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Sounds of the Borderland
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 284

Sounds of the Borderland

Sounds of the Borderland is the first book-length study of how popular music became a medium for political communication and contested identification during and after Croatia's war of independence from Yugoslavia. It extends existing cultural studies literature on music, politics and the state, which has largely been grounded in Western European and North American political systems. It also responds to an emerging fascination with the culture and politics of contemporary south-east Europe, expanding scholarship on the post-Yugoslav conflicts by going on to encompass significant social and political changes into the present day. The outbreak of war in 1991 saw almost every professional musici...

Vaxxers
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 315

Vaxxers

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-07-08
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  • Publisher: Hachette UK

Chosen as a Book of the Year 2021 by the Financial Times, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Prospect, Guardian and The Times. 'Vaxxers is so good that the book will be read for long after the pandemic is over' Financial Times 'One of the most epic and pioneering moments in human history' Sir Jeremy Farrar __________ The bestselling inside story of a historic moment for science and for humanity. On 1 January 2020, Professor Sarah Gilbert read an article about four people in China with an illness of unknown cause. Within two weeks, she and her team had designed a new vaccine that would go on to save millions of lives from Covid-19. Capturing a landmark moment, Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green reveal their story of making the pioneering Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine and fighting a pandemic as ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. They separate fact from fiction, they explain how they made their highly effective vaccine in record time with the eyes of the world watching, and they give us hope for the future.

The Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 192

The Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s

Catherine Baker offers an up-to-date, balanced and concise introductory account of the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s and their aftermath. The volume incorporates the latest research, showing how the state of the field has evolved and guides students through the existing literature, topics and debates.

Faith's Genesis
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 736

Faith's Genesis

Spiritual gifts are given to all of us. It is through these gifts our lives take flight.... In a relationship with Princess Juliana Radcliffe of Liechtenstein, Jonathan Baker became a father. He never thought her a princess Or that loving her would be dangerous Until a political threat arose Forcing their flight to protect their young family. Years have passed and now their children, Princess-Apparent Catherine and Prince –Apparent Trevor, are poised for their irrevocable futures. The spiritual gifts of others guide their journey. For Catherine, a chance encounter with a high school friend leads to motherhood’s door. The spiritual connection to her and her brother’s past finds its advent with this new life. Her journey finds its roots in the spiritual gifts of others, gaining momentum through unsurpassable love, deep secrets, prophecies and shocking revelations. Can she pull the pieces together to help her family return to normalcy and their thrones?

Gaga Feminism
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 172

Gaga Feminism

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-09-18
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  • Publisher: Beacon Press

Using Lady Gaga as a symbol for a new kind of feminism, this “provocative and pleasurable romp through contemporary gender politics . . . is as fun as it is illuminating” (Ariel Levy, New Yorker) Why are so many women single, so many men resisting marriage, and so many gays and lesbians having babies? Gaga Feminism answers these questions while attempting to make sense of the tectonic cultural shifts that have transformed gender and sexual politics in the last few decades. This colorful landscape is populated by symbols and phenomena as varied as pregnant men, late-life lesbians, SpongeBob SquarePants, and queer families. So how do we understand the dissonance between these real experien...

Against Prisons
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 12

Against Prisons

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-07
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  • Publisher: Unknown

A short, iconic essay that makes the case for the abolition of the prison system. French journalist Catherine Baker, who has also advocated for dismantling obligatory schooling, doesn't stop at why we should shut down prisons, she also looks at what alternatives we may use to replace such a repressive, ineffective system. Originally written in 2005 and translated by Doug Imrie and Michael William.

The Daughters of Yalta
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 435

The Daughters of Yalta

The untold story of the three intelligent and glamorous young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference in February 1945, and of the conference's fateful reverberations in the waning days of World War II.

Ending the War on Artisan Cheese
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 226

Ending the War on Artisan Cheese

A prominent food scientist defends the use of raw milk in traditional artisan cheesemaking. Raw milk cheese--cheese made from unpasteurized milk--is an expansive category that includes some of Europe's most beloved traditional styles: Parmigiano Reggiano, Gruyère, and Comté, to name a few. In the United States, raw milk cheese forms the backbone of the resurgent artisan cheese industry, as consumers demand local, traditionally produced, and high-quality foods. Internationally award-winning artisan cheeses like Bayley Hazen Blue (Jasper Hill, VT) would have been unimaginable just forty years ago when American cheese meant Kraft Singles. Unfortunately the artisan cheese industry faces an exi...

Joining Children on the Spiritual Journey
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 240

Joining Children on the Spiritual Journey

Analyzes the spiritual formation of young children and calls for renewed attention to scripture and the involvement of families in the process.

Mining for Gold
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 93

Mining for Gold

Godly thriving leaders are precious and valuable, but developing those leaders is not easy. Many leaders feel stuck, tired and frustrated in their growth and calling. This can change. In Mining for Gold, pastor and master-coach, Tom Camacho, offers a fresh perspective on how to draw out the best in ourselves and in those around us. Cutting through the complexity and challenges of leadership development, he gives us practical and effective tools to help leaders grow personally and develop those around them. Coaching, through the power of the Holy Spirit, provides the clarity and momentum we need to grow. When we get clarity, everything changes. Coaching helps us better understand our identity in Christ, our God-given wiring, and how we naturally bear the most fruit. There is gold in God’s people, waiting to be discovered. Let’s learn to draw out that treasure and help others flourish in their life and leadership.