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Reverse the Search: How to Turn Job Seeking into Job Shopping
by null Madeline MannFrom the creator of top career YouTube channel Self Made Millennial, the only job search guide you&’ll need to get employers competing for youAre you tired of sending out dozens of job applications every day and never hearing back? Or, when you do land interviews, not getting an offer, and never knowing why? As a former recruiter and head of HR at multiple companies, Madeline Mann has seen every kind of job application under the sun, and she&’s here to tell you that the antiquated job search advice you&’ve been told before is all wrong.After years of working in HR, Mann began to share her behind-the-scenes insight into the world of hiring, creating viral career tip videos and posts online—and soon amassing nearly 1 million followers across YouTube, LinkedIn, and TikTok. In Reverse the Search, Mann distills her juiciest advice into a concise guide on how to turn the job search around, going from job seeking to job shopping—from desperately sending out applications to having your pick of jobs. By following the simple but proven steps—beginning with determining your ideal job through negotiating your final offer—that have landed hundreds of Mann&’s career coaching clients positions at dream companies, you will transform into a lifelong Job Shopper, getting recruited and attracting opportunities at every stage.Because Job Shoppers know they deserve to land more than any old job. They deserve a job that brings meaningful work, happiness, flexibility, and financial stability. And with Reverse the Search&’s help, you&’ll get noticed and approached, even when you&’re not actively looking for a job. You will have the leverage, and you will never have to perform a soul-sucking job search again.
The Fearless Birth Journal: Growing Your Mind-Body Connection Throughout Pregnancy
by null Emma ArmstrongBirth doula and hypnobirthing coach Emma Armstrong, wants you to take time to connect to your brain, body and baby throughout your unique pregnancy journey. Pregnancy is not just a life-making journey but a life-changing one too – but it can be all too easy to drift through its various stages. Instead, Emma encourages you to slow down and create chances to reflect on where you really are – in your brain, in your body and in your connection to your baby – at every stage along the way. The Fearless Birth Journal is here to help you do just that. Combining clear teaching with journal prompts and interactive elements throughout, this joyfully illustrated book is the perfect gift for you or a loved one during pregnancy. Journeying through four key movements – Brain, Body, Birth and Baby & Beyond – through every trimester, this book will empower and equip you for the birth you want but also ensure you don’t miss (and later forget) a moment of this incredible time of life.
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (A Vera Wong Novel)
by null Jesse Q. SutantoVera Wong is back and as meddling as ever in this follow-up to the hit Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.…Ever since a man was found dead in Vera's teahouse, life has been good. For Vera that is. She&’s surrounded by loved ones, her shop is bustling, and best of all, her son, Tilly, has a girlfriend! All thanks to Vera, because Tilly's girlfriend is none other than Officer Selena Gray. The very same Officer Gray that she had harassed while investigating the teahouse murder. Still, Vera wishes more dead bodies would pop up in her shop, but one mustn't be ungrateful, even if one is slightly...bored.Then Vera comes across a distressed young woman who is obviously in need of her kindly guidance. The young woman is looking for a missing friend. Fortunately, while cat-sitting at Tilly and Selena's, Vera finds a treasure trove: Selena's briefcase. Inside is a file about the death of an enigmatic influencer—who also happens to be the friend that the young woman was looking for. Online, Xander had it all: a parade of private jets, fabulous parties with socialites, and a burgeoning career as a social media influencer. The only problem is, after his body is fished out of Mission Bay, the police can't seem to actually identify him. Who is Xander Lin? Nobody knows. Every contact is a dead end. Everybody claims not to know him, not even his parents.Vera is determined to solve Xander's murder. After all, doing so would surely be a big favor to Selena, and there is nothing she wouldn't do for her future daughter-in-law.
Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words
by null John McWhorterWith his trademark humor and flair, bestselling linguist John McWhorter busts the myths and shares the history of the most controversial language topic of our times: pronounsThe nature of language is to shift and evolve—but every so often, a new usage creates a whole lot of consternation. These days, pronouns are throwing curveballs, and it matters, because pronoun habits die hard. If you need a refresher from eighth-grade English: Pronouns are short, used endlessly, and serve to point and direct, to orient us as to what is meant about who. Him, not her. Me, not you. Pronouns get a heavy workout, and as such, they become part of our hardwiring. To mess with our pronouns is to mess with us. But many of today&’s hot-button controversies are nonsense. The singular they has been with us since the 1400s and appears in Shakespeare&’s works. In fact, many of the supposedly iron-clad rules of grammar are up for debate (Billy and me went to the store is perfectly logical!), and with tasty trivia, unexpected twists, and the weird quirks of early and contemporary English, John McWhorter guides readers on a journey of how our whole collection of these little words emerged and has changed over time.
When We Were Real: A Novel
by Daryl GregoryFrom multiple award-winning author Daryl Gregory comes a madcap adventure following two friends on a cross-country bus tour through the mind-boggling glitches in their simulated world as they grapple with love, family, secrets, and the very nature of reality in a simulation.JP and Dulin have been the best of friends for decades. When JP finds out his cancer has aggressively returned, Dulin decides it&’s the perfect time for one last adventure: a week-long bus tour of North America&’s Impossibles, the physics-defying glitches and geographic miracles that started cropping up seven years earlier—right after the Announcement that revealed our world to be merely a digital simulacrum. The outing, courtesy of Canterbury Trails Tours, promises the trip of a (not completely real) lifetime in a (not completely deluxe) coach. Their fellow passengers are 21st-century pilgrims, each of them on the tour for their own reasons. There&’s a nun hunting for an absent God, a pregnant influencer determined to make her child too famous to be deleted, a crew of horny octogenarians living each day like it&’s their last, and a professor on the run from leather-clad sociopaths who take The Matrix as scripture. Each stop on this trip is stranger than the last—a Tunnel outside of time, a zero gravity Geyser, the compound of motivational-speaking avatar—with everyone barreling toward the tour&’s iconic final stop Ghost City, where unbeknownst to our travelers the answer to who is running the simulation may await. When We Were Real is a tour-de-force and exploration of what really matters, even in an artificial world.
Saving Ellen: A Memoir of Hope and Recovery
by Maura CaseyA coming-of-age memoir that follows a large, working-class Irish family as it plunges into chaos in the wake of a terminal diagnosis—and the author's own hidden struggle to endure when her sister's disease becomes the dark star around which they all revolve. Financial privation and her father&’s drunken scenes formed the backdrop to Maura Casey's childhood, but her sister Ellen&’s years-long struggle with kidney disease consumed her whole family. Determined to see Ellen live to adulthood, her mother fought medical advice to donate a kidney at a time when organ transplants were medical miracles. She concealed the true impact of that decision, which would affect the family for years to come. Set in Buffalo amidst the tumult of the 1960s and 70s, Saving Ellen traces the author's recovery from alcoholism and sexual assault and tells of her irrepressible older sister Ellen, who fought to claim her dream of becoming an athlete; her smart, feminist mother, whose World War II Army service prepared her to manage her own platoon of six children; and her adulterous, alcoholic father who, at the end, was haunted by his shortcomings and regrets. Despite the hard truths of her childhood, Saving Ellen is ultimately a story of humor at unexpected moments as well as the grace of reconciliation and gratitude.Saving Ellen will appeal to those who have endured the stress of caring for a chronically ill family member, with all the fraught choices that entails. Readers who have experienced the unique insanity of living in a large alcoholic family will recognize the mix of madness and humor that forms the foundation of daily life. Casey's story has parallels to Monica Wood&’s When We Were the Kennedys, which details the struggle her family began when her father died of a heart attack, and Jeannette Walls&’ The Glass Castle, with its tale of family dysfunction and siblings trying to help one another cope in a dilapidated house with an unstable father.
Theatrical Genre & Style: A Guide for Designers, Directors, and Performers
by Karen Brewster Melissa ShaferA one-of-a-kind guide about style and genre for theatre artisans.Theatrical Genre & Style will appeal to all theatre makers—those in performance as well as design—students, amateurs, and professionals. Traditionally, theatre practitioners receive information about style and genre from sources composed primarily for studio artisans and not theatre artisans. These books are helpful but ultimately fall short because they do not specifically apply the use of style to theatre art and practice. Theatrical Genre & Style gives theatre artists a guidebook to style and genre that is specific and tailored to their needs. Theatrical Genre & Style defines genre and style (and the differences between them), gives relatable examples with helpful exercises, clearly explains the distinctions between artistic style, period style, and literary style, and helps readers understand how to identify, research, and utilize appropriate artistic styles for theatrical productions. Theatrical genres are listed, thoroughly explained, and examples and exercises given that are designed to elucidate. The ways theatrical scenery, costumes, lighting, sound, multi-media, acting, directing, and movement can work together to successfully utilize style is addressed in this text.Theatrical Genre & Style serves as a companion to authors Karen Brewster and Melissa Shafer's Fundamentals of Theatrical Design: A Guide to the Basics of Scenic, Costume, and Lighting Design. The two books complement one another in content, size, scope, purpose, and target audience.
Canceled Lives: My Father, My Scandal, and Me
by Blake BaileyA canceled bestselling author&’s highly personal account of his public scandal—a scandal that was reported on the front page of the New York Times and throughout the world. Blake Bailey grew up in the shadow of his father, Burck, an eminent litigator—president of the Oklahoma Bar Association and widely considered a sort of real-life Atticus Finch: &“His conduct, honesty, integrity, and courtesy best exemplify and represent the highest standards of the legal profession,&” his colleagues commended him in a 1989 award citation. As for Blake, he was a late bloomer who finally came into his own as a writer. His fourth literary biography, Philip Roth, was published on April 6, 2021, and hailed as &“a narrative masterwork&” by Cynthia Ozick on the front page of the New York Times Book Review. The 900-page book debuted at #12 on the Times Nonfiction Bestseller list. But success came at a terrible price: because of revelations in Bailey&’s biography, many were calling for Roth and his work to be &“canceled,&” while others thought Bailey had been overly sympathetic and even &“complicitous&” with his subject&’s worst failings. Soon rumors exploded on the internet about Bailey&’s own private life, and within days he himself was roundly canceled. Canceled Lives is the story of a father and son who had much in common—for better and for worse—and who supported each other in the midst of terrible family strife, including the drug addiction and suicide of Blake&’s older brother, Scott. Having achieved a success in life that Blake, at least, never expected, both father and son were ravaged by the ordeal of Blake&’s spectacular public humiliation.
Finding Flora
by Elinor FlorenceA rollicking historical novel set in turn-of-the-century Alberta about a young woman on the run from her abusive husband who uses a legal loophole to claim a homestead in the Wild West—perfect for fans of Outlawed and The Giver of Stars.Scottish newcomer Flora Craigie jumps from a moving train in 1905 to escape her abusive husband. Desperate to disappear, she claims a homestead on the beautiful but wild Alberta prairie, determined to create a new life for herself. She is astonished to find that her nearest neighbours are also female: a Welsh widow with three children; two American women raising chickens; and a Métis woman who supports herself by training wild horses. While battling both the brutal environment and the local cynicism toward female farmers, the five women with their very different backgrounds struggle to find common ground. But when their homes are threatened with expropriation by a hostile government, they join forces to &“fire the heather,&” a Scottish term meaning to raise a ruckus. To complicate matters, there are signs that Flora&’s violent husband is still hunting for her. And as the competition for free land along the new Canadian Pacific Railway line heats up, an unscrupulous land agent threatens not only Flora&’s livelihood, but her very existence.
Taste of Home Ultimate Outdoor Cookbook: TAKE A BITE OUT OF SUMMER WITH 390+ GRILLED GREATS, PICNIC CLASSICS, BON-FIRE TREATS, POOLSIDE MUNCHIES AND MORE!
by Taste Of HOmeEnjoy more than 390 easy recipes for barbecues, picnics and block parties as well as al fresco dinners perfect for any night of the week.Make the most of summer with this must-have collection, featuring 390+ recipes ideal for warm-weather dining! Featuring recipes for everything from juicy burgers and savory steaks to grilled corn and brilliant berry desserts, Ultimate Outdoor Cookbook promises to be your go-to cookbook all summer long. Take your love of the outdoors to new heights when you dine outside! Whether you&’re whipping up a weeknight dinner on the deck, packing up a picnic basket, planning a baseball tailgate or contributing to the church picnic, this sensational new book has you covered! Learn pro tips on grilling pizzas and preparing desserts over an open flame. Check out foil-packet entrees that cook to perfection on a campfire and discover, snacks perfect for enjoying while watching the fireworks. You&’ll also find new treats to enjoy around the bonfire, impressive contributions to block parties and more. From flame-broiled specialties to swift weeknight suppers, everything tastes better when enjoyed outside. Experience the joy of dining al fresco like never before with Taste of Home Ultimate Outdoor Cookbook. 394 sensational dishes perfect for outdoor dining, including summer&’s best snacks, appetizers, desserts, potluck classics and more. 3-minute and 5-ingredient icons highlight dishes perfect for workweek meals. Prep and cook timelines with each dish help make the most of your time. Nutrition facts with every recipe makes it easy to feed your family right. A clip-and-keep guide to grilling lets you keep essential facts at your fingertips, including cook times and how to know when things are done. CHAPTERS: How to Keep Food Cold Appetizers & Beverages Salads & Dressings Grilled Greats Beef Chicken Pork Seafood & More Party Pizzas Campfire Cooking Frosty Treats Summer Desserts Summer Fun Brunch on the Patio Time for a Picnic Juneteenth Fourth of July Fireworks Party Summer Block Party Best Tailgate Ever Lemonade Stand Pickling
The Heron Princess (Legendarios #4)
by Karla Arenas ValentiTwins Emma and Martín defend a princess and her village in this fourth book in the Legendarios chapter book series that&’s Magic Tree House meets Heroes in Training! It&’s been a few months since Emma and Martín moved to Chicago. When they first arrived, their family thought outgoing Emma would adjust quickly and shy Martín might have a harder time making friends. But surprisingly, Martín is fitting in just fine, while Emma wants to go back to Mexico more than anything. She might not be able to go back to their previous home, but she can visit Mexico in the book of legends! And even better, this time the twins are joined by their abuela on the adventure. The book brings them into the story of Princess Hapunda and Lake Pátzcuaro. When an enemy tribe demands that Hapunda&’s father hand her over to them, she faces a difficult choice: go with their enemies or refuse and risk her people&’s safety. Can the twins find a way to help the princess out of the tricky situation, or is this a tale without a happy ending?
You Don't Have to Have a Dream: And Other Life Lessons
by Tim MinchinA whimsically illustrated celebration of life, art, success, kindness, love, and thriving in a meaningless universe, drawn from three iconic graduation speeches from beloved comedian Tim Minchin in a unique blend of Charlie Mackesy meets Kurt Vonnegut.Journey into life&’s quirky truths with comedian Tim Minchin in this illustrated nonfiction book, that infuses his renowned comic flare with heartfelt wisdom. Minchin transforms three of his most adored speeches—including his viral &“9 Life Lessons&” speech—into a captivating book designed to inspire, amuse, and create a sense of wonder. In the same vein as The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse and The Tao of Pooh, this book is a delightful, delicately woven tapestry of life&’s simplicities and complexities, all captured through Minchin&’s unique humor and tenderness. He shares his guiding life principles such as: -Be hard on your opinions -Define yourself by what you love -Be a teacher -Exercise! -And so much more With stark honesty, Minchin reminds us that our existence on this earth is fleeting and all that matters is that you fill it with passion, creativity, and laughter. You Don&’t Have to Have a Dream is your invitation to embrace the full spectrum of the human experience—from the mundane to the profound, the joyful to the sorrowful, and from the first breath to the last. Accompanied by Andrew Rae&’s charming illustrations, this book is sure to be a celebration of life in all of its absurdity and is a testament to the beauty that arises when we dare to live authentically, love deeply, and chuckle at the chaos.
Flesh: A Novel
by David SzalayFrom Booker Prize finalist David Szalay, a propulsive, hypnotic novel, about a man whose future is derailed by a series of events that he is unable to control.Teenaged István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. Shy and new in town, he is a stranger to the social rituals practiced by his classmates and soon becomes isolated, with his neighbor—a married woman close to his mother&’s age, whom he begrudgingly helps with errands—as his only companion. But as these periodical encounters shift into a clandestine relationship that István himself can barely understand, his life soon spirals out of control, ending in a violent accident that leaves a man dead. What follows is a rocky trajectory that sees István emigrate from Hungary to London, where he moves from job to job before finding steady work as a driver for London&’s billionaire class. At each juncture, his life is affected by the goodwill or self-interest of strangers. Through it all, István is a calm, detached observer of his own life, and through his eyes we experience a tragic twist on an immigrant &“success story,&” brightened by moments of sensitivity, softness, and Szalay&’s keen observation. Fast-paced and immersive, Flesh reveals István&’s life through intimate moments, with lovers, employers, and family members, charted over the course of decades. As the story unfolds, the tension between what is seen and unseen, what can and cannot be said, hurtles forward until finally—with everything at stake—sudden tragedy again throws life as István knows it in jeopardy. Spare and penetrating, Flesh traces the imperceptible but indelible contours of unresolved trauma and its aftermath amid the precarity and violence of an ever-globalizing Europe with incisive insight, unyielding pathos, and startling humanity.
Wireless Sensor Networks: 18th China Conference, CWSN 2024, Taiyuan, China, September 20–22, 2024, Proceedings, Part I (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2341)
by Limin Sun Yongle ChenThis two-volume set, CCIS 2341 and CCIS 2342, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th China Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks, CWSN 2024, held in Taiyuan, China, during September 20–22, 2024. The 41 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:- Part I: Cloud computing and edge computing; Internet of things security and privacy protection; Internet of things service and application technology. Part II: Smart internet of things; Theory and technology of wireless sensor network.
Aus-, Ein- und Umstiegsprozesse in der sozial-ökologischen Transformation im 21. Jahrhundert (Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz. Energy Policy and Climate Protection)
by Fabian PrägerDiese Open-Access-Publikation analysiert die Aus-, Ein- und Umstiegsprozesse in der sozial-ökologischen Transformation des 21. Jahrhunderts. Basierend auf den Erkenntnissen der Forschungsarbeiten werden Maßnahmen zur Weiterentwicklung der Energieinfrastrukturentwicklung für eine 100%-Erneuerbare-Energien-Ökonomie erarbeitet. Das Promotionsprojekt beruht auf der Entwicklung und Anwendung eines Forschungsansatzes, der hier als „angewandte Transformationsforschung“ beschrieben wird und sowohl interdisziplinäre als auch transdisziplinäre Wissensproduktion integriert. Der Band untersucht die Notwendigkeit der sozial-ökologischen Transformation, um grundlegende Maßnahmen zu formulieren und ein fundiertes Verständnis für die Entwicklung eines 100%-Erneuerbare-Energiesystems zu schaffen, das den existenziellen Herausforderungen der Klimakrise effektiv begegnet. Zukunftsfähige Maßnahmen und Konzepte für die Energieinfrastrukturplanung werden entwickelt, indem die Theorien der Vordenker*innen der Energiewende analytisch aufgearbeitet sowie aktuelle fossile narrative Barrieren und Verhinderungsstrategien der Energiewende beschrieben und dekonstruiert werden. Die Erkenntnisse werden in tiefgreifende, überwiegend qualitative sozio-technische Sektoranalysen eingebettet.
Computational Technologies and Electronics: First International Conference, ICCTE 2023, Siliguri, India, November 23–25, 2023, Proceedings, Part I (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2376)
by Mukta Majumder J. K. M. Sadique Uz Zaman Mili Ghosh Samarjit ChakrabortyThis two-volume set, CCIS 2376 and CCIS 2377, constitutes proceedings from the First International Conference on Computational Technologies and Electronics, ICCTE 2023, held in Siliguri, India, during November 23–25, 2023. The 46 full papers presented here were carefully selected and reviewed from 157 submissions. These papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Pat I- Pattern recognition & AI Part II- Data communication & security; Applied electronics.
Perfektionismus, Imposter-Phänomen und Prokrastination: Perspektiven, Zusammenhänge und Lösungsansätze für Personalentwicklung und Beratung
by Stefanie Rödel Magdalena Bathen-Gabriel Katharina-Maria RehfeldPsychische Gesundheit, Wohlbefinden und Stressresistenz sind Themen, die im Personalmanagement, der Organisationsentwicklung, der Unternehmensführung wie auch in der Beratung eine immer wichtigere Rolle einnehmen. In der heutigen hochdynamischen Geschäftswelt, die von ständigem Wandel, rasantem Fortschritt, intensivem Wettbewerb, globaler Vernetzung und zunehmender Komplexität geprägt ist, nehmen psychische Erkrankungen und Anpassungsstörungen immer mehr zu. Dieses Buch bietet interdisziplinäre und multiperspektivische Zugänge zu drei psychologischen Phänomenen, die vermehrt in den Fokus wissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen genommen werden. Perfektionismus und das Imposter-Phänomen führen oftmals zu extremem Aufschieben und beeinträchtigen nicht nur die persönliche Leistungs- und Entscheidungsfähigkeit, sondern behindern auch effektive Teamarbeit und unterminieren nachhaltigen Erfolg von Organisationen. Neben einer Darstellung der aktuellen Forschungslage beinhaltet das Buch individuelle und organisationale Lösungsansätze sowie konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen, die zur Schaffung eines gesunden und produktiven Arbeitsumfeld beitragen können.
The Palgrave Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development
by Ezra Chitando Beatrice Okyere-Manu Sophia Chirongoma Musa W. DubeThe Palgrave Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development interrogates the multiple inequalities that subsist in the world and explores how Ubuntu, emerging from Africa but being potentially applicable elsewhere, holds promise for mitigation and resolution. It highlights inequalities that relate to gender, climate change, the environment, race, migration, and the struggle against poverty. It reflects on how and the extent to which Ubuntu can be a strategic resource in pursuit of equality and justice.
Wireless Sensor Networks: 18th China Conference, CWSN 2024, Taiyuan, China, September 20–22, 2024, Proceedings, Part II (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2342)
by Limin Sun Yongle ChenThis two-volume set, CCIS 2341 and CCIS 2342, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th China Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks, CWSN 2024, held in Taiyuan, China, during September 20–22, 2024. The 41 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:- Part I: Cloud computing and edge computing; Internet of things security and privacy protection; Internet of things service and application technology. Part II: Smart internet of things; Theory and technology of wireless sensor network.
Reciprocal Constructions in Meitei and Nyishi
by Atanu SahaThis book investigates three interesting questions arising from the intriguing cross-linguistic perspective of Meiteilon and Nyishi, two Tibeto-Burman languages respectively spoken in the states of Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh in India. The first question relates to developing a model for the syntax and semantics of these verbal reciprocal languages. Secondly, the book attempts to provide an account of the surface variations between the languages using this model. The book also tries to build an account for the co-occurrences of the nominal and verbal reciprocals in languages like Meiteilon and Nyishi. Both languages use a verbal strategy for default reciprocalization and both the languages show discontinuous reciprocity. The author argues that if the reciprocal marker consists of one suffix (as in the case of Meiteilon), it may express several other functions, but if the reciprocal marker composes of more than one suffix (as in Nyishi), it does not show polysemy. Both languages can reciprocalize unaccusative and unergative verbs, and in both the languages, overt distributive nominal reciprocal markers show strong reciprocity. This book will be of interest to syntacticians and typologists working in the domain of universal grammar, as well as computational linguists seeking empirical data on endangered and underrepresented languages.
Current Challenges and Emerging Teaching English as a Foreign Language Practice: Contributions from Latin America (English Language Teaching: Theory, Research and Pedagogy)
by Yomaira Angélica Herreño-ContrerasThis book brings together contributions on current challenges in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) in Latin America. It examines various issues related to two areas within TEFL: first, in-class activities and innovative approaches, focusing on the development of intercultural competence, technology-based teaching and learning practices, grammar learning and digital life and its repercussions in English learning. Second, teacher education and professional development, analyzing aspects such as source-based writing skills, Lingua Franca and World Englishes, post-pandemic face-to-face instruction and literature in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teacher Education Programs along with studies on job satisfaction, attrition and professional identity. Specifically, the chapters provide an overview of the EFL teacher and classroom in Latin America, and the demands, benefits and drawbacks observed in this sociocultural context. Each chapter also includes meaningful views from a Latin American context and contributes to the development of better EFL teaching and learning practices worldwide. This book is a useful reference for scholars, researchers, and educators who focus on EFL teaching and learning at any educational level in Latin America. It is also a helpful resource for trainee teachers delving further into their fields.
Hunting Troubles: Gender and Its Intersections in the Cultural History of the Hunt (Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature)
by Laura Beck Maurice SaßThis volume examines the cultural history of European and North American hunting from the Middle Ages to the present day from the perspective of gender as well as animal studies. It demonstrates that the hunting and killing of animals was (and still is) a highly codified activity that creates, reinforces, and sometimes undermines a variety of differences. This construction and deconstruction of difference applies not only to the relationship between “humanity” and “animality” but also to the relationships between human agents with respect to their gender. By applying a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach, this collection dissects the many ways in which hunting—often classified as a “typically male”’ activity—participates, on the one hand, in the naturalization of gender differences and related binary asymmetries but, on the other, can sometimes open up a space in which gender boundaries become unsettled and blurred. More than any other activity, the practice of hunting—which is controversial at least in terms of animal ethics—seems to lend itself to the negotiation of both what is perceived as human and what as animal and what is seen as masculine and what as feminine.
Sustainability Marketing in Emerging Economies: Conceptual and Empirical Perspectives (Palgrave Studies of Marketing in Emerging Economies)
by Albert Anani-Bossman Takalani E. Mudzanani Devika PillayThis book addresses the environmental, social, and economic challenges that corporations in emerging economies face, focusing on sustainability marketing as a paradigm-shifting approach. Drawing from cases across several emerging economies, including South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, and Turkey, it examines how organisations can create long-term societal value through sustainable practices. Reflecting the increasing pressure for organisations to adopt sustainability practices, the need for this book is rooted in what organisations in emerging economies stand to gain from the adoption and implementation of sustainable marketing strategies. Chapters address consumer behaviour and demonstrate best practices for integrating sustainability into marketing strategies. The opportunities and challenges associated with implementing sustainability strategies post-COVID are also explored. This book, therefore, offers essential pathways and shares evidence of sustainability marketing. Covering topics such as the sustainability marketing mix, social marketing, sustainable consumption, and the role of communication, it is a valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion on sustainability from the perspective of emerging economies.
Still the Greek's Wife (Brides for Greek Brothers)
by null Emmy GraysonStill the Greek's Wife is an arranged marriage, awakened by desire, Greek billionaire romance by Emmy Grayson.What his wife wants:A night with her husband!Tessa. My marriage to Greek billionaire Rafael Drakos wasn&’t the whirlwind union I desperately wanted it to be. Discovering that opened my eyes to how sheltered my existence really is. I&’ll no longer deny myself the love and passion I deserve—so I want a divorce…Rafe. My convenient bride can&’t have what she wants…yet. Not until we&’ve been wed a year and I can inherit my birthright. Still, I don&’t expect what innocent Tessa requests in return: a wedding night. Or the wildfire of raw need it unleashes in me!From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds. Read all the Brides for Greek Brothers books:Book 1: Deception at the AltarBook 2: Still the Greek's WifeBook 3: Pregnant Behind the Veil
The Rancher's Baby & One Night with the Maverick: Two Heartfelt Cowboy Romances
by null Maisey Yates null Melissa SenateBESTSELLING AUTHOR COLLECTIONReader-favorite romances in collectible volumes from our bestselling authors.The Rancher's Baby by New York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates When a torrid, possibly dangerous scandal comes to Royal, Texas, Selena Jacobs is nearly caught in the middle. Until her best friend, Knox McCoy, ensures her safety—by moving in! Selena has loved Knox for years, but she&’s never had the courage to tell him. Now the sparks she&’s tried to smother burn out of control…and leave her pregnant. But with the pain in his past, will Knox finally take a chance on love…with her?FREE STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME!One Night with the Maverick by Melissa Senate Everyone thinks Shari Lormand and veterinarian Felix Sanchez are a couple. Unfortunately, the guarded widower has made it abundantly clear all he&’s looking for is a buddy. Shari is afraid she&’s hurtling toward another heartbreak. But with a little help from town psychic Winona Cobbs, Felix&’s uncle Stanley and a foster kitty named Page, she and Felix just might have a shot after all…