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Portraits of Decay

by J.R. Blanes, J Blanes ...

Reveling in occult rituals gone wrong, body horror, and the creeping dread of the Southern Gothic, Portraits of Decay paints an enthralling tableau of obsession, revenge, and a thirst for control that asks the question: why ruin a painting when you can ruin a soul?Up-and-coming young artist Jefferson Fontenot has everything going for him: The hot New Orleans art scene has noticed him, and he's ... Read more

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Reveling in occult rituals gone wrong, body horror, and the creeping dread of the Southern Gothic, Portraits of Decay paints an enthralling tableau of obsession, revenge, and a thirst for control that asks the question: why ruin a painting when you can ruin a soul?Up-and-coming young artist Jefferson Fontenot has everything going for him: The hot New Orleans art scene has noticed him, and he's
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7 Principles of Transformational Leadership

Create a Mindset of Passion, Innovation, and Growth

by Hugh Blane ...

Learn to flourish as a leader so that a mindset of growth, optimism, and positivity spreads to your employees and shows up in the customer experience.In the world of work, the single greatest asset of successful individuals, teams, and organizations is their mindset—what happens in between their ears. It's not the corporate strategy, the sales compensation plan, or the market segments they're ... Read more

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Learn to flourish as a leader so that a mindset of growth, optimism, and positivity spreads to your employees and shows up in the customer experience.In the world of work, the single greatest asset of successful individuals, teams, and organizations is their mindset—what happens in between their ears. It's not the corporate strategy, the sales compensation plan, or the market segments they're
... Read more
Temporal Explorations in the Anthropology of Religion

History, Cosmology and Spirits

Edited by Diana Espírito Santo, Dr Ruy Blanes ...

How do people make sense of their past, and look forward into their future, through practices – religious, spiritual or otherwise – in places of both modernity and political trauma?This volume investigates how political, social, and individual temporal and historical horizons are generated and reformulated in relation to embodied, material, and ideological contexts. It also considers how this ... Read more

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How do people make sense of their past, and look forward into their future, through practices – religious, spiritual or otherwise – in places of both modernity and political trauma?This volume investigates how political, social, and individual temporal and historical horizons are generated and reformulated in relation to embodied, material, and ideological contexts. It also considers how this
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Spring in the City

A Collection of Dark Speculative Fiction

by Avram Lavinsky, Xan van Rooyen, Tim Lees, Jonathan Papernick, John Joseph Ryan, Su J. Sokol, D.F. McCourt, Troy Seate, Amanda Cecilia Lang, V.L. Barycz, Ross Baxter, Die Booth, Rich Larson, Jeff Enos, E J Delaney, Maria Haskins, J.R. Blanes, Amanda Cecelia Lang, Su J Sokol, R Wood ...

Series series In the City
Even in the shadows of skyscrapers, spring sees an awakening in the concrete jungle that we call "the city."Spring in the City: A Collection of Dark Speculative Fiction is the next anthology in Ruadán Books' "…In the City" series that takes place in different metropolises around the world during the changeable, unpredictable return of life from its cold slumber.But what awakens is not always ... Read more

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Even in the shadows of skyscrapers, spring sees an awakening in the concrete jungle that we call "the city."Spring in the City: A Collection of Dark Speculative Fiction is the next anthology in Ruadán Books' "…In the City" series that takes place in different metropolises around the world during the changeable, unpredictable return of life from its cold slumber.But what awakens is not always
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Portraits of Decay

by J Blanes, J.R. Blanes ...

Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Caroline Hewitt, James Eouhey, James Fouhey ...

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Reveling in occult rituals gone wrong, body horror, and the creeping dread of the Southern Gothic, Portraits of Decay paints an enthralling tableau of obsession, revenge, and a thirst for control that asks the question: why ruin a painting when you can ruin a soul?Up-and-coming young artist Jefferson Fontenot has everything going for him: The hot New Orleans art scene has noticed him, and he's ... Read more

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Reveling in occult rituals gone wrong, body horror, and the creeping dread of the Southern Gothic, Portraits of Decay paints an enthralling tableau of obsession, revenge, and a thirst for control that asks the question: why ruin a painting when you can ruin a soul?Up-and-coming young artist Jefferson Fontenot has everything going for him: The hot New Orleans art scene has noticed him, and he's
... Read more

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Being Godless

Ethnographies of Atheism and Non-Religion

Edited by Roy Llera Blanes, Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic ...

Series Book 1 - Studies in Social Analysis
Drawing on ethnographic inquiry and the anthropological literature on doubt and atheism, this volume explores people's reluctance to pursue religion. The contributors capture the experiences of godless people and examine their perspectives on the role of religion in their personal and public lives. In doing so, the volume contributes to a critical understanding of the processes of disengagement ... Read more

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Drawing on ethnographic inquiry and the anthropological literature on doubt and atheism, this volume explores people's reluctance to pursue religion. The contributors capture the experiences of godless people and examine their perspectives on the role of religion in their personal and public lives. In doing so, the volume contributes to a critical understanding of the processes of disengagement
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Milk Magic 6: Cow Rising

Milk Magic, #6

by Mikka Blane ...

Series Book 6 - Milk Magic
Erin has run out of time and there will be no more delays, they have to go to Baylina, to the hearing in Orc lands.Orcs made doing things for herself harder as they had total control of their Cows. So how was she supposed to partake in a hearing about herself, and manage to get out of it with some semblance of her life?Her life with Paul was starting up, as so was her job life, but now, she ... Read more

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Erin has run out of time and there will be no more delays, they have to go to Baylina, to the hearing in Orc lands.Orcs made doing things for herself harder as they had total control of their Cows. So how was she supposed to partake in a hearing about herself, and manage to get out of it with some semblance of her life?Her life with Paul was starting up, as so was her job life, but now, she
... Read more
Atlantic Perspectives

Places, Spirits and Heritage

Edited by Markus Balkenhol, Ruy Llera Blanes, Ramon Sarró ...

Focusing on mobility, religion, and belonging, the volume contributes to transatlantic anthropology and history by bringing together religion, cultural heritage and placemaking in the Atlantic world. The entanglements of these domains are ethnographically scrutinized to perceive the connections and disconnections of specific places which, despite a common history, are today very different in terms ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Focusing on mobility, religion, and belonging, the volume contributes to transatlantic anthropology and history by bringing together religion, cultural heritage and placemaking in the Atlantic world. The entanglements of these domains are ethnographically scrutinized to perceive the connections and disconnections of specific places which, despite a common history, are today very different in terms
... Read more
Pentecostalism and Witchcraft

Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia

Edited by Knut Rio, Michelle MacCarthy, Ruy Blanes ...

Series series Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
This open access book presents fresh ethnographic work from the regions of Africa and Melanesia—where the popularity of charismatic Christianity can be linked to a revival and transformation of witchcraft. The volume demonstrates how the Holy Spirit has become an adversary to the reconfirmed presence of witches, demons, and sorcerers as manifestations of evil. We learn how this is articulated in ... Read more

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This open access book presents fresh ethnographic work from the regions of Africa and Melanesia—where the popularity of charismatic Christianity can be linked to a revival and transformation of witchcraft. The volume demonstrates how the Holy Spirit has become an adversary to the reconfirmed presence of witches, demons, and sorcerers as manifestations of evil. We learn how this is articulated in
... Read more
Secularisms in a Postsecular Age?

Religiosities and Subjectivities in Comparative Perspective

Edited by José Mapril, Ruy Blanes, Emerson Giumbelli, Erin K. Wilson ...

This volume ethnographically explores the relation between secularities and religious subjectivities.As a consequence of the demise of secularization theory, we live in an interesting intellectual moment where the so-called ‘post-secular’ coexists with the secular, which in turn has become pluralized and historicized. This cohabitation of the secular and post-secular is revealed mainly through ... Read more

$166.99 CAD

This volume ethnographically explores the relation between secularities and religious subjectivities.As a consequence of the demise of secularization theory, we live in an interesting intellectual moment where the so-called ‘post-secular’ coexists with the secular, which in turn has become pluralized and historicized. This cohabitation of the secular and post-secular is revealed mainly through
... Read more
Health and Social Organization

Towards a Health Policy for the 21st Century

Edited by David Blane, Eric Brunner, Richard Wilkinson ...

There is widespread recognition that the most powerful determinants of health today are to be found in social, economic and cultural circumstances. These include: ecnomic growth, income distribution, consumption, work oganisation, unemployment and job insecurity, social and family structure, education and deprivation, and they are all aspects of 'social organisation'. In ^Health and Social ... Read more

$142.99 CAD

There is widespread recognition that the most powerful determinants of health today are to be found in social, economic and cultural circumstances. These include: ecnomic growth, income distribution, consumption, work oganisation, unemployment and job insecurity, social and family structure, education and deprivation, and they are all aspects of 'social organisation'. In ^Health and Social
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No, Nawl, Hell Nawl

by Marcia Blane ...

No, Nawl, Hell NawlA Guide to Setting Boundaries, Protecting Your Peace & Choosing You-Without ApologyBy Marcia Blane, LPC, CPCSHow many times have you said yes when your spirit was screaming no?How many times have you sacrificed your peace to keep others comfortable?How many times have you betrayed yourself in the name of love, loyalty, family, or obligation?In No, Nawl, Hell Nawl... ... Read more

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No, Nawl, Hell NawlA Guide to Setting Boundaries, Protecting Your Peace & Choosing You-Without ApologyBy Marcia Blane, LPC, CPCSHow many times have you said yes when your spirit was screaming no?How many times have you sacrificed your peace to keep others comfortable?How many times have you betrayed yourself in the name of love, loyalty, family, or obligation?In No, Nawl, Hell Nawl...
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