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The Chronicles of Japan--or The Nihon Shoki--compiled in 720 CE, is the oldest official history of the Japanese state. Following a 672 coup, the state of Wa renamed itself Japan and produced this dynastic historical text, legitimizing its hegemony of the...

Zadie Smith's fiction reimagines subjectivity, relationality, and the conditions of contemporary life. This book offers a timely reassessment of her work, addressing identity, urban experience, and the category of the human. Moving beyond postcolonial...

'I feel like, soon, the day after tomorrow, some other people are going to come, a strong, bold race, and sweep us off the face of the earth like litter.' It's a hot, beautiful summer in 1905, and Russia's elite retreats to the countryside to swim,...

'Gave it to me when he died. Thought it was a bit odd. Fuck flowers. Have an espresso machine.' 3 a.m. in a London flat. Jude and Kyle return from A&E. Jude has slipped, but they're both falling. A decade after their messy breakup, their surprise...

Lead lasting change for your entire learning community School leadership requires more than good intentions-it demands consequential actions that produce positive and meaningful outcomes for students, teachers, and the whole school community...

Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative. This book examines joy and other related affective practices (pleasure, belonging) in contemporary Irish literature and culture. It corrects characterizations of Irish...

Why Nature Matters is a practical guide for restoring the bond between children and the natural world. Grounded in evidence-based practice, it provides the reader with an understanding of why a connection to nature is so vital for children and how to...

The eighteenth century was the great age of hate-writing and hate-reading. Hatred, contempt, resentment, and disdain were immensely generative feelings for authors in Britain, written into not only malicious satires and belligerent pamphlets but also...

This thoroughly revised new edition offers a comprehensive introduction to the writing process, one grounded in archival and primary research methodologies.This second edition includes updated readings and student examples, expanded in-text features such...

In this book, Asbjorn Skarsvag Gronstad challenges us to reconceptualize the notion of free speech. Focusing on the domains of cultural production, aesthetics, and education, Gronstad contends that neoliberalism currently poses the greatest threat to our...

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The Bene Israel are a Jewish community from western India who, over centuries, developed a distinctive identity in relation to other Jewish and non-Jewish communities, translating their sounds, words, and practices to have uniquely Marathi Jewish...

A world-renowned critic's haunting and deeply researched account of the subversive acts of literary revenge performed during the Red Scare hearings of the 1950sIn the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and the Senate...

In Naming the Horse, author Martin E. Huld explains the basis of linguistic palaeontology, the reconstruction and analysis of past cultures through the words such cultures used to describe and define the elements of their culture and their practices. He...

An inspiring appeal to lead with kindness and empathy, backed by a blueprint for building compassionate, thriving school communities.About the AuthorJoanna Povall is the Principal of Wales International School in AbuDhabi. With over 30years in education...

The only SHRM-authorized workbook for aspiring, new and early-career HR professionals who are studying for the SHRM-CP (R) exam, fully updated for 2026. Whether you are an aspiring or early-career HR professional, Preparing for the SHRM-CP (R) Exam...

Preparing for the SHRM-CP (R) and SHRM-SCP (R) certification exams can be daunting-but it doesn't have to be, if you have the official SHRM study guide. This concise, accessible guide helps HR professionals understand the structure of both exams and...

Petrarch's Canzoniere stands as one of the greatest and most influential collections of love poetry ever written. Expressing his unrequited devotion for Laura-with whom the young poet fell in love at first sight-the Canzoniere explores the tension...

This book is the official SHRM companion for HR leaders and experienced HR professionals in strategic roles who are studying for the SHRM-SCP (R) certification. The only guide Including 70 official practice questions from previous SHRM exams, this...

The first of its kind, this textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of semantics and pragmatics from an interactionist perspective, grounded entirely on empirical methods of social/behavioural science. Designed for advanced...

The first of its kind, this textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of semantics and pragmatics from an interactionist perspective, grounded entirely on empirical methods of social/behavioural science. Designed for advanced...

This open access book introduces a pioneering methodology in corpus translation studies by integrating generative artificial intelligence to assist in text annotation, alignment, and interpretative analysis, with an illustrative application. It focuses...

Grounded in progressive pedagogy, this essential resource leads creative writing instructors through each step of designing, teaching, and trouble-shooting a course. A Practical Guide to Teaching Creative Writing offers applied strategies and innovative...

First bilingual volume on family engagement in multilingual education, providing evidence of the need for schools to work with Latinx families, communities and students, to the benefit of all involved. This book examines the significance of family...

This book traces the role of surveillance technology in film and television depictions of rape in the 2000s. It shows how the stranger rape narrative is popularly used as a sense-making tool for the entanglement of the body, digital technology, and...

Aldrin is barely sixteen, yet manages on his own at a secluded compound set deep in the wilds of Idaho. For the first time, he ventures into the countryside in search of his father, who has been away without word for two years. He encounters locals...

Queer Forms and Pronouns is a journey into the world of gender nonconformity (GNC) pronouns in literature. Pronouns are frequently discussed in the contexts of language policies, grammar, and inclusion, but their role in queer, trans, and nonbinary...

Placing Frankenstein in the critical frameworks of book history and secondary authorship, this book explores the increasing array of book-based reworkings of, and sequels to, the novel that up to this point, have been largely ignored. Covering novels,...

This open-access volume explores translations of catechisms produced during the Early Modern period (1450-1800), a type of text now increasingly recognized as pivotal for understanding cultural translation. Bringing together case studies from across...

Investments in young children--by caregivers, educators, and civic leaders--have grown enormously since the late twentieth century. Alongside this trend, deeply human questions have become hotly debated. How do we best nurture young children? Which...

Teachers and their roles in developing countries are often vastly different to those of their counterparts in the developed nations. Their job must not only encompass that of teacher - but also that of community development worker, politician and agent...

Re-examining nineteenth-century Eastscontributes novel approaches to gendered and gendering fictions and travel writing in and of the cultural-geographical-ideological contexts surrounding nineteenth-century Easts. It examines underexplored stories of...

The Avant-Garde after Bolano: Literature and Affects in Latin America studies how the paradigmatic impact of the Chilean author Roberto Bolano has reshaped and revitalized the idea of the avant-garde in Latin America. Not only did the publication of his...

The volume provides a fresh look at contemporary Arabic literature on the experiences of migration, forced displacement and exile, with a particular focus on the period from the First Gulf War to the present.It traces thematic fusions, genre and...

Too often, fleeting moments rooted in queer experience have appeared in popular fiction, only to be little remarked upon, often noted only as a sign of continuing neoliberal social advances. In Queer Possessions: Creative Criticism and Modern Irish...

A majestic literary history, revealing the power and possibilities of silence found in literary works. Silence: A Literary History traces silences over twelve centuries of English literature, from the solitary states of exile on icy seas described in...

This key text introduces readers to the underlying knowledge and wider features of inclusion and how they can relate to practice. Taking inclusion as referring to all learners, this new edition explores inclusive practice in its broadest sense and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780803288492Author William R. HandleyFormat HardbackPage Count 310Imprint University of Nebraska PressPublisher University of Nebraska Press

Providing an overview of the student mental health crisis, The Fourth Tier shares a framework to support the development of support that schools and districts can enact to better meet the needs of all students. By leveraging the existing Multi-Tiered...

Conventional journalistic norms discourage reporters from taking sides. They are supposed to remain neutral, impartial, and objective. Yet there is also a long tradition in journalism, dating back to the 1800s, that pursues truth by practicing solidarity...