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The idea of political unity – or belonging – contains its own opposite, because a political community can never guarantee the equal status of all its members. The price of belonging is an entrenched social stratification and hierarchy within the political unit itself.Lived Fictions explores how the notion of political unity generates a collective commitment to imagining the structure of Canadian society. These political imaginaries – the citizen-state, the market economy, ...

Call her Earth, or call her Gaia, years from now, our planet is almost uninhabitable as a result ofenvironmental chaos and war. In the middle of the ocean, two small, conjoined islands still thriveand serve as home to a unique population of survivors, the Wiconi. These peaceful, agrarian-based islanders have genetically evolved affinities that allow them to influence earth, water, air,and fire, talents they use to protect and aid Gaia, the Earth Mother. They...

Is it a scam or is it legitimate? If you have to ask, you probably already know the answer. There are many thousands of scams on the internet. Innoculate yourself against them.

Featuring rumpled PIs, shyster lawyers, corrupt politicians, double-crossers, femmes fatales, and, of course, losers who find themselves down on their luck yet again, film noir is a perennially popular cinematic genre. This extensive encyclopedia describes movies from noir's earliest days – and even before, looking at some of noir's ancestors in US and European cinema – as well as noir's more recent offshoots, from neonoirs to erotic thrillers. Entries are arranged alphabetically, covering...

How to for those who are not natural dog people. Understanding and interacting successfully with dogs.

Terman: the lost solider unable to help the people he has encountered who have no memory. Lian: the son of Therman who is destined to battle against the repressive House of Ellon and uphold his father's gift of naming. Anya: the daughter of He Who Leads, Lian, she is an unpredictable youth living in dangerous times, but one who is destined to follow in the footsteps of her courageous family. Albion: a vivid story of the struggles of a people who strive for knowledge and release from a life...

The definitive story of that momentous night in Rome in 1977 when Liverpool lifted the European Cup for the first time.Released just before the golden anniversary of Bob Paisley’s team’s triumph, this is a timely exploration of a landmark footballing achievement.Dr John Grant gets the inside track from legendary players, their families, their German opponents, the press and ordinary fans to tell the tale of an unforgettable night that was both a footballing...

Since 9/11, the world has lost touch on how we should treat one another. We all witnessed racial shootings, racial attacks, both verbal and physical. We watched in horror school shooting after school shooting. Countless amber alerts instructing us to watch out for this color car with such and such plates. The idols we grew up with charged and convicted of rape, insider trading, domestic violence, etc.My name is John Grant. I am a Colorado native, born on November 19, 1965, to Patri...

The days of the image brands are over, and new marketing has gone mainstream. The worlds biggest companies are pursuing a post-advertising strategy, moving away from advertising and investing in leading edge alternatives. In the vanguard of the revolution has been John Grant, co-founder of the legendary agency St. Lukes and author of The New Marketing Manifesto, whose radical thinking has informed a generation. Now Grant is set to stun the industry again. In The Brand Innovation Manifesto,...

Needy Much? is a follow up to my first stroke book, "Never Give Up!", which targetted both survivors and caregivers. This book reaches out only to survivors and centers around the issue of help. Do you need it? Do you want it? Can you accept it when offered? Pride and sel-f respect can be an obsticle to help in all it's many forms.

This sixth of seven volumes devoted to the Adages in the Collected Works of Erasmus completes the translation and annotation of the more than 4000 proverbs gathered and commented on by Erasmus in his Adagiorum Chiliades (Thousands of Adages, usually known more simply as the Adagia). This volume’s aim, like that of the others, is to provide a fully annotated, accurate, and readable English version of Erasmus' commentaries on these Greek and Latin proverbs...

Jesus is King, but not in the way people might normally think of "kingship." Jesus' power didn't come through military strength, high GDP earnings, or political alliances such as NATO. None of those power bases can guarantee a lasting kingdom because those means of power are conditional. There is a power that is unconditional: Truth. The Ideal King, Truth incarnate, founded his kingdom on truth and holiness. These two ideals are so challenging to worldly power that the world executed Jesus...