Thomas Hart lives in the numb aftermath of his brother's tragic death. After spending six months institutionalized for attempted suicide, Thomas returns home to build a new life for himself. He goes to therapy, starts over at a different high school, and makes new friends. All while completely abandoning his old reputation as a state champion swimmer. Or so he thought.Thomas can't seem to get resident star athlete Ethan Cooper out of his head. With dimples that have a track record ...

This manual is meant to help women who are curious about the strip club scene, by telling girls considering this route how to make the money and get out of the club, in 5 years or less.The regular 9 to 5 woman with a significant other can learn a thing or two to keep him happy, or for her to feel sexy for herself after reading the bonus chapters only found in this third edition.Along with the dangers, do's and don'ts: This book also gives advice about online marketing for bus...

Designed as an 'ideal city' and emblem of the nation, Canberra has long been a source of ambivalence for many Australians. In this charming and concise book, Nicholas Brown challenges these ideas and looks beyond the clichés to illuminate the unique, layered and often colourful history of Australia's capital. Brown covers Canberra's selection as the site of the national capital, the turbulent path of Walter Burley Griffin's plan for the city and the many phases of its construction. He surv...

In Autonomy Nicholas Brown theorizes the historical and theoretical argument for art's autonomy from its acknowledged character as a commodity. Refusing the position that the distinction between art and the commodity has collapsed, Brown demonstrates how art can, in confronting its material determinations, suspend the logic of capital by demanding interpretive attention. He applies his readings of Marx, Hegel, Adorno, and Jameson to a range of literature, photography, music, telev...

Utopian Generations develops a powerful interpretive matrix for understanding world literature--one that renders modernism and postcolonial African literature comprehensible in a single framework, within which neither will ever look the same. African literature has commonly been seen as representationally naïve vis-à-vis modernism, and canonical modernism as reactionary vis-à-vis postcolonial literature. What brings these two bodies of work together, argues Nicholas Brown, is thei...

Dragonflies in the Swamp is a collection of short stories and what I call "Anecdotal Prose Poems". These tales and anecdotes illustrate how people from Miami's rough survive, thrive and die in the struggle of living in questionable and even dangerous territory.

The name Black Hawk permeates the built environment in the upper Midwestern United States. It has been appropriated for everything from fitness clubs to used car dealerships. Makataimeshekiakiak, the Sauk Indian war leader whose name loosely translates to "Black Hawk," surrendered in 1832 after hundreds of his fellow tribal members were slaughtered at the Bad Axe Massacre. Re-Collecting Black Hawk examines the phenomena of this appropriation in the physical landscape, and the deep...

After a workplace indiscretion shatters his elite footy physiotherapy career, Ard Panicker finds himself begging for work at a metaphysical health spa, selling Ayurvedic rubdowns to yummy mummies in Bondi.With his sense of self at an all time low and staring down a sea of healing crystals, green juices and sound baths, Ard wonders how the hell his life took him from sport to spirituality in one fell swoop. His search for answers takes him to Kerala, South India, where he meets an e...

FIDIC 2017: A definitive guide to claims and disputes second edition serves as a practical legal companion for managing the procedures for claims and disputes within the 2017 FIDIC suite of contracts. It is the first book to present a comprehensive treatment of the multi-tiered dispute avoidance and resolution process. The book explains each stage of the process and includes numerous flowcharts and worked procedural examples to facilitate understanding.Fully revised and up...

Nicholas and Tracee Brown are the parents of 3 strong-minded and intelligent sons. They are always teaching their sons about the many ways to become successful in the future. The boys are always excited and prepared to learn new things! One day Dad decides to introduce the boys to the 4 ways people earn money. He begins the day with a bit of fun for the boys to get their attention. Then comes the challenge. Dad puts them to the test! Can the boys pass the test or will it prove to be too bi...

"The wide range of subjects . . . provides a glimpse of the extent to which Bourdieu's theories of culture have gained widespread currency in the humanities." —David Eick, SubStanceThe work of Pierre Bourdieu, one of the most influential French intellectuals of the twentieth century, has had an enormous impact on research in fields as diverse as aesthetics, education, anthropology, and sociology. Pierre Bourdieu: Fieldwork in Culture is the first ...

This volume explicates the role of sociopolitical advocacy and other related constructs as forms of prosocial communication.Bringing together a diverse group of scholars, this volume provides comprehensive conceptualizations and discussions of key constructs related to prosocial communication—including corporate social advocacy (CSA), corporate political advocacy (CPA), corporate racial responsibility (CRR), corporate social responsibility (CSR), and CEO activism—through perspectiv...