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A fake relationship with a one-night stand is anything but an act
in this witty and heartfelt new romantic comedy that is perfect for
fans of Alexandria Bellefleur, Casey McQuiston and Rosie Danan. ---
Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. And she's happy for all of
them, truly. So what if she misses her friends and family, who are
busy with their perfectly paired partners. At least she has her
brand-new career writing romance novels (the irony), right? Wrong.
She is completely out of ideas after having spent all of her
romantic energy on her debut. Perfectly happy to ignore her
problems as usual, Iris goes to a Portland bar. But a night of
dancing with a sexy stranger named Stefania turns into the worst
one-night stand Iris has had in her life (vomit and crying are
regretfully involved). To get her mind off everything, Iris tries
out for a local play only to come face-to-face with Stefania-or,
Stevie, her real name. When Stevie desperately asks Iris to play
along as her girlfriend, Iris is shocked but goes along with it in
a bid to get her creative juices flowing. As the two women play the
part of a couple, they turn into a constant state of
hot-and-bothered and soon it just comes down to who will make the
real first move . . . Why readers love Ashley Herring Blake . . .
'A hot, frothy romcom with a relatable heart beating at its centre.
I can't wait for the rest of the series!' Talia Hibbert 'A truly
exquisite romance . . . I'm wildly in love with this book' Rachel
Lynn Solomon 'A swoon-worthy, laugh-out-loud romp of a romance'
Kosoko Jackson 'Snappy banter and seriously scorching chemistry;
you'll need a very cold shower after this read!' Lana Harper
'Charming and entertaining . . . Blake's masterful blend of sexual
tension and growing affection will have readers swooning' Karelia
Stetz-Waters 'Snarky, steamy, and swoony in equal measure, I never
wanted this book to end' Meryl Wilsner
Give your revision the edge with this text from the bestselling law
revision series Family Law, 9th edition, by Jonathan Herring, is a
revision text designed to prepare you for exams by encouraging you
to think about how the law works and consolidating your
understanding of legal concepts. The text covers such subject areas
as marriage and civil partnership, cohabitation, children's rights
and child protection. Each chapter teaches you how to approach and
assess the subject by drilling into the key cases, statutes, and
legal terms. This edition contains tools and resources to
strengthen your exam skills, including advice and sample questions
with tips to help you impress your examiner. With its wide range of
features to assist your revision, this textbook is an excellent aid
for those studying law that takes your understanding to the next
level. This text also features a companion website. See all
resources available from Law Express here.
Sensation & Perception, Sixth Edition, introduces students to
their own senses, emphasizing human sensory and perceptual
experience and the basic neuroscientific underpinnings of that
experience. The authors, specialists in their respective domains,
strive to spread their enthusiasm for fundamental questions about
the human senses and the impact that answers to those questions can
have on medical and societal issues. This edition of Sensation and
Perception offers an enhanced e-book that includes learning
objectives, self-assessment, and a robust, hands-on media package
that is designed to engage students through demonstrations,
simulations, and activities.
Unbound traces the evolution of the art form from historical hides,
muslins and ledger books to more than fifty contemporary works.
Edited by National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) curator
Emil Her Many Horses (Oglala Lakota), this volume features
historical masterworks by 14 artists and unveils new works from 11
contemporary artists commissioned by the museum exclusively for
Unbound. Illustrating everything from war deeds and ceremonial
events to pop culture, the selected artworks are as diverse as the
individuals who created them. Plains narrative art took shape
through various media such as painted hide tipis, robes and shirts.
In the late nineteenth century, as trade broadened, artists created
elaborate scenes of battles and ceremonies on large muslin tipi
liners. When ledger books became available, artists filled their
pages with narrative drawings to record their past and preserve
their cultures. Native artists began reviving "ledger art" in the
1970s, creating a vibrant form that takes on contemporary topics,
uses a variety of media and is widely collected.
In this engaging new visual history showcasing Macon's African
Americans, vintage photographs illuminate the contributions and
achievements of black citizens who have lived and worked in the
heart of Georgia for more than one hundred and fifty years. Local
landmarks, such as the Douglass Theater and the Harriet Tubman
Museum, and unique African-American communities, such as
Summerfield and Pleasant Hill, are testament to the indelible mark
left on Macon by its enterprising black residents.
An interior designer who is never without the perfect plan learns
to renovate her love life without one in this new romantic comedy
by Ashley Herring Blake, author of Delilah Green Doesn't Care.
Perfect for fans of Alexandria Bellefleur, Casey McQuiston and
Rosie Danan. For Astrid Parker, failure is unacceptable. Ever since
she broke up with her fiance a year ago, she's been focused on her
career. So when Pru Everwood asks her to be the designer for the
Everwood Inn's renovation, which will be featured on a hugely
popular home makeover show, Astrid is thrilled. Not only will the
project distract her from her failed engagement and help her
struggling business, but her perpetually displeased mother might
finally give her a nod of approval. However, Astrid never planned
on Jordan Everwood, Pru's granddaughter and the lead carpenter for
the renovation, who despises every modern design decision Astrid
makes. Jordan is determined to preserve the history of her family's
inn, particularly as the rest of her life is in shambles. When that
determination turns into some light sabotage to ruffle Astrid's
perfect little feathers, the showrunners ask them to play up the
tension. But somewhere along the way, their dislike for each other
evolves into something quite different, and Astrid must decide what
success truly means. Is she going to pursue the life that she's
expected to lead or the one that she really wants? Why readers love
Ashley Herring Blake . . . 'A hot, frothy romcom with a relatable
heart beating at its centre. I can't wait for the rest of the
series!' Talia Hibbert 'A truly exquisite romance . . . I'm wildly
in love with this book' Rachel Lynn Solomon 'A swoon-worthy,
laugh-out-loud romp of a romance' Kosoko Jackson 'Snappy banter and
seriously scorching chemistry; you'll need a very cold shower after
this read!' Lana Harper 'Charming and entertaining . . . Blake's
masterful blend of sexual tension and growing affection will have
readers swooning' Karelia Stetz-Waters 'Snarky, steamy, and swoony
in equal measure, I never wanted this book to end' Meryl Wilsner
A clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and
accepting love - with all its complications. Perfect for fans of
Alexandria Bellefleur, Casey McQuiston and Rosie Danan. Delilah
Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls - nothing is
there for her except memories of a lonely childhood. Her life now
is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam
and her bed never empty. Sure, it's a different woman every night,
but that's just fine with her. When Delilah's estranged stepsister
pressures her into photographing her wedding with a guilt trip and
a large check, Delilah finds herself back in Bright Falls once
more. She plans to breeze in and out, but then she sees Claire
Sutherland, one of Astrid's stuck-up besties, and decides that
maybe there's some fun (and a little retribution) to be had, after
all. Having raised her daughter mostly on her own while dealing
with her unreliable ex and running a bookstore, Claire depends upon
a life without surprises. And Delilah Green is an unwelcome
surprise . . . at first. Though they've known each other for years,
they don't really know each other - so Claire is unsettled when
Delilah figures out exactly what buttons to push. And when they're
forced together during the many wedding preparations, Claire isn't
sure she has the strength to resist Delilah's charms. Even worse,
she's starting to think she doesn't want to . . . Why readers love
Delilah Green... 'A hot, frothy romcom with a relatable heart
beating at its centre. I loved every hilarious character, every
outrageous shenanigan - and most of all, I loved Delilah Green. I
can't wait for the rest of the series!' Talia Hibbert, New York
Times bestselling author of Act Your Age, Eve Brown 'A truly
exquisite romance about second chances, new beginnings, and the
fragile joy of letting people in. I'm wildly in love with this
book' Rachel Lynn Solomon, author of The Ex Talk 'A classic in the
making, Ashely's adult debut is a warm welcome home from the first
page. A swoon-worthy, laugh-out-loud romp of a romance' Kosoko
Jackson, author of I'm So Not Over You 'A spectacular debut
brimming with yearning, swooning, and healing. Delilah Green
Doesn't Care reads the way realizing your crush likes you back
feels. Ashley Herring Blake is a romance star on the rise' Rosie
Danan, bestselling author of The Roommate 'Delilah Green Doesn't
Care is the dreamy, steamy, utterly satisfying answer to your
craving for an outcast-and-former-mean-girl romance. And let's not
forget the snappy banter and seriously scorching chemistry; you'll
need a very cold shower after this read!' Lana Harper, author of
Payback's a Witch 'Charming and entertaining, Delilah Green Doesn't
Care entrances the reader with the redemptive power of love.
Blake's masterful blend of sexual tension and growing affection
will have readers swooning' Karelia Stetz-Waters, author of
Satisfaction Guaranteed 'What an absolute joy to read! Snarky,
steamy, and swoony in equal measure, I never wanted this book to
end, but there's an easy momentum to Blake's writing that made it
impossible to put down' Meryl Wilsner, author of Something to Talk
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Hazel Bly used to have the perfect family. But when a kayaking trip
goes horribly wrong, Mum is suddenly gone forever and Hazel is left
with a jagged scar on her face. After Mum's death, Hazel, her other
mother, Mama, and her little sister Peach needed a fresh start. So
for the last two years, the Bly girls have lived all over the
country. They travel from town to town, never settling anywhere for
more than a few months or so. But when the family comes to the town
of Rose Harbor, Maine, a small fog-draped beach town full of roses
and rocks, Hazel senses a wildness to it that feels like magic. And
when Mama runs into an old childhood friend Claire, suddenly
Hazel's tight-knit world is infiltrated. To make it worse, she has
a daughter Hazel's age, Lemon, who can't stop rambling on and on
about the Rose Maid, a local myth a hundred and fifty years old
about how a local girl was so heartbroken she turned into a
mermaid. Soon, Hazel finds herself just as obsessed with the Rose
Maid as Lemon is-because what if magic were real? What if grief
really could change you so much, you weren't even yourself anymore?
What if instead you emerged from the darkness stronger than before?
Sensation & Perception, Sixth Edition, introduces students to
their own senses, emphasizing human sensory and perceptual
experience and the basic neuroscientific underpinnings of that
experience. The authors, specialists in their respective domains,
strive to spread their enthusiasm for fundamental questions about
the human senses and the impact that answers to those questions can
have on medical and societal issues.
Popular culture is awash with discussions about the difficulties
associated with being a man. Television talk shows, media articles
and government press releases discuss not simply the problem of
men, but have more recently focused on the problems of being a man.
The Conundrum of Masculinity challenges highly advertised beliefs
that men are in crisis and struggling to hold onto traditional
masculine habits whilst the world around them changes. Indeed,
whilst there is a range of valuable contributions to the field that
examine how men live out their lives in different contexts, there
are few accounts that examine in detail the building blocks of
masculinity or how men are really 'put together'. Thus, this
innovative and timely volume seeks to provide a systematic
exploration of the different aspects of masculinity - in particular
hegemony, homosociality, homophobia and heteronormativity. An
original approach to the field of masculinity studies, this book
ultimately presents a critical synthesis that brings together
disparate approaches to provide a clear and concise discussion to
address the true nature of masculinity. The Conundrum of
Masculinity will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students
interested in fields such as Gender Studies, Masculinity Studies
and Sociology.
Dr. William Herring's Learning Radiology: Recognizing the Basics,
5th Edition, remains the leading introductory radiology text for
medical students and others who are required to read and interpret
common radiologic images. Using an easy-to-follow pattern
recognition approach, this clearly written, highly illustrated text
teaches how to differentiate normal and abnormal images of all
modalities. From the basics of patient safety, dose reduction, and
radiation protection to the latest information on ultrasound, MRI,
and CT, it provides a complete, up-to-date introduction to
radiology needed by today's students. Uses a clear, conversational
writing style-with a touch of humor-to explain what you need to
know to effectively interpret medical images of all modalities.
Teaches how to arrive at a diagnosis by following a pattern
recognition approach, and logically overcome difficult diagnostic
challenges with the aid of decision trees. Employs an easy-to-read,
bullet-point format, including bolded key points and icons
designating special content: Diagnostic Pitfalls, Really Important
Points, Take-Home Points, and Weblinks. Features more than 850
high-quality illustrations, useful tables, case study questions,
and teaching boxes throughout. Shares the extensive knowledge and
experience of esteemed author Dr. William Herring, a skilled
radiology teacher and the host of his own specialty website,
www.learningradiology.com. Offers quick review and instruction for
medical students, residents, and fellows, as well as those in
related fields such as nurse practitioners and physician
assistants. An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook
allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with
the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and
highlights, and have content read aloud-as well as access bonus
content, including new appendices covering the Discovery of X-rays,
Diagnostic Radiology Signs, and Artificial Intelligence in
Radiology; USMLE-style Q 30 videos; and more.
A ghost is not what you think it is, says Raven. A ghost is a
commitment. When Laraine Herring receives an unexpected colon
cancer diagnosis, her father, thirty years dead, returns to her as
a raven, setting off a magical journey into complicated grief,
inherited trauma, and ancestral healing. As she struggles with
redefining her expectations for her life, she slips further and
further underground into the ancestral realm, where she finds
herself writing a play directed by her father-as-raven. Raven says,
It will be a cast of only four: you and me and my mother and my
father, and we will speak until there are no more words between us.
And then you can decide the ending. Tick, tock, write. A
Constellation of Ghosts takes the reader into the liminal spaces
between one world and another, where choices unspool into lives,
and the stories we've told ourselves fall apart under the scrutiny
of multiple perspectives like flesh from bone, reminding us that
grief is the unexpected ferryman who can usher all of us back
together again.
This book provides a stimulating, carefully planned introduction to
the key issues and debates within family law from some of the
leading authorities within their field. It is designed both as a
self standing book focusing on the key issues in the subject, and
as a supplement to more detailed textbooks on the subject. It is
essential reading for anybody studying or practising in the field
of family law. Each chapter is concerned with one of the main areas
of family law (such as adoption, domestic violence, marrriage and
divorce), and covers a range of themes, including the
public/private divide, balancing the interests of family members,
moral values and family law, cost and the legal system, and the
enforcement of family law. The book reflects the interdisciplinary
nature of the debates on family law, and the difficult social and
political issues which these have raised.
This text covers topics such as sinkhole formation and regional
studies of sinkholes and karst. Issues addressed are taken from the
8th multidiscilinary conference on this subject and chart the
characteristics of sinkholes and karst as well as their
environmental repercussions.
Engineers from around the world recount in this volume their
successes and failures in attempting to deal with unique and
quixotic landscapes.
This book brings together legal scholars engaging with
vulnerability theory to explore the implications and challenges for
law of understanding vulnerability as generative and a source of
connection and development. The book is structured into five
sections that cover fields of law where there is already
significant recourse to the concept of vulnerability. These
sections include a main chapter by a legal theorist who has
previously examined the creative potential of vulnerability and
responses from scholars working in the same field. This is designed
to draw out some of the central debates concerning how
vulnerability is conceptualised in law. Several contributors
highlight the need to re-focus on some of these more positive
aspects of vulnerability to counter the way law is being used
enable persons to escape the stigma associated with vulnerability
by concealing that condition. They seek to explore how law might
embrace vulnerability, rather than conceal it. The book also
includes contributions that seek to bring vulnerability into a
non-binary relationship with other core legal concepts, such as
autonomy and dignity. Rather than discarding these legal concepts
in favour of vulnerability, these contributions highlight how
vulnerability can be entwined with relational autonomy and embodied
dignity. This book is essential reading for both students studying
legal theory and practitioners interested in vulnerability.
When African Modernism was first published in 2015, it was showered
with international praise and has been sought after ever since it
went out of print in 2018. Marking Park Books' 10th anniversary,
this landmark book will now be available again. Over the course of
the 1950s and 1960s, most African countries gained independence
from their respective colonial powers. Architecture became one of
the principal means by which the newly formed states expressed
their national identity. African Modernism investigates the close
relationship between architecture and nation-building in Ghana,
Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Zambia. It features 100
buildings with brief descriptive texts, images, site plans,
selected floor plans and sections. The vast majority of images were
taken by Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster especially for the book's
first edition, documenting the buildings in their present state.
Each country is portrayed through an introductory text and a
timeline of historic events. Additional essays on specific aspects
and topics of postcolonial Africa, likewise richly illustrated with
images and documents, round out this outstanding volume.
This book examines the idea of a fundamental entitlement to health
and healthcare from a human rights perspective. The volume is based
on a particular conceptual reasoning that balances critical
thinking and pragmatism in the context of a universal right to
health. Thus, the primary focus of the book is the relationship or
contrast between rights-based discourse/jurisprudential arguments
and real-life healthcare contexts. The work sets out the
constraints that are imposed on a universal right to health by
practical realities such as economic hardship in countries, lack of
appropriate governance, and lack of support for the implementation
of this right through appropriate resource allocation. It queries
the degree to which the existence of this legally enshrined right
and its application in instruments such as the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) can be more than an
ephemeral aspiration but can, actually, sustain, promote, and
instil good practice. It further asks if social reality and the
inequalities that present themselves therein impede the
implementation of laudable human rights, particularly within
marginalised communities and cadres of people. It deliberates on
what states and global bodies do, or could do, in practical terms
to ensure that such rights are moved beyond the aspirational and
become attainable and implementable. Divided into three parts, the
first analyses the notion of a universal inalienable right to
health(care) from jurisprudential, anthropological, legal, and
ethical perspectives. The second part considers the translation of
international human rights norms into specific jurisdictional
healthcare contexts. With a global perspective it includes
countries with very different legal, economic, and social contexts.
Finally, the third part summarises the lessons learnt and provides
a pathway for future action. The book will be an invaluable
resource for students, academics, and policymakers working in the
areas of health law and policy, and international human rights law.
This book explores the series of issues that emerge at the
intersection of disability, care and family law. Disability studies
is an area of increasing academic interest. In addition to a
subject in its own right, there has been growing concern to ensure
that mainstream subjects diversify and include marginalised voices,
including those of disabled people. Family law in modern times is
often based on an "able-bodied autonomous norm" but can fit less
well with the complexities of living with disability. In response,
this book addresses a range of important and highly topical issues:
whether care proceedings are used too often in cases where parents
have disabilities; how the law should respond to children who care
for disabled parents - and the care of older family members with
disabilities. It also considers the challenges posed by the UN
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly
around the different institutional and state responsibilities
captured in the Convention, and around decision-making for both
disabled adults and children. This interdisciplinary collection -
with contributors from law, criminology, sociology and social
policy as well as from policy and activist backgrounds - will
appeal to academic family lawyers and disability scholars as well
as students interested in issues around family law, disability and
care.
Court decisions are typically seen as one-off interventions
relating to an incident in a person's life, but a legal decision
can impact on the person as they were and the person they will
become. This book is the first to explore the interactions of the
law with the life course in order to understand the complex life
journey as a whole. Jonathan Herring reveals how the law privileges
'middle age' to the detriment of the whole life story and explains
why an understanding of the life course is important for lawyers.
Relevant to those working in family law, elder law, medical law and
ethics, jurisprudence, gender and the law, it will promote new
thinking by exploring the engagement of the law with the life
course of the self.
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