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The Ghost of Milagro Creek

By: Melanie Sumner

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Devastating . . . [Ghost of Milagro Creek] simmers with metaphysical tension."—Time Out Chicago The story of Ignacia Vigil Romero, a full Jacarilla Apache, and the two boys, Mister and Tomás, she raised to adulthood unfolds in a barrio of Taos, New Mexico—a mixed community of Native Americans, Hispanics, and whites. Now deceased, Ignacia, a curandera—a medicine woman, though some say a witch—begins this tale of star-crossed lovers. Mister and Tomás, best friends until their late teens, both fall for Rocky, a gringa of some mystery, a girl Tomás takes for himself. But in a moment of despair, a pledge between the young men leads to murder. When Ignacia falls silent, police reports, witness statements, and caseworker interviews draw an electrifying portrait of a troubled community and of the vulnerable players in this mounting tragedy. Set in a terrain that becomes a character in its own right, The Ghost of Milagro Creek brilliantly illuminates this hidden corner of American society.

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Algonquin Books

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1616200138

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The School of Beauty and Charm

By: Melanie Sumner

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The School of Beauty and Charm

By: Melanie Sumner

This is the story of the Peppers family of Counterpoint, Georgia. Henry and Florida Peppers are pertinacious Baptist parents whose dearest wishes are to keep their asthmatic son Roderick alive and their smart-ass daughter Louise from going to hell. Louise, the little hellion, tells the story. And what a story it is, about how ponderous Henry, hysterical Florida, and hell-bent-for-rebellion Louise, awash in grief after Roderick's death at fifteen, go on living. Steady-at-the-helm, Henry buries himself in his work managing Southern Board, the local cardboard factory. Flamboyant Florida, with a fine-honed knack for losing her cool, redecorates their custom-built house, the Aerie, and takes up painting by numbers. Louise indulges her addictions: at nine, she discovers vanilla extract. After Roderick dies, she adds liquor, food, sex (at sixteen, she seduces a Southern Board laborer), and out-and-out danger, finally, at eighteen running off to join the circus (a carnival, actually). Louise gets to be the clown. THE SCHOOL OF BEAUTY AND CHARM is a daring novel that walks a fine line between high comedy and real tragedy. But at heart, it is a moving portrait of a father and mother, two good-hearted people doing everything wrong to win back their daughter.

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Algonquin Books

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1616202319

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How to Write a Novel

By: Melanie Sumner

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How to Write a Novel

By: Melanie Sumner

Aristotle "Aris" Thibodeau is 12.5 years old and destined for greatness. Ever since her father’s death, however, she’s been stuck in the small town of Kanuga, Georgia, where she has to manage her mother Diane’s floundering love life and dubious commitment to her job as an English professor. Not to mention co-parenting a little brother who hogs all the therapy money. Luckily, Aris has a plan. Following the advice laid out in Write a Novel in Thirty Days! she sets out to pen a bestseller using her charmingly dysfunctional family as material. If the Mom-character, Diane, would ditch online dating and accept that the perfect man is clearly the handyman/nanny-character, Penn MacGuffin, Aris would have the essential romance for her plot (and a father in her real life). But when a random accident uncovers a dark part of Thibodeau family history, Aris is forced to confront the fact that sometimes in life—as in great literature—things might not work out exactly as planned.

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Vintage

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1101873485

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The School of Beauty and Charm

A Novel

By: Melanie Sumner

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The School of Beauty and Charm

A Novel

By: Melanie Sumner

In her vividly drawn, bitingly satiric first novel, the Whiting Award-winning young author immerses readers in the wrenching poignancies and comic grotesqueries of one fractious, flamboyant family in contemporary Georgia.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743446445

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9780743446440

How to Write a Novel

By: Melanie Sumner

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How to Write a Novel

By: Melanie Sumner

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The Ghost of Milagro Creek

By: Melanie Sumner

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Crime, Deviance and Society

An Introduction to Sociological Criminology

By: Ana Rodas,Melanie Simpson,Paddy Rawlinson,Ronald Kramer,Emma Ryan,Emmeline Taylor,Reece Walters,Alan Beckley,Chris Cunneen,Ashlee Gore,Amanda Porter,Scott Poynting,Emma Russell

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Crime, Deviance and Society

An Introduction to Sociological Criminology

By: Ana Rodas,Melanie Simpson,Paddy Rawlinson,Ronald Kramer,Emma Ryan,Emmeline Taylor,Reece Walters,Alan Beckley,Chris Cunneen,Ashlee Gore,Amanda Porter,Scott Poynting,Emma Russell

Crime, Deviance and Society: An Introduction to Sociological Criminology offers a comprehensive introduction to criminological theory. The book introduces readers to key sociological theories, such as anomie and strain, and examines how traditional approaches have influenced the ways in which crime and deviance are constructed. It provides a nuanced account of contemporary theories and debates, and includes chapters covering feminist criminology, critical masculinities, cultural criminology, green criminology, and postcolonial theory, among others. Case studies in each chapter demonstrate how sociological theories can manifest within and influence the criminal justice system and social policy. Each chapter also features margin definitions and timelines of contributions to key theories, reflection questions and end-of-chapter questions that prompt students reflection. Written by an expert team of academics from Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, Crime, Deviance and Society is a highly engaging and accessible introduction to the field for students of criminology and criminal justice.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108916414

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Pocket Surgery

By: Melanie Goldfarb,Mark A. Gromski,James M. Hurst,Daniel B. Jones

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Pocket Surgery

By: Melanie Goldfarb,Mark A. Gromski,James M. Hurst,Daniel B. Jones

Prepared by residents and attending physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Pocket Surgery, follows the style of Pocket Medicine, one of the best-selling references for medical students, interns, and residents. This pocket-sized loose-leaf resource can be used on the wards and by candidates reviewing for board exams. In bulleted lists, tables, and algorithms, Pocket Surgery provides key clinical information about common surgical conditions in all areas of surgery, including breast, critical care, cardiothoracic, gastrointestinal, colorectal, vascular, pediatric, plastic, transplant, transplant, and endocrine.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1451180411

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Knitting America

A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art

By: Susan M. Strawn, Melanie Falick

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Knitting America

A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art

By: Susan M. Strawn, Melanie Falick

The patterns and fabrics of American knitting are an intricate, and intimate, part of the nations history, reflecting the styles and the interests, the concerns and the comforts that touched every homebody, every newborn and newlywed, every homesick patriot in the field. This is the history that Knitting America celebrates. The first fully detailed, full-color, comprehensive history of knitting in America from colonial times to the present, the book conveys the social and historical realities that the craft embodied as well as the emotional narrative that unfolded at the hands of the nations knitters. With vintage patterns and designs typical of each era, Knitting America comprises a knitted history of American society. Here are the trends and the shortages, the historical happenings and the social movements, the advertising and economic developments that affected knitting and style. Also included are 20 historic knitting patterns for todays knitters. Beautifully illustrated with vintage pattern booklets, posters, postcards, black-and-white historical photographs, and contemporary color photographs of knitted pieces in private collections and in museums, this book is a treasure of history and craft, an exquisite view of America through the handiwork of its knitters.

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1610600835

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Helping Your Unmotivated Teen

A Parent's Guide to Unlock Your Child's Potential

By: Melanie McNally

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Helping Your Unmotivated Teen

A Parent's Guide to Unlock Your Child's Potential

By: Melanie McNally

No more arguing, punishments, or bribes. Help your child get motivated—and watch them soar! You’re at your wits’ end. Again. Your teen is bright, savvy, and capable—and completely unmotivated. Whether it’s too much screen time, pandemic-induced resignation, or disillusionment at the state of the world, so many kids recently seem to have lost the passion to create, excel, engage, and do. What you need, for them and you, is a teen expert—a fresh voice to ask the right questions, make powerful suggestions, and offer proven techniques for getting your teen back in the game and focused on a future of fulfillment, success, purpose, and enjoyment. Melanie McNally is that expert, and she’ll help you and your teen conquer whatever’s been keeping them down and holding them back. Presented in simple steps, this book breaks down the three major components of motivation: Help your teen ignite their creativity and passion Work with your teen to increase their endurance and effort Encourage your teen to envision and set worthy and attainable milestones Small changes can have huge impacts—the kind that inspire confidence, a sense of accomplishment, and the desire to keep going, keep doing, and stay the course. If you’re looking to motivate your teen and set the stage for success and happiness, this book can help you get started today.

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New Harbinger Publications

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164848395X

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Making Youth: A History of Youth in Modern Britain

By: Melanie Tebbutt

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Making Youth: A History of Youth in Modern Britain

By: Melanie Tebbutt

This new study explores how British youth was made, and how it made itself, over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Urbanisation and industrialisation brought challenges that altered how young people were both perceived and understood. As adults found it difficult to comprehend the rapidity of societal change, focus on the young intensified, and they became a symbol of uncertainty about the future. Highlighting both change and striking continuity, Melanie Tebbutt traces the origins and development of key themes and debates in the history of modern British youth. Current issues such as the ageing of western societies, high levels of youth unemployment and the potential for social and political unrest make this a timely study.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137604158

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A Simple Justice

Kentucky Women Fight for the Vote

By: Melanie Beals Goan

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A Simple Justice

Kentucky Women Fight for the Vote

By: Melanie Beals Goan

When the Declaration of Independence was signed by a group of wealthy white men in 1776, poor white men, African Americans, and women quickly discovered that the unalienable rights it promised were not truly for all. The Nineteenth Amendment eventually gave women the right to vote in 1920, but the change was not welcomed by people of all genders in politically and religiously conservative Kentucky. As a result, the suffrage movement in the Commonwealth involved a tangled web of stakeholders, entrenched interest groups, unyielding constitutional barriers, and activists with competing strategies. In A Simple Justice, Melanie Beals Goan offers a new and deeper understanding of the women's suffrage movement in Kentucky by following the people who labored long and hard to see the battle won. Women's suffrage was not simply a question of whether women could and should vote; it carried more serious implications for white supremacy and for the balance of federal and state powers—especially in a border state. Shocking racial hostility surfaced even as activists attempted to make America more equitable. Goan looks beyond iconic women such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to reveal figures whose names have been lost to history. Laura Clay and Madeline McDowell Breckinridge led the Kentucky movement, but they did not do it alone. This timely study introduces readers to individuals across the Bluegrass State who did their part to move the nation closer to achieving its founding ideals.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813180198

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9780813180199

Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater: A Parent's Handbook, Second Edition: Avoid Picky Eating, Identify Feeding Problems, and Inspire Adventurous Eating, from Birth to School-Age (Second)

By: Nimali Fernando,Melanie Potock

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Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater: A Parent's Handbook, Second Edition: Avoid Picky Eating, Identify Feeding Problems, and Inspire Adventurous Eating, from Birth to School-Age (Second)

By: Nimali Fernando,Melanie Potock

Now updated in a second edition—the category-leading guide to parenting adventurous eaters Pediatrician Nimali Fernando and feeding therapist Melanie Potock (aka Dr. Yum and Coach Mel) know the importance of giving your child the right start on their food journey—for good health, motor skills, and even cognitive and emotional development. In this updated, second edition of Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater, they explain how to expand your family’s food horizons, avoid the picky eater trap, identify special feeding needs, and put joy back into mealtimes, with the latest research and advice tailored to every stage from newborn through school-age new guidance on pacifiers, thumb-sucking, feeding concerns, and barriers to eating well helpful insights on the sensory system, difficult mealtime behaviors, and everything from baby-led weaning to sippy cups advice and resources for those lacking access to fresh foods or who are facing financial insecurity and seven “passport stamps” for modern parenting: joyful, compassionate, brave, patient, consistent, proactive, and mindful. Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater shows the way to lead your child on the path to adventurous eating. Grab your passport and go!

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The Experiment, LLC

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1615198768

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9781615198764

Women and the Republican Party, 1854-1924

By: Melanie Gustafson

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Women and the Republican Party, 1854-1924

By: Melanie Gustafson

Acclaimed as groundbreaking since its publication, Women and the Republican Party, 1854-1924 explores the forces that propelled women to partisan activism in an era of widespread disfranchisement and provides a new perspective on how women fashioned their political strategies and identities before and after 1920. Melanie Susan Gustafson examines women's partisan history against the backdrop of women's political culture. Contesting the accepted notion that women were uninvolved in political parties before gaining the vote, Gustafson reveals the length and depth of women's partisan activism between the founding of the Republican Party, whose abolitionist agenda captured the loyalty of many women, and the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. Her account also looks at the complex interplay of partisan and nonpartisan activity; the fierce debates among women about how to best use their influence; the ebb and flow of enthusiasm for women's participation; and the third parties that fused the civic world of reform organizations with the electoral world of voting and legislation.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252026888

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9780252026881

The Joy of Cannabis

75 Ways to Amplify Your Life Through the Science and Magic of Cannabis

By: Melanie Abrams,Larry Smith

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The Joy of Cannabis

75 Ways to Amplify Your Life Through the Science and Magic of Cannabis

By: Melanie Abrams,Larry Smith

A sophisticated and humorous cannabis book to enhance your life and promote self-care through the science and magic of weed. With a toolkit of the basics to get you started and a curated set of 75 activities, The Joy of Cannabis is a road map to a higher and happier you. In each of the six sections, you'll find science-based research as well as charts, essays, and fun facts from bold thinkers. The activities—tested and approved by authors Melanie Abrams and Larry Smith—teach you how to amplify pleasure through bonding and intimacy, deepen meditation to help with social anxiety and sleep, and elevate your cooking with innovative cannabis-infused recipes. You'll even learn why the word "marijuana" rarely appears in the book. Through the power of cannabis, discover fun new ways to: Expand the mind Move the body Unlock creativity Boost productivity Fortify meaningful connections Spark wonder Activities include: GREEN CLEANING: Take advantage of weed's ability to make you hyper-focused by cleaning your house while high and learn why cleaning is one of the most productive and satisfying stoner tasks. HOT HIGH HYGGE: Whip up a mug of cannabis-infused hot cocoa or a hot toddy, hunker down under a pile of cozy blankets, and get the full hygge experience. MEMORY STRAIN: Scientists are looking into how cannabis helps make autobiographical memory more sensorial. Dig out those old baby albums or dusty yearbooks, add your favorite strain, and create your own personal time machine. The Joy of Cannabis is a comprehensive guide for the cannabis curious to the cannabis connoisseur. For some, this beautifully illustrated coffee table book will further awaken their love for an elixir that's changing our culture and bringing pleasure to millions around the world. For others, this guide will inspire discovery of an ancient plant that's been used for both healing and happiness for thousands of years. From improving sleep and decreasing anxiety to promoting focus and making the ordinary extraordinary, recreational cannabis' time is now. Whether you purchase it as a self-care book for yourself or give it as a gift for a friend, get ready to experience the Golden Age of Cannabis. You're going to love it here. Praise for The Joy of Cannabis: "Approachable, readable, beautifully designed, The Joy of Cannabis is a perfect marriage of form and content. I couldn't love this book more." —Mollie Katzen, bestselling cookbook writer and inductee into the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame "A book to enrich and maximize cannabis experiences." —The Broccoli Report

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1728273196

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9781728273198

Homebrew Gaming and the Beginnings of Vernacular Digitality

By: Melanie Swalwell

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Homebrew Gaming and the Beginnings of Vernacular Digitality

By: Melanie Swalwell

The overlooked history of an early appropriation of digital technology: the creation of games though coding and hardware hacking by microcomputer users. From the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, low-end microcomputers offered many users their first taste of computing. A major use of these inexpensive 8-bit machines--including the TRS System 80s and the Sinclair, Atari, Microbee, and Commodore ranges--was the development of homebrew games. Users with often self-taught programming skills devised the graphics, sound, and coding for their self-created games. In this book, Melanie Swalwell offers a history of this era of homebrew game development, arguing that it constitutes a significant instance of the early appropriation of digital computing technology. Drawing on interviews and extensive archival research on homebrew creators in 1980s Australia and New Zealand, Swalwell explores the creation of games on microcomputers as a particular mode of everyday engagement with new technology. She discusses the public discourses surrounding microcomputers and programming by home coders; user practices; the development of game creators' ideas, with the game Donut Dilemma as a case study; the widely practiced art of hardware hacking; and the influence of 8-bit aesthetics and gameplay on the contemporary game industry. With Homebrew Gaming and the Beginnings of Vernacular Digitality, Swalwell reclaims a lost chapter in video game history, connecting it to the rich cultural and media theory around everyday life and to critical perspectives on user-generated content.

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MIT Press

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0262044773

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9780262044776

Forest and Garden

By: Melanie Louise Simo

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Forest and Garden

By: Melanie Louise Simo

How wild and managed or artificially arranged environments coexist has long been a matter of intense debate among foresters and landscape professionals.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813921597

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9780813921594

Whose House We Are

By: Melanie Klink Wayne

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Whose House We Are

By: Melanie Klink Wayne

The history of St. Clements Church in El Paso, Texas, chronicles the sacred movement of God through generations of people who have powerfully experienced His presence. Follow this churchs story from humble beginnings in a dusty western outpost over a century ago, through decades of extraordinary growth and great social upheaval, to the renewal of the 1970s and the groundbreaking separation of the Episcopal and Anglican churches in North America. The Lord faithfully led this once small, insignificant group of believers to become one of the most dynamic Anglican churches in the country today, with broad missionary outreach and inner-city neighborhood ministries. The story of St. Clements is told through historical records and the testimonies of men and women, ministers and lay people, civic leaders and humble workers, and writers and musicians who served through many decades, all empowered by Gods Holy Spirit.

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WestBow Press

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149085603X

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9781490856032

Marvel Encyclopedia New Edition

By: Alan Cowsill,Melanie Scott,James Hill

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Marvel Encyclopedia New Edition

By: Alan Cowsill,Melanie Scott,James Hill

The best-selling, official, and definitive guide to the characters of the dynamic, ever-expanding Marvel Universe. Compiled by a team of comic book experts in close collaboration with Marvel Comics, this fully updated and expanded edition features more than 1,200 iconic Superheroes and villains, with hundreds of expanded entries detailing their adventures since the previous edition (2019). Major new characters have also been added, and the latest Marvel Universe crossover events, such as Judgment Day, Empyre, and War of the Realms, are included as in-depth features. With every character illustrated with superb artwork from the original Marvel Comics, this is the one book every Marvel fan must own. © 2023 MARVEL

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Penguin

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0593960521

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9780593960523

Motivational Interviewing, 2E

A Guide for Medical Trainees

By: Thomas M. Kelly,Melanie A. Gold

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Motivational Interviewing, 2E

A Guide for Medical Trainees

By: Thomas M. Kelly,Melanie A. Gold

This may be the single most important book you ever buy during your medical training. Rotations come and go, exams come and go, but regardless of specialty, patient-care will be at the heart of your practice. It is no exaggeration to say that motivational interviewing (MI) has transformed the way doctors engage with patients, families, and colleagues alike. MI is among the most powerful tools available to promote behavior change in patients. In an age of chronic diseases (diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, obesity), behavior change is no longer limited to substance use or the field of psychiatry - maladaptive choices and behaviors that negatively impact health outcomes are rampant. There is an explosion of research projects using MI or adaptations of MI in the behavioral health medicine field in the past decade. Hospitalizations can't make people change. How marvelous is it that an evidence-based health behavior change approach (MI) can help people change the outcomes of their illnesses and the course of their lives. This therapeutic approach is not a form of psychotherapy and is not the stuff of cobwebs and old leather couches. MI is readily integrated into regular ward rounds and office visits and provides an effective and efficient approach to patients clinical encounters. Written by experts in the field and medical trainees across medicine, the second edition of the MI guide explores how MI enhances contact with patients from every level of training, following an accessible, succinct approach. This book covers the application of MI method and skills into practice and also includes numerous clinical scenarios, personal reflections and online animated clinical vignettes (video clips) that share the challenges and successes the authors have focused. Furthermore this book is endorsed by the pioneers of MI: William R. Miller & Stephen Rollnick.

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Oxford University Press

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0197583873

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9780197583876

Biography: An Historiography

By: Melanie Nolan

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Biography: An Historiography

By: Melanie Nolan

Biography: An Historiography examines how Western historians have used biography from the nineteenth century to the present – considering the problems and challenges that historians have faced in their biographical practice systematically. This volume analyses the strategies and methods that historians have used in response to seven major issues identified over time to do with evidence, including but not limited to the problem of causation, the problem of fact and fiction, the problem of other minds, the problem of significance or representativeness, the problems of perspective, both macro and micro, and the problem of subjectivity and relative truth. This volume will be essential for both postgraduates and historians studying biography.

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Taylor & Francis

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0429760833

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9780429760839

Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater: A Parent's Handbook

A Stage-by-Stage Guide to Setting Your Child on the Path to Adventurous Eating

By: Nimali Fernando,Melanie Potock

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Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater: A Parent's Handbook

A Stage-by-Stage Guide to Setting Your Child on the Path to Adventurous Eating

By: Nimali Fernando,Melanie Potock

How to Raise a Healthy, Adventurous Eater (in a Chicken-Nugget World) Pediatrician Nimali Fernando and feeding therapist Melanie Potock (aka Dr. Yum and Coach Mel) know the importance of giving your child the right start on his or her food journey—for good health, motor skills, and even cognitive and emotional development. In Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater they explain how to expand your family’s food horizons, avoid the picky eater trap, identify special feeding needs, and put joy back into mealtimes, with: Advice tailored to every stage from newborn through school-age Real-life stories of parents and kids they have helped Wisdom from cultures across the globe on how to feed kids Helpful insights on the sensory system, difficult mealtime behaviors, and everything from baby-led weaning to sippy cups And seven “passport stamps” for good parenting: joyful, compassionate, brave, patient, consistent, proactive, and mindful. Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater shows the way to lead your baby, toddler, or young child on the path to adventurous eating. Grab your passport and go!

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The Experiment

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1615192697

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9781615192694

The Regulation of Cosmetic Procedures

Legal, Ethical and Practical Challenges

By: Melanie Latham,Jean McHale

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The Regulation of Cosmetic Procedures

Legal, Ethical and Practical Challenges

By: Melanie Latham,Jean McHale

This book examines the legal, ethical and regulatory debates surrounding the rise of the cosmetic procedures industry. In the past, cosmetic procedures were often seen as limited to a small number of wealthy older women. Today, such procedures have gone mainstream, partly facilitated by the rise of ‘non-invasive’ techniques, such as the use of Botox and Dermal Fillers. While still a business dominated by the female consumer, there is also an increasing number of males undertaking cosmetic procedures as social expectations around appearance and ageing are challenged. At the same time, the rapid expansion of this business and the incoherent, diverse approach to its regulation have given rise to concern. It has been seen as a ‘Wild West’. If cosmetic procedures go wrong, such procedures give rise to real risks of harm. This book examines the historical backdrop, current practice and risks associated with cosmetic procedures. It discusses the ethical and regulatory challenges for this area. It also examines the current legal frameworks concerning people, practitioners and products in the UK. The book also draws lessons from regulatory approaches in other jurisdictions with particular reference to the United States, Brazil and France. It then sets out a legal and regulatory framework that might better protect and empower the cosmetic consumer, now and in the future. The book is likely to be of particular interest to those working in the areas of health and medical law, socio-legal studies and political science.

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Routledge

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0429489692

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9780429489693

Religious Freedom at Risk

The EU, French Schools, and Why the Veil was Banned

By: Melanie Adrian

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Religious Freedom at Risk

The EU, French Schools, and Why the Veil was Banned

By: Melanie Adrian

This book examines matters of religious freedom in Europe, considers the work of the European Court of Human Rights in this area, explores issues of multiculturalism and secularism in France, of women in Islam, and of Muslims in the West. The work presents legal analysis and ethnographic fieldwork, focusing on concepts such as laïcité, submission, equality and the role of the state in public education, amongst others. Through this book, the reader can visit inside a French public school located in a low-income neighborhood just south of Paris and learn about the complex dynamics that led up to the passing of the 2004 law banning Muslim headscarves. The chapters bring to light the actors and cultures within the school that set the stage for the passing of the law and the political philosophy that supports it. School culture and philosophy are compared and contrasted to the thoughts and opinions of the teachers, administrators and students to gage how religious freedom and identity are understood. The book goes on to explore the issue of religious freedom at the European Court of Human Rights. The author argues that the right to religious freedom has been too narrowly understood and is being fenced in by static visions of Islam. This jeopardizes the idea of religious freedom more broadly. By becoming entangled with regional and domestic politics, the Court is neglecting important nuances and is jeopardizing secularism, pluralism and democracy. This is a highly readable and accessible book that will appeal to students and scholars of law, anthropology, religious studies and philosophy of religion. 内容紹介この本はヨーロッパにおける宗教の自由に関する問題を考察したもので、欧州人権裁判所のそれに関する取り組みと、フランスにおける多文化主義、世俗主義、イスラム女性、西洋におけるイスラム教の問題について調査している。その成果として、法的分析、例えば政教分離などの概念に注目した民俗学的実地調査、提案、とりわけ公教育における国家の公平性と役割に注目し、それを示している。この本を通して、読者はフランスのパリ南部の低所得地域にある公立学校の内部事情を知ることができる。そしてイスラム教徒が頭にスカーフをかぶることを禁じた2004年制定の法律が可決されるに至った複雑な作用について学ぶことができる。各章では、法案成立のお膳立てをしてきた学校関係者とその文化、そしてそれを支えた政治哲学について明らかにしている。宗教の自由と独自性が人々にどのくらい理解されているかを計るために、学校文化と哲学を、教員や管理職、学生の考えや意見と比較対比している。この本ではさらに欧州人権裁判所における宗教の自由に関する問題を探求している。宗教の自由に関する権利は十分に理解されておらず、人々はイスラム教についての固定的な見方から抜け出せないため、それが宗教の自由という考えを露骨に危険にさらしている。そして、宗教と国内政治のもつれによって、裁判所は微妙だが重要な差違を軽視し、それにより、世俗主義、多元主義、民主主義が危険にさらされていると著者は述べている。この本は大変読みやすくわかりやすいため、法律、人類学、宗教学、宗教哲学を学ぶ学生や研究者にお勧めしたい本である。

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How to Be Animal

A New History of What It Means to Be Human

By: Melanie Challenger

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How to Be Animal

A New History of What It Means to Be Human

By: Melanie Challenger

“A remarkable combination of biology, genetics, zoology, evolutionary psychology and philosophy.” —Richard Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory “A brilliant, thought-provoking book.” —Matt Haig, New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library A wide-ranging take on why humans have a troubled relationship with being an animal, and why we need a better one Human are the most inquisitive, emotional, imaginative, aggressive, and baffling animals on the planet. But we are also an animal that does not think it is an animal. How well do we really know ourselves? How to Be Animal tells a remarkable story of what it means to be human and argues that at the heart of our existence is a profound struggle with being animal. We possess a psychology that seeks separation between humanity and the rest of nature, and we have invented grand ideologies to magnify this. As well as piecing together the mystery of how this mindset evolved, Challenger's book examines the wide-reaching ways in which it affects our lives, from our politics to the way we distance ourselves from other species. We travel from the origin of homo sapiens through the agrarian and industrial revolutions, the age of the internet, and on to the futures of AI and human-machine interface. Challenger examines how technology influences our sense of our own animal nature and our relationship with other species with whom we share this fragile planet. That we are separated from our own animality is a delusion, according to Challenger. Blending nature writing, history, and moral philosophy, How to Be Animal is both a fascinating reappraisal of what it means to be human, and a robust defense of what it means to be an animal.

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Government

By: Melanie Fonder,Mary Shaffrey

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Government

By: Melanie Fonder,Mary Shaffrey

Explains how the government works and the functions of its many parts, covering such topics as the system of checks and balances, the Constitution, and the division of state and federal powers.

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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy with People at Risk of Suicide

By: J. Mark G. Williams,Melanie Fennell,Rebecca Crane,Sarah Silverton

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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy with People at Risk of Suicide

By: J. Mark G. Williams,Melanie Fennell,Rebecca Crane,Sarah Silverton

Grounded in extensive research and clinical experience, this book describes how to adapt mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for participants who struggle with recurrent suicidal thoughts and impulses. Clinicians and mindfulness teachers are presented with a comprehensive framework for understanding suicidality and its underlying vulnerabilities. The preliminary intake interview and each of the eight group mindfulness sessions of MBCT are discussed in detail, highlighting issues that need to be taken into account with highly vulnerable people. Assessment guidelines are provided and strategies for safely teaching core mindfulness practices are illustrated with extensive case examples. The book also discusses how to develop the required mindfulness teacher skills and competencies. Purchasers get access to a companion website featuring downloadable audio recordings of the guided mindfulness practices, narrated by Zindel Segal, Mark Williams, and John Teasdale. (Published in hardcover as Mindfulness and the Transformation of Despair: Working with People at Risk of Suicide.) See also Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Second Edition, by Zindel Segal, Mark Williams, and John Teasdale, the authoritative presentation of MBCT.

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Soundtracking Germany

Popular Music and National Identity

By: Melanie Schiller

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Soundtracking Germany

Popular Music and National Identity

By: Melanie Schiller

This book argues for the importance of popular music in negotiations of national identity, and Germanness in particular. By discussing diverse musical genres and commercially and critically successful songs at the heights of their cultural relevance throughout seventy years of post-war German history, Soundtracking Germany describes how popular music can function as a language for “writing” national narratives. Running chronologically, all chapters historically contextualize and critically discuss the cultural relevance of the respective genre before moving into a close reading of one particularly relevant and appellative case study that reveals specific interrelations between popular music and constructions of Germanness. Close readings of these sonic national narratives in different moments of national transformations reveal changes in the narrative rhetoric as this book explores how Germanness is performatively constructed, challenged, and reaffirmed throughout the course of seventy years.

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The Dreaded Thirteenth Tennessee Union Cavalry

Marauding Mountain Men

By: Melanie Storie

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The Dreaded Thirteenth Tennessee Union Cavalry

Marauding Mountain Men

By: Melanie Storie

Tennessee's Thirteenth Union Cavalry was a unit composed mostly of amateur soldiers that eventually turned undisciplined boys into seasoned fighters. At the outbreak of the Civil War, East Tennessee was torn between its Unionist tendencies and the surrounding Confederacy. The result was the persecution of the "home Yankees" by Confederate sympathizers. Rather than quelling Unionist fervor, this oppression helped East Tennessee contribute an estimated thirty thousand troops to the North. Some of those troops joined the "Loyal Thirteenth" in Stoneman's raid and in pursuit of Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Join author Melanie Storie as she recounts the harrowing narrative of an often-overlooked piece of Civil War history.

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Tarascon Clinical Neurology Pocketbook

By: Melanie G. Hayden Gephart

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Tarascon Clinical Neurology Pocketbook

By: Melanie G. Hayden Gephart

The Tarascon Clinical Neurology Pocketbook brings neurologists, internists, primary care physicians and residents the most convenient and comprehensive pocket reference available today. This concise, organized pocket guide is packed with essential lists, figures, & tables providing instant reminders of hard-to-remember, vital clinical information. This pocket reference guide covers the diagnosis and treatment of common neurological disorders, neurosurgery topics including brain tumors, and a comprehensive section on neuropharmacology. No other Neurologic reference of this kind incorporates neurosurgery, neurology and neuro-critical care in one reference. The Tarascon Clinical Neurology Pocketbook is an unmatched resource for neuroscience medical practitioners and trainees.

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Issues in Cultural Tourism Studies

By: Melanie K. Smith

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Issues in Cultural Tourism Studies

By: Melanie K. Smith

The extensively revised second edition of Issues in Cultural Tourism Studies provides a new framework for analyzing the complexity of cultural tourism and its increasing globalization in existing as well as emergent destinations of the world. The book will focus in particular on the need for even more creative tourism strategies to differentiate destinations from each other using a blend of localized cultural products and innovative global attractions. The book explores many of the most pertinent issues in heritage, arts, festivals, indigenous, ethnic and experiential cultural tourism in urban and rural environments alike. This includes policy and politics; impact management and sustainable development; interpretation and representation; marketing and branding; and regeneration and planning. As well as exploring the inter-relationships between the cultural and tourism sectors, local people and tourists, the book provides suggestions for more effective and mutually beneficial collaboration. New edition features include: an increased number of topical case studies and contemporary photographs which serve to contextualize the issues discussed a re-orientation towards global rather than just European issues three brand new chapters on The Geography of Cultural Tourism, The Politics of Global Cultural Tourism, and The Growth of Creative Tourism an extensively revised chapter on Experiential Tourism. At the interface between the global and the local, a people-centred approach to planning and development is advocated to ensure that benefits are maximized for local areas, a sense of place and identity are retained, and the tourist experience is enhanced to the full. The text is unique in that it provides a summary and a synthesis of all of the major issues in global cultural tourism, which are presented in an accessible way using a diverse range of international case studies. This is a beneficial and valuable resource for all tourism students.

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Jerusalem, 1000–1400

Every People Under Heaven

By: Barbara Drake Boehm ,Melanie Holcomb

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Jerusalem, 1000–1400

Every People Under Heaven

By: Barbara Drake Boehm ,Melanie Holcomb

Medieval Jerusalem was a vibrant international center, home to multiple cultures, faiths, and languages. Harmonious and dissonant voices from many lands, including Persians, Turks, Greeks, Syrians, Armenians, Georgians, Copts, Ethiopians, Indians, and Europeans, passed in the narrow streets of a city not much larger than midtown Manhattan. Patrons, artists, pilgrims, poets, and scholars from Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions focused their attention on the Holy City, endowing and enriching its sacred buildings, creating luxury goods for its residents, and praising its merits. This artistic fertility was particularly in evidence between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries, notwithstanding often devastating circumstances—from the earthquake of 1033 to the fierce battles of the Crusades. So strong a magnet was Jerusalem that it drew out the creative imagination of even those separated from it by great distance, from as far north as Scandinavia to as far east as present-day China. This publication is the first to define these four centuries as a singularly creative moment in a singularly complex city. Through absorbing essays and incisive discussions of nearly 200 works of art, Jerusalem, 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven explores not only the meaning of the city to its many faiths and its importance as a destination for tourists and pilgrims but also the aesthetic strands that enhanced and enlivened the medieval city that served as the crossroads of the known world.

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Understanding Global Health, 2E

By: William H. Markle,Melanie A. Fisher,Ray A. Smego

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Understanding Global Health, 2E

By: William H. Markle,Melanie A. Fisher,Ray A. Smego

A complete introductory review of global health--updated to reflect the latest issues and challenges The first edition of Understanding Global Health set a new information standard for this rapidly emerging subject. Written by a remarkable group of authors and contributors, this comprehensive, engagingly written text offers unmatched coverage of every important topic--from infectious disease to economics to war. Created with the non-specialist in mind, Understanding Global Health explores the current burden of disease in the world, how health is determined, and the problems faced by populations and health care workers around the world. The second edition has been thoroughly updated to include the most current information and timely topics. New chapters cover such topics as human trafficking, malaria and neglected tropical diseases, surgical issues in global health, and mental health. Every chapter includes Learning Objectives, Summary, Study Questions, and References and, in many instances, practical case examples. Thorough coverage of every important subject, including: Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Surveillance Nutrition Primary Care in Global Health Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Education and Careers in Global Health Aging Populations and Chronic Illness Global Health Ethics

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DC Comics Year By Year, New Edition

A Visual Chronicle

By: Alan Cowsill,Alex Irvine,Matthew K. Manning,Michael Mcavennie,Melanie Scott,Daniel Wallace

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DC Comics Year By Year, New Edition

A Visual Chronicle

By: Alan Cowsill,Alex Irvine,Matthew K. Manning,Michael Mcavennie,Melanie Scott,Daniel Wallace

The most comprehensive guide to the history of DC Comics ever published In 1938, Superman led the charge. The world's first Super Hero was soon followed by his Justice League teammates Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman, Shazam! and Green Lantern. These heroes, and their Super-Villainous foes such as Lex Luthor and The Joker, became the foundation of DC Comics. You can trace these characters' evolution, and learn about the company and creators who made them the enduring pop culture icons they are today in DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle - the most comprehensive, chronological history of DC Comics ever published. Fully updated, this best-selling, visually stunning book details the debuts and careers of every major hero and villain in the DC Universe. It also chronicles the company's fascinating 85-year history, highlighting its publishing milestones and expansion into movies and television, alongside the real-world events that shaped the times. Created in full collaboration with DC Comics and written by leading comics historians Matthew K. Manning, Daniel Wallace, Mike McAvennie, Alex Irvine, Alan Cowsill and Melanie Scott, the new edition brings the DC Comics story right up to date, covering recent landmark events such as Rebirth, Dark Nights: Metal, Doomsday Clock and Heroes in Crisis. DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle is guaranteed to keep fans enthralled for hours on end. (TM) & © DC Comics. (s19)

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