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Shakespeare clone and would-be playwright Billy has just arrived in
an English seaside town with his sister Sally, who was cloned from
a hair found on the back of a bus seat. All Billy wants is a cheap
B&B, an ice cream and a huge hit in the West End. Little does
he know that their fellow clones Bill and Sal are also residents of
this town. Things are about to get confusing - cue professional
rivalry, marital discord and a family reunion like no other. This
modern update of The Comedy of Errors is what you get when Gods
Behaving Badly author Marie Phillips decides to write an important,
scholarly work about the life of William Shakespeare, reads the
complete works, including the long poems nobody likes, and then
decides to turn it into a witty, delightful romp that you can
probably finish reading in an afternoon with two tea breaks.
Why is ecofeminism still needed to address the environmental
emergencies and challenges of our times? Ecofeminism has a
chequered history in terms of its popularity and its perceived
value in conceptualizing the relationship between gender and nature
as well as feeding forms of activism that aim to confront the
environmental challenges of the moment. This book provides a
much-needed comprehensive overview of the relevance and value of
using eco-feminist theories. It gives a broad coverage of
traditional and emerging eco-feminist theories and explores, across
a range of chapters, their various contributions and uniquely spans
various strands of ecofeminist thinking. The origins of influential
eco-feminist theories are discussed including key themes and some
of its leading figures (contributors include Erika Cudworth, Greta
Gaard, Trish Glazebrook and Niamh Moore), and outlines its
influence on how scholars might come to a more generative
understanding of the natural environment. The book examines
eco-feminism's potential contribution for advancing current
discussions and research on the relationships between the humans
and more than humans that share our world. This timely volume makes
a distinctive scholarly contribution and is a valuable resources
for students and academics in the fields of environmentalism,
political ecology, sustainability and nature resource management.
Being a Greek god is not all it once was. Yes, the twelve gods of
Olympus are alive and well in the twenty-first century, but they
are crammed together in a London townhouse-and none too happy about
it. And they've had to get day jobs: Artemis as a dog-walker,
Apollo as a TV psychic, Aphrodite as a phone sex operator, Dionysus
as a DJ.
Even more disturbingly, their powers are waning, and even turning
mortals into trees--a favorite pastime of Apollo's--is sapping
their vital reserves of strength.
Soon, what begins as a minor squabble between Aphrodite and Apollo
escalates into an epic battle of wills. Two perplexed humans, Alice
and Neil, who are caught in the crossfire, must fear not only for
their own lives, but for the survival of humankind. Nothing less
than a true act of heroism is needed-but can these two decidedly
ordinary people replicate the feats of the mythical heroes and save
the world?
Substance abuse, mental illness, and violence are a
self-perpetuating vicious cycle in many Native American
communities. In this book, the authors highlight the importance of
eliminating health disparities and increasing the access of Native
Americans to critical substance abuse and mental health services.
Dedicated educators, researchers, and clinicians in the Native
community demonstrate how practitioners can work within both the
walls of western medicine and the circles of traditional healers,
and promote healing through changes in the way we treat our
sick_spiritually, traditionally, ceremonially, and
scientifically_whether in rural areas, on reservations, or in
cities. They emphasize the importance of non-profit community-based
health organizations as nodes for community interaction and sources
of mental health services for Native Americans in multi-tribal,
multi-ethnic, and multi-racial urban areas. This excellent
collection will be invaluable for medical and mental health
professionals and the Native health community.
'What is CMS for and what might its future be- both inside the
domain of academia and outside it? It's a question that has
beguiled and frustrated academics within and outside its community.
At the hear of CMS is an enduring skepticism concerning the social
and ecological sustainability of prevailing ideas and forms of
management and organization. Using ideas from feminist and queer
theory, authors of this volume aim to generate some thinking and
possibly a nascent agenda. It focuses on the future of CMS but also
intertwines it with ideas as to how scholarly communities can
engage in working lives differently.
Why is ecofeminism still needed to address the environmental
emergencies and challenges of our times? Ecofeminism has a
chequered history in terms of its popularity and its perceived
value in conceptualizing the relationship between gender and nature
as well as feeding forms of activism that aim to confront the
environmental challenges of the moment. This book provides a
much-needed comprehensive overview of the relevance and value of
using eco-feminist theories. It gives a broad coverage of
traditional and emerging eco-feminist theories and explores, across
a range of chapters, their various contributions and uniquely spans
various strands of ecofeminist thinking. The origins of influential
eco-feminist theories are discussed including key themes and some
of its leading figures (contributors include Erika Cudworth, Greta
Gaard, Trish Glazebrook and Niamh Moore), and outlines its
influence on how scholars might come to a more generative
understanding of the natural environment. The book examines
eco-feminism's potential contribution for advancing current
discussions and research on the relationships between the humans
and more than humans that share our world. This timely volume makes
a distinctive scholarly contribution and is a valuable resources
for students and academics in the fields of environmentalism,
political ecology, sustainability and nature resource management.
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Black Love (Paperback)
Mary Phillips, Rashida L. Harrison, Nicole M. Jackson
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R462
Discovery Miles 4 620
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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To run away to Brazil, turn to 34. To get a tattoo, turn to 147. To
burn your house down, turn to 145. Midway through our lives, we
wonder how we ended up here and whether there's a way out. There
must have been a crucial turning point, but there's no way to start
again in the hope of a better result. Or is there? Here's your
chance to try all the roads not taken: polyamory, ayahuasca,
younger men, enlightenment, infidelity, Botox, or just telling your
boss for once and for all where she can shove her job. But beware:
all choices come at a cost... Yelpingly funny, horribly relatable,
here are the predicaments of modern midlife, brought together in a
compulsively readable book-as-game which - just like real life -
you can never truly win.
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