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In 2017, DNA tests revealed to the collective shock of many
scholars that a Viking warrior in a high-status grave in Birka,
Sweden, was actually a woman. The Real Valkyrie weaves together
archaeology, history and literature to reinvent her life and times,
showing that Viking women had more power and agency than historians
have imagined. Nancy Marie Brown links the Birka warrior, whom she
names Hervor, to Viking trading towns and to their great trade
route east to Byzantium and beyond. She imagines Hervor's
adventures intersecting with larger-than-life but real women,
including Queen Gunnhild Mother-of-Kings, the Viking leader known
as the Red Girl, and Queen Olga of Kyiv. Hervor's short, dramatic
life shows that much of what we have taken as truth about women in
the Viking Age is based not on data but on nineteenth-century
Victorian biases. Rather than holding the household keys, Viking
women in history, the sagas, poetry and myth carry weapons. In this
compelling narrative, Brown brings the world of those valkyries and
shield-maids to vivid life.
Marie Browning pushes the envelope of Zentangle into the living
dimension of color. Using easy to follow steps, Marie illustrates
over 40 new tangles. More than simply coloring regions of a tangle
design, this book offers lessons which enable even the novice
artist to use a Tombow Dual Brush pen to color delightful Zentangle
animals, plants and flowers.
This collection offers a diverse range of perspectives that seek to
find meaning in madness. Mainstream biomedical approaches tend to
interpret experiences commonly labelled "psychotic" as being
indicative of a biological illness that can best be ameliorated
with prescription drugs. In seeking to counter this perspective,
psychosocial outlooks commonly focus on the role of trauma and
environmental stress. Although an appreciation for the role of
trauma has been critical in expanding the ways in which we view
madness, an emphasis of this kind may nevertheless continue to
perpetuate a subtle form of reductivism-madness continues to be
understood as the product of a deficit. In seeking to move beyond
causal-reductivism, this book explores a variety of perspectives on
the question of finding inherent meaning in madness and extreme
states. Contributors to this book are distinguished writers and
researchers from a variety of international and interdisciplinary
perspectives. Topics span the fields of depth psychology and
psychoanalysis, creativity, Indigenous and postcolonial approaches,
neurodiversity, mad studies, and mysticism and spirituality. This
collection will be of interest to mental health professionals,
students and scholars of the humanities and social sciences, and
people with lived experience of madness and extreme states. Readers
will come away with an appreciation of the more generative aspects
of madness, and a recognition that these experiences may be
important for both personal and collective healing.
This collection offers a diverse range of perspectives that seek to
find meaning in madness. Mainstream biomedical approaches tend to
interpret experiences commonly labelled "psychotic" as being
indicative of a biological illness that can best be ameliorated
with prescription drugs. In seeking to counter this perspective,
psychosocial outlooks commonly focus on the role of trauma and
environmental stress. Although an appreciation for the role of
trauma has been critical in expanding the ways in which we view
madness, an emphasis of this kind may nevertheless continue to
perpetuate a subtle form of reductivism-madness continues to be
understood as the product of a deficit. In seeking to move beyond
causal-reductivism, this book explores a variety of perspectives on
the question of finding inherent meaning in madness and extreme
states. Contributors to this book are distinguished writers and
researchers from a variety of international and interdisciplinary
perspectives. Topics span the fields of depth psychology and
psychoanalysis, creativity, Indigenous and postcolonial approaches,
neurodiversity, mad studies, and mysticism and spirituality. This
collection will be of interest to mental health professionals,
students and scholars of the humanities and social sciences, and
people with lived experience of madness and extreme states. Readers
will come away with an appreciation of the more generative aspects
of madness, and a recognition that these experiences may be
important for both personal and collective healing.
'Richly imagined and elegantly told, with plenty of satisfying
secrets, heartaches, and twists' SADEQA JOHNSON 'A spellbinding
romp. The Montrose women will have you clutching your pearls on
this rollercoaster of a debut' CAROLYN HUYNH 'Written with warmth
and an eye for detail, Diane Marie Brown's Black Candle Women
explores the bonds of family and the magical power of belief to
transform our lives' SHAUNA J. EDWARDS & ALYSON RICHMAN
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of you are cursed, you hear me? An ugly death for the ones with
whom you fall in love' Generations of Montrose women - Augusta,
Victoria, Willow - have lived together in their quaint two-story
bungalow in California for years. They keep to themselves, never
venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells
is an unspoken bond between them. But when seventeen-year-old
Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, their quiet
lives are thrown into disarray. For the other women have been
withholding a secret from Nickie that will end her relationship
before it's even begun: the decades-old family curse that any
person they fall in love with dies. Their surprise guest forces
each woman to reckon with her own past choices and mistakes. And as
new truths about the curse emerge, the family is set on a collision
course dating back to a voodoo shop in 1950s New Orleans's French
Quarter-where a hidden story in a mysterious book may just hold the
answers they seek in life and in love... Rich in its sense of
character and place, Black Candle Women is a haunting and magical
debut from a talented new storyteller.
'I really enjoyed this read. It was well written with a captivating
storyline and well developed characters . . . [An] evocative and
tender book . . . everyone who reads it will be enchanted like I
was' reader review 'Propulsive and poignant, Black Candle Women
concocts an intoxicating potion of warmth, wisdom, and wonder. This
gorgeous debut novel is a sweepingly fashioned love story where
romance and rebellion intertwine with fear and family. And the
stakes are epic. I was completely and gladly under Ms. Brown's
spell' AVA DUVERNAY 'A big-hearted debut, with complex, flawed, and
compelling characters I was rooting for every step of the way' E.M.
TRAN 'Richly imagined and elegantly told, with plenty of satisfying
secrets, heartaches, and twists' SADEQA JOHNSON 'A spellbinding
romp. The Montrose women will have you clutching your pearls on
this rollercoaster of a debut' CAROLYN HUYNH 'Written with warmth
and an eye for detail, Diane Marie Brown's Black Candle Women
explores the bonds of family and the magical power of belief to
transform our lives' SHAUNA J. EDWARDS & ALYSON RICHMAN 'Black
Candle Women is a compassionate novel about motherhood, sisterhood,
independence, and the reflection and forgiveness required to break
generational curses' DE'SHAWN CHARLES WINSLOW 'Brown deftly
portrays an insular family of women in all of its complicated glory
. . . The spiritual angle gives this powerful family drama a
magical twist that will delight readers' BOOKLIST (starred review)
'Black Candle Women is a bold and tender story about three
generations of women each attempting to find their way amidst the
gifts and curses they've inherited . . . This novel is a wondrous
celebration of womanhood' CLEYVIS NATERA
************************************* 'All of you are cursed, you
hear me? An ugly death for the ones with whom you fall in love' For
generations, the Montrose women have lived alone with their
secrets, their delicate peace depending on the unspoken bond that
underpins their family life - Voodoo and hoodoo magic, and a
decades-old curse that will kill anyone they fall for. When
seventeen-year-old Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first
time, this careful balance is thrown into disarray. For the other
women have been keeping the curse from Nickie, and revealing it
means that they must reckon with their own choices and mistakes. As
new truths emerge, the Montrose women are set on a collision course
that echoes back to New Orleans' French Quarter, where a crumbling
book of spells may hold the answers that all of them have been
looking for... Rich in its sense of character and place, Black
Candle Women is a haunting and magical debut from a talented new
storyteller. ************************************* Early readers
are LOVING Black Candle Women! 'I LOVED IT SO SO MUCH. Magic? A
cursed family tree? Badass women? This was an adventure from start
to finish and it was my pleasure to read' 'What a fascinating story
about some amazing women. I was caught on page one and stayed
captivated until the very end. Bravo!!' 'This book was amazing from
start to finish. I was so captivated by each of the characters' 'I
was invested from the first page and really loved these characters
and their story'
A warm and wry family drama with a witchy twist about four generations of Black women living under one roof and the family curse that stems back to a voodoo sorceress in 1950s New Orleans.
For generations, the Montrose women have lived alone with their secrets, their delicate peace depending on the unspoken bond that underpins their family life - Voodoo and hoodoo magic, and a decades-old curse that will kill anyone they fall for.
When seventeen-year-old Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, this careful balance is thrown into disarray. For the other women have been keeping the curse from Nickie, and revealing it means that they must reckon with their own choices and mistakes.
As new truths emerge, the Montrose women are set on a collision course that echoes back to New Orleans' French Quarter, where a crumbling book of spells may hold the answers that all of them have been looking for...
Rich in its sense of character and place, Black Candle Women is a haunting and magical debut from a talented new storyteller.
This volume examines important aspects of China's century-long
search to provide appropriate and effective health care for its
people. Four subjects--disease and healing, encounters and
accommodations, institutions and professions, and people's
health--organize discussions across case studies of
schistosomiasis, tuberculosis, mental health, and tobacco and
health. Among the book s significant conclusions are the importance
of barefoot doctors in disseminating western medicine, the
improvements in medical health and services during the long
Sino-Japanese war, and the important role of the Chinese consumer.
Intended for an audience of health practitioners, historians, and
others interested in the history of medicine and health in China,
the book is one of three commissioned by the Chinese Medical Board
to mark its centennial in 2014."
*A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE* "An impassioned,
informative love letter to Iceland." —New York Times Book Review
"This compelling and highly readable book offers a
thought-provoking examination of nature of belief itself"
—Bookpage, starred review In exploring how Icelanders interact
with nature—and their idea that elves live among us—Nancy Marie
Brown shows us how altering our perceptions of the environment can
be a crucial first step toward saving it. Icelanders believe in
elves. Why does that make you laugh?, asks Nancy Marie
Brown, in this wonderfully quirky exploration of our interaction
with nature. Looking for answers in history, science, religion, and
art—from ancient times to today—Brown finds that each
discipline defines what is real and unreal, natural and
supernatural, demonstrated and theoretical, alive and inert. Each
has its own way of perceiving and valuing the world around us. And
each discipline defines what an Icelander might call an elf.
Illuminated by her own encounters with Iceland’s Otherworld—in
ancient lava fields, on a holy mountain, beside a glacier or an
erupting volcano, crossing the cold desert at the island’s heart
on horseback—Looking for the Hidden Folk offers an intimate
conversation about how we look at and find value in nature. It
reveals how the words we use and the stories we tell shape the
world we see. It argues that our beliefs about the Earth will
preserve—or destroy it. Scientists name our time the
Anthropocene: the Human Age. Climate change will lead to the mass
extinction of numerous animal species unless we humans change our
course. Iceland suggests a different way of thinking about the
Earth, one that offers hope. Icelanders believe in elves— and you
should, too.
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Blood Lands (Paperback)
Stacey Marie Brown
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Stacey Marie Marie Brown
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Innovation in the United States has been one of the driving forces
in our development as one of the leading economies in the world.
Small companies comprise the overwhelming majority of all
businesses in the United States and they must be able to
effectively and efficiently bring their innovative products and
services to market and grow. In this book, the U.S. Small Business
Administration's Office of Advocacy focuses on additive
manufacturing (also referred to as 3D printing) to determine if
barriers, best practices, and big ideas found in that industry are
instructive for technology industries generally. Moreover, small
firms play an increasingly important role in U.S. manufacturing,
and now account for almost half of America's manufacturing
employment. Dense networks of these small manufacturers are vital
to the process of taking a product from concept to market, and the
exchange of manufacturing know-how across suppliers is essential
for the diffusion of the new products and innovative processes that
give U.S. manufacturing its cutting edge. However, these small
firms face barriers to innovation, a key element in strengthening
U.S. competitiveness. The book describes these barriers, and offers
suggestions about ways to increase innovation by small
manufacturers and improve the flow of innovation and information
within supply chains. Furthermore, the accelerator phenomenon has
been cited nationally and internationally as a key contributor to
the rate of business startup success. Accelerators select and
invite a small group of entrepreneurs to startup boot camps,
providing mentoring, resources, and, most important, industry
connections during these programs. This book aims to help
entrepreneurs and policymakers by categorising a variety of startup
assistance programs to determine what factors distinguish
accelerators from other programs, as well as create a starting
point for developing meaningful metrics to determine the relevance
of accelerators for policymakers.
Ancient European tradition lives on in goldwork, an art form
encompassing embroidery with all types of metal threads, not only
gold. Once reserved for royalty and other aristocrats, goldwork is
now available to all through this fully illustrated guide. Part
historical reference, part project plan book, and fully stuffed
with pattern templates, it is an authoritative sourcebook on the
history, materials, and techniques of goldwork embroidery. There
are 15 projects for readers to complete, such as the Ornamental
Fan, Portrait of a Woman, a lush Cornucopia, and an arresting
Byzantine Angel. Color photographs show examples of medieval
designs, and provide visual guideposts through each new project,
while a section on metal thread manufacturing delivers a rich
historical perspective.
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Selma Borg, Marie Brown
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Wild Lands (Hardcover)
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