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Education and Resilience in Crisis

Challenges and Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Danielle Falk, Daniel Shephard, Cyril Brandt, Dieudonné Kanyerhera, Diego De la Fuente Stevens, Samuel Matabishi, Sweta Gupta, Abby Mills, Ygal Sharon, Shukrani Salvatory, Ashika Sharma, Abdi Bihi Hanaf, Muktar Hersi Mohamed, Bang Chuol, Aditi Desai ...

Series series Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education
This book provides an important lens for understanding how interlocking humanitarian crises caused by armed conflict, natural disasters, forced displacement and, more recently, a global health pandemic have adversely impacted teaching and learning.It brings together evidence from multiple, diverse research-practice partnerships in seven countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, ... Read more

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This book provides an important lens for understanding how interlocking humanitarian crises caused by armed conflict, natural disasters, forced displacement and, more recently, a global health pandemic have adversely impacted teaching and learning.It brings together evidence from multiple, diverse research-practice partnerships in seven countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia,
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Stellar Transformations

Movie Stars of the 2010s

by Steven Rybin, Brenda Austin-Smith, Karen Hollinger, Rick Warner, David Greven, Celestino Deleyto, Jennifer O'Meara, Danielle E. Williams, Daniel Varndell, Kyle Stevens0, Matt Connolly1, Cynthia Baron2 ...

Series series Star Decades: American Culture/American Cinema
Stellar Transformations: Movie Stars of the 2010s circles around questions of stardom, performance, and their cultural contexts in ways that remind us of the alluring magic of stars while also bringing to the fore the changing ways in which viewers engaged with them during the last decade. A salient idea that guides much of the collection is the one of transformation, expressed in these pages as ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Stellar Transformations: Movie Stars of the 2010s circles around questions of stardom, performance, and their cultural contexts in ways that remind us of the alluring magic of stars while also bringing to the fore the changing ways in which viewers engaged with them during the last decade. A salient idea that guides much of the collection is the one of transformation, expressed in these pages as
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Feminist Interventions in International Communication

Minding the Gap

by Salam Al-Mahadin, Alison Beale, Barbara Crow, Sheryl Cunningham, Margaret Gallagher, C Anthony Giffard, Ursula Huws, Yasmin Jiwani, Patricia Made, Catherine McKercher, Lisa McLaughlin, Vincent Mosco, Danielle Newton, Kiran Prasad, Jayne Rodgers, Kim Sawchuk, Zeenia Shaukut, Andrew Stevens, Nancy Van Leuven, Gillian Youngs ...

Series series Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
This cutting-edge work critiques today's global mediascape through feminist perspectives, highlighting concerns of policy, power, labor, and technology. Starting with the general state of international communications, the book uses feminist political-economic and policy analyses to explore the globalization of media industries, including questions about women's employment and media content that is ... Read more

$55.99 USD

This cutting-edge work critiques today's global mediascape through feminist perspectives, highlighting concerns of policy, power, labor, and technology. Starting with the general state of international communications, the book uses feminist political-economic and policy analyses to explore the globalization of media industries, including questions about women's employment and media content that is
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After Montaigne

Contemporary Essayists Cover the Essays

by Chris Arthur, Barrie Jean Borich, Steven Church, Brian Doyle, Lisa Ferreira, Vivian Gornick, Wayne Koestenbaum, Shannon Lakanen, Desirae Matherly, Maggie Nelson, Jose Orduna, Elena Passarello, Kristen Radtke, Amy Scott, Jerald Walker, Marcia Aldrich, Robert Atwan, Mary Cappello, Danielle Cadena Deulen, E. J. Levy, Phillip Lopate, Bret Lott, Lia Purpura, Nicole Walker, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Lina M. Ferreira, Robin Hemley ...

Writers of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533–92). But save for the recent notable best seller How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell, Montaigne is largely ignored. After Montaigne—a collection of twenty-four new personal essays intended as tribute—aims to correct this collective lapse of memory and introduce modern readers and ... Read more

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Writers of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533–92). But save for the recent notable best seller How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell, Montaigne is largely ignored. After Montaigne—a collection of twenty-four new personal essays intended as tribute—aims to correct this collective lapse of memory and introduce modern readers and
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Airships & Automata

by LM Cooke, Steven C Davis, Ian Caldwell, Jon Hartless, Danielle Miller, SG Mulholland, Angela Tysver, C.S. Wright ...

A collection of new and original steampunk short stories.Tommy's Game by LM CookeA young man is drawn into an unusual - and lethal - game of chance.Celestine by Steven C DavisA sophisticated automaton awakes in a confused state in a laboratory; how did she arrive there and what is her purpose?Spinners by Ian CaldwellA strange group of friends and their broken-down automaton attempt to escape a ... Read more

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A collection of new and original steampunk short stories.Tommy's Game by LM CookeA young man is drawn into an unusual - and lethal - game of chance.Celestine by Steven C DavisA sophisticated automaton awakes in a confused state in a laboratory; how did she arrive there and what is her purpose?Spinners by Ian CaldwellA strange group of friends and their broken-down automaton attempt to escape a
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Jewish Women Science Fiction Writers Create Future Females

Gender, Temporality—and Yentas

by Marleen S. Barr, Daniel J. Brin, Leigh Gold, Lisa Goldstein, Elana Gomel, Danielle Gurevitch, Lori Harrison-Kahan, Elyce Rae Helford, Erga Heller, Adeena Karasick0, Pamela Sargent1, Lance Strate2, Jack Dann3, David Brin4, Jennifer Caplan5, Professor or Dr. Steven Shaviro6 ...

Series series Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy
Jewish Women Science Fiction Writers Create Future Females: Gender, Temporality—and Yentas, the fourth volume in Marleen S. Barr’s Future Females critical feminist science fiction anthology series, is the first essay collection devoted to Jewish women science fiction writers. The anthology forges new alliances across disciplinary boundaries—feminist theory, science fiction, and Jewish Studies—by ... Read more

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Jewish Women Science Fiction Writers Create Future Females: Gender, Temporality—and Yentas, the fourth volume in Marleen S. Barr’s Future Females critical feminist science fiction anthology series, is the first essay collection devoted to Jewish women science fiction writers. The anthology forges new alliances across disciplinary boundaries—feminist theory, science fiction, and Jewish Studies—by
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Captain William Kidd And Others Of The Buccaneers (Unabridged)

by John Stevens Cabot ABBOTT ...

Narrated by Danielle Head ...

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8 hours 28 min

Pirate stories galore! Pirate life was not always what it seemed from the outside. ... Read more

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Pirate stories galore! Pirate life was not always what it seemed from the outside.
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Animal Ethics and Animal Law

by A. W. H. Bates, Mariah Rayfield Beck, Alice Collinson, Danielle Duffield, David Favre, Angela Fernandez, Robyn Hederman, Lena Hehemann, Stephanie O’Flynn, Maureen O’Sullivan, Solana Joy Phillips, Frances M.C. Robinson, Rebecca Stanton, Kenneth Valpey, Matthew J. Webber, Ruaidhrí D. Wilson, Steven M. Wise, Oliver Langworthy, Randall Lockwood ...

Animal law is a growing discipline, as is animal ethics. In this wide-ranging book, scholars from around the world address the intersections between the two. Specifically, this collection focuses on pressing moral issues and how law can protect animals from cruelty and abuse. A project of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, the book is edited by the Oxford Centre’s directors, Andrew Linzey and ... Read more

$36.99 USD

Animal law is a growing discipline, as is animal ethics. In this wide-ranging book, scholars from around the world address the intersections between the two. Specifically, this collection focuses on pressing moral issues and how law can protect animals from cruelty and abuse. A project of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, the book is edited by the Oxford Centre’s directors, Andrew Linzey and
... Read more
Science Fiction and Political Philosophy

From Bacon to Black Mirror

by Timothy McCranor, Nicholas Anderson, Nivedita Bagchi, Tobin L. Craig, Constance C. T. Hunt, Daniel Kapust, Damien K. Picariello, Danielle Sottosanti, David Whitney, Jeffrey J.S. Black0, Paul T. Wilford1, Steven Michels2, Erin A. Dolgoy4, Kimberly Hurd Hale5 ...

Series series Politics, Literature, & Film
Sometimes called the “literature of ideas,” science fiction is a natural medium for normative political philosophy. Science fiction’s focus on technology, space and time travel, non-human lifeforms, and parallel universes cannot help but invoke the perennial questions of political life, including the nature of a just social order and who should rule; freedom, free will, and autonomy; and the ... Read more

$34.99 USD

Sometimes called the “literature of ideas,” science fiction is a natural medium for normative political philosophy. Science fiction’s focus on technology, space and time travel, non-human lifeforms, and parallel universes cannot help but invoke the perennial questions of political life, including the nature of a just social order and who should rule; freedom, free will, and autonomy; and the
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Writing for Engagement

Responsive Practice for Social Action

by Linda Adler-Kassner, Steven Alvarez, Shannon Carter, Kaitlin Clinnin, Daniele Cunningham, Dànielle DeVoss, Christiane Donahue, Donna Dunbar-Odom, Rachel Gramer, Kay Halasek, Bump Halbritter, David A. Jolliffe, Michael Knievel, Stephanie Rae Larson, Adela C. Licona, Heather Lindenman, Julie Lindquist, Londie T. Martin, Ben McCorkle, Julia Paganelli-Martin, Shiloh Peters, Stephen Schneider, Kellie Sharp-Hoskins, Cynthia L. Selfe, Patrick W. Berry, Steve Parks, Syracuse University ...

Series series Cultural Studies/Pedagogy/Activism
Engagement is trendy. Although paired most often with community, diverse invocations of engagement have gained cache, capturing longstanding shifts toward new practices of knowledge making that both reflect and facilitate multiple ways of being an academic. Engagement functions as a gloss for these shifts—addressing more expansive understandings of where, how, and with whom we research, teach, and ... Read more

$105.29 USD

Engagement is trendy. Although paired most often with community, diverse invocations of engagement have gained cache, capturing longstanding shifts toward new practices of knowledge making that both reflect and facilitate multiple ways of being an academic. Engagement functions as a gloss for these shifts—addressing more expansive understandings of where, how, and with whom we research, teach, and
... Read more

Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge: Early Childhood Care And Development In Sub-Saharan Africa

by Garcia Marito H.; Pence Alan; Evans Judith ...

This book, the first of its kind, presents a balanced collection of articles written by African and non-African authors ranging from field practitioners to academicians and from members of government organizations to those of nongovernmental and local organizations.Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge compiles the latest data and viewpoints on the state of Sub-Saharan Africa's children. Topics ... Read more

$11.99 USD

This book, the first of its kind, presents a balanced collection of articles written by African and non-African authors ranging from field practitioners to academicians and from members of government organizations to those of nongovernmental and local organizations.Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge compiles the latest data and viewpoints on the state of Sub-Saharan Africa's children. Topics
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The Costs of Connection

How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism

by Nick Couldry, Ulises A. Mejias ...

Series series Culture and Economic Life
Just about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not free—it is purchased with vast amounts of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to generate profit. The Costs of Connection uncovers this process, this "data colonialism," and its designs for controlling our lives—our ways of knowing; ... Read more

$26.29 USD

Just about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not free—it is purchased with vast amounts of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to generate profit. The Costs of Connection uncovers this process, this "data colonialism," and its designs for controlling our lives—our ways of knowing;
... Read more

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