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Machine Learning for Edge Computing: Frameworks, Patterns and Best Practices (ISSN)
by Amitoj SinghThis book divides edge intelligence into AI for edge (intelligence-enabled edge computing) and AI on edge (artificial intelligence on edge). It focuses on providing optimal solutions to the key concerns in edge computing through effective AI technologies, and it discusses how to build AI models, i.e., model training and inference, on edge. This book provides insights into this new inter-disciplinary field of edge computing from a broader vision and perspective. The authors discuss machine learning algorithms for edge computing as well as the future needs and potential of the technology. The authors also explain the core concepts, frameworks, patterns, and research roadmap, which offer the necessary background for potential future research programs in edge intelligence.The target audience of this book includes academics, research scholars, industrial experts, scientists, and postgraduate students who are working in the field of Internet of Things (IoT) or edge computing and would like to add machine learning to enhance the capabilities of their work. This book explores the following topics: Edge computing, hardware for edge computing AI, and edge virtualization techniques Edge intelligence and deep learning applications, training, and optimization Machine learning algorithms used for edge computing Reviews AI on IoT Discusses future edge computing needs Amitoj Singh is an Associate Professor at the School of Sciences of Emerging Technologies, Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University, Punjab, India.Vinay Kukreja is a Professor at the Chitkara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, India.Taghi Javdani Gandomani is an Assistant Professor at Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.
Madan Mohan: An Enchanting Saga
by Sushant BhartiConservation Architect and Researcher Sushant Bharti highlights the significance of the Madan Mohan, an ancient and important temple in Vrindavan, India that has had a prominent impact both locally and globally throughout its history. The text includes a captivating portrayal of the temple both at home and in the Indian diaspora, a tribute to the attractive, ever enchanting nature of the structure and its spiritual potency.The establishment of Gaudiya Vaishnavas in the Braj region catalysed a novel movement centered around the devotion to Radha and Krishna. This movement, in turn, spurred construction of the Madan Mohan, one of the most significant and prominent temples in the area during the Mughal reign. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, each temple emerged as a distinct exemple of Mughal artistry, showcasing a seamless integration of diverse architectural components and novel experimentation. The Madan Mohan temple stands as a remarkable testament to the confluence of social, economic, and political forces that transcended regional boundaries during the zenith of Mughal dominance.
Madhouse: The naked truth about my chaotic childhood, losing my mind and finding a place to call home
by PJ Gallagher'An absolutely brilliant read' Patrick Kielty, Late Late Show, RTÉ‘Blisteringly honest . . . hilarious, traumatic, joyful and terrifying. Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy read!’ Liz Nugent'Gloriously unabashed . . . vibrant, poignant and surprisingly hopeful' Irish Times I grew up in a psychiatric experiment crossed with an alcoholic experiment. . . . a place run by two people who were extraordinarily drunk and guarded by a potentially vicious dog with a brain tumour.PJ Gallagher spent much of his childhood knocking back Lucozade with the local alcoholics in his parents' northside pub. But the chaos that reigned for his first ten years was nothing compared to what happened when - having lost the pub - his mum took in six psychiatric patients from the local hospital to give them 'care in the community'.Worst. Idea. Ever.Madhouse is PJ's riotous life story. Covering everything from dogs, motorbikes and the art of small talk, to the lessons of mental breakdown and finally figuring out love, this is PJ unbound. Most surprising - to PJ more than anyone - is the prospect of becoming a dad in his late forties, when he always thought of 'family' as a trap.Madhouse is the funny, insightful and moving story of someone just trying to keep his head above water - and how he is making sense of it all at last!'Terrifically honest, as well as a being funny and sad' Matt Cooper, The Last Word, Today FM 'Delivered in Gallagher’s brilliantly blunt northside brogue, evoking a shade of Roddy Doyle' Irish Independent 'Tells his story with humour and insight making it feel as though you are chatting with an old friend' Irish Examiner'Bold, anarchic . . . relates wild antics and traumas from his tumultuous life with both humour and perceptive clarity' Business Post'So open . . . amazing for understanding and trying to destroy the stigma [of mental health struggles] . . . a great read' Elaine Crowley, Ireland AM, Virgin Media
Magic Claims (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years #2)
by Ilona AndrewsA new town, new friends, new challenges…. And a new heart-stopping adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ilona Andrews. Kate, Curran, and Conlan may have left Atlanta for Wilmington, but the usual magic mayhem has also hitched a ride!Kate and Curran have just settled into their new home and their 'low profile,' when a local businessman approaches them with an offer they can’t refuse. A mysterious evil has spawned in the nearby forest and is holding a defenseless town hostage. The ‘due date’ is rapidly approaching.It’s exactly the kind of fight the Lennarts can’t resist, not for the prize the town offers, but for the people who will surely die if they ignore it. If they succeed, they’ll be rescuing an entire community and can build a strong new base for their family and the Wilmington Pack. If they fail...well, fail is a four-letter word.Nothing comes without a price. Now Kate must decide if she has what it takes to pay it.
Magic Tides (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years #1)
by Ilona AndrewsIlona Andrews invites you back to the #1 New York Times bestselling Kate Daniels series in this exciting new long novella featuring Kate, Curran and Conlan, some familiar faces, some new friends, and all the special brand of chaos they create!Kate, Curran and their son, Conlan have left Atlanta, vowing to keep a low profile, and are settling into a new city and new house…but some things never change! Magical mayhem is about to erupt when Kate undertakes the rescue of a kidnapped youth, while Curran guards the homefront.It should be a simple retrieval, but with monsters on land and sea, Kate’s got her work cut out for her. Still, she's never let her blade dull or her purpose falter. And that low profile? It’s about to wash away with the raging tides!
Maine Gandhi Ko Kyon Mara?: मैंने गांधी को क्यों मारा?
by Nathuram Godseव्यक्तिगत स्तर पर मेरे और गांधीजी के बीच कोई शत्रुता नहीं थी। वे लोग, जो पाकिस्तान-निर्माण में गांधीजी का अच्छा मकसद होने की बात कहते हैं, मुझे उनसे केवल इतना कहना है कि मैंने गांधी के विरुद्ध, जो इतना बड़ा कदम उठाया, उसमें मेरे हृदय में राष्ट्रहित का शुद्ध हेतु था। वे ऐसे व्यक्ति थे, जो बहुत सी भयावह घटनाओं के लिए जिम्मेदार थे, जिनकी परिणति पाकिस्तान निर्मिति में हुई। गांधीजी के विरुद्ध की गई अपनी काररवाई के बाद मैं भविष्य में आने वाले अपने परिणाम को देख सकता था, उन परिणामों की उम्मीद कर सकता था और मुझे एहसास था कि जिस क्षण लोगों को गांधी को मेरे द्वारा गोली मारने की घटना का पता चलेगा, उन सभी का मेरे प्रति दृष्टिकोण बदल जाएगा, फिर चाहे परिस्थितियाँ कोई भी हों। समाज में लोगों का मेरे प्रति जो सम्मान, रुतबा और सहानुभूति है, वह समाह्रश्वत हो जाएगी, नष्ट हो जाएगी और बचा हुआ मान भी कुचल दिया जाएगा। मुझे पूरा एहसास था कि समाज में मुझे सबसे नीच और घृणित व्यक्ति के रूप में देखा जाएगा। अपने समय के सबसे बड़े नेता गांधी की हत्या करने वाले नाथूराम गोडसे ने अपना पक्ष प्रस्तुत करते हुए विशेष न्यायालय में बहुत विस्तृत बयान दिया, जिसमें उन्होंने क्रमवार वे कारण बताए, जिन्होंने उन्हें इतनी बड़ी घटना की परिणति करने के लिए बाध्य किया। ये कारण तत्कालीन सामाजिक-सांस्कृतिक-राजनीतिक परिस्थितियों को भी दर्शाते हैं कि कैसे एक अल्पसंख्यक वर्ग विशेष के दबाव में निर्णय लिये जा रहे थे, जो अंतत: बहुसंख्यकों के उत्पीडऩ और अस्तित्व का कारण बन जाते। इन्हीं से क्षुब्ध होकर नाथूराम गोडसे ने विश्व के सबसे चर्चित कांड को अंजाम दिया। प्रस्तुत पुस्तक गांधी-हत्याकांड में नाथूराम गोडसे का पक्ष प्रबलता से रखती है।
Majeshir Ganit class 2 - NCERT - 23: मजेशीर गणीत वर्ग २ - एनसीईआरटी - २३
by National Council of Educational Research and Trainingइयत्ता दुसरीसाठी असलेले आनंददायी गणित असे नाव असलेले गणिताचे पाठ्यपुस्तक NEP 2020, NCF-FS 2022 तसेच पायाभरणीच्या टप्प्यासाठीचा अभ्यासक्रम यांच्या शिफारसी डोळ्यासमोर ठेवून तयार केले आहे। बालवाटिका 1 ते 3 तसेच पहिली झाल्यावर (3-8 वर्षे वयात) दुसरीत जाणाऱ्या मुलाला अंकांचे ज्ञान झालेले असते, असे यात गृहीत धरले आहे। परंतु, आपल्या देशातील विविधता बघता, कदाचित काही मुलांची एकदम शाळेत पहिलीत गेल्यावरच पहिल्यांदा अंकांची ओळख होत असेल, असेही होऊ शकते। हे क्रमिक पुस्तक तयार करताना अशा परिस्थितीचाही विचार केलेला आहे। वयाच्या या टप्प्यावरील मुले मुक्तपणे खेळणे, खेळणी यात रमतात। हे लक्षात घेऊन, अवकाशीय समज, अंकहाताळणी, गणितीय आणि संगणकीय संकल्पना इ। शिकवण्यासाठीच्या उपक्रमांमध्ये खेळ, खेळणी यांचा वापर करण्यासाठी पुष्कळ वाव ठेवलेला आहे। यामुळे प्रत्येक नवीन संकल्पना किंवा कौशल्य शिकताना मूर्त वस्तूंकडून चित्रस्वरूपाकडे व त्याकडून अमूर्त कल्पनांपर्यंतचे संक्रमण सहजपणे होऊ शकते। सर्वांगीण विकासासाठी अनुभवातून शिक्षण हे उद्दिष्ट डोळ्यासमोर ठेवून, इयत्ता दुसरीसाठी असलेल्या आनंददायी गणित या पुस्तकामध्ये, वर्गात आणि वर्गाबाहेर करण्यासारखे अनेक उपक्रम दिले आहेत। यातील सर्व प्रकरणांमध्ये, उपक्रमाधारित कार्यांच्या माध्यमातून गणितीय संकल्पनांचे आकलन करून दिले आहे। सक्तीने, नाखुषीने गणित शिकण्याऐवजी, आपण खेळ खेळत आहोत अशा भावनेने मुलांनी हे उपक्रम करावेत आणि त्याद्वारे गणितीय संकल्पना आपोआप रुजाव्यात, अशा प्रकारचे वातावरण निर्माण करण्याचा प्रयत्न या पुस्तकातून केलेला आहे।
Make: AI Robots
by Reade Richard Brenda Shivanandan Andy Forest Denzel EdwardsArtificial intelligence is a tool to explore and create, and it starts here with the experts at Steamlabs, a nonprofit that teaches teens to not just be users of technology, but to create with technology so they can be help shape our future.Make: AI Robots introduces young people to AI through exciting craft projects that start with a mechanical cardboard creation, integrates fun electronic lights and motors, adds simple coding on a micro:bit, and then teaches how to train AI to create a spark of life.With 32 projects designed to guide beginners through increasing challenges, Make: AI Robots is the perfect way to feed curious minds with fun AI experiments that will delight and inspire.
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: A novel
by Tom HanksNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the legendary actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, while also capturing the changes in America and American culture since World War II."Wild, ambitious and exceptionally enjoyable." —Matt Haig, best-selling author The Midnight Library, The Humans and Reasons to Stay AlivePart One of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for twenty-three years.Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing underground comic books in Oakland, California, reconnects with his uncle and, remembering the comic book he saw when he was five, draws a new version with his uncle as a World War II fighting hero. Cut to the present day: A commercially successful director discovers the 1970 comic book and decides to turn it into a contemporary superhero movie.Cue the cast: We meet the film&’s extremely difficult male star, his wonderful leading lady, the eccentric writer/director, the producer, the gofer production assistant, and everyone else on both sides of the camera.Bonus material: Interspersed throughout are three comic books that are featured in the story—all created by Tom Hanks himself—including the comic book that becomes the official tie-in to this novel&’s "major motion picture masterpiece."
The Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men
by Manuel BetancourtFeaturing deep dives into thirst traps, drag queens, Antonio Banderas, and telenovelas—all in the service of helping us reframe how we talk about (desiring) men—this insightful memoir-in-essays is as much a coming of age as a coming out bookManuel Betancourt has long lustfully coveted masculinity—in part because he so lacked it. As a child in Bogotá, Colombia, he grew up with the social pressure to appear strong, manly, and, ultimately, straight. And yet in the films and television he avidly watched, Betancourt saw glimmers of different possibilities. From the stars of telenovelas and the princes of Disney films to pop sensation Ricky Martin and teen heartthrobs in shows like Saved By the Bell, he continually found himself asking: Do I want him or do I want to be him?The Male Gazed grapples with the thrall of masculinity, examining its frailty and its attendant anxieties even as it focuses on its erotic potential. Masculinity, Betancourt suggests, isn&’t suddenly ripe for deconstruction—or even outright destruction—amid so much talk about its inherent toxicity. Looking back over decades&’ worth of pop culture&’s attempts to codify and reframe what men can be, wear, do, and desire, this book establishes that to gaze at men is still a subversive act.Written in the spirit of Hanif Abdurraqib and Olivia Laing, The Male Gazed mingles personal anecdotes with cultural criticism to offer an exploration of intimacy, homoeroticism, and the danger of internalizing too many toxic ideas about masculinity as a gay man.
Male Homosexuality in Children’s Literature, 1867–1918: The Young Uranians (ISSN)
by Eric L. TribunellaIn his 1908 cultural and historical study of homosexuality titled The Intersexes: A History of Similisexualism as a Problem in Social Life, Edward Irenæus Prime-Stevenson includes a section on homosexual juvenile fiction, perhaps the first attempt to identify a body of children’s literature about male homosexuality in English. Known for pioneering the explicitly gay American novel for adults, Stevenson was also one of the first thinkers to take seriously the possibility and value of homosexual children, whom he called "young Uranians." This book takes as its starting point Stevenson’s catalog of homosexual boy books around the turn of the century and offers a critical examination of these works, along with others by gay writers who wrote for children from the mid-nineteenth century through the end of World War I. Stevenson’s list includes Eduard Bertz, Howard Sturgis, Horace Vachell, and Stevenson himself—to which Horatio Alger, John Gambril Nicholson, and E.F. Benson are added. Read alongside major developments in English- and German-language sexology, these boy books can be understood as participating in the construction and dissemination of the discourse of sexuality and as constituting the figure of the young Uranian as central to modern gay identity.
Managing Logistics and Transportation in the Public Sector (Cornerstones of Public Procurement)
by Darin L. Matthews Linda L. StanleyManaging Logistics and Transportation in the Public Sector, Second Edition thoroughly examines the world of transportation as it relates to public procurement, stressing the importance of not only procuring the right goods, materials, and services, but also ensuring their proper delivery to their final destination. Designed to educate the public procurement professional on ways to realize enhanced cost savings, it offers an introduction to the history of transportation, as well as industry terminology and accepted practices. Authors Darin Matthews and Linda Stanley explore recent transportation industry evolutions, including the development of important technologies like package tracing, delivery notification, and drone delivery, and ways to successfully integrate this technology. Sustainability in transportation—including product packaging, material reuse, and reduced emissions for delivery vehicles— is likewise examined. Through the use of case studies and transportation industry resources, Managing Logistics and Transportation in the Public Sector, Second Edition offers a complete package for professionals looking to enhance their knowledge of logistics and transportation, as well as for university courses on transportation, supply chain management, and public procurement.
The Mango Chronicle
by Ricardo José González-RothiIn an entangled exodus to freedom during a nuclear missile crisis, a young boy' s Cuban Huck-Finn-childhood is upended. After a decades-long struggle with identity, he transitions from refugee to “ good” American, returning to his roots for redemption. He left his birthplace during a nuclear missile crisis. As a refugee in a foreign land he struggles to adjust to a new set of life circumstances. The author recollects his childhood in his Cuban barrio from the eyes of a child, and then decades later, from the vantage of a grown adult. From stealing a rowboat and being nearly capsized by a Russian tanker, to befriending an old fisherman who tells him a haunting tale, to being bullied by a neighborhood thug, to cockfights gone wrong, to witnessing the plight of political prisoners during an invasion, to dealing with the injustices of growing up in a machismo and homophobic culture, he led a Cuban Huck Finn childhood. Arriving in a foreign land which is at times unwelcoming, he struggles to assimilate while preserving his native soul. Eventually he finds redemption upon circling back to his roots when he returns to the island.
Manner of Death (A Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery Novel #14)
by Robin CookIn the new fast-paced medical thriller from bestselling author Robin Cook, fan favorites Jack and Laurie are inadvertently drawn into a dangerous vortex of a series of homicides that have been cleverly staged as suicides.After Dr. Jack Stapleton&’s near-death confrontation with a medical serial killer, his wife, NYC Chief Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery, is carrying the load both at work and at home. When Laurie insists that Dr. Ryan Sullivan—an underperforming senior pathology resident who is spending his required month at the medical examiner's office but who truly detests doing forensic autopsies—assist her on a suicide autopsy in hopes of stimulating his interest in the field, the last thing she expects is to be unwittingly drawn into a major conspiracy that puts her own life in jeopardy. Desperate to avoid performing as many forensic autopsies as possible, Dr. Ryan Sullivan offers to participate in a research project on a series of suicides put together by one of the medical legal investigators. These suicides, like the case Ryan analyzes with Laurie, hint at some bothersome questions about their "manner of death." Although the project was more of a ruse than a serious study, Ryan surprises himself by immediately uncovering unexpected shared commonalities. Most astonishing of all, Ryan's inquiries eventually put him and Laurie at risk by leading to a nefarious cancer diagnostics company that promotes the very latest, groundbreaking cancer screening technology in a shockingly self-serving and fraudulent fashion.
The Mantle of Struggle: A Biography of Black Revolutionary Rosie Douglas
by Irving AndreRosie Douglas, former prime minister of Dominica, had a life unlike any other modern politician. After leaving home to study agriculture in Canada, he became a member of the young Conservatives, under the Canadian prime minister’s guidance. However, after he moved to Montreal to study political science his politics started to shift. By the late sixties he was an active civil rights supporter and when Black students in Montreal began to protest racism in 1969, he helped lead the sit-in. He was identified as a protest ringleader after the peaceful protest turned into a police riot, and served 18 months in prison. After his deportation from Canada in 1976, having been named a danger to national security, Douglas participated in political movements around the world building global solidarity. He became a leader of the Libyan-based revolutionary group World Mathaba and supported Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress. Once back home in Dominica, he led the movement for Dominica’s full political independence from Great Britain, then served as a senator in the post-independence government, an MP, party leader, and finally prime minister. Relying on family sources, interviews, newspaper articles, government documents, and Douglas’ own articles, letters, and speeches, Irving Andre has drawn a rich and riveting record of this important Black revolutionary.
The Marriage Act: A Novel
by John MarrsWhat if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey? Black Mirror meets thriller with a dash of Naomi Alderman&’s The Power in this dark, high-concept novel by the bestselling author of The One.Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society&’s ills—the Sanctity of Marriage Act, which actively encourages marriage as the norm, punishing those who choose to remain single.But four couples are about to discover just how impossible relationships can be when the government is monitoring every aspect of our personal lives—monitoring every word, every minor disagreement…and will use every tool in its arsenal to ensure everyone will love, honor and obey.Don't miss other suspenseful reads from John Marrs (you'll never see the twists coming!): The One The Vacation The Family Experiment (coming soon!)
A Marriage of Fortune: The captivating new historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author
by Anne O'Brien'A compelling tale of a family caught up in the turmoil of the Wars of the Roses... Be warned: it's dangerously addictive' TRACY BORMANEngland. 1469.A fortunate marriage will change history.A scandal could destroy everything...Margaret Paston, matriarch of the Paston family, knows that a favourable match for one of her unruly daughters is the only way to survive the loss of their recently acquired Caister Castle. But as the War of the Roses rages on, dangerous enemies will threaten even her best laid plans.Margery Paston, her eldest daughter, has always strived to uphold the Paston name and do her mother proud. But when she loses her heart to a man below her station, she must make a terrible choice: will she betray her family and risk everything for a chance at true love?Anne Haute, first cousin to the Queen, is embroiled in a longstanding betrothal to Sir John Paston, the eldest son and heir to the Paston seat. But despite his promises, Anne can't help but doubt that he will ever keep his word and make her his wife...In the midst of civil war, each of these women must decide: Head or heart? Love or duty? Reputation- or scandal?Praise for A Marriage of Fortune:'Anne O'Brien gets right inside the heads of her medieval characters!' JOANNA HICKSON'Magnificently researched... an enthralling story of strong women and advantageous marriages. I was completely hooked!' CLARE MARCHANTA beautifully researched novel told with understanding, subtlety and a deft touch. Time travel at its best' JOANNA COURTNEY
A Marriage of Fortune: The captivating new historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author
by Anne O'Brien'A compelling tale of a family caught up in the turmoil of the Wars of the Roses... Be warned: it's dangerously addictive' TRACY BORMANEngland. 1469.A fortunate marriage will change history.A scandal could destroy everything...Margaret Paston, matriarch of the Paston family, knows that a favourable match for one of her unruly daughters is the only way to survive the loss of their recently acquired Caister Castle. But as the War of the Roses rages on, dangerous enemies will threaten even her best laid plans.Margery Paston, her eldest daughter, has always strived to uphold the Paston name and do her mother proud. But when she loses her heart to a man below her station, she must make a terrible choice: will she betray her family and risk everything for a chance at true love?Anne Haute, first cousin to the Queen, is embroiled in a longstanding betrothal to Sir John Paston, the eldest son and heir to the Paston seat. But despite his promises, Anne can't help but doubt that he will ever keep his word and make her his wife...In the midst of civil war, each of these women must decide: Head or heart? Love or duty? Reputation- or scandal?Praise for A Marriage of Fortune:'Anne O'Brien gets right inside the heads of her medieval characters!' JOANNA HICKSON'Magnificently researched... an enthralling story of strong women and advantageous marriages. I was completely hooked!' CLARE MARCHANTA beautifully researched novel told with understanding, subtlety and a deft touch. Time travel at its best' JOANNA COURTNEY
Matrescence: On Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood
by Lucy JonesLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION • From the acclaimed author of Losing Eden (&“Powerful, beautifully written&”—Anthony Doerr) an important, moving, passionate and passionately written inquiry—personal and scientific—into what happens—mentally, spiritually, physically, during the process of becoming a mother, from pregnancy and childbirth to early motherhood and what this profound process tells us about the way we live now.&“I read your book, or more accurately devoured it! Loved it . . . It will be the new classic text in Motherhood Studies.&” -Andrea O&’Reilly, founder, Motherhood Studies&“The best book I&’ve ever read about motherhood. Matrescence is essential reading, bloody and alive, roaring and ready to change conversations.&” –Jude Rogers, The Observer (UK) In this important and ground-breaking, deeply personal investigation, Jones writes of the emerging concept of &“matrescence&” – the wholeness of becoming a mother.Drawing on her own experiences of twice becoming a mother, as well as exploring the latest research in the fields of neuroscience and evolutionary biology; psychoanalysis and existential therapy; sociology, economics and ecology, Jones writes of the physical and emotional changes in the maternal mind, body, and spirit and shows us how these changes are far more profound, wild, and enduring than have been previously explored or written about.Part memoir, part scientific and health reporting, part social critique, ecological philosophy, eco-feminism and nature writing, Matrescence is a kind of whodunnit, ferreting out with the most nuanced, searing and honest observations, why mothers throughout this heightened transition are at a breaking point, and what the institution of intensive, isolated motherhood can tell us about our still-dominant social and cultural myths.&“Jones seems to come as close as it&’s possible to describing this indescribable moment in a woman&’s life.&” –Joanna Pocock, The Spectator (UK)
Mavis the Bravest
by Lu FraserThis is a laugh out loud story about a bonnet wearing, would-rather-be-knitting chicken who embarks on a high stakes chase to save her friend, Sandra the sheep.Mavis is not like her adventurous friend Marge. Mavis is a chicken who finds EVERYTHING scary (night-time and daytime and anything hairy!). So when the slumbering peace of their cozy barn is disturbed by someone trying to steal their friend Sandra the sheep, will Mavis be able to find her bright spark of braveness and save Sandra?With a tractor, a lasso, and a lot of hen-durance, Mavis might just have what it takes to be the hero the barn needs.
A Media Framing Approach to Securitization: Storytelling in Conflict, Crisis and Threat (Routledge Studies in Media, Communication, and Politics)
by Fred VulteePresenting securitization as a communication issue, this book combines media framing with the theory of securitization to explain how the discourse of security informs media content and what happens to policy and public understanding when it does. Because securitization studies the construction of threats to societal structures as well as political-institutional structures, this book addresses security framing as a question of identity and the ability of political-cultural elites and media actors to manipulate it. After setting out how its theories work together, the book turns to news and its effects: How do media accounts make empirical sense of the world when they are bound by the need to make social-cultural sense first? How does "security" look in competing news accounts, and how do securitizing frames affect attitudes toward policies and political elites? Last, the book asks how academics and professionals can address the challenges to a democratic public’s role in decision-making created by the manipulation of security.Bringing together distinct fields within communication studies to reflect on the pressing issue of securitization, this book will be a key resource for scholars and students working in the fields of mass communication, policy studies, critical linguistics and international relations, as well as risk and crisis communication.
Medienpädagogische Professionalisierung in der beruflichen Weiterbildung: Eine Studie aus Perspektive der biografischen Medienforschung (Medienbildung und Gesellschaft #52)
by Lukas DehmelDas Buch setzt sich in einer qualitativ konzeptualisierten empirischen Analyse mit der medienpädagogischen Professionalisierung einer medienaffinen Zielgruppe von Lehrenden innerhalb der beruflichen Weiterbildung auseinander. Zusammenfassend geht es hierbei um die den gesamten Lebensverlauf begleitenden Prozesse und Prozeduren zur individuellen Beschäftigung mit Medien, um im Zusammenhang mit dem eigenen Lehrprozedere kompetent mit ihnen zu agieren. Die Arbeit schließt hier an Überlegungen aus der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildungswissenschaft an und entwickelt sie mit Bezug auf medienpädagogische Forschungsansätze und Konzepte weiter. Zentral wichtig ist hierbei die Annahme, dass zugehörige medienverwiesene Vorgänge in den Biografien der Lehrenden nicht nur auf einer Ebene des Lehrens und Lernens ablaufen. Die Studie definiert zudem eine inhaltliche und eine organisatorische Ebene medienpädagogischer Professionalisierung und macht sie ebenso zum Gegenstand der qualitativ ausgerichteten Analyse. Dafür knüpft die Untersuchung an die biografietheoretischen Ideengrundlagen zur Beschreibung individueller Professionalisierung in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung an und verbindet sie mit dem in der Medienpädagogik entwickelten Analyseparadigma der biografischen Medienforschung.
Meet Me at the Lake
by Carley FortuneINSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*SHORTLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2024*In this breathtaking new novel from the #1 bestselling author of Every Summer After, a random connection sends two strangers on a daylong adventure where they make a promise one keeps and the other breaks, with life-changing effects.Fern Brookbanks has wasted far too much of her adult life thinking about Will Baxter. She spent just twenty-four hours in her early twenties with the aggravatingly attractive, idealistic artist, a chance encounter that spiraled into a daylong adventure in Toronto. The timing was wrong, but their connection was undeniable: they shared every secret, every dream, and made a pact to meet one year later. Fern showed up. Will didn&’t.At thirty-two, Fern&’s life doesn&’t look at all how she once imagined it would. Instead of living in the city, Fern&’s back home, running her mother&’s Muskoka lakeside resort—something she vowed never to do. The place is in disarray, her ex-boyfriend&’s the manager, and Fern doesn&’t know where to begin.She needs a plan—a lifeline. To her surprise, it comes in the form of Will, who arrives nine years too late, with a suitcase in tow and an offer to help on his lips. Will may be the only person who understands what Fern&’s going through. But how could she possibly trust this expensive-suit wearing mirage who seems nothing like the young man she met all those years ago. Will is hiding something, and Fern&’s not sure she wants to know what it is. But ten years ago, Will Baxter rescued Fern. Can she do the same for him?
Memory, Mobility, and Material Culture (Routledge Studies in Cultural History)
by Chiara Giuliani Kate HodgsonWith a focus on the object and where it is situated, in time (memory) and space (mobility), Memory, Mobility, and Material Culture embodies a multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approach.The chapters track the movement of the objects and their owner(s), within and between continents, countries, cities, and families. Objects have always been considered with an eye to their worth – economic, aesthetic, and/or functional. If that worth is diminished, their meaning and value disappear, they are just things. Yet things can still fulfil functions in our daily lives; they hold symbolic potential, from personal memory triggers, to focal points of public ritual and religion; from collectors’ obsession, to symbols of loss, displacement, and violence. By bringing into dialogue the work of specialists in ethnology, art history, architecture, and design; literature, languages, cultures, and heritage studies, this volume considers how displaced memory – the memory of refugees, migrants, and their descendants; of those who have moved from the countryside to the city; of those who have faced personal upheaval and profound social change; those who have been forced into exile or experienced major personal or collective loss – can become embodied in material culture. This book is important reading to those interested in cultural and social history and cultural studies.
Mental Action and the Conscious Mind (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy)
by Michael BrentMental action deserves a place among foundational topics in action theory and philosophy of mind. Recent accounts of human agency tend to overlook the role of conscious mental action in our daily lives, while contemporary accounts of the conscious mind often ignore the role of mental action and agency in shaping consciousness. This collection aims to establish the centrality of mental action for discussions of agency and mind. The thirteen original essays provide a wide-ranging vision of the various and nuanced philosophical issues at stake. Among the questions explored by the contributors are: Which aspects of our conscious mental lives are agential? Can mental action be reduced to and explained in terms of non-agential mental states, processes, or events? Must mental action be included among the ontological categories required for understanding and explaining the conscious mind more generally? Does mental action have implications for related topics, such as attention, self-knowledge, self-control, or the mind-body problem? By investigating the nature, scope, and explanation of mental action, the essays presented here aim to demonstrate the significance of conscious mental action for discussions of agency and mind. Mental Action and the Conscious Mind will be of interest to scholars and graduate students working in philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, and philosophy of agency, as well as to philosophically inclined cognitive scientists.