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Fragile Resonance

Caring for Older Family Members in Japan and England

by Jason Danely ...

Fragile Resonance describes the paths carers take as they make meaning of their experiences and find a sense of moral purpose to sustain them and guide their decisions. When a parent or partner becomes frail or disabled, often a family member assumes responsibility for their care. But family care is a physically and emotionally exhausting undertaking. Carers experience moments of profound ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Fragile Resonance describes the paths carers take as they make meaning of their experiences and find a sense of moral purpose to sustain them and guide their decisions. When a parent or partner becomes frail or disabled, often a family member assumes responsibility for their care. But family care is a physically and emotionally exhausting undertaking. Carers experience moments of profound
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Unsettled Futures

Carceral Circuits and Old Age in Japan

by Jason Danely ...

There are two prevailing myths about Japanese society: first, that it has a successful elderly welfare system and second, that it has a successful criminal justice system. Both of these myths reinforce a social imaginary where cultural values of family and community harmony make extensive state intervention unnecessary. Yet not only are both of these myths and their arguments deeply flawed, but ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

There are two prevailing myths about Japanese society: first, that it has a successful elderly welfare system and second, that it has a successful criminal justice system. Both of these myths reinforce a social imaginary where cultural values of family and community harmony make extensive state intervention unnecessary. Yet not only are both of these myths and their arguments deeply flawed, but
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Aging and Loss

Mourning and Maturity in Contemporary Japan

by Jason Danely ...

Series series Global Perspectives on Aging
By 2030, over 30% of the Japanese population will be 65 or older, foreshadowing the demographic changes occurring elsewhere in Asia and around the world. What can we learn from a study of the aging population of Japan and how can these findings inform a path forward for the elderly, their families, and for policy makers?Based on nearly a decade of research, Aging and Loss examines how the ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

By 2030, over 30% of the Japanese population will be 65 or older, foreshadowing the demographic changes occurring elsewhere in Asia and around the world. What can we learn from a study of the aging population of Japan and how can these findings inform a path forward for the elderly, their families, and for policy makers?Based on nearly a decade of research, Aging and Loss examines how the
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Transitions and Transformations

Cultural Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course

Edited by Caitrin Lynch, Jason Danely ...

Series Book 1 - Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations
Rapid population aging, once associated with only a select group of modern industrialized nations, has now become a topic of increasing global concern. This volume reframes aging on a global scale by illustrating the multiple ways it is embedded within individual, social, and cultural life courses. It presents a broad range of ethnographic work, introducing a variety of conceptual and ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Rapid population aging, once associated with only a select group of modern industrialized nations, has now become a topic of increasing global concern. This volume reframes aging on a global scale by illustrating the multiple ways it is embedded within individual, social, and cultural life courses. It presents a broad range of ethnographic work, introducing a variety of conceptual and
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Difficult Attachments

Anxieties of Kinship and Care

by Kathryn E. Goldfarb, Sandra Bamford, Marilyn Strathern, Janelle S. Taylor, Jason Danely, Celeste Pang, Danilyn Rutherford, Noa Vaisman, Erika Finestone0, Dawa Lokyitsang1, Deborah A. Boehm2, Katie Kilroy-Marac3, Patrick McKenzie4, Brady G’Sell5, Julia Kowalski6, Sonia Yuhui Zhang7, Michael Lambek8, Professor Riché J. Daniel Barnes9 ...

Anthropologists have long considered kinship as the basis for social solidarity. Indeed, the idea that kinship is grounded in positive sociality has found its way into most anthropological accounts and has served as an orienting framework directing decades of scholarly research. But what about when it is not? What about instances when kinship is anything but ‘warm and fuzzy’ but is characterized, ... Read more

$44.99 CAD

Anthropologists have long considered kinship as the basis for social solidarity. Indeed, the idea that kinship is grounded in positive sociality has found its way into most anthropological accounts and has served as an orienting framework directing decades of scholarly research. But what about when it is not? What about instances when kinship is anything but ‘warm and fuzzy’ but is characterized,
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Successful Aging as a Contemporary Obsession

Global Perspectives

by Sarah Lamb, Jessica Robbins-Ruszkowski, Anna Corwin, Toni Calasanti, Neal King, Abigail Brooks, Imani Woody, Emily Wentzell, Elana Buch, Janelle S. Taylor0, Aske Juul Lassen1, Astrid Pernille Jespersen2, Jason Danely3, Judith Farquhar4, Qicheng Zhang5, Janet McIntosh6, Annette Leibing7, Meika Loe8 ...

Series series Global Perspectives on Aging
In recent decades, the North American public has pursued an inspirational vision of successful aging—striving through medical technique and individual effort to eradicate the declines, vulnerabilities, and dependencies previously commonly associated with old age. On the face of it, this bold new vision of successful, healthy, and active aging is highly appealing. But it also rests on a deep ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

In recent decades, the North American public has pursued an inspirational vision of successful aging—striving through medical technique and individual effort to eradicate the declines, vulnerabilities, and dependencies previously commonly associated with old age. On the face of it, this bold new vision of successful, healthy, and active aging is highly appealing. But it also rests on a deep
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Deep Thrall

by CD Reiss ...

Narrated by Samantha Brentmoor, Jason Clarke, Dane Anderson, Rose Dioro, Scott Turner Schofield, Marcus Rothenberg ...

Series series Immortal Empire
Unabridged

15 hours 42 min

When I was claimed by a monster who said my Strega witch blood was powerful, I didn’t believe him - because nothing shows you how powerless you are like a forced marriage to a vampire. Girls like me are cautionary tales, not the heroine of the story.Then my mother walked out of the shadows and into Italy on a ray of light.This time, her lessons lead to power instead of pain. All the vagueness of ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

When I was claimed by a monster who said my Strega witch blood was powerful, I didn’t believe him - because nothing shows you how powerless you are like a forced marriage to a vampire. Girls like me are cautionary tales, not the heroine of the story.Then my mother walked out of the shadows and into Italy on a ray of light.This time, her lessons lead to power instead of pain. All the vagueness of
... Read more
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Blood Bride

by CD Reiss ...

Narrated by Samantha Brentmoor, Jason Clarke, Rose Dioro, Dane Anderson ...

Series series Immortal Empire
Unabridged

14 hours 18 min

Carmine Montefiore, Mafia Capo and King of Vampires, has everything on the line. Luna Beneforte has nothing to lose, and she’s the only woman who can save him.When Luna gets a letter revealing a long lost family in Italy and a life-changing inheritance, she doesn’t hesitate to board a private plane to escape her dead-end life, and inadvertently runs directly into the arms of a dead man.Carmine ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Carmine Montefiore, Mafia Capo and King of Vampires, has everything on the line. Luna Beneforte has nothing to lose, and she’s the only woman who can save him.When Luna gets a letter revealing a long lost family in Italy and a life-changing inheritance, she doesn’t hesitate to board a private plane to escape her dead-end life, and inadvertently runs directly into the arms of a dead man.Carmine
... Read more

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Hate Like Honey

by Charmaine Pauls ...

Narrated by Laurie West, Gideon Frost ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Corsican Crime Lord
Unabridged

9 hours 48 min

The price I paid to claim her cost me too dearly to ever let her go.A deal sealed with a handshake promised she’d be mine. A broken vow ripped her from my future. I made unspeakable sacrifices to claim what rightfully belongs to me. After all the blood I shed in her name, the bond that ties us is hatred. The war cost us both dearly, but the price we paid won’t be in vain. I’ll never let her go.If ... Read more

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The price I paid to claim her cost me too dearly to ever let her go.A deal sealed with a handshake promised she’d be mine. A broken vow ripped her from my future. I made unspeakable sacrifices to claim what rightfully belongs to me. After all the blood I shed in her name, the bond that ties us is hatred. The war cost us both dearly, but the price we paid won’t be in vain. I’ll never let her go.If
... Read more
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Love Like Poison

by Charmaine Pauls ...

Narrated by Laurie West, Gideon Frost ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Corsican Crime Lord
Unabridged

9 hours 33 min

Every year on my birthday, my tormentor returns to claim one of my firsts.A DARK MAFIA / ARRANGED MARRIAGE ROMANCEOn my sixteenth birthday, a stranger from Corsica shows up at my party. Angelo Russo looks like an angel, but more the kind who decapitates dragons than the kind with soft white wings. He’s dark like the ocean and breathless like water. He says he wants all my firsts as if he already ... Read more

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Every year on my birthday, my tormentor returns to claim one of my firsts.A DARK MAFIA / ARRANGED MARRIAGE ROMANCEOn my sixteenth birthday, a stranger from Corsica shows up at my party. Angelo Russo looks like an angel, but more the kind who decapitates dragons than the kind with soft white wings. He’s dark like the ocean and breathless like water. He says he wants all my firsts as if he already
... Read more
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Vampires, Whiskey, and Southern Charm

by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff ...

Narrated by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Masie Kicklighter
Unabridged

6 hours 14 min

From New York Times bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff comes a standalone story filled with Southern vibes, way too many cuss words, and a woman determined to defeat the local vampire.HE’S NEVER GIVING UP, AND SHE’S NEVER GIVING IN…My name is Masie Kicklighter, and I work at my family’s local bar in the heart of Tennessee, slinging whiskey and living a quiet life.I can’t say my life was perfect, but ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

From New York Times bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff comes a standalone story filled with Southern vibes, way too many cuss words, and a woman determined to defeat the local vampire.HE’S NEVER GIVING UP, AND SHE’S NEVER GIVING IN…My name is Masie Kicklighter, and I work at my family’s local bar in the heart of Tennessee, slinging whiskey and living a quiet life.I can’t say my life was perfect, but
... Read more
Audiobook

Black Magic Rising

by Erin Richards ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Wilde Witches
Unabridged

4 hours 31 min

An outcast, wannabe witch.Unlike modern witches’ customs, Willow Wilde doesn’t want to control a warlock… even if her magic hadn’t taken a hike. But after someone plonks an ancient black spell on her, her family’s coven leader assigns the sexiest warlock Willow’s ever met to protect her.An ambitious, magic-hungry warlock.Evan Ravenwood can’t believe his luck… guard Willow Wilde, the one thing he’s ... Read more

$5.00 CAD

An outcast, wannabe witch.Unlike modern witches’ customs, Willow Wilde doesn’t want to control a warlock… even if her magic hadn’t taken a hike. But after someone plonks an ancient black spell on her, her family’s coven leader assigns the sexiest warlock Willow’s ever met to protect her.An ambitious, magic-hungry warlock.Evan Ravenwood can’t believe his luck… guard Willow Wilde, the one thing he’s
... Read more

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