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Meaningful Playtime

A science-based guide for quality play with your child

By: Maria Machi

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Meaningful Playtime

A science-based guide for quality play with your child

By: Maria Machi

Meaningful Playtime: A science-based guide for quality play with your child" is an enlightening journey that reveals the profound impact of play on a child's emotional and psychological development. This guide delves into how parents and caregivers can transform everyday playtime into powerful opportunities for growth and bonding. In this book, you will discover how to use play as a tool to help your child process complex emotions, overcome challenges, and express their deepest thoughts and feelings. Through real-life examples such as acting out a typical day at school or using toys to mirror family dynamics, the book demonstrates how simple yet meaningful activities can provide deep insights into your child's evolving world. "Meaningful Playtime" emphasizes that the most enriching experiences don't need to occur in professional settings but can be beautifully orchestrated at home with the involvement of caring and attentive adults. It provides practical strategies for creating play sessions that foster a deeper connection between you and your child, enhancing their resilience and independence. Rather than directing how children should play, this guide supports you in helping them discover their own strength and voice through the joy of play. Whether your aim is to reinforce your bond, support your child's developmental journey, or simply step into their imaginative realms, this book is your essential companion. By transforming play into a powerful catalyst for development and connection, "Meaningful Playtime" invites you to embrace this adventure in playful exploration and deepen the most precious relationship-the one between you and your child. With this book, play becomes not just a pastime, but a gateway to building a resilient, independent, and emotionally intelligent young person.

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Grosvenor House Publishing

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1803818492

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9781803818498

The Good Greek Girl

By: Maria Katsonis

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The Good Greek Girl

By: Maria Katsonis

Did you hear the one about the good Greek girl who walked into a tattoo parlour to celebrate the anniversary of her discharge from a psych hospital? No? Well that’s not surprising because it’s not a joke, there is no punch line. It’s a true story about Maria Katsonis, the good Greek girl who grew up above her parents’ milk bar and shared a bedroom with her yiayia. That is until university when she discovered her rebellious side and her true sexuality. Summoning the courage to come out as a lesbian to her Greek Orthodox family and community, Maria was not met with love and support, but was ostracised. Embracing her imposed independence, Maria became your typical type A over-achiever. Furthering her studies later in life, Maria graduated from Harvard University with a Masters degree. Little did she know, in five years time, Maria would be alone on a bed in a white psych ward fighting for her life. Maria had experienced a complete mental breakdown, shattering her professional and personal identity. The Good Greek Girl will make you laugh, cry, gasp and smile, written with the honesty Maria’s story deserves, and the elegance and craft expected from such an inspiring public intellectual. Now a senior executive in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet, an ambassador for beyondblue and advocate with the Australia Council for Mental Health, Maria has more than conquered the forces that held her back, she owns them. While she now lives with a chronic mental illness, Maria leads an active, meaningful and extraordinary life. Her story of triumph over adversity is nothing short of inspiring.

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Simon and Schuster

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1925183246

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9781925183245

Individuals, Minds and Bodies: Themes from Leibniz

By: Massimiliano Carrara,Antonio-Maria Nunziante

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Individuals, Minds and Bodies: Themes from Leibniz

By: Massimiliano Carrara,Antonio-Maria Nunziante

Is analytic metaphysics the kind of metaphysics that contemporary analytic philosophers study? One of the aims of this special issue of the Studia Leibnitiana is to demonstrate that it would be misleading to think so. The reason is simply that some important past metaphysicians also adopted an analytic style and G. W. Leibniz is surely one of them. His analysis on the notion of identity and individuality, on the difference between artifacts and biological entities are pieces of analytic metaphysics. The other aim of the volume is to show that there is a close semantic connection between the concepts of individual, mind and body in Leibniz. The book tried to demonstrate it from both an analytical and a historical point of view. .

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Franz Steiner Verlag

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3515083421

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9783515083423

The Witless Protection Program

By: Maria DiRico

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The Witless Protection Program

By: Maria DiRico

In the fifth Catering Hall Mystery by Agatha Award-winning author Maria DiRico, series sleuth Mia Carina has finally steered her Italian-American family’s catering hall, Belle View Banquet Manor, into becoming the premiere party site of Astoria, Queens. Now if only her presumed dead ex-husband would get out of the way... A strong, independent woman and respected entrepreneur, Mia never imagined she’d pine for a marriage proposal. Yet lately, with her beloved Shane, she’s on tenterhooks. It’s especially surprising, considering Mia’s first husband, Adam, was a philandering grifter, assumed lost-at-sea after a boating disaster. But everyone knows what happens when you assume . . . While working a huge wedding expo in Manhattan, Mia is shocked to spot the man who nearly destroyed her life. The one who’s supposed to be sleeping with the fishes. But she loses him in the crowd. And when it happens again the next day, it’s time for an emergency meeting with the family—and the Family. Because if Adam is alive, Mia is still married . . . Everyone wants Adam dead. Everyone except Mia. She’s dealt with enough police for a lifetime. Mia needs to be a divorcée, not a widow. But someone out there disagrees, and if Mia doesn’t discover who, she may never be free to marry Shane—or anyone else . . .

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Kensington Cozies

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1496744624

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9781496744623

Barbarian: Explorations of a Western Concept in Theory, Literature, and the Arts

Vol. II: Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries

By: Markus Winkler,Maria Boletsi

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Barbarian: Explorations of a Western Concept in Theory, Literature, and the Arts

Vol. II: Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries

By: Markus Winkler,Maria Boletsi

Since Greek antiquity, the ‘barbarian’ captivates the Western imaginary and operates as the antipode against which self-proclaimed civilized groups define themselves. Therefore, the study of the cultural history of barbarism is a simultaneous exploration of the shifting contours of European identity. This two-volume co-authored study explores the history of the concept ‘barbarism’ from the 18th century to the present and illuminates its foundational role in modern European and Western identity. It constitutes an original comparative, interdisciplinary exploration of the concept’s modern European and Western history, with emphasis on the role of literature in the concept’s shifting functions. Critically responding to the contemporary popularity of the term ‘barbarian' in political rhetoric and the media, and its violent, exclusionary workings, the study contributes to a historically grounded understanding of this figure’s past and contemporary uses. It combines overviews with detailed analyses of representative works of literature, art, film, philosophy, political and cultural theory, in which “barbarism” figures prominently.

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501

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Springer Nature

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3476046117

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9783476046116

The Italian Tragedy in the Renaissance

Cultural Realities and Theatrical Innovations

By: Salvatore Di Maria

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The Italian Tragedy in the Renaissance

Cultural Realities and Theatrical Innovations

By: Salvatore Di Maria

This book is about the Renaissance revitalization of classical drama. Using a cultural and theatrical approach, it shows how Italian playwrights made ancient tragedy relevant to their audiences. The book challenges the traditional critical approach to the Italian Renaissance tragedy as a mere literary work, and calls attention to the complementary function of the theatrical text, which is 'reconstructed' from the stage directions embedded in the discourse of the characters.

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Bucknell University Press

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0838754902

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9780838754900

Vishnu's Crowded Temple

India Since the Great Rebellion

By: Maria Misra

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Vishnu's Crowded Temple

India Since the Great Rebellion

By: Maria Misra

As it enters its sixtieth year of independence, India stands on the threshold of superpower status. Yet India is strikingly different from all other global colossi. While it is the world's most populous democracy and enjoys the benefits of its internationally competitive high-tech and software industries, India also contends with extremes of poverty, inequality, and political and religious violence. This accessible and vividly written book presents a new interpretation of India's history, focusing particular attention on the impact of British imperialism on Independent India. Maria Misra begins with the rebellion against the British in 1857 and tracks the country's advance to the present day. India's extremes persist, the author argues, because its politics rest upon a peculiar foundation in which traditional ideas of hierarchy, difference, and privilege coexist to a remarkable degree with modern notions of equality and democracy. The challenge of India's leaders today, as in the last sixty years, is to weave together the disparate threads of the nation's ancient culture, colonial legacy, and modern experience.

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592

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Yale University Press

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0300145233

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9780300145236

Syncretism in Religion

A Reader

By: Anita Maria Leopold,Jeppe Sinding Jensen

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Syncretism in Religion

A Reader

By: Anita Maria Leopold,Jeppe Sinding Jensen

Syncretism - the fusion of different beliefs into one religious system - has long been controversial in scholarship. It is widely held that religion, culture and ethnicity are pure entities that may become mixed in encounter and lead to impure, hybrid forms. 'Syncretism in Religion' presents a selection of essays committed to solving the problems of syncretism. The essays reflect the full breadth of religious traditions that could be called syncretistic. An overview of the historical background of syncretism is given, alongside classical readings from the history of religion, definitions of syncretism in relation to theories of power, and an assessment of the future of the subject. This volume brings together the work of authors who have made significant contributions in the field, some appearing for the first time in English. It will be of interest to any student or scholar of religion, philosophy or anthropology concerned with the dynamics of cultural contact and change.

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465

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Routledge

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1134967144

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9781134967148

Duino Elegies

A New Translation and Commentary

By: Rainer Maria Rilke

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Duino Elegies

A New Translation and Commentary

By: Rainer Maria Rilke

A new translation of Rilke's great work with close readings of each of the ten elegies elucidating how their poetic attributes constitute their meaning. Rilke continues to be the most read and discussed German poet of the modern period. The Duino Elegies, together with the Sonnets to Orpheus, remain his greatest achievement. The themes of the ten elegies - and the conceptual world unique to Rilke from which they emerge - can best be understood through their poetic form: their imagery and neologistic formations, their angular syntax, their abrupt changes of tone and linguistic register, their use of multiple personae and speaking voices, and the often-ironic self-presentation of the author. Commentators, however, have often treated these features as mere formal devices that we can somehow see through to get to what really matters, that is, to what Rilke has to say about the human condition or the meaning of life, to his philosophy or worldview. On the contrary, they are constitutive of meaning in the elegies, and understanding them is crucial to our experience of reading Rilke's work. The purpose of this book is to make such features visible and to explain them to the reader as clearly as possible. This is the first full-length book in English devoted to the elegies in over thirty years. It offers an entirely new translation of each elegy, paired with the original German text, and a close reading of each.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1640140980

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9781640140981

Soaring Skylark

By: Maria Luisa Muñoz Prado

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Soaring Skylark

By: Maria Luisa Muñoz Prado

In the year 1968, Alejandra meets Guillermo, whom he married 12 years later and had a happy, full and enviable marriage in front of the eyes of everyone. They formed a beautiful family with 5 sons, created one of the most important educational companies in the country and one of the most representatives of Latin America. When they had 32 years of marriage, suddenly, one day, that fairytale marriage ends, leaving everyone perplexed. Soaring skylark looks and pretend to be a waking call before the human nature for us to learn to look, to live with dignity, respect and the valuation we deserve. Is a testimony of divine justice accompanied by a love story that survived 40 years of marriage and a separation, and that finally it honesty, purity and truth turn it into a reality. A love story in which everyone seems to be something they are not. A storyline that will take you to the deeps of the human heart and will show you how we are something in front of people, we seem another, we say another and feel something really different to all of the previous ones. A marriage where truths and lies mix relentlessly. A story that can be your own.

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447

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Palibrio

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1463368445

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9781463368449

A Sense of the City

Modes of Urban Representation in the Works of Nagai Kafū (1879-1959)

By: Gala Maria Follaco

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A Sense of the City

Modes of Urban Representation in the Works of Nagai Kafū (1879-1959)

By: Gala Maria Follaco

In A Sense of the City, Gala Maria Follaco examines Nagai Kafū’s (1879-1959) literary construction of urban spatialities from late Meiji through the early Shōwa period. She argues that Kafū’s urban critique was based on his awareness of the cultural sedimentation of the cityscape and of the complex relationship that it bore with the historical framework of modern Japan. With the overall aim to define Kafū’s position within pre-war Japanese literature, Follaco touches upon key issues such as memory, class difference, and language ideologies; draws connections between his sojourn abroad and strategies of “mapping” the city of Tokyo in his literature; and takes into account works previously understudied, including his biography of Washizu Kidō and his photographs.

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BRILL

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9004345388

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9789004345386

Floating Worlds

A Short History of Japanese Animation

By: Maria Roberta Novielli

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Floating Worlds

A Short History of Japanese Animation

By: Maria Roberta Novielli

Through the analysis of the work of the main Japanese animators starting from the pioneers of 1917, the book will overview the whole history of Japanese animated film, including the latest tendencies and the experimental movies. In addition to some of the most acclaimed directors Miyazaki Hayao, Takahata Isao, Shinkai Makoto, Tezuka Osamu and Kon Satoshi, the works of masters of animation such as Kawamoto Kihachirō, Kuri Yōji, Ōfuji Noburō and Yamamura Kōji will be analysed in their cultural and historical context. Moreover, their themes and styles will be the linking thread to overview the Japanese producing system and the social and political events which have often influenced their works. Key Features Insight into both mainstream and independent cinema Scientific reliability Easy readability Social and cultural context

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128

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CRC Press

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1351334816

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9781351334815

Academic Inbreeding and Mobility in Higher Education

Global Perspectives

By: Maria Yudkevich,Philip G. Altbach,Laura E. Rumbley

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Academic Inbreeding and Mobility in Higher Education

Global Perspectives

By: Maria Yudkevich,Philip G. Altbach,Laura E. Rumbley

Academic inbreeding - appointing one's own graduates for academic positions - is a controversial but surprisingly common practice internationally. This book is the first comparative analysis of the phenomenon - the causes, implications, and future of inbreeding.

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Springer

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113746125X

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Gender and Citizenship

Promises of Peace in Post-Dayton Bosnia-Herzegovina

By: Maria-Adriana Deiana

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Gender and Citizenship

Promises of Peace in Post-Dayton Bosnia-Herzegovina

By: Maria-Adriana Deiana

This book examines the remaking of women’s citizenship in the aftermath of conflict and international intervention. It develops a feminist critique of consociationalism as the dominant model of post-conflict governance by tracking the gendered implications of the Dayton Peace Agreement. It illustrates how the legitimisation of ethnonationalist power enabled by the agreement has reduced citizenship to an all-encompassing logic of ethnonational belonging and implicitly reproduced its attendant patriarchal gender order. Foregrounding women’s diverse experiences, the book reveals gendered ramifications produced at the intersection of conflict, ethno-nationalism and international peacebuilding. Deploying a multidimensional feminist approach centred around women’s narratives of belonging, exclusion, and agency, this book offers a critical interrogation of the promises of peace and explores individual/collective efforts to re-imagine citizenship.

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Springer

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1137593784

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9781137593788

Private Life

By: Josep Maria de Sagarra

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Private Life

By: Josep Maria de Sagarra

Private Life holds up a mirror to the moral corruption in the interstices of the Barcelona high society Sagarra was born into. Boudoirs of demimonde tramps, card games dilapidating the fortunes of milquetoast aristocrats - and how they scheme to conceal them - fading manors of selfish scions, and back rooms provided by social-climbing seamstresses are portrayed in vivid, sordid, and literary detail. The novel, practically a roman-à-clef for its contemporaries, was a scandal in 1932. The 1960's edition was bowdlerized by Franco's censors. Part Lampedusa, part Genet, this translation will bring an essential piece of 20th-century European literature to the English-speaking public.

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Archipelago

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091467126X

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9780914671268

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Meaningful Playtime

Meaningful Playtime

The Good Greek Girl

The Good Greek Girl

Individuals, Minds and Bodies: Themes from Leibniz

Individuals, Minds and Bodies: Themes from Leibniz

The Witless Protection Program

The Witless Protection Program

Barbarian: Explorations of a Western Concept in Theory, Literature, and the Arts

Barbarian: Explorations of a Western Concept in Theory, Literature, and the Arts

The Italian Tragedy in the Renaissance

The Italian Tragedy in the Renaissance

Vishnu's Crowded Temple

Vishnu's Crowded Temple

Syncretism in Religion

Syncretism in Religion

Duino Elegies

Duino Elegies

Soaring Skylark

Soaring Skylark

A Sense of the City

A Sense of the City

Floating Worlds

Floating Worlds

Academic Inbreeding and Mobility in Higher Education

Academic Inbreeding and Mobility in Higher Education

Gender and Citizenship

Gender and Citizenship

Private Life

Private Life

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