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  • Sound and Affect

    Voice, Music, World

    There is no place on earth that does not echo with the near or distant sounds of human activity. More than half of humanity lives in cities, meaning the daily soundtrack of our lives is filled with sound—whether it be sonorous, harmonious, melodic, syncopated, discordant, cacophonous, or even screeching. This new anthology aims to explore how humans are placed in certain affective attitudes and ... Read more

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  • Becoming Belafonte

    Black Artist, Public Radical

    Series series Discovering America
    This biography of the singer, actor, and fearless anti-racism activist is "so engaging that readers will crave a sequel" ( Kirkus Reviews).A son of poor Jamaican immigrants who grew up in Depression-era Harlem, Harry Belafonte became the first black performer to gain artistic control over the representation of African Americans in commercial television and film. Forging connections with an ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Difficult

    Mothering Challenging Adult Children through Conflict and Change

    A much-needed perspective on how to mother difficult adult children while balancing one’s own needs.Difficult brings to life the conflicts that arise for mothers who are confronted with the unexpected, burdensome, and even catastrophic dependencies of their adult children associated with mental illness, substance use, or chronic unemployment. Through real stories of mothers and their challenging ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • An Inventory of Losses

    Translated by Jackie Smith ...
    A dazzling book about memory and extinction from the author of Atlas of Remote IslandsA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Book of the YearWinner of the Warwick PrizeWinner of the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's PrizeLonglisted for the International Booker PrizeEach disparate object described in this book—a Caspar David Friedrich painting, a species of tiger, a villa in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Companion to Color

    Edited by Judith Mottram, Paul Smith ...
    Series series Wiley Companions to Art History
    A comprehensive exploration of color in art and art history, with insights from philosophy, psychology, material science, and cultural historyColor has long been central to artistic practice, yet its study spans disciplines from science to philosophy. A Companion to Color brings together thirty essays from leading scholars worldwide, offering a multi-faceted examination of color in art history. ... Read more

    $161.00 USD

  • Visions of Belonging

    Family Stories, Popular Culture, and Postwar Democracy, 1940-1960

    by Judith Smith ...
    Series series Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives
    Visions of Belonging explores how beloved and still-remembered family stories—A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, I Remember Mama, Gentleman's Agreement, Death of a Salesman, Marty, and A Raisin in the Sun—entered the popular imagination and shaped collective dreams in the postwar years and into the 1950s. These stories helped define widely shared conceptions of who counted as representative Americans and ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Events and Sustainability

    Can Events Make Places More Inclusive, Resilient and Sustainable?

    Edited by Andrew Smith, Judith Mair ...
    This book examines the links between events and sustainability, with a particular focus on how festivals and events contribute to making places more inclusive, resilient and sustainable.Previous sustainability research in events often focused on reducing the negative environmental impacts, with a corresponding lack of consideration of socio-economic dimensions. More recently, research has begun to ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Women Courageous

    Leading through the Labyrinth

    Women Courageous: Leading Through the Labyrinth is a collection of true experiences by women from different parts of the world, leading in the political, academic, non-profit public, and private sectors. The stories illustrate their courage and also include a scholarly analysis to reshape our understanding of courage - how it shows up, develops, and facilitates transformation.Through this work, ... Read more

    $50.89 USD

  • Towards Managed Primary Care

    The Role and Experience of Primary Care Organizations

    The last decade has witnessed a transformation in the organization and management of primary care. In Towards Managed Primary Care, the authors examine the background and development of Primary Care Groups and Primary Care Trusts (PCG/Ts) in the English NHS. The book focuses on the practical experience of developing and managing PCG/Ts and on the lessons that can be drawn from this for future ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Human Rights Of, By, and For the People

    How to Critique and Change the US Constitution

    Together, the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights comprise the constitutional foundation of the United States. These—the oldest governing documents still in use in the world—urgently need an update, just as the constitutions of other countries have been updated and revised. Human Rights Of, By, and For the People brings together lawyers and sociologists to show how globalization and climate ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Do Not Go Gently

    Narrated by Mark Damon Johnson ...
    Series series Starletta Duval Mysteries

    Unabridged

    9 hours 52 min

    Starletta Duvall is an exceptional police lieutenant: tough and professional. But when a serial killer begins targeting successful young black women, the victims' resemblance to Starletta begins to haunt her. These women are smart and independent-how could the killer gain their trust so quickly? In frustration, Starletta decides to become the bait, hoping the suspect will strike. What she can't ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    All That Happened in a Week (Unabridged)

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    Unabridged

    1 hour 22 min

    Precocious eight-year-old Peggy Roberts has many misadventures over the span of a week while visiting her Aunt Euphemia. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD