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My Career is My Responsibility

by Meredith Jones ...

The Definitive Guide to Taking Ownership of Your Career and Building Cultures of Accountability in an Era of Blame and EntitlementIn today's workplace, too many professionals wait for someone else to hand them opportunities instead of taking responsibility for their own career trajectory, while organizations struggle to create cultures where accountability flourishes.Drawing on more than two ... Read more

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The Definitive Guide to Taking Ownership of Your Career and Building Cultures of Accountability in an Era of Blame and EntitlementIn today's workplace, too many professionals wait for someone else to hand them opportunities instead of taking responsibility for their own career trajectory, while organizations struggle to create cultures where accountability flourishes.Drawing on more than two
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Cosmetic Surgery

A Feminist Primer

Edited by Meredith Jones, Cressida J. Heyes ...

Practices of cosmetic surgery have grown exponentially in recent years in both over-developed and developing worlds. What comprises cosmetic surgery has also changed, with a plethora of new procedures and an extraordinary rise of non-surgical operations. As the practices of cosmetic surgery have multiplied and diversified, so have feminist approaches to understanding them. For the first time ... Read more

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Practices of cosmetic surgery have grown exponentially in recent years in both over-developed and developing worlds. What comprises cosmetic surgery has also changed, with a plethora of new procedures and an extraordinary rise of non-surgical operations. As the practices of cosmetic surgery have multiplied and diversified, so have feminist approaches to understanding them. For the first time
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Kardashians

A Critical Anthology

Edited by Meredith Jones, Kath Burton, Donna Lee Brien ...

This interdisciplinary volume introduces the field of Kardashian Studies through collections of essays based in sociology, media studies, cultural studies, critical race theory and fashion theory.The Kardashian empire and dynasty is intertwined with some of the most important movements of the early twenty-first century. Celebrity, cultural appropriation, new forms of feminism, social media, ideal ... Read more

$75.99 CAD

This interdisciplinary volume introduces the field of Kardashian Studies through collections of essays based in sociology, media studies, cultural studies, critical race theory and fashion theory.The Kardashian empire and dynasty is intertwined with some of the most important movements of the early twenty-first century. Celebrity, cultural appropriation, new forms of feminism, social media, ideal
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Performing the Penis

Phalluses in 21st Century Cultures

Edited by Meredith Jones, Evelyn Callahan ...

Series series Gender, Bodies and Transformation
This book will be the first collection that offers an overview and case studies around understandings and manifestations of penises and phalluses in the early twenty-first century. It examines how penises and phalluses are experienced and represented, drawing on examples from pornography, stripping, music video, film, surgery, and comedy. The penis—along with its twin the phallus—has been used to ... Read more

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This book will be the first collection that offers an overview and case studies around understandings and manifestations of penises and phalluses in the early twenty-first century. It examines how penises and phalluses are experienced and represented, drawing on examples from pornography, stripping, music video, film, surgery, and comedy. The penis—along with its twin the phallus—has been used to
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Beautyscapes

Mapping cosmetic surgery tourism

by Ruth Holliday, Meredith Jones, David Bell ...

Beautyscapes explores the global phenomenon of international medical travel, focusing on patient-consumers seeking cosmetic surgery outside their home country and on those who enable them to access treatment abroad, including surgeons and facilitators. It documents the journeys of those who travel for treatment abroad, as well as the nature and power relations of the IMT industry. Empirically rich ... Read more

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Beautyscapes explores the global phenomenon of international medical travel, focusing on patient-consumers seeking cosmetic surgery outside their home country and on those who enable them to access treatment abroad, including surgeons and facilitators. It documents the journeys of those who travel for treatment abroad, as well as the nature and power relations of the IMT industry. Empirically rich
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Black Cat Weekly #121

by Robert Jeschonek, Hal Charles, John M. Floyd, Anne Swardson, Phyllis Ann Karr, Anna Tambour, Keith Laumer, Piers Anthony, Hal Meredith, Raymond F. Jones ...

This issue, we have original stories from Robert Jeschonek, John M. Floyd, Anne Swardson, and Phyllis Ann Karr, plus a recent tale by Anna Tambour. Classic reprints are from Keith Laumer, Piers Anthony, Raymond F. Jones, and Hal Meredith. Plus, of course, a solve-it-yourself puzzler. Lots of fun!Here's the complete lineup:Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:“The Luckiest Man in the World” by Robert ... Read more

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This issue, we have original stories from Robert Jeschonek, John M. Floyd, Anne Swardson, and Phyllis Ann Karr, plus a recent tale by Anna Tambour. Classic reprints are from Keith Laumer, Piers Anthony, Raymond F. Jones, and Hal Meredith. Plus, of course, a solve-it-yourself puzzler. Lots of fun!Here's the complete lineup:Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:“The Luckiest Man in the World” by Robert
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Law, Corporate Governance and Partnerships at Work

A Study of Australian Regulatory Style and Business Practice

by Richard Mitchell, Anthony O'Donnell, Shelley Marshall, Ian Ramsay, Meredith Jones ...

This book examines how businesses manage their labour systems, and particularly how they manage the complex interaction of factors which give rise to instances of 'partnership' style relations between businesses and their employees. The book draws from the literature concerning 'Varieties of Capitalism' (VoC) and the different institutional and regulatory designs inherent in different types of ... Read more

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This book examines how businesses manage their labour systems, and particularly how they manage the complex interaction of factors which give rise to instances of 'partnership' style relations between businesses and their employees. The book draws from the literature concerning 'Varieties of Capitalism' (VoC) and the different institutional and regulatory designs inherent in different types of
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Ghosts from the Nursery

Tracing the Roots of Violence

by Robin Karr-Morse, Meredith S. Wiley ...

Narrated by Linda Jones ...

Unabridged

13 hours 42 min

An "ominous and persuasive" study of when violence starts in child development—and the preventive measures to stop it (The New York Times Book Review).This new, revised edition incorporates significant advances in neurobiological research and includes a new introduction by Dr. Vincent J. Felitti, a leading researcher in the field. When Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence was ... Read more

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An "ominous and persuasive" study of when violence starts in child development—and the preventive measures to stop it (The New York Times Book Review).This new, revised edition incorporates significant advances in neurobiological research and includes a new introduction by Dr. Vincent J. Felitti, a leading researcher in the field. When Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence was
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Critical Rhythm

The Poetics of a Literary Life Form

by Ben Glaser, Assistant Professor of English, Jonathan Culler, Class of 1916 Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Derek Attridge, Simon Jarvis, David Nowell Smith, Haun Saussy, Tom Cable, Natalie Gerber, Virginia Jackson0, Ewan Jones1, Meredith Martin2, Yopie Prins3, Erin Kappeler4 ...

Series series Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics
This book shows how rhythm constitutes an untapped resource for understanding poetry. Intervening in recent debates over formalism, historicism, and poetics, the authors show how rhythm is at once a defamiliarizing aesthetic force and an unstable concept. Distinct from the related terms to which it’s often assimilated—scansion, prosody, meter—rhythm makes legible a range of ways poetry affects us ... Read more

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This book shows how rhythm constitutes an untapped resource for understanding poetry. Intervening in recent debates over formalism, historicism, and poetics, the authors show how rhythm is at once a defamiliarizing aesthetic force and an unstable concept. Distinct from the related terms to which it’s often assimilated—scansion, prosody, meter—rhythm makes legible a range of ways poetry affects us
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Questing through the Riordanverse

Studying Religion with the Works of Rick Riordan

by Carolyn M. Jones Medine, Meredith Camp Bennett, Claire D'Agostino, Jake Doberenz, Michael Head, Julie Heinisch, Cassandra Krome, Molly Maupin, Raegan Reinking, Sissel Undheim0, Judith C. Vogt1, Grace Wills2, Nathan E. Fleeson Fleeson3 ...

Series series Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
Questing through the Riordanverse: Studying Religion with the Works of Rick Riordan examines the works of Rick Riordan and explores how these works relate to Religion and Theology. Despite the success and popularity of the works, scholars have not given the Riordanverse as much attention as other Young Adult and Middle Grade fantasy books published during the first part of the Twenty-First Century ... Read more

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Questing through the Riordanverse: Studying Religion with the Works of Rick Riordan examines the works of Rick Riordan and explores how these works relate to Religion and Theology. Despite the success and popularity of the works, scholars have not given the Riordanverse as much attention as other Young Adult and Middle Grade fantasy books published during the first part of the Twenty-First Century
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First Chapter Collection 005 (Unabridged)

by et al. George Meredith ...

Narrated by Richard Jones, Gregory Ward, Judith Rogers ...

Unabridged

3 hours 21 min

Immerse yourself in a literary tapestry woven by master storytellers in "First Chapter Collection 005." This captivating anthology unveils the tantalizing beginnings of beloved classics and hidden gems. From the poignant prose of George Meredith to the enigmatic allure of Henry James, each chapter beckons you into a world of intrigue, romance, and profound human experience. Prepare to be ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

Immerse yourself in a literary tapestry woven by master storytellers in "First Chapter Collection 005." This captivating anthology unveils the tantalizing beginnings of beloved classics and hidden gems. From the poignant prose of George Meredith to the enigmatic allure of Henry James, each chapter beckons you into a world of intrigue, romance, and profound human experience. Prepare to be
... Read more

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A Question of Choice

by Sarah Weddington ...

Narrated by Mary-Louise Parker ...

Unabridged

3 hours

"Starting with her years at the University of Texas Law School at Austin, Weddington, the attorney who won Roe v. Wade , traces the history of her involvement with this momentous Supreme Court case and its aftermath. She laments the ground that sometimes complacent pro-choice activists have lost since Roe v. Wade on issues like the 1989 Webster v. Reproductive Health Services decision and the 1991 ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

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"Starting with her years at the University of Texas Law School at Austin, Weddington, the attorney who won Roe v. Wade , traces the history of her involvement with this momentous Supreme Court case and its aftermath. She laments the ground that sometimes complacent pro-choice activists have lost since Roe v. Wade on issues like the 1989 Webster v. Reproductive Health Services decision and the 1991
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