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In "Personal Journals of Dakota Frandsen: Specialist of the Strange," author Hailey Green provides readers with a compelling glimpse into the complex life of Dakota Frandsen. Green delves into Frandsen's personal journals, unraveling the emotional turmoil of a man whose existence is intricately woven between multiple worlds. As she reads through the journals, Green becomes increasingly overwhelmed by the depth of Frandsen's experiences and the challenges...
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Jeff Van Gundy. Brad Stevens. Frank Vogel. Mike Budenholzer. Tom Thibodeau. Sam Presti. Leon Rose. Before you knew his name, before he drafted your favorite player, before he guided your team to a championship, he had a playing career of his own at an NCAA Division III college. He didn't play for fortune – the NBA was out of reach, and his school didn't even give athletic scholarships. He didn't play for fame – ...
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The essential anthology on the most effective ways to organize a labor movement for environmental justice, from leading organizers in the field
The corporate elite have long pitted climate and labor movements against each other through a "jobs vs. the environment" narrative that maximizes profits. But over the last few years, labor unions and climate organizers have been pushing back against this framework and organizing for a real just transition.
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Adi Saleem is an assistant professor of Romance languages and literatures and Judaic studies at the University of Michigan. He is a cofounder and coordinator of the Jewish-Muslim Research Network (JMRN), an international research network of over two hundred scholars of Jewish and Muslim studies. His research focuses on the intersection of race and religion, or religion as race, particularly in relation to Jews and Muslims. He is currently working...
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Red Sonja Black White Red volume 5
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It's Red Sonja as you've never seen before...all presented in beautiful black, white, and red, in stories written and illustrated by some of comics' top talents!
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Language and gender are interconnected, social and relational acts through which we constantly remake our worlds. But what happens when our ways of doing gender cannot be neatly categorized into traditional binary systems, including not only the social groupings of roles, practices and identities, but also the forms and structures through which we do language? This book brings together a broad range of scholars to explore the undoing and redoing of...
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In this book, faith leaders, scholars and activists from around the globe provide their perspective on faith and abortion. They reflect on examples of faith organisations which have provided leadership on the issue as well as examining religious approaches from Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim and interfaith perspectives. Challenging the assumption that all people of faith are anti-abortion, this book provides a counterpoint to right-wing faith...
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A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new.
This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since The Iliad-in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus "with minds and wisdoms"-humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the Argonautica to the medieval...
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With this volume, “Roe v. Dobbs: The Past, Present and Future of a Constitutional Right of Abortion”, we confront the remarkable beginning and end-once again, after a half-century-of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, shockingly overruled by the Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. The goal of this book is to bring together some of our nation's experts to share their views on whether there should be a constitutional...
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This study presents new evidence for the development of commerce and inter-regional trade through survey and analysis of urban layout and architecture.
The study of Roman urbanism – especially its early (Republican) phases – is extensively rooted in the evidence provided by a series of key sites, several of them located in Italy. Some of these Italian towns (e.g. Fregellae, Alba Fucens, Cosa) have received a great deal of scholarly attention...
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Enjoy Empathy, Intuition, + Creativity through Your Second Chakra
Featuring yoga poses, guided meditations, vibrational remedies, and more, this book immerses you in the power of the sacral chakra. Cyndi Dale and nine expert contributors teach you how to connect to this sensual energy center through dozens of hands-on practices, including visualizations, affirmations, healing mantras, and recipes. Working with this chakra, located in your lower abdomen,...
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A compelling journey through the heart and soul of golf, bringing the sport's history and the current state of the game to life When Sean Zak arrived in St. Andrews, Scotland- the mecca of golf- he was determined to spend his summer in search of the game's true essence. He found it everywhere- in the dirt, firm and proper, a sandy soil that you don't see in America. He found it in the people who inherited the game...
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This memoir chronicles the Tennessee soldier's journey from conscientious objector to decorated World War I hero.
In the 1941 film Sergeant York, actor Gary Cooper played a real American soldier, Sgt. Alvin C. York, as he served in World War I. The film garnered an Academy Award for Cooper and further notoriety for York, an American hero. This book, Sergeant York and the Great War, chronicles York's early years in the backwoods of northern Tennessee...
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A critical introduction to how the Nagasaki atomic bombing has been remembered, especially in contrast to that of Hiroshima.
In the decades following the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, the city's residents processed their trauma and formed narratives of the destruction and reconstruction in ways that reflected their regional history and social makeup. In doing so, they created a multi-layered urban identity as an atomic-bombed city...
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From the farthest reaches of our galaxy to the cozy-yet-mysterious spaces under beds and behind sofa cushions, from mystical realms of fantasy to the here-and-now and the very near future, the nineteen authors in this fourth collection of science fiction and fantasy by authors featured on the Aurora Award-winning podcast The Worldshapers offer readers a kaleidoscope of fantastical adventures in the company of unforgettable characters.
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96) The Shifting Twenty-First Century Presidency: Assessing the Implications for America and the World
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The role and range of the American presidency has undergone significant changes in the twenty-first century, with George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden transforming the office in distinct ways. Many but not all of these changes stem from the numerous crises of this young century: 9/11 and the resulting war on terror, Hurricane Katrina, the Great Recession, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the social unrest of 2020.
While crisis brings...
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Inspired by student volunteers at the University of California, Santa Cruz and sociologist Megan McDrew, the Social Justice Autobiography Project is an essay-writing exercise sponsored by the United Black Family Scholarship Foundation's "100 Prisoner Book Publishing Literacy Program".
This project commissioned over 100 incarcerated participants across the United States to reflect on one or more factors that had most influenced their understanding...
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An important memoir from a long-silent voice among Pacific War leaders.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a major figure of the Pacific War, both for his command in Alaska and in his key role heading Tenth Army during the Battle of Okinawa in the spring of 1945. Buckner was the senior U.S. officer killed by enemy fire in World War II when Japanese artillery cut him down on June 18, 1945, one month shy of his 59th birthday. The shelling ended a remarkable...
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From Beat It to Billie Jean, the songs we know and love take on a brand new, thrilling connotation in this anthology edited by Don Bruns.
In this second collection in the Music and Murder Mystery series, nine award-winning, bestselling authors have written their own interpretations of the Thriller song list. With original work from some of the best mystery authors out there, the anthology includes stories from Heather Graham, Jeffery Deaver, William...
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This book explores the relationship between tourism and high-magnitude storm events, including cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons and flooding, across all stages of a disaster. It considers the measures available to manage tourism after major storms and floods, examines the means to mitigate the potential impacts of these disasters on tourism, and provides insights into the ethical and socioeconomic issues facing tourism after a major flood or storm....
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