An unprecedented study of how Christianity reshaped Black South Africans’ ideas about gender, sexuality, marriage, and family during the first half of the twentieth century.

This book demonstrates that the primary affective force in the construction of modern Black intimate life in early twentieth-century South Africa was not the commonly cited influx of migrant workers but rather the spread of Christianity. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, African converts developed a new conception of intimate life, one that shaped ideas about sexuality, gender roles, and morality.

Although the reshaping of Black intimacy occurred first among educated Africans who aspired to middle-class status, by the 1950s it included all Black Christians—60 percent of the Black South African population. In turn, certain Black traditions and customs were central to the acceptance of sexual modernity, which gained traction because it included practices such as lobola, in which a bridegroom demonstrates his gratitude by transferring property to his bride’s family. While the ways of understanding intimacy that Christianity informed enjoyed broad appeal because they partially aligned with traditional ways, other individuals were drawn to how the new ideas broke with tradition. In either case, Natasha Erlank argues that what Black South Africans regard today as tradition has been unequivocally altered by Christianity.

In asserting the paramount influence of Christianity on unfolding ideas about family, gender, and marriage in Black South Africa, Erlank challenges social historians who have attributed the key factor to be the migrant labor system. Erlank draws from a wide range of sources, including popular Black literature and the Black press, African church and mission archives, and records of the South African law courts, which she argues have been underutilized in histories of South Africa. The book is sure to attract historians and other scholars interested in the history of African Christianity, African families, sexuality, and the social history of law, especially colonial law.

Over a decade on from the action of the original movie 'American Pie' (1999), the characters descend on their home town East Great Falls, Michigan for their ten-year high school reunion.

Over the course of a wild weekend, sparks fly as Jim (Biggs), Stifler (Seann William Scott), Oz (Chris Klein) and Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) reconvene and reconnect.

Jim and Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) are still married, but things get wobbly when their next door neighbour develops a crush on Jim. Meanwhile, Stifler, stuck in a dead-end temping job, is having a hard time with the ladies, Oz has hit the big time after winning a TV talent show, and Finch is still hankering after Stifler's 'MILF' mother.

Galaxy Bar, created by renowned restaurateur Natasha Sideris, has been one of the World’s 50 Best Bars for the past three years and was named Campari’s One to Watch in 2020. What began as a storage room behind a restaurant was transformed into an exclusive, late night lounge bar that paved the way for Dubai’s flourishing luxury cocktail bar scene.

Galaxy Bar Cocktails is inspired by the bar and by Natasha’s Greek heritage, the intimate interior design features plush, midnight blue velvet seating with accents of gold, a Lemurian marble back bar, and a glittering canopy of stars mimicking the night sky above Athens.
With beautifully crafted cocktails and a seductive, exclusive interior Galaxy Bar offers a chic, and unique experience. This book with its two metallic inks, black edges, gold foiling and extraordinary photography is an ode to this.

Galaxy Bar Cocktails features 60 signature cocktails grounded in the timeless recipes of bartending pioneers but elevated through invention, reinvention, innovation and creativity. With pro tips on essential bar tools, techniques and glassware as well as recipes to make cordials and syrups, this book will take readers understanding of mixology into a whole new world of cocktail art.

Research institutions are under pressure to make their outputs more accessible in order to meet funding requirements and policy guidelines. Libraries have traditionally played an important role by exposing research output through a predominantly institution-based digital repository, with an emphasis on storing published works. New publishing paradigms are emerging that include research data, huge volumes of which are being generated globally. Repositories are the natural home for managing, storing and describing institutional research content. New Content in Digital Repositories explores the diversity of content types being stored in digital repositories with a focus on research data, creative works, and the interesting challenges they pose. Chapters in this title cover: new content types in repositories; developing and training repository teams; metadata schemas and standards for diverse resources; persistent identifiers for research data and authors; research data: the new gold; exposing and sharing repository content; selecting repository software; repository statistics and altmetrics.
Explores the role of repositories in the research lifecycle, and the emerging context for increasing non-text based contentFocuses on the management of research data in repositories and related issues such as metadata and persistent identifiersDiscusses skills and knowledge needed by repository staff to manage content diversity

From decadent ballgowns to swinging sixties mini dresses to 80s power suits, this stunning illustrated guide is full of incredible clothes from 1900 to the modern-day. Beautifully presented as a book of high-quality decorative black-and-white prints, there is information on each of these amazing vintage outfits on the reverse of each print. Pull out each of the 35 prints and colour them in as you wish, either by following the colouring tips on the back or by letting your imagination run wild. Then hang them up on your wall or give them away as presents. With gorgeous, detailed artwork and an eyecatching 100% gold foil cover, this is a colouring book that will stand out from the crowd. The perfect gift for any budding young fashion designers or style queens!

A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Lunar New Year for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do. Lunar New Year captures the magic of the celebration by exploring how Ling and her family enjoy the biggest Chinese festival of the year. The new year festival lasts for 15 days full of preparation, celebration and symbolism. Join Ling, her sister Mei and granny Po Po as they clean the house from top to bottom, pick fresh flowers from the garden, visit friends and family, and carry red lanterns through their neighbourhood. Ling invites the reader into her home and family, allowing the reader to experience this special celebration first-hand through an authentic narrative non-fiction story. A fun 16-page 'factivity' section follows the story and delves into more detail about how the festival is celebrated in China and beyond. Enriching activities are also included, such as guess the riddle, make your own red envelope and a recipe to make delicious Lunar New Year 'pot sticker' dumplings.  Learn all about the magic of Lunar New Year, by exploring: The preparations in the lead-up to the festival The Reunion dinner on New Year's Eve New Year's day fireworks Dragon dancing and the New Year Monster The lantern festival ... and more!  ​ In the Celebrations & Festivals series, you are invited into a family's celebrations as you explore the magic and excitement of religious and cultural festivals around the world. The heart-warming story is followed by a fun 'factivity' section packed with information on the festival in more detail along with activities, recipes and craft projects to enjoy. 

Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom star in this crime thriller written and directed by Jérôme Salle. When South African policemen Ali Sokhela and Brian Epkeen (Whitaker and Bloom) are tasked to investigate the murder of a young girl who has been brutally beaten to death on a Cape Town beach, they discover that there is far more to the story than they ever could have imagined. As they find themselves digging deeper into the dangerous territory of underground pharmaceutical companies, Ali and Brian, along with their colleague Dan Fletcher (Conrad Kemp), set about trying to take on some of the biggest names in South African crime.

British action drama starring Saoirse Ronan. Understandably cold and aggressive after being shipped off to Britain from America to stay with her distant relatives, Daisy (Ronan) is initially weary of her new home in the English countryside, but as a relationship develops between Daisy and her cousin Edmond (George MacKay), she starts warming to her new surroundings. Left to their own devices while her Aunt Penn (Anna Chancellor) is abroad involved in peace negotiations, the group enjoy their idyllic surroundings and isolation from parental influence. However, when World War Three breaks out over Europe and Britain is taken over by military forces, the group is split up and detained in prisoner-of-war camps. With nothing left to lose, Daisy begins planning her escape in the hope of reuniting with her lover, but with war taking its toll on everyone throughout the country, she grows fearful of what she may find...

As Christians, we know that we should become more like Jesus - so we try to act differently. But changing our outward behaviour doesn't change our hearts. Only God's grace can do that. Renovation of the Heart lays a biblical foundation for spiritual transformation, exploring the disciplines and practices that are crucial if we are to be changed from the inside out. Immensely profound but also practical and encouraging, Dallas Willard's insightful wisdom challenges us to rethink what it really means to become more Christlike and how we do so. This special 20th anniversary edition - featuring a new introduction by John Mark Comer, revised discussion questions and a never before published interview with Dallas Willard - shows that this dynamic and practical approach to spiritual growth is just as needed today as it was 20 years ago. It will both challenge and inspire you on the path of becoming more like Jesus and equip you to engage actively and intentionally in your spiritual formation. Renovation of the Heart has helped countless Christians begin the process of spiritual transformation. It is ideal both for anyone new to the Christian faith looking for guidance in discipleship, and those who are already Christians and want a new approach to help their spiritual growth and reaffirm their faith. Don't settle for complacency. Accept the challenge Renovation of the Heart offers and discover what Dallas Willard describes as a divine process that "brings every element in our being, working from inside out, into harmony with the will of God." Become an intentional apprentice of Jesus Christ, changing daily as you walk with Him.

'Twas the night before Valentine's Day, and all through the town,

Children were busy, not making a sound.

They gathered their scissors, their glitter and glue,

Pink and red paper, and paint brushes, too....

"The Night before Valentine's Day" looks in on a house full of excited children, busily cutting out heart-shaped cards and writing silly Valentine rhymes. The next day at school is a day of parties and games -- and even a surprise visitor bearing a special Valentine gift for the whole class

Eliminate the need for supplementary resources by providing complete syllabus coverage with a lively, accessible textbook written by experienced teachers of physics. - Develop students' understanding and scientific skills with plenty of questions, exercises, problems and experiments. - Challenge high achievers with more difficult questions. - Test understanding with end-of-chapter checklists of skills and knowledge covered, as well as revision questions, sample school-based assessment activities and worked examples.

The highly anticipated second volume to the widely acclaimed and celebrated self-portrait series, Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness

In Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Volume II, Zanele Muholi explores and expands upon new personas and poetic interpretations of personhood, queerness, Blackness, and the possibilities of self. Since the publication of the first volume in 2018, Muholi has continued to photograph themself in a range of new international locations. Drawing on material props found in each environment, Muholi boldly explores their own image and innate possibilities as a Black individual in today’s global society, and—most important—speaks emphatically in response to contemporary and historical racisms. Renée Mussai, curator and historian, brings together written contributions from more than ten curators, poets, and authors, building a poetic and experimental framework that extends the idea of speculative futures and the potentiality of multivalent selves. Powerfully arresting, this collection further amplifies Muholi’s expressive and radical manifesto. As they state in the first volume, “My practice as a visual activist looks at Black resistance—existence as well as insistence.”

'A little babushka is made when you’re young and something happens to you that leaves a scar…’ Cerys Williams has swapped her village in the Welsh Valleys for art college in London and the spare room in glamorous Auntie Wyn’s flat. Cerys knows there’s more out there for her in the world; it’s the year 2000 – she definitely doesn’t have to just get married and have babies and wear beige and cook stews for the rest of her life, even if Mam thinks she should.  But Cerys’s London is not glossy or cool or sophisticated, despite what Adept, her favourite magazine, has told her. It’s lonely and overwhelming and confusing. Until, that is, she meets him…  The prequel to Toxic. A coming-of-age novel about love – the love you think you know and the love you never realised you had, all along. Praise for Toxic: ‘A hugely accomplished debut. Menacing, heartfelt and often very funny.’ Juno Dawson ‘Such an exciting new author of YA fiction.’ Holly Bourne 'An astute and pin sharp exploration of the joy, pain and toxicity of teen female friendship. So real it hurts.’ Sara Barnard

"This one brims with magic... An absolute page-turner and joy to read!" -- Jane Green, New York Times bestselling author Propulsive, touching, and darkly funny, All Signs Point to Paris is the story of one woman's search for a second chance at love. A surprising astrology reading sends Natasha Sizlo--divorced, broke, freshly heartbroken, and reeling from her father's death--on an unexpected but magical journey to France, in pursuit of a man born on a particular date in a particular place: November 2, 1968 in Paris. It's the cusp of Natasha Sizlo's forty-fourth birthday. Still reeling from her disastrous divorce, she's navigating life as a single mom and doing her best to fake it till she makes it in the cutthroat world of LA real estate. In the meantime, her ex-husband is dating a Hollywood star, and she's just broken it off--for the hundredth and final time--with her devastatingly handsome but impossibly noncommittal French boyfriend. Just when it seems things can't get any worse, her beloved father is given months to live. So when she's gifted a session with LA's most sought-after astrologist, Natasha--despite being a total skeptic--figures she has nothing to lose. The reading is eerily, impossibly accurate. As her misgivings give way, Natasha can't help but ask about her ex-boyfriend, the French man she can't seem to get over. To her surprise, the astrologist tells her that he is perfect for her. His birthday and birthplace--November 2, 1968, in Paris, France--lines up with her astrological point of destiny. The word husband comes up. Natasha is distraught. Panicked, even. Was he really The One? Was this all the big soul love she was destined for? Then, she has a lightning bolt of an idea: her ex wasn't the only man born on November 2, 1968, in Paris. Natasha's real soulmate is still out there--she just has to find him. Joined by her sister and two of her closest girlfriends and buoyed by her father's parting message to never give up on love, Natasha flies to the City of Light, determined to take destiny into her own hands.

I am awful at keeping a journal and hopeless at blogs. I am infamous amongst my peers for wearing mt heart on my sleeve. So now I am telling my story through this collection of poems and songs. Here my memoirs lie. You may empathise, sympathise, chastise or even be surprised by what you read. Regardless, never judge a book by its cover as not all is what it seems. I hope you will enjoy my random writings and may you be blessed by it.

'Irresistible' Jennifer Saint 'Spellbinding' Elodie Harper THE GREATEST EVER LOVE STORY WAS A LIE . . . The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline Capulet he falls instantly in love. Rosaline, headstrong and independent, is unsure of Romeo's attentions but with her father determined that she join a convent, this handsome and charming stranger offers her the chance of a different life. Soon though, Rosaline begins to doubt all that Romeo has told her. She breaks off the match, only for Romeo's gaze to turn towards her cousin, thirteen-year-old Juliet. Gradually Rosaline realises that it is not only Juliet's reputation at stake, but her life. With only hours remaining before she will be banished behind the nunnery walls, will Rosaline save Juliet from her Romeo? Or can this story only ever end one way? A subversive, powerful untelling of Shakespeare's best-known tale, narrated by a fierce, forgotten voice: this is Rosaline's story. Hamnet meets My Dark Vanessa in this fierce, feminist, intensely gripping novel; captivating and chillingly relevant, FAIR ROSALINE takes everything you thought you knew about Romeo and Juliet and turns it on its head . . . 'Irresistible. An excellent spin on a timeless classic' Jennifer Saint 'I have not been able to stop thinking about this book . . . Fair Rosaline is a gripping, spellbinding and wonderfully immersive book - and one that truly makes you think. I would be very surprised if everyone is not talking about it this summer' Elodie Harper 'A brilliant and beguiling re-imagining of the Romeo and Juliet story. A terrific novel - very clever and alluring' William Boyd 'Thought-provoking . . . a rich and atmospheric work that, despite its historical setting, feels intensely relatable thanks to Solomons' resilient heroine' Katherine J. Chen, author of Joan 'Masterfully weaves Shakespeare's classic play into a gripping story of female agency and strength. Rosaline is a compelling heroine and I was rooting for her from the first page' Isabelle Schuler, author of Lady Macbethad 'Intelligent, imaginative, irreverent. Solomons has created a gripping Romeo and Juliet for the 21st century' Annabel Abbs 'A brilliant, feminist re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet. I absolutely devoured this thought-provoking, female-centric take on Shakespeare' Jillian Cantor, USA Today bestselling author of Beautiful Little Fools 'Exquisitely written, wonderfully lyrical and richly immersive - this a story we all know made fresh and chillingly relevant, refracted through a feminist lens' Ellery Lloyd *SELECTED AS ONE TO WATCH IN 2023 IN THE EVENING STANDARD*

Providing cutting-edge material from a range of perspectives on entrepreneurial internationalization, this insightful book develops contemporary business concepts and business models to engage with a rapidly changing and diversifying world economy. Chapters build a conceptual and theoretical illustration of the field, providing key frameworks for the analysis of entrepreneurial internationalization, including insights into strategy and organization, as well as fundraising strategies for early internationalizing startups. Top international scholars in the field apply these frameworks to specific real-world business environments, such as born globals, born digital enterprises and multinational corporations in emerging markets. The book concludes with analysis of international entrepreneurship across both traditional and digital contexts, highlighting the emerging implications for international entrepreneurship research of digitization and the Covid-19 pandemic. Bringing together a multitude of critical evaluations, this book is crucial reading for scholars and researchers of SME internationalization and born globals, as well as higher level students of international entrepreneurship. It will also benefit practitioners and policymakers hoping to engage with new digital developments in the world economy.

Calvin Reeder directs this unconventional comedy horror starring Dermot Mulroney as an unnamed man who encounters various bizarre occurrences as he attempts to make his way to his brother's farm. The Rambler (Mulroney) has just been released from prison but is a long way from his destination and, with no means of transport other than his legs and whatever lifts he can beg, will see a lot of the less glamorous side of America on his travels. He meets figures such as the Scientist (James Cady) and The Girl (Lindsay Pulsipher) along the way and is drawn into increasingly unusual events. What does the road hold in store for him?

One more journey to the universe of Roberto Bolano, an essential voice of contemporary Latin American literature Cowboy Graves is an unexpected treasure from the vault of a revolutionary talent. Roberto Bolano's boundless imagination and seemingly inexhaustible gift for shaping the chaos of his reality into fiction is unmistakable in these three novellas. In "Cowboy Graves," Arturo Belano--Bolano's alter ego--returns to Chile after the coup to fight with his comrades for socialism. "French Comedy of Horrors" takes the reader to French Guiana on the night after an eclipse where a seventeen year old answers a pay phone and finds himself recruited into the Clandestine Surrealist Group, a secret society of artists based in the sewers of Paris. And in "Fatherland," a young poet reckons with the fascist overthrow of his country, as the woman he is obsessed with disappears in the ensuing violence and a Third Reich fighter plane mysteriously writes her poetry in the sky overhead. These three fiercely original tales bear the signatures of Bolano's extraordinary body of work, echoing the strange characters and uncanny scenes of his triumphs, while deepening our reverence for his gifts.