Women who came of age in the late twentieth century were raised in the era of choice; they grew up believing that reproductive decision-making is a political right, a responsibility of women living the successes of second wave feminism, and under their control. Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice: Explorations into Discourses of Reproduction explores contemporary maternity both within and in light of these late-twentieth century understandings. Employing a variety of femin...

Learn how to knit a sweater that compliments your body type with this guide and pattern collection, from the author of Knit Wear Love.Knit to Flatter is about celebrating the body you have been given and creating sweaters that make you look and feel great. Part instruction manual and part pattern collection, Knit to Flatter teaches you how to assess your shape?top-heavy, bottom-heavy, or proportional? and then knit accordingly. With a grea...

Parce que l'innovation et la créativité sont des facteurs déterminants, les entreprises doivent savoir attirer et retenir les talents dans une économie du savoir. Comment responsabiliser les collaborateurs et augmenter le niveau d’engagement et de franchise ? Comment créer une culture inclusive, d’apprentissage et d’innovation ?Alors que nombre d’organisations misent sur la gestion des talents pour rester dans la course, cette manne est inopérante si les salariés ne peuvent s’expri...

Discover how to knit sweaters that flatter your size, shape, and style in this guide by the author of Knit to Flatter.In this follow-up to Knit to Flatter, author Amy Herzog is back with more real-talk for knitters. In Knit Wear Love, she guides us through picking a base pattern that not only works for our inherent shape, but also suits our size and style—all with the skill of a top-notch teacher and designer and the honesty and humor of a...

A simple guide for knitters of all shapes, sizes, and skill levels that builds confidence and shows how to make sweaters you love and love to wear.When knitting superstar Amy Herzog gets complimented on her hand-knit sweaters, the compliments are often followed by "but I could never knit that." Now, you can! You Can Knit That is a clear, simple reference book and pattern collection that gives knitters the sweater-making confidence they need. Whether you're ...

Oubliez la formule « Échouer vite, échouer souvent » chère à la Silicon Valley.Ce livre révolutionnaire nous montre que nous avons tout faux sur l’échec et nous propose des solutions pour nous en sortir. Amy Edmondson, spécialiste mondiale de la psychologie organisationnelle, nous révèle que les cultures les plus performantes sont celles où l’on peut échouer ouvertement, sans que nos erreurs ne nous soient opposées en permanence. Par des récits inédits, de l’histoire de la chirurgi...

Modern startups are on an assembly line from seed to later-stage series financing. As they make that journey, founders need to have a working knowledge of dozens of fields if they’re going to scale a company. SaaS is a unique set of skills across those disciplines.This book focuses on gaining a working understanding of what specialists will do in those fields as an organization grows and how founders can leverage the basics to get those capabilities started so once professionals ar...

A True Crime collection with strippers and porn stars who resorted to murder... Kelly O'Donnell had a rough life. When she was six years old, her father walked out on her and her mother. Only months later, her mother would die in a house fire which left Kelly with burns. Adult life would prove to be no better. She would marry and have children. But her husband would die in a car accident shortly after the third child was born. Destitute and seemingly destined for poverty, Kelly turned to t...

In Understanding the Boundary between Disability Studies and Special Education through Consilience, Self-Study, and Radical Love, the authors explore what it means to engage in boundary work at the intersection of traditional special education systems and critical disability studies in education. The book consists of fifteen groundbreaking accounts that challenge dominant medicalized discourses about what it means to exist within and around special education systems that create sp...

Reflective practice is at the heart of probation training and the continuing professional development of practitioners. This edited collection provides practitioners with an opportunity to explore and develop their own reflective practice, considering diversity and organisational challenges, with real-world examples of reflection in the probation context.In addition to probation specialists, its contributors include those from prison, third-sector organisations and mental health pe...

The Women, Gender and Development Reader is the definitive volume of literature dedicated to women in the development process. Now in a fully revised second edition, the editors expertly present the impacts of social, political and economic change by reviewing such topical issues as migration, persistent structural discrimination, the global recession, and climate change. Approached from a multidisciplinary perspective, the theoretical debates are vividly illustrated by an array o...

Menagerie is a collection of poems about animals, divided into three sections: water, earth and air. Some poems examine a creature from close-up, almost allowing the reader to see the world through the animal's eyes, while the poet is more present in other poems, looking on. The collection invites the reader to reflect on loneliness, love, mortality, and hope. Each poem is typeset with plenty of space around it, allowing it to breathe. With stylised illustrations by Amy Evans.