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Anti-Arab Racism in the USA: Where It Comes from and What It
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Salaita, Steven, PUBLISHER: Pluto Press (UK), Today is a difficult time to be both Arab and American. Since 9/11 there has been a lot of criticism of America's involvement in the middle east. Yet there has been little analysis of how America treats citizens of Arab or middle eastern origin within its own borders. Steven Salaita explores the reality of Anti-Arab racism in America. He blends personal narrative, theory and polemics to show how this deep-rooted racism affects everything from legislation to cultural life, shining a light on the consequences of Anti-Arab racism both at home and abroad.Uniquely, the book shows how ingrained racist attitudes can be found within the progressive movements on the political left, as well as the right. Salaita argues that, under the guise of patriotism, Anti-Arab racism fuels support for policies such as the Patriot Act. Salaita breaks down the facade of Anti-Arab racism with an insightful analysis, arguing for the urgency of a commitment to openness and inclusion in today's political climate.
Beyong BOK Choy: A Cook's Guide to Asian Vegetables
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lo San Ross, Rosa / Ross, Rosa / Jacobs, Martin, PUBLISHER: Artisan Publishers, Beyond Bok Choy is the first book to help consumers identify, choose, and--most importantly--cook the enormous variety of increasingly available Asian Vegetables. Top chefs discovered these tasty leafy greens, squashes, peas and beans, mushrooms, and herbs several years ago, and many varieties are appearing in supermarkets, farmers' markets, and seed catalogs as well as in Asian flavors, there has been little information available to home cooks on how to add these vegetables to their repertoire. With this book, Rosa La San Ross, a New York-based cooking teacher and caterer who grew up in Hong Kong, guides readers through the many varieties of bok choy, mustard cabbages, melons, edible gourds, sprouts, and shoots. her 70-easy-to-prepare recipes--including both classic Chinese stir-fries and original fusion recipes--will send curious cooks to unexplored regions of their supermarkets and then to the kitchen. The book's guidebook-like format makes it east to carry on shopping expeditions.
The Greenwood Legacy
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cook, Jacquelyn, PUBLISHER: Bell Bridge Books, Faith, Love, Family and Courage on the Southern Frontier In , newlyweds Lavinia and Thomas Jones moved into a cabin in the vast pine forests of South Georgia. Over the decades to come, their magnificent home, Greenwood, rose among the pines, and their family grew and prospered. But their faith, love and future were tested by the joys and sorrows of a turbulent era, including the war that nearly destroyed their beloved homeland. In the authentic storytelling tradition of Eugenia Price and Gilbert Morris, author Jacquelyn Cook turns the true story of the Jones family into a rich drama. The Greenwood Legacy is a sweeping epic covering three generations of one of the most unforgettable families of the American South. Jacquelyn Cook is the nationally acclaimed author of historical and inspirational fiction with a strong dedication to research, vivid drama and biographical accuracy. With sales of nearly copies, her books are well-known and loved by readers of fiction that chronicles the lives of real people and places. THE GREENWOOD LEGACY is the third novel in her trilogy about fascinating Civil War families and the legendary estates they created.
Interactions 1: Writing
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pavlik, Cheryl / Segal, Margaret Keenan / Blass, Laurie, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Companies, Interactions Mosaic 4th Edition is the newly expanded five-level, four-skill comprehensive ESL/ELT series for academic students. The new edition, for beginners to advanced learners, incorporates interactive and communicative activities while still focusing on skill building to prepare students for academic content... Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking, as well as Grammar are thoroughly presented in each strand. High-interest themes are integrated across all skill strands and levels. Language proficiencies as well are articulated from level to level... New Features:. 1. Global activities are suitable for ESL/ELT monolingual or multilingual classrooms. 2. New design, content, audio programs, photos, and illustrations reinforce skill-building exercises.. 3. Placement tests and chapter quizzes are included in each Instructors Manual.. 4. User-friendly instructions, complete scope and sequence, and consistent chapter structure offer greater flexibility in lesson planning.. 5. 5 new videos, one per level, immerse students in authentic language... Program Components:. Student Texts. Instructors Manuals. Audio Programs for L/S and Reading (Audiocassettes/CDs). L/S Assessment Audiocassettes and CDs. Reading Student Audio CDs. Program CD/ROM. Video. Demo Audiocassette.. Student Book. The Student Books of the new 4th edition of Interactions Mosaic have completely updated photos and illustrations and sport a new design. Global activities are suitable for ESL and ELT monolingual or multilingual classrooms.. User-friendly instructions appeal to both instructor and student. A complete scope and sequence is presented at the beginning of each book. Consistent chapter structure creates greaterflexibility in lesson planning... Interactions 1 (High Beginning Low Intermediate) Writing. Scope and Sequence: Rhetorical Focus, Vocabulary Development, Idea Development/Organizing Skills, Grammar, Editing Skills, Critical Thinking, Test-Taking Skills, Video Activities.. Chapter Structure:. 1. In This Chapter provides students with a specific writing topic.. 2. Exploring Ideas teaches strategies for generating writing ideas, such as brainstorming, freewriting, and interviewing.. 3. Photos and Illustrations in the Before You Read section activate prior knowledge of the topic.. 4. Vocabulary Building Activities introduce students to language they may use in their writing and helps them to develop strategies for learning vocabulary.. 5. Organizing Ideas develops organizational skills such as outlining, writing topic sentences, and limiting the information in a paragraph.. 6. Developing Cohesion and Style focuses on transition words, connectors, and grammatical structures that unify a paragraph.. 7. Editing Checklists equip students with a variety of tools for editing their work thoroughly.. 8. Peer Editing promotes collaboration while giving students valuable editing practice.. 9. What Do You Think? Encourage students to relate their personal experiences to the
The White Boy Shuffle
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Beatty, Paul, PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), Paul Beatty, on the basis of two slim collections of poetry, Big Bank Take Little Bank and Joker, Joker, Deuce, has been called "the premier bard of hip hop," "a West Coast word wizard," and"the poet laureate of Generation X." He has performed his poetry on college campuses throughout the United States and Europe; he's been lauded by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; and at thirty-three years old, he has been deemed heir to Allen Ginsberg's oral tradition. His cultural landscape summons up music, sound bites, cartoons, films, and video games. He uses the terms of pop culture to reveal its nonsense, and in his astonishing first novel he brings his extraordinary talent for image, cadence, and rhythm to fiction. Beatty's partly autobiographical novel is a moving, deft satire on issues of race as well as a coming-of-age of a contemporary African American, Gunnar Kaufman, who is in no way typical. Unequivocally and without apology, Gunnar states that he is not the seventh son of a seventh son of a se
The Giant and How He Humbugged America
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Murphy, Jim, PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press, Two-time Newbery Honor Book author has written an amazing account of one of America's most famous hoaxes When a 10-foot tall purported "petrified man" is unearthed from a backyard in upstate New York in , the discovery immediately turns into a spectacle of epic proportions. News of the giant spreads like wildfire, and well over a thousand people come to view him in the first five days alone Everyone has their own idea of his true origin: Is he an ancient member of the local Onandaga Indian tribe? Is he a biblical giant like Goliath? Soon the interests of world-renowned scientists and people from around the globe are piqued as arguments flare over who he is, where he came from, and if he is real--or just a hoax. In a riveting account of how the Cardiff Giant mystery snowballed into one of America's biggest money-making spectacles--and scams--Jim Murphy masterfully explores the power of 19th-century media and the unexpected ripple effect that a single corrupt mastermind can produce when given a stage.
A World of Ways to Say I Do: Wedding Vows, Readings, Poems,
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: BenShea, Noah / BenShea, Jordan, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Companies, The words we choose with which to say "I do" reflect a couple's individual love and expresses their innermost hopes for what their marriage and commitment will be for their lifetime. Today's modern bride and groom want to incorporate tradition, eloquence, and faithful promises into their vows, and this beautiful book offers ideas and inspirations for incorporating meaningful words and thoughts of love into their special day. In this book couples will discover how others from around the world and across time have chosen to say "I do" as well as the derivatives and customs behind these words. More than simply a guide to writing wedding vows, this beautifully packaged collection includes: Dozens of diverse vows, poems, and readings from a range of cultural and religious traditions Includes customs from Catholicism, Protestant, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Baha'i, Hispanic, Native American, Asian, European, and other religions and cultures Tips on crafting vows that reflect the couple's singular style and honor the sacredness of their commitment
How to Make Friends with Demons
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Joyce, Graham, PUBLISHER: Night Shade Books, William Heaney is a man well acquainted with demons. Not his broken family - his wife has left him for a celebrity chef, his snobbish teenaged son despises him, and his daughter's new boyfriend resembles Nosferatu - nor his drinking problem, nor his unfulfilling government job, but real demons. For demons are real, and William has identified one thousand five hundred and sixty-seven smoky figures, dwelling on the shadowy fringes of human life, influencing our decisions with their sweet and poisoned voices. After a series of seemingly unconnected personal encounters - with a beautiful and captivating woman met in the company of an infuriating poet, a troubled and damaged veteran of Desert Storm with demons of his own, and an old school acquaintance with whom he shared a mystical occult ritual - William Heaney's life is thrown into a direction he does not fully comprehend. Past and present collide. Long-dormant choices and forgotten deceptions surface. Secrets threaten to become exposed. To weather the changes, William Heaney must learn one thing: how to make friends with demons.
Fearless
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Funke, Cornelia, PUBLISHER: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, "Jacob Reckless returns once again to the Mirrorworld--filled with profound characters, extraordinary creatures, and epic life-or-death treasure hunts that could only come from the mind of the master storyteller of our generation, Cornelia Funke. " Jacob Reckless has only a few months left to live. He's tried everything to shake the Fairy curse that traded his life for his brother's--legends such as the All-Healing Apple, the Well of Eternal Youth, the blood of a northern Djinn. And yet hope after hope is extinguished. After months of fruitless searching, Jacob journeys through his father's mirror one final time to deliver the bad news to Fox. But there they hear of one last possibility--an item so legendary that not even Mirrorworlders believe it exists: a crossbow that can kill thousands, or heal one, when shot through the heart. But a Goyl treasure hunter is also searching for the prized crossbow. Jacob must find it first--and somehow convince Fox to do whatever it takes to save him.
The White Wing
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barry, Christopher, PUBLISHER: Royal Fireworks Publishing Company, These are novels of the adventures of teenage Joe Bass growing up along the Delaware Bay. Exciting action is balanced with full-bodied characterization. The stories have a great deal of practical mechanics in them: mechanics of moving houses on land and water, hauling and unloading logs, starting an old airplane, keeping old trucks and tractors running, salvaging old boats, making lumber, and general upkeep of practically everything. And there is humor, teenage insights into adult reactions, and social commentary. The series is presented from Joe's perspective, and his outgoing personality includes a genial humor and a perception that accepts reality and eagerly embraces the opportunities that come his way. The series is marked by a number of productive relationships between Joe and men well beyond retirement age. In The White Wing, Joe gets caught up in the heroic past of an old schooner and yearns to own it. He plans to move a house on it as a means of making the money to pay for it and its reconstruction. In the doing, Joe solves an old mystery and survives a wild boat adventure.
On My Way to a Happy Life
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Chopra, Deepak / Woods, Rosemary / Tracy, Kristina, PUBLISHER: Hay House, "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success for Kids" by "New York Times" best-selling author Deepak Chopra is based on his bestseller for adults, " The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. " In this new book, children will discover seven "Keys" to living a happy and meaningful life. For example, the "Key to All Good Things" teaches kids about giving and receiving, and explains that what they put out to the world is what they will get back. The "Key to Reaching Your Dreams" helps children realize how much power they have over their own lives and where this power comes from. Each of the seven sections in this book presents a Key, as well as a beautifully illustrated example emphasizing how it works in the world. These Keys, which have their origins in ancient Indian teachings, give children what Deepak believes are the most important traits they can possess: the ability to love and have compassion... and to spread that love and compassion to others.
The Wars on Terrorism and Iraq: Human Rights, Unilateralism
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Robinson, Mary / Crahan, M. / Crahan, Margaret E., PUBLISHER: Routledge, 'If I had the power to do so, I would make this book compulsory reading for all who exercise political power in our world today Instead, I will keep my fingers crossed that it will be read by as many members of Congress and of the current US administration as possible, and by a wide cross-section of policy analysts, diplomats, academics and human rights defenders.' - Mary Robinson, Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Wars on Terrorism and Iraq provides a timely and critical analysis of the impact of the wars on terrorism and Iraq on human rights particularly internationally, as well as related tensions between unilateralism and multilateralism in US foreign policy. The distinguished contributors examine the consequences for international relations and world order of the traditional standard bearer for human rights and democracy (the United States) appearing not to be championing the rule of law and negotiated conflict resolution. The authors also suggest effective policies to promote greater fulfilment of human rights in order to achieve peaceful accord within nations, and stability internationally.
The Gorilla Game: An Investor's Guide to Picking Winners in
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moore, Geoffrey A. / Johnson, Paul / Kippola, Tom, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, Using the ideas developed in his previous bestselling books, Geoffrey Moore here reveals the dynamics behind the market for high-tech stocks and outlines the forces that catapult a select number of companies to huge success. Readers will learn what makes high-tech companies different, what stock evaluation criteria to consider, and how to use those criteria to identify the winners. Applying the ideas made famous in his previous books, Moore shows readers how to identify the "gorilla candidates" -- companies that have enough market momentum to have a shot at market leadership. When the true "gorilla" emerges, these investors will be the ones poised to make a huge profit. Groundbreaking and illuminating, The Gorilla Game is sure to be Moore's most influential book yet. It is a must-read for the thousands of high-tech managers and marketeers who made his first two books bestsellers, as well as for all investors looking for a reliable guide to the rapidly changing world of high technology.
Crumar multiman-s
Synth del funzionante con qualche segno del tempo. Ho anche il pedale di espressione che però non funziona. Una breve descrizione del prodotto: In , Crumar introduced the Orchestrator (called the Multiman-S in Europe), a fully polyphonic orchestral string machine. It has five basic sounds: Brass, Piano, Clavichord, Cello and Violin. The keyboard is split in the middle allowing you to play one combination of instruments with the left hand, and another combination with the right. All five sounds are available at all times, you simply adjust how much volume you want of each sound. Feature just a single instrument, or create your own orchestral ensemble--you are the Orchestrator! With the keyboard being split, there are five separate instrument volume sliders for the left hand (lower split) and another five for the right hand (upper split). There is also a sixth sound: Bass. The Bass sound has its own volume slider as well, but it is assigned to only the bottom 27 notes of the keyboard. It is also not the greatest of Bass sounds either, and can sometimes muddy the sound.
Dell Guide to Digital Photography: Shooting, Editing, And
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bucki, Lisa A., PUBLISHER: Premier Press; Thomson Course Technology, "Digital Photography: Your Guide to Taking, Editing, and Printing Pictures," supported by one of the most trusted retailers of electronics, is an all-in-one guide to getting started on a digital camera. With generous use of full-color illustrations and examples, this book covers the basics of digital photography, including tips for selecting a digital camera, how to use typical digital camera features, how to take better photos, how to transfer and store images on a computer, how to improve images with photo editing software, and how to publish and enjoy finished images. With digital camera sales exploding worldwide, there are 53 million units in projects sales for . Digital cameras have rapidly improved in terms of imaging quality and ease of use, as well as falling in price, making them a practical alternative to film cameras for an increasing number of consumers. This book helps readers experience maximum enjoyment and minimum frustration with their new digital camera. This is the ultimate survival guide to digital photography that all digital camera owners can benefit from having on their shelves.
Uncommon Emotions
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Galli, Lynn, PUBLISHER: Outskirts Press, As a turnaround specialist, Joslyn Simonini spends her days analyzing corporate profit margins and trying to keep her likeness from being turned into a voodoo doll by company employees. If she does her job well, they often lose theirs. So, it comes as a surprise when she finds herself being kissed one day at work. She's even more shocked to find out that the mysterious kissing bandit is a woman. Not in the habit of kissing women, Joslyn tries to brush off the unintentional mistake. But before long, she's forced to examine the rush of emotions that accompanied the kiss, especially when she meets Raven Malvolio. At first, she needs Raven to complete her analysis, but she doesn't expect to need the friendship that Raven offers. When those friendly feelings escalate to something more, Joslyn's confusion and underdeveloped emotional range might ruin her chance at a relationship that could surpass even her dreams. Uncommon Emotions takes a look at how someone can think she's happy with her life only to be surprised by the passion she's yet to feel.
The Change Makers: From Carnegie to Gates, How the Great
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Klein, Maury, PUBLISHER: Times Books, From one of America's foremost business historians, a penetrating and engaging look at the qualities that create great entrepreneurs Entrepreneurs, even more than inventors, are essential to American business. While inventors produce ideas, entrepreneurs get things done, build the markets, make ideas reality. But what creative talents do the legendary American entrepreneurs share, and what can you learn from them about business success? Using lively character sketches and company stories, University of Rhode Island professor and author Maury Klein analyzes how innovators from Andrew Carnegie to Bill Gates triumphed over perennial challenges in planning and strategy, production, operations, staffing, and sales-and transformed entire industries. Comparing the retailing acumen of J.C. Penney and Wal-Mart's Sam Walton, the organizational ingenuity of Standard Oil's John D. Rockefeller and Citigroup's Sandy Weill, the imaginative marketing of General Motors' Alfred Sloan and MacDonald's Ray Kroc, Klein reveals the art and archetype of successful entrepreneurialism. Moving beyond the cliches, he describes the artistry of great businessmen who build empires and dreams as well as fortunes.
Trilocale via Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Cervia
Rif: Z459 - Milano Marittima, zona verde e tranquilla a circa: 600m dal centro, 500m dal mare e 700m dal centro di Cervia. Appartamento anni 70 al piano primo ed ultimo con ingresso semi-indipendente, ben mantenuto, in palazzina decorosa. Internamente troviamo il soggiorno con terrazza abitabile e camino per grigliate, cucina separata, disimpegno, bagno con doccia, camera da letto matrimoniale, camera singola e relativo balcone. Al piano seminterrato garage e cantina. L'appartamento è sprovvisto di riscaldamento per scelta della proprietà ma, è possibile il ripristino. Ottimo investimento. Milano Marittima, green and quiet about: 600m from the center, 500m from the sea and 700m from the center of Cervia. Apartment 70 on the first and last input semi-detached, well maintained, in building decent. Inside we find the living room with large terrace and fireplace for grilling, kitchen, hallway, bathroom with shower, double bedroom, single bedroom and its balcony. In the basement garage and cellar. The apartment has no heating of the property but by choice, you can restore. Good investment. Tipo di bene: Appartamento Superficie: 103 m²
Mathematics, Student Solutions Manual: An Applied Approach
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mizrahi, Abshalom / Sullivan, Michael / Mizrahi, Abe, PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Continuing its rich tradition of engaging students and demonstrating how mathematics applies to various fields of study, the new edition of this text is packed with real data and real-life applications to business, economics, social and life sciences. Users continually praise Sullivan and Mizrahi for their attention to conceptual development, well-graded and applied examples and exercise sets that include CPA, CMA, and Actuarial exam questions. The new Eighth Edition also features a new full color design and improved goal-oriented pedagogy to facilitate understanding, including: More opportunities for the use of graphing calculator, including screen shots and instructions. Icons clearly identify each opportunity for the use of spreadsheets or graphing calculator. Work problems appear throughout the text, giving the student the chance to immediately reinforce the concept or skill they have just learned. Chapter Reviews contain a variety of features to help synthesize the ideas of the chapter, including: Objectives Check, Important Terms and Concepts, True-False Items, Fill in the Blanks, Review Exercises, Mathematical Questions from Professional Exams (CPA).
English Papers: A Teaching Life
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pritchard, William H., PUBLISHER: Graywolf Press, "Could one, after all this purposeful work, have become an anachronism? A dinosaur? Replaceable?" --from "English Papers" Well-known critic William H. Pritchard reviews his life as a passionate student and teacher of English in the classrooms of New England's Amherst College. Pritchard takes us from the era of the all-male college, where "conduct befitting a gentleman" was the only rule, through the political and social turmoil of the late s, when the teaching of T.S. Eliot had to compete with the Cuban Missile Crisis. Ironically, as Pritchard finds his own voice as a critic and teacher, he finds also that his literary and pedagogical aims seem increasingly marginal. The book's later chapters recount the fragmentation and diversification of both the student body and an English department. This lucid account offers a much needed personal chronicle of the issues involved in the contemporary debate surrounding the teaching of English literature. Pritchard not only observes, but dramatizes the teaching situation, and from both sides of the desk. With a candid mix of apology and nostalgia, Pritchard describes and evaluates changing circumstances in both the professor and the profession.
The International Soup Book
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Friedland, Susan R., PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, "The International Soup Book" offers more than sixty recipes for the world's original and undisputed champion of comfort foods--soup. You'll find soups hot and cold, spicy and mild, with meat and without. You'll also find soups to mark the start of a fabulous meal, and soups that are fabulous meals in themselves. All the classics are here, including such American regional favorites as New England Clam Chowder and Seafood Gumbo, Bouillabaisse from France, Thai Crispy Fish Spicy Soup, Italian Pasta e Fagioli, and dozens more. In addition, there are recipes for four basic stocks, the foundation on which all good soups are built. The definitive soups included in this collection offer all of the nutritional benefits of a hot, comforting meal without unnecessary fuss in the kitchen. Whether you prepare Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls to cure what ails you, dazzle your dinner guests with an incomparable Vichyssoise, or transform the daily catch into Fish and Onion Stew, "The International Soup Book" promises to delight and to become a well-worn addition to your kitchen shelf.
The Loss of a Pet
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sife, Wallace, PUBLISHER: Howell Books, "The Loss of a Pet," New Revised and Expanded Edition Sadly, all living things die. While you can never be completely prepared for that time, what is offered by Dr. Wallace Sife in these pages can help you draw upon new strength to ease your grief and pain. In this fully revised and expanded edition of the award-winning book "The Loss of a Pet," Dr. Sife, one of the pioneering authors and counselors in the field of pet bereavement, covers all viewpoints of bereavement for a beloved animal companion. This book includes practical suggestions, as well as brief case histories, and illustrates the insights that Dr. Sife has gleaned from his many years of experience. In addition to helping the reader cope with the death of a much-loved pet, "The Loss of a Pet" addresses pet losses that are not death-related. Dr. Sife has specially designed this book to help you learn more about yourself through the grieving process and to successfully cope with this unique kind of loving and grief -- and, most importantly, to help you realize that you are not alone.
Remote Sensing and GIS in Ecosystem Management
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sample, V. Alaric / Sample, Al, PUBLISHER: Island Press, Recent advances in remote-sensing technology and the processing of remote-sensing data through geographic information systems (GIS) present ecologists and resource managers with a tremendously valuable tool -- but only if they are able to understand its capabilities and capture its potential."Remote Sensing and GIS in Ecosystem Management" identifies and articulates current and emerging information needs of those involved with the management of forest ecosystems. It explores the potential of remote-sensing/GIS technologies to address those needs, examining: the need for landscape-scale analysis to support forest ecosystem research and management current challenges in the development of remote-sensing/GIS applications case studies of different forest regions in the United States the potential for further development or declassification of military and aerospace remote-sensing/GIS technologies As well as providing important information for ecologists and resource managers, the book will serve as a valuable resource for legislative and judicial policymakers who do not have a technical background in either remote sensing or resource management but who are nonetheless called upon to make decisions regarding the protection and management of forest ecosystems.
Ends Of Our Tethers: Thirteen Sorry Stories
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gray, Alasdair, PUBLISHER: Canongate Books Ltd, The Ends of Our Tethers is the first work of fiction in seven years by Alasdair Gray. Wonderful and often very funny, this new collection reaffirms Gray as a master of the short story. In "No Bluebeard," a reclusive man, the veteran of three marriages, meets a disturbed and eccentric woman desperate to remain hidden from her family. In "Job's Skin Game," a man develops a skin condition in response to losing his two sons in the Twin Towers and his fortune in the dot-com meltdown. The exquisite pleasure he derives from scratching and peeling his dead epidermis becomes his sole preoccupation. "Well-being" offers a politically charged dystopian vision of a future Britain as seen through the eyes of a once-revered writer. He is now homeless yet stubbornly refuses to move to a more hospitable country: "There are better ways of living than being happy but they require strength and sanity." Beautifully produced and illustrated throughout with Gray's distinctive drawings, The Ends of Our Tethers is vintage Gray-accessible, experimental, mischievous, wide-ranging, beautifully written, and wise.
Colouring the Past: The Significance of Colour in
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jones, Andrew / MacGregor, Gavin, PUBLISHER: Berg Publishers, Colour shapes our world in profound, if sometimes subtle, ways. It helps us to classify, form opinions, and make aesthetic and emotional judgements. Colour operates in every culture as a symbol, a metaphor, and as part of an aesthetic system. Yet archaeologists have traditionally subordinated the study of colour to the form and material value of the objects they find and thereby overlook its impact on conceptual systems throughout human history. This book explores the means by which colour-based cultural understandings are formed, and how they are used to sustain or alter social relations. From colour systems in the Mesolithic, to Mesoamerican symbolism and the use of colour in Roman Pompeii, this book paints a new picture of the past. Through their close observation of monuments and material culture, authors uncover the subtle role colour has played in the construction of past social identities and the expression of ancient beliefs. Providing an original contribution to our understanding of past worlds of meaning, this book will be essential reading for archaeologists, anthropologists and historians, as well as anyone with an interest in material culture, art and aesthetics.