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Tangible Things

Making History through Objects

By: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich,Ivan Gaskell,Sara Schechner,Sarah Anne Carter,Samantha van Gerbig

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Tangible Things

Making History through Objects

By: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich,Ivan Gaskell,Sara Schechner,Sarah Anne Carter,Samantha van Gerbig

In a world obsessed with the virtual, tangible things are once again making history. Tangible Things invites readers to look closely at the things around them, ordinary things like the food on their plate and extraordinary things like the transit of planets across the sky. It argues that almost any material thing, when examined closely, can be a link between present and past. The authors of this book pulled an astonishing array of materials out of storage--from a pencil manufactured by Henry David Thoreau to a bracelet made from iridescent beetles--in a wide range of Harvard University collections to mount an innovative exhibition alongside a new general education course. The exhibition challenged the rigid distinctions between history, anthropology, science, and the arts. It showed that object-centered inquiry inevitably leads to a questioning of categories within and beyond history. Tangible Things is both an introduction to the range and scope of Harvard's remarkable collections and an invitation to reassess collections of all sorts, including those that reside in the bottom drawers or attics of people's houses. It interrogates the nineteenth-century categories that still divide art museums from science museums and historical collections from anthropological displays and that assume history is made only from written documents. Although it builds on a larger discussion among specialists, it makes its arguments through case studies, hoping to simultaneously entertain and inspire. The twenty case studies take us from the Galapagos Islands to India and from a third-century Egyptian papyrus fragment to a board game based on the twentieth-century comic strip "Dagwood and Blondie." A companion website catalogs the more than two hundred objects in the original exhibition and suggests ways in which the principles outlined in the book might change the way people understand the tangible things that surround them.

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Oxford University Press

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0199382301

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The Rough Guide to USA

By: Samantha Cook,Greg Ward,Tim Perry,Rough Guides (Firm)

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The Rough Guide to USA

By: Samantha Cook,Greg Ward,Tim Perry,Rough Guides (Firm)

The Rough Guide to the USA is the most comprehensive and colourful guide to the fifty states available. There are lively accounts of every region and attraction from the bright lights of Broadway to the vast open plains of Wyoming. The guide gives refreshingly opinionated reviews of the established sights and landmarks as well as uncovering many of the lesser-known gems, allowing the visitor to make the most of their trip. There are feature boxes that provide information on a variety of subjects from the Delta blues to the geology of the Grand Canyon. There are also maps and plans to help you navigate around the major attractions, inner city streets or interstates

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Rough Guides

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184353262X

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9781843532620

Guilty But Insane

Mind and Law in Golden Age Detective Fiction

By: Samantha Walton

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Guilty But Insane

Mind and Law in Golden Age Detective Fiction

By: Samantha Walton

Guilty But Insane takes an historical approach to golden age detective fiction by Margery Allingham, Christianna Brand, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Gladys Mitchell. It examines how writers and readers of detective fiction during the 1920s to 1940s understood guilt, responsibility, and the workings of the mind as they related to the commission, the investigation, and the punishment of crime. Under the lens of psychology, the detective novel is revealed as a site for the negotiation of competing interpretations of sanity and insanity. An unexplored depth and subtlety is revealed in detective novels that address major controversies in legal and psychiatric theory and practice, while significant resonances with specific concerns of modernist fiction come into focus for the first time. During the interwar years, proponents of competing psychological schools challenged legal concepts of responsibility and free will. In response, golden age writers began to reflect on the genre's promise to accomplish true and just solutions in a social order in which the relationship between law and justice was being problematized on several fronts. By making connections between high modernism and popular culture, and by tracing the impact of psychological discourses across a range of different cultural outputs, this book makes a persuasive case for reading detective fiction historically. It aims to demonstrate the richness of these texts and their value for scholarship, not only as historical documents or residues of discourse, but as literary texts which challenge, subvert, toy with and test the prevailing values and prejudices of interwar Britain.

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OUP Oxford

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0191034924

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Friends Guide to Adulting

By: Samantha Mannis

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Friends Guide to Adulting

By: Samantha Mannis

Get essential advice on how to be an adult from your favorite Friends characters! How do you brew a perfect cup of coffee? What’s the best way to handle a roommate conflict? How about dating issues? Who better to consult with these crucial questions than your favorite people from Friends? This interactive guide to being an adult contains a treasure trove of advice from all six Friends characters—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe. With real-world, relatable content and solutions to twenty-somethings’ life problems, this insanely funny guided journal enables readers to reflect on the highs and lows of adulting through writing prompts based on memorable moments from the hit TV show.

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Thunder Bay Press

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1645173658

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The First Lady of Hollywood

A Biography of Louella Parsons

By: Samantha Barbas

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The First Lady of Hollywood

A Biography of Louella Parsons

By: Samantha Barbas

Hollywood celebrities feared her. William Randolph Hearst adored her. Between 1915 and 1960, Louella Parsons was America's premier movie gossip columnist and in her heyday commanded a following of more than forty million readers. This first full-length biography of Parsons tells the story of her reign over Hollywood during the studio era, her lifelong alliance with her employer, William Randolph Hearst, and her complex and turbulent relationships with such noted stars, directors, and studio executives as Orson Welles, Joan Crawford, Louis B. Mayer, Ronald Reagan, and Frank Sinatra—as well as her rival columnists Hedda Hopper and Walter Winchell. Loved by fans for her "just folks," small-town image, Parsons became notorious within the film industry for her involvement in the suppression of the 1941 film Citizen Kane and her use of blackmail in the service of Hearst's political and personal agendas. As she traces Parsons's life and career, Samantha Barbas situates Parsons's experiences in the broader trajectory of Hollywood history, charting the rise of the star system and the complex interactions of publicity, journalism, and movie-making. Engagingly written and thoroughly researched, The First Lady of Hollywood is both an engrossing chronicle of one of the most powerful women in American journalism and film and a penetrating analysis of celebrity culture and Hollywood power politics.

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Univ of California Press

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0520940245

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9780520940246

Album Verses and Romantic Literary Culture

Poetry, Manuscript, Print, 1780-1850

By: Samantha Matthews

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Album Verses and Romantic Literary Culture

Poetry, Manuscript, Print, 1780-1850

By: Samantha Matthews

Will you write in my album?' Many Romantic poets were asked this question by women who collected contributions in their manuscript books. Those who obliged included Byron, Scott, Wordsworth, and Lamb, but also Felicia Hemans, Amelia Opie, and Sara Coleridge. Album Verses and Romantic Literary Culture presents the first critical and cultural history of this forgotten phenomenon. It asks a series of questions. Where did 1820s 'albo-mania' come from, and why was it satirized as a women's 'mania'? What was the relation between visitors' books associated with great institutions and country houses, personal albums belonging to individuals, and the poetry written in both? What caused albums' re-gendering from earlier friendship books kept by male students and gentlemen on the Grand Tour to a 'feminized' practice identified mainly with young women? When albums were central to women's culture, why were so many published album poems by men? How did amateur and professional poets engage differently with albums? What does album culture's privileging of 'original poetry' have to say about attitudes towards creativity and poetic practice in the age of print? This volume recovers a distinctive subgenre of occasional poetry composed to be read in manuscript, with its own characteristic formal features, conventions, themes, and cultural significance. Unique albums examined include that kept at the Grande Chartreuse, those owned by Regency socialite Lady Sarah Jersey, and those kept by Lake poets' daughters. As Album Verses and Romantic Literary Culture shows, album poetry reflects changing attitudes to identity, gender, class, politics, poetry, family dynamics, and social relations in the Romantic period.

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Oxford University Press

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0192599844

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Family Law

By: Samantha M Davey

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Family Law

By: Samantha M Davey

This popular, long-established textbook provides a clear and engaging account of a fascinating and dynamic subject, while also introducing current debates about the nature, scope and functions of the law, and discussing controversies surrounding the basic doctrines by placing them in a wider context. The book takes an applied approach and provides real life examples to illustrate how the law works in practice. This book is essential reading for law students taking undergraduate modules in family law and child law. Students on social work, social policy, health care and human rights courses will also find it invaluable, as will postgraduates and those studying the subject for professional purposes. New to this Edition: - In-depth information on new reforms to the law on domestic violence, now more appropriately referred to as 'domestic abuse' - Fully updated case law, particularly in respect of Supreme Court developments in the areas of divorce and civil partnership - Overview and analysis of the government's proposed reforms to the law on divorce - Up-to-date statistics - A discussion question in each chapter, with suggested ways to approach it on the companion website

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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135200920X

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Postfeminism and the Fatale Figure in Neo-Noir Cinema

By: Samantha Lindop

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Postfeminism and the Fatale Figure in Neo-Noir Cinema

By: Samantha Lindop

This book is a thought-provoking study that expands on film scholarship on noir and feminist scholarship on postfeminism, subjectivity, and representation to provide an inclusive, sophisticated, and up-to-date analysis of the femme fatale , fille fatale , and homme fatal from the classic era through to recent postmillennial neo-noir .

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Springer

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1137503599

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For Your Own Good

By: Samantha Downing

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For Your Own Good

By: Samantha Downing

INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER “Witty and macabre.”—Caroline Kepnes "Slick and chilling."—Megan Miranda “A perfect summer book.”—NPR USA Today bestselling author Samantha Downing is back with her latest sneaky thriller set at a prestigious private school—complete with interfering parents, overeager students, and one teacher who just wants to teach them all a lesson… Teddy Crutcher has won Teacher of the Year at the elite Belmont Academy, home to the best and brightest. He says his wife couldn’t be more proud—though no one has seen her in a while. Teddy really can’t be bothered with a few mysterious deaths on campus that are looking more and more like murder, or with the student digging a little too deep into Teddy’s personal life. His main focus is pushing these kids to their full academic potential. All he wants is for his colleagues—and the endlessly meddlesome parents—to stay out of his way. If not, well, they’ll get what they deserve. It’s really too bad that sometimes excellence comes at such a high cost.

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0593100980

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Witchcraft Accusations and Persecutions as a Mechanism for the Marginalisation of Women

By: Samantha Spence

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Witchcraft Accusations and Persecutions as a Mechanism for the Marginalisation of Women

By: Samantha Spence

This books draws on feminist commentary from the disciplines of anthropology, history, law, politics and sociology in order to deal with the phenomenon of modern-day witchcraft. It focuses on the re-emergence of witchcraft beliefs in contemporary society, suggesting that witchcraft accusations and persecution are being used as a marginalisation mechanism of women. The re-emergence of witchcraft beliefs in contemporary society and the prevalence of the violence associated with such beliefs has received little attention within academic literature, yet witchcraft-related violence against women is, progressively, becoming one of the most pervasive forms of violence facing women today. This book addresses this gap in the literature, discussing the return of witchcraft beliefs to contemporary society, whilst assessing the effectiveness of international human rights law in protecting women from witchcraft accusations and persecution.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527502686

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Yuletide Blessing - The Coming (Act I of IV)

By: Samantha Kennedy

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Yuletide Blessing - The Coming (Act I of IV)

By: Samantha Kennedy

Yuletide Blessing is a romantic drama in four episodes. In parts it is riddled with humour and smatterings of the supernatural. A young woman, who had been raped and wrongly imprisoned, consequently falls pregnant. While on parole, her daughter was delivered on Christmas day by nuns in a convent, which had been cut off by a snow blizzard. Her child was to be adopted against her will, but she absconded with the baby and they spent six months in sheltered accommodation. They subsequently went on the run and lived on the streets; branded as fugitives of the law. Just before the girl’s seventh birthday, they returned to Seattle where the majority of the story is based. Soaking wet and sheltering in a garden summerhouse, they are discovered by a kind elderly retired maths teacher, who takes them in and lets them stay with him, in return for performing domestic duties. His grandson, who is a naval pilot, returns home on leave just before Christmas, and at first is uncomfortable with the woman and child remaining. When the pilot’s mother, who happens to be a deputy district attorney, discovers her father’s arrangement, she insists that the young woman leave immediately, but her son argues against it, having now fallen in love with her and the little girl. Having witnessed the young woman’s incredible artistry and almost mystical powers, the mother’s attitude changes towards her, and she is determined to clear her name in court. The young woman’s paintings attracted much acclaim in the art world, as did her ability to detect fraudulent works. As the story progresses, far more characters come into the frame, and the narrative digresses to encompass the intimacy of their lives. Because of her powers, the young woman is enlisted by the police to help solve a number of fascinating and exciting cases. She becomes an assistant art teacher at her patron’s old school, where the little girl also attends. She introduces revolutionary teaching methods, and these come to the attention of the principal, who, after risking her position to employ her, has gradually become like a mother figure to her. I do not want to give too much away, but at the end of the first book, there is a monumental revelation followed by a terrible tragedy. Books two, three and four continue to follow the adventurous and exciting lives of the young woman, her new family and their friends in the USA and beyond.

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ShieldCrest Publishing

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191565744X

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9781915657442

Framing the Police on Twitter

Public Discourse on Abolishing Police, Defunding Police, and Community Policing

By: Benjamin Gross,Samantha M. Gavin

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Framing the Police on Twitter

Public Discourse on Abolishing Police, Defunding Police, and Community Policing

By: Benjamin Gross,Samantha M. Gavin

This work assesses the various meanings attached to calls for police reform in the public discourse on social media, providing readers with a greater appreciation of the assumptions, empirical claims, and rhetorical nuances that underpin the current dialogue about police policy. Drawing upon an intersectional theoretical and mixed-methods approach, the authors look at what it means to "defund" or "abolish" the police, as well as the definition of community policing. The death of George Floyd in 2020 resulted in national and international protests during which some members of the public began to demand "abolishing" or "defunding" the police, ideas previously put forth in academic arenas. However, these public protests were often presented in rhetorical ways that differed from the academic roots of the ideas. This book takes a deep look into what it means to "defund" or "abolish" the police, drawing upon academic origins of the concepts while at the same time examining how the public has used Twitter to define and discuss these ideas. The authors identify frameworks built around the concepts, discuss facts and perspectives that have contributed to these ideas, and explain how quantitative methods can be used to illustrate the most prominent frames. This book incorporates both quantitative and qualitative means of research in an examination of Twitter and brings clarity to the conversation surrounding the "abolish the police", "defund the police", and "community policing" concepts. It is suitable for undergraduate to graduate-level college courses in criminology, sociology, policing, race in America, communication, social media, and research methods.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000903087

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9781000903089

The Rough Guide to London

By: Rob Humphreys,Samantha Cook

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The Rough Guide to London

By: Rob Humphreys,Samantha Cook

The Rough Guide to London is the ultimate travel guide to one of the world's most exciting cities. In full color throughout and with dozens of photos to illustrate London's great buildings, iconic landmarks, and distinctive neighborhoods, this updated guidebook will show you the best the city has to offer, from Olympic Park to markets and museums, gourmet restaurants, and hidden pubs. London has something for everyone--art galleries and shopping arcades, spacious parks and grand palaces --and The Rough Guide to London uncovers it all. Detailed color maps for each neighborhood, plus a tube map and practical information on all the essentials, make getting around easy. With chapters dedicated to the best hotels, restaurants and cafés, pubs and bars, live music and clubs, shops, theater, kids' activities, and more, you'll be sure to make the most of your time in the city with The Rough Guide to London. Now available in ePub format.

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1409353095

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Infamous Bodies

Early Black Women’s Celebrity and the Afterlives of Rights

By: Samantha Pinto

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Infamous Bodies

Early Black Women’s Celebrity and the Afterlives of Rights

By: Samantha Pinto

The countless retellings and reimaginings of the private and public lives of Phillis Wheatley, Sally Hemings, Sarah Baartman, Mary Seacole, and Sarah Forbes Bonetta have transformed them into difficult cultural and black feminist icons. In Infamous Bodies, Samantha Pinto explores how histories of these black women and their ongoing fame generate new ways of imagining black feminist futures. Drawing on a variety of media, cultural, legal, and critical sources, Pinto shows how the narratives surrounding these eighteenth- and nineteenth-century celebrities shape key political concepts such as freedom, consent, contract, citizenship, and sovereignty. Whether analyzing Wheatley's fame in relation to conceptions of race and freedom, notions of consent in Hemings's relationship with Thomas Jefferson, or Baartman's ability to enter into legal contracts, Pinto reveals the centrality of race, gender, and sexuality in the formation of political rights. In so doing, she contends that feminist theories of black women's vulnerable embodiment can be the starting point for future progressive political projects.

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Duke University Press

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1478009284

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9781478009283

Organosilica Nanoparticles

By: Samantha Curry,Ilya Zharov

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Organosilica Nanoparticles

By: Samantha Curry,Ilya Zharov

The dynamic field of nanotechnology is continually evolving, with organosilica nanoparticles (OSNPs) standing out as a significant and versatile class of materials. Combining the advantageous properties of organic and inorganic components, OSNPs offer unique capabilities that drive innovation across multiple scientific disciplines. This primer is designed to be an accessible and informative guide for researchers embarking on their journey into the world of organosilica nanoparticles. Whether you want to incorporate OSNPs into your research or seek to understand the latest developments, this primer will provide the foundational knowledge and context needed to navigate this exciting and rapidly evolving field.

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American Chemical Society

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0841296391

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9780841296398

Not Quite a Cancer Vaccine

Selling HPV and Cervical Cancer

By: Samantha D. Gottlieb

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Not Quite a Cancer Vaccine

Selling HPV and Cervical Cancer

By: Samantha D. Gottlieb

In Not Quite a Cancer Vaccine, medical anthropologist S.D. Gottlieb explores how the vaccine Gardasil—developed against the most common sexually-transmitted infection, human papillomavirus (HPV)—was marketed primarily as a cervical cancer vaccine. Gardasil quickly became implicated in two pre-existing debates—about adolescent sexuality and pediatric vaccinations more generally. Prior to its market debut, Gardasil seemed to offer female empowerment, touting protection against HPV and its potential for cervical cancer. Gottlieb questions the marketing pitch’s vaunted promise and asks why vaccine marketing unnecessarily gendered the vaccine’s utility, undermining Gardasil’s benefit for men and women alike. This book demonstrates why in the ten years since Gardasil’s U.S. launch its low rates of public acceptance have their origins in the early days of the vaccine dissemination. Not Quite a Cancer Vaccine addresses the on-going expansion in U.S. healthcare of patients-as-consumers and the ubiquitous, and sometimes insidious, health marketing of large pharma.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813587808

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9780813587806

The Unwritten Book

An Investigation

By: Samantha Hunt

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The Unwritten Book

An Investigation

By: Samantha Hunt

“One of our most interesting and bold writers . . . [offers] a characteristically wild effort that defies genre distinctions, flits from the profound to the mundane with fierce intelligence and searching restlessness, and at its best, delves deep into the recesses of the human heart with courageous abandon . . . An intoxicating blend of humor and pathos.” —Priscilla Gilman, The Boston Globe “Eerie, profound, and daring, this is a book only the inimitable Hunt could write.” —Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire From Samantha Hunt, the award-winning author of The Dark Dark, comes The Unwritten Book, her first work of nonfiction, a genre-bending creation that explores the importance of books, the idea of haunting, and messages from beyond I carry each book I’ve ever read with me, just as I carry my dead—those things that aren’t really there, those things that shape everything I am. A genre-bending work of nonfiction, Samantha Hunt’s The Unwritten Book explores ghosts, ghost stories, and haunting, in the broadest sense of each. What is it to be haunted, to be a ghost, to die, to live, to read? Books are ghosts; reading is communion with the dead. Alcohol is a way of communing, too, as well as a way of dying. Each chapter gathers subjects that haunt: dead people, the forest, the towering library of all those books we’ll never have time to read or write. Hunt, like a mad crossword puzzler, looks for patterns and clues. Through literary criticism, history, family history, and memoir, inspired by W. G. Sebald, James Joyce, Ali Smith, Toni Morrison, William Faulkner, and many others, Hunt explores motherhood, hoarding, legacies of addiction, grief, how we insulate ourselves from the past, how we misinterpret the world. Nestled within her inquiry is a very special ghost book, an incomplete manuscript about people who can fly without wings, written by her father and found in his desk just days after he died. What secret messages might his work reveal? What wisdom might she distill from its unfinished pages? Hunt conveys a vivid and grateful life, one that comes from living closer to the dead and shedding fear for wonder. The Unwritten Book revels in the randomness, connectivity, and magic of everyday existence. And at its heart is the immense weight of love.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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0374604924

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9780374604929

The Marquess and the Runaway Lady

By: Samantha Hastings

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The Marquess and the Runaway Lady

By: Samantha Hastings

An entertaining Harlequin Historical debut Will this disheveled runaway… Become the diamond of the Season? When the Marquess of Cheswick—Wick—takes in a mysterious woman, he’s shocked to discover she is Lady Louisa, an heiress who’s escaped her cruel aunt! Grieving the loss of two siblings, Wick avoids opening his heart to anyone else and stays away from the marriage mart. But when Louisa needs a husband in order to claim her inheritance, Wick’s determined to help—even if it means stepping back into his worst nightmare: the Season! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.

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0369730143

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9780369730145

The Rough Guide to the USA

By: Samantha Cook

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The Rough Guide to the USA

By: Samantha Cook

The Rough Guide to the USA is your authoritative state-by-state guidebook to this vast and fascinating country. From Mardi Gras in New Orleans to New England in the fall, from the Las Vegas Strip to Yellowstone National Park, the introduction provides a lively overview of the "things not to miss". The country's history, culture and people are covered in depth throughout the guide, while clear and accurate maps for every region, state and major city provide the information you need to plan your trip. Opinionated reviews of the best places to stay, eat and drink, both on and off the beaten track, include author picks that highlight options especially worth seeking out. Count on plenty of expert advice on a wide range of activities, from touring Louisiana's Cajun country to experiencing New York City's nightlife, as well as lists of Rough Guide favourites designed to help you make the most of your travels in the USA.

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1405389540

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Laws of Image

Privacy and Publicity in America

By: Samantha Barbas

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Laws of Image

Privacy and Publicity in America

By: Samantha Barbas

Americans have long been obsessed with their images—their looks, public personas, and the impressions they make. This preoccupation has left its mark on the law. The twentieth century saw the creation of laws that protect your right to control your public image, to defend your image, and to feel good about your image and public presentation of self. These include the legal actions against invasion of privacy, libel, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. With these laws came the phenomenon of "personal image litigation"—individuals suing to vindicate their image rights. Laws of Image tells the story of how Americans came to use the law to protect and manage their images, feelings, and reputations. In this social, cultural, and legal history, Samantha Barbas ties the development of personal image law to the self-consciousness and image-consciousness that has become endemic in our media-saturated culture of celebrity and consumerism, where people see their identities as intertwined with their public images. The laws of image are the expression of a people who have become so publicity-conscious and self-focused that they believe they have a right to control their images—to manage and spin them like actors, politicians, and rock stars.

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Stanford University Press

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0804796718

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9780804796712

Consent in Surgery

A Practical Guide

By: Roba Khundkar,Silva Samantha De,Rajat Chowdury

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Consent in Surgery

A Practical Guide

By: Roba Khundkar,Silva Samantha De,Rajat Chowdury

Surgeons have a duty to provide accurate information before asking for consent for surgery, and patients are increasingly interested in obtaining as much information as possible regarding their procedures. Consent in Surgery addresses these vital areas, outlining the consent process for common surgical procedures, including indications, benefits, risks/complications, alternative treatment options, a brief description of each procedure and summaries of the relevant scientific evidence. It contains procedures from subspecialties including cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, general surgery, paediatric surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, trauma and orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology and urology. The procedures included fall within the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Project and MRCS syllabi, and are assessed during higher specialist training, making the book an essential revision and interview preparation tool. 'Helpful to all surgeons in their general approach to this issue and to those in each of the specialties with regard to specific operations.' - From the Foreword by John Black 'A welcome guide, written by authoritative voices and of digestible length. This volume on consent should be in every ward library, close to hand for the ever more rapidly changing teams managing surgical patients.' - From the Foreword by Tim Goodacre

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CRC Press

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1138031186

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9781138031180

Sporting Blackness

Race, Embodiment, and Critical Muscle Memory on Screen

By: Samantha N. Sheppard

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Sporting Blackness

Race, Embodiment, and Critical Muscle Memory on Screen

By: Samantha N. Sheppard

Sporting Blackness examines issues of race and representation in sports films, exploring what it means to embody, perform, play out, and contest blackness by representations of Black athletes on screen. By presenting new critical terms, Sheppard analyzes not only “skin in the game,” or how racial representation shapes the genre’s imagery, but also “skin in the genre,” or the formal consequences of blackness on the sport film genre’s modes, codes, and conventions. Through a rich interdisciplinary approach, Sheppard argues that representations of Black sporting bodies contain “critical muscle memories”: embodied, kinesthetic, and cinematic histories that go beyond a film’s plot to index, circulate, and reproduce broader narratives about Black sporting and non-sporting experiences in American society.

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0520307771

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Unfree Speech

The Folly of Campaign Finance Reform

By: Samantha Sellinger

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Unfree Speech

The Folly of Campaign Finance Reform

By: Samantha Sellinger

At a time when campaign finance reform is widely viewed as synonymous with cleaning up Washington and promoting political equality, Bradley Smith, a nationally recognized expert on campaign finance reform, argues that all restriction on campaign giving should be eliminated. In Unfree Speech, he presents a bold, convincing argument for the repeal of laws that regulate political spending and contributions, contending that they violate the right to free speech and ultimately diminish citizens' power. Smith demonstrates that these laws, which often force ordinary people making modest contributions of cash or labor to register with the Federal Election Commission or various state agencies, fail to accomplish their stated objectives. In fact, they have worked to entrench incumbents in office, deaden campaign discourse, burden grassroots political activity with needless regulation, and distance Americans from an increasingly professional, detached political class. Rather than attempting to plug "loopholes" in campaign finance law or instituting taxpayer-financed campaigns, Smith proposes a return to core First Amendment values of free speech and an unfettered right to engage in political activity. Smith finds that campaign contributions have little corrupting effect on the legislature and shows that an unrestrained system of contributions and spending actually enhances equality. More money, not less, is needed in the political system, Smith concludes. Unfree Speech draws upon constitutional law and historical research to explain why campaign finance regulation is doomed and to illustrate the potentially drastic costs of efforts to make it succeed. Whatever one thinks about the impact of money on electoral politics, no one should take a final stand without reading Smith's controversial and important arguments.

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1400824710

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How to Stop Cold Sore Outbreaks and Hsv-1 While Getting Youthful Skin

By: Samantha Rollins

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How to Stop Cold Sore Outbreaks and Hsv-1 While Getting Youthful Skin

By: Samantha Rollins

Get this Revolutionary Book Today-before Your Next Outbreak!! Stop coldsores in their tracks before the outbreak! My secret protocol and remedy also stops canker sores and mat herpes fast! This groundbreaking method has worked well for me over 30 years! One newly discovered secret of my Rollins protocol and remedy with immune builders is that two of the supplements together create a youth enzyme internally. This exciting element called (SOD) is also used in a breakthrough, international wrinkle cream and is attributed to youthful skin! Beyond that the amino acid that stops the HSV-1 virus also repairs skin and has collagen to help prevent wrinkles. Just goes to show youthful skin truly starts within. My protocols and remedies contain an essential amino acid, certain minerals and vitamins, along with a supplement the ancient Chinese considered nothing short of miraculous-that keeps your immunity strong and your body healthy! If it worked for me why wouldnt it work for you? And the best part of the protocol and remedy is its affordable for everyone. For me, the basic Rollins protocol and remedy even stopped the dreaded shingles-before the outbreak!

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Addiction and the Brain

Knowledge, Beliefs and Ethical Considerations from a Social Perspective

By: Matilda Hellman,Michael Egerer,Janne Stoneham,Sarah Forberger,Vilja Männistö-Inkinen,Doris Ochterbeck,Samantha Rundle

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Addiction and the Brain

Knowledge, Beliefs and Ethical Considerations from a Social Perspective

By: Matilda Hellman,Michael Egerer,Janne Stoneham,Sarah Forberger,Vilja Männistö-Inkinen,Doris Ochterbeck,Samantha Rundle

This book investigates the neuroscientific knowledge on addiction as an epistemic project.

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9811909466

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Mining and Energy Law

By: Samantha Hepburn

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Mining and Energy Law

By: Samantha Hepburn

Mining and Energy Law is the only textbook available that encompasses a discussion of both the law and the policy of mining and resource regulation in existing and emergent areas, for the Commonwealth as well as for the states and territories in Australia. The book begins by examining the ownership framework underpinning natural resources within Australia and reviews the proprietary status and scope of mining tenements, and the regulation of offshore petroleum extraction. It goes on to explore the legal regimes that have emerged in response to more recent developments, such as coal seam gas, renewable energy and geo-sequestration. The book concludes with a discussion of the commercial and contractual arrangements commonly used by transacting parties operating in the sector. Mining and Energy Law is the ideal starting point for anyone seeking to understand the regulatory regimes and policy challenges relevant to one of Australia's most important industry sectors.

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1316334848

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"A Problem from Hell"

America and the Age of Genocide

By: Samantha Power

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"A Problem from Hell"

America and the Age of Genocide

By: Samantha Power

From former UN Ambassador and author of the New York Times bestseller The Education of an Idealist Samantha Power, the Pulitzer Prize-winning book on America's repeated failure to stop genocides around the world In her prizewinning examination of the last century of American history, Samantha Power asks the haunting question: Why do American leaders who vow "never again" repeatedly fail to stop genocide? Power, a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and the former US Ambassador to the United Nations, draws upon exclusive interviews with Washington's top policymakers, thousands of declassified documents, and her own reporting from modern killing fields to provide the answer. "A Problem from Hell" shows how decent Americans inside and outside government refused to get involved despite chilling warnings, and tells the stories of the courageous Americans who risked their careers and lives in an effort to get the United States to act. A modern classic and "an angry, brilliant, fiercely useful, absolutely essential book" (New Republic), "A Problem from Hell" has forever reshaped debates about American foreign policy. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner of the Raphael Lemkin Award

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0465050891

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Reimagining Anti-Oppression Social Work Research

By: Samantha Wehbi

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Reimagining Anti-Oppression Social Work Research

By: Samantha Wehbi

Reimagining Anti-Oppression Social Work Research explores the challenges, tensions, and possibilities of engaging with anti-oppression epistemology in social work research. Through in-depth discussion of methodologies such as phenomenology, surveys, decolonizing research principles, autoethnography, and critical arts-informed research, the authors provide insights about the application of these approaches to studies with marginalized populations and on a variety of social issues. Outlining principles for engaging with communities, research in organizational contexts, and the importance of fluidity and practices of unknowing, this edited collection invites readers to reflect critically about research frameworks. The authors explore the complexities of research on topics such as whiteness, racism, disability, and trans experiences, as well as working within feminist contexts and institutional social service settings. An ideal resource for social work students and scholars, this insightful and highly accessible volume highlights the value of anti-oppressive research for social change.

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Canadian Scholars

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1551309769

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Floating in Blue

By: Samantha L. Strong

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Floating in Blue

By: Samantha L. Strong

The East Neptune Space Station, a beauty pageant for sentient flowers, or a town suddenly taken over by the forest--you never know where you'll end up next in Floating in Blue. This is a collection of twelve spectacular fantasy and sci-fi short stories, including two previously unpublished, by the author of the Fallen Redemption series.

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0995217386

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Once Upon a Murder

By: Samantha Larsen

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Once Upon a Murder

By: Samantha Larsen

Miss Tiffany Woodall must sleuth the slaying of a footman to clear her beloved's name in the second Lady Librarian mystery, in the vein of Deanna Raybourn and perfect for fans of Bridgerton. 1784 England. Officially hired as the librarian for the Duchess of Beaufort, Miss Tiffany Woodall is through with masquerades and murders for good. That is, until she stumbles upon the frozen dead body of former footman Mr. Bernard Coram. The speed with which her peaceful new life is upended is one for the record books: the justice of the peace immediately declares her the primary suspect in the murder. As Tiffany hunts for the truth to clear her name, she learns that Bernard got into a fight over a woman at the local pub the night of his death–but he was also overheard blackmailing Samir. The justice of the peace arrests Samir, and Tiffany realizes that her life may have more in common with a tragic play than a light-hearted romance. With her love locked up in jail and her own reputation on the line, Tiffany must attempt to solve the murder before the book closes on her or Samir’s life.

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