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  • The Seven-Day Weekend

    Changing the Way Work Works

    by Ricardo Semler ...
    Ricardo Semler thinks that companies ought to put employee freedom and satisfaction ahead of corporate goals.Imagine a company where employees set their own hours; where there are no offices, no job titles, no business plans; where employees get to endorse or veto any new venture; where kids are encouraged to run the halls; and where the CEO lets other people make nearly all the decisions. This ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Word and Self Estranged in English Texts, 1550�1660

    by L.E. Semler ...
    The essays in Word and Self Estranged in English Texts, 1550-1660, consider diverse historical contexts for writing about 'strangeness'. They draw on current practices of reading to present contrasts and analogies within and between various social understandings. In so doing they reveal an interplay of thematic and stylistic modes that tells us a great deal about how, and why, certain aspects of ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Rise of Arab Art

    by Tarek Abou El Fetouh, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Bilal Akkouche, Zeina Arida, Richard Armstrong, Kader Attia, Dana Awartani, Negar Azimi, Sam Bardaouil, Yto Barrada, Myriam Ben Salah, Antonia Carver, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Mai Eldib, Reem Fadda, Ben Floyd, Massimiliano Gioni, Valerie L. Hillings, Abdellah Karroum, Alexandre Kazerouni, Ali Khadra, Mona Khazindar, Anneka Lenssen, Sophie Makariou, Rabih Mroué, Abdullah Al-Mutairi, Silvia Naef, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jean-Marc Prevost, Hoor Al Qasimi, Jim Quilty, Walid Raad, Khalil Rabah, Yasmine El Rashidi, Sarah Rifky, Sarah Rogers, Kareem Sakka, Alia Al-Senussi, Nada Shabout, Wael Shawky, Suha Shoman, Farida Sultan, Rayyane Tabet, Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Christine Thomé, William Wells, Akram Zaatari, JMMP – Julian Mader Max Prediger GbR ...
    Since the 1990s, contemporary art in the Arab world has experienced exponential growth and numerous changes. With the appearance of artists from the region in international exhibitions, the dynamics within the art scenes changed significantly. Museums & art foundations began to collect, biennials were launched, contemporary art galleries, fairs, residencies and schools emerged in many countries, ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Reimagining Shakespeare Education

    Teaching and Learning through Collaboration

    Edited by Liam E. Semler, Claire Hansen, Jacqueline Manuel ...
    Shakespeare education is being reimagined around the world. This book delves into the important role of collaborative projects in this extraordinary transformation. Over twenty innovative Shakespeare partnerships from the UK, US, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, Europe and South America are critically explored by their leaders and participants. –Structured into thematic sections covering ... Read more

    $100.99 USD

  • Storytelling: Critical and Creative Approaches

    Edited by J. Shaw, P. Kelly, L. Semler ...
    This collection uses the concept of 'story' to connect literary materials and methods of analysis to wider issues of social and political importance. Drawing on a range of texts, themes include post-colonial literatures, history in literature, old stories in contemporary contexts, and the relationship between creativity and criticism. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Running on Empty

    Navigating the dangers of burnout at work

    by Amy Bradley, Katherine Semler ...
    Three out of five workers across the world say they feel burned out. A 2020 study claims that the figure is in fact three in four. Over the past 24 months, our relationship with work has changed beyond recognition. On one side, employees are now looking for more choice, flexibility and freedom than ever before and statistics show that if they don't get what they want, they are prepared to vote ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Teaching Shakespeare Beyond the Centre

    Australasian Perspectives

    Edited by K. Flaherty, P. Gay, L. Semler ...
    Series series Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
    Showcasing a wide array of recent, innovative and original research into Shakespeare and learning in Australasia and beyond, this volume argues the value of the 'local' and provides transferable and adaptable models of educational theory and practice. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Coriolanus: A Critical Reader

    by Professor Lisa Hopkins, Dr Andrew Hiscock ...
    Series series Arden Early Modern Drama Guides
    Coriolanus is the last and most intriguing of Shakespeare's Roman tragedies. Critics, directors and actors have long been bewitched by this gripping character study of a warrior that Rome can neither tolerate nor do without. Caius Martius Coriolanus is a terrifying war machine in battle, a devoted son to a wise and ambitious mother at home, and an inflammatory scorner of the rights and rites of ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Love That Made You

    by Grace Semler Baldridge ...
    Illustrated by Fran Alvarez ...
    "Though I don't have each answer, I hope that you know, there's meaning to find wherever you go."The Love That Made You is a wonder-filled, empowering picture book introducing children to the idea of a higher power called Love that connects us and carries us through life.With gentle, rhyming text, The Love That Made You helps grown-ups find the words to share the comfort, encouragement, and wonder ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Maternity Wear

    Design, Patterns, and Construction

    by Lydia Semler, Jana Hill, Ilea Magdelina Bonner ...
    A History of Maternity Wear: Design, Patterns, and Construction explores pregnancy clothing worn throughout the decades, providing historical information, images, and patterns.Filled with photos showing extant attire, with intricate details and sample patterns that can be recreated to scale, this book examines how maternity clothes were constructed, provides historical context, and aids readers in ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Growth, Modernity and the Nations of Wealth

    A new theory explaining the mysterious rise of modern economic growth

    by Eric Humphrey and Dwight Semler ...
    Eric Humphrey and Dwight Semler present a new theory explaining the mysterious historical emergence of modern economic growth and its even more baffling offspring, modernity. Noticeable changes in material life began less than three centuries ago, but previous theoretical accounts have failed to explain their arrival. Thinkers assumed modern wealth and morality were the universal standard driving ... Read more

    $4.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Person as a Lifetime

    An Aristotelian Account of Persons

    by Stephanie M. Semler ...
    Is it possible to derive a viable definition of persons from Aristotle’s work? In A Person as a Lifetime: An Aristotelian Account of Persons, Stephanie M. Semler argues that we can. She finds the component parts of this definition in his writing on ethics and metaphysics, and the structure of this working definition is that of an entire lifetime. If J.O. Urmson is right that “[t]o call somebody a ... Read more

    $89.99 USD