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Un divertido y conmovedor libro de memorias en ensayo de la
comediante Aida RodrĂguez sobre el poder de superar las
dificultades y transformar el dolor en risa. Aida RodrĂguez ha
vivido, por decir poco, una vida de torbellino. La historia de
cĂłmo pasĂł de la pobreza a la opulencia es alucinante: cuando era
niña, su madre la secuestró y se la llevó de la República
Dominicana a los Estados Unidos. Más tarde, un nuevo secuestro,
esta vez a manos de su abuela y su tĂo, la dejĂł en Florida. Ya de
adulta, escapĂł de un matrimonio tormentoso y terminĂł, junto con
sus hijos, mendigando por las calles de Los Ăngeles. Durante todas
esas adversidades, Aida nunca perdiĂł su sentido del humor. Nacida
con un maravilloso ingenio y un espĂritu irrefrenable, Aida ha
utilizado su talento y trabajado sin descanso para convertir la
tragedia y el dolor en una comedia mordaz que abarca todo, desde la
misoginia y el racismo hasta las redes sociales y los titulares de
prensa. Con el tiempo, lanzĂł un exitoso especial en HOB Max que la
llevĂł a mĂşltiples acuerdos de desarrollo, un logro que le ganĂł
una audiencia nacional, le abriĂł puertas y la ayudĂł expandir la
forma en que los latinos están representados en la comedia. En
este, su tan esperado primer libro, Aida dibuja sus muchos
altibajos. Desde los contratiempos personales hasta los Ă©xitos
profesionales, Hija legĂtima es entrañable, impactante y, en
Ăşltima instancia, vivificante. A hilarious and heartbreaking
memoir-in-essays from comic Aida Rodriguez on the power of
overcoming hardship and transforming pain into laughter. Aida
Rodriguez has, to put it mildly, lived a whirlwind life. Her rags
to-riches story is mind-blowing: She was kidnapped as a child by
her mother in the Dominican Republic and brought to the US. She was
later kidnapped again by her grandmother and uncle, and moved from
New York to Florida. As an adult, she ended a difficult marriage
and endured homelessness with her children in Los Angeles. But
through it all she never lost her sense of humor. Born with a
wonderful wit and an irrepressible spirit, Aida used her gifts and
worked tirelessly, turning tragedy and pain into biting comedy that
takes on everything from misogyny and racism to social media and
news headlines. She eventually released a hit HBO Max special which
led to multiple development deals--success that won her a
nationwide audience, opened doors, and helped her expand the way
Latinos are represented in comedy. In this, her highly anticipated
first book, Aida charts her many ups and downs. From personal
setbacks to career highs and everything in between, Legitimate Kid
is endearing, shocking, and ultimately life-affirming.
This thought-provoking book examines the state of the European
Monetary Union (EMU) and its shortcomings in terms of social rights
protection in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the
aftermath of the Euro crisis. Providing a critical analysis of the
basic tenets of European economic governance, it highlights current
challenges for a Social Europe and proposes new avenues for
tackling these issues. Focusing on the existing mechanisms of
social rights protection in the EU, chapters explore the imbalance
between economic and social goals within the EMU, discussing how to
strengthen the building blocks of Social Europe in order to address
this. The book also investigates the challenges for the
adjudication of social rights before European and domestic courts,
and considers alternative models of judicial review that offer
better protection in the context of crisis. Scholars and students
of EU law, constitutional law, and public international law will
find this book a crucial read, in particular those with an interest
in law and economics. It will also be useful for EU law
practitioners working in social rights.
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Ultraviolet
Aida Salazar
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Can love break your heart--literally? For Elio, eighth grade fizzes
with change. In his body. With his pops, who makes them join a
father-son group to talk about puberty and manly stuff and being
Mexican. And especially around Camelia, his first girlfriend, whose
golden aura distorts his vision. When Elio finds out Camelia has
been hanging out with Chava, and that he's been pressuring her into
kissing him, Elio's emotions spiral and he craves revenge. Little
does he know a fight with Chava will land him in the hospital with
a real heart condition, and that Camelia isn't looking for a
savior. What will it take for Elio to learn what it really means to
be a man, a true friend, and an ally? In poems that radiate color
and crackle with comedy and candor, Ultraviolet digs deep into
themes of consent, toxic masculinity, and the emotional lives of
boys as it challenges stereotypes about how they are socialized to
behave. This vibrant, authentic story, centering an irresistible
Chicano hero struggling to figure out who he wants to be, is the
highly relatable coming of age story every tween and young teen
needs.
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When Moon Blooms
Aida Salazar; Illustrated by Caribay M Benavides
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A poignant and moving memoir-in-essays from stand-up comedian Aida
Rodriguez on the power of overcoming hardship and transforming pain
into laughter. Aida Rodriguez has, to put it mildly, lived a
whirlwind life. Her rags to-riches story is mind-blowing: She was
kidnapped as a child by her mother in the Dominican Republic and
brought to the US. She was later kidnapped again by her grandmother
and uncle, and moved from New York to Florida. As an adult, she
ended a difficult marriage and endured homelessness with her
children in Los Angeles. But through it all she never lost her
sense of humor. Born with a wonderful wit and an irrepressible
spirit, Aida used her gifts and worked tirelessly, turning tragedy
and pain into biting comedy that takes on everything from misogyny
and racism to social media and news headlines. She eventually
released a hit HBO Max special which led to multiple development
deals—success that won her a nationwide audience, opened doors,
and helped her expand the way Latinos are represented in comedy. In
this, her highly anticipated first book, Aida charts her many ups
and downs. From personal setbacks to career highs and everything in
between, Legitimate Kid is endearing, shocking, and ultimately
life-affirming.
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Cheval 11 (Paperback)
Michael Muia, Katya Johnson, Thomas Tyrrell; Edited by Aida Birch
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A music scholar makes an unlikely friend in a retired sea captain.
In the trenches in WW1 France, a soldier befriends a young Tommy
before they both go over the top. A poet uses sumptuous imagery to
take us on a journey from summer to autumn. For eleven years the
Terry Hetherington Young Writers Award has provided a platform for
emerging young writers from and living in Wales. In this skillful
and diverse collection of stories and poems, we celebrate the very
best entries to this year's award.
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Papa Sartre (Hardcover)
Ali Bader; Translated by Aida Bamia
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After a failed study mission in France, Abd al-Rahman returns home
to Iraq to launch an existentialist movement akin to that of his
hero. Convinced that it falls upon him to introduce his country's
intellectuals to Sartre's thought, he feels especially qualified by
his physical resemblance to the philosopher (except for the crossed
eyes) and by his marriage to Germaine, who he claims is the great
man's cousin. Meanwhile, his wealth and family prestige guarantee
him an idle life spent in drinking, debauchery, and frequenting a
well-known nightclub. But is his suicide an act of philosophical
despair, or a reaction to his friend's affair with Germaine? A
biographer chosen by his presumed friends narrates the story of a
somewhat bewildered young man who like other members of his
generation was searching for a meaning to his life. This parody of
the abuses and extravagances of pseudo-philosophers in the Baghdad
of the sixties throws into relief the Iraqi intellectual and
cultural life of the time and the reversal of fortune of some of
Iraq's wealthy and powerful families.
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Cheval (Paperback)
Rose Widlake, Jonathan Edwards; Foreword by Aida Birch
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A dolphin washed-up on the Welsh coast marks the crisis point in
the life of a family. A shopkeeper's daily jogs with her friends
allow her to reflect on her relationships, her life. A poet
explores the ways in which 'Wales is a small coat/made of deep
pockets.' Another combines, in a single poem, the experiences of an
elderly relative with the little matter of the entirety of human
history.Cheval 9 contains a selection of the best work submitted
this year to the Terry Hetherington Award, which has become known
as one of the most significant awards for young writers in Wales.
The anthology also collects new work by previous winners, including
Tyler Keevil, Anna Lewis, Thomas Morris and Katherine Stansfield.
What this adds up to is an anthology which thrillinglyrepresents
the reality of where new Welsh writing is now, offering readers the
chance to discover brand new names and to enjoy the work of
established masters.
In this prescient and sensitive volume, Aida Alayarian looks at how
psychoanalysis in group settings can benefit refugees who have
experienced trauma, with an express focus on transference and
countertransference. Group Analysis for Refugees Experiencing
Trauma offers a comprehensive overview of trauma from a
psychoanalytic perspective, before delving into the nuance of
trauma experienced by asylum seekers, refugees and those who have
gone through forced migration. Through clinical vignettes,
Alayarian highlights the importance of the resilience that can be
brought about from group sessions and shared experience in helping
to heal the wounds of trauma. She looks at the vital role of social
injustice in this trauma and shows how this can be directly applied
to work with other groups experiencing human rights violations,
destitution, and loss. She shows how looking at relational patterns
as a means of understanding conscious, unconscious, and
subconscious thought processes can provide essential breakthroughs
with patients, as well as the importance of paying close attention
to countertransference to avoid a breakdown of the clinical
relationship. Using psychoanalytic theories from intercultural
perspectives to show the multidimensional nature of work with
trauma patients, this book is essential reading for psychoanalysts,
psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health experts
working with refugees and patients experiencing trauma.
With recent technological developments, touted also as Industry
4.0, numerous articles published over the years have emphasized the
need to investigate the role of technology across all sectors
including the Halal industry. This book provides a greater
understanding of the technologies, trends, and debates associated
with Halal industry from different sectors such as food, logistics,
pharmaceutical, tourism, medical, cosmetic and retail sector. The
book adds substantial discussion to the issues and trends of
technology applications in the Halal industry as well as the
theories underpinning Halal technology studies. It is in four
sections: an overview of the Halal industry, selected theories,
technology and recent issues. The contributors explore how
technology has evolved and been applied in industry, and also looks
at how Industry 4.0 technologies like blockchain, Internet of
Things (IoT), Automation, Machine Learning, and Augmented Reality
are being integrated in the halal supply chain process. Written by
well-regarded scholars and international academics from Africa,
Europe, Middle East, and Asia, this book provides expert
contributions from research, regulatory, and industry perspectives.
This book will interest upper level students, scholars, academics
and practitioners in the various discipline of tourism and travel,
hospitality, food studies, marketing, pharmaceutical and medical,
logistics, management, Islamic studies and information technology
in the Halal industry.
As the air travel industry begins to emerge from the COVID-19
restrictions, new research must be undertaken to survey the
changing business landscape. This book examines existing air travel
literature, illustrates the current theories in the field, and
suggests research methods for integrating them in fieldwork. The
book begins by surveying the landscape of air travel research and
examining key theoretical frameworks such as grounded theory,
institutional theory, prospect theory and the theory of planned
behaviour. It then explores when qualitative and quantitative
research methods are appropriate for use in air travel research,
and how they can be applied successfully. Gathered contributors
from Southeast Asia and the Middle East highlight some of the
latest issues, including the impacts of COVID-19 on air freight,
airline catering, and passenger perceptions of security and safety.
Future directions for research are also proposed. This book will
appeal to researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of
air transport or aviation management, tourism marketing, and
consumer behaviour.
The market and demand for Halal goods and services is ever
increasing and, with it, the importance of supply chain integrity.
Integrity from the perspective of Halal logistics service providers
is a prerequisite of Halal compliance. This book provides a unique
overview of Halal supply chain integrity (HSCI) using examples from
Malaysia. The book carefully addresses and simplifies the issue of
integrity in Halal logistics and supply chain. It gathers findings
from a Halal supply chain integrity study from the leading country
in Halal, Malaysia, to shed light of current issues, developments
and future trends on the theory and practice of Halal in the
logistics sector. In particular, the book discusses factors such as
Halal quality assurance, trust and commitment, and halal assets
specificity. This will be a useful reference for researchers,
scholars and upper-level students who wish to understand Halal
logistics and supply chain management and the importance of
protecting integrity of Halal services and products.
This collection of short, accessible essays serves as a
supplementary text to Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's play, Emilia.
Critically acclaimed and beloved by audiences, this innovative and
ground-breaking show is a speculative history, an imaginative
(re)telling of the life of English Renaissance poet Aemilia Bassano
Lanyer. This book features essays by theatre practitioners,
activists, and scholars and informed by intersectional feminist,
critical race, queer, and postcolonial analyses will enable
students and their teachers across secondary school and higher
education to consider the play's major themes from a wide variety
of theoretical and interdisciplinary perspectives. This volume
explores the current events and cultural contexts that informed the
writing and performing of Emilia between 2017 and 2019, various
aspects of the professional London productions, critical and
audience responses, and best practices for teaching the play to
university and secondary school students. It includes a foreword by
Emilia playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm This book will be of great
interest to students and scholars of theatre, arts activism,
feminist literature, and theory.
In this prescient and sensitive volume, Aida Alayarian looks at how
psychoanalysis in group settings can benefit refugees who have
experienced trauma, with an express focus on transference and
countertransference. Group Analysis for Refugees Experiencing
Trauma offers a comprehensive overview of trauma from a
psychoanalytic perspective, before delving into the nuance of
trauma experienced by asylum seekers, refugees and those who have
gone through forced migration. Through clinical vignettes,
Alayarian highlights the importance of the resilience that can be
brought about from group sessions and shared experience in helping
to heal the wounds of trauma. She looks at the vital role of social
injustice in this trauma and shows how this can be directly applied
to work with other groups experiencing human rights violations,
destitution, and loss. She shows how looking at relational patterns
as a means of understanding conscious, unconscious, and
subconscious thought processes can provide essential breakthroughs
with patients, as well as the importance of paying close attention
to countertransference to avoid a breakdown of the clinical
relationship. Using psychoanalytic theories from intercultural
perspectives to show the multidimensional nature of work with
trauma patients, this book is essential reading for psychoanalysts,
psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health experts
working with refugees and patients experiencing trauma.
Understanding trauma is central in this book, for both a practical
and theoretical challenge from a relational psychoanalytical
perspective, with the view that childhood trauma of a patient is a
dual narration along with the developmental processes as a factor
creating resilient qualities. The theoretical material is presented
in close conjunction with clinical data in the form of vignettes
and case studies to illustrate the key points. Presentation of
vignettes and case studies focuses on the multidimensional approach
examining the contributions of psychoanalysis, emphasizing the act
of dissociation (healthy and unhealthy). Specific attention is
given to the internalization of the m/other/object as the listening
other, and the dissociated part/s that may result in an over
idealized yet feared object. The final discussion focuses on how
patients in therapy become able to transform fears into psychic
space and breaking away from vulnerability, by developing a better
sense of self, as the result of having the therapists as the
listening other . The central theory of psychoanalysis as a form of
treatment that enhances resilience in relation in working with
patient experienced trauma considered, by the mean of assessing
relationship change in transference as an objective method of
determining patience psychical alteration."
Across photography, sculpture and painting, a new wave of Black
artists is challenging persistent tropes in art and wider society
to depict a richer portrait of the lives of Black people from all
corners of the globe. As We See It brings together 30 image-makers
creating visually refreshing narratives on Black cultural
identities, and exploring what Blackness brings to the making and
viewing of art.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of Halal in logistics,
supply chain management and the future implications for the Halal
industry. It discusses a wide range of Halal logistics practices
and theories in Japan, Korea, Spain, Oman, and SEA countries. The
book examines technology applications, regulatory and certification
procedure, Halal management system and quality control,
sustainability and as well as challenges for the logistics and
Halal supply chain in the pandemic context. The book also looks at
how to navigate the complexity of the Halal logistics to achieve
business sustainability. It uses a multidisciplinary approach to
provide insights on the Halal logistics and supply chain study.
This book hopes to fill an existing gap and enrich the literature
on Halal logistics and supply chain management specifically in the
West, Middle East and regions in Asia. This will be a useful
reference to those who would like to learn more about this
industry.
Build cohesive PLC+ teams to improve learning outcomes Effective
teacher collaboration can amplify student learning and well-being
outcomes, increase teacher satisfaction rates, and improve the
onboarding of new teachers. Yet developing a cohesive PLC+ team
isn’t always so simple. Designed as a companion to PLC+:
Better Decisions and Greater Impact by Design and The
PLC+ Playbook, this easy-to-use playbook for school leaders
provides strategies, techniques, and evidence-based approaches to
help leaders foster successful collaboration among teachers and
positively impact student learning. Four cross-cutting values are
infused within each guiding question: high expectations,
activation, individual and collective teacher efficacy, and equity.
Building on this framework and drawing from Visible Learning
research, the guide offers specific instructional leadership
actions and behaviors to promote cohesion in PLC+ teams. Leaders
will learn: Contextual information to boost knowledge about
effectively engaging with adults Essential information on how to
lead PLC+ teams to become strong, interdependent, and productive
Leadership tools to support and inspire others to work at optimal
levels Examples and insights into time management, decision-making,
successes, failures, and learning opportunities Discover how to
build social, human, and decisional capital within your
organization, equipping teachers with the skills they need to drive
school improvement.
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