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By the bestselling author of Just My Type: a “thoroughly enjoyable and illuminating” journey into the concept of time “stuffed with fascinating material” (Observer, UK).
Timekeepers is a book about our obsession with time and our desire to measure it, control it, sell it, film it, perform it, immortalize it and make it meaningful. In this fascinating, anecdotal exploration,...
Timekeepers is a book about our obsession with time and our desire to measure it, control it, sell it, film it, perform it, immortalize it and make it meaningful. In this fascinating, anecdotal exploration,...
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With its wild eroding sea, its gentle rolling fields and tall churches, Suffolk is a county of contrasts. It may seem a kindly and civilised place, but in that sea, in the reed beds, the woods and even down dark town streets lurk strange beasts, ghosts and tricksters.
These thirty traditional tales retold by storyteller Kirsty Hartsiotis take you into a hidden world of green children and wildmen, of lovers from beyond the grave and tricksy fairy...
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Ceredigion is a land shaped by mythology, where mermaids and magic mix with humans and where ordinary people achieve extraordinary things. This is a captivating collection of traditional and modern stories, including the submerged city of Cantre'r Gwaelod, or the 'Welsh Atlantis', how the Devil came to build a bridge over the Rheidol, the elephant that died in Tregaron, and how the Holy Grail came to Nanteos. All the while the tylwyth teg (the Welsh...
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"This new edition of one of the masterworks of twentieth-century anthropology is more than welcome... enduringly significant insights." -- Marilyn Strathern, emerita, University of Cambridge In the field of anthropology, few books manage to maintain both historical value and contemporary relevance. Roy Wagner's The Invention of Culture , originally published in 1975, is one that does. Wagner breaks new ground by arguing that culture arises from the...
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These lively and entertaining folk tales from one of Britain's most diverse counties are vividly retold by writer, storyteller and poe t Jennie Bailey and storyteller, writer,psychotherapist and shamanic guide David England. Take a fantasy journey around Lancashire, the Phantom Voice at Southport, the Leprechauns of Liverpool and the famous hanging of Pendle Witches at Lancaster,to the infamous Miss Whiplash at Clitheroe. Enjoy a rich feast of local...
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"Tells the story of a traumatic life spent witnessing hundreds of people being executed in Texas' most infamous prison." -- Daily Beast "I can't remember his name or his crime. What I remember is the nothingness. No family members, no friends, no comfort. Maybe he didn't want them to come, maybe they didn't care, maybe he didn't have any in the first place. It was just a prison official and two reporters, including me, looking through the glass at...
7) On The Verge
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The author of The Watchman’s Rattle “has done it again. On the Verge shows how predictive technologies and science are redefining modern leadership” (George Mitchell, former Senate Majority Leader).
“There can be no greater advantage than certainty of the future. Not in nature. Not in business. Not in governance.”
So begins Rebecca...
“There can be no greater advantage than certainty of the future. Not in nature. Not in business. Not in governance.”
So begins Rebecca...
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More than evoking chills down the spine and cautious glances over one's shoulder, spooky stories create lasting bonds and memories between friends and family. The tradition of storytelling ties generations together with exciting new tales and familiar folklore that has sparked superstitions and legends. In Kentucky Hauntings: Homespun Ghost Stories and Unexplained History, beloved storytellers Roberta Simpson Brown and Lonnie E. Brown present a thrilling...
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35 of the World's Leading Thinkers Map Your Path Forward to a Bright Future
This vital book leads us beyond today's crisis-and conflict-prone world to a higher stage of our evolution. We have reached a historic turning point-a "point of bifurcation"-at which we must find new ways to upshift our individual and collective consciousness to ensure the desired resolution of these crises.
Ervin Laszlo and David Lorimer, drawing on their holistic expertise...
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Birth Control and the State: A Plea and a Forecast by C.P. Blacker is a seminal work that explores the intersection of population control, public policy, and social reform in the early 20th century. Blacker's book presents a compelling argument for the implementation of birth control measures as a means of addressing the social, economic, and moral challenges posed by overpopulation. Drawing on extensive research and statistical data, Blacker highlights...
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Get the Summary of Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman's White Rural Rage The Threat to American Democracy in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy" by Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman delves into the political and cultural transformation of rural America, particularly focusing on the shift of rural white Americans towards the Republican Party and the implications for democracy....
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What has happened to America? Over the past several years, our nation has seen a drastic decline in general civility, connection, and culture. Collectively, we are tired, angry, anxious, defensive, enraged, and alone. Suicide is up. Confidence is down. Morale is depleted. Solving this problem is a personal and societal issue. As near-peer competitors continue to rise in global power and prestige, it is also a major national security concern.
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Nos encontramos en una época polarizada y beligerante. La guía que presentamos se enmarca en la investigación de la Cátedra de Inmigración de la UFV sobre el tratamiento que los medios de comunicación dan a los movimientos migratorios y a la población migrante.
Con ello, intentamos promover el desarrollo de un pensamiento crítico que sea capaz de identificar los discursos en los que se fomenta el rechazo a la población migrante y que pueda...
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Descendientes de africanos en la Independencia es el octavo volumen de la Biblioteca Afrocolombiana de las Ciencias Sociales. Su autor nos muestra con un lenguaje sencillo y preciso por qué al libertador Bolívar le interesó poco, o casi nada, dar la carta de libertad jurídica a los afros. A pesar de que lo pudo hacer en 1821 en el Congreso de Cúcuta, se negó a hacerlo; por el contrario, mandó a fusilar a líderes y héroes negros y mulatos...
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En el campo de la educación popular, muy pocos estudios se preguntan por las subjetividades de quienes día a día hacen la educación popular. Escrito de manos de sus propias protagonistas, este libro es producto de una investigación que buscó identificar y potenciar las diversas capacidades personales que un grupo de educadoras populares ponen en marcha para no perder las esperanzas y continuar en el camino de la búsqueda de la transformación...
16) El movimiento social afrocolombiano, negro, raizal y palenquero como opción política para el fort
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El movimiento social afrocolombiano, negro, raizal y palenquero como opción política para el fortalecimiento de la democracia es el volumen doce de la Biblioteca Afrocolombiana de las Ciencias Sociales. Es un libro esencial para entender el movimiento político-social afrocolombiano en el contexto de la Constitución de 1991, la Ley 70 de 1993 y la coyuntura del proceso de paz, especialmente, desde la perspectiva del capítulo étnico. La meta de...
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Get the Summary of Rob Henderson's Troubled A Memoir of Foster Care Family and Social Class in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class" by Rob Henderson is a poignant narrative that chronicles his journey from a turbulent childhood through the foster care system to academic success at Yale and beyond. Henderson's story begins with the traumatic memory of his mother's...
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A highly entertaining, scurrilous and fascinating book on Australian con men (and women) and all their dirty, devious tricks.
There are con men you fear and con men you hate, and con men with amazing stories who take your breath away with their dirty tricks and sheer brazen effontery. How do they get away with it?
Written by bestselling author Matthew Benns, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a rollicking rollcall of all the worst and most outrageous scammers...
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Suenan tambores es el sexto volumen de la Biblioteca Afrocolombiana de las Ciencias Sociales. Es una antología de letras poéticas que tiende puentes entre el Caribe y el Pacífico, donde la palabra se convierte en resistencia y esperanza, frente a los problemas socioeconómicos de los pobladores asentados en el mar, el río y la selva; y aunque la poesía no es una ciencia social, uno de los objetivos del proyecto también era escuchar en los ecos...
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El Doctorado en Humanidades con especialidad en Patrimonio y Cultura para la Paz, albergado en la Unidad Académica de Estudios de las Humanidades de la Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas "Francisco García Salinas", nace en un contexto de transformación de los modelos educativos, donde, de los esquemas de educación tradicional se transita a campos problématicos del conocimiento. Dado que en el presente es apremiante una toma de conciencia y de...
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