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Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts: A History of Sex for Sale - Hardcover

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by Kate Lister (Author)The history of selling sex is a hidden one--and too often its practitioners are pushed to the margins of history. This book redresses the balance, revealing the history of the sex trade through the eyes of sex workers, from medieval streets to Wild West saloons, and from brothels to state bedrooms. These enthralling tales are brought to life by Whores of Yore creator Kate Lister's witty and authoritative text, and illuminated by a rich archive of photographs, artworks, ...

Philosophy & Opinions of Marcus Garvey by Amy Jacques Garvey - Paperback

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by Marcus Garvey (Author)Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (1887-1940) was a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator. This is the first volume in the classic work, The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (originally published in 1923). It is a collection of his speeches and essays compiled by his widow, Amy Jacques Garvey, setting out a vision to unite Africa and Africans. As an early proponent of the Back-to-Africa movement, Garvey encouraged a sense of pride...

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by Na'im Akbar (Author)How wonderful it is to taught by a free teacher, a spiritual teacher, a member of our family who truly loves the family, an architect of tranforming processes, a defender of African people, a beacon, a Son of Africa, a divine spirit manisfesting our creative genius. Thousands of thousands of people know Dr. Na'im Akbar as a special treasure. This book is another important gift from him to us. It is our responsibility to study these thoughts, carfully. To follow these te...

The Watkins Book of English Folktales - Hardcover

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by Neil Philip (Author)With a foreword by Neil Gaiman, this comprehensive, entertaining and authentic collection of English folktales is perfect for fans of Madeline Miller, Philip Pullman and the Brothers Grimm. This is a golden treasury of over one hundred English folktales captured in the form they were first collected in past centuries. Read these classic tales as they would have been told when storytelling was a living art - when the audience believed in boggarts and hobgoblins, local wi...

Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behavior - Paperback

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by Kate Fox (Author)Updated, with new research and over 100 revisions Ten years later, they're still talking about the weather! Kate Fox, the social anthropologist who put the quirks and hidden conditions of the English under a microscope, is back with more biting insights about the nature of Englishness. This updated and revised edition of Watching the English - which over the last decade has become the unofficial guidebook to the English national character - features new and fresh insights ...

Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past - Paperback

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by David Reich (Author)A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human history. Geneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry. In Who We Are and How We Got Here, Reich allows readers to discover how the human genome provides not only all the information a human embryo needs to develop but ...

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Report copyright infringementby Brian Jones (Author)A longtime educator explores how the study of Black history challenges our understanding of race, nation, and the stories we tell about who we are. Black history is under attack from powerful forces that seek to excise it from classrooms, libraries, and the popular imagination. Yet its opponents fail to understand a simple truth: the best education challenges our assumptions, helps us see larger forces at work, and gives us glimpses of alte...

Cofradías Afrohispánicas: Celebración, Resistencia Furtiva Y Transformación Cultural - Paperback

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by Manuel Apodaca Valdez (Author)En Cofradías Afrohispánicas: celebración, resistencia furtiva y transformación cultural, Manuel Apodaca Valdez ofrece un estudio de 42 cofradías de afrodescendientes del periodo colonial y seis cofradías contemporáneas aún vivas en cuatro zonas geográficas: España, Perú, México y República Dominicana. Esta investigación histórica y comparativa de corte trasatlántico analiza datos recogidos en archivos históricos e investigación de campo. El estudio muestra e...

Myth Atlas: Maps and Monsters, Heroes and Gods from Twelve Mythological Worlds - Hardcover

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by Thiago de Moraes (Author)Prepare to enter twelve magical, mythological worlds full of an incredible array of gods, monsters, heroes, tricksters, and fantastical beasts This atlas of mythology shows how twelve extraordinary cultures saw the world. For some, it was a giant tree or an upside-down mountain, while others believed they were living on the back of a giant turtle Children will be fascinated as they travel the world and discover what cultures such as the Greeks, Egyptians, Hindus,...

African Countries and the Global Scramble for China: A Contribution to Africa's Preparedness and Rehearsal - Paperback

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by Ngonlardje Kabra Mbaidjol (Author)In this new book on Africa-China relations, Ngonlardje Kabra Mbaidjol strongly engages in the heated debates on African cooperation with China, an increassingly rich and powerful partner. The current dominant view highlights the neo-colonial and exploitative nature of these relations with a denial of any positive results for African people. However, the growing China-Africa partnership took its roots at Bandung 1955 conference, to culminate with an overt c...

Decentering Comparative Analysis in a Globalizing World - Paperback

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by Olivier Giraud (Volume Editor), Michel Lallement (Volume Editor)Decentering Comparative Analysis in a Globalizing World aims to go beyond the traditional criticism in comparative analysis. It wants to shed new light on the question of comparing as a form of categorizing. In this perspective, three relevant dimensions to question the naturalized categories of comparison are mobilized: ethnocentrism, the nation, and academic disciplines. Based on original empirical work, the volume proposes ...

The Heavens and the Earth: Graeco-Roman, Ancient Chinese, and Mediaeval Islamic Images of the World - Paperback

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by Vittorio Cotesta (Author)Vittorio Cotesta's The Heavens and the Earth traces the origin of the images of the world typical of the Graeco-Roman, Ancient Chinese and Medieval Islamic civilisations. Each of them had its own peculiar way of understanding the universe, life, death, society, power, humanity and its destiny. The comparative analysis carried out here suggests that they all shared a common human aspiration despite their differences: human being is unique; differences are details wh...

The Saqqara Necropolis Through the New Kingdom: Biography of an Ancient Egyptian Cultural Landscape - Hardcover

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by Nico Staring (Author)This book is the first comprehensive monographic treatment of the New Kingdom (1539-1078 BCE) necropolis at Saqqara, the burial ground of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, and addresses questions fundamental to understanding the site's development through time. For example, why were certain areas of the necropolis selected for burial in certain time periods; what were the tombs' spatial relations to contemporaneous and older monuments; and what effect did earlier s...

Armed Forces in Deeply Divided Societies: Lebanon, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq and Burundi - Paperback

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by Eduardo Aboultaif (Author)Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif explains the control, function and construction of armies in divided societies with power-sharing arrangements. The book is based on a thorough analysis of four case studies characterized by power-sharing and post-conflict environment: Lebanon, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq and Burundi. Number of Pages: 228 Publication Date: February 13, 2025

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by Joshua Dubrow (Volume Editor)Discover the surprising transformations of Poland over 30 years. This timeless book uses unique longitudinal data from the Polish Panel Survey POLPAN 1988 2018 to understand the radical social, economic, and political changes from the end of Communism to the rise of populism, offering a holistic understanding of the country's post-1989 history. Number of Pages: 380 Publication Date: February 13, 2025

Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

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Report copyright infringementby Virginia Roberts Giuffre (Author)The unforgettable memoir by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell The world knows Virginia Roberts Giuffre as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's most outspoken victim: the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison, whose photograph with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace. But her story has never been told in full, in...

The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones

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Report copyright infringementby Clare Morell (Author)A road map to free your kids from the harms of digital technology and to recover the beauty, wonder, and true purpose of childhood--by a leading tech policy expert "We know smartphones can be harmful to kids and teens, but what can we do about it? In this indispensable guide, Clare Morell documents the solutions that actually work."--Cal Newport, author of Slow Productivity and Digital Minimalism It's no secret that addictive digital techno...

Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do about It

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Report copyright infringementby Cory Doctorow (Author)Enshittification: it's not just you--the internet sucks now. Here's why, and here's how we can disenshittify it. We're living through the Enshittocene, the Great Enshittening, a time in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit. It's frustrating. Demoralizing. Even terrifying. Enshittification identifies the problem and proposes a solution. When Cory Doctorow coined the term enshittificatio...

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by Foxfire Fund Inc (Author), Eliot Wigginton (Editor)First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center had a contact who could teach you how with clear, step-by-step instructions. The ninth volume of the series includes information about gener...

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by Ali Kadri (Author)In the waste masquerading as wealth, nature is the principal commodity on offer. Waste sells and, like everything under capital, is financialized, This work attributes the emergence of waste to the intrinsic workings of the Marxian value relation. Number of Pages: 584 Publication Date: February 13, 2025

Feminist Animal and Multispecies Studies: Critical Perspectives on Food and Eating - Hardcover

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by Kadri Aavik (Volume Editor), Kuura Irni (Volume Editor), Milla-Maria Joki (Volume Editor)This book develops critical feminist animal and multispecies studies across various societal and environmental contexts. The chapters discuss timely questions broadly related to food and eating, stemming from connections drawn between critical animal studies, feminist theory, and multispecies studies. The themes explored include trans-inclusive ecofeminism, decolonial perspectives to veganism, links be...

Best of Delectable Foods and Dishes from Al-Andalus and Al-Maghrib: A Cookbook by Thirteenth-Century Andalusi Scholar Ibn Razīn Al-Tujīb - Paperback

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by Nawal Nasrallah (Author)The thirteenth-century cookbook Fiḍālat al-khiwān fī ṭayyibāt al-ṭaʿām wa-l-alwān by the Andalusi scholar Ibn Razīn al-Tujībī showcases the sophisticated cuisine that developed in the Iberian Peninsula under Muslim rule through its 475 exquisite recipes. Now available for the first time in English, this edition contains al-Tujībī's complete text, based on a newly discovered manuscript now available for the first time in any language. To introduce readers to the wond...

The Myth of the Phoenix According to Classical and Early Christian Traditions - Hardcover

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by Roel B. Van Den Broek (Author) Number of Pages: 548 Dimensions: 1.3 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN Publication Date: June 01, 1972

Mangaddicts: French Teenagers and Manga Reading - Paperback

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by Christine D?trez (Author), Olivier Vanh?e (Author)Just pronounce the word "manga" and conflicted representations of media reception emerge: either passive teenagers immersed in Japanese fictional worlds, or hyperactive fans. To understand what drives a variety of teenagers to read manga, we conducted empirical research among French readers enrolled in secondary schools. Manga is part of a whole constellation of interests, including music and digital technology. It is also the object of ana...

Deliberative Innovation According to the Decision-Makers: A Clash Between Perceptions and Reality - Hardcover

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by Joanna Podg?rska-Rykala (Author)Have you ever wondered why politicians reach for democratic innovations? How do they evaluate deliberative practices involving ordinary citizens and what political value do they ascribe to them? Do they want to put citizens' perspectives at the centre of decision-making processes in the face of a growing crisis of representative democracy, or are their motivations more nuanced and instrumental? This book is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in the ...

The Ideology of Work: Theoretical Humanism, Work and Labour - Hardcover

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by Samuel Mercer (Author)In On the Reproduction of Capitalism, Louis Althusser cited an appendix which, it seems, remains lost or was never completed. This appendix was titled 'the Ideology of Work'. This book takes inspiration from this appendix, to think about what is at stake for both Marxism and sociology in analysing work from an Althusserian perspective today. The dominant form of this ideology of work today is theoretical humanism. This book demonstrates how theoretical humanism has un...

Prophets of Doom: A History of the Okanisi Maroons in Suriname - Paperback

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by H. U. E. Thoden Van Velzen (Author), Ellen Klinkers (Editor)Once the Maroons escaped from slavery and established their communities in the remote interior of Suriname, attention shifted from military threat to internal danger. As they faced these dangers in an unknown rainforest, they sought refuge in prophetic movements directed by charismatic religious leaders. This book charts the history of Okanisi religious movements from their escape to the present day. It is based on sixty years of ...

Sino-Iranian and Sino-Arabian Relations in Late Antiquity: China and the Parthians, Sasanians, and Arabs in the First Millennium - Hardcover

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by Jeffrey Kotyk (Author)What type of exchanges occurred between West and East Asia in the first millennium CE? What sort of connections existed between Persia and China? What did the Chinese know of early Islam? This study offers an overview of the cultural, diplomatic, commercial, and religious relationships that flourished between Iran and China, building on the pioneering work of Berthold Laufer's Sino-Iranica (1919) while utilizing a diverse array of Classical Chinese sources to tell th...

Coping with Life During the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) - Paperback

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by Sigrun Haude (Author)At its core, Coping with Life during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) explores how people tried to survive the Thirty Years' War, on what resources they drew, and how they attempted to make sense of it. A rich tapestry of stories brings to light contemporaries' trauma as well as women and men's unrelenting initiatives to stem the war's negative consequences. Through these close-ups, Sigrun Haude shows that experiences during the Thirty Years' War were much more divers...

Talk to Your Boys: 16 Conversations to Help Tweens and Teens Grow Into Confident, Caring Young Men

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Report copyright infringementby Joanna Schroeder (Author), Christopher Pepper (Author)An urgent and practical book that helps parents and their boys navigate important topics like sex, drugs, bullying, power, consent, and more in a way that helps them grow their emotional intelligence, while also building connection and a closeness that can last a lifetime. Talk to your Boys is a practical guide to communicating with your tween and teen boy with the goal of raising young men who care about th...

Counter-Narratives of Muslim American Women: Creating Space for Muscrit - Paperback

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by Noor Ali (Author)What does it mean to be a young Muslim American woman in the US educational system? This book answers this question by presenting the counter-narratives of 15 young women. These accounts debunk prevalent stereotypes and biases, and reveal an educational climate marked by Islamophobia. Through these overall educational experiences, readers are able to explore the role of family, faith-based education, the mosque, and community in these women's lives. The social and academi...

No Bs (Bad Stats): Black People Need People Who Believe in Black People Enough Not to Believe Every Bad Thing They Hear about Black People - Paperback

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by Ivory A. Toldson (Author)A Brill Sense Bestseller! What if everything you thought you knew about Black people generally, and educating Black children specifically, was based on BS (bad stats)? We often hear things like, "Black boys are a dying breed," "There are more Black men in prison than college," "Black children fail because single mothers raise them," and "Black students don't read." In No BS, Ivory A. Toldson uses data analysis, anecdotes, and powerful commentary to dispel common m...