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Gotham Knights: The Official Collector's Compendium gives you
exclusive behind-the-scenes content, stunning art, and the expert
strategy you need to immerse yourself in the world of Gotham
Knights. Gotham Knights is the eagerly anticipated action
role-playing game set in a dynamic, open-world Gotham City. Players
take on the role of four playable characters: Batgirl, Nightwing,
Red Hood, and Robin--each with their own unique style of combat and
abilities--in their quest to protect Gotham. This immersive
Collector's Compendium is the perfect companion for the dangerous
streets of Gotham City. Go beyond the game with behind-the-scenes
interviews with the Warner Bros. Games Montreal team, stunning
concept sketches, renders, and illustrations, along with insider
details on Gotham's secret history and the elusive Court of Owls.
Featuring detailed maps, in-depth character tactics, and expert
strategy for facing the city's most nefarious Super-Villains, this
compendium gives you everything necessary to be the Super Hero
Gotham City needs.
In Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian: Essays on Food Choice, Identity,
and Symbolism, Michael Owen Jones tackles topics often overlooked
in foodways. At the outset he notes it was Victor Frankenstein's
"daemon" in Mary Shelley's novel that advocated vegetarianism, not
the scientist whose name has long been attributed to his creature.
Jones explains how we communicate through what we eat, the
connection between food choice and who we are or want to appear to
be, the ways that many of us self-medicate moods with foods, and
the nature of disgust. He presents fascinating case studies of
religious bigotry and political machinations triggered by rumored
bans on pork, the last meal requests of prisoners about to be
executed, and the Utopian vision of Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of
England's greatest poets, that was based on a vegetable diet like
the creature's meals in Frankenstein. Jones also scrutinizes how
food is used and abused on the campaign trail, how gender issues
arise when food meets politics, and how eating preferences reflect
the personalities and values of politicians, one of whom was
elected president and then impeached twice. Throughout the book,
Jones deals with food as symbol as well as analyzes the link
between food choice and multiple identities. Aesthetics, morality,
and politics likewise loom large in his inquiries. In the final two
chapters, Jones applies these concepts to overhauling penal
policies and practices that make food part of the pains of
imprisonment, and looks at transforming the counseling of diabetes
patients, who number in the millions.
Michael Owen reveals the highlights and pitfalls of being a
professional footballer in his first official autobiography, which
contains his personal reflections on eight years in the game,
including two World Cups, two European Championships and
goalscoring records for club and country. Updated to include his
first full season with Real Madrid. After his famous goal against
Argentina in France '98, Michael Owen was forced to grow up almost
overnight, his sudden fame propelling him to stardom to the extent
that the hopes of a football nation now rest on the slender frame
of this 26-year-old. In his autobiography, Owen is forthright in
his views on the game: he reacts to the accusations of diving, his
susceptibility to injury, and his alleged gambling addiction; he
writes candidly about his career at Liverpool, from Roy Evans to
Gerard Houllier, and the reasons behind him leaving the club that
made him as a player; and he talks about his ambitions for the
England team and his new club Newcastle. He is also opinionated
about his England striking partnership with Wayne Rooney and the
threat from Jermaine Defoe; his complex and at times difficult
relationship with coaches such as Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan and
Sven-Goran Eriksson; and he has strong views on the thug culture
still rife in English football. Outside of the game, he talks
openly for the first time about the death threats to him and his
family, his relationship with childhood sweetheart Louise Bonsall -
including her serious injury from a riding accident - and their
baby Gemma as well as his passion for horse racing and betting.
Exclusive to this paperback edition, there are two new chapters
covering Owen's dramatic transfer to Real Madrid, the frustrations
of his first season in La Liga and the reasons for his return to
England. The book will also expose the inside story of England's
2006 World Cup qualifying campaign.
Violence in the lives of women with disabilities is not a new
problem, but it is a problem about which little has been written.
This gap in our knowledge needs to be addressed, as women with
disabilities are valuable members of our society whose experiences
need to be made known. Without such knowledge, political action for
social justice and for the prevention of violence is impossible.
Contributors to Not a New Problem examine the experiences of
Canadian women with disabilities, the need for improved access to
services and the ways this violence is exacerbated by and
intersects with gender, sexuality, Indigeneity, race, ethnicity and
class.
Comfort Food explores this concept with examples taken from
Atlantic Canadians, Indonesians, the English in Britain, and
various ethnic, regional, and religious populations as well as
rural and urban residents in the United States. This volume
includes studies of particular edibles and the ways in which they
comfort or in someinstances cause discomfort. The contributors
focus on items ranging from bologna to chocolate, including sweet
and savory puddings, fried bread with an egg in the center, dairy
products, fried rice, cafeteria fare, sugary fried dough, soul
food, and others. Several essays consider comfort food in the
context of cookbooks,films, blogs, literature, marketing, and
tourism. Of course what heartens one person might put off another,
so the collection also includes takes on victuals that prove
problematic. All this fare is then related to identity, family,
community, nationality, ethnicity, class, sense of place,
tradition, stress, health, discomfort, guilt, betrayal, and loss,
contributing to and deepening our understanding of comfort food.
This book offers a foundation for further appreciation of comfort
food. As a subject of study, the comfort food is relevant to a
number of disciplines, most obviously food studies, folkloristics,
and anthropology, but also American studies, cultural studies,
global and international studies, tourism, marketing, and public
health. With contributions by: Barbara Banks, Sheila Bock, Susan
Eleuterio, Jillian Gould, Phillis Humphries, Michael Owen Jones,
Alicia Kristen, William G. Lockwood, Yvonne R. Lockwood, Lucy M.
Long, LuAnne Roth, Rachelle H. Saltzman, Charlene Smith, Annie
Tucker, and Diane Tye.
Comfort Food explores this concept with examples taken from
Atlantic Canadians, Indonesians, the English in Britain, and
various ethnic, regional, and religious populations as well as
rural and urban residents in the United States. This volume
includes studies of particular edibles and the ways in which they
comfort or in someinstances cause discomfort. The contributors
focus on items ranging from bologna to chocolate, including sweet
and savory puddings, fried bread with an egg in the center, dairy
products, fried rice, cafeteria fare, sugary fried dough, soul
food, and others. Several essays consider comfort food in the
context of cookbooks,films, blogs, literature, marketing, and
tourism. Of course what heartens one person might put off another,
so the collection also includes takes on victuals that prove
problematic. All this fare is then related to identity, family,
community, nationality, ethnicity, class, sense of place,
tradition, stress, health, discomfort, guilt, betrayal, and loss,
contributing to and deepening our understanding of comfort food.
This book offers a foundation for further appreciation of comfort
food. As a subject of study, the comfort food is relevant to a
number of disciplines, most obviously food studies, folkloristics,
and anthropology, but also American studies, cultural studies,
global and international studies, tourism, marketing, and public
health. With contributions by: Barbara Banks, Sheila Bock, Susan
Eleuterio, Jillian Gould, Phillis Humphries, Michael Owen Jones,
Alicia Kristen, William G. Lockwood, Yvonne R. Lockwood, Lucy M.
Long, LuAnne Roth, Rachelle H. Saltzman, Charlene Smith, Annie
Tucker, and Diane Tye.
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Buried Seed (Paperback)
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