In this remarkable, stimulating and urgent book, Jenni Ramone superbly underscores the power of reading to contest authority's demands. Insisting upon the local as resistant, unruly and disruptive, Ramone pursues the practice of 'located' reading as both a significant literary preoccupation and a meaningful tool of political consciousness-raising. Rigorously interdisciplinary and persistently ground-breaking, Ramone's study challenges at last...
This innovative collection of essays is the first to situate comedy and laughter as central rather than peripheral to nineteenth century life. Victorian Comedy and Laughter: Conviviality, Jokes and Dissent offers new readings of the works of Charles Dickens, Edward Lear, George Eliot, George Gissing, Barry Pain and Oscar Wilde, alongside discussions of much-loved Victorian comics like Little Tich, Jenny Hill, Bessie Bellwood and Thomas Lawrenc...
- Waterproof - Tear-Resistant - Topographic MapThe Wind River Range of northwest Wyoming encompasses an area of more than 3, 500 square miles. Locally known as just "The Winds", the range contains a unique combination of jagged granite rock, alpine forest, open meadows, over 1, 300 named lakes, and the largest glacier in the American Rockies. Recreation opportunities are distributed across the landscape with hiking, camping, fishing, climbing ...
- Waterproof - Tear-Resistant - Topographic MapThe Wind River Range of northwest Wyoming encompasses an area of more than 3, 500 square miles. Locally known as just "The Winds", the range contains a unique combination of jagged granite rock, alpine forest, open meadows, over 1, 300 named lakes, and the largest glacier in the American Rockies. Recreation opportunities are distributed across the landscape with hiking, camping, fishing, and snowm...
Do you yearn for an unshakeable sense of calmness and unwavering confidence? It's a universal desire, but let's be honest - if it were as simple as making a choice, you'd have achieved it long ago.
As an award-winning Self-Leadership Trainer and Coach, I've crossed paths with numerous leaders, creatives, and entrepreneurs who outwardly appeared poised and accomplished, yet battled inner doubts and fears that threatened to unveil their vulnera...
Humano Galáctico" es un manual de auto descubrimiento creado para ayudarnos a comprender todo sobre este periodo de transición planetaria y salto cuántico. La información nos da el poder para comenzar a recordar y asistir nuestro proceso de ascensión conscientemente.
Un libro escrito con la colaboración de mis guías y seres estelares, en el cual hay puesto muchísimo Amor por esta Humanidad y el Plan Divino que hoy nos Une.
No estamos solos...
More than a memoir and more than a personal development book, Raw Transformation is a deep dive into the human psyche. Into how we understand our sexuality as women, our power and our frailty.
With incredible vulnerability and insight, Claire shares her deepest secrets. Through a series of personal recounts, raw journal entries and areas for the reader to unpack their own feelings and reflect on what it all means, we follow this incredible w...
Since childhood Jenna Evans has had one goal¿becoming a professional ballet dancer. Now in her third year of study at the Royal Ballet's Upper School, her dream is close to becoming a reality. With the holidays and the busy Nutcracker season approaching, it won't be long before the Royal Ballet company offers a handful of students an apprenticeship in the Corps de Ballet. This could be her big break.
At the same time, Jenna has never been mo...
After 2, 000 years, the Synth have returned.
Terror grips the galaxy as brave Alliance heroes race to banish the ancient evil once and for all. But far behind enemy lines, cut off from all escape, one lone Knight learns that the truth of war is rarely so simple...
Join Nate and his rag-tag crew aboard the Camelot for another action-packed installment of the Excalibur Knights Saga!
What is self-love? How can we better practice it? In this journal and manifesto, the author takes you on a personal journey that challenges you to self-reflect and redefine how we love ourselves. Through intimate accounts and love letters of her own, the author guides the reader through the book with self-guided journal prompts. This practice makes the hard task of loving yourself worth it, so that you can become your best self.
Alcohol use entails high medical, social, and economic costs for our society. Despite laws restricting the age of alcohol users, alcohol use is young. Alcohol consumption among adolescents is characterized by frequent drinking and drinking in high quantities. At the same time, during adolescence, the brain undergoes many developmental changes.
Alcohol use can cause brain damage and long-term detrimental neurocognitive effects, such as executiv...
Being born in Bosnia,
leaving family, friends and everything behind
at a young age, to escape the war.
Growing up in the Netherlands,
dealing with his parents' divorce..
Facing puberty, meeting bad friends,
experimenting with drugs and alcohol..
Breaking the law, getting punished
Breaking the drugs addiction habit,
breaking the alcohol addiction habit,
leaving old friends behind.
Working hard as a dishwasher and cook,
getting mental issu...
Let It Be Real is the sequel to the novel When the Children Get Together by acclaimed author R. Bryant Smith. Many of the mysteries written in When the Children Get Together have been unleashed giving the reader a pleasant journey into the lives of southern African American gay culture at the end and the turn of a new millennia.
Who you were before is still there, Harry. He just needs to learn how to healthily exist after."
Harry Byrne wasn't exactly excited to start his new life in New York with his father and step-mother. He hadn't spent much time there growing up, and he was determined not to enjoy the time between moving in and turning eighteen. Unfortunately, the reason why he was forced into moving was refusing to stay silent and no matter how hard he tried, t...
Aromatherapy, or essential oil therapy, refers to traditional, alternative, or complementary therapies that use essential oils and other aromatic plant compounds.
Aromatherapy has a long history of use for medicinal purposes.
In recent years, aromatherapy has increased in popularity, yet many healthcare providers are unsure of its efficacy and safety.
Experiencing abuse and neglect in childhood can lead to adverse outcomes in adulthood.
Adult survivors of untreated child abuse often suffer a range of long-term detrimental effects that adversely affect their functioning in numerous areas of their lives. Unfortunately, the enduring impact of chronic abuse in childhood is not well understood. This book is focused on increasing understanding of the long-term effects of traumatic childhood exper...