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Diana--The Last Word

By: Simone Simmons,Ingrid Seward

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Simone, if anything happens to me, write a book and tell it like it is." --Diana, Princess of Wales During the last five years of her life, the "People's Princess" had one friend and confidante who was special to her. She was not part of Diana's social circle; she was not a family friend. That woman was Simone Simmons, a healer, who devoted herself to the troubled Princess. Over countless phone conversations and cups of tea at Kensington Palace, Simone gave her candid opinions about Diana's heart, soul, and suffering. No subject was taboo, and the women shared laughter and tears as they discussed Diana's personal life, including: • who among the Royals was good to Diana and who was hateful • her only fling--with John F. Kennedy, Jr. • why she inflicted self-harm • how Mother Teresa hurt her • why she never would have married Dodi • her enduring love for Prince Charles ..and more. In these pages, Simone captures the essence of one of the great icons of the twentieth century. This book, which reads like a personal memoir, truly is Diana's last word. * With 8 pages of compelling photos *

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Macmillan

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0312948638

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States, Markets, and Foreign Aid

By: Simone Dietrich

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States, Markets, and Foreign Aid

By: Simone Dietrich

Why do some donor governments pursue international development through recipient governments, while others bypass such local authorities? Weaving together scholarship in political economy, public administration and historical institutionalism, Simone Dietrich argues that the bureaucratic institutions of donor countries shape donor–recipient interactions differently despite similar international and recipient country conditions. Donor nations employ institutional constraints that authorize, enable and justify particular aid delivery tactics while precluding others. Offering quantitative and qualitative analyses of donor decision-making, the book illuminates how donors with neoliberally organized public sectors bypass recipient governments, while donors with more traditional public-sector-oriented institutions cooperate and engage recipient authorities on aid delivery. The book demonstrates how internal beliefs and practices about states and markets inform how donors see and set their objectives for foreign aid and international development itself. It informs debates about aid effectiveness and donor coordination and carries implications for the study of foreign policy, more broadly.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009020641

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9781009020640

Restitutionary Rights to Share in Damages

Carers' Claims

By: Simone Degeling

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Restitutionary Rights to Share in Damages

Carers' Claims

By: Simone Degeling

Rights and obligations can arise, amongst other things, in tort or in unjust enrichment. Simone Degeling deals with the phenomenon whereby a stranger to litigation is entitled to participate in the fruits of that litigation. Two prominent examples of this phenomenon are the carer, entitled to share in the fund of damages recovered by a victim of tort, and the indemnity insurer, entitled to participate in the fruits of the insured's claim against the wrongdoer. Degeling demonstrates that both are rights raised to reverse unjust enrichment. Careful examination of these two categories reveals the existence of a novel policy-motivated unjust factor called the policy against accumulation. Degeling argues that this is an unjust factor of broad application, applying to configurations other than that of the carer and the indemnity insurer. This will interest restitution and tort lawyers, both academic and practitioner, as well as academic institutions and court libraries.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139435590

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9781139435598

The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks

A Critical Introduction

By: Simone Caroti

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The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks

A Critical Introduction

By: Simone Caroti

This critical history of Iain M. Banks' Culture novels covers the series from its inception in the 1970s to the The Hydrogen Sonata (2012), published less than a year before Banks' death. It considers Banks' origins as a writer, the development of his politics and ethics, his struggles to become a published author, his eventual success with The Wasp Factory (1984) and the publication of the first Culture novel, Consider Phlebas (1987). His 1994 essay "A Few Notes on the Culture" is included, along with a range of critical responses to the 10 Culture books he published in his lifetime and a discussion of the series' status as utopian literature. Banks was a complex man, both in his everyday life and on the page. This work aims at understanding the Culture series not only as a fundamental contribution to science fiction but also as a product of its creator's responses to the turbulent times he lived in.

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McFarland

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1476620407

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9781476620404

One Great Family: Domestic Relationships in Samuel Richardson's Novels

By: Simone Höhn

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One Great Family: Domestic Relationships in Samuel Richardson's Novels

By: Simone Höhn

This study examines concepts of morality and structures of domestic relationships in Samuel Richardson's novels, situating them in the context of eighteenth-century moral writings and reader reactions. Based on a detailed analysis of Richardson's work, this book maintains that he sought both to uphold hierarchical concepts of individual duty, and to warn of the consequences if such hierarchies were abused. In his final novel, Richardson aimed at a synthesis between social hierarchy and individual liberty, patriarchy and female self-fulfilment. His work, albeit rooted in patriarchal values, paved the way for proto-feminist conceptions of female character.

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Narr Francke Attempto Verlag

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3772057314

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9783772057311

Evolution of International Environmental Regimes

The Case of Climate Change

By: Simone Schiele

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Evolution of International Environmental Regimes

The Case of Climate Change

By: Simone Schiele

Drawing specifically on the international climate regime, Simone Schiele examines international environmental regimes from a legal perspective and analyses a core feature of international regimes - their ability to evolve over time. In particular, she develops a theoretical framework based on general international law which allows for a thorough examination of the understanding of international law and the options for law-creation in international environmental regimes. The analysis therefore provides both a coherent understanding of the international climate regime and a starting point for further research in other regimes.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139992848

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9781139992848

Agents, Assumptions and Motivations Behind REDD+

Creating an International Forest Regime

By: Simone Lovera-Bilderbeek

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Agents, Assumptions and Motivations Behind REDD+

Creating an International Forest Regime

By: Simone Lovera-Bilderbeek

It was hoped that by paying forest dependent peoples and countries for their “service” of conserving their forests, REDD+ would lead to a reduction in deforestation greenhouse gases. The complexities have, however, left some ambiguities. It was never agreed who would pay for the program, and it has been criticized as ignoring the root causes of forest loss. Considering the motivations of those who promoted REDD+ this book proposes remedies to its shortfalls and recommends more efficient, equitable and effective conservation policies.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1788119134

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Dear Yvette

By: Ni-Ni Simone

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Dear Yvette

By: Ni-Ni Simone

All sixteen year old Yvette Simmons wanted was to disappear. Problem is: she has too many demons for that. Yvette’s life changed forever after a street fight over a boy ended in a second degree murder charge. Forced to start all over again, she’s sentenced to live in a group home far from anything or anyone she’s ever known. She manages to keep her past hidden, until a local cutie, known as Brooklyn, steps in. Slowly, Yvette lets him into her heart and he gives her the summer of her dreams... But in Yvette’s world things are never as they seem. Brooklyn has a few secrets of his own and Yvette’s past comes back with a vengeance. Will she face life head-on? Will she return to her old ways? Or will an unexpected letter decide her fate? “Simone’s story is reminiscent of Sistah Souljah’s groundbreaking The Coldest Winter Ever...a hard hitting tale of the inner city’s unforgiving streets.” —Library Journal “Simone knows how to tell a story...and she can also bring the drama.” —RT Book Reviews

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Kensington Teen

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0758287771

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9780758287779

When We Imagine Grace

Black Men and Subject Making

By: Simone C. Drake

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When We Imagine Grace

Black Men and Subject Making

By: Simone C. Drake

Plutarch, the famed Greek biographer, wrote The Lives of the Roman Emperors early in his career. Simone Drake could have called her book The Lives of Black Men. She contrasts the portrayal of black men in mainstream media with the way she insists black men must imagine their lives, ambitions, and desires in both the civic arena and the domestic arena. The narrow popular representation of black men as being in perennial crisis is one she rejects, opting instead to see them as active agents of their own destinies. Her book uncovers the ways in which black men in history, literature, film, political arenas, and popular culture have either challenged or been challenged by pathological constructions of black masculinity. Imagining Grace refers to Toni Morrison s Beloved, a black feminist framework Drake uses to see power in vulnerability and emotivenessfrom Tom Joyner s radio show to Richard Pryor s comedy to some of President Obama s social policy. Drake is synthesizing black feminist and black masculinity studies. Her black lives feature the African American cowboy, Nat Love, also Drake s own grandfather, who imagined grace through military service in the first colored military unit to fight in World War II (what emerges is a narrative of black pride and shame), and thence to movies, where Drake explores the theme of black fathers and daughters (framed by a court case involving The Cosby Show as intellectual property). The chapter that follows, on twisted criminalities, contrasts the valorization of black criminals (thugs) as heroes with the denigration of gay black men, where we encounter the limits of grace in American Gangster, Cornelius Edy s poetry, and the viral video of Antoine Dodson (discussing the attempted rape of his sister). In concluding with Berry Gordy and hi-hop (Jay-Z), Drake meditates on black entrepreneurship as a nationalist site of redemption. We are given in this book a way of seeing and knowing black malenesssophisticated in concept but bracingly vivid in the telling.

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University of Chicago Press

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022636397X

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9780226363974

A Millionaire at Midnight

By: Naima Simone

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A Millionaire at Midnight

By: Naima Simone

Boston socialite Morgan Lett is having a run of bad luck. Her fiancé just dumped her for her stepsister, the charity foundation she’s given her life to is in danger of folding, and now, the gorgeous man she bid on and won at a masquerade bachelor auction turns out to be a cold-hearted jerk...and her new employer. Millionaire Alexander Bishop needs the best wife money can buy. In order to inherit his family business, he has to get engaged—and Morgan, with her beauty and pedigree, is the perfect candidate. Her sharp tongue may drive him crazy, but she needs money to save the foundation she loves...and he needs a fiancée. It’s a flawless arrangement. No strings, no love. But soon she has him craving more than the platonic terms of their agreement. Only Alexander won’t allow need—no matter how hot it burns—to threaten everything he’s built. Each book in the Bachelor Auction series is STANDALONE: * Beauty and the Bachelor * The Millionaire Makeover * The Bachelor’s Promise * A Millionaire at Midnight

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Entangled: Indulgence

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1633758613

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9781633758612

Splatters of the Heart

By: Simone Phillips

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Splatters of the Heart

By: Simone Phillips

Splatters of the Heart is a collection of poems written while I was in an emotionally and financially abusive place. The environment was toxic and operated like a church. Some of the poems written capture my feelings while I was there and some are a reflection of my experiences after I left. Writing poetry has always been an effective coping mechanism that I’ve used to express feelings of love and dissolve feelings of anger and confusion. Splatters of the Heart will give you a candid snapshot of my life and hopefully provide insight regarding my dismal experiences. Each poem is accompanied by a paint splatter to represent that sometimes life feels like spilled paint, but when it spills on a canvas, it’s art. I hope you enjoy the splatters of my heart.

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Writers Republic LLC

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1637285272

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Teenage Love Affair

By: Ni-Ni Simone

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Teenage Love Affair

By: Ni-Ni Simone

Check it: I'm Zsa-Zsa. Some call me arrogant, but I call it confidence. You decide when you find out what I'm working with. First things first--I'm seventeen, but I'm grown and have been for a long time. I have my own ride, my mama doesn't clock my time, and my boyfriend, Ameen, is getting money like you wouldn't believe. There's only one problem: when Ameen gets mad, sometimes he takes his anger out on me. And yeah, maybe I could leave him, but there's no way Ameen could imagine being without me. So now I'm all confused, especially since my first love, Malachi, is back in my life. Ameen is not giving up without a fight, and no matter how hard I try, the love I have for Malachi won't go away. And did I mention that Malachi has a girl? Needless to say, my days are filled with drama. So this is my story and you need to come and chill with me as I try and see what boy is for me, what love is all about, and if my first teenage love affair will forever rule or ruin my life. Praise for Ni-Ni Simone "Urban teen readers may recognize their friends and themselves in the language, music and feel of this fluffy-but-fun read." --Kirkus Reviews on If I Was Your Girl "Ni-Ni Simone's fast-paced writing keeps me coming back for more." --L. Divine, author of the Drama High series

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Kensington Publishing Corp.

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0758266154

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First Nations, Identity, and Reserve Life

The Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia

By: Simone Poliandri

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First Nations, Identity, and Reserve Life

The Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia

By: Simone Poliandri

Issues of identity figure prominently in Native North American communities, mediating their histories, traditions, culture, and status. This is certainly true of the Mi?kmaw people of Nova Scotia, whose lives on reserves create highly complex economic, social, political, and spiritual realities. This ethnography investigates identity construction and negotiations among the Mi?kmaq, as well as the role of identity dynamics in Mi?kmaw social relationships on and off the reserve. Featuring direct testimonies from over sixty individuals, this work offers a vivid firsthand perspective on contemporary Mi?kmaw reserve life. Simone Poliandri begins First Nations, Identity, and Reserve Life with a search for the criteria used by the Mi?kmaq to construct their identities, which are traced within the context of their different perceptions of community, tradition, spirituality, relationship with the Catholic Church, and the recent reevaluation of the iconic figure of late activist Annie Mae Aquash. Building on the notions of self-identification and ascribed identity as the primary components of identity, Poliandri argues that placing others at specific locations within the social landscape of their communities allows the Mi?kmaq to define and reinforce their own spaces by way of association, contrast, or both. This identification of others highlights Mi?kmaw people?s agency in shaping and monitoring the representations of their identities. With its theoretical insights, this richly textured ethnography will enhance understanding of identity dynamics among Indigenous communities even as it illuminates the unique nature of the Mi?kmaw people.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803237715

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9780803237711

New Dimensions of Information Warfare

By: Roberto Di Pietro,Simone Raponi,Maurantonio Caprolu,Stefano Cresci

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New Dimensions of Information Warfare

By: Roberto Di Pietro,Simone Raponi,Maurantonio Caprolu,Stefano Cresci

This book revises the strategic objectives of Information Warfare, interpreting them according to the modern canons of information age, focusing on the fabric of society, the economy, and critical Infrastructures. The authors build plausible detailed real-world scenarios for each entity, showing the related possible threats from the Information Warfare point of view. In addition, the authors dive into the description of the still open problems, especially when it comes to critical infrastructures, and the countermeasures that can be implemented, possibly inspiring further research in the domain. This book intends to provide a conceptual framework and a methodological guide, enriched with vivid and compelling use cases for the readers (e.g. technologists, academicians, military, government) interested in what Information Warfare really means, when its lenses are applied to current technology. Without sacrificing accuracy, rigor and, most importantly, the big picture of Information Warfare, this book dives into several relevant and up-to-date critical domains. The authors illustrate how finance (an always green target of Information Warfare) is intertwined with Social Media, and how an opponent could exploit these latter ones to reach its objectives. Also, how cryptocurrencies are going to reshape the economy, and the risks involved by this paradigm shift. Even more compelling is how the very fabric of society is going to be reshaped by technology, for instance how our democratic elections are exposed to risks that are even greater than what appears in the current public discussions. Not to mention how our Critical Infrastructure is becoming exposed to a series of novel threats, ranging from state-supported malware to drones. A detailed discussion of possible countermeasures and what the open issues are for each of the highlighted threats complete this book. This book targets a widespread audience that includes researchers and advanced level students studying and working in computer science with a focus on security. Military officers, government officials and professionals working in this field will also find this book useful as a reference.

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Springer Nature

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303060618X

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Systematics 2008 Göttingen, Programme and Abstracts

By: Stephan Robbert Gradstein,Simone Klatt,Felix Normann,Rosemary Wilson,Patrick Weigelt,Rainer Willmann

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Systematics 2008 Göttingen, Programme and Abstracts

By: Stephan Robbert Gradstein,Simone Klatt,Felix Normann,Rosemary Wilson,Patrick Weigelt,Rainer Willmann

The Göttingen conference Systematics 2008 is the first joint meeting of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBp. and the German Botanical Society, section Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (DBG), being the 10th Annual Meeting of the GfBS and the 18th International Symposium Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the DBG. The conference programme covers biological systematics in the widest sense and provides ample opportunities for oral and poster presentations on new advances in plant, animal and microbial systematics. This volume brings together the abstracts of invited speaches from the plenary sessions on Progress in Deep Phylogeny, Speciation and Phylogeography, and New Trends in Biological Systematics as well as those of submitted talks and poster sessions.

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Universitätsverlag Göttingen

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3940344230

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Urban Violence

Security, Imaginary, Atmosphere

By: Andrea Pavoni,Simone Tulumello

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Urban Violence

Security, Imaginary, Atmosphere

By: Andrea Pavoni,Simone Tulumello

Urban violence still has a peculiar standing within social and urban research. This book works to unpack the link between urban, violence, and security with three main arguments. The first is that urban violence is under-theorized because long-term theoretical problems with both of its elements (‘urban’ and ‘violence’). The second is to answer these questions: (1) how can violence be conceptualized in a way that opens to an understanding of the specificity of urban violence? (2) What is the urban in urban violence? And (3) How can ‘urban’ and ‘violence’ be articulated in a way that makes urban violence a category with both analytical and strategic power? The third, and central, argument of this book is that, through a genealogy that articulates political economic and vital materialism, urban violence can ultimately be framed as a precise category shaped by three interlocking trajectories: the process of (capitalist) urbanization, the spatio-political project of the urban, and the concrete urban atmospheres in and through which the process and the project materialize, often violently so, in the urban.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793637318

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Heels, Heartache & Headlines

By: Ni-Ni Simone,Amir Abrams

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Heels, Heartache & Headlines

By: Ni-Ni Simone,Amir Abrams

It’s a showdown for the spotlight as Hollywood’s elite Pampered Princesses scramble to outshine each other for the ultimate crown. But being on top is never what it seems... Heartbroken and humiliated, teen supermodel London Phillips is done with her pity party and ready to move on. But between the mean-spirited media, a shocking realization about her billionaire ex, and a vengeful obsession, London’s discovering that while confessions are good for the soul, deception is so much sweeter... When it comes to juggling her cuties, Rich Montgomery is the queen. But now she’s fallen for a bad boy who comes with more drama than she ever did—and her fairytale love affair soon turns into a nightmare. Will she find a way out, or will pride get the best of her? Spencer Ellington could teach an advanced class in revenge. So when she’s shunned by her frenemy, Heather Cummings, again, backstabbed by her bestie, Rich, and sucked into her parents’ sordid antics, she’s ready to roll up her designer sleeves and pull out all the stops. After all, frenemies fight. Divas wage war...

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Dafina Young Adult

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0758288573

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9780758288578

Mother Imagery in the Novels of Afro-Caribbean Women

By: Simone A. James Alexander

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Mother Imagery in the Novels of Afro-Caribbean Women

By: Simone A. James Alexander

Focusing on specific texts by Jamaica Kincaid, Maryse Conde, and Paule Marshall, this study explores the intricate trichotomous relationship between the mother (biological or surrogate), the motherlands Africa and the Caribbean, and the mothercountry represented by England, France, and/or North America. The mother-daughter relationships in the works discussed address the complex, conflicting notions of motherhood that exist within this trichotomy. Although mothering is usually socialized as a welcoming, nurturing notion, Alexander argues that alongside this nurturing notion there exists much conflict. Specifically, she argues that the mother-daughter relationship, plagued with ambivalence, is often further conflicted by colonialism or colonial intervention from the "other," the colonial mothercountry." "Mother Imagery in the Novels of Afro-Caribbean Women offers an overview of Caribbean women's writings from the 1990s, focusing on the personal relationships these three authors have had with their mothers and/or motherlands to highlight links, despite social, cultural, geographical, and political differences, among Afro-Caribbean women and their writings. Alexander traces acts of resistance, which facilitate the (re)writing/righting of the literary canon and the conception of a "newly created genre" and a "womanist" tradition through fictional narratives with autobiographical components." --Book Jacket.

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University of Missouri Press

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082626316X

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State-building South Sudan

International Intervention and the Formation of a Fragmented State

By: Sara de Simone

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State-building South Sudan

International Intervention and the Formation of a Fragmented State

By: Sara de Simone

The rise and fall of the Southern Sudanese state explained through an in-depth and empirically grounded analysis of the intersection between externally supported state-building projects and the historical process of endogenous state formation.

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BRILL

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9004511903

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9789004511903

Tell Her She's Dreamin'

A memoir for ambitious girls

By: Simone Amelia Jordan

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Tell Her She's Dreamin'

A memoir for ambitious girls

By: Simone Amelia Jordan

This book is a love letter to women longing to break free of the boxes their postcode, skin colour, gender and bank balance put them in. Its title is a rebel yell to ambitious women and girls hungry for more. Growing up on the whitewashed Central Coast in the 1980s and attending an elite school as a scholarship student from the wrong side of the tracks, Lebanese-Cypriot Simone Amelia Jordan felt like an outcast among her peers for years. Her lifeline was hip-hop, then in its golden age. From girlhood, Simone recognised the art form's pro-Black consciousness, and the rappers' resonant words inspired her to embrace her own identity and back herself. From founding Australia's most successful hip-hop and R&B publication to moving to New York City and interviewing the biggest stars of the time as the editor of the world's most beloved rap magazine; falling in love and getting her heart broken; grappling with her family ties to culture; and struggling through illness and sexual grooming, Simone's inspiring story is about defying the odds to reach for your dreams. But it is also about figuring out those dreams can change as you do. Tell Her She's Dreamin' is a deeply personal story of family, culture and music that disrupts the long-held view that women, and racially diverse women especially, are limited in their power as bold, playful explorers. It is a timely manual for those hellbent on going places and an inspiration for anyone who has ever been told they can't. (Spoiler alert: you can!)

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Hachette Australia

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0733649769

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The Substance of Things

By: Nea Anna Simone

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The Substance of Things

By: Nea Anna Simone

In the stirring conclusion to the Mignon Samuels Trilogy, "The Substance of Things," author Nea Anna Simone invites readers back into the captivating world of the Samuels family. Through the pages of "Reaching Back" and "Reborn," Mignon Samuels forged an indelible legacy of resilience and strength, transcending the burdens of her lineage to emerge as a beacon of fortitude. Yet, for her daughters Madison, Summer, and Cody, the journey towards self-discovery and redemption is only just unfolding. A decade has passed since Madison's abrupt departure from home, leaving behind a trail of unresolved pain and shattered ties. Now, amidst the glimmering success of her platinum-selling second album, Madison finds herself ensnared in the merciless grasp of her tumultuous past when an inquisitive journalist unearths long-buried secrets. Fleeing the relentless scrutiny of the media, Madison seeks refuge in the familiar embrace of Louisiana, unaware of the perilous shadows lurking in her wake. As Madison's absence stretches into an agonizing silence, her sisters, bound by love and shared history, embark on a desperate quest to unravel the mystery of her disappearance. Summer, propelled by a fervent determination to extend the hand of compassion she once withheld, confronts the agonizing choice between her burgeoning tennis career and her sister's welfare. Meanwhile, Cody, fueled by a righteous fury, joins the hunt, driven by a thirst for justice against those who inflicted harm upon her beloved sister. Yet, it is Mignon, the matriarch whose steadfast faith has weathered the storms of adversity, who grapples most acutely with the agony of uncertainty. As truths long concealed come to light, each woman is compelled to draw strength from the enduring spirit of their ancestors, seeking solace, healing, and the audacity to embrace a future radiant with possibility. In "The Substance of Things," Nea Anna Simone weaves a tapestry of profound emotion and gripping suspense, crafting a tale that resonates with the enduring power of love, forgiveness, and the unbreakable bonds of family.

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Bespoke Media Publishing

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0985883359

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Juvenile Lifers

(Lethal) Violence, Incarceration and Rehabilitation

By: Simone Deegan

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Juvenile Lifers

(Lethal) Violence, Incarceration and Rehabilitation

By: Simone Deegan

This book is the first Australian study, based on extensive fieldwork, of the personal backgrounds and processes by which juveniles get drawn into risky and violent situations that culminate in murder. Drawing on interviews with every juvenile under sanction of life imprisonment in the State of South Australia (2015–2019), it investigates links in the chain of events that led to the lethal violence that probably would have been broken had there been appropriate intervention. Specifically, the book asks whether the existing criminal justice frame is the appropriate way to deal with children who commit grave acts. The extent to which prison facilitates and/or inhibits the mental, emotional, and social development of juvenile ‘lifers’ is a critical issue. Most – if not all – will be released at some point, with key issues of risk (public protection) and rehabilitation (probability of desistance) coming sharply to the fore. In addition, this book is also the first to capture how significant others including mothers, fathers, grandparents, and siblings are affected when children kill and the level of commitment these relatives have towards supporting the prisoner in his or her quest to build a positive future. Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, sociology, andpenology; practitioners working in social policy; and all those interested in the lives and backgrounds of juvenile offenders.

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1000364224

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Male-to-Female Crossdressing in Early Modern English Literature

Gender, Performance, and Queer Relations

By: Simone Chess

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Male-to-Female Crossdressing in Early Modern English Literature

Gender, Performance, and Queer Relations

By: Simone Chess

This volume examines and theorizes the oft-ignored phenomenon of male-to-female (MTF) crossdressing in early modern drama, prose, and poetry, inviting MTF crossdressing episodes to take a fuller place alongside instances of female-to-male crossdressing and boy actors’ crossdressing, which have long held the spotlight in early modern gender studies. The author argues that MTF crossdressing episodes are especially rich sources for socially-oriented readings of queer gender—that crossdressers’ genders are constructed and represented in relation to romantic partners, communities, and broader social structures like marriage, economy, and sexuality. Further, she argues that these relational representations show that the crossdresser and his/her allies often benefit financially, socially, and erotically from his/her queer gender presentation, a corrective to the dominant idea that queer gender has always been associated with shame, containment, and correction. By attending to these relational and beneficial representations of MTF crossdressers in early modern literature, the volume helps to make a larger space for queer, genderqueer, male-bodied and queer-feminine representations in our conversations about early modern gender and sexuality.

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Routledge

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1317360869

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My iPhone and Me

For iPhone 4S and iOS 5

By: Simone Ochsenkuehn,Michael Krimmer

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My iPhone and Me

For iPhone 4S and iOS 5

By: Simone Ochsenkuehn,Michael Krimmer

This extensive hands-on guide covers all of the new features of the iPhone 4S, including Siri, iCloud, iOS 5, the most useful apps, as well as the indispensable tools. You'll learn how to use your iPhone to connect to the Internet using a Wi-Fi or 3G network, shoot photos using the built-in camera, make FaceTime calls, sync files and content with iCloud, use the message and notification features, and search using Spotlight. Hundreds of full-color images illustrate every point along the way. This practical, approachable guide by experienced iPhone guides Anton Ochsenkuhn and Michael Krimmer will quickly help you get the most out of your iPhone 4S with iOS 5! Table of Contents: Chapter 1: This Is the iPhone 4S Chapter 2: How to Use iOS Chapter 3: The iPhone as Message Center Chapter 4: The Internet in Your Hands Chapter 5: Entertainment with the iPhone Chapter 6: Shopping in the Stores Chapter 7: Address Book and Phone Chapter 8 The iPhone Manages Your Events Chapter 9: The iPhone as Camera Chapter 10: The Other Apps of iOS 5 Chapter 11: The Most Important Settings of iOS 5 Chapter 12: iCloud Chapter 13: Keeping the System Up-to-Date

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Peachpit Press

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0132981289

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Critical Appropriations

African American Women and the Construction of Transnational Identity

By: Simone C. Drake

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Critical Appropriations

African American Women and the Construction of Transnational Identity

By: Simone C. Drake

From the novels of Toni Morrison to the music of Beyoncé Knowles, the cultural prevalence of a transnational black identity, as created by African American women, is more than a product of geographic mobility. Rather, as author Simone C. Drake shows, these constructions illuminate our understanding of a chronically marginalized demographic. In Critical Appropriations, Drake contends that these fluid and hetero-geneous characterizations of black females arise from multiple creative outlets -- literature, film, and music videos -- and reflect African Ameri-can women's evolving concept of home, community, gender, and family. Through a close examination of Toni Morrison's Paradise, Danzy Senna's Caucasia, Gayl Jones's Corregidora, Erna Brodber's Louisiana, and Kasi Lemmons's film Eve's Bayou, as well as Beyoncé Knowles's B-Day album and music-video collaboration with Shakira, "Beautiful Liar," Drake reveals how concepts of hybridity -- whether positioned as créolité, Candomblé, négritude, Latinidad, or Brasilidade -- are appropriated in each work of art as a way of challenging the homogeneous paradigm of black cultural studies. This redefined notion of identity enables African American women to embrace a more complex, transnational blackness that is not only more liberating but also more pertinent to their experiences. Drawing from this borderless exchange of ideas and a richer concept of self, Critical Appropriations offers a rewarding reconsideration of the creative implications for African American women, mapping new directions in black women's studies.

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LSU Press

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0807153885

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Queen Latifah

By: Simone Payment

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Queen Latifah

By: Simone Payment

Presents the life and career of Hip Hop star Queen Latifah.

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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1404205187

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Keep Your Donors

The Guide to Better Communications & Stronger Relationships

By: Tom Ahern,Simone Joyaux

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Keep Your Donors

The Guide to Better Communications & Stronger Relationships

By: Tom Ahern,Simone Joyaux

Written by fundraising experts Tom Ahern and Simone Joyaux, Keep Your Donors is a new, winning guide to making disappointing donor retention rates a thing of the past. This practical and provocative book will show you how to master the strategies and tactics that make fundraising communications profitable. Filled with case studies and based in part on the CFRE and AFP job analyses, Keep Your Donors is your definitive guide to getting new donorsand keeping themfor many years to come.

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Wiley + ORM

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111804486X

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Divas Don't Cry

By: Ni-Ni Simone,Amir Abrams

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Divas Don't Cry

By: Ni-Ni Simone,Amir Abrams

“Simone and Abrams really know how to bring the entertaining drama.”—RT Book Reviews When the celebrity spotlight burns too hot to handle, Hollywood’s elite Pampered Princesses battle for the ultimate crown. But once their secrets are exposed, who will be the last teen diva standing? She’s finally free of her overbearing mother and too much heartbreak. Now supermodel London Phillips is going to get back her billionaire ex—on her own terms. But settling old scores and destroying her former bestie, Rich Montgomery, could wreck her best shot at happiness . . . After all the high-maintenance stunts she’s pulled, Rich will do even worse to hang onto her thug in shining armor. But obsessive jealousy and an unexpected shocker will detonate mega-drama—and spiral her life way out of control . . . Dirty little secrets deployed for maximum damage are Spencer Ellington’s specialty. But when she digs up her family’s skeletons it could blow up in her pretty face—and destroy more than she imagined . . . Still reeling from betrayal and a crash-and-burn comeback, Heather Cummings has nada to lose. And if her reckless moves to become the ultimate queen-B lays total waste to the Pampered Princesses, may the most ruthless diva win . . .

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Kensington Books

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075828859X

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A Girl Like Me

By: Ni-Ni Simone

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A Girl Like Me

By: Ni-Ni Simone

A high school beauty is out to save her troubled family when she meets a hip-hop Prince Charming in this YA urban Cinderella story. She's got a voice like Keisha Cole and attitude to burn. She’s the body-rockin', Bebe-sporting girl everyone in her high school wants to be—or be with. But behind her picture-perfect image, sixteen-year-old Elite has a crack-addicted mother, no father in sight, and is secretly raising her sister and two brothers on her own. Now a radio contest has put her up-close-and-personal with mega-hot singer Haneef and their chemistry is too sizzling for Elite to stop pretending. As the clock ticks down fast for this 'hood Cinderella, she has only one shot to save her family and make all of her dreams come true.

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Kensington Publishing Corp.

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0758237642

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9780758237644

The Coming of Age

By: Simone de Beauvoir

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The Coming of Age

By: Simone de Beauvoir

As the definitive study of the universal problem of growing old, The Coming of Age is "a brilliant achievement" (Marc Slonin, New York Times).

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W. W. Norton & Company

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039331443X

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9780393314434

Fabulous

By: Simone Bryant

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Fabulous

By: Simone Bryant

There's no such thing as being too rich, too popular or too fabulous… Pace Academy is an exclusive private school catering to the rich, pampered and beautiful. And Starr, Dionne and Marisol are its ruling elite, with an endless supply of designer clothes, platinum credit cards—and drama…. Starr is planning a spectacular Sweet Fifteen party…but it may be unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. Dionne stepped out of the hood and into Pace's inner circle, even though her parents are struggling to pay for their lavish new lifestyle. Marisol is the daughter of a baseball star whose wealth and fame might just tear her family apart. Now all three girls are about to learn that the price of being fabulous can sometimes be too high, even for the Pace-setters….

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Kimani Press

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1426847793

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The Legends Of Moss Ridge

By: Simone E. Ows

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The Legends Of Moss Ridge

By: Simone E. Ows

Something strange is happening in Westfield County. People are disappearing, freak electrical surges are causing destruction, and a woman appears at the Halloween concert and swears vengeance on the town. When their teacher vanishes, leaving behind a mysterious key, Murphy, Chloe, and Jason are thrust into a mystical adventure. Allied with the spritely Cromalites, the kids journey into a world of strange creatures, secret languages, and alien powers to rescue the missing people and—hopefully—save their town from evil. As they learn more, Murphy, Chloe, and Jason discover that they were not chosen for their task at random—they each have an important part to play.

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FriesenPress

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1525586211

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9781525586217

No Boyz Allowed

By: Ni-Ni Simone

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No Boyz Allowed

By: Ni-Ni Simone

Simone tells authentic stories of teen life in the 'hood better than any other author currently writing contemporary YA street lit. --Library Journal on Teenage Love Affair (starred review) True story: I'm Gem, G-E-M, like a precious jewel, and my life has been nothing like my name. I've been on my own since I was nine and now I'm sixteen. But so what. I'm good, and so is my little brother. So why the state won't let us do our own thing is beyond me. Instead, we've been forced to live with a foster family who wants to love us, but I'm not beat--I'm just trying to do me. To make matters worse, I've been checking for this guy, Ny'eem. But my new clique has an unbreakable rule--no boyz allowed to come between our friendship--which is forcing me to keep my relationship with Ny'eem a secret. Though not for long. . .because in high school secrets are always exposed, scandals always rewrite the rules, and friendships are never what they seem. . . . "Excitement, drama, and life lessons. . .. Upgrade U is sure to be a classic." --A.J. Byrd, author of Losing Romeo "A new series with a pair of drama-fueled stories about girls looking for love in all the wrong ways." --Publishers Weekly on The Break-Up Diaries

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0758280122

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Educational Psychology

By: Angela M. O'Donnell,Eva Dobozy,Michael C. Nagel,Brendan Bartlett,Simone Smala,Catherine Wormald,Gregory Yates

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Educational Psychology

By: Angela M. O'Donnell,Eva Dobozy,Michael C. Nagel,Brendan Bartlett,Simone Smala,Catherine Wormald,Gregory Yates

O'Donnell et al.'s Educational Psychology provides pre-service teachers with a comprehensive framework for implementing effective teaching strategies aimed at enhancing students' learning, development, and potential. Through a meticulous examination of relevant psychological theories, supplemented by contemporary local case studies, and detailed analysis of lesson plans, the text offers a nuanced understanding of educational psychology without resorting to specialised terminology. Central to the text is a reflective practice framework, equipping readers with the essential skills to bridge theoretical concepts with real-world classroom scenarios. Emphasising critical thinking and reflective practice, the text underscores their significance in fostering sustained professional growth and success. By integrating reflective practice into the fabric of the narrative, utilising real classroom examples, Educational Psychology cultivates a deep-seated understanding of the practical applications of psychological principles in educational contexts.

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1394267320

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9781394267323

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