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Angelina Ballerina and the Dancing Princess (Angelina Ballerina)
by Katharine HolabirdA royally fun chapter book featuring an all-new, original Angelina Ballerina story and black-and-white illustrations throughout!Angelina Ballerina is meeting a princess her age who loves to dance! Angelina can&’t wait to feel like a princess herself. She thinks the princess will be perfect and graceful, but soon she finds out that nobody is perfect, not even princesses. But they can become perfect friends! © 2024 Helen Craig Ltd and Katharine Holabird. The Angelina Ballerina name and character and the dancing Angelina logo are trademarks of HIT Entertainment Limited, Katharine Holabird, and Helen Craig.
Where Was Goodbye?
by Janice Lynn MatherA teen girl searches for closure after her brother dies by suicide in this breathtaking novel for &“fans of Erika L. Sánchez&’s I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter and Sarah Everett&’s How to Live without You&” (Booklist, starred review).Karmen is about to start her last year of high school, but it&’s only been six weeks since her brother, Julian, died by suicide. How is she supposed to focus on school when huge questions loom: Why is Julian gone? How could she have missed seeing his pain? Could she have helped him? When a blowup at school gets Karmen sent home for a few weeks, life gets more complicated: things between her parents are tenser than ever, her best friend&’s acting like a stranger, and her search to understand why Julian died keeps coming up empty. New friend Pru both baffles and comforts Karmen, and there might finally be something happening with her crush, Isaiah, but does she have time for either, or are they just more distractions? Will she ever understand Julian&’s struggle and tragedy? If not, can she love—and live—again?
Running Rewired: Reinvent Your Run for Stability, Strength, and Speed, 2nd Edition
by Jay DicharryBecome a stronger, faster, and more durable runner with a program created by America&’s leading endurance sports physical therapist—now updated to include the latest research and a new chapter to help runners combat common overuse injuries.In this second edition of Running Rewired, Jay Dicharry distills cutting-edge biomechanical research into 16 workouts any runner can slot into their training program to begin seeing real results in as soon as 6 weeks. For better or worse, your body drives your running form. Running Rewired will show you how to shed old injuries, mobility problems, weaknesses, and imbalances and rewire your body-brain movement patterns. You&’ll rebuild your dynamics and transform your running within one season. The rebuilding process targets the four essential skills required for faster, safer running, Runners must practice quality movement as they build strength for their sport. In this new edition of Running Rewired, you&’ll find: 11 self-tests for joint mobility, posture stability, rotation, and alignment 80 exercises to fix blocks, move with precision, build strength, and improve power 16 rewire workouts to amplify any training plan from 5K to ultramarathon New research-driven strategies to optimize your bones, tendons, and muscles for the demands of running New instruction to guide everyone from new + young runners to masters and elite runners on successfully implementing the Running Rewired program Dicharry&’s Running Rewired pulls in the best practices from the fields of physical therapy, biomechanics, and sports performance to optimize your body and your run for durability, longevity, and success.
The Age of Grievance
by Frank BruniThe twists and turns of American politics today have become nearly impossible to predict, but the tone is a troubling given. It's one of grievance. A perilous share of Americans across the full breadth of the political spectrum respond to every big disappointment, every little frustration, every way in which the world doesn't hew precisely to their liking by deciding that they've been wronged, identifying the people responsible for that and raging at the injustice of it all. The blame game is the country's most popular sport and victimhood its most fashionable garb. <P><P> Grievance isn't always and necessarily bad. It has often done enormous good. The United States is a nation born of grievance, in the revolt of royal subjects unwilling to accept a bad deal, and across the nearly 250 years of our existence as a country, grievance has been the engine of morally urgent change. But what happens when all sorts of grievances—the greater ones, the lesser ones, the authentic, the invented—are jumbled together? When grievances become all-encompassing lenses, all-purpose reflexes, default settings? When people take their grievances to extreme and even violent lengths that they didn't before? <P><P> A violent mob storms the US Capitol, rejecting the results of a presidential election and embracing the fiction that it was rigged. Conspiracy theories flourish. Politicians appeal not to our better angels but to our worst impulses, encouraging selfishness instead of selflessness, trading inspiration for retribution. Fox News, the country's most watched cable news network, and Tucker Carlson, its sneering star, knowingly peddle lies in the service of profit. The Supreme Court loses touch with the country, overturning Roe v. Wade and shrugging off Clarence Thomas's transgressions. College students chase away speakers and college administrators dismiss instructors for dissenting from progressive orthodoxy. Will Smith slaps Chris Rock. And there's a potentially devastating erosion of the civility, common ground and compromise necessary for our democracy to survive. <P><P> How did we get here? What does it say about us, and where does it leave us? Timely, important, and enlightening, The Age of Grievance examines these critical questions and charts a path forward for a nation that may be growing tired of outrage. <p> <b>New York Times Bestseller</b>
Miss Morgan's Book Brigade: A Novel
by Janet Skeslien CharlesThe New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the &“captivating, richly drawn&” (Woman&’s World) The Paris Library returns with a brilliant new novel based on the true story of Jessie Carson—the American librarian who changed the literary landscape of France.1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild destroyed French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen—children&’s libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears. 1987: When NYPL librarian and aspiring writer Wendy Peterson stumbles across a passing reference to Jessie Carson in the archives, she becomes consumed with learning her fate. In her obsessive research, she discovers that she and the elusive librarian have more in common than their work at New York&’s famed library, but she has no idea their paths will converge in surprising ways across time. Based on the extraordinary little-known history of the women who received the Croix de Guerre medal for courage under fire, Miss Morgan&’s Book Brigade is a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit, the power of literature, and ultimately the courage it takes to make a change.
The Queens' English: The Young Readers' LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Phrases
by Chloe O. DavisThis young readers adaptation of The Queens&’ English is a nonfiction illustrated reference guide to the LGBTQIA+ community&’s contributions to the English language.This playful, richly illustrated visual dictionary is the perfect book for anyone who has ever wondered about the origin of phrases like &“boi,&” &“drag,&” or &“demisexual,&” the history of the word &“queer,&” and the wonderfully diverse, wide-ranging histories that have contributed to LGBTQIA+ culture and vocabulary. Drawing from traditions as divergent as the ancient poet Sappho to the underground ball scene of the 1980s, from the Stonewall Riots to RuPaul&’s Drag Race, this glossary is a colorful compendium—and a celebration of every king, queen, butch, femme, trans, folx, and enby who has shaped the history, identity, and limitless imagination of queerness.
Bossy Bear: The Best Day Ever! (Bossy Bear)
by David HorvathBossy, Turtle, and their friends are about to have the best day ever! Or are they? When Bossy, an overly enthusiastic extrovert, and Turtle, a thoughtful introvert, are together, anything is possible!Inspired by Children's Day traditions in Korea, Bossy wants to make sure his friends have the best time. But to do so, he has to be . . . bossy. The best day ever needs to have the best lunch ever-fried chicken, Bossy's favorite-followed by the best movie ever and the best roller coaster ever. But his friends Turtle, Roller, Bissy, Crocadoca, and Choco have their own preferences.Will Bossy reach "peak bossiness" and ruin Children's Day? Can these friends reach a compromise?Bossy Bear and Turtle, stars of the top-rated Nickelodeon show, are now starring in a series of brand new books from David Horvath, cocreator of Uglydoll plush!
Beyond Mestizaje: Contemporary Debates on Race in Mexico
by Tania Islas WeinsteinRacism has historically been a taboo topic in Mexico. This is largely due to the nationalist project of mestizaje which contends that because all Mexicans are racially mixed, race is not a salient political issue. In recent years, however, race and racism have become important topics of debate in the country’s public sphere and academia. This book introduces readers to a sample of these diverse and sometimes conflicting views that also intersect with discussions of class. The activists and scholars included in the volume come from fields such as anthropology, linguistics, history, sociology, and political science. Through these diverse epistemological frameworks, the authors show how people in contemporary Mexico interpret the world in racial terms and denounce racism.
Psychoneuroendokrinologie in der psychosozialen und psychotherapeutischen Praxis: Ein biopsychosozialer Coachingansatz
by Julia WiederhoferWas sind Hormone und welche Bedeutung haben sie für die Psyche bzw. unser Verhalten? Beeinflussen Hormone unsere Psyche bzw. unser Verhalten? Kann unser Verhalten unsere Hormone beeinflussen? Besteht ein Zusammenhang zwischen Hormonen und psychischen Störungen? In diesem Buch wird das Wechselspiel zwischen neurobiologischen Grundlagen psychischen Erlebens und Verhaltens, den endokrinen Vorgängen sowie psychosozialen Umwelteinflüssen gezeigt. Dabei wird die Grundlagenforschung, sowohl der wissenschaftlichen Disziplin Endokrinologie als auch der Psychoneuroendokrinologie dargestellt und so erläutert, dass auch Leserinnen ohne medizinische oder neurobiologische Vorkenntnisse diese komplexen Wissenschaften verstehen. Dieses Buch zeigt zum ersten Mal, wie diese interdisziplinären Erkenntnisse in einen biopsychosozialen Coachingansatz implementiert werden können, der sowohl zur Aufrechterhaltung als auch zur Förderung der psychischen Gesundheit dient. Ein Coachingansatz, der für die psychosoziale und für die psychotherapeutische Praxis geeignet ist.
Sustainable Spaces in Arid and Semiarid Zones of Mexico (The Latin American Studies Book Series)
by Liliana Lizárraga-Mendiola Carlos Alfredo Bigurra-Alzati Gabriela A. Vázquez-RodríguezThis book portrays interesting aspects of communities where livability, comfort, materials, and traditional construction procedures are part of the cultural context. The book is focused on the importance of incorporating environmental criteria and sustainable infrastructure to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals and to improve the population's quality of life in arid and semi-arid zones of the Global South. This book constitutes an introduction to the sustainable construction of livable spaces for undergraduate and postgraduate students, although professionals of the construction industry and urban policy makers will also find this work valuable.
Jahrbuch Angewandte Hochschulbildung 2022: Deutsch-chinesische Perspektiven und Diskurse
by Ying LacknerDas Buch fasst hochaktuelle Forschungsbeiträge zur Fachhochschulforschung zusammen, die im Kontext der Kooperation und des Austausches zwischen Deutschland und China stehen. Als dialogisch angelegte Plattform entwickelt dieses Jahrbuch die Fachhochschulforschung weiter und schafft eine erste konzeptuelle und publikatorische Rahmung für die weitere Selbstreflexion und Identitätsbildung des Konzepts "angewandte Wissenschaften".
Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. Best and Visionary Papers: AAMAS 2023 Workshops, London, UK, May 29 –June 2, 2023, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14456)
by Francesco Amigoni Arunesh SinhaThis book contains visionary and best papers from the workshops held at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2023, held in London, UK, during May 29–June 2, 2023.The 12 regular papers, 5 best papers and 7 visionary papers, presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of more than 110 contributions to the workshops. They focus on emerging topics and new trends in the area of autonomous agents and multiagent systems and stem from the following workshops:- Workshop on Autonomous Robots and Multirobot Systems (ARMS)- Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Agents (ALA)- Workshop on Interdisciplinary Design of Emotion Sensitive Agents (IDEA)- Workshop on Rebellion and Disobedience in Artificial Intelligence (RaD-AI)- Workshop on Neuro-symbolic AI for Agent and Multi-Agent Systems (NeSyMAS)- Workshop on Multiagent Sequential Decision Making under Uncertainty (MSDM)- Workshop on Citizen-Centric Multi-Agent Systems (C-MAS)
Staatsbildung und Legitimation im Himalaya: Eine Verflechtungsgeschichte des Gorkhā-Staates im überlangen 19. Jahrhundert
by Stefan LüderMit diesem Open-Access-Buch zeigt Stefan Lüder auf, dass die Geschichte der Himalaya-Region mit der übrigen Welt weitaus verflochtener ist als bisher angenommen wird.Die historische Legitimationsforschung ist bisher durch europa- und amerikazentrische Perspektiven geprägt. Auch wenn in den letzten Jahren vereinzelt auch die Zentren Asiens, insbesondere China und Indien, zunehmend in den Fokus genommen werden, bleibt die Himalaya-Region, trotz ihrer steigenden Bedeutung für Geopolitik und Klimawandel, in dieser Hinsicht bisher gänzlich unerforscht und wird in Medien, Politik und Wissenschaft weiterhin als unzugängliche Grenzregion wahrgenommen. Dies ist ein Open-Access-Buch.
Graphic Horizons: Volume 1 - Graphics for Analysis and Thought (Springer Series in Design and Innovation #42)
by Luis Hermida González João Pedro Xavier Jose Pedro Sousa Vicente López-ChaoThis book reports on several advances in architectural graphics, with a special emphasis on education, training, and research. It gathers a selection of contributions to the 20th International Congress of Architectural Graphic Expression, EGA 2024, held on May 27-29, 2024, in Porto, Portugal, with the motto: "Graphic Horizons". This is the first of a 3-volume set.
The Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of China Electrotechnical Society: Volume III (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #1180)
by Qingxin Yang Zewen Li An LuoThis book gathers outstanding papers presented at the 18th Annual Conference of China Electrotechnical Society, organized by China Electrotechnical Society (CES), held in Nanchang, China, from September 15 to 17, 2023. It covers topics such as electrical technology, power systems, electromagnetic emission technology, and electrical equipment. It introduces the innovative solutions that combine ideas from multiple disciplines. The book is very much helpful and useful for the researchers, engineers, practitioners, research students, and interested readers.
Digitale Plattformen und Ökosysteme im B2B-Bereich: Fallstudien, Ansätze, Technologien und Tools (Schwerpunkt Business Model Innovation)
by Daniel R. A. Schallmo Dennis Kundisch Klaus Lang Daniel HaslerDas Herausgeberwerk präsentiert aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse und praktische Erkenntnisse aus dem Bereich von digitalen Plattformen und Ökosystemen im Business-to-Business-Kontext. Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf empirischen und konzeptionellen Beiträgen. Neben Grundlagen, Enablern und Fallstudien werden ebenso mögliche Vorgehensweisen zur Entwicklung von Plattformen behandelt. Praktikerinnen und Praktiker aus den Bereichen Management, Strategische Planung und Business Development erhalten Impulse, um Digitale Plattformen und Ökosysteme erfolgreich voranzutreiben und so Potenziale innerhalb ihres Unternehmens zu realisieren. Forschende, Lehrende und Studierende aus den Bereichen Digitale Plattformen und Ökosysteme aus dem Business-to-Business-Kontext dienen die Beiträge als Anregung für intensive Diskussionen.
Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation: 17th Italian Workshop, WIVACE 2023, Venice, Italy, September 6–8, 2023, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1977)
by Marco Villani Stefano Cagnoni Roberto SerraThis book constitutes the refereed post proceedings of the 17th Italian Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation, WIVACE 2023, held in Venice, Italy, during September 6–8, 2023.The 30 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Algorithms for complex systems, Biologically inspired models, Complex chemical systems, Adaptation and swarms, Learning, Medicine and Social systems.
Pro-forma-Kennzahlen in der Berichterstattung kapitalmarktorientierter Unternehmen: Literaturüberblick und empirische Evidenz
by Lars SchiemannPro-forma-Kennzahlen sind mittlerweile ein etablierter Teil der externen Berichterstattung kapitalmarktorientierter Unternehmen. Dabei handelt es sich um nicht regulierte Erfolgskennzahlen, die um Sondereffekte bereinigt sind. Ein so ermitteltes Ergebnis enthält zwar potentiell entscheidungsnützliche Informationen für Investoren, kann aber auch strategisch berichtet werden, um die Ertragslage eines Unternehmens vorteilhaft darzustellen. In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden zunächst die Forschungsergebnisse der letzten 20 Jahre systematisiert. Danach folgen zwei eigene empirische Studien anhand von deutschen Geschäftsberichten und Pressemitteilungen. Studie 1 untersucht die Qualität der Überleitungsrechnungen in den Jahren nach der Regulierung. Studie 2 untersucht die Determinanten der Berichterstattung und Betonung von Pro-forma-Kennzahlen.
Remaking Money for a Sustainable Future: Money Commons (Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century)
by Ester Barinaga MartínEngaging imaginatively with the future of money, this accessible book examines the real-life efforts of grassroots movements and activists from across the world who are reclaiming power by designing, organising and implementing complementary currencies. This book will be of interest to all who are interested in constructing a more sustainable and just world.
The Rise of Mental Vulnerability at Work: A Socio-Historical and Cultural Analysis
by Ari VäänänenSince the 1960s, a major mental health crisis has emerged among Western working populations. By analysing the development of various occupational cultures and using extensive data sources, this book captures the history of mental vulnerability in working life. Through a study spanning several decades, the book develops a new understanding of how mental vulnerability has evolved through changes to our working lives and socio-cultural being. It shows how our current knowledge about work, disability and the psyche is influenced by our time and provides intertwining conceptual frameworks and alternatives to current canonised knowledge about mental health in working life.
Modern Slavery in Global Context: Human Rights, Law, and Society
by Elizabeth A. FaulknerThis thought-provoking collection brings together academics from a range of disciplines to examine modern slavery. It illustrates how different disciplinary positions, methodologies and perspectives form and clash together through a kaleidoscopic view to contribute a unique insight into critical modern slavery studies. Providing a platform to critique the legal, ideological and political responses to the issue, experts interrogate the construct of modern slavery and the anti-trafficking discourse which have dominated contemporary responses to and understandings of exploitation. Drawing on a range of global real-world examples, this is a vital contribution to the study of modern slavery.
Understanding and Improving Public Management Reforms
by Thomas ElstonWhy do top-down reforms to public services so often over-promise and under-deliver? Using five concepts from psychology, economics and organisational sociology, Thomas Elston addresses this pressing question of good governance. Rather than focusing on the challenge of implementation, Understanding and Improving Public Management Reforms reveals how flawed policy design is often the major contributor to reform failure. Cognitive bias, restrictive social institutions and inattention to ‘quiet costs’ during the policy-making process are essential to explaining the poor track record of reforms to date – and point the way towards better decision-making in future. Written for policy professionals, service managers, students and researchers alike, this concise, practical and multidisciplinary study draws on varied examples to help reconceive the perennial problem of public management reform – and to propose new solutions.
More-Than-Human Aesthetics: Venturing Beyond the Bifurcation of Nature (Dis-positions: Troubling Methods and Theory in STS)
by Mike Michael Michael Halewood Thomas P. Keating Alexander Damianos Michael L. Thomas Martin Savransky Cecile Malaspina Maximilian Haas Matthew Fuller Andy Goffey Didier Debaise Nicholas GaskillDrawing on the philosophies of Alfred North Whitehead and Félix Guattari, this book develops aesthetics as central to all more-than-human forms of experience, including knowledge practices. Each contribution invites readers on an adventure to explore how this broader view of aesthetics can reshape areas including biomedicine, geological forensics, nuclear waste, race, as well as arts and education. This is an agenda-setting contribution to understanding the significance of aesthetics in science and technology studies, as well social and cultural research more broadly.
The Crime Data Handbook
by Ian Brunton-Smith Tim Verlaan Henk Elffers Sam Langton Stuart Thomas Sophie Curtis-Ham Sarah Czarnomski Lisa Tompson Jesús C. Aguerri Fernando Miró-Llinares Kirsty Bennett Tomas Diviak Craig Bennell Tori Semple Bryce Jenkins Jack Cunliffe Angelo Moretti Jose Pina-Sanchez Thiago R. Oliveira Leticia Couto Marta Murrià Sangenís Cristina Sobrino Garcés Timothy I. Cubitt Mark Mills Nico Trajtenberg Olga Sanchez de Ribera de Castro Carly Lighttowlers Lucy Bryant Olivia Horsefield Francisco J. Castro-Toledo Ana B. Gómez-Bellvís Scott Keay Jude Towers Sara Correia-Hopkins José María López Riba Raquel Bartolomé Gutiérrez Esther Fernández-Molina Rosemary Barberet Anthony Morgan Alexandru Cernat Alex Sutherland Nicholas LordCrime research has grown substantially over the past decade, with a rise in evidence-informed approaches to criminal justice, statistics-driven decision-making and predictive analytics. The fuel that has driven this growth is data – and one of its most pressing challenges is the lack of research on the use and interpretation of data sources. This accessible, engaging book closes that gap for researchers, practitioners and students. International researchers and crime analysts discuss the strengths, perils and opportunities of the data sources and tools now available and their best use in informing sound public policy and criminal justice practice.
Street-Level Bureaucracy in Weak State Institutions
by Rik Peeters, Gabriela Lotta, and Fernando Nieto-MoralesIn this book, street-level bureaucracy scholars from South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America analyse the conditions that shape frontline work and citizens´ everyday experience of the state. Institutional factors such as political clientelism, resource scarcity, social inequality, job insecurity, and systemic corruption affect the way street-level bureaucrats enforce rules and implement policies. Inadvertently, they end up implementing inequities in citizens’ access to rights and services — despite efforts to repair organisational deficiencies and broker relations between vulnerable citizens and a distant state. This book illuminates these realities and challenges and provides unique insights into critical themes such as resource scarcities, bureaucratic corruption, control practices, and the complexities of dealing with vulnerable population groups.