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This book uses a critical political economy approach to develop an
historically and politically grounded set of strategies for states
to move toward a post-growth, decarbonised global economy. It
begins by examining the social and ecological costs of and limits
to economic growth and determines that significant decarbonisation
of the global economy can only be achieved if conventional
growth-based economies are replaced by an alternative post-growth
economy. Set apart from many other works in the field by its
critical political economy approach to policy development, this
book offers the reader three distinctive features. First, it places
the analysis in historical context in order to demonstrate how the
global political economy is constantly changing with respect to
distributions of wealth, power and fundamental norms, and explores
how states might harness and transform these contingent patterns in
a post-growth direction. Second, the book is not only concerned
with developing and advocating post-growth policies, but also with
how these measures can be incorporated into the high-level domestic
and international strategies pursued by states to ensure their
political legitimacy and economic and geopolitical survival. Third,
rather than proposing an idealised and politically naive model of
socioecological transformation, the proposed post-growth policy
framework is highly cognisant of the geopolitical and international
economic pressures facing states and demonstrates how these can be
managed in the transition toward a post-growth economy. This book
represents an invaluable resource for policymakers, academics,
activists and students wishing to study or contribute to the
transition to a post-growth, decarbonised economy.
Fans of fractured fairy tales will be delighted to discover the
fantasy, mystery, adventure, and humor in the beloved New York
Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley, now with
new cover art. As featured on NBC's The Today Show, the nine wildly
popular books are favorites around the world. They were among the
first books to bring a distinctly girl-power spin to fairy tales a
spin taken up by hit movies and shows TV such as Once Upon a Time,
Grimm, and Maleficent, the bestselling book series The Land of
Stories, and other. New covers will appear on book one, The Sisters
Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives; book two, The Sisters Grimm: The
Unusual Suspects; and book three, The Sisters Grimm: The Problem
Child. Books four through nine will be available in revised
editions soon. ? In this first book in the series, orphaned sisters
Sabrina and Daphne are sent to live with their recently discovered
grandmother, Relda Grimm. The girls learn that they are descendants
of the Brothers Grimm, whose famous tome of fairy tales is actually
a history book. The girls are pitted against a giant, who has been
rampaging through town. But who set the giant loose in the first
place? Was it Mayor Charming (formerly Prince Charming), who has
plans to get his kingdom back? The Three Not-So-Little Pigs, now
working as police officers? Or a giant-killer named Jack, currently
working at a Big & Tall store? With an irresistible combination
of adventure and imagination, the Sisters Grimm series injects
classic fairy tales with modern day sensibilities and suspense,
creating a fantastical combination readers of all ages will love.
"Kids will love Sabrina and Daphne's adventures as much as I did."
Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and I Know
What You Did Last Summer "Adventure, laughs, and surprises kept me
eagerly turning the pages." R. L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps
series "Why didn't I think of The Sisters Grimm? What a great
concept!" Jane Yolen, award-winning author "Terrific, head-spinning
series . . . Rich in well-set-up surprises and imaginatively
tweaked characters, this tongue-in-cheek frolic features both a
pair of memorable young sleuths and a madcap plot with plenty of
leads into future episodes." Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Enormously entertaining, the book takes the fractured fairy-tale
genre to new heights." Time Out New York Kids "An idea that will
make other children's book writers, and tons of aspiring ones, kick
themselves for not thinking of it first." The San Antonio
Express-News "A page-turner that incorporates humor, tension,
suspense and a wild cast of characters, readers will have trouble
putting this novel down." The Dallas Morning News "Quirky and
reasonable characters, engaging writing, fresh fairy tale
references, and a very real fantasy setting." The Raleigh News and
Observer, "Most Promising New Series" "The twists and turns of the
plot, the clever humor, and the behind-the-scenes glimpses of
Everafters we think we know, will appeal to many readers." Kliatt,
starred review
Fans of fractured fairy tales will be delighted to discover the
fantasy, mystery, adventure, and humor in the beloved New York
Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley, now with
new cover art. As featured on NBC's The Today Show, the nine wildly
popular books are favorites around the world. They were among the
first books to bring a distinctly girl-power spin to fairy tales a
spin taken up by hit movies and shows TV such as Once Upon a Time,
Grimm, and Maleficent, the bestselling book series The Land of
Stories, and other. New covers will appear on book one, The Sisters
Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives; book two, The Sisters Grimm: The
Unusual Suspects; and book three, The Sisters Grimm: The Problem
Child. Books four through nine will be available in revised
editions soon. ? In this second book in the bestselling Sisters
Grimm series, the sisters begin school at Ferryport Landing
Elementary. Daphne gets Snow White for a teacher, but Sabrina is
stuck with nasty Mr. Grumpner and a class of mildly psychotic sixth
graders. When Mr. Grumpner is mysteriously murdered, Daphne and
Sabrina must discover which Everafter is responsible. But Sabrina's
distrust of all Everafters may get in the way of unraveling the
case. With an irresistible combination of adventure and
imagination, the Sisters Grimm series injects classic fairy tales
with modern day sensibilities and suspense, creating a fantastical
combination readers of all ages will love. "Kids will love Sabrina
and Daphne's adventures as much as I did." Sarah Michelle Gellar,
star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and I Know What You Did Last
Summer "Adventure, laughs, and surprises kept me eagerly turning
the pages." R. L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps series "Why
didn't I think of The Sisters Grimm? What a great concept!" Jane
Yolen, award-winning author "Terrific, head-spinning series . . .
Rich in well-set-up surprises and imaginatively tweaked characters,
this tongue-in-cheek frolic features both a pair of memorable young
sleuths and a madcap plot with plenty of leads into future
episodes." Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Enormously entertaining,
the book takes the fractured fairy-tale genre to new heights." Time
Out New York Kids "An idea that will make other children's book
writers, and tons of aspiring ones, kick themselves for not
thinking of it first." The San Antonio Express-News "A page-turner
that incorporates humor, tension, suspense and a wild cast of
characters, readers will have trouble putting this novel down." The
Dallas Morning News "Quirky and reasonable characters, engaging
writing, fresh fairy tale references, and a very real fantasy
setting." The Raleigh News and Observer, "Most Promising New
Series" "The twists and turns of the plot, the clever humor, and
the behind-the-scenes glimpses of Everafters we think we know, will
appeal to many readers." Kliatt, starred review
This book uses a critical political economy approach to develop an
historically and politically grounded set of strategies for states
to move toward a post-growth, decarbonised global economy. It
begins by examining the social and ecological costs of and limits
to economic growth and determines that significant decarbonisation
of the global economy can only be achieved if conventional
growth-based economies are replaced by an alternative post-growth
economy. Set apart from many other works in the field by its
critical political economy approach to policy development, this
book offers the reader three distinctive features. First, it places
the analysis in historical context in order to demonstrate how the
global political economy is constantly changing with respect to
distributions of wealth, power and fundamental norms, and explores
how states might harness and transform these contingent patterns in
a post-growth direction. Second, the book is not only concerned
with developing and advocating post-growth policies, but also with
how these measures can be incorporated into the high-level domestic
and international strategies pursued by states to ensure their
political legitimacy and economic and geopolitical survival. Third,
rather than proposing an idealised and politically naive model of
socioecological transformation, the proposed post-growth policy
framework is highly cognisant of the geopolitical and international
economic pressures facing states and demonstrates how these can be
managed in the transition toward a post-growth economy. This book
represents an invaluable resource for policymakers, academics,
activists and students wishing to study or contribute to the
transition to a post-growth, decarbonised economy.
Fans of fractured fairy tales will be delighted to discover the
fantasy, mystery, adventure, and humor in the beloved New York
Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley, now with
new cover art. As featured on NBC's The Today Show, the nine wildly
popular books are favorites around the world. They were among the
first books to bring a distinctly girl-power spin to fairy tales a
spin taken up by hit movies and shows TV such as Once Upon a Time,
Grimm, and Maleficent, the bestselling book series The Land of
Stories, and other. New covers will appear on book one, The Sisters
Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives; book two, The Sisters Grimm: The
Unusual Suspects; and book three, The Sisters Grimm: The Problem
Child. Books four through nine will be available in revised
editions soon. ? This third book in the series takes a dark twist,
as Sabrina and Daphne get closer to uncovering the truth about
their parents. Coming face-to-face with their parents' kidnappers,
the sisters are stunned when one of them turns out to be the
world's most famous fairy-tale character (hint: she wears red) and
the other an unstoppable killing-machine known as the Jabberwocky.
Without the presumed-dead Mr. Canis (aka The Big Bad Wolf) fighting
at their side, the girls have little hope that they'll ever be
reunited with their mother and father. That is until their
long-lost Uncle Jake returns home with stories of a weapon that can
kill the Jabberwocky a weapon so powerful that it had to be
shattered into many pieces. Now the girls must find the pieces so
the deadly weapon can be reformed. But to get the deed done they'll
have to go head-to-head with the Wizard of Oz, the (not so) Little
Mermaid, and even the horrible witch Baba Yaga. To complicate
matters, Sabrina begins to struggle with an addiction to magic and
finds herself unraveling a real-life family mystery. With an
irresistible combination of adventure and imagination, the Sisters
Grimm series injects classic fairy tales with modern day
sensibilities and suspense, creating a fantastical combination
readers of all ages will love. "Kids will love Sabrina and Daphne's
adventures as much as I did." Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of Buffy
the Vampire Slayer and I Know What You Did Last Summer "Adventure,
laughs, and surprises kept me eagerly turning the pages." R. L.
Stine, author of the Goosebumps series "Why didn't I think of The
Sisters Grimm? What a great concept!" Jane Yolen, award-winning
author "Terrific, head-spinning series . . . Rich in well-set-up
surprises and imaginatively tweaked characters, this
tongue-in-cheek frolic features both a pair of memorable young
sleuths and a madcap plot with plenty of leads into future
episodes." Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Enormously entertaining,
the book takes the fractured fairy-tale genre to new heights." Time
Out New York Kids "An idea that will make other children's book
writers, and tons of aspiring ones, kick themselves for not
thinking of it first." The San Antonio Express-News "A page-turner
that incorporates humor, tension, suspense and a wild cast of
characters, readers will have trouble putting this novel down." The
Dallas Morning News "Quirky and reasonable characters, engaging
writing, fresh fairy tale references, and a very real fantasy
setting." The Raleigh News and Observer, "Most Promising New
Series" "The twists and turns of the plot, the clever humor, and
the behind-the-scenes glimpses of Everafters we think we know, will
appeal to many readers." Kliatt, starred review
Fans of fractured fairy tales will be delighted to discover the
fantasy, mystery, adventure, and humor in the beloved New York
Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley, now with
new cover art. The nine wildly popular books are favorites around
the world. They were among the first books to bring a distinctly
girl-power spin to fairy tales-a trend followed by hit television
series and movies such as Grimm and Maleficent; the bestselling
book series the Land of Stories; and more. Now, books one through
six in this smash-hit series appear with new covers, with books
seven, eight, and nine available as revised editions soon.
Fans of fractured fairy tales will be delighted to discover the
fantasy, mystery, adventure, and humor in the beloved New York
Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley, now with
new cover art. The nine wildly popular books are favorites around
the world. They were among the first books to bring a distinctly
girl-power spin to fairy tales-a trend followed by hit television
series and movies such as Grimm and Maleficent; the bestselling
book series the Land of Stories; and more. Now, books one through
six in this smash-hit series appear with new covers, with books
seven, eight, and nine available as revised editions soon.
Fans of fractured fairy tales will be delighted to discover the
fantasy, mystery, adventure, and humor in the beloved New York
Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley, now with
new cover art! Grany Relda's body has been hijacked by the Master,
and it's up to Sabrina, Daphne, and the rest of the Grimms to fight
for her freedom and that of Ferryport Landing in the series's grand
finale. As war rips the town apart, Sabrina consults a team of
magic mirrors, who prophesize that the only way the good guys will
win is if she leads the army herself. Now, Sabrina controls the
fate of all the Everafters, the very people who have made her life
so difficult since she and Daphne arrived in Ferryport Landing.
Will they listen to a Grimm? And can she really save them?
Fans of fractured fairy tales will be delighted to discover the
fantasy, mystery, adventure, and humor in the beloved New York
Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley, now with
new cover art. The nine wildly popular books are favorites around
the world. They were among the first books to bring a distinctly
girl-power spin to fairy tales-a trend followed by hit television
series and movies such as Grimm and Maleficent; the bestselling
book series the Land of Stories; and more. Now, books one through
six in this smash-hit series appear with new covers, with books
seven, eight, and nine available as revised editions soon.
Fans of fractured fairy tales will be delighted to discover the
fantasy, mystery, adventure, and humor in the beloved New York
Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley, now with
new cover art! Sabrina and Daphne Grimm have studied hundreds of
stories as part of their training as fairy-tale detectives, but
they never thought they'd actually be in one. And yet that's
exactly what happens when they follow the diabolical Master into
the Book of Everafter, a mysterious tome in which copies of the
world's fairy-tale characters live out their stories over and over
again. The Grimms must track down the Master while avoiding the
Book's tyrannical Editor-who is devoted to keeping the stories on
track-and his army of story-gobbling revisers. In the Book of
Everafter, stories can be rewritten and destinies changed, which is
why Sabrina and Daphne must find the Master before he can alter his
own fate-and the fate of the whole world.
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