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The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

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Report copyright infringementby Larry Mitchell (Author), Ned Asta (Illustrator)"Part fairy tale, part radical manifesto, entirely unequaled." --The New York TimesA facsimile edition of the classic 1970s book with new essays and archival material. The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, written by Larry Mitchell with illustrations by Ned Asta, takes place in a brutal empire in decline, where the faggots and their friends are surviving the ways and the world of men. Beloved by many s...

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Report copyright infringementby Pierre Devolder (Author), Sébastien de Valeriola (Author)This book offers a broad and up-to-date account of the actuarial principles of pensions. Divided into three parts, it includes discussions on both social security schemes and private pension funds, and aspects of life insurance. The first part presents the general principles of pension schemes. After a general look at the pension issue and some basic elements of demography, the main methods of financing a...

The Design and Analysis of Experiments and Surveys

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Report copyright infringementby Dieter Rasch (Author), L. Rob Verdooren (Author), Jim I. Gowers (Author)This volume is the English version of the second edition of the bilingual textbook by Rasch, Verdooren and Gowers (1999). A parallel version in German is available from the same publisher. This book is intended for students and experimental scientists in all disciplines and presumes only elementary statistical knowledge. This prerequisite knowledge is summarised briefly in appendix B. Knowl...

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Report copyright infringementby Lee McIntyre (Author)How we arrived in a post-truth era, when "alternative facts" replace actual facts, and feelings have more weight than evidence.Are we living in a post-truth world, where "alternative facts" replace actual facts and feelings have more weight than evidence? How did we get here? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Lee McIntyre traces the development of the post-truth phenomenon from science denial through the rise of "f...

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Report copyright infringementby Nolan Blackwood (Author)In The AI Revolution: Thriving in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Nolan Blackwood takes you on an illuminating journey into the heart of the technological revolution reshaping our world. As AI becomes an integral part of industries ranging from healthcare to finance, the potential for prosperity and progress is unprecedented. Yet, this era's defining challenge is not simply mastering these tools but ensuring they benefit all of human...

Corona Virus: Covid-19; Fact or Fiction? You decide

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Report copyright infringementby Baa Ankh Em Re A'Lyun Kwadw(o) Naya (Author)Corona VirusKwadw(o) Naya: Baa Ankh Em Re A'lyun EilIf you are very skeptical about the beginnings of this Coronavirus, then this next book is definitly for you!Superbly researched, deeply insightful and a most controversial topic few people are willing to look into.Untruths, half truths, and truths. Finally the whispers of coronavirus are exposed. Number of Pages: 278 Dimensions: 0.76 x 9 x ...

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Report copyright infringementby Jamie Hood (Author)From a rising literary star and the author of how to be a good girl comes a brilliant, biting, and beautifully wrought memoir of trauma and the cost of survival A VULTURE NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR "Piercing . . . . Trauma Plot flips the confessional memoir on its head."--The Cut "An innovative, rigorous, genre-bending, and ultimately life-affirming account of what it takes to survive."--Vulture In the thick of lockdown, 2020, poet, critic, and...

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

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Report copyright infringementby Azar Nafisi (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - ONE OF THE BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE CENTURY* In this celebrated modern classic, a former teacher in revolutionary Iran tells the extraordinary true story of the women who risked their lives to study Western literature in her living room--in a special edition featuring a bonus reader's guide and an interview with the author. "Stunning . . . a literary life raft on Iran's f...

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

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Report copyright infringementby Layla F. Saad (Author), Robin J. Diangelo (Foreword by)The New York Times and USA Today bestseller! This eye-opening book challenges you to do the essential work of unpacking your biases, and helps white people take action and dismantle the privilege within themselves so that you can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too."Layla Saad is one of the most important and valuable teachers ...

Disaster Recovery Planning: Explanatory Note and Case Study

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Report copyright infringementby Asian Development Bank (Author)This publication outlines why post-disaster needs assessments (PDNA) should provide comprehensive details of the economic and social impacts of disasters on countries to swiftly mobilize resources and support resilient recovery.Using a theoretical case study highlighting the aftermath of an earthquake and subsequent flooding, the publication shows how the cost to property, infrastructure, and production can be calculated and built...

Overcoming Gender Inequity: Real, Raw, Unapologetic Stories, Tips & Strategies

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Report copyright infringementby Theresa M. Robinson (Author), Jeffery Halter (Foreword by), Becky Davis (Foreword by)Stories, experiences, and advice from crazy brave, fiercely resilient, stereotype-busting, insanely courageous, relentlessly determined, wildly successful women. Are you tired of others OVERjudging you? Do men at work talk OVER you? Are you OVERachieving and still being paid less than your male colleagues? Were you passed OVER for a promotion or a plum assignment? Is it hard ...

Women Overcoming O-Syndrome: Real, Raw, Unapologetic

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Report copyright infringementby Theresa M. Robinson (Author), Collabherators (Author)Stories, experiences, and advice from crazy brave, fiercely resilient, stereotype-busting, insanely courageous, relentlessly determined, wildly successful women.Are you tired of others OVERjudging you? Do men at work talk OVER you? Are you OVERachieving and still being paid less than your male colleagues? Were you passed OVER for a promotion or a plum assignment? Is it hard for you to get OVER feelings of bet...

Please Be Good at Philanthropy: An Introduction to Grantmaking Strategy and Practice

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Report copyright infringementby Jen Ford Reedy (Author), Jen Ford Reedy (Author)A foundation president and educator offers a candid guide to the singular nature of foundation strategy, for board members, staff members, and anyone navigating the world of philanthropy. Jen Ford Reedy has served as President of the Minnesota-based Bush Foundation since 2012. In her perennially popular Philanthropy 101 classes, Reedy tells her students: Everyone is a beginner when they join a foundation. Foundati...

Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage

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Report copyright infringementby Stephanie Coontz (Author)Just when the clamor over "traditional" marriage couldn't get any louder, along comes this groundbreaking book to ask, "What tradition?" In Marriage, a History, historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz takes readers from the marital intrigues of ancient Babylon to the torments of Victorian lovers to demonstrate how recent the idea of marrying for love is--and how absurd it would have seemed to most of our ancestors. It was when ma...

Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World

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Report copyright infringementby Michelle Cassandra Johnson (Author)Transform your yoga practice into a force for creating social change with this concise, eloquent manual of social justice tools and skills. Skill in Action asks you to explore the deeply transformational practice of yoga as a way to become an agent of social change and work toward a just world. Through yoga practices and philosophy, this book explores liberation for ourselves and others, while asking us to engage in our own a...

Land of Water, City of the Dead: Religion and Cahokia's Emergence

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah E. Baires (Author)Explores the embodiment of religion in the Cahokia land and how places create, make meaningful, and transform practices and beliefsCahokia, the largest city of the Mississippian mound cultures, lies outside present-day East St. Louis. Land of Water, City of the Dead reconceptualizes Cahokia's emergence and expansion (ca. 1050-1200), focusing on understanding a newly imagined religion and complexity through a non-Western lens. Sarah E. Ba...

The Purposeful Graduate: Why Colleges Must Talk to Students about Vocation

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Report copyright infringementby Tim Clydesdale (Author)We all know that higher education has changed dramatically over the past two decades. Historically a time of exploration and self-discovery, the college years have been narrowed toward an increasingly singular goal-career training-and college students these days forgo the big questions about who they are and how they can change the world and instead focus single-mindedly on their economic survival. In The Purposeful Graduate, Tim Clydesda...

Wilmington's Lie (Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize): The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy

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Report copyright infringementby David Zucchino (Author)WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NONFICTIONFrom Pulitzer Prize-winner David Zucchino comes a searing account of the Wilmington riot and coup of 1898, an extraordinary event unknown to most Americans.By the 1890s, Wilmington was North Carolina's largest city and a shining example of a mixed-race community. It was a bustling port city with a burgeoning African American middle class and a Fusionist government of Republicans and ...

101 Original INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES That Make You Think: Guiding Principles & Life Philosophy for Critical Thinking and Analysis For Leaders and Decisio

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Report copyright infringementby Andrea Campbell (Author)If you are looking for a source of inspiration that goes beyond the ordinary; or you are seeking to deepen your critical thinking and leadership skills to inspire others and boost productivity, this is the book for you.Discover a treasury of wisdom that transcends the ordinary in "101 Original Inspirational Quotes That Make You Think." These original insights are not the echo of popular sentiments, but rather the documentation of the aut...

The African Economy and Its Role in the World Economy

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Report copyright infringementby Arne Bigsten (Author), Dick Durevall (Author)In a broad survey this issue of Current African Issues presents a multifaceted picture of the current state of the African economy. After a period of falling per capita incomes that started in the 1970s, Africa finally saw a turnaround from about 1995. The last few years have seen average per capita incomes in Africa grow by above 3 per cent per year on average, partly due to the resource boom but also due to improve...

Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead

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Report copyright infringementby Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Author)Winner of the 2025 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Award for nonfiction A genre-bending exploration of that most elemental force--water--through Indigenous storytelling, personal memory, and the work of influential artists and writers For many years, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson took solace in skiing--in all kinds of weather, on all kinds of snow across all kinds of terrain, often following the trail beside a beloved creek near ...

The Fairy Bible: The Definitive Guide to the World of Fairies

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Report copyright infringementby Teresa Moorey (Author)Fairies of the water, air, and earth, the trees and flowers, the house and hearth: all these mysterious, elusive creatures materialize on the pages of this distinctively beautiful guide to fairyland. Illustrated throughout with captivating artwork in glorious color, it examines fairy legend and lore through the ages and leads us into fairy cities, landscapes, rings, and paths. Find out what clothes they wear (fairies can be fussy about the...

The Death Doula's Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared: An Essential Workbook to Help You Reflect Back, Plan Ahead, and Find Peace on Your Journey

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Report copyright infringementby Francesca Lynn Arnoldy (Author)Find practical and emotional support for your journey with this immersive workbook.If you are preparing for the end of life--or simply looking to bring more meaning to the here and now--The Death Doula's Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared imparts valuable insight to nurture clarity and your internal strength on your journey. Infused with essential doula approaches, this workbook is a first-of-its-kind publication that invite...

Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

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Report copyright infringementby Judith Heumann (Author), Kristen Joiner (Author)Soon to be an Apple feature movie directed by CODA's Sian Heder and starring BAFTA-nominated actress Ruth Madeley as Judy Heumann "This important book will help ensure that every person gets a chance to live up to their full potential and will always have a place at the table."--Hillary Clinton "Her life story as an activist will enlighten readers everywhere."--Gloria Steinem"Her fierce advocacy and work changing ...

On the Line: Two Women's Epic Fight to Build a Union

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Report copyright infringementby Daisy Pitkin (Author)"Lyrical . . . candid, clear-eyed and utterly engrossing, Pitkin's writing couldn't come at a better--or more necessary--time." --Jessica Bruder, New York Times bestselling author of Nomadland "A riveting and intimate meditation on power, class consciousness, and the true meaning of solidarity." --Francisco Cantú, New York Times bestselling author of The Line Becomes a River On the Line takes readers inside a bold five-year campaign to org...

Guitar: The World's Most Seductive Instrument

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Report copyright infringementby David Schiller (Author)Celebrate the significance, the magic, and the mojo of the world's most seductive instrument. An obsessive, full-color book presented in an irresistible slipcase, Guitar features 200 instruments in stunning detail. Here are icons, like Prince's Yellow Cloud, Willie Nelson's "Trigger," Muddy Water's Thunderbird, and "Rocky," lovingly hand-painted by its owner, George Harrison. Historic instruments--Fender's Broadcaster, Les Paul's "Log," ...

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Report copyright infringementby Marilyn Strathern (Author)The concept of relation holds a privileged place in how anthropologists think and write about the social and cultural lives they study. In Relations, eminent anthropologist Marilyn Strathern provides a critical account of this key concept and its usage and significance in the English-speaking world. Exploring relation's changing articulations and meanings over the past three centuries, Strathern shows how the historical idiosyncrasy of...

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Report copyright infringementby C. P. Kumar (Author)"Journalism Ethics and Challenges" provides a comprehensive examination of the dynamic field of journalism ethics, shedding light on the critical elements that contribute to responsible and credible reporting in today's media landscape. Emphasizing the core values of truth and integrity, the book opens with an exploration of the significance of journalistic ethics. It then traverses through the historical evolution of journalism, addressing ...

An Unlikely Social Justice Warrior: Making My Life Count as a Muslim Feminist

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Report copyright infringementby Ani Zonneveld (Author), R. Anna Hayward (Author)Ani Zonneveld shares her journey from Kuala Lumpur to rural Illinois, confronting invisible lines drawn by religion, gender, and race-all in pursuit of truth and justice. From the music industry to global human rights forums, Ani uses her voice-literally and figuratively-to advocate for freedom of expression, women's rights, and LGBTQIA+ inclusion within Islam. Whether navigating UN corridors or standing up to ext...

The Fairy Atlas: Fairy Folk of the World

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Report copyright infringementby Anna Claybourne (Author), Asiain Lora Miren (Illustrator)Magical, mysterious and sometimes mischievous, the fairy folk of the world are notoriously elusive, but this charming compendium will reveal their secrets. From Cornish pixies and Spanish goblins to the forest gnomes of the Congo, welcome to the world of the fairy folk! This captivating book features a mix of fairy 'facts' and short retellings of some of the most magical fairy tales.Author BiographyAnna C...

Healthy Urbanism: Designing and Planning Equitable, Sustainable and Inclusive Places

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Report copyright infringementby Helen Pineo (Author)The globally distributed health impacts of environmental degradation and widening inequalities require a fundamental shift in understandings of healthy urbanism. This book redefines the meaning and form of healthy urban environments, urging planners and design professionals to consider how their work impacts population health and wellbeing at multiple spatial and temporal scales. The concepts of equity, inclusion and sustainability are centr...

A Life Course Perspective on Health Trajectories and Transitions

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Report copyright infringementby Claudine Burton-Jeangros (Editor), Stéphane Cullati (Editor), Amanda Sacker (Editor)This open access book examines health trajectories and health transitions at different stages of the life course, including childhood, adulthood and later life. It provides findings that assess the role of biological and social transitions on health status over time.The essays examine a wide range of health issues, including the consequences of military service on body mass inde...