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  • Big, Bold & Unapologetic: Dismantling Society’s Obsession With Thinness

    by Nancy J. Jacobs ...
    Thinness is not the measure of worth, yet society has built an empire around making people believe it is. The expectation is clear—smaller is better, thinner is healthier, and the closer you are to disappearing, the more valuable you become. From fashion to medicine, from dating to career opportunities, the pressure to shrink is relentless, pushing people into cycles of self-doubt, deprivation, ... Read more

    $20.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Calorie Conspiracy: How the Diet Industry Profits Off Your Insecurities

    by Nancy J. Jacobs ...
    Every year, millions of people embark on diets, convinced that cutting calories, eliminating food groups, or following the latest weight-loss trends will finally bring them the results they crave. They pour their money into meal plans, weight-loss apps, supplements, and programs promising transformation. Yet, despite their best efforts, most end up right where they started—if not worse off. Weight ... Read more

    $20.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Skinny Lies: Exposing the Truth About Diet Culture and Self-Worth

    by Nancy J. Jacobs ...
    Every day, millions of people wake up and step onto the scale, letting a number dictate their mood, their confidence, and their sense of worth. Diet culture has woven itself so deeply into modern society that it's nearly impossible to escape its grip. It's in the magazines that praise rapid weight loss, the influencers who preach discipline over nourishment, and the industries that profit from ... Read more

    $18.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • African History through Sources: Volume 1, Colonial Contexts and Everyday Experiences, c.1850–1946

    by Nancy J. Jacobs ...
    African History through Sources recounts the history of colonial Africa through more than 100 primary sources produced by a variety of actors: ordinary men and women, the educated elite, and colonial officials. Including official documents, as well as interviews, memoirs, lyrics, and photographs, the book balances coverage of the state and economy with attention to daily life, family life, and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Birders of Africa

    History of a Network

    by Nancy J. Jacobs ...
    In this unique and unprecedented study of birding in Africa, historian Nancy Jacobs reconstructs the collaborations between well-known ornithologists and the largely forgotten guides, hunters, and taxidermists who worked with them. Drawing on ethnography, scientific publications, private archives, and interviews, Jacobs asks: How did white ornithologists both depend on and operate distinctively ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

  • Occupational Therapy Essentials for Clinical Competence

    by Karen Jacobs, Nancy MacRae ...
    Occupation, theory-driven, evidence-based, and client-centered practice continue to be the core of the profession and are the central focus of Occupational Therapy Essentials for Clinical Competence, Third Edition.The Third Edition contains updated and enriched chapters that incorporate new perspectives and evidence-based information important to entry-level practitioners. The Third Edition</s... ... Read more

    $140.99 USD

  • Environment, Power, and Justice

    Southern African Histories

    Edited by Graeme Wynn, Jane Carruthers, Nancy J. Jacobs ...
    Series series Series in Ecology and History
    Spanning the colonial, postcolonial, and postapartheid eras, these historical and locally specific case studies analyze and engage vernacular, activist, and scholarly efforts to mitigate social-environmental inequity.This book highlights the ways poor and vulnerable people in South Africa, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe have mobilized against the structural and political forces that deny them a healthy and ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Louise Erdrich's Justice Trilogy

    Cultural and Critical Contexts

    Edited by Nancy J. Peterson, Connie A. Jacobs ...
    Series series American Indian Studies
    Louise Erdrich is one of the most important, prolific, and widely read contemporary Indigenous writers. Here leading scholars analyze the three critically acclaimed recent novels—The Plague of Doves (2008), The Round House (2012), and LaRose (2016)—that make up what has become known as Erdrich’s “justice trilogy.” Set in small towns and reservations of northern North Dakota, these three interwoven ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Banned

    How I Squandered an All-Star NBA Career Before Finding My Redemption

    by Michael Ray Richardson, Jacob Uitti ...
    Michael Ray Richardson was a star in the making. After a stellar collegiate career at the University of Montana, where he was voted first team All-Big Sky Conference as a sophomore, junior, and senior, the future seemed bright. Taken fourth overall in the 1978 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks, Richardson was billed as “the next Walt Frazier.”In just his second professional season, he became the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Permed to Death

    by Nancy J. Cohen ...
    Narrated by Mary Ann Jacobs ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - The Bad Hair Day Mysteries

    Unabridged

    7 hours 15 min

    Hairstylist Marla Shore untangles a knot of secrets when she’s suspected of poisoning her client’s coffee creamer in this debut case.Hairstylist Marla Shore is giving grumpy Mrs. Kravitz a perm when her client dies in the shampoo chair. If that isn’t enough to give her a bad hair day, handsome Detective Vail suspects Marla of poisoning the woman’s coffee creamer. With her reputation at stake, she ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Voyages: Stories of Ten Sunsail Owner Cruises

    by Nancy Kaull, Paul Jacobs ...
    In Voyages, Paul Jacobs takes us through his discovery of a passion for sailing, the joys of meeting and falling in love with Nancy Kaull, and the couples’ experience together cruising on 36’ sailboats in exotic locations all around the world with the Sunsail owners program. Paul describes the cruises with a scientist’s precision, a sense of humor, and a humble perspective that will engage sailors ... Read more

    $4.49 USD

  • 5 Essential Skills for Successful School Leaders

    Moving from Good to Great

    by Nancy Langely, Mark M. Jacobs ...
    In today's changing environment, leaders need a concrete guideline to help meet new challenges and update standards and assessments. New educational regulations and laws pertain to accountability issues, testing methods, assessment, teacher certification requirements, and safety in schools, and they also serve to update preexisting methods in leadership skills. This book will help leaders develop ... Read more

    $29.19 USD