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Empowering Strategies for an Enlightened Life

by Janet Bray Attwood, Marci Shimoff, Chris Attwood, Geoff Affleck, Jennifer Scavina, Christina A. Beauchemin, Sergio Baroni, Melinda Anderson, Louisa Jewell, Maggie Dillon Katz, Mayra Fernandez, Anita Catalano, EM Richter, Katharine Bain, Michael LeValley, Tracey Souverein, Suzanne Brush, Angela Romero, Lance Rennka, Lisa Bader, Mindy Mackenzie, Ann Calderone, Sarah Kotz, Ayo Haynes, Kim Harmon, Candace Pedicord, Raven Sinclaire ...

An inspirational guide for overcoming adversity and leading a fulfilled life, with contributions by more than two dozen experts on personal transformation.Trials and difficulties are a part of life. Whether these adversities are related to one's health, finances, career, or family, we all have burdens to work through. With wisdom from more than 25 transformational leaders, including *New York ... Read more

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An inspirational guide for overcoming adversity and leading a fulfilled life, with contributions by more than two dozen experts on personal transformation.Trials and difficulties are a part of life. Whether these adversities are related to one's health, finances, career, or family, we all have burdens to work through. With wisdom from more than 25 transformational leaders, including *New York
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Old Knight, New Post: From Retiree to Her Majesty’s Blade (Manga) Volume 1

by Hisago Amazake-no ...

Translated by Chris Craigo ...

Series Book 1 - Old Knight, New Post: From Retiree to Her Majesty’s Blade (Manga)
Watt Sears has traded his glory days as a Mechsteel knight for a humble life as train station employee with a knack for showing new pilots the ropes. Problem is, the city’s baron—his boss—would love nothing more than to see Watt reclaim his old mantle as a Steelrider who hunts monsters and defends the city. Now nearing forty, the once-legendary pilot would much rather support the new generation ... Read more

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Watt Sears has traded his glory days as a Mechsteel knight for a humble life as train station employee with a knack for showing new pilots the ropes. Problem is, the city’s baron—his boss—would love nothing more than to see Watt reclaim his old mantle as a Steelrider who hunts monsters and defends the city. Now nearing forty, the once-legendary pilot would much rather support the new generation
... Read more
Old Knight, New Post: From Retiree to Her Majesty’s Blade (Manga) Volume 2

by Hisago Amazake-no, han2go ...

Translated by Chris Craigo ...

Series Book 2 - Old Knight, New Post: From Retiree to Her Majesty’s Blade (Manga)
Equipped with Lord Gryphon, his trusty Mechsteel partner, Watt Sears is ready to take the fight to his foes and make it clear that this old knight isn’t to be underestimated. With Anna and Meddié in tow, he sets off for the capital city he once called home. Upon returning after seventeen years away, Watt seeks aid from an old friend, only to find himself thrust back into his past and forced to ... Read more

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Equipped with Lord Gryphon, his trusty Mechsteel partner, Watt Sears is ready to take the fight to his foes and make it clear that this old knight isn’t to be underestimated. With Anna and Meddié in tow, he sets off for the capital city he once called home. Upon returning after seventeen years away, Watt seeks aid from an old friend, only to find himself thrust back into his past and forced to
... Read more
Unconventional, Partisan, and Polarizing Rhetoric

How the 2016 Election Shaped the Way Candidates Strategize, Engage, and Communicate

by Jeanine E. Kraybill, Donna R. Hoffman, Christopher W. Larimer, Alison Howard, Raul Madrid Jr., Mirya Holman, Abby Perkins, Carrie Skulley, Stuart Wood, Nicole Mirkazemi0, Randy Villegas1, Chris Haynes2, Jessica Sattler3, Ivy A.M. Cargile4 ...

Series series Voting, Elections, and the Political Process
The rhetoric and political communication of the 2016 Presidential Election was arguably unconventional, partisan, and polarizing—becoming a defining characteristic of the tone and feel of the campaign. In this volume we examine how rhetoric and various political communication strategies influenced and shaped the contours of the election and ultimately its outcome. Witnessing the most diverse ... Read more

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The rhetoric and political communication of the 2016 Presidential Election was arguably unconventional, partisan, and polarizing—becoming a defining characteristic of the tone and feel of the campaign. In this volume we examine how rhetoric and various political communication strategies influenced and shaped the contours of the election and ultimately its outcome. Witnessing the most diverse
... Read more
Mapping Environmental Sustainability

Reflecting on Systemic Practices for Participatory Research

by Simon Bell, Ray Ison, Kevin Collins, Natalie Foster, Chris Blackmore, Rachel Slater, Geraud de Ville, Ryan Benjamin, Rebecca Xavier, Grace Albert, Elisa Bignante, Deirdre Jafferally, Lakeram Haynes, Jay Mistry, Andrea Berardi, Dave Wield, Les Levidow, Martin Reynolds ...

While there is growing interest in participatory research to address issues around environmental sustainability, the focus of analysis tends to be on the results or products of the research rather than the processes involved. Addressing this gap, the authors draw on their experience of specific mapping techniques, based on different systemic concepts and theories, that have helped facilitate, ... Read more

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While there is growing interest in participatory research to address issues around environmental sustainability, the focus of analysis tends to be on the results or products of the research rather than the processes involved. Addressing this gap, the authors draw on their experience of specific mapping techniques, based on different systemic concepts and theories, that have helped facilitate,
... Read more
Framing Immigrants

News Coverage, Public Opinion, and Policy

by Chris Haynes, Jennifer Merolla, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan ...

While undocumented immigration is controversial, the general public is largely unfamiliar with the particulars of immigration policy. Given that public opinion on the topic is malleable, to what extent do mass media shape the public debate on immigration? In Framing Immigrants, political scientists Chris Haynes, Jennifer Merolla, and Karthick Ramakrishnan explore how conservative, liberal, and ... Read more

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While undocumented immigration is controversial, the general public is largely unfamiliar with the particulars of immigration policy. Given that public opinion on the topic is malleable, to what extent do mass media shape the public debate on immigration? In Framing Immigrants, political scientists Chris Haynes, Jennifer Merolla, and Karthick Ramakrishnan explore how conservative, liberal, and
... Read more
Scholars and Southern Californian Immigrants in Dialogue

New Conversations in Public Sociology

by Harold D. Baker, Ivy A. M. Cargile, Chris Haynes, Patricia Huerta Medina, Karina Macias, Alexandra Noble, Adrian D. Pantoja, Jennifer L. Merolla, Rev. Edward Poettgen, Rev. Alexandra Salvatierra, Caitlin Patler ...

Immigration has been a contested issue for decades. This distinctive volume of essays on Southern Californian immigration is inspired by Michael Burawoy’s call for academic consideration to be more open and accessible to people in what he calls “public sociology.” The essays in Scholars and Southern Californian Immigrants in Dialogue: New Conversations in Public Sociology bridge the gap between ... Read more

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Immigration has been a contested issue for decades. This distinctive volume of essays on Southern Californian immigration is inspired by Michael Burawoy’s call for academic consideration to be more open and accessible to people in what he calls “public sociology.” The essays in Scholars and Southern Californian Immigrants in Dialogue: New Conversations in Public Sociology bridge the gap between
... Read more
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We’ve Been Here Before: The Complete Series 1 and 2

The BBC Radio Comedy Panel Show

by Clive Anderson ...

Narrated by Clive Anderson, Gyles Brandreth, Jimmy Carr, David Quantick, Simon Brett, Steve Punt, Robin Ince, Maureen Lipman, Arthur Smith, Natalie Haynes0, Richard Herring1, Chris Addison2, John O'Farrell3, Lewis MacLeod4 ...

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4 hours 4 min

Clive Anderson and guests poke fun at the past in this panel show with a yesteryear twistOriginally broadcast on Radio 4 in 2003-4, We’ve Been Here Before is the topical, satirical, historical panel game that aims to show beyond all doubt that there’s nothing new in the news. Hosted by award-winning comedian, broadcaster and Whose Line Is It Anyway? star Clive Anderson, it takes a wry, witty look ... Read more

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Clive Anderson and guests poke fun at the past in this panel show with a yesteryear twistOriginally broadcast on Radio 4 in 2003-4, We’ve Been Here Before is the topical, satirical, historical panel game that aims to show beyond all doubt that there’s nothing new in the news. Hosted by award-winning comedian, broadcaster and Whose Line Is It Anyway? star Clive Anderson, it takes a wry, witty look
... Read more
X-Men Milestones

Operation Zero Tolerance

by Scott Lobdell ...

Collects Generation X (1994) #27, X-Men (1991) #65-70, Uncanny X-Men (1981) #346, Wolverine (1988) #115-118, Cable (1993) #45-47. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel’s mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! A rogue government strike force, backed by powerful international forces and led by the mystery man known only as Bastion, has launched a massive strike against the X-Men. ... Read more

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Collects Generation X (1994) #27, X-Men (1991) #65-70, Uncanny X-Men (1981) #346, Wolverine (1988) #115-118, Cable (1993) #45-47. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel’s mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! A rogue government strike force, backed by powerful international forces and led by the mystery man known only as Bastion, has launched a massive strike against the X-Men.
... Read more

Courage

Overcoming Fear & Igniting Self-Confidence

by Debbie Ford ...

From a New York Times–bestselling author, a proven process for overcoming insecurity and fear and unlocking the courage that resides within.Every day we are confronted with hundreds of choices that either makes us feel confident and strong or rob us of the things we desire the most. When we lack confidence, we feel unworthy of having what we want, of speaking the truth, of making decisions that ... Read more

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From a New York Times–bestselling author, a proven process for overcoming insecurity and fear and unlocking the courage that resides within.Every day we are confronted with hundreds of choices that either makes us feel confident and strong or rob us of the things we desire the most. When we lack confidence, we feel unworthy of having what we want, of speaking the truth, of making decisions that
... Read more

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Managing Change, Creativity and Innovation

by Costas Andriopoulos, Patrick Dawson ...

A fresh approach to managing organizational change by looking at it as complex, dynamic and messy as opposed to a series of neat, linear stages and processes leading to success.Key to the approach is the idea that change, creativity and innovation all overlap and interconnect rather than being three separate areas of study and that managing the three together is central to organizations having the ... Read more

$84.59 USD

A fresh approach to managing organizational change by looking at it as complex, dynamic and messy as opposed to a series of neat, linear stages and processes leading to success.Key to the approach is the idea that change, creativity and innovation all overlap and interconnect rather than being three separate areas of study and that managing the three together is central to organizations having the
... Read more
Democracy for Realists

Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

by Christopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels ...

Series series Princeton Studies in Political Behavior
Why our belief in government by the people is unrealistic—and what we can do about itDemocracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual human nature of democratic citizens.Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels deploy a wealth of social-scientific ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Why our belief in government by the people is unrealistic—and what we can do about itDemocracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual human nature of democratic citizens.Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels deploy a wealth of social-scientific
... Read more

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