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Hot Mother
Penny Baker is winning at life. Sort of. Her work is demanding, her kids are demanding and her husband seems to be undergoing some weird midlife crisis but she is juggling it all – with the added delights of the menopause. But when the charity she works for is thrown into crisis and her mother’s dementia advances, the strain starts to show. Can she navigate it all and still somehow keep a smile on her - flushed - face? A witty, relatable story of motherhood, menopause and managing the heck out of it all. Praise for Hot Mother: 'A book that looks at what it means to be a middle-aged woman in today's society. Funny, wise and downright wonderful.' Nicola Gill ‘Warm, witty and entirely rel...
Wombs and Alien Spirits
Based on nearly two years of ethnographic fieldwork in a Muslim village in northern Sudan, Wombs and Alien Spirits explores the zâr cult, the most widely practiced traditional healing cult in Africa. Adherents of the cult are usually women with marital or fertility problems, who are possessed by spirits very different from their own proscribed roles as mothers. Through the woman, the spirit makes demands upon her husband and family and makes provocative comments on village issues, such as the increasing influence of formal Islam or encroaching Western economic domination. In accommodating the spirits, the women are able metaphorically to reformulate everyday discourse to portray consciousne...
Buku Ajar Pengantar Ilmu Komunikasi
Buku Ajar Pengantar Ilmu Komunikasi ini disusun sebagai buku panduan komprehensif yang menjelajahi kompleksitas dan mendalamnya tentang Konsep ilmu komunikasi. Buku ini dapat digunakan oleh pendidik dalam melaksanakan kegiatan pembelajaran di bidang ilmu ilmu komunikasi dan diberbagai bidang Ilmu terkait lainnya. Selain itu, buku ini juga dapat digunakan sebagai panduan dan referensi mengajar mata kuliah pengantar ilmu komunikasi dan menyesuaikan dengan Rencana Pembelajaran Semester tingkat Perguruan Tinggi masing-masing. Secara garis besar, buku ajar ini pembahasannya mulai dari konsep definisi hingga aplikasi dalam berbagai konteks, karakteristik komunikasi, prinsip-prinsip dasar, komponen-komponen komunikasi, model-model komunikasi, komunikasi verbal, nonverbal, serta teknologi komunikasi modern memberikan pemahaman mendalam tentang dinamika komunikasi manusia. Selain itu, buku ini juga mengulas topik yang relevan dalam konteks sosial dan politik seperti komunikasi politik, komunikasi pembangunan, dan komunikasi kesehatan. Buku ajar ini disusun secara sistematis, ditulis dengan bahasa yang jelas dan mudah dipahami, dan dapat digunakan dalam kegiatan pembelajaran.
The Poetics of Military Occupation
The romantic, nineteenth-century image of the Bedouin as fierce, independent nomads on camelback racing across an endless desert persists in the West. Yet since the era of Ottoman rule, the Mzeina Bedouin of the South Sinai desert have lived under foreign occupation. For the last forty years Bedouin land has been a political football, tossed back and forth between Israel and Egypt at least five times.
Di Balik Pagar SMP Pelita Hati
Buku kumpulan cerpen Di Balik Pagar SMP Pelita Hati ini merupakan karya fiksi dari seorang guru bahasa Inggris di sebuah Sekolah Menengah Pertama di kota Lhokseumawe, Aceh. Buku ini berisi 10 buah cerpen yang terdiri dari kisah-kisah seru, indah dan sedih yang terjadi di lingkungan sebuah sekolah dan juga Di dalamnya mengandung tema dan konflik yang terjadi antara siswa dan guru, siswa dan siswa serta siswa dengan orang tuanya yang kemudian mendorong penulis untuk menghasilkan sebuah karya sastra. Serta berbagai macam cerita yang menarik untuk dibaca. Mulai dari cerpen “Teman Baru” yang bercerita tentang seorang anak yang pemalu dan kurang pergaulan kemudian bertemu dengan seorang teman ...
Village and Family
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Pilgrimage [2 volumes]
Nationalistic meccas, shrines to popular culture, and sacred traditions for the world's religions from Animism to Zoroastrianism are all examined in two accessible and comprehensive volumes. Pilgrimage is a comprehensive compendium of the basic facts on Pilgrimage from ancient times to the 21st century. Illustrated with maps and photographs that enrich the reader's journey, this authoritative volume explores sites, people, activities, rites, terminology, and other matters related to pilgrimage such as economics, tourism, and disease. Encompassing all major and minor world religions, from ancient cults to modern faiths, this work covers both religious and secular pilgrimage sites. Compiled by experts who have authored numerous books on pilgrimage and are pilgrims in their own right, the entries will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers.
The Middle East
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The Far Side of the Desert
A terrorist attack—a kidnapping—the ultimate vacation gone wrong Sisters Samantha and Monte Waters are vacationing together in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, enjoying a festival and planning to meet with their brother, Cal—but the idyllic plans are short-lived. When terrorists' attacks rock the city around them, Monte, a U.S. foreign service officer, and Samantha, an international television correspondent, are separated, and one of them is whisked away in the frenzy. The family mobilizes, using all their contacts to try to find their missing sister, but to no avail. She has vanished. As time presses on, the outlook darkens. Can she be found, or is she a lost cause? And, even if she returns, will the damage to her and those around her be irreparable? Moving from Spain to Washington to Morocco to Gibraltar to the Sahara Desert, The Far Side of the Desert is a family drama and political thriller that explores links of terrorism, crime, and financial manipulation, revealing the grace that ultimately foils destruction. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Daniel Silva
