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The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories Hara Rumi

An immigrant weaves a new, surreal Americana, complete with bubblegum fights and bomb queens.Rarely does a new talent arrive in the medium as unmistakably distinct as Rumi Hara. With immersive art and a clear-eyed storytelling rhythm, her uncategorizable debut, Nori, put her playful cartooning on display. Her new collection, The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories, delights with equal mischievousness.The Peanutbutter Sisters is a glorious balance of contradictions, at once escapism and realism, science fiction and slice of life. Two students explore the urban landscape while following Newton Creek, the polluted Queens-Brooklyn border. As they do, they plan a traditional Japanese play with contemporary pop culture. Another story features an intergalactic race of all living things set in the year 2099 and is a dazzling treatise on

Modeling Economic Growth in Contemporary Indonesia S. Sergi Bruno

This new volume of the Entrepreneurship and Global Economic Growth series explores Indonesia's most recent business and economic developments. Modeling Economic Growth in Contemporary Indonesia has chapters covering topics such as SMEs, public companies, stock markets, government, or non-profit organizations to explain economic growth and factors.Modeling Economic Growth in Contemporary Indonesia chapters carefully addresses economic growth in contemporary Indonesia. Since the Asian monetary crisis in Indonesia has initiated reforms and its progress is substantial, becoming the largest economy in Southeast Asia and the world's 16th largest.Featuring empirical studies in management and organization along with market-based studies discussing the economic growth of contemporary Indonesia, chapters cover a broad range disciplines, including

The Promise and Peril of Things: Literature and Material Culture in Late Imperial China Li Wai-Yee

Our relationship with things abounds with paradoxes. People assign value to objects in ways that are often deeply personal or idiosyncratic yet at the same time rooted in specific cultural and historical contexts. How do things become meaningful? How do our connections with the world of things define us? In Ming and Qing China, inquiry into things and their contradictions flourished, and its depth and complexity belie the notion that material culture simply reflects status anxiety or class conflict.Wai-yee Li traces notions of the pleasures and dangers of things in the literature and thought of late imperial China. She explores how aesthetic claims and political power intersect, probes the objective and subjective dimensions of value, and questions what determines authenticity and aesthetic appeal. Li considers core oppositions--people and things, elegance and vulgarity, real

Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day Groom Brian

A No. 3 BestsellerA Waterstones Best Book of 2022The definitive history of the North of England as told through the lives of its inhabitants.A work of unrivalled scale and ambition, Northerners is the defining biography of northern England.This authoritative new history of place and people lays out the dramatic events that created the north - waves of migration, invasions and battles, and transformative changes wrought on European culture and the global economy. In a sweeping narrative that takes us from the earliest times to the present day, the book shows that the people of the north have shaped Britain and the world in unexpected ways.At least six Roman emperors ruled from York. The Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria was Europe's leading cultural and intellectual centre. Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigantes,

Secret Geneva Vellas Christian

Counter-Strike Operations: Combat Examples and Leadership Principles of Mobile Defence Von Senger Und Etterlin F. M.

How to undertake successful counteroffensive operations, with combat examples from battles on the Eastern Front in World War II.This volume in the Die Wehrmacht im Kampf series offers detailed analysis of a number of operations on the Eastern Front during World War II to draw out universally applicable principles of counter-strike operations and "agile defense." The combat examples discussed including delaying operations in Southern Ukraine in March 1944; defensive operations Nikopol and Moldau; and counter-strikes undertaken by panzer divisions and panzerkampfgruppen in operations in November 1943 and May 1944. Combat examples are fully described with maps and diagrams, followed by detailed lessons learned and an explanation of consequences of the operation.The author, F. M. von Senger und Etterlin, himself took part in all of the combat operations

Songs in Ursa Major Brodie Emma

City Goldsworthy Adrian

Centurion Flavius Ferox investigates murders among the Roman ranks during a siege on the Eastern frontier. The second book in a new adventure trilogy set in the Roman

In the Heat of the Midday Sun: The Indelible Story of the 1986 World Cup Scragg Steven

In the Heat of the Midday Sun is a homage to arguably the last truly iconic World Cup. Hosted with only three years' notice, and despite a devastating earthquake bringing Mexico City to its knees eight months before kick-off, Mexico '86 gave the watching world an unforgettable tournament, spearheaded by a certain Diego Armando

Claws for Suspicion Blake Deborah

When someone from her past comes to town to cause trouble, Kari Stuart and her sassy kitten Queenie will have to work hard to protect the Serenity Sanctuary in this new Catskills Pet Rescue Mystery.Kari Stuart is finally starting to relax into her role as the new owner of the Serenity Sanctuary and is looking forward to the various fun autumn activities in the beautiful Catskills town of Lakeview, like the annual Oktoberfest celebration. It's time for friends and quality bonding with handsome vet Angus McCoy. Until the unexpected arrival of her unpleasant ex-husband, Charlie Smith.He comes bearing a shocking revelation--the paperwork on their divorce never went through, and they are still married. Worse yet, he thinks this entitles him to half of her lottery winnings--although he'll happily take partial ownership of the sanctuary instead. Kari isn't sure if he's

Rough Draft of History: A Century of Us Social Movements in the News Amenta Edwin

A comprehensive account of the media's coverage of social movements in the United StatesA new view of twentieth-century US social movements, Rough Draft of History examines how national newspapers covered social movements and the organizations driving them. Edwin Amenta and Neal Caren identify hundreds of movement organizations, from the Women's Christian Temperance Union to Occupy Wall Street, and document their treatment in the news. In doing so, Amenta and Caren provide an alternative account of US history from below, as it was refracted through journalistic lenses.Iconic organizations in the women's rights, African American civil rights, and environmental movements gained substantial media attention. But so too did now-forgotten groups, such as the German-American Alliance, Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, and Peace and Freedom Party.

The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 Duffy Eamon

This prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people's experience of religion, showing that late-medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but a strong and vigorous tradition. For this edition, Duffy has written a new introduction reflecting on recent developments in our understanding of the period. "A mighty and momentous book: a book to be read and re-read, pondered and revered; a subtle, profound book written with passion and eloquence, and with masterly control."--J. J. Scarisbrick, The Tablet "Revisionist history at its most imaginative and exciting. . . . [An] astonishing and magnificent piece of work."--Edward T. Oakes, Commonweal "A magnificent scholarly achievement, a compelling read, and not a page too long to defend a thesis which will provoke passionate debate."--Patricia Morison, Financial Times

Technology and Critical Literacy in Early Childhood Woods Bryan

Now in its second edition, this popular text explores classrooms where technology and critical literacies are woven into childhood curricula and teaching. Using real-world stories, it addresses what ICTs afford critical literacy with young children, and how new technologies can be positioned to engage in meaningful and authentic learning. Concise but comprehensive, the text provides strategies, theoretical frameworks, demonstrations of practice, and resources for teachers.Updated with discussions of media literacy and new pedagogical tools, the second edition features new classroom examples and experiences that highlight the ways in which critical literacy, technology and media literacy come together in everyday life in the early childhood classroom. The inviting examples model how to use the interests and inquiry questions of young learners as a springboard for creating a

Impostor Syndrome Wang Kathy

A highly anticipated, razor-sharp novel about women in the workplace, the power of Big Tech and the looming threat of foreign

Murder Rule McTiernan Dervla

No one is innocent in this

The Small Isles: Landscapes in Stone McKirdy Alan

The Small Isles comprise the Inner Hebridean islands of Rum, Eigg, Canna and Muck.The landscapes, rocks and fossils of these beautiful, remote islands tells of a drama involving erupting volcanoes, an ancient ecosystem that included dinosaurs and an ancient desert landscape. The geological history stretches back 3 billion years to the earliest events recorded on Earth.All four islands owe their origin to a group of three adjacent volcanoes that were active around 60 million years ago. Rum is the eroded remains of the magma chamber of one of these volcanoes. Eigg and Muck are part of the lava field that extends north from the Mull volcano and Canna lies towards the southern extent of the lavas that flowed from the Skye volcano.The final event that left a mark on these islands was the Ice Age that started around 2.4 million years ago. Its effect on the

Kalmann Schmidt Joachim

Kalmann is the self-appointed sheriff of Raufarho fn, a sleepy town in northern Iceland. He hunts Arctic foxes and lays shark bait in the sea. But inside Kalmann's head, the wheels sometimes spin backward. One winter, after he discovers a pool of human blood in the snow, the swiftly unfolding events threaten to overwhelm

The Devil's Trick: How Canada Fought the Vietnam War Boyko John

Forty-five years after the fall of Saigon, John Boyko brings to light the little-known story of Canada's involvement in the American War in Vietnam.Through the lens of six remarkable people, some well-known, others obscure, bestselling historian John Boyko recounts Canada's often-overlooked involvement in that conflict as peacemaker, combatant, and provider of weapons and sanctuary.When Brigadier General Sherwood Lett arrived in Vietnam over a decade before American troops, he and the Canadians under his command risked their lives trying to enforce an unstable peace while questioning whether they were merely handmaidens to a new war. As American battleships steamed across the Pacific, Canadian diplomat Blair Seaborn was meeting secretly in Hanoi with North Vietnam's prime minister; if American leaders accepted his roadmap to peace, those ships could be

Oxford University: Stories from the Archives Millea Alice Blackford

This volume presents fifty-two stories from the institutional archive of Oxford University, which holds records spanning just over eight hundred years.Established in 1634 and based in the Bodleian Library, the Archives of Oxford University document the University's activities and decisions throughout that time.This volume showcases fifty-two documents and objects from the University Archives, telling a wide range of intriguing stories about the University. Arranged chronologically, these items deal with the University's relations with governments and monarchs; the effects of war; teaching and student behavior; the University's buildings and institutions; widening access to university education; and the impact the University has had on the city of Oxford and its people. Also documented here are fascinating insights into the University's erstwhile police force, a hidden

Two Nights in Lisbon Pavone Chris

Autor : Chris Pavone, Druh sortimentu : Kniha, Název : Two Nights in Lisbon, Jazyk : Angličtina, Počet strán : 436

Food Consumption in Medieval Iberia: A Socio-economic Analysis, 13th-15th Centuries Garca Marsilla Juan Vicente

From the banquets of kings and nobles to the daily struggle for the subsistence of the poor, food was already much more than a biological necessity in the Middle Ages: it was a social phenomenon full of meaning. In this book all the implications and meanings that food had on the Iberian Peninsula between the 13th and 15th centuries are analysed. Historical assessment of the region is particularly rewarding because of the quantity and variety of historical sources, and because of the coexistence in medieval Iberia of the three great monotheistic religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Taking both economic and sociological perspectives, every aspect of food is analysed, from the commercialization of food production to its consumption, and from the evolution of culinary techniques to table

Sh*tload of Crazy Powers Ford Jackson

The new novel in the witty, action-packed and highly original Frost Files series which began with The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with her

Black Atlantic Gilroy Paul

Timely reissue of the classic radical history of race and

Bite Sized Archie Vol. 1 Cacace Ron

Contemporary Accounts in Drug Discovery and Development Huang Xianhai

This book, through case studies of successful drug discoveries and launches, helps medicinal chemists and pharmaceutical scientists quickly master the necessary knowledge of the drug discovery process - including pharmacology, drug metabolism, biology, drug development, and clinical studies. The authors not only cover the full stories of marketed small molecule drugs, but also include drug candidates that have passed Phase I clinical trials with different modalities such as antibody drug conjugates (ADC), antibodies, and peptide drugs. Each chapter has detailed biological rational and background information, drug design principles, SAR development, ADMET considerations, and clinical studies, with modern drug discovery principles and technologies

Essence of Murder: A Captain Darac Mystery Morfoot Peter

A go-to destination for students of the finer things in life, the Villa des Pinales is set high in the foothills above Nice. As groups check-in for three-day courses on wine tasting, perfume making and landscape painting, they are joined by their tutors, one of whom proves to be forensic sketch artist Astrid Pireque. Down in the city, the remaining members of Darac's team are experiencing a lull in new cases they know won't last. But none is prepared for what lay ahead...The Essence of Murder, the latest thriller in the Captain Darac series sees Peter Morfoot's writing skills at their very

Raceless Lawton Georgina

A stunning family memoir by journalist Georgina Lawton, exploring race, identity and the devasting effect of long-held secrets on a happy

Dont Stop: 55 Years of Fleetwood Mac Chrisp Peter

The greatest ever rock 'n' roll soap opera. Now fully updated to include features on Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and all the musicans and members that have made the band one of the best selling of all time.Fleetwood Mac - one of the greatest names in rock of all time - began as a little blues band in London, England, in 1967, named by its unassuming band leader and lead guitarist Peter Green in appreciation of his tight rhythm section: Mick Fleetwood on drums and John McVie on bass. Just 10 years later, by 1977, with the help of John's wife, Christine McVie, and two virtually unknown American musicians called Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, they had become the world's biggest band who released the world's best-selling album: Rumours.Their enthusiasm, determination and dedication is nothing short of remarkable. When you also consider the highs and lows, the

Secret Wild Evelyn Alex

100 Best Paintings in New York Smith Geoffrey

100 Best Paintings in New York combines art history, commentary, and tourists' guide to provide you with a deeper understanding and appreciation of New York's greatest works of art. The descriptions draw attention to fascinating details in each work and look at why, where, or for what occasion they were painted. A biographical chronology of each artist accompanies the essays as well as a sample listing of works by other contemporary painters. From Jan van Eyck to Mark Rothko, from Diego Velazquez to Georgia O'Keefe, 100 Best Paintings in New York covers the complete spectrum of masterpieces in New York's great galleries. 100 Best Paintings in New York will inform and amuse both visitors and residents who wish to make the most of what their city has to offer. This accessible--and occasionally irreverent--guide has been written with both novice and veteran museum-goers in mind. Contains