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The debut of an entertaining new series in the tradition of Joan Hess' successful Maggody novels. Schoolteacher Barrett Lake is not your typical sleuth. But when one of her students goes missing, she's all business, teaming up with the perfect foil--gruff, but highly experienced P.I. Francis Boz--to solve the mystery.
This collection offers empirical studies and theoretical essays about human communication in everyday life. The writings come from many of the world's leading researchers and cut across academic boundaries, engaging scholars and teachers from such disciplines as communication, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, and education. Chapters emphasize empirical, qualitative studies of people's everyday uses of talk-in-interaction, and they feature work in such areas as sociolinguistics, conversation analysis, discourse analysis, and ethnography. The volume is dedicated to and highlights themes in the work of the late Robert Hopper, an outstanding scholar in communication who pioneered research i...
From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.
This is the only book that systematically examines transgender sex work in the United States and globally. Bringing together perspectives from a rich range of disciplines and experiences, it is an invaluable resource on issues related to commercial sex in the transgender community and in the lives of trans sex workers, including mental health, substance use, relationship dynamics, encounters with the criminal justice system, and opportunities and challenges in the realm of public health. The volume covers trans sex workers' interactions with health, social service, and mental-health agencies, featuring more than forty contributors from across the globe. Synthesizing introductions by the editor help organize and put into context a vast and scattered research and empirical literature. The book is essential for researchers, health practitioners, and policy analysts in the areas of sex-work research, HIV/AIDS, and LGBTQ/gender studies.
Jane Bonet is off to the Caribbean to realize her dream of owning a bed and breakfast. With family tales of pirates and hidden treasure, she is certain this is the opportunity of a lifetime. That she will need to have the renovations finished in time for her wedding doesn’t dampen her spirits. Her fiancé has the money to make things happen, and she has the determination. Elio Grande is the premier handyman on the isle. Growing up on the island, he has heard all the pirate tales. Handsome, hard-working and kind, he has won the hearts of the island but not the heart of a special woman. With a tragedy in his past, he thought a promise would change his luck. Ile d’Amour is the ideal setting for a romantic B&B with secluded beaches, hot nights and the magic that draws lovers together. Join Jane, Elio, a feral Persian cat, along with pirate tales and tragic curses, on a wedding adventure to remember, where Jane must choose between love and gold or risk leaving the island empty handed and empty hearted.
Whether you want to take up Spanish from scratch or brush up on your existing skills, this practical guide offers helpful lessons, cultural facts, handy references and much more. Included is a Spanish-English mini-dictionary and common verb lists.
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Aku adalah kau... / PERJANJIAN TANPA RELA Kematian Tarmizi memberi impak pada Nancy. Dia menyesal dan tertanya-tanya kenapa semua ini berlaku. Akhirnya, Nancy menemui jawapannya apabila puaka di dalam cermin di sebuah kedai antik di mana dia bekerja telah membongkar segala rahsia. Puaka itu mengatakan bahawa kini dia adalah penjaga Nancy kerana perjanjian telah berlaku tanpa disedari Nancy. Tiga permintaan, ada syarat termeterai, ada korban perlu dipersembahkan... / 3 PERMINTAAN Sofea Jane, seorang model jelitawan kegilaan ramai lelaki tetapi mempunyai hobi pelik, iaitu taksub pada cermin dan kecantikan. Cermin antik pemberian Damian yang dipecahkan telah bercantum kembali. Tanpa disedari, ada jin menghuni cermin itu. Jin itu menawarkan tiga permintaan kepada Sofea Jane, tetapi dengan syarat-syarat yang cukup berat untuk ditunaikan. Bila hati termakan bisikan syaitan, maka dia terjerumus dengan tipu daya jin.
This important book “weaves lyrical storytelling and fascinating research into a compelling narrative” (San Francisco Chronicle) to look at dietary differences along class lines and nutritional disparities in America, illuminating exactly how inequality starts on the dinner plate. Inequality in America manifests in many ways, but perhaps nowhere more than in how we eat. From her years of field research, sociologist and ethnographer Priya Fielding-Singh brings us into the kitchens of dozens of families from varied educational, economic, and ethnoracial backgrounds to explore how—and why—we eat the way we do. We get to know four families intimately: the Bakers, a Black family living be...