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Disciplined Development
Drawing on Foucault's analysis of disciplinary power and Gramsci's theories on hegemony, Laura J. Dull argues in this insightful volume that Ghanian teachers' diverse roles-as moral disciplinarians, ambivalent partners with global donors and lenders, romantic racialists of Africans-illustrate the ways in which educators deploy history and nationalism as strategies of power in support of, but also in opposition to, dominant systems. On the one hand, by enforcing strict morality, 'modern' attitudes and hard work in schools, teachers appear to consent to the hegemonic terms for development that their leaders have adopted: neo-liberal economics and liberal democracy, Christian morals and work et...
Pushing Up Daisy
Contemporary cozy murder mystery She still loves him, but life with him is murder… Daisy Bruce never expected to see her ex-fiancée again. Especially when their reunion coincides with confronting the two people who contributed to her breaking up with Emile Reis in the first place. And when an unexpected death is thrown in the mix, she's forced to not only face her past but her choice to become a Fleming Investigations private detective in the first place. Can she solve the case before her heart betrays her? Welcome to the Daisy Bruce Cozy Mysteries, a spinoff of the award-winning Fiona Fleming and Fleming Investigations Cozy Mysteries! KEYWORDS: cozy murder mystery book, cozy murder mystery series, cozy mystery book, cozy mystery series, contemporary cozy murder mystery, contemporary cozy mystery
Lighthousekeeping
An orphaned girl is held spellbound by the tales of a lighthouse keeper on the Scottish coast, in a novel by the Costa Award-winning author of The Passion. After her mother is literally swept away by the savage winds off the Atlantic coast of Salts, Scotland, never to be seen again, the orphaned Silver is feeling particularly unmoored. Taken in by the mysterious keeper of a lighthouse on Cape Wrath, Silver finds an anchor in Mr. Pew—blind, as old and legendary as a unicorn, and a yarn spinner of persuasive power. The tale he has to tell Silver is that of a nineteenth-century clergyman named Babel Dark, whose life was divided between a loving light and a mask of deceit. Peopled with such lu...
The Blue Sapphire
Fingering the softly curved ends, Jeanette wished she had never cut it, but then if she had not tried to please Brad by cutting it, she would never have realized how much she liked the longer style...or the girl she used to be--young, naive, believing fairy tales came true. They didn't. She knew that now. Even a fairy princess had choices, but it was all so much easier in stories.> There are problems at home, at college, and with relationships gone awry, leaving Jeanette searching for answers. As two different young men vie for her future, will Jeanette discover the true meaning of faithfulness in the gift of a blue sapphire?
A Host of Furious Fancies
Two novels of elvish lore and modern noir. Beyond Worlds End: Eric Banyon, elvish knight and bard, moves back to the Big Apple to finish his interrupted education at Juilliard School of Music. Soon Eric discovers that unscrupulous researchers have created a drug to unlock magical powers in humans¾and something evil from Underhill plans to use those human powers to dominate World Above. But Eric is one bard who is going to let no such thing happen. Spirits White as Lightning: Eric Banyon has more to worry about than passing his courses at Juilliard. The evil elf lord Aerune, whose love was killed by mortal men, is determined to destroy the human race. Erics only hope of stopping Aerune is to trap him inside a magical maze¾but first he must journey to the heart of Aerunes realm and trick the elf lord into a deadly chase. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
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