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4 Weeks to Better Sleep: How to get a better night's sleep
by Dr Michael Mosley'A down to earth guide to sleeping better. It covers the latest science and offers fascinating insights and many original tips.' Dr Tim Spector'Based around the revolutionary idea that when it comes to sleep what matters is not the hours you spend in bed but the quality of the sleep you are getting - your sleep efficiency. This book was full of surprises!' Jeremy VineWe know a good night's sleep is essential for a healthy brain and body. But sleep problems are sadly all too common. So why do so many of us struggle to sleep well? In 4 Weeks to Better Sleep, Dr Michael Mosley explains what happens when we sleep, what triggers common sleep problems and why standard advice rarely works.Prone to insomnia, he has taken part in numerous sleep experiments and tested every remedy. The result is a radical four-week plan, based on the latest science, designed to help you re-establish a healthy sleep pattern in record time. With plenty of surprising recommendations - including tips for teenagers, people working night shifts and those prone to jet lag - plus recipes which will boost your deep sleep by improving your gut microbiome, 4 Weeks to Better Sleep provides the tools you need to sleep better, reduce stress and feel happier.This indispensable programme can help not only get you to sleep faster but improve the quality of sleep so you wake rested and refreshed rather than drained and irritable.**This fully revised and updated edition features an expanded four-week plan and bonus material on brain health, mood, immunity and metabolism. 4 Weeks to Better Sleep (previously Fast Sleep) is packed with the latest scientific research and even more guidance to help you improve your sleep for good.**
Flavour: Over 100 fabulously flavourful recipes with a Middle-Eastern twist
by Sabrina Ghayour'Quite simply a gorgeous book... As ever, deliciousness abounds.' - Nigella Lawson'Sabrina Ghayour has a knack for colourful, intensely flavoured, no-fuss recipes ... Perfect for relaxed family suppers' - Daily Mail'Simple Persian and Middle Eastern-inspired recipes that are fuss-free and burst with flavour' - Delicious MagazineThe brand new collection of simple, delicious, crowd-pleasing recipes from the bestselling Middle-Eastern chef.Enjoy over 100 fabulously flavourful recipes with a Middle-Eastern twist - perfect for family, friends and every occasion. CONTENTS INCLUDE:SaladsChicken shawarma salad; Halloumi, blood orange & pistachio rocket salad; Spice roasted butternut & black rice saladLittle bites & savoury treatsCurried cheese & potato puffs; Tamarind chicken wings; My sweet, salty & sublime BHTMeat, poultry, fish & seafoodHerb koftas with warm yogurt sauce & spiced mint butter; Ras el Hanout & orange lamb cutlet platter; Pan-fried salmon with barberry butterVegetables & pulsesSmoked aubergine with lime & maple dressing; Charred broccoli with lemons, chillies & yogurt; Mama ghanoushPasta, noodles & grainsHarissa, tahini & lamb spaghetti; Nut butter noodles; samosa pastaSweetFeta, basil & strawberry cheesecake cups; Lime, coconut & cardamom loaf cake; Pistachio & chocolate dream cakePraise for Sabrina Ghayour:'Sabrina Ghayour's Middle-Eastern plus food is all flavour, no fuss - and makes me very, very happy' - Nigella Lawson'I don't think she could write a dull recipe if she tried. Every one an elegantly spiced delight.' - Tom Parker Bowles'The golden girl of Persian cookery' - Observer
The Fast 800 Keto Recipe Book: Delicious low-carb recipes, for rapid weight loss and long-term health (The Fast 800 Series)
by Kathryn Bruton Clare Bailey MosleyFrom satisfying savoury dishes to indulgent treats, the meals are quick and simple to make, and rich in protein, fibre and essential nutrients. There are four weeks of menu plans - with options for intermittent fasting - plus an index by calories, and lots of advice and tips to help keep you motivated and reach your goals.Whether you are embarking on an intensive weight-loss programme to bring your blood pressure, blood sugars and cholesterol down, or you simply want to get in better shape, physically and mentally, The Fast 800 Keto Recipe Book will inspire you to embrace a whole new way of eating.
The Fast 800 Easy: Quick and simple recipes to make your 800-calorie days even easier (The Fast 800 Series)
by Justine Pattison Clare Bailey Mosley130 brand-new, easy-to-follow recipes to cook up at home, any day of the week.Following their bestselling Fast 800 Recipe Book, Dr Clare Bailey Mosley and Justine Pattison return with a fabulous new cookbook, featuring super-simple recipes to enable you to eat well with minimum prep time on your fasting days. All of the dishes in this book are based on the Mediterranean style of eating, now proven to revolutionise your health, and many can be thrown together from freezer or store-cupboard staples. There are numerous vegetarian options, plus simple ways to expand meals for non-fast days or when you are eating with friends or family. With everything from salads and wraps to winter stews and curries, The Fast 800 Easy will help you rustle up delicious, nutritious meals in minutes. This is food that tastes so good you won't feel the low calorie count.*INCLUDES 8 WEEKS OF CALORIE-COUNTED MEAL PLANS*Make your 800-calorie days even easier with The Fast 800 Easy.'One word - brilliant! I lost 28lb in 9-10 weeks and 7 inches off my waist. Also dropped 2 clothes sizes. Love this programme!' - Anne
Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons: Enchanting dishes from the Middle East, Mediterranean and North Africa
by Diana HenryDiscover a treasure trove of enchanting dishes from the Middle East, Mediterranean and North Africa, in this beautiful new edition of the original gem at the heart of bestselling food writer Diana Henry's much-loved repertoire.***'I love this book so much' - Nigel Slater'An all-time classic. The book I'm happy to return to, over and over again. It's an utter joy to cook from, as it is to dig deep into the stories' - Yotam Ottolenghi'This book has a special place in my heart' - Claudia Roden'The culinary script for the 21st century' - John & Sally McKenna***Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons gathers together dishes that combine colourful, aromatic and perfumed ingredients, bringing an intoxicating whiff of warmer climes to your table. Recipes range from chermoula-marinated tuna with pomegranate couscous to roast Catalan chicken with quince allioli, cardamom-baked figs and plums, to orange cake with marmalade and orange flower cream. This beautiful new edition of much-loved cookery author Diana Henry's first book will introduce these magical recipes to a whole new generation of cooks.
Persiana Everyday: Sabrina Ghayour’s long-awaited follow-up to Persiana (Persiana #6)
by Sabrina GhayourTHE LONG-AWAITED FOLLOW-UP TO THE AWARD-WINNING PERSIANA SHORTLISTED FOR FOOD AND TRAVEL MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 The all-new collection of more than 100 crowd-pleasing recipes for everyday eating from the author of the award-winning cookbook Persiana. Designed to ensure maximum flavour with the greatest of ease - including no-cook, quick-prep, quick-cook and one-pot dishes, Persiana Everyday is full of generous, inviting and delicious recipes to cook again and again for family and friends.PRAISE FOR PERSIANA EVERYDAY'Unfussily do-able, exuberantly flavoured, and blessedly reliable' - Nigella Lawson'My go-to cookbook this year, full of easy recipes made with accessible things producing wildly successful dishes' - Rev Richard Coles'Chef Sabrina Ghayour's new recipes deliver maximum flavour with the greatest of ease - perfect for busy lives' - Sainsbury's Magazine'Middle Eastern made (very) easy' - The Times'Think maximum flavour, minimum fuss: chef Sabrina Ghayour's Middle-Eastern inspired recipes will add zing to your everyday' - Mail on Sunday YOU Magazine'Stealthily healthy family meals' - The Irish Times'An absolute triumph...the kind of food you really want to share with friends and family' - Great British Food Magazine'Her generous approach to cooking shines from every page' - Delicious'This is Middle Eastern-inspired easy perfection' - Living Etc'Ghayour writes for the harried home cook who wants big flavor' - The Washington Post'A virtuoso of approachable, weeknight-friendly cooking' - EaterPRAISE FOR SABRINA GHAYOUR'The golden girl of Persian cookery' - Observer'I don't think she could write a dull recipe if she tried. Every one an elegantly spiced delight.' - Tom Parker Bowles'Sabrina Ghayour's Middle-Eastern plus food is all flavour, no fuss - and makes me very, very happy' - Nigella LawsonCONTENTS INCLUDESSmall PlatesIncluding My Muhammara; Fried feta parcels with honey; My flavour bomb beans on toastSalads for All SeasonsIncluding Chicken & cucumber salad with pul biber & tahini lime dressing; Courgette, apple, peanut & feta salad with basil and pul biber; Jewelled tomato saladPoultry & MeatIncluding Bloody Mary spatchcocked chicken; Halloumi fatteh; Speedy lamb shawarmaFish & SeafoodIncluding Fragrant roasted haddock; Spicy orange & harissa-glazed cod; Marmalade prawns with barberry, chilli & chive butterVegetable LoveIncluding Ash-e-Reshteh; Pomegranate & harissa roasted aubergine steak; Sticky tamarind, garlic & tomato green beansCarbs of All KindsIncluding Super-quick smoky tomato couscous; Lazy Mantí; Tangy bulgur wheat bake with roasted onionsSomething SweetIncluding Rhubarb, rose & pistachio trifle pots; Orange & dark chocolate rubble cake; Cardamom & mocha rice puddingPersiana was awarded 'Best New Cookbook' at the Observer Food Monthly awards 2014 and 'Book of the Year' at the 2015 Food & Travel Awards.
Depicting the Afterlife in Contemporary Film and Media: Morality, Religion and Death (Routledge Advances in Popular Culture Studies)
by Angelique NairnWhat lies beyond death? This book brings together a diverse collection of scholarly voices to explore how popular culture imagines—and reimagines—the afterlife. Drawing from film, television, video games, literature, advertising, and digital technologies, this book examines how narratives about Heaven and Hell, ghosts and gods, memory and immortality shape contemporary understandings of morality, death, and what may come after.From Pixar’s Coco to The Good Place, Ghostbusters, Upload, and Westworld, these chapters interrogate the enduring power of afterlife narratives to provide existential comfort, moral guidance, and cultural critique. Whether through the lens of theology, philosophy, or secular imagination, contributors consider how popular media blurs the sacred and the profane, challenging dogma, reframing ethics, and offering new possibilities for how we remember the dead and live among the living.Spanning topics such as queer love in the afterlife, Indigenous cosmologies, digital resurrection, and the theological implications of robots, Depicting the Afterlife in Contemporary Film and Media: Morality, Religion and Death is a timely exploration of how the afterlife continues to haunt and inspire modern culture.Essential reading for scholars of media studies, religious studies, cultural theory, and anyone fascinated by humanity’s oldest and most enduring question: what happens when we die?
Afghanistan and International Relations (Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies)
by William Maley Paul Lushenko Ali Yawar AdiliThis book explores various dimensions of recent international relations scholarship, taking the case of Afghanistan as a point of departure for discussion of these different themes.Contributors investigate a broad range of topics, including international relations theory, the nature of global order, ‘othering’ discourses, diplomacy, international law, the transformation of war, terrorism, gender politics, social media, state building, democratisation, refugee movements, globalisation, and historical lessons. The Afghanistan case helps illuminate the complexities of all these areas of analysis, and the book takes the analysis of Afghanistan in new directions. Theoretically, the authors interrogate the Afghanistan case’s implications for international relations, and vice-versa, by integrating multiple and complementary global or structural, state or institutional, and behaviouralist or leader-centric lenses. Conceptually, the chapters bridge the gap between theory and practice, thus reflecting the emergence of a problem-oriented approach to international relations scholarship. Methodologically, the research design employed by the authors is best characterised as ‘analytical eclecticism’. The majority of contributors originate from Afghanistan, something which again makes this book notable, and all three editors have extensive experience from time spent in Afghanistan.Using the Afghan case to explicate the importance of the relevance of theory and its related concepts to international relations studies, this book will be of interest to researchers in the field of international relations, Asian and Middle East Studies.
Business Valuation: Real-World Applications in Emerging Markets
by Guillermo L. DumraufBusiness Valuation: Real-World Applications in Emerging Markets serves as a useful guide for those who want to learn business valuation methodology from scratch, applying corporate finance theory to real-world cases. Based on the author’s extensive professional and teaching experience, this text illustrates how basic corporate finance principles and theories shape decisions made by market practitioners and offers an in-depth discussion of various business valuation methods and models with a focus on emerging markets.By adopting a step-by-step approach, it helps the reader to gain a deeper understanding of this topic, starting with an explanation of essential concepts before gradually moving on to more advanced valuation techniques. To help the reader navigate common valuation processes, brief real-world examples are woven throughout the text with the final part containing four real valuation cases on which the author served as the appraiser. Vital learning and teaching features include: key terminologies; discussion questions; boxed examples and real-world cases; mathematical appendices; and a suite of supplementary instructor’s resources.This will be a valuable textbook for students taking advanced undergraduate and postgraduate-level courses in business valuation, as well as a practical guide for appraisers.
Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media
by Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley, Yiben Ma and Gary D. RawnsleyThe new, second edition of this successful Handbook explores the growing and evolving field of Chinese media, offering a window through which to observe multi-directional flows of information, culture and communications within the contexts of globalisation and regionalisation.Bringing together the research of an international and interdisciplinary team providing expert analysis of the media in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, as well as among other Chinese communities, this new edition: Highlights how new social, economic and political forces have emerged to challenge the production and consumption of media outputs Reveals how the growing prevalence of social media, such as WeChat and TikTok, continues to blur the boundary between online and offline, allowing state institutions to interfere in the lives of their users and civil societies to mobilise and articulate their interests and grievances Outlines how the development of new communications technologies and their use by political and economic actors, journalists, civil societies and diaspora communities contribute to the complex multi-directional flow of information, culture and communications in the twenty-first century Contributing to the growing and evolving field of Chinese media studies, this Handbook is an essential and comprehensive reference work for students of all levels and scholars in the fields of Chinese Studies and Media Studies.
The History and Theory of Rhetoric: An Introduction
by James A. Herrick Luke WinslowBy tracing the traditional progression of rhetoric from the Greek Sophists to contemporary theorists, this updated eighth edition gives students a conceptual framework for evaluating and practicing persuasive writing and speaking in a wide range of settings, including written, visual, and digital media.Through an expansive historical purview, the book illustrates how persuasive public discourse performs essential social functions and shapes our societies, drawing on the ideas of many of history’s greatest thinkers and theorists. This new edition includes an integrated exploration of non-Western rhetorics, an updated account of contemporary rhetoric, and an enhanced analysis of rhetorical theory in a digital age. Known for its clear writing style and contemporary examples throughout, The History and Theory of Rhetoric emphasizes the relevance of rhetoric to today’s students.This revised edition serves as a core textbook for rhetoric courses in both English and communication programs, covering both the historical tradition of rhetoric and contemporary rhetoric studies.A suite of online resources, including a detailed instructor’s manual, PowerPoint slides, and videos from Dr. Winslow, can be found on the Instructor and Student Resources website at www.routledgelearning.com/historyofrhetoric.
Hitler's Party Comrades: The NSDAP Party Members, 1919–1945 (Routledge Studies in Second World War History)
by Jürgen W. FalterThis study is the first to analyze both the Nazi party’s membership development and composition, as well as the motives for joining and the exoneration strategies of former party members chosen during the denazification process.This book examines how many members joined the party between 1919 and 1945 (over 10 million), how many left (more than 750,000), and how many the party lost through death in World War II. Furthermore, the question of whether the NSDAP was a middle-class or a catch-all party, the latter being closer to the truth, is linked to the thesis of whether party members predominantly belonged to the front-line fighter generation or the generation of war children born between 1900 and 1915. The study is based on the most comprehensive sample to date, more than 50,000 cases, from both central NSDAP membership registers, covering Germany, Austria, and the occupied Czech territories. This book also presents a unique analysis of the influence of the denominational context, the dominant local economic sector, and the extent of mass unemployment on the recruitment success of the National Socialists.Hitler’s Party Comrades is a comprehensive guide to understanding the Nazi party and will be of interest to scholars and students of World War II and European history.
Microwave Claddings: Engineering Applications (Advances in Surface Engineering and Tribology)
by Sarbjeet KaushalMicrowave Claddings presents an effective approach for improving the surface properties of materials, providing distinct advantages compared to conventional procedures such as flame spraying or arc welding. It explains how composites, metals, ceramics, and polymers can be coated with microwave claddings to improve resistance to corrosion, durability, and strength.Exploring this promising application of microwave technology, the book demonstrates its usage in various industries, including automotive, aerospace, and oil and gas, due to its capacity to accurately regulate heat input, reduce distortion, and attain exceptional metallurgical bonding. It discusses the mechanics of microwave heating, cladding processes and materials, computational modeling, and quality control methods. The book includes practical case studies and the critical factors that impact microwave cladding, including substrate material, power level, frequency, and particle feed rate.The book will interest engineering students and researchers studying tribology, cladding and microwave technology, and manufacturing.
The BBC's Legacy in Africa: Continuities and Change (Routledge African Media, Culture and Communication Studies)
by Anthony Mavuto Gunde Albert Sharra Jimmy KainjaThis book critically examines the historical and ongoing influence of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on African broadcasting, tracing its colonial roots through to its post-colonial legacy.The book details how in the 1930s the BBC established radio transmitter sites in East and Central Africa, thereby positioning itself as a model for broadcasting in British colonies and beyond. Grounded in a decolonial perspective, the book then explores the evolution of African radio structures, funding models, editorial policies and programming strategies. In the post-colonial era, the BBC continued to train, equip and support African broadcasters while maintaining a strong presence through African-focused programming. Some nations fully embraced the BBC model, while others developed hybrid broadcasting systems integrating British, local and transnational influences. Beyond historical analysis, the book interrogates the BBC’s enduring influence on African media, examining how contemporary local broadcasters negotiate, adapt or resist its legacy. A nuanced exploration of these dynamics provides critical insights into the intersection of colonial-era institutions and contemporary African media landscapes.This book is an essential resource for scholars and researchers in media and communication studies, African studies and decolonial studies, offering a comprehensive understanding of the BBC’s role in shaping African broadcasting.
Greenhouse Engineering: Software-driven Design and Modelling for Optimal Microclimate Control
by V.P. SethiThe comprehensive software-based approach in this book provides an in-depth exploration of the latest innovations in greenhouse engineering, thus transforming the existing Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) to a futuristic Greenhouse Smart Agriculture (GSA), aiding the reader to optimize crop yields, reduce environmental impact, and enhance farm profitability through software decision support systems. From renewable energy solutions and software-driven sustainable practices to AI-powered optimization and integrated smart greenhouse design, it covers the entire spectrum of GSA, including practical knowledge, global case studies, and real-world examples.Key features: Explores innovative renewable energy solutions for Greenhouse Smart Agriculture Implements software-driven sustainable solutions for optimized crop yields and reduced environmental impact Develops innovative control strategies for Greenhouse Smart Agriculture using artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and advanced techniques Optimizes greenhouse production through modelling and simulation techniques for enhanced sustainability Designs and implements sustainable greenhouse climate control systems for heating, cooling, and energy efficiency Creates integrated smart greenhouse systems that combine automation, renewable energy, and sustainable design Harnesses the power of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and data-driven approaches to enhance greenhouse optimization and sustainable agriculture Integrates smart soilless greenhouse agriculture and aquaponics using a design-to-software approach This book is aimed at university and greenhouse industry researchers, agricultural engineers, and graduate students in fields such as agriculture, agricultural and biosystems engineering, horticulture, environmental science, and renewable energy, as well as professional agricultural policymakers.
Machina Sapiens: How Intelligent Machines Passed the Turing Test
by Nello CristianiniCan machines think? This troubling question, posed by Alan Turing in 1950, has perhaps been answered: today we can converse with a computer without being able to distinguish it from a person.Machines can pass university exams and program other computers. ChatGPT, Bard, and other 'language models' have proved proficient at performing tasks far beyond their creators’ initial expectations, and we still do not know why. Trained simply to predict missing words in a text, such models have gained an understanding of the world and language that makes them capable of reasoning, planning, solving problems, as well as conversing almost flawlessly. Is this the secret of knowledge, and is it now in the hands of our creations? Perhaps we are no longer alone. And as we try to figure out how to share these powers with the 'aliens' who now work at our side, we can wonder what else they may learn tomorrow. Are we approaching a critical threshold beyond which machines will attain superhuman performance?Following on from The Shortcut, Nello Cristianini has authored another brilliant book – written like a gripping thriller – explaining the ideas behind a technology destined to change the world. If our worst terror has always stemmed from fear of the unknown, the cure, since time immemorial, is knowledge.
Iyanu: Child of Wonder Library Edition Volume 1 (Iyanu: Child of Wonder)
by Roye OkupeNow a Cartoon Network/HBO Max/Lion Forge Animation animated series! The hit graphic novel series from YouNeek Studios and Dark Horse—with Volumes 1 and 2 now collected in an oversized volume!Iyanu, a teenage orphan with no recollection of her past, suddenly discovers that she has abilities that rival the ancient deities told of in the folklore of her people. It is these abilities that are the key to bringing back an "age of wonders,&” as Iyanu begins her journey to save a world on the brink of destruction! The Corrupt—cursed wildlife and strange, divine beasts—are determined to destroy humanity, unless Iyanu can stop them.A timeless fantasy quest inspired by Yoruba culture and myths—from the best Nigerian comics talent!Collects: Iyanu: Child of Wonder Volumes 1 & 2.
The Parent Trap (Pushkin Children's Classics)
by Erich KästnerThe book behind the world-famous film — in a new translation by Anthea BellLuise has ringlets. Lottie has braids. Apart from that they look exactly the same.But they are sure that they have never set eyes on each other in their lives.When the two girls meet at a summer camp and discover the secret behind their similarity, they decide to switch places. Everyone is fooled (apart from the dog) and, despite a few mistakes and misadventures, everything goes to plan for Luise as Lottie and Lottie as Luise - until their father meets a young, beautiful woman and things start to unravel...Funny, moving, affectionate and improbable, The Parent Trap has twice been adapted for film - but the book remains one of the great classics of German children's literature.
Squirrel and Bird
by Laura BakerSquirrel and Bird are best friends, but they're very different. Squirrel is LOUD. Bird is quiet. Squirrel is confident. Bird is shy. And that&’s all there is to know about them...or is it?This eye-opening book for children ages 3-7 celebrates the wonderful variety of traits that make us who we are.Squirrel and Bird are the best of friends, but they're very different. Squirrel is loud, busy, and the life of the party. Bird is quiet and shy--but is that all there is to them? This eye-opening, thought-provoking story encourages us to embrace the wonderful variety of traits that make us who we are, and challenge the reductive labels others may place upon us.
Fat and Furious: Igniting Radical Fat Resistance
by Breanne FahsA bold takedown of the ways women are terrorized about fatness, and a treatise on the revolutionary power of fat furyAnti-fatness and fat-shaming are used most often as a way to inspire fear in others about being or becoming fat. Scholar and therapist Breanne Fahs breaks down how the dread of fatness is used to control and capitalize on women&’s fears of their unruly bodies and demonstrates how rejecting shame and instead igniting feelings of anger can help us collectively move towards justice.Weaving together the voices of fat people and activists with damning psychological and sociological evidence, Fahs chronicles how fat oppression and fear-mongering impacts every aspect of our lives, from media representation to workplace and healthcare discrimination to the problem with body positivity movements, and even how we handle fat death. She argues that rage, or fat fury, becomes the necessary antidote to the resignation and powerlessness that anti-fatness so often generates.Illuminating and infuriating, Fahs intertwines the personal and systemic impacts of anti-fatness and calls on all of us—fatter and thinner alike—to reflect and revolt.
Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty
by Kaila YuA &“raw and lyrical&” (New York Times) memoir-in-essays from former pinup model and lead singer of Nylon Pink Kaila Yu, reckoning with being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contributed to the oversexualization of Asian women.No one fetishized Kaila Yu more than she fetishized herself. As a young girl, she dreamt of beauty. But none of the beautiful women on television looked like her. In the late '90s and early 2000s Asian women were often reduced to overtly sexual and submissive caricatures—the geishas of the book-turned-film Memoirs of a Geisha; the lewd twins, Fook Mi and Fook Yu, in Austin Powers in Goldmember; Papillon Soo Soo&’s sex worker character in the cult Vietnam War movie Full Metal Jacket; and pin-up goddess Sung-Hi Lee. Meanwhile, the "girls next door" were always white. Within that narrow framework, Kaila internalized a painful conclusion: The only way someone who looked like her could have value or be considered beautiful and desirable was to sexualize herself. Blending vulnerable stories from Yu&’s life with incisive cultural critique and history, Fetishized is a memoir-in-essays exploring feminism, beauty, yellow fever, and the roles pop culture and colonialism played in shaping pervasive and destructive stereotypes about Asian women and their bodies. Yu reflects on the women in media who influenced her, the legacy of U.S. occupation in shaping Western perceptions of Asian women, her own experiences in the pinup and import modeling industry, auditioning for TV and film roles that perpetuated dehumanizing stereotypes, and touring the world with her band in revealing outfits. She recounts altering her body to conform to Western beauty standards, allowing men to treat her like a sex object, and the emotional toll and trauma of losing her sense of self in the pursuit of the image she thought the world wanted. Candid and intimate, Fetishized is a personal journey of self-love and healing. It&’s both a searing indictment of the violence of objectification and a tender exploration of the broken relationship so many of us have with beauty, desire, and our own bodies.
Arkham Horror: The Terror at the End of Time (Arkham Horror)
by Cullen BunnEisner-nominated master of horror Cullen Bunn brings Arkham Horror—the hair-raising 1920s mystery and adventure game—to the world of comics with Arkham Horror: The Terror at the End of Time.Life was all just one big game to adventuring socialite Jenny Barnes. But Jenny&’s world turned topsy-turvy when she and her sister Izzie were attacked by a dangerous cult. Although Jenny thwarted the cultists sacrificial endeavors and battled the eldritch monsters at their command, the high priestess Abigail Olmstead fled—and took Izzie with her.Desperate to find her sister, Jenny seeks the help of private investigator Joe Diamond. Joe may not understand her story, but he understands loss. Together, Joe and Jenny will follow a perilous path—fighting unimaginable horrors, journeying to strange worlds, and risking their lives and sanity—in search of Izzie. But the greatest terror awaits them somewhere far beyond the town of Arkham, Massachusetts…Collects Arkham Horror: The Terror at the End of Time #1–#4.
Wanda oye las estrellas (Spanish Edition): Una astrónoma ciega escucha al universo
by Amy S. Hansen WANDA DÍAZ MERCED¡Edición en español! Un libro ilustrado de no ficción que narra la biografía de la astrofísica Wanda Díaz Merced y cómo perder la vista no la detuvo de estudiar las estrellas.Una historia inspiradora y real de una mujer científica de color y que es una lectura interseccional fascinante para los fanáticos de STEM de 6 a 9 años.Spanish language edition! A nonfiction picture book biography of astrophysicist Wanda Díaz Merced and how losing her sight didn't stop her from studying the stars.An inspiring true story of a woman scientist of color that's a riveting intersectional read for STEM fans ages 6-9.Mientras crecía en Puerto Rico, Wanda Díaz Merced quería aprender todo lo que pudiera sobre las estrellas. Pero en la universidad comenzó a perder la vista. ¿Cómo podría estudiar lo que no podía ver?Wanda encontró una manera. Aprendió a escuchar las estrellas usando la sonificación, estudio que convierte los datos en sonidos. Al escuchar esas campanadas y ritmos de tambor, hizo nuevos descubrimientos sobre el universo.Hoy día, Wanda es una destacada defensora de la ciencia inclusiva. Ella y su amiga Amy S. Hansen colaboraron en este libro para inspirar a los niños a seguir su curiosidad sin importar los desafíos. Como insta Wanda, "¡Nunca te rindas!"¡Wanda oye las estrellas es la biografía ilustrada perfecta para inspirar a cualquier futuro científico con mentalidad STEM!Growing up in Puerto Rico, Wanda Díaz Merced wanted to learn everything she could about the stars. But in college she started losing her sight. How could she study what she couldn't see?Wanda found a way. She learned to hear the stars using sonification, which converts data into sounds. Listening to those chimes and drumbeats, she made new discoveries about the universe.Today Wanda is a leading advocate for inclusive science. She and her friend Amy S. Hansen collaborated on this book to inspire children to follow their curiosity no matter the challenges. As Wanda urges, "Never give up!"Wanda escucha las estrellas is the perfect picture book biography to inspire any STEM-minded future scientist!
Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy
by Mark M. LowenthalNow in its landmark Tenth Edition, Mark M. Lowenthal’s trusted guide, Intelligence, is the go-to resource for understanding how the intelligence community’s history, structure, procedures, and functions affect policy decisions. In the new edition, the author addresses the implications of new technologies like artificial intelligence, the intensified great power competition around the world, and updates in cyber intelligence, as well as offering significant updates in the chapter on foreign intelligence services.
Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy
by Mark M. LowenthalNow in its landmark Tenth Edition, Mark M. Lowenthal’s trusted guide, Intelligence, is the go-to resource for understanding how the intelligence community’s history, structure, procedures, and functions affect policy decisions. In the new edition, the author addresses the implications of new technologies like artificial intelligence, the intensified great power competition around the world, and updates in cyber intelligence, as well as offering significant updates in the chapter on foreign intelligence services.