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Ecologies of Resistance
Arts, Activism, and Transdisciplinary Futures in Latin America and the Latinx Worlds
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- Ilka KressnerProfessor Elizabeth Marcela PettinaroliJosué Chavajay QuincaínGiovanna MontenegroKatja Cecchetti-HigginsAlejandra OlarteAna María MutisCordelia E. BarreraAlethia Alfonso-GarcíaDiana AldreteSilvia MejíaJuan G. RamosMaría Mercedes AndradeVictoria SaramagoVictoria L. GarrettTiffany D. Creegan MillerJorge Marcone
2026
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Reframing traditional conceptions of ecologyEcologies of Resistance brings together fourteen groundbreaking studies on Latin American and Latinx writing, visual and performing arts, film, and activism that propose alternatives to prevailing colonial and neocolonial conceptions of ecology. The contributors question the artificially imposed separation of the human and nonhuman, human dominance over place, and the concept of progress measured in strictly econ...
Gravel Rides Edinburgh, Fife & the Lothians
15 gravel bike adventures around Scotland's capital city
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- Gravel Rides
2026
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Gravel Rides Edinburgh, Fife & the Lothians showcases 15 of the best gravel bike rides around Scotland's capital city and beyond. Covering East, West and Midlothian and crossing the Firth of Forth into the Kingdom of Fife, the rides range from 17 to 89 kilometres, plus a challenging 244-kilometre bonus route.Explore charming fishing villages and the industrial heritage of the Fife coast, follow the 1722 Waggonway – Scotland's oldest railway – in East Lothian, or venture in...
2026
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Icc presents a collection of narratives that explore the interplay between aspiration, simplicity, and the contrasting values of rural and urban life. The work reflects on how ambition shapes perception, particularly when individuals from more structured, material driven environments encounter communities rooted in tradition and natural rhythm. Through its stories, it highlights the tension between artistic ambition and genuine expression, suggesting that true beauty often emerges from aut...
2020
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**Honorable Mention for the 2022 Modern Language Association Prize for an Edited CollectionInterrogates how artists have created new ways to imagine the past of American slavery**From Kara Walker’s hellscape antebellum silhouettes to Paul Beatty’s bizarre twist on slavery in The Sellout and from Colson Whitehead’s literal Underground Railroad to Jordan Peele’s body-snatching Get Out, this volume offers commentary on contemporary artistic works tha...
2018
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This book presents for the first time in English language an overview of the research done in Brazil in the field of studies of children’s play. The volume brings together contributions from researchers of the Working Group Toy, Education and Health, of the Brazilian National Association of Research and Graduate Studies in Psychology (ANPEPP), including empirical studies and literature reviews about indigenous children, riverside communities, urban children in situation of social vulnerabi...
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- Dr Volodymyr RadchukDr Tefera Tolera AngessaDr Kefei ChenDr David FarleighDr Jenifer BussanichDr Lee-Anne McFawnDr Kevin WhitfieldDr Brendon WeirDr Steve CoshDr Achalu ChimdiDr Gudeta Nepir GurmuDr Tadesse Kenea AmentaeProf Chengdao LiDr Hélène PidonDr Nils SteinDr Alison KellyDr Clayton ForknallDr W. T. B. ThomasDr Serena RosignoliDr Silvio SalviDr Andrea VisioniDr Zhao JinProf Paul SchwarzDr Robert BrueggemanDr Shyam SolankiDr Gazala AmeenDr Karl EffertzDr Roshan Sharma PoudelDr Aziz KarakayaProf Adrian C. NewtonDr Henry E. CreissenDr Alessandro TondelliDr Neil D. HavisDr Fiona J. BurnettDr Michael WidderickProf Glen P. FoxDr Reg LanceDr Søren KnudsenDr Finn LokDr Ilka BraumannDr David M. E. PoulsenDr Nancy AmesDr Cristina CrosattiDr Joanne StorsleyDr Lovemore MalungaDr Sijo Joseph ThandapillyDr Stefano DelbonoDr Luigi CattivelliDr Ljudmilla BorisjukDr Hardy Rolletschek
2020
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Strong focus on advances in understanding barley physiology which inform decisions about breeding and cultivationDetailed coverage of molecular breeding techniques such as genome wide association studies (GWAS) and targeted induced lesions in genomes (TILLING)Covers latest research on optimising barley for particular end uses such as malting, brewing and animal feed
American Cultures as Transnational Performance
Commons, Skills, Traces
2021
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This book investigates transnational processes through the analytic lens of cultural performance.Structured around key concepts of performance studies––commons, skills, and traces––this edited collection addresses the political, normative, and historical implications of cultural performances beyond the limits of the (US) nation-state. These three central aspects of performance function as entryways to inquiries into transnational processes and allow the authors to shift the discuss...
Great British Gravel Rides
Cycling the wild trails of England, Scotland & Wales
2022
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Great British Gravel Rides pays homage to the very best gravel cycling across England, Wales and Scotland. Markus Stitz has curated a collection of 25 routes across Britain – each a favourite route of a passionate gravel cyclist. You can join round-the-world cycling men's record holder Mark Beaumont in East Lothian, experience a different side of East Anglia with ultra-endurance racers and GBDURO20 winners Josh Ibbett and Gail Brown, embark on a coast-to-coast trip across Scotland with rou...
Sites of Disquiet
The Non-Space in Spanish American Short Narratives and Their Cinematic Transformations
2013
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Some of the most important writers of the twentieth century, including Borges, Cortázar, Rulfo, and García Márquez, have explored ambiguous sites of a disquieting nature. Their characters face merging perspectives, deferral, darkness, or emptiness. Such a space is neither a site of projection (as utopia or dystopia) nor a neutral setting (as the topos). For the characters, it is real and active, at once elusive and transforming. Despite the challenges of visualizing such slippery spaces, f...
Songwoman: a stunning historical novel from the acclaimed author of 'Skin'
The thrilling historical novel and the sequel to the critically acclaimed Skin
2018
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A thrilling historical novel and the sequel to the critically acclaimed Skin, perfect for fans of Outlander and Game of Thrones.One woman's quest to defend her culture.Haunted by the Roman attack that destroyed her home, Ailia flees to the remote Welsh mountains in search of the charismatic war king, Caradog, who is leading a guerrilla campaign against the encroaching army.Ailia proves herself an indispensable advisor to th...
Green Witch Magick
Essential Plants and Crafty Spellwork for a Witch’s Cupboard
2021
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Align with the natural cycles of the earth as you explore the 13 essential plants every green witch must know and have in their garden and cupboard for healing, spellwork, and divination.Plants are a sacred offering from Mother Earth. And witches have always known and understood their healing and magickal powers. Plants hold sustenance, medicine, and wisdom. They gift us with the essentials we need to live and thrive. In return, they ask to be used for the highest ...
Women of Significance - Allyson Said
The Third in a Series of Exceptional Women I Have Known
2025
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S.A. Stitz's, Allyson is a fictionalized biography of true events. She is an extraordinary woman and he an unusually gifted man whose story of love, passion and their mystical union far exceeds any other. Sonny Schorr was born with a gift that enables him to experience every sensory feeling and thought to occur in the women with whom he has a physical and mental relationship with. His intimacies with these women empower them to reach spiritual levels of clarity, powerful climatic heights, ...











