered through transcendent artistic expression. Not only does Tatar show that male artists openly identified with real-life sexual murderers--George Grosz posed as Jack the Ripper in a photograph where his model and future wife was the target of his knife--but she also reveals the ways in which victims were disavowed and erased. Tatar first analyzes actual cases of sexual murder that aroused wide public interest in Weimar Germany. She then considers how the representation of murdered women in visual and literary works functions as a strategy for managing social and sexual anxieties, and shows how violence against women can be linked to the war trauma, to urban pathologies, and to the politics of cultural production and biological reproduction. In exploring the complex relationship between victim and agent in cases of sexual murder, Tatar explains how the roles came to be destabilized and reversed, turning the perpetrator of criminal deeds into a defenseless victim of seductive evil. Throughout the West today, the creation of similar ideological constructions still occurs in societies that have only recently begun to validate the voices of its victims. Maria Tatar's book opens up an important discussion for readers seeking to understand the forces behind sexual violence and its portrayal in the cultural media throughout this century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

227

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0691216215

ISBN 13

9780691216218

When Left Moves Right

The Decline of the Left and the Rise of the Populist Right in Postcommunist Europe

By: Maria Snegovaya

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

When Left Moves Right

The Decline of the Left and the Rise of the Populist Right in Postcommunist Europe

By: Maria Snegovaya

In When Left Moves Right, Maria Snegovaya argues that the transition-era pro-market convergence of mainstream parties, particularly the neoliberal policies adopted by former communist left parties, left reform losers (electorates in precarious economic situations, such as working-class electorates) without political representation. Subsequently, these social groups were incorporated by emerging populist political actors.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

313

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0197699030

ISBN 13

9780197699034

Proclus' Hymns

Essays, Translations, Commentary

By: Rudolphus Maria Berg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Proclus' Hymns

Essays, Translations, Commentary

By: Rudolphus Maria Berg

This book puts the hymns by the Neoplatonist Proclus in the context of his philosophy and offers a detailed commentary together with a new translation of them.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

368

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004122362

ISBN 13

9789004122369

Empowerment and Fragility

Biopolitics and Ethics in International Relations and Strategic Studies

By: Maria João Ferreira

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Empowerment and Fragility

Biopolitics and Ethics in International Relations and Strategic Studies

By: Maria João Ferreira

The book discusses how the two interrelated questions of biopolitics and ethics influence discursive and non-discursive practices in the fields of international relations and strategic studies. The book debates the following research question of how discussions on global regimes that rule human empowerment and human fragility in international and strategic arenas require the establishment of a complex relation between the contested concepts of biopolitics and ethics. The book focuses on six main areas which are (1) the politics of (in)security, (2) complex emergencies and contemporary terrorism, (3) health, risk and population management, (4) environment and climate change, (5) the politics of memory and trauma and (6) migration and refugee flows. The usefulness of the book derives from critically questioning how, international public policies in sensitive areas like terrorism, global health, global migration flows or humanitarian assistance are being built through global policy regimes and global discursive regimes.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

474

Publisher

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1527526798

ISBN 13

9781527526792

Eat Surf Live

The Cornwall Travel Book

By: Vera Bachernegg,Katharina Maria Zimmermann

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Eat Surf Live

The Cornwall Travel Book

By: Vera Bachernegg,Katharina Maria Zimmermann

Eat Surf Live is a whole new approach to travel guides with its beautiful photography and wonderful design, which showcases the best of Cornwall. Travel with the authors as they visit secret spots, encounter local personalities and taste their way through this foodie Mecca. Part travel guide, part photo journal, part recipe book, Eat Surf Live is brimming with tips for a successful stay in this surfer's paradise.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

400

Publisher

Summersdale Publishers LTD

Published Date

ISBN 10

1786856875

ISBN 13

9781786856876

Cape Scott and the North Coast Trail

Hiking Vancouver Island's Wildest Coast

By: Maria I. Bremner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Cape Scott and the North Coast Trail

Hiking Vancouver Island's Wildest Coast

By: Maria I. Bremner

Part trail map, part field guide, part regional history, Cape Scott and the North Coast Trail is the first comprehensive guidebook about one of Vancouver Island’s most iconic destinations. Each year, thousands of backpackers and nature lovers head to the northern limits of Vancouver Island, bound for the jewel of the region: Cape Scott Provincial Park and the recently completed North Coast Trail. Cape Scott, 115 kilometres of wave- and weather-beaten coastline, encompasses every dramatic element of Pacific Northwest geography. Rocky headlands neighbour sandy beaches and protected coves; bogs house sensitive amphibians and plants; and inland, a dense network of towering conifers, ferns, salal and beds of moss define the rainforest. The North Coast Trail wends its way through this paradise, offering hikers a rugged trek to Cape Sutil, a place steeped in First Nations history, beautiful ocean views along the long sandy beach at Shuttleworth Bight and glimpses of one of the largest intact coastal wetlands in British Columbia, an upland bog housing sandhill cranes and a variety of endemic species. Cape Scott and the North Coast Trail equips visitors with everything they need to know to make the most of the park. Illustrated with accurate maps and vivid photographs, and loaded with details about biology and human history, the guide is perfect for the day tripper, serious backpacker or anyone wanting to learn more about the culture and wildlife of the region.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

256

Publisher

Harbour Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1550176927

ISBN 13

9781550176926

Castle Rackrent

By: Maria Edgeworth

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Castle Rackrent

By: Maria Edgeworth

During the 1790s, with Ireland in political crisis, Maria Edgeworth made a surprisingly rebellious choice: in Castle Rackrent, her first novel, she adopted an Irish Catholic voice to narrate the decline of a family from her own Anglo-Irish class. Castle Rackrent's narrator, Thady Quirk, gives us four generations of Rackrent heirs - Sir Patrick, the dissipated spendthrift; Sir Murtagh, the litigating fiend; Sir Kit, the brutal husband and gambling absentee; and Sir Condy, the lovable and improvident dupe of Thady's own son, Jason. With this satire on Anglo-Irish landlords Edgeworth pioneered the regional novel and inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverly (1814). She also changed the focus of conflict in Ireland from religion to class and boldly predicted the rise of the Irish Catholic Bourgeoisie. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

111

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0192669303

ISBN 13

9780192669308

In the Shadow of Slavery

African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863

By: Leslie M. Harris

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

In the Shadow of Slavery

African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863

By: Leslie M. Harris

In 1991 in lower Manhattan construction workers discovered the remains of an 18th century 'Negro Burial Ground'. Closed in 1790 and covered over by later roads and buildings, the site turned out to be the largest such find in North America, containing the remains of as many as 20,000 African Americans. The graves revealed to New Yorkers and the nation an aspect of American history long hidden: the vast number of enslaved blacks who laboured to create America's largest city. 'In the Shadow of Slavery' lays bare this history of African Americans in New York City from 1626 to 1863.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

393

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0226317749

ISBN 13

9780226317748

Flora of Tropical East Africa - Moraceae (1989)

By: C. C. Berg,Maria E. E. Hijman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Flora of Tropical East Africa - Moraceae (1989)

By: C. C. Berg,Maria E. E. Hijman

This book is a comprehensive review of the genera of Moraceae, a family of flowering plants, found in the tropical region of East Africa. It presents information on their character, occurrence, habitat, phenotypic variations and distribution of each of the species under these genera.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

100

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

9061913500

ISBN 13

9789061913504

Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations

An Integrated Approach

By: Theodore H. Poister,Maria P. Aristigueta,Jeremy L. Hall

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations

An Integrated Approach

By: Theodore H. Poister,Maria P. Aristigueta,Jeremy L. Hall

New edition of a classic guide to ensuring effective organizational performance Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations is a comprehensive resource for designing and implementing effective performance management and measurement systems in public and nonprofit organizations. The ideas, tools, and processes in this vital resource are designed to help organizations develop measurement systems to support such effective management approaches as strategic management, results-based budgeting, performance management, process improvement, performance contracting, and much more. The book will help readers identify outcomes and other performance criteria to be measured, tie measures to goals and objectives, define and evaluate the worth of desired performance measures, and analyze, process, report, and utilize data effectively. Includes significant updates that offer a more integrated approach to performance management and measurement Offers a detailed framework and instructions for developing and implementing performance management systems Shows how to apply the most effective performance management principles Reveals how to overcome the barriers to effective performance management Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations identifies common methodological and managerial problems that often confront managers in developing performance measurement systems, and presents a number of targeted strategies for the successful implementation of such systems in public and nonprofit organizations. This must-have resource will help leaders reach their organizational goals and objectives.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

454

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1118958551

ISBN 13

9781118958551

Context and Narrative in Photography

By: Maria Short,Sri-Kartini Leet,Elisavet Kalpaxi

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Context and Narrative in Photography

By: Maria Short,Sri-Kartini Leet,Elisavet Kalpaxi

However beautiful or technically dazzling your photographs might be, if they don't tell a story, convey an idea or make your viewer stop and think, they are unlikely to make a lasting impression.Context and Narrative in Photography introduces practical methods to help you plan, develop and present meaningful, communicative images. With dozens of examples from some of the world's most thought-provoking photographers, this is a beautiful introduction to a fascinating aspect of photography.Beginning with an exploration of different narrative techniques, you'll be guided through selecting and developing a compelling concept for your project and how it might be conveyed either through a single image or a series of photographs. You'll also learn ways to incorporate signs, symbols and text into your work and how to present the finished piece to best reach your audience.New to this edition are extended projects, additional exercises and discussion questions, expanded case studies, around 25% of the images and an expanded Chapter 6 on integrating text into photographic projects.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

232

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000211533

ISBN 13

9781000211535

Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review, Fourth Edition

By: Maria Codina Leik, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C, AGPCNP-BC

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review, Fourth Edition

By: Maria Codina Leik, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C, AGPCNP-BC

If you are studying for the family nurse practitioner certification exam, the highly acclaimed Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review is a must-have resource. Lauded for its concise, well-organized format, this fourth edition has been significantly revised and updated to feature key information about the new AANPCB and ANCC certification exams, all new end-of-chapter review questions, and new full-color images. The fourth edition also features four practice tests with hundreds of new questions and rationales—800 questions in total. Extensive test-taking techniques and question dissection and analysis chapters help you identify the best clues during the problem-solving process so that you can strategically master the certification exam. Designed to help FNP candidates boost their confidence through intensive review and high-quality questions, the fourth edition continues to provide succinct, precisely targeted “need-to-know” details of diseases and classic presentations you can expect to see in practice in patients across the life span. Organized by body system, chapters are consistently formatted to include Danger Signals, Normal Findings, Lab Findings, Benign Variants, and Disease Review topics. Each chapter features valuable Exam Tips and Clinical Pearls that highlight key considerations and information likely to be encountered on the exam, ideal for a last-minute refresher before test day. Ensure success by making this essential resource—praised by thousands for helping them pass their certification—a key part of your exam prep study regimen. Key Features: Includes updated information reflecting the new AANPCB and ANCC certification exams Introduces new end-of-chapter review questions to help you assess knowledge application and retention Features four practice tests with hundreds of new questions and rationales Provides a succinct and highly targeted review of diseases commonly seen in primary care, updated clinical information, all new color photos, and Exam Tips and Clinical Pearls to highlight key exam content Outlines Danger Signals, Normal Findings, Lab Findings, and Benign Variants in physical assessment of each body system Delineates strategic question-dissection techniques to simplify the problem-solving process Offers an intensive pharmacology review and review of professional issues—ethical guidelines, professional roles, reimbursement, research, evidence-based medicine and epidemiology, and cultural considerations

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

881

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0826163734

ISBN 13

9780826163738

Migration Miracle

Faith, Hope, and Meaning on the Undocumented Journey

By: Jacqueline Maria Hagan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Migration Miracle

Faith, Hope, and Meaning on the Undocumented Journey

By: Jacqueline Maria Hagan

Since the arrival of the Puritans, various religious groups, including Quakers, Jews, Catholics, and Protestant sects, have migrated to the United States. The role of religion in motivating their migration and shaping their settlement experiences has been well documented. What has not been recorded is the contemporary story of how migrants from Mexico and Central America rely on religionÑtheir clergy, faith, cultural expressions, and everyday religious practicesÑto endure the undocumented journey. At a time when anti-immigrant feeling is rising among the American public and when immigration is often cast in economic or deviant terms, Migration Miracle humanizes the controversy by exploring the harsh realities of the migrantsÕ desperate journeys. Drawing on over 300 interviews with men, women, and children, Jacqueline Hagan focuses on an unexplored dimension of the migration undertakingÑthe role of religion and faith in surviving the journey. Each year hundreds of thousands of migrants risk their lives to cross the border into the United States, yet until now, few scholars have sought migrantsÕ own accounts of their experiences.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

234

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0674066146

ISBN 13

9780674066144

Book's by Maria Innes

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email