Based on extensive couple and individual interviews with young same sex couples who have legally formalized their relationships, this book argues that same sex marriages as they are lived need to be understood in terms of interlinked developments in lesbian and gay life, heterosexual relationships and in personal life.

In 2004, Janis Heaphy Durham's husband, Max Besler, died of esophageal cancer at age 56. While coping with her grief, Janis soon began encountering phenomena unlike anything she had ever experienced: lights flickering, doors opening and closing, clocks stopping at 12:44, the exact time Max died. But then something startling happened that changed her life forever. A powdery handprint spontaneously appeared on her bathroom mirror on the first anniversary of Max's death. Incredibly, a similar...

Sport has long been a stage where identity is contested, visibility is earned, and social change takes root.In Boston, the Black athletic body has historically challenged the city's self image as a beacon of liberalism. Boston's Black Athletes: Identity, Performance, and Activism interprets this contested history through the lives and experiences of African American athletes who used their talent as a vehicle for social justice. Editors Robert Cvornyek and ...

Outsourcing – entrusting major operations to others, at home or abroad – offers businesses an effective means to achieve efficiencies, improve productivity, and transform operations with advanced technologies such as cloud computing and artificial intelligence. This book provides clear, pragmatic guidance on the legal, commercial, and practical issues in outsourcing agreements and relationships. The authors draw on extensive experience and deep industry knowledge to present strategies and ...

Inspiration and practical ideas for preserving democracy, countering political violence, and restoring institutional legitimacy, from the lead investigator into Charlottesville and January 6.In this essential guidebook, lead investigator into the racist riot in Charlottesville in 2017 and the January 6 insurrection Tim Heaphy outlines the constructive action we all can take to combat this frightening period of heightened tensions, accusations, and political violenc...

Sometimes social theory can seem dry and intimidating – as if it is something completely apart from everyday life. But in this incisive new text, Brian Heaphy show exactly how the arguments of the great contemporary theorists play out against extended examples from real life.Introducing the ideas of founding social thinkers including Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel and Freud, and the work of key contemporary theorists, among them Lacan, Foucault, Lyotrad, Baudrillard, Bauman, Giddens...

Our families are increasingly a matter of choice, and the choices are widening all the time. This is particularly true of the non-heterosexual world, where the last ten years have seen a popular acceptance of same sex partnerships and, to a lesser extent, of same sex parenting.Based on extensive interviews with people in a variety of non-traditional relationships, this fascinating new book argues that these developments in the non-heterosexual world are closely linked to wider chan...

**A clear-eyed assessment of where we go from here—detailing how to combat misinformation and isolation—from the foremost expert on American political violence“A soulful and significant contribution to defeating the authoritarian threat in America.” — Congressman Jamie Raskin, author of Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy“Tim’s insights can help us reclaim a government that works for all Americans and restore faith in our democratic ins...

Brian Heaphy is a former U.S. Navy SEAL Officer, Federal Officer, and Wilderness Guide who now makes his home in Alaska’s remote upper Yukon River Valley. While practicing a subsistence lifestyle, he photographs Creation and writes about “Living On Purpose at The Speed Of Life.”® Brian's writing and photography are featured by front-line Christian ministries, publications, and websites nationwide.In this collection of Christian compositions from the far North, Brian applies the tru...

This work is a compilation of song lyrics, poems and observations I have had at one time or another.I believe that you and I, although totally different people, have shared these emotions and have had the same feelings from time to time.Bad and good will inevitably happen to us as we make our way through life. I believe the way we handle these things makes us who we are and the kind of people we become.Although the circumstances in this book are mine, my guess is th...

At his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, former Negro League player Buck Leonard said, "Now, we in the Negro Leagues felt like we were contributing something to baseball, too, when we were playing.... We loved the game.... But we thought that we should have and could have made the major leagues." The Negro Leagues had some of the best talent in baseball but from their earliest days the players were segregated from those leagues that received all the recognition.This history...

In cities around the world, digital technologies are utilized to manage city services and infrastructures, to govern urban life, to solve urban issues and to drive local and regional economies. While "smart city" advocates are keen to promote the benefits of smart urbanism – increased efficiency, sustainability, resilience, competitiveness, safety and security – critics point to the negative effects, such as the production of technocratic governance, the corporatization of urban services, ...