Gender-based violence (GBV) can take many forms and have detrimental effects across generations and cultures. The triangulation of GBV, rurality and rural culture is a challenging and essential topic and this edited collection provides an innovative analysis of GBV in rural communities.Focusing on under-studied and/or oppressed groups such as immigrants and LGBTQIA+ people, the book explores new theories on patterns of violence. Giving insights into GBV education and prevention, th...

This book of empirical studies analyzes examples of televisual shared universes since the 1960s to understand how the nature of televised serial narratives and network corporate policies have long created shared storyworlds. While there has been much discussion about shared cinematic universes and comic book universes, the concept has had limited exploration in other media, such as those seen on the smaller screen. By applying convergence culture and other contemporary media studies concep...

From the Spotlight to Real Life is a book to guide speakers to their message, and guide teams to become a cohesive unit through communication tips, listening skills, humor, and trust building. Whether you have a work team or a social event gathering - you'll have fun with the section of improvisation games and dare zone prompts for small or large groups. Imagine trying out creative ideas like writing with humor, or gentle encouragement to elaborate and exaggerate a story for effect. Great ...

Winner of the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2024'A clear and compelling read about one of the most consequential races in the world' - Madhumita Murgia, bestselling author of Code Dependent and AI Editor for The Financial TimesDiscover the never-before-told story of the ruthless shadow race between Microsoft and Google, as both compete to develop a mass-market AI while juggling existential...

Harlequin® Blaze brings you four new red—hot reads for one great price, available now! This Harlequin® Blaze bundle includes:PLEASING HER SEAL Uniformly Hot!by Anne MarshWedding blogger Madeline Holmes lives and breathes romance— from the sidelines. That is, until Navy SEAL Mason Black promises to fulfill all of her fantasies at an exclusive island resort. But is Mason her ultimate fantasy—could he be "the one"?RED HOT

New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • The remarkable story of the intrepid French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam, by the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade’s Secret War“A female version of the Indiana Jones story . . . [Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt] was a daredevil whose real-life antics put Hollywood fiction to shame...

Narratives of a descent to the underworld, of the sights to be seen and the punishments meted out there, have kept a hold on the popular imagination for millennia. The legacy from doctrinal warnings and the deep-set literary markers that identify a place of suffering and alienation continue to stimulate creative exchange and critical thinking. Such work takes risks: it braves the dark and questions the past.The contributions in this volume reflect on the exigency of hell in the stor...

Esta é uma obra totalmente voltada para o seu progresso financeiro e bem-estar, baseada em conhecimentos científicos, de comprovada eficácia e Neomagia. O treinamento cerebral por Neomagia para ensinar você a atrair riqueza e conquistar tudo aquilo que sempre desejou e julgou impossível, narrando casos verídicos de sucesso de pessoas comuns, como você. Você aprenderá e dominará os seguintes assuntos. TREINAMENTO CEREBRAL MEDITAÇÃO ENERGIA MASCULINA E FEMININA CANALIZAÇÃO Meditação para aqu...

In November 2022, a webpage was posted online with a simple text box. It was ChatGPT, and was unlike any app people had used before. It was more human than a customer service agent, more convenient than a Google search. Behind the scenes, battles for control and prestige between the world’s two leading AI firms, OpenAI and DeepMind, who now steers Google's AI efforts, has remained elusive—until now.In Supremacy, Olson, tech writer at Bloomberg, tells the astonishi...

A verdadeira fonte da juventude. Viver até os cem anos com saúde, disposição e beleza. Você passou dos quarenta anos e está desesperado(a) com a aproximação das consequências disso? Começou a sentir os efeitos dos anos? Sua saúde começa a ficar precária, sua virilidade diminuindo, sua vitalidade decresce e sua beleza de outrora está dando lugar às rugas, quedas de cabelos e outras coisas características do avançar do anos? Apresentamos a solução para você, mesmo se já estiver a apresentar ...

Sobre o livro Um programa planejado para ser extremamente fácil de ser seguido constituindo-se de 7 Etapas para reverter a INFERTILIDADE, evitar os problemas inerentes à gravidez, dando à luz a filhos normais, saudáveis e de maneira natural. Esta obra utilizar-se-á de Técnicas Chinesas e Holísticas, retorno a hábitos naturalmente saudáveis, unindo o melhor do antigo ao conhecimento das técnicas modernas. Este não é um método que surtirá efeito da noite para o dia, será uma longa caminhada,...

Lisa D. Gray's story "The Queen of Secrets" won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award!John Crowley's story "Spring Break" won the 2018 Edgar Award for Best Short Story!"In an Ivy League town, Bloom turns Yale's motto--Lux et Veritas--on its head, finding darkness and deceit in every corner of New Haven...The stories Bloom chooses share a strong sense of place, detailing the quirks that make every corne...