A fake ring, a real small town, and one very inconvenient twin brother.There are bad ideas, terrible ones, and the kind you can almost justify… and then there’s marrying your best friend’s twin brother for a green card. Thirty-six-year-old Wrenley St. James is reeling after her Vancouver life implodes, and “starting over” was never part of the plan. So when her best friend, Remi, offers a shortcut to Wrenley’s long-shot dream of breaking into the U.S. fash...

This compelling guide leverages literary and cultural narratives to explore critical issues in higher education leadership and management. Authored by a seasoned literary scholar and expert in institutional change, it examines two Shakespeare plays, two realist novels, and two Netflix series, offering concise analyses, discussion questions, and reflective provocations, as well as accessible “micro-readings” and a robust appendix of additional resources. By connecting timeless stories to co...

Challenge colonialism in education and learn ways to incorporate Indigenous studies in your elementary or secondary classroom. This powerful book offers foundational knowledge around the movement for Indigenous studies curriculum in K–12 schools, as well as strategies to support more respectful and responsible teaching of Indigenous studies.Inside, you will learn about Indigenous pedagogies and how to integrate foundational ideas such as sovereignty, survivance, and relationality i...

Start your child on their reading journey with these 365 first words—one for each day of the year!A companion title to 365 Words for Clever Kids, this first words book introduces concepts such as colors, numbers, and shapes, as well as parts of the body, things that go, animals, and the world around us. Each word is accompanied by an engaging illustration by Monika Forsberg.Compiled in consultation with Dr. Meredith L. Rowe, a Harvard professor of ...

Discover a new word for every day of the year with 365 Words for Clever Kids, a fully illustrated compendium of big words from early learning and development professor Dr. Meredith L. Rowe and illustrator Monika Forsberg.Help young readers discover a new and exciting word every day of the year with this book, which is arranged into 52 seasonally themed spreads. The scenes, featuring characters you can follow through the book, provide a fun and supportive p...

The COVID-19 pandemic offers unique insight into how regimes govern in 'hard times.' In Southeast Asia, public health and economic strain revealed the scope for adaptation in the face of crisis, against the pull of path-dependent habits and patterns. Recent experience of SARS and other outbreaks, as well as wider political and economic contexts, shaped readiness and responses. Especially important were legacies of the developmental-state model. Even largely absent a prior welfarist turn, c...

The contemporaneous movements for human rights that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers waged during the 1960s are analysed in a comparative fashion here for the very first time. The book also examines the extra-legal measures that both the KGB and FBI employed to destroy them.The Black Panthers and the Soviets innovatively compares Soviet human rights activists' exposure of the workings of the Soviet police state with the miniature, city-level surveillance poli...

An innovative, interdisciplinary perspective on soft power in history, moving beyond the framework of the nation-stateStarting in the nineteenth century, as world events became more interconnected than ever, and as public opinion began to weigh on democratic governments, nations employed new communication strategies and propaganda to gain global influence and prestige. Soft power strategies were used by different nation-states, and by supranational and nonstate act...

Gender, race, and community, and space all provide important filters for a person’s contact with the criminal justice system. Cynthia Baiqing Zhang and Meredith L. Ille analyze current and former inmates through interviews, focus group discussions, and surveys to better understand criminal behavior. This book is vital to understanding the course of a criminal career from the offense to the decision to desist from crime, and reentry into the community, as it reveals mechanisms through which...

This first volume in green criminology devoted to gender investigates gendered patterns to offending, victimisation and environmental harms. It includes feminist and intersectional analysis, and original case studies from the Global North and Global South. The book also examines actions that have been taken in response to gendered crimes and harms, together with insights on the gendered nature of resistance.The collection advances debate on green crimes, environmental harm and clim...

Politicians in Southeast Asia, as in many other regions, win elections by distributing cash, goods, jobs, projects, and other benefits to supporters, but the ways in which they do this vary tremendously, both across and within countries. Mobilizing for Elections presents a new framework for analyzing variation in patronage democracies, focusing on distinct forms of patronage and different networks through which it is distributed. The book draws on an extensive, multi-country, multi-year re...

GG Michaels isn't afraid of the dark.Of things that go bump in the nightOr monsters that lurk in the shadowsThe odd, the weird, the bizarre, the creepyAs a paranormal investigator, she's seen her share,Grab your flashlight and join her as she draws back the veil of darkness in this collection of thrilling tales..."The Case Files of GG Michaels: Paranormal Investigator is an engrossing read for fans of paranormal mysteries. Meredith's knack fo...