Environmental sustainability and human cultural sustainability are inextricably linked. Reversing damaging human impact on the global environment is ultimately a cultural question, and as with politics, the answers are often profoundly local. Cultural Sustainabilities presents twenty-three essays by musicologists and ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, folklorists, ethnographers, documentary filmmakers, musicians, artists, and activists, each asking a particular question or presenting a s...

Singers generating cultural identity from K-Pop to Beverly SillsAround the world and across time, singers and their songs stand at the crossroads of differing politics and perspectives. Levi S. Gibbs edits a collection built around the idea of listening as a political act that produces meaning. Contributors explore a wide range of issues by examining artists like Romani icon Esma Redžepova, Indian legend Lata Mangeshkar, and pop superstar Teresa Teng. Topics includ...

A heartwarming tale about a beagle and the Duchess who adopted him, this picture book is inspired by the true story of Meghan Markle and her rescue dog, Guy. When he was a pup, Guy was just like any dog in the shelter; he liked to bark and follow his nose, and dreamed of a forever home above all things. But when Guy met Meghan, he had no idea he was about to star in his own Cinderella story. Guy can now be spotted escorting Queen Elizabeth and frolicking in Buckingham Palace.This r...

Peace and Conflict Studies (PCS) includes scholars and practitioners throughout the world working in peace studies, conflict analysis and resolution, conflict management, appropriate dispute resolution, and peace and justice studies. They come to the PCS field with a diversity of ideas, approaches, disciplinary roots, and topic areas, which speaks to the complexity, breadth, and depth needed to apply and take account of conflict dynamics and the goal of peace. Yet, a number of key concerns...

The emerging environmental justice movement has created greater awareness among scholars that communities from all over the world suffer from similar environmental inequalities. This volume takes up the challenge of linking the focussed campaigns and insights from African American campaigns for environmental justice with the perspectives of this global group of environmentally marginalized groups. The editorial team has drawn on Washington's work, on Paul Rosier's study of Native American ...

Max is grumpy because he can't find any flowers for Mrs. Mole. Felix and Harriet help him make a leaf bouquet instead. Mrs. Mole invites them in for hot cocoa and a story.

La stigmatisation dans le champ de la psychiatrie et de la santé mentale repose, à la fois, sur la méconnaissance, l'ignorance des principaux aspects des maladies psychiques et sur une forme de construction sociale au sujet des troubles psychiques qui prend appui sur l'identification, chez une personne, d'une marque distinctive à laquelle est attribué un caractère socialement honteux, en même temps qu'elle confère à la personne une identité sociale. Des croyances d'ordre culturel, dont les...

Felix Max and Harriet knit a birthday present for their friend Mrs. Mole.

Max can't find his friends on his birthday. Then he discovers they were throwing a surprise party for him!

This girl makes a new friend when she has to ride the bus.

Harriet, Felix, and Max were visiting their neighbor, Mrs. Mole. Felix and Max shared their new toys. But Harriet didn't have anything new to share with her friends. Mrs. Mole comforted her and reminded her that she learned a new dance which she could share with her friends. Soon everyone was dancing!

Fernand Champoux, un retraité de 68 ans, est employé à l’Aubainerie du 161 Montée Masson, à Mascouche. Apprécié de tous, il est aussi bénévole dans diverses organisations. Le 18 avril 2006, vers 6 h 50, il est attaqué dans le stationnement situé à l’arrière du magasin. Il reçoit de nombreux coups portés à l’aide d’un objet contondant. Il meurt quelques heures plus tard. Le vol ne serait pas le mobile de ce meurtre gratuit que les policiers n’ont toujours pas élucidé. ℗ Studio Bulldog 2024